Somewhat surprisingly, Ralph Vaughan Williams' Christmas cantata, Hodie (1953-54), is one of his least recorded works, yet this is one of the most melodious, accessible, and emotionally compelling among his late masterpieces and deserves much greater representation on CD. Naturally paired on this 2007 Naxos release with the popular Fantasia on Christmas Carols (1912), Hodie receives a splendid treatment from Hilary Davan Wetton and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, in some ways reminiscent of the great 1965 recording by ...
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Somewhat surprisingly, Ralph Vaughan Williams' Christmas cantata, Hodie (1953-54), is one of his least recorded works, yet this is one of the most melodious, accessible, and emotionally compelling among his late masterpieces and deserves much greater representation on CD. Naturally paired on this 2007 Naxos release with the popular Fantasia on Christmas Carols (1912), Hodie receives a splendid treatment from Hilary Davan Wetton and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, in some ways reminiscent of the great 1965 recording by David Willcocks and the London Symphony Orchestra on EMI, both in its rugged orchestral strength and in the poignant tenderness of the vocal numbers. Willcocks had wonderful resources in his vocalists, Janet Baker, Richard Lewis, and John Shirley-Quirk, but Wetton has comparable talents in soprano Janice Watson, tenor Peter Hoare, and baritone Stephen Gadd, who is also the soloist in the Fantasia. The eloquence of these singers is matched by the purity of the St. Catherine School Middle...
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