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Nicola Benedetti plays Vaughan Williams & Tavener
(more) »rank: 41395from: DG
:Album Description:Violinist Nicola Benedetti presents her third recording for DG, combining the lyrical beauty of The Lark Ascending (Vaughan Williams' aural portrait of a lark as it spirals up to the heavens), with two brand new works written specifically or her by Sir John Tavener. Though he is one of England's foremost composers, Tavener draws influence from cultures as diverse as Greek Orthodoxy, Hinduism and Sufism. Also featured is a premiere version for solo violin and strings of Song for Athene, the piece made famous by its performance at the funeral service of Princess Diana. Nicola's previous two recordings (of the Szymanowski and ...
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Zambian Acapella
(more) »rank: 214455by: Acappella
:Album Description:Violinist Nicola Benedetti presents her third recording for DG, combining the lyrical beauty of The Lark Ascending (Vaughan Williams' aural portrait of a lark as it spirals up to the heavens), with two brand new works written specifically or her by Sir John Tavener. Though he is one of England's foremost composers, Tavener draws influence from cultures as diverse as Greek Orthodoxy, Hinduism and Sufism. Also featured is a premiere version for solo violin and strings of Song for Athene, the piece made famous by its performance at the funeral service of Princess Diana. Nicola's previous two recordings (of the Szymanowski and ...
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Vaughan Williams: Over hill, over dale
(more) »rank: 95506from: Hyperion UK
: :Even without his highly regarded symphonies, various instrumental works, and monumental and influential work on the revision of the English Hymnal, Vaughan Williams would have made a major impact on 20th-century music with his many original choral works and his folksong arrangements. In fact, Vaughan Williams's folksong-collecting work was one of the more important contributions ever made to English music. This disc offers a wonderful collection of a cappella choral pieces, including some of Vaughan Williams's finest folksong arrangements. Besides 'Ca' the yowes,' 'Full fathom five,' 'Greensleeves,' and 'The Turtle Dove,' the program includes rarely heard masterpieces such as 'Alister McAlpine's Lament,' which ...
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Acappella Resurrection
(more) »rank: 186416by: Acappella
: :Even without his highly regarded symphonies, various instrumental works, and monumental and influential work on the revision of the English Hymnal, Vaughan Williams would have made a major impact on 20th-century music with his many original choral works and his folksong arrangements. In fact, Vaughan Williams's folksong-collecting work was one of the more important contributions ever made to English music. This disc offers a wonderful collection of a cappella choral pieces, including some of Vaughan Williams's finest folksong arrangements. Besides 'Ca' the yowes,' 'Full fathom five,' 'Greensleeves,' and 'The Turtle Dove,' the program includes rarely heard masterpieces such as 'Alister McAlpine's Lament,' which ...
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I Brow Club
(more) »rank: 195356by: The Bobs
: :Even without his highly regarded symphonies, various instrumental works, and monumental and influential work on the revision of the English Hymnal, Vaughan Williams would have made a major impact on 20th-century music with his many original choral works and his folksong arrangements. In fact, Vaughan Williams's folksong-collecting work was one of the more important contributions ever made to English music. This disc offers a wonderful collection of a cappella choral pieces, including some of Vaughan Williams's finest folksong arrangements. Besides 'Ca' the yowes,' 'Full fathom five,' 'Greensleeves,' and 'The Turtle Dove,' the program includes rarely heard masterpieces such as 'Alister McAlpine's Lament,' which ...
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The Mighty Echoes
(more) »rank: 236627by: The Mighty Echoes
: :Even without his highly regarded symphonies, various instrumental works, and monumental and influential work on the revision of the English Hymnal, Vaughan Williams would have made a major impact on 20th-century music with his many original choral works and his folksong arrangements. In fact, Vaughan Williams's folksong-collecting work was one of the more important contributions ever made to English music. This disc offers a wonderful collection of a cappella choral pieces, including some of Vaughan Williams's finest folksong arrangements. Besides 'Ca' the yowes,' 'Full fathom five,' 'Greensleeves,' and 'The Turtle Dove,' the program includes rarely heard masterpieces such as 'Alister McAlpine's Lament,' which ...
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Bagpipes & Brass
(more) »rank: 189968from: Klavier
: :Even without his highly regarded symphonies, various instrumental works, and monumental and influential work on the revision of the English Hymnal, Vaughan Williams would have made a major impact on 20th-century music with his many original choral works and his folksong arrangements. In fact, Vaughan Williams's folksong-collecting work was one of the more important contributions ever made to English music. This disc offers a wonderful collection of a cappella choral pieces, including some of Vaughan Williams's finest folksong arrangements. Besides 'Ca' the yowes,' 'Full fathom five,' 'Greensleeves,' and 'The Turtle Dove,' the program includes rarely heard masterpieces such as 'Alister McAlpine's Lament,' which ...
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Earth Chants: Madrigal Singers Of Sbhs
(more) »rank: 159472from: Sheffield Lab
: :Even without his highly regarded symphonies, various instrumental works, and monumental and influential work on the revision of the English Hymnal, Vaughan Williams would have made a major impact on 20th-century music with his many original choral works and his folksong arrangements. In fact, Vaughan Williams's folksong-collecting work was one of the more important contributions ever made to English music. This disc offers a wonderful collection of a cappella choral pieces, including some of Vaughan Williams's finest folksong arrangements. Besides 'Ca' the yowes,' 'Full fathom five,' 'Greensleeves,' and 'The Turtle Dove,' the program includes rarely heard masterpieces such as 'Alister McAlpine's Lament,' which ...
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Shut up & Sing!
(more) »rank: 190461by: The Bobs
: :Even without his highly regarded symphonies, various instrumental works, and monumental and influential work on the revision of the English Hymnal, Vaughan Williams would have made a major impact on 20th-century music with his many original choral works and his folksong arrangements. In fact, Vaughan Williams's folksong-collecting work was one of the more important contributions ever made to English music. This disc offers a wonderful collection of a cappella choral pieces, including some of Vaughan Williams's finest folksong arrangements. Besides 'Ca' the yowes,' 'Full fathom five,' 'Greensleeves,' and 'The Turtle Dove,' the program includes rarely heard masterpieces such as 'Alister McAlpine's Lament,' which ...
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I Hear America Singing
(more) »rank: 113259from: Vox (Classical)
: :Even without his highly regarded symphonies, various instrumental works, and monumental and influential work on the revision of the English Hymnal, Vaughan Williams would have made a major impact on 20th-century music with his many original choral works and his folksong arrangements. In fact, Vaughan Williams's folksong-collecting work was one of the more important contributions ever made to English music. This disc offers a wonderful collection of a cappella choral pieces, including some of Vaughan Williams's finest folksong arrangements. Besides 'Ca' the yowes,' 'Full fathom five,' 'Greensleeves,' and 'The Turtle Dove,' the program includes rarely heard masterpieces such as 'Alister McAlpine's Lament,' which ...
