Lark Ascending Collection / Butterworth, Delius, Elgar, Holst, etc.

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Album Summary

Performer

• Hugh Bean (Violin)

Conductors

• Barbirolli, John
• Boult, Adrian
• Dilkes, Neville
• Handley, Vernon
• Marriner, Sir Neville
• Previn, Andre
• Willcocks, David

Ensembles

• 
• Allegri String Quartet

Composers

• Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930)
• George Butterworth (1885 - 1916)
• William Walton (Composer) (1902 - 1983)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Notes & Reviews:

With the sublime The Lark Ascending as its centerpiece, this collection illustrates the way that Vaughan Williams and his contemporaries expressed their national identity, drawing inspiration from folk song, landscape, poetry and the rich history of British music. With favorites by Elgar, Delius, Butterworth and Walton - - including Elgar's unforgettable Introduction and Allegro and Delius's Summer Night on the River - - the works gathered here are romantic, nostalgic and quintessentially British.

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Works Details

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : The lark ascending

• Performer: Hugh Bean (Violin)
• Conductor: Adrian Boult
• Running Time: 14 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1914

Elgar, Edward : Introduction and Allegro, for string quartet & string orchestra in G major, Op. 47

• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Ensemble: Allegri String Quartet
• Notes: Composition written: 1905.
• Running Time: 14 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1905

Butterworth, George : A Shropshire Lad

• Conductor: Neville Dilkes
• Notes: Composition written: 1912.
• Running Time: 8 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1912

Delius, Frederick : Aquarelles (2), for strings (arr. by Fenby from 2 songs "to be sung on a summer night")

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1936

Warlock, Peter : Capriol Suite, for full orchestra

• Conductor: Neville Dilkes
• Running Time: 8 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1928

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes (3) for Organ

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1920

Delius, Frederick : Koanga

• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Walton, William : Pieces (2) for strings (from Henry V)

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1944

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'

• Conductor: David Willcocks
• Running Time: 11 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1939

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 16 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1910

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : English Folk Song Suite

• Conductor: Adrian Boult
• Running Time: 8 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1923

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Fantasia on Greensleeves

• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 4 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1934

Elgar, Edward : Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20

• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 12 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Butterworth, George : Banks of Green Willow

• Conductor: Andre Previn
• Notes: Composition written: 1913.
• Running Time: 5 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1913

Delius, Frederick : Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra

• Conductor: Vernon Handley
• Notes: Composition written: 1911.
• Running Time: 6 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1911

Elgar, Edward : Sospiri

• Conductor: John Barbirolli
• Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1913-1914

Delius, Frederick : Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra

• Conductor: Vernon Handley
• Notes: Composition written: 1912.
• Running Time: 5 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1912

Holst, Gustav : St. Paul's Suite, Op. 29 :: 4. The Dargason

• Conductor: Sir Marriner
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1912-1913

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : The Wasps - Aristophanic Suite :: Overture

• Conductor: Andre Previn
• Running Time: 9 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1909