Music by Finzi, Vaughan Williams and Holst [Import]

John Shirley-Quirk (Performer), Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer), Gustav Holst (Composer), Gerald Finzi (Composer), David Willcocks (Conductor), Imogen Holst (Conductor), Christopher Finzi (Conductor), Janet Baker (Performer), English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra), Ralph Downes (Performer), Ian Partridge (Performer), Wilfred Brown (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: John Shirley-Quirk, Janet Baker, Ralph Downes, Ian Partridge, Wilfred Brown
• Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra
• Conductor: David Willcocks, Imogen Holst, Christopher Finzi
• Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Gerald Finzi
• Audio CD (November 5, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B000005GSD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #198,569 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Five Mystical Songs: Easter - John Shirley-Quirk

2. Five Mystical Songs: I Got Me Flowers - John Shirley-Quirk

3. Five Mystical Songs: Love Bade Me Welcome - John Shirley-Quirk

4. Five Mystical Songs: The Call - John Shirley-Quirk

5. Five Mystical Songs: Antiphon - John Shirley-Quirk

6. O Clap Your Hands - Chor Of King's College, Cambridge

7. A Choral Fant, H177 - Dame Janet Baker

8. Psalm 86, No.1 H117 - Ian Partridge/Purcell Singers

9. Dies Natalis, Op.8: Intrada - Wilfred Brown

10. Dies Natalis, Op.8: Rhap (Recitativo Stromentato) - Wilfred Brown

11. Dies Natalis, Op.8: The Rapture (Danza) - Wilfred Brown

12. Dies Natalis, Op.8: Wonder (Arioso) - Wilfred Brown

13. Dies Natalis, Op.8: The Salutation (Aria) - Wilfred Brown

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful!, April 23, 2004

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This review is from: Music by Finzi, Vaughan Williams and Holst (Audio CD)

This recording is absolutely delightful! I first bought this record when I was 18, shorly before I went into the Army. When I was stationed at Ft Gordon, GA, to my suprise I heard it on a radio, a huge console stereo in the dayroom, probably was on a National Public Radio type broadcast station. The recording burned in a fire about 8 years later. Then about 22 years later while stationed in South Korea, I found a copy of this record at a record shop, in perfect condition. The voice of John Shirley-Quirk singing this is the best recording I've heard of Ralph Vaughan William's Five Mystical Songs.

2 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars psalm 86, August 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Music by Finzi, Vaughan Williams and Holst (Audio CD)

I have only heard the Psalm on radio 3 and was struck by its refreshing arrangement. A single male voice (of considerable range) is balanced against a treble chorus singing in deceptively simple harmony at times, lightly accompanied by a small ensemble. The variety of texture, dynamics and orchestration is compelling to hear and much to be recommended for "bath"ing to!!