Full fathom five - Vaughan Williams, John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers
6. 'Full fathom five' (no. 1 from Three Shakespeare Songs)
From the album ‘There is sweet music’ - English choral songs 1890-1950
Composer R. Vaughan Williams
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
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LYRICS:
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made:
Those are pearls that were his eyes:
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell:
Hark! now I hear them, – ding-dong, bell.
(The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2)
There is sweet music
Featuring masterpieces by Benjamin Britten (Five Flower Songs), Vaughan Williams (Three Shakespeare Songs), Stanford, Delius and Elgar alongside folk-song arrangements by Bairstow, Chapman, Grainger, Holst, Moeran and Stanford, this collection highlights a golden age of the English part-song, now somewhat neglected but nonetheless offering many gem-like compositions worthy of re-investigation.
“These performances are a joy to listen to” BBC Record Review
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
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