Elgar & Vaughan Williams: Sea Pictures

Darnborough, Jonathan; Lucas, Claire-Louise

This new release from Claudio Records features the Songs of Edward Elgar and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Both Elgar and Vaughan Williams wrote songs throughout their creative lives, Elgar writing over 60 and Vaughan Williams over 90, including many fine works in each case. Despite their differences in musical style and choice of text - interestingly there is almost no overlap between the list of poets set by Elgar and those set by Vaughan Williams - they approach their texts with similar sensitivity and craftsmanship. As a result, their songs are beautifully molded to the natural speech rhythms and inflections of the poetry that they set, producing some of the most beautiful songs in the English repertoire. Soprano Claire-Louis Lucas is the perfect artist for these interpretations.

Price: $20.99