Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer: William Vann, Thomas Gould, Mary Bevan, Jennifer Johnston, Nicky Spence, Johnny Herford
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Albion
Catalogue: ALBCD029
Release: 2016
Size: 1.09 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Summum Bonum
02. Crossing the Bar
03. Wishes
3 Rumpelstiltskin Songs
04. Spinning Song
05. Lollipop’s Song
06. Rumpelstiltskin’s Song
07. Linden Lea
2 Vocal Duets
08. The Last Invocation
09. The Love Song of the Birds
10. The Unquiet Grave, “How cold the wind doth blow” (version for voice, violin and piano)
11. Dirge for Fidele
12. It was a Lover and his Lass
2 English Folksongs
13. No. 1. Searching for Lambs
14. No. 2. The Lawyer
The Poisoned Kiss (Arr. A. Williams for Voice & Piano)
15. Act I: Opening Chorus: Secret Are the Sounds
16. Act I: Duet: It’s Really Time
17. Act I: Blue Larspur in a Garden
18. Act III: When I Was Young
19. Act II: Serenade: Dear Love
20. Act II: The Enchanted Air
21. Act III: Love Breaks All the Rules
22. Act II: How Strange It Is
Songs and Duets by Ralph Vaughan Williams accompanied by piano and/or violin. Including Eight Songs from The Poisoned Kiss, newly arranged for this recording by Adrian Williams. There are many early songs, including six world première recordings.