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Folk songs of the four seasons

Title
Folk songs of the four seasons [sound recording] / Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Author
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
Publication
[London] : Albion Records, p2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Foote, Guthrie.
  • Willcocks, David, 1919-2015.
  • Clare College (University of Cambridge). Choir. prf
  • English Voices. prf
  • Dmitri Ensemble. prf
Description
1 sound disc (56 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Subject
  • Choruses, Secular (Women's voices), Unaccompanied
  • Cantatas, Secular
Note
  • Cantatas.
  • For unacc. women's chorus; the 2nd work originally consisted of 5 songs (the 2nd, Drinking song, omitted by Foote) for chorus with orchestra, adapted from the opera Sir John in love.
  • Compact disc.
  • Program notes and vocal texts ([20] p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded Jan. 9-10, 2009, at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge.
Contents
Folk songs of the four seasons. Prologue. To the ploughboy (7:35) -- Spring. Early in the Spring (2:15) ; The lark in the morning (2:45) ; May song (2:47) -- Summer. Summer is a-coming in and The cuckoo (3:18); The sprig of thyme (2:32) ; The sheep shearing (2:31) ; The green meadow (1:24) ; Autumn. John Barleycorn (2:47) ; The unquiet grave (4:43) ; An acre of land (1:59) -- Winter. Children's Christmas song (3:19) ; Wassail song (2:14) ; In Bethlehem city (3:28) ; God bless the master (4:04) -- In Windsor forest. The conspiracy (1:46) ; Falstaff and the fairies (4:45) ; Wedding chorus (4:44) ; Epilogue (Whether men do laugh or weep (2:22).
LCCN
5060158190102
OCLC
  • ocn505033821
  • 505033821
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries