01. - 04. Ralph Vaughan Williams - Four Hymns [15'22]
05. - 07. Ralph Vaughan Williams - Merciless Beauty [6'15]
08. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Water Mill* [3'16]
09. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The New Ghost* [4'59]
10. - 19. Ralph Vaughan Williams - Ten Blake Songs# [17'52]
20. - 25. Ralph Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge [21'29]
Ian Partridge- tenor with:
Music Group of London (Hugh Bean & Frances Mason- violins; David Parkhouse- piano; Christopher Wellington- viola; Eileen Croxford- cello)
*Jennifer Partridge- piano
#Janet Craxton- oboe
EMI CDM5655892 (recorded January 1970 & June 1973; *August & #May 1970; this CD release 1996)
(flac and scans)
Recording venue: No.1 Studio Abbey Road, London
Recording engineer: Neville Boyling; Producer: Christopher Bishop
This was one of the first recordings of On Wenlock Edge that I got to know, back in the 1970s, and it remains my favourite. At the time, all recordings were in this original version with string quartet and piano but nowadays, the orchestral version seems to have become the more popular.
This disc is replicated in EMI's giant Vaughan Williams Collector's Edition boxed set but this single disc comes with excellent notes by Michael Kennedy and the printed lyrics. Ian Partridge's performances are treasurable throughout as are the accompaniments - Janet Craxton's oboe makes the Blake Songs more ear-pleasing than usual.
Superb recorded sound from EMI's golden age.
05. - 07. Ralph Vaughan Williams - Merciless Beauty [6'15]
08. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Water Mill* [3'16]
09. Ralph Vaughan Williams - The New Ghost* [4'59]
10. - 19. Ralph Vaughan Williams - Ten Blake Songs# [17'52]
20. - 25. Ralph Vaughan Williams - On Wenlock Edge [21'29]
Ian Partridge- tenor with:
Music Group of London (Hugh Bean & Frances Mason- violins; David Parkhouse- piano; Christopher Wellington- viola; Eileen Croxford- cello)
*Jennifer Partridge- piano
#Janet Craxton- oboe
EMI CDM5655892 (recorded January 1970 & June 1973; *August & #May 1970; this CD release 1996)
(flac and scans)
Recording venue: No.1 Studio Abbey Road, London
Recording engineer: Neville Boyling; Producer: Christopher Bishop
This was one of the first recordings of On Wenlock Edge that I got to know, back in the 1970s, and it remains my favourite. At the time, all recordings were in this original version with string quartet and piano but nowadays, the orchestral version seems to have become the more popular.
This disc is replicated in EMI's giant Vaughan Williams Collector's Edition boxed set but this single disc comes with excellent notes by Michael Kennedy and the printed lyrics. Ian Partridge's performances are treasurable throughout as are the accompaniments - Janet Craxton's oboe makes the Blake Songs more ear-pleasing than usual.
Superb recorded sound from EMI's golden age.
