Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs are settings of poems by George Herbert, an Anglican priest and metaphysical poet who was also an amateur musician.
Composition History
Lennox Berkeley's Variations on a Hymn by Orlando Gibbons uses a tune by Elizabethan composer Orlando Gibbons, which Berkeley found in the Yattendon Hymnal.
Recording & Production
The album's conductor, Michael Waldron, discovered Lennox Berkeley's Variations on a Hymn by Orlando Gibbons by chance and decided to record it after realizing it had no prior recordings or performance history.
Recording & Production
The recording of Lennox Berkeley's Variations on a Hymn by Orlando Gibbons and the string and piano version of Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs are world premiere recordings.
Compositional Technique
Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs feature a characteristic combination of restrained passion, reflection, and harmonic ambiguity, along with the use of modality.
Composition History
Peter Warlock's Capriol Suite originated from his work editing the 1589 dance treatise Orchésographie by Thoinot Arbeau, from which he freely arranged six dances.
Performer Biography
Roderick Williams, the baritone on this album, is a highly sought-after performer with a wide repertoire and has also had his own compositions premiered at major venues and on national radio.
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