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This album with five world premiere recordings is the most important of several albums released by Albion Records in 2022 to celebrate Ralph Vaughan Williams’s sesquicentenary. At the heart of the programme are four great Hymns to Pan for three female soloists, chorus and orchestra. Time was short, so Vaughan Williams delegated some of the dance arrangements to his friend Gustav Holst. The work was performed just once, on Easter Monday 1905 and was reconstructed for this recording.
There are two spoken parts, played here by Timothy West and Samuel West. The soloists Mary Bevan, Sophie Bevan and Jess Dandy are joined by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, and Britten Sinfonia under the baton of William Vann. Thomas Gould, the leader of Britten Sinfonia, plays some dances arranged for solo violin, and violin with side-drum.
Peace, Come Away and To Sleep! To Sleep! are two settings of poems by Tennyson that Vaughan Williams wrote when he was a student. They have been orchestrated and edited by the composer Christopher Gordon. Christopher Gordon also orchestrated Margery Wentworth, a much later setting of poetry by John Skelton dating from about 1934-1935. This little gem, sung here by baritone Johnny Herford, was part of a discarded song cycle The Garland of Laurel.
Finally, Timothy Burke made an arrangement of the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis for voices and string octet as an innovative lockdown project. This is the first full recording with the choir (of 39) and octet under one roof. The words set in the Fantasia were taken from the English translation of Psalm 65 from Archbishop Parker’s Psalter, the source for Tallis’s original setting, which is also heard here. © Albion Recordings
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Pan's Anniversary (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
Traditional, Composer - ben jonson, Lyricist - Mary Bevan, Artist, MainArtist - Sophie Bevan, Artist, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist - Jess Dandy, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
ben jonson, Lyricist - Samuel West, MainArtist - Timothy West, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
ben jonson, Lyricist - Samuel West, MainArtist - Timothy West, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
Joy Farrall, Artist, MainArtist - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Thomas Hancox, Artist, MainArtist - William Lockhart, Artist, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
John Graham, Composer - Thomas Gould, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
ben jonson, Lyricist - Samuel West, MainArtist - Timothy West, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - ben jonson, Lyricist - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Mary Bevan, Artist, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sophie Bevan, Artist, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist - Jess Dandy, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
Gustav Holst, Composer - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - ben jonson, Lyricist - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Mary Bevan, Artist, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sophie Bevan, Artist, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist - Jess Dandy, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
Gustav Holst, Composer - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - ben jonson, Lyricist - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Mary Bevan, Artist, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sophie Bevan, Artist, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist - Jess Dandy, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
Gustav Holst, Composer - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
ben jonson, Lyricist - Samuel West, MainArtist - Timothy West, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
Joy Farrall, Artist, MainArtist - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Thomas Hancox, Artist, MainArtist - William Lockhart, Artist, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
John Graham, Composer - Thomas Gould, Artist, MainArtist - William Lockhart, Artist, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
ben jonson, Lyricist - Samuel West, MainArtist - Timothy West, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - ben jonson, Lyricist - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Mary Bevan, Artist, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sophie Bevan, Artist, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist - Jess Dandy, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
ben jonson, Lyricist - Samuel West, MainArtist - Timothy West, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
Gustav Holst, Composer - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
Margery Wentworth (Arr. C. Gordon for Baritone, Choir & Orchestra) (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Christopher Gordon, Arranger - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - John Skelton, Lyricist - Johnny Herford, Artist, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
Peace, Come Away (Arr. C. Gordon for Voices & Wind Instruments) (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Christopher Gordon, Arranger - Alfred Lord Tennyson, Lyricist - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
To Sleep! To Sleep! (Ed. C. Gordon) (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Christopher Gordon, Arranger - Alfred Lord Tennyson, Lyricist - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
9 Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter (Thomas Tallis)
Thomas Tallis, Composer - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Arr. T. Burke for Voices & String Octet) (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Choir, MainArtist - Britten Sinfonia, Orchestra, MainArtist - William Vann, Conductor, MainArtist - Timonthy Burke, Arranger
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
Album review
This album with five world premiere recordings is the most important of several albums released by Albion Records in 2022 to celebrate Ralph Vaughan Williams’s sesquicentenary. At the heart of the programme are four great Hymns to Pan for three female soloists, chorus and orchestra. Time was short, so Vaughan Williams delegated some of the dance arrangements to his friend Gustav Holst. The work was performed just once, on Easter Monday 1905 and was reconstructed for this recording.
There are two spoken parts, played here by Timothy West and Samuel West. The soloists Mary Bevan, Sophie Bevan and Jess Dandy are joined by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, and Britten Sinfonia under the baton of William Vann. Thomas Gould, the leader of Britten Sinfonia, plays some dances arranged for solo violin, and violin with side-drum.
Peace, Come Away and To Sleep! To Sleep! are two settings of poems by Tennyson that Vaughan Williams wrote when he was a student. They have been orchestrated and edited by the composer Christopher Gordon. Christopher Gordon also orchestrated Margery Wentworth, a much later setting of poetry by John Skelton dating from about 1934-1935. This little gem, sung here by baritone Johnny Herford, was part of a discarded song cycle The Garland of Laurel.
Finally, Timothy Burke made an arrangement of the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis for voices and string octet as an innovative lockdown project. This is the first full recording with the choir (of 39) and octet under one roof. The words set in the Fantasia were taken from the English translation of Psalm 65 from Archbishop Parker’s Psalter, the source for Tallis’s original setting, which is also heard here. © Albion Recordings
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:11:32
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Albion
- Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred)
(C) 2022 Albion (P) 2022 Albion
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