Vaughan Williams: The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains
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Performer: Alan OpiePerformer: Bryn Terfel
Performer: Jonathan Best
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor: Matthew Best
Performer: Duke Dobing
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia
Orchestra: London Sinfonia
Performer: John Scott
Performer: Roger Judd
Performer: Linda Kitchen
Performer: Lynne Dawson
Performer: Adrian Thompson
Performer: John Bowen
Performer: John Mark Ainsley
Performer: Mark Ainley
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 1993-11-19
Music Label: Hyperion UK
Soundtracks:
- A Song of Thanksgiving for soprano, speaker, chorus & orchestra
- Choral Hymns (3) for baritone or tenor, chorus & orchestra: 1. Easter Hymn
- Choral Hymns (3) for baritone or tenor, chorus & orchestra: 2. Christmas Hymn
- Choral Hymns (3) for baritone or tenor, chorus & orchestra: 3. Whitsunday Hymn
- Magnificat for female chorus, flute & orchestra in A major
- The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains, opera
- Psalm 100 ('All people that on earth do dwell'), for chorus & orchestra ('The Hundredth Psalm')
Music reviews of Vaughan Williams: The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains
Music Review: Bravo, especially for the "Song of Thanksgving"
Rating: 5 Stars
I have to agree with Chris Johnson's description of the "Song of Thanksgiving" as "the greatest piece of music ever written that almost no one has heard." This is a piece that should be performed much more often, although it is hard to imagine a speaker better suited to the piece than the late Sir John Gielgud, whose own voice in this recording is itself a musical instrument. (The speaker in the only other recording I have heard is not nearly as good, although that recording has the virtue of bringing out the sound of the organ to grand and glorious effect.) If there is one tiny flaw in the present recording of the "Song," it is in the soprano's pronunciation of the very last syllable she sings (which is also the very last syllable of the whole piece), which seems to lag a bit. Otherwise, this is an absolutely first-rate performance of a very moving piece.
By the way, another unjustly neglected piece by Vaughan Williams is his "Pilgrim Pavement," which is available on a recording of the venerable fifth symphony. It is another piece that should be much more widely performed and recorded.
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- Styles > Classical
- Featured Composers, A-Z > ( V ) > Vaughan Williams, Ralph
- Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Composers > Vaughan Williams, Ralph
- General Contemporary
- Sacred & Religious > General
- Opera & Vocal > General
- Languages > English
- Vocal Non-Opera > Hymns
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- Classical - Historical Periods - Modern, 20th, & 21st Century - Composers - Vaughan Williams, Ralph - General
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