Choral Music (British Anthems) - VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, R. / DARKE, H. / ELGAR, E. / HOLST, G. (R. Williams, Vasari Singers, Backhouse)

Featuring Vaughan Williams’ masterly and intensely personal Five Mystical Songs, this album reflects on the sources of inspiration of some of his sacred choral works, alongside gems of 19th- and early-20th-century English church music. Often setting the poetry of the King James Bible, the finely spun melodies and sensitivity to word-rhythm of composers from S.S. Wesley to Herbert Howells result in a uniquely British form of expression.

Tracklist

Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
1O clap your hands (version for choir and organ)03:29
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
Elgar, Edward
Cameron, John - Arranger
Mass Text - Lyricist
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
2Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma": Variation 9: Nimrod (arr. J. Cameron for choir as Lux Aeterna)03:31
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
Holst, Gustav
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Ford, Martin - Arranger
Gray, Francis Ralph - Lyricist
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
32 Psalms: Psalm 148, "Lord, Who hast made us for thine own" (arr. M. Ford for choir and organ)05:33
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
Darke, Harold
Bridges, Robert Seymour - Lyricist
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
4O Gladsome Light, Op. 38, No. 203:51
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
Howells, Herbert
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Smith, Julia (soprano)
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
54 Anthems: No. 3. Like as the hart06:28
Smith, Julia (soprano)
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
Elgar, Edward
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
6Give unto the Lord, Op. 74, "Psalm 29" (version for choir and organ)09:23
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
Wesley, Samuel Sebastian
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Smith, Julia (soprano)
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
7Wash me throughly04:51
Smith, Julia (soprano)
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Limb, Elizabeth (soprano)
Limb, Rachel (soprano)
Jurka, Kate (soprano)
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
8O Taste and See01:36
Limb, Elizabeth (soprano)
Limb, Rachel (soprano)
Jurka, Kate (soprano)
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
Wesley, Samuel Sebastian
Bible - New Testament - Lyricist
Limb, Elizabeth (soprano)
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
9Blessed be the God and Father08:01
Limb, Elizabeth (soprano)
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
Stanford, Charles Villiers
Bible - Lyricist
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
10Bible Songs, Op. 113: No. 6. A Song of Wisdom (version for choir and organ)05:25
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
Hadley, Patrick
Bible - Old Testament - Lyricist
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
11My Beloved Spake (version for choir and organ)03:34
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Ford, Martin - Arranger
Herbert, George - Lyricist
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
12No. 1. Easter05:21
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
13No. 2. I Got Me Flowers03:01
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
14No. 3. Love Bade Me Welcome06:08
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
15No. 4. The Call01:58
Williams, Roderick (baritone)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)
16No. 5. Antiphon03:23
Vasari Singers (Choir)
Ford, Martin (organ)
Backhouse, Jeremy (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:15:33