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Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance; Death of Tintagiles / Rosa Mannion, soprano; Thomas Randle, tenor; Matthew Brook, baritone

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance, cantata (arr. by Jacobson from synopsis of Hugh the Drover, opera); The Death of Tintagiles, incidental music
Performers: Mannion, Rosa; Randle, Thomas [Tenor Vocals]; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

Though quite popular and well-explored, the catalogue of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams still boasts a few rarely-heard gems. Richard Hickox interprets these near-forgotten beauties...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (10/03/1997-10/04/1997)....continue...

Ralph Vaughan Williams conducts his own Music

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5 in D major; Dona nobis pacem
Performers: Flynn, Renee; Henderson, Roy
Conductors: Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Those who have loved this British composer's music have known his only commercial recordings - The Wasps Overture and the Ballet 'Old King Cole' (1925)...continue...

The British Composers Guide to Britain

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Eric Coates: Knightsbridge March; London Suite; Edward Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town), concert overture, Op. 40; Severn Suite, Op. 87; Caractacus, Op. 35; Percy Grainger: Handel in the Strand; Bri...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bayl, Benjamin; Bell, David [Organ]; Benson, Garth; Bostridge, Ian; Brannigan, Owen; Bullard, Thomas; Harvey, Frederi...
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Barbirolli, John; del Mar, Norman; Ord, Boris; Previn, Andre; Layton, Stephen; Cleobury, Stephen; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Bishop, Christopher; Irving, Rober...
Ensemble: ; London Music Group; Polyphony (Vocal Ensemble)

This bright and breezy guide takes us in 50 stops from London, round Essex and East Anglia, up to Scotland, then - via Wales and...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs of the Four Seasons

1 CD / Albion / 2010-06-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs of the Four Seasons, cantata for female chorus & orchestra; In Windsor Forest, cantata (adapted from the opera "Sir John in Love")
Conductors: Willcocks, David
Ensemble: Dmitri Ensemble

Both the Folk Songs of the Four Seasons and In Windsor Forest are world premiere recordings. Folk Songs of the Four Seasons is the most...continue...
Recording information: West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge, England....continue...

Vaughan Williams: Music in the Heart [Includes Bonus Disc]

2 CD / Albion / 2010-06-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; Pilgrim's Journey, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra (or organ; arr. from the opera "The Pilg; English Hymnal; Spoken Word: Vaughan Williams speaks a...
Performers: Allen, Stiles; Allin, Norman; Baillie, Isobel; Bove, Louis; Easton, Robert; Henderson, Roy; Herbert, William; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Manton, Stephen; Mitchell, Ena; Nash, Heddle [Tenor Vocals]...
Conductors: Vaughan Williams, Ralph; Pfohl, Henry

Music in the Heart features a rare recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams conducting his Serenade to Music from a performance in 1951, the Pilgrim's Journey...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Where Hope is Shining

1 CD / Albion / 2010-06-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sonnet 71 ("No longer mourn for me"), partsong for six voices (incomplete); Echo's Lament of Narcissus ("Slow, slow, fresh fount'), madrigal for double chorus (incomplete); El...
Performers: Hartveit, Orjan; Robson, Tom [Vocals]; Young, Alistair
Conductors: Broadbent, Peter

The choral works on Where Hope is Shining were composed from 1895 to 1954. Performed by the award winning Joyful Company of Singers and recorded...continue...
Recording information: St Paul's Church, New Southgate, London, England (03/29/2008-03/30/2008)....continue...

Vaughan Williams: Sancta Civitas; Dona Nobis Pacem

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-04-27

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem; Sancta Civitas (The Holy City), oratorio
Performers: Pier, Christina; Staples, Andrew; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Hill, David

Although Vaughan Williams described himself as "a cheerful agnostic", he was not only steeped in the traditions of the Anglican Church, but sensitive to the...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, The Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, UK (09/26/2009-09/27/2009)....continue...

In Terra Pax - A Christmas Anthem - Finzi, Holst, Vaughan Williams, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-11-17

Works: Gustav Holst: Christmas Day, for chorus & orchestra, H. 109; John Joubert: There Is No Rose, for chorus, Op. 14; William Mathias: Sir Christèmas; A babe is born, Op. 55; Herbert Howells: Here ...
Performers: Davies, Julian [Tenor]; Doyle, Julia; Glassberg, Ben; Oberst, Simon; Williams, Mark; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Wetton, Hilary Davan

Performances of carols both ancient and modern have become central to the celebration of Christmas. The choral music on this disc includes Holst's surprisingly neglected...continue...

Vaughan Williams - The Collector's Edition / Willcocks, Boult, Bean, Barbirolli, et al

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Symphony no 8 in D minor; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Allen, Thomas; Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Aronowitz, Cecil; Asch, David van; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balmain, Ian; Barlo...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Silvestri, Constantin; Banks, Eric; Groves, Charles, Sir; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Hickox, Richard; O'Brien, Brendan; Davies, Meredith; Willcocks, Davi...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Madrigal Singers; London Music Group; London Philharmonic Orch...

This 30-CD budget boxed set contains all of the hits, as well as other gems such as 'A Sea Symphony', 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols', 'On...continue...

Vaugham Williams: Choral Works / Best, Corydon Singers, et al

4 CD / Hyperion / 2008-06-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ); Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Flos campi; Dona nobis pacem; Hymns (4) for Tenor, Viol...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Barratt, Christine; Best, Jonathan; Bowen, John; Connell, Elizabeth; Connell, John; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Davies, Maldwyn; Dawson, Anne; Dawson, Lynne; Dobi...
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Orchestra; Corydon Singers; English Chamber Orchestra

Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Vaughan Williams' death, this collection is tantalizing: it starts with one of the best-selling discs in the Hyperion...continue...

Vaughan Williams: The Sons of Light; Holst, Parry

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-09-04

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Sons of Light; Gustav Holst: The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18; Hubert Parry: Ode on the Nativity
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Cahill, Teresa
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Atherton, David
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

Legendary performances on CD for the first time! The Sons of Light was commissioned for the Schools Music Association. The composer's wife wrote the text,...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Willow-Wood, etc / Lloyd-Jones, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-15

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region, for chorus & orchestra; Willow-wood, cantata for baritone or mezzo-soprano, female chorus & orchestra or for voice & piano; The Voice out of the Whi...
Performers: Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Here's an enormously useful and enjoyable disc containing some well-known favorites (Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, Toward the Unknown Region), alongside three rarities... The...continue...

British Composers - Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem, etc

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-04-02

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region, for chorus & orchestra; Dona nobis pacem; Fantasia (quasi variazione) on the Old 104th Psalm, for piano, chorus & orchestra; Magnificat for female c...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Case, John Carol; Gritton, Eric; Hyde-Smith, Christopher; Katin, Peter; Pougnet, Jean
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Davies, Meredith; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra Nova; Philharmonia Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance, Death of Tintagiles

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-09-15

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance, cantata (arr. by Jacobson from synopsis of Hugh the Drover, opera); The Death of Tintagiles, incidental music
Performers: Mannion, Rosa; Randle, Thomas [Tenor Vocals]; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"...These are the first recordings of both works, and both are excellent. Hickox brings his usual clarity of texture and precision to the performances. The...continue...

Barber, Bartók, Vaughan Williams / Shaw, Atlanta SO & Chorus

1 CD / Telarc / 1998-03-24

Works: Samuel Barber: Prayers of Kierkegaard, for soprano, alto and tenor ad lib, mixed chorus & orchestra, Op. 30; Béla Bartók: Cantata profana, for tenor, baritone, double chorus & orchestra (or...
Performers: Clement, Richard; Gunn, Nathan; Pelton, Carmen
Conductors: Shaw, Robert

Vaughan Williams: An Oxford Elegy, etc / Killebrew, et al

1 CD / Centaur / 1996-10-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Oxford Elegy; Epithalamion
Performers: Hendricks, Edward Scott; Killebrew, Gerard
Conductors: Taylor, Robert
Ensemble: Chorus Civitas; Chorus Civitas Chamber Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region, etc / Best

1 CD / Hyperion / 1994-02-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem; Hymns (4) for Tenor, Viola and Strings; Toward the Unknown Region, for chorus & orchestra; O clap your hands; Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge, motet for solo...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Howarth, Judith; Singers, Corydon; Souter, Matthew
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Orchestra; Corydon Singers

'Sit back and enjoy this VW concert of uncommon power and beauty ... another luscious plum in the Hyperion catalogue' (Soundscapes, Australia)

'An enticing VW...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Donna Nobis Pacem, etc / Bryden Thomson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem; Mystical Songs (5)
Performers: Rayner Cook, Brian; Wiens, Edith
Conductors: ; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra