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2024-04-20 09:51:00
A Leeds Songbook and a showcase performance: Leeds Lieder Young Artists 2024
[…] the intriguing sense of irony Lizzie Nolan gave it when she read the poem, also I was unclear whether Palmer had set all the words that Nolan read out to us.With Cheer by Peter Cooper (music) and Hanna Stone (words), performed by Biqing Zhang (soprano) and Yongqiu Yuan (piano), had expansive piano writing and a lyric yet rather wandering vocal line, and the feeling the composer was trying to cram too many words in. Life Lesson by Emilie Speaight (music) and Abbi Senior (words), performed by Aksel Ryvkin (baritone) and André Bertoncini (piano), had a real dance sense in the piano, but Speaight's music tantalised, never quite settling in a close form yet evoking atmosphere. Here music and words were in complete harmony.This was an impressive achievement, ten composers responding to the challenge of new poems, and young performers giving the songs their voice. It is worth bearing in mind that not all the […]
2021-09-14 00:00:00
Vaughan Williams: Anniversary Collector Edition & five more Serenades to Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Anniversary Collector Edition - Legendary Recordings [Rare Classic Recordings]01. - 06. On Wenlock Edge [22'06] Recorded 1955George Maran- tenor, Ivor Newton- piano and London String Quartet07. Old King Cole. Ballet for Orchestra [19.09]. Recorded 1954London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult08. Song of Thanksgiving [15'22] Recorded 1951Betty Dolemore- soprano, Robert Speaight- narrator, Harry Gabb- organ, Luton Choral Society and Girls Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult09. Serenade to Music [13'58] Recorded 15 October 1938Sopranos: Isobel Baillie, Lilian Stiles Allen, Elsie Suddaby, Eva TurnerMezzos/Contraltos: Muriel Brunskill, Astra Desmond, Mary Jarred, Margaret BalfourTenors: Heddle Nash, Frank Titterton, Walter Widdop, Parry JonesBaritones/Basses: Harold Williams, Roy Henderson, Robert Easton, Norman AllinBBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Henry WoodAlto ALC1025 [CD issued 2008][CD-rip; mono flacs, booklet, cover and inlay scans] In reality, only one of these recordings can be considered "Legendary" - Serenade to Music - and only one is truly rare […]
2015-02-11 01:30:00
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.6 (Original Version) - Sir Adrian Boult
01. - 04. Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.6 in E minor [33'57] 05. Ralph Vaughan Williams - original version of third movement Scherzo [6'03] London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult 06. Ralph Vaughan Williams - A Song of Thanksgiving* [15'03] Betty Dolemore- soprano, Robert Speaight- narrator, Harry Gabb- organ, Luton Choral Society, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult 07. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending^ [13'20] Jean Pougnet- violin, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult EMI CDH 763308 2 (all mono, recorded 1949/50, 1951* & 1952^; CD issued 1990) (flac and scans) Recording venue: No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Recording engineer: Douglas Larter; Producers: Lawrence Collingwood and George Martin*^ Aside from the fine performances (Boult is white-hot in the symphony), the main interest of this disc is the inclusion of the original version of the scherzo of […]
2015-01-26 05:01:19
Vaughan Williams Symphony No.6 (Original Version) - Sir Adrian Boult
01. - 04. Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.6 in E minor [33'57] 05. Ralph Vaughan Williams - original version of third movement Scherzo [6'03] London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult 06. Ralph Vaughan Williams - A Song of Thanksgiving* [15'03] Betty Dolemore- soprano, Robert Speaight- narrator, Harry Gabb- organ, Luton Choral Society, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult 07. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending^ [13'20] Jean Pougnet- violin, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult EMI CDH 763308 2 (all mono, recorded 1949/50, 1951* & 1952^; CD issued 1990) (flac and scans) Recording venue: No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Recording engineer: Douglas Larter; Producers: Lawrence Collingwood and George Martin*^ Aside from the fine performances (Boult is white-hot in the symphony), the main interest of this disc is the inclusion of the original version of the scherzo of […]
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