{"product_id":"2453522","title":"James Ross Kent Sinfonia - Royal Throne Of Kings [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRalph Vaughan Williams loved Shakespeare, and it inspired his music throughout his long composing career. This album is a collection of some of that music, much of it now heard for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1912 and 1913 Vaughan Williams composed and conducted music for Shakespeare plays in the Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon, where Sir Frank Benson presented plays for many years. He composed some new music, but preferred to use music of Shakespeare's own time whenever possible. The album includes a \u003ci\u003eHenry IV Suite\u003c\/i\u003e assembled from the surviving cues by Malcolm Riley, and a \u003ci\u003eStratford Suite\u003c\/i\u003e, put together from a number of plays by Nathaniel Lew.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVaughan Williams wrote a \u003ci\u003eHenry V Overture\u003c\/i\u003e in 1913, but the full score has long since been lost. Twenty years later, he wrote an overture for brass with the same title, based on that 1913 overture, but it was developed in a completely different way. Some of the orchestral parts have survived at Stratford, and David Owen Norris was able to put the original version together for this recording. The comparison between the two versions is very interesting -the later version may be heard on  \u003ci\u003eALBCD052 Vaughan Williams on Brass.\u003c\/i\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathaniel Lew has arranged a \u003ci\u003eRichard II Concert Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e, using incidental music commissioned from Vaughan Williams by the BBC in 1944, but not used at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Unfailingly sympathetic performances, one and all, with top notch production values and exemplary presentation to match.' \\x96 \u003ci\u003eGramophone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'As a stand-alone 'new' work, it is actually rather impressive and well played by the fify-or-so-strong Kent Sinfonia. Lew has skilfully arranged the music to create a dramatic logic and arc independent of the original play's narrative.' \\x96 \u003ci\u003eMusic Web International\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is the most intriguing disc I have reviewed so far this year. Virtually all the works are heard here for the first time. Often, they have been arranged or realised by hands other than Ralph Vaughan Williams. This explores a corner of his catalogue which I know but never imagined I would hear.' \\x96 \u003ci\u003eMusic Web International\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The disc enables us to hear the composer's varied responses to these dramatic stimuli, but of as much interest is the knowledge that the mine of unrecorded, unplayed Vaughan Williams is running out and this may well be one of the last major discs of his undiscovered orchestral music.' \\x96 \u003ci\u003ePlanet Hugill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The collection of music takes Shakespeare as its link, but the vision of Ralph Vaughan Williams always drives it.' \\x96\u003ci\u003eInterlude\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This immensely rewarding collection is distinguished on many counts, beginning with sterling performances by the James Ross-conducted Kent Sinfonia, soprano Eloise Irving, and pianist Malcolm Riley.' \\x96 \u003ci\u003eTextura\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The performances throughout are consistently very good indeed, and it is good to hear the first-class Kent Sinfonia on disc in this repertoire.' \\x96 \u003ci\u003eMusical Opinion\u003c\/i\u003e (5 stars)\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The Three Shakespeare Songs from 1925 are rather lovely [\\x85] and Eloise Iving's sweet, nicely enunciated performances may well persuade other singers to take them up.' \\x96  \u003ci\u003eBBC Music Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e (3 stars)\u003c\/p\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This latest release presents an engaging overview of Vaughan Williams' musings on the great Shakespearian era.' - Classical Music Sentinel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard III: My Kingdom for a Horse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard II Concert Fantasy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Willow Song\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry IV Suite: 1 Induction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry IV Suite: 2 Falstaff and Prince Hal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry IV Suite: 3 Interlude - Princess Royal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry IV Suite: 4 Music to My Weary Spirit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry IV Suite: 5 Arrest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry IV Suite: 6 Gloria Tibi Domine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry IV Suite: 7 Happy Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrpheus With His Lute (1903)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry V Overture (1913)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree Songs From Shakespeare: Take O Take Those Lips Away\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree Songs From Shakespeare: When Icicles Hang by the Wall\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree Songs From Shakespeare: Orpheus With His Lute\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStratford Suite: 1 Royal March\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStratford Suite: 2 Greensleeves\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStratford Suite: 3 Dances\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStratford Suite: 4 Intermezzo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStratford Suite: 5 Solemn March\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStratford Suite: 6 Finale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirge for Fidele\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo Shakespeare Sketches: I The Wind and the Rain\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo Shakespeare Sketches: II It Was a Lover and His Lass\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54419502858625,"sku":"2453522","price":16.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/5060158190621.jpg?v=1750562156","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/2453522","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}