Vaughan Williams: The Voice out of the Whirlwind; (Motet for Chorus and Orchestra) - download (MP3 & FLAC)

This page lists all recordings of The Voice out of the Whirlwind; (Motet for Chorus and Orchestra), by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) on download (MP3 & FLAC).

Motet for mixed chorus (SATB) and orchestra or organ. Adapted from 'Galliard of the Sons of the Morning', from Job.

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Vaughan Williams - Sacred Choral Music

Vaughan Williams:

The Voice out of the Whirlwind; (Motet for Chorus and Orchestra)

Valiant for Truth

Mass in G minor

Three Choral Hymns

Nothing is here for tears

A vision of aeroplanes

James McVinnie (organ)

The Souls of the Righteous

A Choral Flourish (Exultate justi)

Ashok Gupta (organ)

The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown

Ralph Vaughan Williams’s sublime Mass in G minor reveals the composer’s absorbing interest in using the modal harmonic language and contrapuntal textures of the English late Renaissance to achieve a huge emotional and dynamic range.

Undoubtedly the most technically demanding work on this disc is A Vision of Aeroplanes, a virtuosic motet for mixed chorus and organ.

Several neglected works also feature here, including The Voice out of the Whirlwind, an anthem for mixed chorus and orchestra or organ, and Valiant-for-truth, one of several works based on Bunyan’s Christian allegory The Pilgrim’s Progress.

“what impresses about this performance is the exceptional sense of shape, both in overview and in tiny details...This comes with a strong recommendation.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2010 *****

“there is nothing like having youth and intelligence on your side, and [Brown's] musicians, singers and players certainly support the freshness of their voices with the mental energy which so distinguishes the Cambridge School...this performance, lovingly moulded and well balanced...is in the best tradition.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2010

“Throughout this varied and contrasting programme the Clare College choir is on top form. Their discipline, tuning, intonation and balance are all beyond reproach and all the performances are full of sensitivity. All of this bespeaks scrupulous preparation. The choir makes the fresh sound of youthful and very well trained voices” MusicWeb International, February 2013

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Vaughan Williams - Willow-Wood

Vaughan Williams:

Toward the Unknown Region

Willow-Wood (Cantata for Baritone and Orchestra)

The Voice out of the Whirlwind; (Motet for Chorus and Orchestra)

Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus'

The Sons of Light (Cantata for Chorus and Orchestra)

Roderick Williams (baritone)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones

“Roderick Williams is perfectly cast: gentle warmth, virility, and nobility tinged with regret. But it's the orchestra and often wordless chorus that supply most of the colour, the coolly-lit musical equivalent of a pre-Raphaelite painting...A fine recording from the Liverpool forces, and that's a nice touch given Willow-Wood's history. The only thing cheap about the whole project is the price.” Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 7th February 2006

“Roderick Williams's beautifully phrased and enunciated singing in Willow-Wood proclaims him an heir to the great tradition of British baritones. Under the reliable David Lloyd-Jones, the orchestra sounds at ease. …a valuable and highly recommendable disc.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2005 ****

“…this enterprising Vaughan Williams anthology. …features the first recording of Willow-Wood. Roderick Williams rises heroically to the challenge of a demanding, wide-ranging vocal part, and Lloyd-Jones draws an alert, enthusiastic response from his RLPO forces.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2005

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