Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits
Five Tudor Portraits
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
- +5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus
- Künstler: Jean Rigby, John Shirley-Quirk, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
- Label: Chandos, DDD, 96
- Bestellnummer: 8319755
- Erscheinungstermin: 2.2.1998
Product Information
Vaughan Williams: 5 Tudor Portraits
Vaughan William’s vividly entertaining Five Tudor Portraits come alive under Richard Hickox’s highly sympathetic direction.
Having successfully tackled Elizabethan England, Vaughan Williams found a related stimulus in the energy and bawdiness of the late medieval poet John Skelton.
Opening with the »Ballad: The Tunning of Elinor Rumming«, we find Skelton in racy mode, describing an alehouse run by Elinor. We are introduced to the assorted, colourful characters who visit the pub, most of them poor and of all them thirsty for the »nappy ale«.»My Pretty Bess« follows, a tender poem drawing exquisitely lyrical music from Vaughan Williams. Male chorus and orchestra then bring us »Burlesca - Epitaph on John Jaybeard of Diss«, describing a cantankerous, dislikeable clerk whose death no-one mourns. The following movement, quoting the »Dies Irae«, tells of Jane Scroop’s lament for the death of Philip, her pet sparrow (eaten by Gib, the cat). In the final, exuberant portrait, »Jolly Rutterkin«, trumpets call above horns and lower strings, before the chorus enters with a high-spirited »Hoyda, hoyda«.
The Five Variants of »Dives and Lazarus«, with their rich string writing, antiphonal effects and mellow colouring, recall the composer’s Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis. Vaughan Williams commented: »These variants are not exact replicas of traditional tunes but rather the reminiscences of various versions in my own collection and those of others.«
Rezensionen
»...this is an essential disc for lovers of English music.« Halderman - American Record Guide - July / August 1998
»...The poems which are witty, racy and sometimes a little coarse, are performed with relish by Rigby, Shirley -Quirk with the London SymphonyChorus on fine form. The orchestral playing is excellent throughout ...« Yorkshire Post - March 1998
»...Jane Scroop’s lament for the pet sparrow, a beautiful elegy for a mezzo-soprano, is winsomely sung by Jean Rigby. Elsewhere Richard Hickox has the London Symphony Chorus and the orchestra pulling out plenty of stops...« Classic FM - April 1998
»...the refinement of the LSO string playing under Hickox is magnificent, and the subtle textures of the scoring are beautifully captured.« Terry Barfoot - BBC Music Magazine - April 1998
Rezensionen
B. G. Cohrs in KLASSIK heute 7/98: »Der Chor ist schlicht umwerfend, die problematische Klangbalance mit dem Orchester bleibt stets optimal gewahrt. Diese Interpretation kann uneingeschränkt als Referenzeinspielung empfohlen werden.«- Tracklisting
- Details
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
Tudor Portraits Nr. 1-5
- 1 Ballad: The Tunning of Elinor Rumming
- 2 Intermezzo: Pretty Bess
- 3 Burlesca: Epitaph on John Jayberd of Diss
- 4 Romanza: Jane Scroop
- 5 Scherzo: Jolly Rutterkin
- 6 Dives and Lazarus (5 Variationen für Orchester)
