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Ralph Vaughan Williams, British Isles Traditional, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Once Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles
Genres: Folk, Special Interest, Pop, Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Linden Lea, song for voice & orchestra ('In Linden Lea'; 'A Dorset Song')
2. I Will Give My Love an Apple, folk song
3. Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a): Alleluya
4. Hear My Prayer ('O for the wings of a dove'), hymn for soprano, chorus & organ or orchestra in G major
5. The Lark in the Clear Air
6. Der Musensohn ('Durch Feld und Wald zu schweifen'), song for voice & piano, D. 764 (Op. 92/1)
7. Orpheus with His Lute, song for voice & piano (from 'Shakespeare Songs (5)')
8. Gloria, for 3 solo voices, chorus, trumpet, oboe, violin (ad lib), 2 violas, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in D major, RV 589: Laudamu
9. Jephtha, oratorio, HWV 70: Happy Iphis, shalt thou live
10. Songs (3) for voice & piano, Op. 16: 1. Shepherd's Song
11. Requiem, for 2 solo voices, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op. 48: Pie Jesu
12. Over the Sea to Skye (a.k.a. 'The Skye Boat Song')
13. The Indian Queen, semi-opera, Z. 630: Let us wander not unseen
14. Fear no more the heat of the sun, for voice & piano, Op. 23/1
15. A Grateful Heart
16. A Song of Wisdom, for chorus (from Bible Songs), Op. 113/11
17. Work(s): Be not afraid
18. Harke, harke, the Lark
19. Work(s): [Unspecified] Agnus Dei
20. En prière, canticle for voice & organ (or orchestra) in E flat major
21. Now that the sun hath veiled his light, sacred song for soprano & continuo ('An Evening Hymn'), Z. 193
22. Drop, drop, slow tears, hymn (from 'The Hymnes and Songs of the Church')
23. I got me flowers, song for baritone, chorus (ad lib.) orchestra (Mystical Songs No. 2)
24. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: I know that my Redeemer Liveth

CD Details

All Artists: Ralph Vaughan Williams, British Isles Traditional, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Felix [1] Mendelssohn, English Traditional, Franz [Vienna] Schubert, Arthur Sullivan, Antonio Vivaldi, George Frederick Handel, Edward Elgar, Gabriel Faure, Scottish Traditional, Henry Purcell, Roger Quilter, Mary Plumstead, Charles Villiers Stanford, Heinrich Schutz, Orlando Gibbons, John Birch
Title: Once Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Griffin (Qualiton)
Release Date: 5/27/2003
Album Type: Import
Genres: Folk, Special Interest, Pop, Classical
Styles: Vocal Pop, Opera & Classical Vocal, Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Historical Periods, Baroque (c.1600-1750), Classical (c.1770-1830), Early Music, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Sacred & Religious
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 675754610029, 5027822404026

CD Reviews

The traditional Boy Trebles

Richard A. Patton | Ormond Beach, FL United States | 02/07/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Once Were Angles is a collection of outstanding British boy trebles performances, spanning the years 1964 - 1989 which demonstrates the range and beauty of this art form. If you love the haunting sound and pure quality of the Boy treble voice this is a must own.

The only fault I found was the quality for some of the recordings since we have all become accustom to virtually unlimited dynamic range, this ADD disk leaves me a bit disappointed. I hasten to add this it is not the result of the performer rather the result of the technology in 1964 this hinders this disk.

The voices are beautiful and the songs as even better.

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