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Jan 20, 1993 · Vaughan Williams: Hugh the Drover [Original Cast Recordings] by Ralph Vaughan Williams released in 1993. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, ...
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‘This sparkling recording makes it clear that 'Hugh the Drover' is a work that deserves to be staged professionally at regular intervals. In any other country it would have been. A magical account of a fascinating work, and not to be missed’ (Ivor Gurney Society Journal)
Hugh the Drover (or Love in the Stocks) is an opera in two acts by Ralph Vaughan Williams to an original English libretto by Harold Child. The work has set numbers with recitatives. It has been described as a modern example of a ballad opera.
- English
- 14 July 1924, His Majesty's Theatre, London
- Harold Child
May 13, 2021 · Hugh the Drover is a ballad opera written by Ralph Vaughan Williams, on a libretto by Harold Child. It was premiered in 1924. Shortly afterwards, this abridged version was recorded (in 1924 or 1925). This is not an LP of mine, but I have a recording of it.
Vaughan Williams: Hugh the Drover. Rebecca Evans, Bonaventura Bottone, Sarah Walker, Richard Van Allan, Alan Opie, Neil Jenkins. Corydon Singers & Orchestra, The New London Children's Choir, Matthew Best. Release Date: 3rd Nov 2003. Catalogue No: CDD22049. Label: Hyperion. Series: Dyads. Length: 1 hour 41 minutes.
