Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge & other songs
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge & other songs
Nicky Spence (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), with Timothy Ridout (viola) & the Piatti Quartet
[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 1 April 2022
Nicky Spence and friends perfectly capture the urgency and thrill of the opening of On Wenlock Edge; with its varied and imaginatively chosen couplings, this is an album which every RVW aficionado will want to own.
'a performance of On Wenlock Edge which, in its thrilling assurance, strength of imagination and rapt instinct, inclines me to rank it alongside the very finest I know.' Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2022
"The famous cycle On Wenlock Edge (1909) has of ten been recorded, but this is a fine rendering with 'Bredon Hill' providing some particularly sublime moments. As always Julius Drake's accompanying is evocative and nuanced, and in 'Is my team ploughing?' the Piatti Quartet swathe the song in a delicate veil of tensile sound." BBC Choral & Song Choice May 2022
Tracks:
Four Hymns
The house of Life
The saucy bold robber O come you good people that go out a-tripping (No 10 of 15 Folk songs from the Eastern Counties)
Harry the tailor When Harry the tailor was twenty years old (No 15 of 15 Folk songs from the Eastern Counties)
The brewer A brewer without any barm (No 4 of Six English folk songs)
On Wenlock Edge
