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Track(s) taken from CDA66569

A song of thanksgiving

composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
1944
author of text
Bible
various
author of text
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Henry V Act IV, Scene 8
author of text
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
Puck of Pook's Hill

Sir John Gielgud (speaker), Lynne Dawson (soprano), The London Oratory Junior Choir, Corydon Singers, John Scott (organ), City of London Sinfonia, Matthew Best (conductor)
Recording details: September 1991
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: May 1992
Total duration: 15 minutes 57 seconds

Cover artwork: The Lonely Tower. Samuel Palmer (1805-1881)
 

Reviews

‘Superbly performed and recorded … this is a deep delight for RVW devotees’ (CDReview)

Other albums featuring this work

Vaughan Williams: Choral works
Corydon Singers, Matthew Best (conductor)
CDS44321/44CDs Boxed set (at a special price) — Download only

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