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)
1 The Voice out of the Whirlwind 05:23
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)
2 Valiant for Truth 05:32
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Mass Text - Lyricist
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
3 Kyrie 04:00
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
4 Gloria 03:42
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
5 Credo 06:16
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
6 Sanctus - Benedictus 04:47
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
7 Agnus Dei 03:50
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)
8 No. 1. Easter Hymn 03:35
Gupta, Ashok (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
9 No. 2. Christmas Hymn 05:56
Gupta, Ashok (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
10 No. 3. Whitsunday Hymn 03:24
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)
11 Nothing is Here for Tears 02:14
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)
12 A Vision of Aeroplanes 09:31
McVinnie, James (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
13 The Souls of the Righteous 03:19
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
Gupta, Ashok (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)
14 A Choral Flourish 01:42
Gupta, Ashok (organ)
Clare College Choir, Cambridge (Choir)
Brown, Timothy (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:03:11