The Nash Ensemble - Vaughan Williams: Chamber Music (2002)
BAND/ARTIST: The Nash Ensemble
- Title: Vaughan Williams: Chamber Music
- Year Of Release: 2002
- Label: Hyperion
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:14:51
- Total Size: 265 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. The Lake in the Mountains
02. 6 Studies in English Folksong: I. Adagio "Lovely on the Water"
03. 6 Studies in English Folksong: II. Andante sostenuto "Spurn Point"
04. 6 Studies in English Folk Song: III. Larghetto "Van Dieman's Land"
05. 6 Studies in English Folk Song: IV. Lento "She Borrowed Some of Her Mother's Gold"
06. 6 Studies in English Folk Song: V. Andante tranquillo "The Lady and the Dragoon"
07. 6 Studies in English Folk Song: VI. Allegro vivace "As I Walked over London Bridge"
08. Phantasy Quintet: I. Prelude. Lento ma non troppo
09. Phantasy Quintet: II. Scherzo. Prestissimo
10. Phantasy Quintet: III. Alla Sarabanda. Lento
11. Phantasy Quintet: IV. Burlesca. Allegro moderato
12. Violin Sonata in A Minor: I. Fantasia. Allegro giusto
13. Violin Sonata in A Minor: II. Scherzo. Allegro furioso ma non troppo
14. Violin Sonata in A Minor: III. Tema con variazioni. Andante
15. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: I. Prelude. Allegro appassionato
16. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II. Romance. Largo
17. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: III. Scherzo. Allegro
18. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: IV. Epilogue. Andante sostenuto
This disc is for those in awe of, and in love with Ralph Vaughan Williams for his sublime work The Lark Ascending. Evoking an ambience of balmy, hazy summer afternoons spent languishing in the English countryside in a state of semi-slumber while the world drifts gently by in the breeze, this disc is the textbook antidote for clearing away the dark grey clouds so prevalent of late.
The opening work, The Lake in the Mountains for solo piano, is deliciously dreamy, as are the Six Studies in English Folk-Song for cello and piano. Vaughan Williams (himself a viola player) augmented the standard string quartet with a second viola for his Phantasy Quintet, adding further sonority and richness to music already measuring very highly on the sonorous scale. The Violin Sonata was written for Frederick Grinke, whose performances of The Lark Ascending Vaughan Williams much admired, and the String Quartet No 2 arose from his friendship with a young viola player. Echoes of Flos campi and the finale of his Fifth Symphony waft through the quartet like little coils of smoke from an early autumn bonfire, and it concludes in an atmosphere of benediction and serenity.
01. The Lake in the Mountains
02. 6 Studies in English Folksong: I. Adagio "Lovely on the Water"
03. 6 Studies in English Folksong: II. Andante sostenuto "Spurn Point"
04. 6 Studies in English Folk Song: III. Larghetto "Van Dieman's Land"
05. 6 Studies in English Folk Song: IV. Lento "She Borrowed Some of Her Mother's Gold"
06. 6 Studies in English Folk Song: V. Andante tranquillo "The Lady and the Dragoon"
07. 6 Studies in English Folk Song: VI. Allegro vivace "As I Walked over London Bridge"
08. Phantasy Quintet: I. Prelude. Lento ma non troppo
09. Phantasy Quintet: II. Scherzo. Prestissimo
10. Phantasy Quintet: III. Alla Sarabanda. Lento
11. Phantasy Quintet: IV. Burlesca. Allegro moderato
12. Violin Sonata in A Minor: I. Fantasia. Allegro giusto
13. Violin Sonata in A Minor: II. Scherzo. Allegro furioso ma non troppo
14. Violin Sonata in A Minor: III. Tema con variazioni. Andante
15. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: I. Prelude. Allegro appassionato
16. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: II. Romance. Largo
17. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: III. Scherzo. Allegro
18. String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: IV. Epilogue. Andante sostenuto
This disc is for those in awe of, and in love with Ralph Vaughan Williams for his sublime work The Lark Ascending. Evoking an ambience of balmy, hazy summer afternoons spent languishing in the English countryside in a state of semi-slumber while the world drifts gently by in the breeze, this disc is the textbook antidote for clearing away the dark grey clouds so prevalent of late.
The opening work, The Lake in the Mountains for solo piano, is deliciously dreamy, as are the Six Studies in English Folk-Song for cello and piano. Vaughan Williams (himself a viola player) augmented the standard string quartet with a second viola for his Phantasy Quintet, adding further sonority and richness to music already measuring very highly on the sonorous scale. The Violin Sonata was written for Frederick Grinke, whose performances of The Lark Ascending Vaughan Williams much admired, and the String Quartet No 2 arose from his friendship with a young viola player. Echoes of Flos campi and the finale of his Fifth Symphony waft through the quartet like little coils of smoke from an early autumn bonfire, and it concludes in an atmosphere of benediction and serenity.
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