Riders to the Sea / Epithalamion / Merciless Beauty

~ Release by Vaughan Williams; Philip Langridge, Meredith Davies, Sir David Willcocks (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Riders to the Sea: Where is she?
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
contralto vocals [Maurya]:
Helen Watts (contralto)
soprano vocals [Cathleen]:
Margaret Price (soprano)
soprano vocals [Nora]:
Norma Burrowes (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra Nova of London
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
partial recording of:
Riders To The Sea (single-act opera by Vaughan Williams)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (until 1927, in 1927)
librettist:
John Millington Synge
Ralph Vaughan Williams6:17
2Riders to the Sea: Where is the bit of new rope
baritone vocals [Bartley]:
Benjamin Luxon (baritone)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
contralto vocals [Maurya]:
Helen Watts (contralto)
soprano vocals [Cathleen]:
Margaret Price (soprano)
soprano vocals [Nora]:
Norma Burrowes (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra Nova of London
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
partial recording of:
Riders To The Sea (single-act opera by Vaughan Williams)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (until 1927, in 1927)
librettist:
John Millington Synge
Ralph Vaughan Williams7:00
3Riders to the Sea: Wait, Nora
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
contralto vocals [Maurya]:
Helen Watts (contralto)
soprano vocals [Cathleen]:
Margaret Price (soprano)
soprano vocals [Nora]:
Norma Burrowes (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra Nova of London
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
partial recording of:
Riders To The Sea (single-act opera by Vaughan Williams)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (until 1927, in 1927)
librettist:
John Millington Synge
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:39
4Riders to the Sea: You didn't give him his bit of bread?
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
contralto vocals [Maurya]:
Helen Watts (contralto)
soprano vocals [Cathleen]:
Margaret Price (soprano)
soprano vocals [Nora]:
Norma Burrowes (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra Nova of London
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
partial recording of:
Riders To The Sea (single-act opera by Vaughan Williams)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (until 1927, in 1927)
librettist:
John Millington Synge
Ralph Vaughan Williams5:41
5Riders to the Sea: Bartley will be lost now
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
contralto vocals [Maurya]:
Helen Watts (contralto)
mezzo-soprano vocals [A Woman]:
Pauline Stevens (soprano)
soprano vocals [Cathleen]:
Margaret Price (soprano)
soprano vocals [Nora]:
Norma Burrowes (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra Nova of London
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
partial recording of:
Riders To The Sea (single-act opera by Vaughan Williams)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (until 1927, in 1927)
librettist:
John Millington Synge
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:16
6Riders to the Sea: They are all gone now
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Singers (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir)
contralto vocals [Maurya]:
Helen Watts (contralto)
soprano vocals [Cathleen]:
Margaret Price (soprano)
soprano vocals [Nora]:
Norma Burrowes (soprano)
orchestra:
Orchestra Nova of London
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
partial recording of:
Riders To The Sea (single-act opera by Vaughan Williams)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (until 1927, in 1927)
librettist:
John Millington Synge
Ralph Vaughan Williams9:37
7Merciless Beauty: I. Your eyen two
cello:
David Waterman
violin:
James Clark (British violinist) and Andrew Watkinson (violinist/conductor)
tenor vocals:
Philip Langridge (tenor)
recording of:
Merciless Beauty: I. Your eyën two
lyricist:
Geoffrey Chaucer
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1921)
part of:
Merciless Beauty (For voice, 2 violins, cello)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:33
8Merciless Beauty: II. So hath your beauty
cello:
David Waterman
violin:
James Clark (British violinist) and Andrew Watkinson (violinist/conductor)
tenor vocals:
Philip Langridge (tenor)
recording of:
Merciless Beauty: II. So hath your beauty
lyricist:
Geoffrey Chaucer
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1921)
part of:
Merciless Beauty (For voice, 2 violins, cello)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:39
9Merciless Beauty: III. Since I from Love
cello:
David Waterman
violin:
James Clark (British violinist) and Andrew Watkinson (violinist/conductor)
tenor vocals:
Philip Langridge (tenor)
recording of:
Merciless Beauty: III. Since I from Love
lyricist:
Geoffrey Chaucer
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1921)
part of:
Merciless Beauty (For voice, 2 violins, cello)
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:22
10Epithalamion: I. Prologue
flute:
Jonathan Snowden (flutist)
piano:
Howard Shelley (British pianist and conductor)
choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Epithalamion: I. Prologue
lyricist:
Edmund Spenser (English poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1939 until 1957)
part of:
Epithalamion (for baritone, chorus, and orchestra)
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:06
11Epithalamion: II. Wake now
flute:
Jonathan Snowden (flutist)
piano:
Howard Shelley (British pianist and conductor)
baritone vocals:
Stephen Roberts (UK bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Epithalamion: II. Wake Now
lyricist:
Edmund Spenser (English poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1939 until 1957)
part of:
Epithalamion (for baritone, chorus, and orchestra)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:39
12Epithalamion: III. The Calling of the Bride
flute:
Jonathan Snowden (flutist)
piano:
Howard Shelley (British pianist and conductor)
choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Epithalamion: III. The Calling of the Bride
lyricist:
Edmund Spenser (English poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1939 until 1957)
part of:
Epithalamion (for baritone, chorus, and orchestra)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:27
13Epithalamion: IV. The Minstrels
flute:
Jonathan Snowden (flutist)
piano:
Howard Shelley (British pianist and conductor)
choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Epithalamion: IV. The Minstrels
lyricist:
Edmund Spenser (English poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1939 until 1957)
part of:
Epithalamion (for baritone, chorus, and orchestra)
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:40
14Epithalamion: V. Procession of the Bride
flute:
Jonathan Snowden (flutist)
piano:
Howard Shelley (British pianist and conductor)
choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Epithalamion: V. Procession of the Bride
lyricist:
Edmund Spenser (English poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1939 until 1957)
part of:
Epithalamion (for baritone, chorus, and orchestra)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:23
15Epithalamion: VI. The Temple Gates
flute:
Jonathan Snowden (flutist)
piano:
Howard Shelley (British pianist and conductor)
choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Epithalamion: VI. The Temple Gates
lyricist:
Edmund Spenser (English poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1939 until 1957)
part of:
Epithalamion (for baritone, chorus, and orchestra)
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:41
16Epithalamion: VII. The Bell Ringers
flute:
Jonathan Snowden (flutist)
piano:
Howard Shelley (British pianist and conductor)
choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Epithalamion: VII. The Bell Ringers
lyricist:
Edmund Spenser (English poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1939 until 1957)
part of:
Epithalamion (for baritone, chorus, and orchestra)
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:45
17Epithalamion: VIII. The Lover's Song
flute:
Jonathan Snowden (flutist)
piano:
Howard Shelley (British pianist and conductor)
baritone vocals:
Stephen Roberts (UK bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Epithalamion: VIII. The Lover's Song
lyricist:
Edmund Spenser (English poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1939 until 1957)
part of:
Epithalamion (for baritone, chorus, and orchestra)
Ralph Vaughan Williams5:54
18Epithalamion: IX. The Minstrel's Song
flute:
Jonathan Snowden (flutist)
piano:
Howard Shelley (British pianist and conductor)
baritone vocals:
Stephen Roberts (UK bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Epithalamion: IX. The Minstrel's Song
lyricist:
Edmund Spenser (English poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1939 until 1957)
part of:
Epithalamion (for baritone, chorus, and orchestra)
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:25
19Epithalamion: X. Song of the Winged Loves
flute:
Jonathan Snowden (flutist)
piano:
Howard Shelley (British pianist and conductor)
choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Epithalamion: X. Song of the Winged Loves
lyricist:
Edmund Spenser (English poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1939 until 1957)
part of:
Epithalamion (for baritone, chorus, and orchestra)
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:04
20Epithalamion: XI. Prayer to Juno
flute:
Jonathan Snowden (flutist)
piano:
Howard Shelley (British pianist and conductor)
baritone vocals:
Stephen Roberts (UK bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Epithalamion: XI. Prayer to Juno
lyricist:
Edmund Spenser (English poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1939 until 1957)
part of:
Epithalamion (for baritone, chorus, and orchestra)
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:12

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