RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs and other British Choral Anthems Roderick Williams (baritone) with Julia Smith, Elizabeth Limb, Rachel Limb & Kate Jurka (soprano) / Martin Ford (organ) / Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backh [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Featuring Vaughan Williams' masterly and intensely personal Five Mystical Songs, this album reflects on the sources of inspiration of some of his sacred choral works, alongside gems of 19th- and early-20th-century English church music. |
Kate Smith
Two Dozen Roses [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/May/2001 ] When Kate Smith died on 17th June, 1986, America lost one of its best-loved radio personalities. Millions of fans would no longer hear the opening strains of "When The Moon Comes Over The Mountain" coupled with that famous greeting, sincere, soft... |