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Ralph Vaughan Williams, Robert Tear, Philip Ledger, Hugh Bean – As I Walked Out - Folk Song Arrangements (NM/VG+)
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As I Walked Out - Folk Song Arrangements is an LP by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Philip Ledger, Robert Tear, Hugh Bean from 1978 released on the His Master's Voice label.
About this album
Vaughan Williams’ folk-song arrangements are finely judged settings that elevate traditional material without losing its rural directness. Recorded by tenor Robert Tear with Philip Ledger at the keyboard and Hugh Bean on violin, As I Walked Out brings together English and continental songs in a programme that shows Vaughan Williams’ lifelong fascination with народ-like melody, modal harmony and plainspoken emotional truth. The result is intimate rather than grand, but musically exacting: familiar ballads such as The Captain’s Apprentice and Bushes and Briars gain new colour and pathos in performances that balance scholarship with warmth. For listeners, it is a vivid reminder of how central folk song was to Vaughan Williams’ artistic identity.
Genre: Classical
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Artist: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Philip Ledger, Robert Tear, Hugh BeanLabel: His Master's Voice – HQS 1412Format: LP, Album, Stereo, QuadraphonicUnits: 1Country: UKReleased: 1978Genre: Classical
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East Anglia
A1 The Captain'S Apprentice
A2 As I Walked Out
A3 Bushes And Briars
A4 Geordie
A5 On Board A 98
"Wessex"
A6 The Ploughman
A7 The Brewer
A8 Rolling In The Dew
Carols
A9 The Truth Sent From Above
A10 Joseph And Mary
A11 The Saviour'S Love
French
B1 Reveillez-Vous Piccarz
B2 Chanson De Quete
B3 Ballade De Jesus Christe
Newfoundland
B4 She'S Like The Swallow
B5 The Morning Dew
B6 The Maiden'S Lament
B7 The Cuckoo
Arrangements With Violin
B8 The Lawyer
B9 Searching For Lambs
B10 How Cold The Wind Doth Blow (Or "The Unquiet Grave")