Vaughan Williams: Hugh the Drover

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review by: date: 2009-06-07 rating:
Deeply gorgeous- just don't bother with the libretto
There are times when, listening to this, one might despair that Vaughan Williams used up some of his loveliest, richly melodic music on a libretto that, is, frankly, dreadful. RVW seems to be setting out to out-Puccini Puccini in the achingly gorgeous tunes that permeate this work, and its a shame that he never felt drawn to spin this into orchestral form at a later date. br /Still, all that said, this is a really beautiful record, performed with utter conviction as a romantic romp with undercurrents in the score of real emotion- and as I've indicated, the tunes are really lovely. Think of it as a precursor of Rogers and Hammerstein and switch off any cynicism and there is so much to enjoy that it has to be part of any RVW fan's collection

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