Roderick Williams reviews

Roderick Williams reviews

Good night, beloved

The Sixteen/Harry Christophers; Christopher Glynn (piano) et al (CORO)
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Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs, Vol. 2

Mary Bevan (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone), Thomas Gould (violin), William Vann (piano) (Albion)
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Raymond Yiu: The World Was Once All Miracle, etc

Andrew Watts (countertenor), Roderick Williams (baritone); BBC Symphony Orchestra/David Robertson, et al (Delphian)
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Schubert: Winterreise (Williams/Burnside)

Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano) (Chandos)
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Stanford: Songs of Faith, Love and Nonsense

Roderick Williams (baritone), James Way (tenor), Andrew West (piano) (SOMM)
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Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs, Vol. 1

Mary Bevan (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), et al (Albion)
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Handel: Messiah (RIAS Kammerchor)

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin; Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin/Justin Doyle, et al (Pentatone)
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Britten - Peter Grimes

Stuart Skelton (tenor), Erin Wall (soprano), et al; Bergen Philharmonic/Edward Gardner (Chandos)
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Beethoven • Schubert: Schwanengesang, etc

Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano) (Chandos)
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Purcell: The Fairy Queen

Carolyn Sampson, Anna Dennis (soprano), et al; Gabrieli/Paul McCreesh (Signum Classics)
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Parry: Twelve Sets of English Lyrics, Vol. 2

Sarah Fox, James Gilchrist, Roderick Williams, Andrew West (Somm)
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Howells: Missa Sabrinensis, etc

Various; The Bach Choir; BBC Concert Orchestra/David Hill (Hyperion)
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Spark Catchers

Roderick Williams; Tai Murray; Chi-Chi Nwanoku); Isata Kanneh-Mason; Chineke! Orchestra /Anthony Parnther, Kevin John Edusei & Wayne Marshall (NMC)
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Williams and Glynn perform Schubert's Winter Journey

Here is the greatest song cycle, indeed one of the supreme works of art, a great singer at the height of his powers, and an admirable accompanist – exactly what I’ve been waiting for.

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Parry: Twelve Sets of English Lyrics, Vol. 3

Sarah Fox, Roderick Williams, Andrew West (Somm)
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Celebrating English Song

Roderick Williams, with his frequent accompanist Susie Allan, continues his welcome foray through English

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The premier recording of Dyson's Choral Symphony

George Dyson wrote his Choral Symphonyin 1910, for his Oxford doctorate, but it gathered dust in the university’s Bodleian Library for the best part of a century until Dyson biographer Paul Spicer discovered it. This is the Symphony’s premiere recording.

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The Choir of King's College sings choral works by Bernstein and Vaughan Williams

For this new recording of Dona Nobis Pacem, a new version has been created by Jonathan Rathbone, paring down Vaughan Williams’s full orchestra to chamber proportions, the better to balance it with the young voices of the King’s College Choir. The piece continues to pack a considerable punch in Rathbone’s edition. Timpani and snare drum still rattle ominously in ‘Beat! beat! drums!’, and a nervous trumpet chatters.

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Three string quartets by McCabe performed by the Sacconi Quartet

British composer John McCabe (1939-2015) had an appreciation for string quartets, having written seven works for this form. In this trio of quintets, he effectively added piano, baritone or horn to the usual foursome.

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Sir Andrew Davis's interpretation of Vaughan Williams's Sinfonia Antartica 'gathers scale and momentum'

Vaughan Williams’s Piano Concerto still has a daunting reputation – its percussive chromatic runs completely overwhelmed its dedicatee Harriet Cohen. The late Joseph Cooper prepared this two-piano edition, for which the composer added extra bars and a serene closing cadenza, with a striking final fade well suited to Louis Lortie’s expansive yet nuanced approach. Either he or Hélène Mercier could probably polish off the original by themselves, but their partnership develops its intensity without strain, particularly attractive in rich SACD sound.

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