(Lark)"(David juritz' tone is pure and effortlessly controlled... a few lines that inspired Vaughan Williams are spoken before by Niamh Cusack, a legitimate recording device" (Job): "it (was) to the credit of Collins that Barry Wordsworth was chosen for their recording of Vaughan Williams' Job with the Philharmonia. In my opinion, he fully justifies the risk, with an extremely fine interpretation that I would rank next to Boult's (EMI) as far as recordings are concerned... He never let's us forget that this score was written for the stage, and the drama behind the notes is fully realized... Collins provided a clear and balanced recording" (Gramophone)
Details
Title:
Vaughan Williams:The Lark Ascending Greensleeves; Job (A Masque For Dancing)
5 Satan's Appeal to God • Saraband of the Sons of God
6 Scene II: Satan's Dance of Triumph
7 Scene III: Minuet of the Sons of Job and Their Wives
8 Scene IV: Job's Dream * Dance of Plague, Pestilence, Famine and Battle
9 Scene V: Dance of the Three Messengers
10 Scene VI: Dance of Job's Comforters * Job's Curse
11 Scene VII: Elihu's Dance of Youth and Beauty * Pavane of the Sons of the Morning (Violin: James Clark)
12 Scene VIII: Galliard of the Sons of the Morning * Altar Dance and Heavenly Pavane
13 Scene IX: Epilogue
(Lark)"(David juritz' tone is pure and effortlessly controlled... a few lines that inspired Vaughan Williams are spoken before by Niamh Cusack, a legitimate recording device" (Job): "it (was) to the credit of Collins that Barry Wordsworth was chosen for their recording of Vaughan Williams' Job with the Philharmonia. In my opinion, he fully justifies the risk, with an extremely fine interpretation that I would rank next to Boult's (EMI) as far as recordings are concerned... He never let's us forget that this score was written for the stage, and the drama behind the notes is fully realized... Collins provided a clear and balanced recording" (Gramophone)
