Since you are interested in Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs / On Wenlock Edge (Chamber version) / English Folksongs, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
JOHN IRELAND
Songs (Incls 'Five Poems by Thomas Hardy') Roderick Williams (Baritone) / Iain Burnside (Piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 18 / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "Roderick Williams is such a good singer he can make the voice part sound vocal and natural in a way not many have succeeded in doing. …the pianist, Iain Burnside, plays with a sureness of touch to match the highly skilled naturalness of Williams's... |
IAN VENABLES
On the Wings of Love / Venetian Songs Andrew Kennedy (tenor) / Richard Hosford (clarinet) / Iain Burnside (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 21 / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "[Venables] manages to create worthwhile new artefacts within his conservative idiom. Expertly crafted, the results offer something genuinely personal and at times profound." (BBC Music Choral & Song Choice - December 2010) |
WILLIAM WALTON
Anon in Love / A Song for the Lord Mayor's Table / etc Felicity Lott (soprano) Martyn Hill (tenor) Craig Ogden (guitar) Graham Johnson (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "for a super-budget recording this, as with any of the British song series formerly with Collins and now with Naxos, is a must-have." -- Musicweb.uk.net |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Hodie / Fantasia on Christmas Carols Janice Watson (soprano) Peter Hoare (tenor) Stephen Gadd (baritone) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Hilary Davan Wetton [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Nov/2007 ] "The performances are distinctive and good. That Naxos chose two of the composer's works which are not so popular or well known today is to be applauded." (MusicWeb Dec 2007) |