This album features 74 newly recorded songs, including 53 world première recordings, and 4 songs previously released on vinyl but not digitally.
Performer Biography
William Vann, the pianist and musical director for this album, is a multiple-prize winning accompanist and conductor who performs with major singers and instrumentalists worldwide.
Composition History
The collection "Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties" (1908) is unique in this series as it is the only set of folk songs collected by the composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams, himself.
Album & Artwork
This album is the third of four volumes presenting Ralph Vaughan Williams's complete published arrangements of traditional English folk songs for voice with instrumental accompaniment.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ralph Vaughan Williams, the composer, believed that folk music was the 'germ of art music' and made arrangements to complement beautiful traditional tunes.
Recording & Production
Albion Records, the label for this recording, is devoted to works by Ralph Vaughan Williams and ensures each recording contains at least one world première.
Composer Biography
Ralph Vaughan Williams began collecting folk songs after being 'overwhelmed' by the beauty of "Bushes and Briars," the first folk song he collected in 1903.
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