5060158190348

Earth And Sky: Vaughan Williams Choral Premieres

The Chapel Choir Of The Royal Hospital Chelsea & William Vann

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Format: CD

Cat No: ALBCD034

Release Date:  14 September 2018

Label:  Albion Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5060158190348

Genres:  Classical  Choral  

  • Description

    "Earth and Sky" comprises fourteen choral works written by Ralph Vaughan Williams and a further eight arrangements made by him between 1896 and 1954 – very nearly the length of his working career. 21 of the 22 tracks are world premiere recordings and are performed by the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea and William Van.



    This varied collection includes salon music, folk song settings, hymns and anthems, patriotic songs and finally Gaelic songs in English translation. Vaughan Williams never repeated himself, and the variety on display here is quite astonishing.



    The recording was made in February 2018 in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead. William Vann directs the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea and plays the piano for four tracks. Hugh Rowlands accompanies a further 9 tracks on the church's Willis organ.



    An earlier release with William Vann as Director of Music, SOMMCD0161 Carols from Chelsea, earned critical press acclaim, Gramophone commenting on the "first-class personnel" and "tension and subtlety in the performances."


  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Vine, Vine & Eglantine
      • 2. Winter
      • 3. Spring
      • 4. Sound Sleep
      • 5. The Jolly Ploughboy
      • 6. Old Folks At Home
      • 7. A Farmer's Boy
      • 8. The World It Went Well With Me Then
      • 9. Tobacco's But An Indian Weed
      • 10. The New Commonwealth
      • 11. O Praise The Lord Of Heaven
      • 12. My Soul Praise The Lord
      • 13. Little Cloister
      • 14. A Hymn Of Freedom
      • 15. England, My England
      • 16. A Call To The Free Nations
      • 17. The Airmen's Hymn
      • 18. Land Of Our Birth
      • 19. Hymn For St Margaret
      • 20. Dawn On The Hills
      • 21. Come Let Us Gather Cockles
      • 22. Wake And Rise