Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs, Vol. 1 Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence, Roderick Williams, William Vann

• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958): Folk-Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex" (Ed. C. Sharpe):
• 1 Folk-Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex" (Ed. C. Sharpe): No. 1, Bold General Wolfe 02:08
• 2 Folk-Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex" (Ed. C. Sharpe): No. 2, Low Down in the Broom 03:10
• 3 Folk-Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex" (Ed. C. Sharpe): No. 3, The Thresherman and the Squire 02:34
• 4 Folk-Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex" (Ed. C. Sharpe): No. 4, The Pretty Ploughboy 03:11
• 5 Folk-Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex" (Ed. C. Sharpe): No. 5, O Who Is That That Raps at My Window? 03:34
• 6 Folk-Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex" (Ed. C. Sharpe): No. 6, How Cold the Wind Doth Blow 05:31
• 7 Folk-Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex" (Ed. C. Sharpe): No. 7, Captain Grant 02:22
• 8 Folk-Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex" (Ed. C. Sharpe): No. 8, Farewell, Lads 04:55
• 9 Folk-Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex" (Ed. C. Sharpe): No. 9, Come, All You Worthy Christians 02:31
• 10 Folk-Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex" (Ed. C. Sharpe): No. 10, The Turkish Lady 02:53
• 11 Folk-Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex" (Ed. C. Sharpe): No. 11, The Seeds of Love 03:33
• 12 Folk-Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex" (Ed. C. Sharpe): No. 12, The Maid of Islington 03:08
• 13 Folk-Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex" (Ed. C. Sharpe): No. 13, Here’s Adieu to all Judges and Juries 02:19
• 14 Folk-Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex" (Ed. C. Sharpe): No. 14, Lovely Joan 04:11
• 6 English Folk Songs:
• 15 6 English Folk Songs: No. 1, Robin Hood and the Pedlar 03:41
• 16 6 English Folk Songs: No. 2, The Ploughman 01:42
• 17 6 English Folk Songs: No. 3, One Man, Two Men 01:54
• 18 6 English Folk Songs: No. 4, The Brewer 01:47
• 19 6 English Folk Songs: No. 5, Rolling in the Dew 02:08
• 20 6 English Folk Songs: No. 6, King William 02:47
• Ralph Vaughan Williams:
• 21 The Golden Vanity 02:44
• 22 5 English Folk Songs: No. 3, Just as the Tide Was Flowing 03:14
• 23 The Spanish Ladies 02:44
• Total Runtime 01:08:41

Info for Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs, Vol. 1

Folk song arrangements for voice and piano or violin: 7 of the 80 songs have not previously been recorded in these arrangements, so there is a good deal of unknown – but very beautiful – music to be found here.

This first album has 23 tracks including 15 world premières. It includes Folk Songs from Sussex (1912) and Six English Folk Songs (1935). Later volumes will include songs collected in the Eastern Counties (1908), the Appalachian Mountains (about 1938) and from Newfoundland (1946). Vaughan Williams is well known as a collector of folk songs, but his own collection by no means predominates in this series; most of the arrangements were made and published as a collaborative effort, drawn from many sources.

The 14 songs from Sussex on this album were all collected by Percy Merrick from Henry Hills, a farmer from Lodsworth, Sussex, around 1900. Some will be well-known in other arrangements; others will be unfamiliar.

Praised by Opera for her “dramatic wit and vocal control”, British soprano Mary Bevan is internationally renowned in baroque, classical and contemporary repertoire, and appears regularly with leading conductors, orchestras and ensembles around the world.

Opera singer Nicky Spence is one of Scotland’s proudest sons and his unique skills as a singing actor and the rare honesty of his musicianship are steadfastly earning him a place at the top of the classical music profession. Roderick Williams is one of this country’s most sought after baritones and is constantly in demand, encompassing a repertoire from the baroque to world premières. In 2016 he won the Royal Philharmonic Society’s Singer of the Year award.

In 2010, British violinist Jack Liebeck won a Classical Brit in the young British classical performer category.

A multiple-prize winning and critically acclaimed conductor and accompanist, William Vann is equally at home on the podium or at the piano and is the founder and Artistic Director of the London English Song Festival.

Mary Bevan, soprano
Nicky Spence, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Jack Liebeck, violin
William Vann, musical director, pianist
Chorus:
Helen Ashby, soprano
Kate Ashby, soprano
Cara Curran, alto
Benedict Hymas, tenor James Arthur, bass
Nicholas Ashby, bass

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