Vaughan Williams: Over hill, over dale

Contents:

Loch Lomond [3'50]
THREE SHAKESPEARE SONGS
Full fathom five [2'55]
The Cloud-capp'd towers [2'48]
Over hill, over dale [0'52]
Alister McAlpine's Lament [3'30]
An Acre of Land [1'33]
The Seeds of Love [2'01]
Ca' the yowes [6'56]
FIVE ENGLISH FOLKSONGS
The Dark-eyed Sailor [2'03]
The Spring Time of the Year [2'50]
Just as the tide was flowing [2'02]
The Lover's Ghost [4'21]
Wassail Song [2'28]
The Winter is gone [1'43]
Mannin Veen [3'13]
Bushes and Briars [2'35]
Down among the dead men [2'08]
THREE ELIZABETHAN PARTSONGS
Sweet Day [2'04]
Mistress Mine [1'19]
The Willow Song [1'56]
Greensleeves [5'33]
Rest [3'17]
Heart's Music [2'47]
Come away, death [3'33]
The Turtle Dove [3'27]

'The Holst Singers ... sing with a spellbinding sense of atmosphere and crystal-clear textures. Strongly recommended for all admirers of Vaughan Williams and fine choral work' (BBC Music Magazine)

'This new Vaughan Williams collection complements the Holst Singers' critically acclaimed 1993 CD of Holst partsongs (CDA66705) and is equally impressive … Masterly, but also supremely musical … The Shakespeare settings are outstanding' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Une réussite artistique exemplaire' (Répertoire, France)

'En todo momento, los cantores de Layton demuenstran un dominio total y lenguaje musical de Vaughan Williams … Un hermoso disco' (CD Compact, Spain)

'A most worthwhile enterprise, strongly recommended' (Fanfare, USA)

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

Over hill, over dale

HOLST SINGERS

STEPHEN LAYTON conductor