Vaughan Williams. Hodie and Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Christian Century, Dec 14, 2004
Vaughan Williams. Hodie and Fantasia on Christmas Carols. Janet Baker, Richard Lewis, John Shirley-Quirk, Westminster Abbey and Bach Choirs, London Symphony, directed by David Willcocks (Hodie); John Barrow, Guildford Cathedral Choir, Barry Rose (Fantasia). EMI 67427, $11.
These are classic mid-1960s performances of Vaughan Williams's hour-long Christmas cantata (composed 1953-4), and the shorter fantasia for baritone, choir and strings. This is grand, majestic music with this composer's typically spacious harmonies.
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