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Their commitment to what they are singing rings out with every note. A Boy was Born is imbued with more ravishing feeling than I would have thought possible.
Christ's Nativity, earlier known as The King's Birthday, a Christmas suite in five movements, receives here its first performance on record. Two numbers (ìNew Prince, new pompî and ìSweet was the song the Virgin sangî) were revised by the composer and included, respectively, in the Aldeburgh Festivals of 1955 and 1966, but the complete work, which dates from 1931, remained unheard for 60 years....
Une réussite artistique exemplaire
This new Vaughan Williams collection complements the Holst Singers’ critically acclaimed 1993 CD of Holst partsongs (CDA66705) and is equally impressive … Masterly, but also supremely musical … The Shakespeare settings are outstanding. The Holst Singers … sing with a spellbinding sense of atmosphere and crystal-clear textures. Strongly recommended for all admirers of Vaughan Williams and fine...
A most worthwhile enterprise, strongly recommended
En todo momento, los cantores de Layton demuenstran un dominio total y lenguaje musical de Vaughan Williams … Un hermoso disco