Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs, Vol. 4 Roderick Williams, Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence, William Vann

• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958): Folksongs for Schools (Excerpts):
• 1 Williams: Folksongs for Schools (Excerpts): No. 1, The Jolly Ploughboy [Version for Solo Voice & Piano] 00:57
• 2 Williams: Folksongs for Schools (Excerpts): No. 2, The Cuckoo and the Nightingale [Version for Solo Voice & Piano] 01:53
• 3 Williams: Folksongs for Schools (Excerpts): No. 3, Servant Man and Husbandman 03:57
• Traditional: The Turtle Dove (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano):
• 4 Traditional: The Turtle Dove (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano) 02:59
• 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano):
• 5 Traditional: 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano): No. 1, Sweet William's Ghost 06:23
• 6 Traditional: 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano): No. 2, The Cruel Mother 02:53
• 7 Traditional: 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano): No. 3, The Gypsy Laddie 01:56
• 8 Traditional: 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano): No. 4, The Bloody Gardener 04:04
• 9 Traditional: 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano): No. 5, The Bonny Banks of Virgie-O 04:14
• 10 Traditional: 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano): No. 6, Earl Brand 03:30
• 11 Traditional: 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano): No. 7, Lord Akeman 08:23
• 12 Traditional: 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano): No. 8, The Lover's Ghost 03:07
• 13 Traditional: 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano): No. 9, She's Like the Swallow 02:16
• 14 Traditional: 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano): No. 10, The Maiden's Lament 01:56
• 15 Traditional: 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano): No. 11, Proud Nancy 02:55
• 16 Traditional: 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano): No. 12, The Morning Dew 01:36
• 17 Traditional: 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano): No. 13, The Winter's Gone and Past 02:42
• 18 Traditional: 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano): No. 14, The Cuckoo 01:37
• 19 Traditional: 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams for Voice & Piano): No. 15, Young Floro 03:14
• Total Runtime 01:00:32

Info for Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs, Vol. 4

Dies ist die vierte und letzte Ausgabe der von der Kritik hochgelobten Reihe von Alben, die alle 81 englischen Volkslieder repräsentieren, die Ralph Vaughan Williams für Gesang und Klavier oder Violine arrangiert hat. 57 Lieder wurden bisher noch nicht in diesen Bearbeitungen aufgenommen. Dieses Album enthält 19 Titel, darunter 13 Weltpremieren. Bis auf vier wurden alle Lieder von Maud Karpeles in den Jahren 1929 und 1930 in Neufundland gesammelt. Nach ihrer Rückkehr verbrachten sie und Vaughan Williams einige Stunden damit, alles, was sie gefunden hatte, durchzugehen und die 15 hier vorgestellten Lieder auszuwählen - der Schwerpunkt lag dabei, wie es scheint, auf den traurigeren Liedern.

Mary Bevan, Sopran
Nicky Spence, Tenor
Roderick Williams, Bariton
William Vann, Klavier, Musikalische Leitung

Roderick Williams
sings a wide repertoire, from baroque to contemporary music, in the opera house, on the concert platform, and in recital. He has performed in all the major opera houses in the United Kingdom and is particularly associated with the baritone rôles of Mozart. He has also sung world premières of operas by David Sawer, Sally Beamish, Michael van der Aa, Robert Saxton and Alexander Knaifel. Williams sings concert repertoire with all the BBC orchestras as well as the Bournemouth Symphony, London Sinfonietta, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Russian National Orchestra, and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, among many others. His festival appearances include the BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Aldeburgh and Melbourne. Roderick Williams is also a composer and has had works performed at the Barbican Centre, the Purcell Room, and Wigmore Hall.

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