Ralph Vaughan Williams

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The 1st and 14th works for 2 voices with piano; the remainder for voice with various acc.
The 12th work originally with mixed chorus and orchestra.
The 13th work is a song cycle.
Compact disc.
English words and program notes by Michael Kennedy in English, French, and German (23 p.) in container.
It was a lover and his lass -- The lawyer (Louisa Fuller, violin) -- The splendour falls -- The water mill -- Tired -- Silent noon -- Searching for lambs (Louisa Fuller, violin) -- Nocturne -- Joy, shipmate, joy! -- Lord, come away (John Metcalfe, viola) -- Come love, come Lord (John Metcalfe, viola) -- Five mystical songs -- On Wenlock edge -- Dirge for Fidele.
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor (1st, 3rd-4th, 7th, 10th-11th, 13th-14th works); Simon Keenlyside, baritone (1st-2nd, 5th-6th, 8th-9th, 12th, 14th works); Graham Johnson, piano; Duke Quartet (13th work).
Contents: It was a lover and his lass. -- English folk songs, -- Splendour falls. -- Poems by Fredegond Shove. -- Last songs. -- House of life. -- Poems by Walt Whitman. -- Hymns, -- Mystical songs; -- On Wenlock edge. -- Dirge for Fidele.

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