This page lists all recordings of The Turtle Dove, by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) on CD & download (MP3 & FLAC). Generally, more recent releases are listed first, but with priority given to those that are in stock. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Parry: Songs of Farewell
Following a string of five-star reviews for their previous discs of 20th-century French choral music (Poulenc’s Figure Humaine ) and Renaissance polyphony (Victoria’s Requiem), the professional chamber-choir Tenebrae go from strength to strength with this new recording of British partsongs and choral music – centred on Hubert Parry’s Songs of Farewell. Composed towards the end of Parry’s life, the Songs of Farewell have taken on something of an epithetical interpretation; they are almost a musical summation of his compositional life, reflecting Parry’s love of English renaissance madrigals and partsongs as much as the influence on his work from German composers like Brahms – made more complicated as these works were composed as the country (and its music) fell out of favour at the start of the Great War. “all performed with Tenebrae’s customary poise.” Financial Times, 15th October 2011 **** “[Tenebrae's] account of Parry's Songs of Farewell abounds in subtleties of phrasing and telling distinctions of dynamic, yet flows beautifully, the textual narrative unfolding with a rare continuity and coherence. Technically the singing is impeccable without being at all effortful or studied...Huge credit to Nigel Short. Of this programme's type, I can't envisage hearing anything better.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2011 ***** “Short gives wonderful shape to the well-known 'My soul, there is a country' and extracts that essential longing from 'I know my soul hath power'...Most impressive, however, is the fluidity of the double-choir motet, 'Lord, let me know mine end', the textual clarity and emotional intensity of that fairly summarises the complexity of the composer's heterodoxy.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2011 “The tone quality achieved by Tenebrae is incredibly smooth and consistent. There isn't a hint of unevenness or unwanted peaks and troughs within individual voice parts. It's an extremely easy choir to listen to...there is a very quiet, still quality to the disc that, over the course of the whole programme, is quite soporific, relaxing and altogether ideal for a winter evening's listening.” International Record Review, February 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Ralph Vaughan Williams - Over hill, over dalePartsongs, folksongs and Shakespeare settings
'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) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Vaughan Williams - Where Hope is ShiningSongs for mixed chorus
This is the fourth disc from Albion Records which is part of the Vaughan Williams Society. Albion Records Ltd, a not-for-profit record label, is dedicated to recording rare 20th century English classical music, concentrating on Ralph Vaughan Williams. The label is a subsidiary of the Ralph Vaughan Williams Society and each of the CDs will contain world première recordings. These vocal works were composed from 1895 and 1954 showing Vaughan Williams lifelong affection for the human voice. Performed by the award winning Joyful Company of Singers, under Peter Broadbent, one of Europe’s leading Chamber Choirs Recorded in the approximate order of composition this recording shows how much Vaughan Williams adapted his style over about sixty years. “Technically secure and tonally rounded, the Joyful Company of Singers live up to their name throughout, but without ever sliding into over-characterisation. Well balanced, atmospheric recordings complete the experience.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2009 **** “The performances perhaps take a little time to hit full stride - and Broadbent's hard-working group aren't always a match for Brewer's in terms of characterful word-pointing, technical pose and secure tuning - but this remains an eminently appealing hour's worth of off-the-beaten-track VW, very nicely masterminded by producer/engineer Michael Ponder, and featuring some extensive and helpful annotation by Stephen Connock.” Gramophone Magazine, April 2009 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Schöne NachtRomantic partsongs for male choir
Camerata Musica Limburg, Jan Schumacher | |
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| |  | The Singing Apesand Other Songs of Love and War
Barber, S: | A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map, Op. 15 | Britten: | The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Text: The Oxford Book of Ballads) | Cornelius: | Der alte Soldat Op. 12 No. 1 (Eichendorff) | David, J N: | Wir zogen in das Feld (Text: Georg Forster) | Distler, H: | Der Tambour (Text: Eduard Mörike) | Holst: | The Song of the Blacksmith. Hampshire Folk-song | Pizzetti: | Per un morto (Text: Greek Poetry) | Sandstrøm, J: | The Singing Apes of Khao Yai (Text: onomatopoetic verse) | Schoenberg: | Verbundenheit, Op. 35 No. 6, for male choir | Schubert: | Ständchen 'Zögernd leise', D920/921 | Schumann: | Die Rose stand im Tau, Op. 65 No. 1 | Vaughan Williams: | The Turtle Dove | Weill, K: | Berliner Requiem |
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| |  | Holst & Vaughan Williams - Choral Music
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012