Title: Vaughan Williams Carols, Songs and Hymns Artist: Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band Label: Park Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 769934011123 Genre: Folk Release Date: 2011-04-19 Number of Discs: 1
Comprising all original Williams' compositions, the album demonstrates the full range of his art and his unique ability to write music for the common man, for the spiritual and for the religious. In the safe and inspired hands of Maddy and the Carnival Band, this historical music is given a new lease of life - performed with the same freshness and vitality as when it was originally unveiled by one of the masters of English music.
Tracks: 1.1 The Golden Carol 1.2 Blake's Cradle Song 1.3 The Blessed Son of God 1.4 Snow in the Street 1.5 Wither's Rocking Hymn 1.6 Drinking Song (Back and Side Go Bare) 1.7 Whither Must I Wander? 1.8 The Willow Whistle 1.9 Linden Lea 1.10 The Divine Image 1.11 The Woodcutter's Song 1.12 Come Down O Love Divine (Tune: Down Ampney) 1.13 Fierce Raged the Tempest (Tune: White Gates) 1.14 At the Name of Jesus (Tune: King's Weston) 1.15 Into the Woods My Master Went (Tune: Mantegna) 1.16 The Night Is Come (Tune Oakley) 1.17 God Be with You Till We Meet Again (Tune: Randolph)
