RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

A Cotswold Romance

39:52

adapted by Maurice Jacobson in collaboration with the composer, from Hugh the Drover

1

1

The Men of Cotsall

3:47

2

2

Sweet Little Linnet

1:28

3

3

Hugh's Song of the Road

4:17

4

4

Love at First Sight

6:06

5

5

The Best Man in England

2:22

6

6

Alone and Friendless

2:24

7

7

The Fight and the Sequel

4:49

8

8

Hugh in the Stocks

1:58

9

9

Mary Escapes

4:33

10

10

Freedom at last

7:49

Death of Tintagiles

14:50

11

Prelude: Largo - Andantino - Adagio -

5:39

12

1

Lento -

1:05

13

2

Allegro -

0:42

14

3

Lento - Andante tranquillo - Lento -

2:53

15

4

Moderato -

0:58

16

4½

Allegro -

0:58

17

5

Lento

2:15

Rosa Mannion soprano - Mary

Thomas Randle tenor - Hugh

Matthew Brook baritone

Richard Hickox

3-4 October 1997