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Bax/Finzi/Vaughan Williams: Choral Works

~ Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer), Sir Arnold Bax (Composer), Gerald Finzi (Composer), Sir David Willcocks (Conductor), Stephen Cleobury (Conductor), et al.
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  • Performer: John Eaton, Nigel Perrin, Robin Doveton, David van Asch
  • Orchestra: Cambridge King's College Choir
  • Conductor: Sir David Willcocks, Stephen Cleobury
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir Arnold Bax, Gerald Finzi
  • Audio CD (10 Jun 1996)
  • SPARS Code: ADD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: British Composers
  • ASIN: B000005GSG
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 125,602 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Messe G-MollKing'S College Choir Of Cambridge 3:58£0.69
Listen  2. Lo, The Full, Final Sacrifice Op.26King'S College Choir Of Cambridge 4:06£0.69
Listen  3. Mater Ora FiliumKing'S College Choir Of Cambridge 6:58£0.69
Listen  4. God Is Qgone Up Op.27 Nr.2King'S College Choir Of Cambridge 5:29£0.69
Listen  5. I Sing Of A Maiden That Is MakelessKing'S College Choir Of Cambridge 3:49£0.69
Listen  6. The Worldes JoieKing'S College Choir Of Cambridge14:00£1.89
Listen  7. Magnificat Op.36King'S College Choir Of Cambridge10:25£1.89
Listen  8. Finzi: God Is Gone Up Op. 27/2Farnes, Richard/Willcocks, David/Choir Of King's College, Cambridge 4:31£0.69
Listen  9. Finzi: I Sing Of A MaidenCleobury, Stephen/Choir Of King's College, Cambridge 3:54£0.69
Listen10. Finzi: This Worldes JoieCleobury, Stephen/Choir Of King's College, Cambridge 6:18£0.69
Listen11. Finzi: Magnificat Op. 36Farnes, Richard/Willcocks, David/Choir Of King's College, Cambridge 9:22£1.89

On this CD:
  1. Mass in G minor
    Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
    with John Eaton, Nigel Perrin, Robin Doveton, David van Asch
    Conducted by David Willcocks

  2. Mater ora filium
    Composed by Sir Arnold Bax
    Conducted by Stephen Cleobury

  3. I sing of a maiden
    Composed by Sir Arnold Bax
    Conducted by Stephen Cleobury

  4. This worldes joie
    Composed by Sir Arnold Bax
    Conducted by Stephen Cleobury

  5. Lo, the full, final sacrifice
    Composed by Gerald Finzi
    with Richard Farnes
    Conducted by Stephen Cleobury

  6. God is gone up
    Composed by Gerald Finzi
    with Richard Farnes
    Conducted by Stephen Cleobury

  7. Magnificat
    Composed by Gerald Finzi
    with Richard Farnes
    Conducted by Stephen Cleobury

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3.0 out of 5 stars A mixed bag, 4 Aug 2001
This disc is rather disappointing in many ways. The music recorded here is important in the English choral tradition, but parts of the recording do not do the works justice.

The disc starts well: Vaughan Williams's Mass in G is a fantastic work, and the performance by the Choir of King's College Cambridge is fine. David Willcocks yet again demonstrates why he is one of the finest conductors of choral music and one of the finest choir trainers of the latter part of the twentieth century. The choir's diction, tone, intonation, clarity, blend and intelligence are explemplary. The result is a recording of power, emotion and sensitivity.

The second half of the CD is made up of King's performing works by Bax and Finzi. Following the Vaughan Williams, these seem very poor. Captured twenty years later, the choir now under Stephen Cleobury's direction, these recording are essentially boring and unimaginative. The choir is still technically brilliant, but there is little life to these works. There is little sense of excitment in the singing, few great contrasts. The impression one gets is that the choir is too busy with technicalities to stand back and think about what is being sung and appreciate the beauty of it.

This recording is worth having because of the nature of the music that is on the disc, but the second half fails to live up to the standards of the first.

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