℗ 2022 Hyperion Records Limited
| Released | July 28, 2023 |
| Originated | April 1, 2022 |
| Duration | 1h 09m 41s |
| Record Label | Hyperion |
| Genre | Classical |
Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge & Other Songs
Nicky Spence, Julius Drake
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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4 Hymns
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1.1
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No. 1, Lord! Come Away!
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Jeremy Taylor; Julius Drake; Nicky Spence; Timothy Ridout |
3:55 | |||
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1.2
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No. 2, Who Is This fair One?
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Isaac Watts; Julius Drake; Nicky Spence; Timothy Ridout |
4:22 | |||
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1.3
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No. 3, Come Love, Come Lord
Richard Crashaw; Ralph Vaughan Williams; Julius Drake; Timothy Ridout; Nicky Spence |
3:29 | |||
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1.4
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No. 4, Evening Hymn
Robert Bridges; Ralph Vaughan Williams; Julius Drake; Nicky Spence; Timothy Ridout |
3:14 | |||
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The House of Life
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1.5
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No. 1, Love-Sight
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Julius Drake; Nicky Spence |
4:17 | |||
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1.6
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No. 2, Silent Noon
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Julius Drake; Nicky Spence |
4:00 | |||
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1.7
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No. 3, Love's Minstrels
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Julius Drake; Nicky Spence |
5:19 | |||
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1.8
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No. 4, Heart's Haven
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Julius Drake; Nicky Spence |
2:50 | |||
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1.9
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No. 5, Death in Love
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Julius Drake; Nicky Spence |
4:38 | |||
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1.10
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No. 6, Love's Last Gift
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Julius Drake; Nicky Spence |
4:36 | |||
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15 Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties
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1.11
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No. 10, The Saucy Bold Robber
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Anonymous; Julius Drake; Nicky Spence |
2:22 | |||
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1.12
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No. 15, Harry the Tailor
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Anonymous; Julius Drake; Nicky Spence |
2:02 | |||
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6 English Folk Songs
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1.13
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No. 4, The Brewer
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Anonymous; Julius Drake; Nicky Spence |
1:56 | |||
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On Wenlock Edge
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1.14
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No. 1, On Wenlock Edge
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Alfred Edward Housman; Nicky Spence; Piatti Quartet; Julius Drake |
4:00 | |||
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1.15
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No. 2, From Far, From Eve and Morning
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Alfred Edward Housman; Piatti Quartet; Nicky Spence; Julius Drake |
2:24 | |||
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1.16
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No. 3, Is My Team Ploughing?
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Alfred Edward Housman; Piatti Quartet; Nicky Spence; Julius Drake |
3:48 | |||
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1.17
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No. 4, Oh, When I Was in Love with You
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Alfred Edward Housman; Piatti Quartet; Nicky Spence; Julius Drake |
0:45 | |||
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1.18
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No. 5, Bredon Hill
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Alfred Edward Housman; Nicky Spence; Julius Drake; Piatti Quartet |
7:59 | |||
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1.19
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No. 6, Clun
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Alfred Edward Housman; Piatti Quartet; Nicky Spence; Julius Drake |
3:45 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"Nicky Spence and colleagues serve up a nourishing feast of Vaughan Williams’s vocal music, culminating in a performance of On Wenlock Edge which, in its thrilling assurance, strength of imagination and rapt instinct, inclines me to rank it alongside the very finest I know … Spence and Drake do [The house of Life] absolutely proud, and likewise locate an abundance of wistful tenderness and fragrant beauty in those two sensitive settings that top and tail the cycle … marvellous, too, to have such a superbly ardent, insightful account of the glorious Four Hymns for tenor, piano and viola … in sum, a hugely enjoyable offering for the RVW sesquicentennial."
- Gramophone
Nicky Spence and friends perfectly capture the urgency and thrill of the opening of On Wenlock Edge; with its varied and imaginatively chosen couplings, this is an album which every RVW aficionado will want to own.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Hyperion Studio Masters
Tracks 1-19 – 88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM
Tracks 1-19 – 88.2 kHz / 24-bit PCM
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.89 -5.68 to -0.20 | -23.41 -27.39 to -19.46 | -19.34 -24.10 to -14.40 | 13 11 to 16 | |
| 1 | No. 1, Lord! Come Away! | -0.26 | -19.46 | -15.8 | 12 |
| 2 | No. 2, Who Is This fair One? | -0.56 | -22.12 | -18.0 | 12 |
| 3 | No. 3, Come Love, Come Lord | -5.68 | -27.39 | -24.1 | 12 |
| 4 | No. 4, Evening Hymn | -0.23 | -19.95 | -16.3 | 11 |
| 5 | No. 1, Love-Sight | -0.27 | -24.42 | -20.1 | 15 |
| 6 | No. 2, Silent Noon | -4.65 | -25.92 | -22.6 | 13 |
| 7 | No. 3, Love's Minstrels | -1.90 | -25.57 | -20.8 | 14 |
| 8 | No. 4, Heart's Haven | -2.57 | -22.81 | -19.2 | 12 |
| 9 | No. 5, Death in Love | -0.27 | -20.69 | -16.6 | 12 |
| 10 | No. 6, Love's Last Gift | -1.73 | -24.00 | -20.1 | 13 |
| 11 | No. 10, The Saucy Bold Robber | -1.49 | -21.94 | -18.9 | 13 |
| 12 | No. 15, Harry the Tailor | -1.60 | -22.66 | -19.5 | 13 |
| 13 | No. 4, The Brewer | -0.64 | -23.40 | -20.1 | 15 |
| 14 | No. 1, On Wenlock Edge | -1.18 | -21.53 | -17.9 | 12 |
| 15 | No. 2, From Far, From Eve and Morning | -4.24 | -26.75 | -22.5 | 13 |
| 16 | No. 3, Is My Team Ploughing? | -0.20 | -20.85 | -14.4 | 12 |
| 17 | No. 4, Oh, When I Was in Love with You | -4.93 | -23.70 | -19.3 | 11 |
| 18 | No. 5, Bredon Hill | -0.75 | -26.71 | -21.3 | 16 |
| 19 | No. 6, Clun | -2.76 | -24.85 | -20.0 | 13 |