Title: | The Collector's Edition - An Oxford Elegy ; Flos campi ; Sancta Civitas |
Otros títulos: | An Oxford Elegy for Withsunday Hymn (Three Choral Hymns) Flos Campi (Suite for solo viola, small chorus and small orchestra) Sancta Civitas (The Holy City) |
Intérprete/ Colaborador: | Jacgues Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Choir of King's College Cambridge; Bach Choir |
Código CDU: | Vau.08 |
Forma Musical: | Monologues with music (Chorus with orchestra) ; Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra ; Arnold, Matthew, -- 1822-1888 -- Musical settings ; Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied ; Hymns, English ; Suites (Viola with chamber orchestra) ; Oratorios. |
Abstract: | Ralph Vaughan Williams left a varied oeuvre that includes orchestral works, songs, operas, and various choral compositions. While primarily drawing on the rich tradition of English folksong and hymnody, Vaughan Williams produced well-loved works that fit into larger European traditions and gained worldwide popularity. Vaughan Williams, who lost his father early in life, was cared for by his mother. Related, through his mother, to both Charles Darwin and the Wedgwoods of pottery fame, he grew up without financial worries. He studied history and music at Trinity College, Cambridge, and finished up at the Royal College of Music, where he worked with Parry, Wood, and Stanford. In 1897, the year he married Adeline Fisher, Vaughan Williams traveled to Berlin to study with Max Bruch, also seeking Maurice Ravel as a teacher several years later, despite the fact that the French composer was three years his junior. In 1903, he started collecting English folksongs; certain characteristics of ... |
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1-10. An Oxford ... no, thou hast not felt.mp3 | 12:40 | 8.687Mb | Unknown | Mp3 | |
11-18. An Oxfor ... here-Why faintest thou.mp3 | 9:29 | 6.497Mb | Unknown | Mp3 | |
Whitsunday Hymn (Three Choral Hymns)-Completo.wav | 3:47 | 38.11Mb | WAV audio | WAV | |
Flos campi-Completo.wav | 20:00 | 201.9Mb | WAV audio | WAV | |
Sancta Civitas (The Holy City)-Completo.wav | 31:17 | 315.7Mb | WAV audio | WAV | |
An Oxford Elegy-Completo.wav | 1:28:20 | 446.0Mb | WAV audio | WAV |