Fair Albion
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Fair Albion - Visions of England, is a 2009 album on the Signum Classics label
featuring compositions by Patrick Hawes. The music ‘celebrates the heart and soul of the British Landscape’. The CD
includes performances by Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano
), the cellist
Julian Lloyd Webber
and the Royal Harpist Claire Jones.
Record label
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featuring compositions by Patrick Hawes. The music ‘celebrates the heart and soul of the British Landscape’. The CD
Compact Disc
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includes performances by Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
), the cellist
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
Julian Lloyd Webber
Julian Lloyd Webber
Julian Lloyd Webber is a British solo cellist who has been described as the "doyen of British cellists".-Early life:Julian Lloyd Webber is the second son of the composer William Lloyd Webber and his wife Jean Johnstone . He is the younger brother of the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber...
and the Royal Harpist Claire Jones.
Track listing
- The Call, Elin Manahan ThomasElin Manahan Thomas-Biography:Thomas was born in 1977 in Gorseinon near Swansea, the daughter of M. Wynn Thomas OBE, a Professor of Literature at Swansea University, and Karen Thomas. She was educated at the Welsh-speaking Ysgol Gyfun Gŵyr in Gowerton near Swansea, and by the time she was fifteen was singing in the...
(soprano), The Raven Quartet - Reflexionem, Julian Lloyd WebberJulian Lloyd WebberJulian Lloyd Webber is a British solo cellist who has been described as the "doyen of British cellists".-Early life:Julian Lloyd Webber is the second son of the composer William Lloyd Webber and his wife Jean Johnstone . He is the younger brother of the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber...
(cello) & Claire Jones (harp) - Ascension, Raven Quartet
- Fair Albion, Prague Symphony OrchestraPrague Symphony OrchestraThe Prague Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1934 by Rudolf Pekárek. In the 1930s the orchestra performed the scores for many Czech films, and also appeared regularly on Czech radio. An early promoter of the orchestra was Dr...
- A Birthday, Elin Manahan ThomasElin Manahan Thomas-Biography:Thomas was born in 1977 in Gorseinon near Swansea, the daughter of M. Wynn Thomas OBE, a Professor of Literature at Swansea University, and Karen Thomas. She was educated at the Welsh-speaking Ysgol Gyfun Gŵyr in Gowerton near Swansea, and by the time she was fifteen was singing in the...
(soprano) & Claire Jones (harp) - Three Broadland Piano Preludes: Ranworth, Fenside, Remembrance, Patrick HawesPatrick HawesPatrick Hawes is a British composer.He studied at St Chad's College, University of Durham before working as a teacher of music and English, being appointed composer in residence at Charterhouse School, where he produced a children's opera and several other choral works, some in partnership with...
(piano) - Requiem Aeternam from the Lazarus Requiem, Brno Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Choir
- Gloriette, Julian Lloyd WebberJulian Lloyd WebberJulian Lloyd Webber is a British solo cellist who has been described as the "doyen of British cellists".-Early life:Julian Lloyd Webber is the second son of the composer William Lloyd Webber and his wife Jean Johnstone . He is the younger brother of the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber...
(cello) & Patrick HawesPatrick HawesPatrick Hawes is a British composer.He studied at St Chad's College, University of Durham before working as a teacher of music and English, being appointed composer in residence at Charterhouse School, where he produced a children's opera and several other choral works, some in partnership with...
(piano) - How Hill, Claire Jones (harp)
- Cantate Domino, Christian Forshaw, The Sanctuary Ensemble
- After the Rain, Patrick HawesPatrick HawesPatrick Hawes is a British composer.He studied at St Chad's College, University of Durham before working as a teacher of music and English, being appointed composer in residence at Charterhouse School, where he produced a children's opera and several other choral works, some in partnership with...
(piano), Duke Quartet - The Darkling Thrush, David Stout (baritone) & Patrick Hawes (piano)
- Quanta Qualia, Brno Chamber Orchestra