Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Song Of Love

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Until now The House of Life has been the sole preserve of male vocalists on disc, so a warm welcome to this Albion newcomer. Indeed, the mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately’s memorably affecting and... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2019 More…

Release Date: 13th Sep 2019
Catalogue No: ALBCD037
Label: Albion Records
Length: 68 minutes

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Vaughan Williams: The House of Life

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), William Vann (piano)

No. 1, Love-Sight

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No. 2, Silent Noon

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No. 3, Love's Minstrels

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No. 4, Heart's Haven

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No. 5, Death in Love

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No. 6, Love's Last Gift

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Vaughan Williams: Old German Songs (3)

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Roderick Williams (baritone), William Vann (piano)

No. 1, Entlaubet ist der Walde

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No. 2, Wanderlied

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No. 3, Der Morgenstern

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Vaughan Williams: To daffodils

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Roderick Williams (baritone), William Vann (piano)

Châtelain de Coucy: Quant li louseignolz jolis (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams)

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Roderick Williams (baritone), William Vann (piano)

trad.: L'amour de Moy (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams)

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Roderick Williams (baritone), William Vann (piano)

trad.: Jean Renaud (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams)

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Roderick Williams (baritone), William Vann (piano)

Greiter: Le psaume des batailles (Que Dieu se montre seulement) [Arr. R. Vaughan Williams]

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Roderick Williams (baritone), William Vann (piano)

Vaughan Williams: Buonaparty

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Roderick Williams (baritone), William Vann (piano)

trad.: The Willow Song (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams)

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), William Vann (piano)

Vaughan Williams: Three Songs from Shakespeare (1925)

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), William Vann (piano)

No. 1, Take, O Take Those Lips Away

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No. 2, When Icicles Hang by the Wall

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No. 3, Orpheus with His Lute

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trad.: The Spanish Ladies (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams)

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Roderick Williams (baritone), William Vann (piano)

trad.: The Turtle Dove (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams)

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Roderick Williams (baritone), William Vann (piano)

Vaughan Williams: Two Poems by Seamus O'Sullivan

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Roderick Williams (baritone), William Vann (piano)

No. 1, The Twilight People

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No. 2, A Piper

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trad.: Think of Me (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams)

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), William Vann (piano)

trad.: Adieu (Arr. R. Vaughan Williams)

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Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), William Vann (piano)

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Interview, Vaughan Williams's The Song of Love

12th October 2019

David talks to mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately, pianist William Vann and Albion Records' John Francis about their recently-released album of songs and duets by Vaughan Williams, including a number of works never recorded before.

The Song of Love - songs and duets by Ralph Vaughan Williams performed by mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately, baritone Roderick Williams and pianist William Vann, includes fifteen world-première recordings and one first modern recording, including six unpublished works. Songs include arrangements of older or traditional songs in both French and German, including the Huguenot Battle Psalm and a troubadour song from the end of the 12th century. There are Three Songs from Shakespeare (not to be confused with the part-songs entitled Three Shakespeare Songs), settings of two poems by the Irish poet Seumas O'Sullivan, and two duets from 1903.

On 2 December 1904 Vaughan Williams promoted his own works at an amazing concert in what is now the Wigmore Hall. Amongst other first performances, The House of Life (a setting of six sonnets by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, including the ever-popular Silent Noon) was premièred by a contralto, Edith Clegg, with Hamilton Harty at the piano. There are many recordings: but all are by tenors and baritones. On this album Kitty Whately has made the first 'female' recording of the complete cycle - beginning to redress the balance.

Kitty Whately trained at Chetham's School of Music, The Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and The Royal College of Music International Opera School. Kitty was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2013-15. She was the recipient of both the Kathleen Ferrier Award and the 59th Royal Overseas League Award in the same year. In 2017 Kitty released her second album, Nights not spent alone, to critical acclaim.

Roderick Williams OBE is one of the most sought-after baritones of his generation. Recent and future opera engagements include the title role in Eugene Onegin for Garsington, the title role in Billy Budd with Opera North and Papageno for the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. His numerous recordings include Vaughan Williams, Berkeley and Britten operas for Chandos and an extensive repertoire of English song with pianist Iain Burnside for both Naxos and Albion Records.

Gramophone, reviewing Purer than Pearl, Albion Records' 2016 disc of Vaughan Williams song, reserved 'a special word of praise for William Vann's deft pianism'. A multiple-prize winning accompanist and conductor, William performs with a host of major singers and instrumentalists across the world. He is also the Director of Music at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea and the founder and Artistic Director of the London English Song Festival. On 3rd April 2019 he made his Royal Festival Hall debut conducting Hubert Parry's long-neglected oratorio Judith, which he has also recorded for Chandos Records.

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December 2019

Until now The House of Life has been the sole preserve of male vocalists on disc, so a warm welcome to this Albion newcomer. Indeed, the mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately’s memorably affecting and delectably articulate contribution is of superlative quality...Williams is on peak form in settings of seven French and German texts composed between 1902 and 1904...This is a peach of a disc, benefiting once more from top-notch production values.

18th August 2019

The German and French songs are idiomatically sung by Williams (who enjoys the rollicking Buonaparty), while Whately’s limpid mezzo delights in The Willow Song and the settings from Measure for Measure, Love’s Labour’s Lost and Henry VIII.

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