Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs Volume 3

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs Volume 3

ALBCD044) (Albion Records, CD)

COMPILATION (24 September 2021)

Playing time: 60'01"
Tracks: 21
Booklet pages: 40
℗ 2021 Albion Records
© 2021 Albion Records
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Reviewer: Simon Farrugia
Review of Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs Volume 3 published on 27 September 2021

Mary Bevan, soprano (tracks 3, 14 and 17)
Nicky Spence, tenor (tracks 5, 7, 9, 12, 13 and 19)
Roderick Williams, baritone (tracks 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 11, 15, 18, 20 and 21)
William Vann, piano

Chorus (tracks 20 and 21):
Helen Ashby, soprano
Kate Ashby, soprano
Cara Curran, alto
Benedict Hymas, tenor
James Arthur, bass
Nicholas Ashby, bass

Arranged by Ralph Vaughan Williams:

Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties (1908)
1 Bushes and Briars
2 Tarry Trowsers
3 A Bold Young Farmer
4 The Lost Lady Found
5 As I Walked Out
6 The Lark in the Morning
7 On Board a Ninety-Eight
8 The Captain’s Apprentice
9 Ward, the Pirate
10 The Saucy Bold Robber
11 The Bold Princess Royal
12 The Lincolnshire Farmer
13 The Sheffield Apprentice
14 Geordie
15 Harry, the Tailor

16 Twelve Traditional Country Dances (1931) (solo piano)

The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs (1959)
17 Salisbury Plain
18 Banks of Green Willow
19 The Basket of Eggs

The Motherland Song Book, Volume III (1919)
20 We be three poor mariners
21 The Arethusa

Recorded 27 November to 1 December 2018 at Potton Hall, Suffolk, UK (tracks 1, 6 and 8 - previously issued on ALBCD038, Time and Space), 7–11 June 2020 at at Henry Wood Hall, London, UK (tracks 2-5, 7, 9-15 and 17-21) and 8 January 2021 at West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, UK (track 16).