Ralph Vaughan Williams, Robert Tear, Philip Ledger, Hugh Bean – As I Walked Out - Folk Song Arrangements (NM/VG+) – LP, UK 1978

As I Walked Out - Folk Song Arrangements is an LP by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Philip Ledger, Robert Tear, Hugh Bean from 1978 released on the His Master's Voice label.

About this album

Vaughan Williams’ folk-song arrangements are finely judged settings that elevate traditional material without losing its rural directness. Recorded by tenor Robert Tear with Philip Ledger at the keyboard and Hugh Bean on violin, As I Walked Out brings together English and continental songs in a programme that shows Vaughan Williams’ lifelong fascination with народ-like melody, modal harmony and plainspoken emotional truth. The result is intimate rather than grand, but musically exacting: familiar ballads such as The Captain’s Apprentice and Bushes and Briars gain new colour and pathos in performances that balance scholarship with warmth. For listeners, it is a vivid reminder of how central folk song was to Vaughan Williams’ artistic identity.

Genre: Classical