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Where Hope is Shining
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WHERE HOPE IS SHINING
Songs for mixed chorus by Ralph Vaughan Williams

These vocal works were composed from 1895 and 1954 showing Vaughan Williams lifelong affection for the human voice. Recorded in the approximate order of composition this recording shows how much Vaughan Williams adapted his style over about sixty years.

Joyful Company of Singers, choir
Peter Broadbent, conductor
Ørjan Hartveit, baritone
Alistair Young, piano

Catalogue Number: ALBCD006
Release Date: 01 September 2008

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Track No.
Track Title/Details
Duration
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1
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
No longer mourn for me (Sonnet 71)

3:03
2
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Echo's Lament for Narcissus

3:11
3
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Three Elizabethan Part Songs: Sweet Day

2:14
4
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Three Elizabethan Part Songs: Willow Song

1:44
5
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Three Elizabethan Part Songs: O Mistress Mine

1:13
6
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Come away Death

2:42
7
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Linden Lea (arranged by Arthur Somervell)

2:24
8
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Ring out your bells

3:38
9
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Rest

3:02
10
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Fain would I change that note

2:19
11
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Alister McAlpine's Lament

2:54
12
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
The Winter is Gone

1:56
13
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Mannin Veen (Dear Mona)

3:29
14
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Our love goes out to English skies

2:07
15
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Loch Lomond

3:07
16
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
The Mermaid

3:42
17
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
A Farmer's Son so Sweet

2:02
18
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
The Turtle Dove

2:55
19
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
The New Commonwealth

2:55
20
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Horses of the Sun

2:36
21
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
The Rising of the Moon

2:41
22
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
The Procession of the Stars

2:03
23
Vaughan Williams, Ralph
The Song of the Sons of Light

2:14

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