Vaughan-Williams and Tavener: Violin Works is the third studio album

Studio album

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 by Scottish

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 violinist Nicola Benedetti

Nicola Benedetti

- Early life and the Yehudi Menuhin School :Benedetti was born in West Kilbride, North Ayrshire to an Italian father and a Scottish mother. She started to learn the violin at the age of four...

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Album information

One word unites the works on this album, and that word is 'ethereal'. The soundworld of English composer Sir John Tavener is often described as 'ethereal'; possessing an other-worldly, spiritual quality that strikes deep into the soul. And Ralph Vaughan Williams's aural portrait of that blithe little lark as it spirals up into the heavens is indeed an ethereal vision.

Track listing

1. "The Lark Ascending" - 15:57
2. "Song for Athene" – 6:47
3. "Dhyana" – 6:15
4. "Lalishri - Introduction" – 1:48
5. "Lalishri - Cycle 1" – 6:19
6. "Lalishri - Cycle 2" - 5:39
7. "Lalishri - Cycle 3" – 9:39
8. "Lalishri - Cycle 4" – 11:09