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A Vaughan Williams Hymnal

Recorded 11-12 January 1996. Released August 1997 (Conifer); re-issued June 2009 (Sony).

A collection of the hymns composed or arranged from folk songs and other sources by Trinity undergraduate and later Honorary Fellow Ralph Vaughan Williams for ‘The English Hymnal’. The album also includes the ‘Three Preludes founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes’ published in the same year as ‘The Lark Ascending’.

This album (presented with its Sony re-issue cover artwork) is available on Spotify: use the embedded player below to listen to track previews; click on the album title to listen to the album in full on Spotify.

 

Sony Music / Conifer Classics 75605512492

Performers

  • The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge
  • Christopher Allsop, Andrew Lamb (Organ Scholars)
  • Richard Marlow (Conductor)