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The major work present here is the 1909 song cycle On Wenlock Edge, for tenor, piano and string quartet, a setting of poms by A.E.Houseman, and often recorded. It contains what, for me, is the most beautiful and memorable of RVW’s songs, From Far, from Eve and Morning.
1 de abr. de 2022 · Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge; Four Hymns; The House of Life by Nicky Spence, Julius Drake, Piatti Quartet, Timothy Ridout released in 2022. Find album revi
On Wenlock Edge (1909) has often 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 Music Magazine)» More
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... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2022, More… Release Date: 1st Apr 2022. Catalogue No: CDA68378. Label: Hyperion. Length: 69 minutes. BBC Music Magazine.
9 de feb. de 2024 · Four Hymns for tenor, piano, and viola; The House of Life; The saucy bold robber; Harry the tailor; The brewer; On Wenlock Edge. Nicky Spence tenor, Julius Drake piano, Timothy Ridout viola ( Four Hymns) Piatti Quartet ( On Wenlock Edge) Hyperion CDA68378. www.hyperion-records.co.uk/ Available as an MP3, iTunes, CD or FLAC and ALAC formats.
On Wenlock Edge is a song cycle composed in 1909 by Ralph Vaughan Williams for tenor, piano and string quartet. The cycle comprises settings of six poems from A. E. Housman's 1896 collection A Shropshire Lad. A typical performance lasts around 22 minutes.
Download all MP3. 16-bit VBR. £8.99. Other. options. 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. » More. Reviews.
