Conductor(s): Brown, Timothy
Label: Naxos
Genre: Choral - Sacred
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.572465
Barcode: 747313246571
Release Date: 02/2010

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, R.: Sacred Choral Music (Clare College Choir, Cambridge, T. Brown)

Ralph Vaughan Williams’s sublime Mass in G minor reveals the composer’s absorbing interest in using the modal harmonic language and contrapuntal textures of the English late Renaissance to achieve a huge emotional and dynamic range. Undoubtedly the most technically demanding work on this disc is A Vision of Aeroplanes, a virtuosic motet for mixed chorus and organ. Several neglected works also feature here, including The Voice out of the Whirlwind, an anthem for mixed chorus and orchestra or organ, and Valiant-for-truth, one of several works based on Bunyan’s Christian allegory The Pilgrim’s Progress.

Tracklist

Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Gupta, Ashok (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
1The Voice out of the Whirlwind05:23
Gupta, Ashok (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Bunyan, John - Lyricist
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
2Valiant for Truth05:32
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Mass Text - Lyricist
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
3Kyrie04:00
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
4Gloria03:42
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
5Credo06:16
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
6Sanctus - Benedictus04:47
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
7Agnus Dei03:50
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Coverdale, Myles - Lyricist
Gupta, Ashok (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
8No. 1. Easter Hymn03:35
Gupta, Ashok (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
9No. 2. Christmas Hymn05:56
Gupta, Ashok (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
10No. 3. Whitsunday Hymn03:24
Gupta, Ashok (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Milton, John - Lyricist
Gupta, Ashok (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
11Nothing is Here for Tears02:14
Gupta, Ashok (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
McVinnie, James (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
12A Vision of Aeroplanes09:31
McVinnie, James (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
13The Souls of the Righteous03:19
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
Gupta, Ashok (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
14A Choral Flourish01:42
Gupta, Ashok (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:03:11