Vaughan Williams, Ralph > Violin

Desert Island Discs

3 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-03-05

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Paganini Variations; Giaco...
Performers: Alexander, Roberta [Soprano Vocals]; Baillie, Alexander; Bjorling, Jussi; Boriskin, Michael; Botha, Johan; Chen, Evelyn; Dawson, Lynne; Farrall, Joy; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Ormandy, Eugene; Slatkin, Leonard; Pritchard, John; Cleobury, Nicholas; Daniel, Paul; McGegan, Nicholas; Szell, George; Previn, Andre; Foster, Lawrence; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Carl; S...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

Works for Violin and Piano by British composers: Holst, Walford Davies, Vaughan Williams / Rupert Marshall-Luck, violin; Matthew Rickard, piano

1 CD / EM Records / 2012-10-09

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor; Gustav Holst: Solos (6) for violin; Henry Walford Davies: Sonata for violin & piano, in E flat major
Performers: Marshall-Luck, Rupert; Rickard, Matthew

Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike for the verve, commitment, and intelligence of his performances, Rupert Marshall-Luck appears as a soloist and recitalist at major...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Wyastone Leys, Monmouth (04/13/2012-04/14/2012)....continue...

Essential British Classics - Over 2 hours of rousing classical anthems

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Sarabande; Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Messiah; Music for the Royal Fireworks; Coronation Anthem; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Funeral Music for Queen Mary; Jere...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Brightman, Sarah; du Pre, Jacqueline; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Graham, Susan; Haim, ...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Briger, Alexander; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Boult, Adrian; Cleobury, Stephen; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Handley, Vernon; Trevor, Kirk; Jenkin...
Ensemble: ; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

50 Best British Classics [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Messiah; Thomas Tallis: If ye love me; In manus tuas; John Goss: Hymn; Psalm 23; Charles Villiers Stanford: Beati quorum via; Hubert Parry: Dear Lord and F...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Bayl, Benjamin; Bean, Hugh; Bell, David [Organ]; Brett, Oliver; Bullard, Thomas; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; du Pré, Jacqueline; Stevens, Peter; Willcocks, David...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Handley, Vernon; Hughes, Owain Arwel; Groves, Charles, Sir; Kilbey, Reginald; Dunn, Vivi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

Classic FM Hall of Fame 2012

3 CD / Decca Import / 2012-04-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Concerto for Cello; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1; Giacomo Puccini: Tur...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Einaudi, Ludovico; Freni, Mirella; Gendron, Maurice; Johnson, Emma [Clarinet];...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Previn, Andre; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Kempe, Rudolf; López-Cobos, Jesús; Boskovsky, Willi; Khachaturian, Aram; Wordsworth, Barry; Dorati, Antal; Malone, Gareth; Leppard, ...
Ensemble: ; The English Concert

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

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-03

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes (3) for Organ; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; English Folk Song Suite; Fantasia on...
Performers: Bean, Hugh
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; Dilkes, Neville; Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Previn, Andre; Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: ; Allegri String Quartet

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...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 / Christopher Seaman, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-03-13

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Serenade to music
Performers: Athayde, Juliana
Conductors: Seaman, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra

To mark the close of an outstanding thirteen-season tenure as Music Director of the Rochester Philharmonic, Christopher Seaman leads his orchestra in a program of...continue...
Recording information: Kodak Hall, Eastman Theatre, Rochester, New York (03/2011)....continue...

Arcadia Lost

1 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings Import / 2012-02-14

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Flos campi; On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20
Performers: Benedict, Roger; Dauth, Michael; Davislim, Steve; Martin, Benjamin
Conductors: Wigglesworth, Mark

The Classic 100: 20th Century

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-12-06

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 i...
Performers: Goodman, Isador; Grigoryan, Slava; Hall, Dimity; Kain, Timothy; Katchen, Julius; Lazaroff-Somssich, Alison; Li-Wei; Souter, Vanessa
Conductors: Braithwaite, Nicholas; Steinberg, William; Kertész, István; Walker, Antony; Thomas, Patrick; Kelly, Brett; Mester, Jorge; Otterloo, Willem Van; Northey, Benjamin; Porcelijn, David

Made in Britain

1 CD / Avie Records / 2011-11-08

Works: William Walton: Scapino, comedy overture for orchestra; George Butterworth: English Idylls (2); Frederick Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet; Arnold Bax: Happy Forest; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Ra...
Performers: Clark, James
Conductors: Wilson, John

Made In Britain celebrates a rich and nostalgic period of English music surrounding the turn of the 20th century, including evergreens such as Vaughan Williams'...continue...
Recording information: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (04/07/2010-04/08/2010)....continue...

English Classics: Elgar, Delius, Butterworth, Finzi, et al. / Elder

4 CD / Halle Records / 2011-11-08

Works: George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad; English Idylls (2); Banks of Green Willow; Frederick Delius: Irmelin; A Village Romeo and Juliet; Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Pieces (2) for small orchestr...
Performers: Fletcher, Lyn; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Taylor, Joseph
Conductors: Elder, Mark; Wilson, John
Ensemble: Halle Orchestra

This four-CD set is a collection of English classics, previously released on the Hallé label as single discs. On disc one, the orchestra plays some...continue...

Poème / Violinist Julia Fischer

1 CD / Decca / 2011-05-03

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Poema autunnale, for violin & orchestra, P. 146; Josef Suk: Fantasy for violin & orchestra, Op 24; Ernest Chausson: Poème for Violin and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 25; R...
Performers: Fischer, Julia [Violin]
Conductors: Kreizberg, Yakov
Ensemble: Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo

Julia Fischer follows her extraordinary Grammy-nominated recording of the Paganini Caprices with a contrasting album - a lyrical and poetic set of impressionistic works for...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Rainer III, Centre de Congrès, Monte Carlo, (11/20/2010-11/24/2010)....continue...

Vaughan Wiliams: Carols, Songs & Hymns

1 CD / Park Records (uk) / 2010-12-07

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Golden Carol ("Now is Christèmas y-come"), carol for chorus; Blake's Cradle Song ("Sweet dreams, form a shade o'er my lovely infant's head"), carol for chorus; Hodie;...
Performers: Banks, Steve; Davis, Jub; Lewin, Giles [Violin/Bagpipe]; Prior, Maddy; Prior, Maddy & The Carnival Band; Vitale, Steno; Watts, Andy

Recording information: Blue Moon Studios, Oxfordshire; The Steppings Cumbria....continue...

Rule Britannia

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-09-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351; Coronation Anthem; Messiah, HWV 56; Samson, HWV 57; Solomon, HWV 67; Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32; Ronald Binge: The Watermill; E...
Performers: Bradley, Jonathan; Carreras, Nicole; Doherty, Diana; Drury, David; Goodman, Isador; Hall, Dimity; Kenny, Yvonne; Kimmorley, Sharolyn; Macliver, Sara; Payne, Geoffrey; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu
Conductors: Abbott, Graham; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Summerbell, Mark; Taddei, Marc; Northey, Benjamin; Measham, David; Leighton-Jones, Michael; Johnson, Craig; Stanhope, David; Walker, Antony; Swierczewski, Miche...
Ensemble: ; Cantillation

Best Of British / Addinsell, Arnold, Britten, Butterworth, et al.

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-28

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Tunes; English Folk So...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Becu, Wim; Beniston, Paul; Carewe, Mary [Soprano Vocal]; Chambers, Colin; Cohen, Robert [Cello]; Finch, Catrin; Johnston, Guy [Cello]; ...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Rattle, Simon, Sir; del Mar, Norman; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Davison, Arthur; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Dilke...
Ensemble: ; Virtuosi of England

Celebrate the United Kingdom's favorite classical music with this exclusive EMI Classics release - Best of British. Get your tea and crumpets ready as you...continue...

Autumn In The Park

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-28

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Songs (14), Op. 34; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne; Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Baker, Chet [Trumpet/Vocals/Composer]; Bean, Hugh; Chang, Han-Na; Chang, Sarah; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Freeman, Russ [Piano]; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Daniel, Paul; ; Willcocks, David; Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: ; Bill Charlap Trio; New Philharmonia Orchestra

In the Park is an exciting new compilation series featuring recordings from the world-renowned vaults of EMI Classics. The first title in the series, 'In...continue...

Pieces in the Original Style 2

1 CD / Decca Import / 2010-08-31

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des animaux; Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma Variations); Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Conce...
Performers: Brown, Iona; Fleming, Renee; Ortiz, Cristina; Roge, Pascal; Schiff, Andras
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Blomstedt, Herbert; Marriner, Sir Neville; Summers, Patrick; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Solti, Sir Georg

Essential Relaxing Classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" BWV 208; BWV 1068; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Wolfgang Amadeus Mo...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bean, Hugh; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Chang, Han-Na; du Pre, Jacqueline; Galway, James [Flute]; Helmis, Fritz; Hough, Stephen; Kalafuzs, Hans; Lane, Piers; Little, Tasmin; Lym...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Vonk, Hans; Lysy, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Boult, Adrian; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Jansons, Mariss; Olah, Erno; Susskind, Walter; Muti, Riccardo; Thompson, B...

This album brings together many of the most relaxing pieces of classical music, most of which have been heard in major films. The Baroque era...continue...

Essential Violin

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-08-17

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin no 2 in A major, Op. 100; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in D minor, WoO 1/2; F.A.E. Sonata Movement.; Pablo de Sarasate: Pl...
Performers: Almonte, Caroline; Anthony, Adele; Brown, Barbara; Gilby, Barbara Jane; Hall, Dimity; Kimber, Beryl; Michaels, Geoffrey; Olding, Dene; Olding, Max; Parsons, Geoffrey; Tognetti, Richard; Tsunoda, Miki...
Conductors: Lancaster, Geoffrey; Walker, Antony; Ronly-Riklis, Shalom; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Challender, Stuart; Halstead, Anthony; Volmer, Arvo
Ensemble: ; Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players

20th Century Classics: Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Wasps; The lark ascending; Flos campi; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Norfolk Rhapsody no 1 in E mino...
Performers: Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Balmer, Christopher; Bowen, Kenneth; Burrowes, Norma; Case, John Carol; Chang, Sarah; Dickerson, Bernard; Evans, Wynford; Hayward, Marie; Keyte, Chr...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Handley, Vernon; Haitink, Bernard; Willcocks, David; Boult, Adrian;
Ensemble: ; London Early Music Group

English Fantasia: Favourite Works by Elgar, Delius and Vaughan Williams

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2010-07-27

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The lark ascending; Frederick Delius: Pieces (2) for small orchestra, RT vi/19; Edward Elgar: Elegy for Strings...
Performers: Lowbury, Pauline
Conductors: Cleobury, Nicholas

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall (05/20/1998-05/21/1998)....continue...

Classical Meditation

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-05-25

Works: Arvo Pärt: De profundis; Berliner Messe; John Tavener: The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?"; The Lord's Prayer, for chorus (1999); Song for Athene; Samuel Barber: Heaven-Haven, for chorus (arr...
Performers: Barton, William; Cox, Michael; Daniel, Nicholas; Green, David [Violin]; Petrenko, Jurgen
Conductors: Edison, Noel; Robinson, Christopher; Lawrence, Douglas; Summerly, Jeremy; Lloyd-Jones, David; ; Lintu, Hannu; Judd, James; Fedoseyev, Vladimir
Ensemble: ; Maggini Quartet

Essential Adagios

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Remo Giazotto: Adagio in C minor for strings & organ (previously attributed to Tomaso Albinoni); Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: ...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bean, Hugh; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Chang, Han-Na; du Pre, Jacqueline; Galway, James [Flute]; Helmis, Fritz; Isbin, S...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Vonk, Hans; Olah, Erno; Boult, Adrian; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Susskind, Walter; Muti, Riccardo; Ormandy, Eugene; Lysy, Alberto; Accardo, Salvatore; Foster, Lawre...

Music Mosaic, Vol. 1

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-12-01

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Winter, Op. 8 no 4; Ennio Morric...
Performers: Aguirre, Jorge; Amoruso, Livia [Violin]; Bernal, Sara [Viola]; Chambers, Jamie [Viola]; Ciliotta, Giulia [Cello]; Egoavil, Lupita [Violin]; Frescino, Jeanette [Cello]; Garcia, Karla [Violin]; Halyo, ...
Conductors: Aguirre, Jorge

Recording information: Larchmont Methodist Church, Norfolk; Santo Domingo....continue...

British Music / Sir Simon Rattle

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42; Falstaff, symphonic study for orchestra in C minor, Op. 68; Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61; The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38; Pomp a...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Elms, Roderick; Hampson, Thomas; Harrell, Lynn; Heinen, Ulrich; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Mitchinson, John; Shirley-Qui...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Halsey, Simon;
Ensemble: Berliner Philharmoniker; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchest

This new 11CD box set in the Simon Rattle Edition contains many favorites from the English repertory including Elgar's Engma Variations and Violin Concerto, Walton's...continue...

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock / Ian Partridge

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hymns (4) for Tenor, Viola and Strings; Merciless beauty; The Water Mill; The New Ghost; Blake Songs (10) for Voice and Oboe; On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & st...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Brannigan, Owen; Butt, David; Craxton, Janet; Croxford, Eileen; Davis, Anthony [Piano/Composer]; Hammersley, Robert; Harvey, Frederick; Ledger, P...
Conductors: ; Dilkes, Neville; Wilcocks, Sir David
Ensemble: ; English Sinfonia; London Music Group

Among his many distinctions over a long career, Ian Partridge contributed to the catalog two recordings of music for tenor and small ensemble to which...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto, Ten Blake Songs / Lajos Lencsès

1 CD / Capriccio / 2009-09-29

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Oboe in A minor; Blake Songs (10) for Voice and Oboe; Household Music; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Performers: Korner, Emily; Lencses, Lajos; Pesthy, Paul; Schneider, Ansgar; Weller, Andreas
Conductors: Bánfalvi, Béla

Best 100 20th Century Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-07-28

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Songs (14), Op. 34; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Lieutenant Kij...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Auger, Arleen; Barrueco, Manuel; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bream...
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Previn, Andre; Kurtz, Efrem; Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Wit, Antoni; M...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Made Famous By Classic FM

2 CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-05-05

Works: Karl Jenkins: Adiemus; Jay Ungar: The Ashokan Farewell; Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony no 3; Ludovico Einaudi: Le Onde; Peter Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness; Nigel Hess: Ladies in Lav...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barley; Benedetti, Nicola; Coxwell, Janet; Doyle, Patrick; Fernández, Eduardo; Hunt, Fionnuala; Jansen, Janine; Johnson, Emma; Lord, Jon; Maxwell Davies, Peter, Sir; Ogden, Cr...
Conductors: Jenkins, Karl; Perkins, John; Zinman, David; Hess, Nigel; Foster, Lawrence; Goodall, Howard; Damev, Mischa; Hawes, Patrick; Litton, Andrew; Preston, Simon; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Pesek, Libor; Levine, ...
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; English Concert; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Sinfonietta; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orche...

Yehudi Menuhin - The Great EMI Recordings

51 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Concerto for 2 Violins in D mino...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Balsam, Artur; Barshai, Rudolf; Bennett, William; Cassadó, Gaspar; Cassad?, Gaspar; Civil, Alan; Cocker, Paul; Curzon, Clifford; de los Angeles, Victoria; Debost, Michel; Don...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Enescu, George; Monteux, Pierre; Dorati, Antal; Boulez, Pierre; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Pritchard, John; Silvestri, Constantin; Kletzki, Paul; Boult, Adrian; Panufnik, Andrzej; Da...
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio; Bath Festival Ensemble; Instrumental Ensemble

This 50-CD set features Sir Yehudi Menuhin's most celebrated EMI recordings, made during his extraordinary 70-year exclusive recording relationship with the company. Includes works by...continue...
Includes work(s) by Manuel de Falla....continue...

Ultimate Classical Dreams - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Claude Debussy: Clair de lune; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Pietro Mascagni: Cava...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Berbie, Jane; Bolet, Jorge; Boskovsky, Willi; Breitenbach, Gunther; Brown, Iona; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Curzon, Clifford; Dichter, Misha; Fassbaender, Brigitte [M...
Conductors: Fennell, Frederick; Zinman, David; Dutoit, Charles; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; ; Munchinger, Karl; Tate, Jeffrey; Davis, Colin; Malcolm, George; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, Is...
Ensemble: ; Borodin Quartet; Weller Quartet

Telarc Classical - SACD Sampler Vol 6

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2009-01-27

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Michael Gandolfi: The Garden of Cosmic Speculation; Luigi Boccherini: Quintet for 2 Violin...
Performers: Amsellem, Norah; Arenz, David; Arzewski, Cecylia; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Carpenter, Cameron; Haddock, Marcus; Harris, Reid; Jarman, Georgia; Kwiecien, Mariusz; Lees, Timothy; Martinson, Christina ...
Conductors: Spano, Robert; Runnicles, Donald; Kunzel, Erich; Zander, Benjamin; Paavo, Järvi; Pearlman, Martin
Ensemble: ; Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Boston Baroque; Cincinnati Pops; Philharmonia Orchestra

Songs of Life / Mager, et al

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-12-30

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward the unknown region; On Wenlock Edge; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 100, "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" BWV 100; Cantata no 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" BWV ...
Performers: Apperson, Jim; Brown, Ellen; Friedeman, John; Mager, Eileen; Tharp, Lisa

20th-Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music

16 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Claude Debussy: La mer; Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Arnold Schoenberg: Pi...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Chang, Sarah; Devos, Louis; du Pre, Jacqueline; Harrell, Lynn; Isserlis, Steven; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kremer, Gidon; Little...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klemperer, Otto; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Dutoit, Charles; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Berglund, Paavo; Frühbeck de Burgos...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Helsinki Philharmo...

The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition, the first disc beginning with a work from...continue...

Relax - The World's Most Beautiful Music - Music for the Soul - 36 Tracks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C majo...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bean, Hugh; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Beniston, Paul; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; du Pre, Jacqueline; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Galway, James [Flute]; Helmis, Fritz;...
Conductors: Vonk, Hans; Lysy, Alberto; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Marriner, Sir Neville; Boult, Adrian; Karajan, Herbert von; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Welser-Möst, Franz; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; T...

The modern world seems to constantly be getting more and more hectic, with more and more things going on around us all at once. This...continue...

Vaughan Williams: The Complete Symphonies / Rodgers, Maltman, Russell, Silverthorne, Bournemouth SO, et al

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); The wasps; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"); Symphony no ...
Performers: Dowie, Christopher; Green, Stuart; Maltman, Christopher; O'Brien, Brendan; Rodgers, Joan; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Russell, Lynda; Silverthorne, Paul
Conductors: Daniel, Paul; Bakels, Kees
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Waynflete Singers

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves, The lark ascending, Symphony no 2 & 5, etc

2 CD / Telarc / 2008-08-12

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Symphony no 5 in D major; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); The lark ascending
Performers: Cosham, Peter; Griffiths, Barry; Rive, Francois; Williams, Andrew [Producer]
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Previn, Andre

British Composers - Vaughan Williams: Symphonies no 4-6, Oboe Concerto, etc / Gibson, Royal PO, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Concerto for Oboe in A minor; Symphony no 4 in F minor; Symphony no 5 in D major; Symphony no 6 in E minor
Performers: Growcott, Robert; Jarvis, Gerald; Morgan, Cedric; Turner, Allan; Williams, John [Film Composer]
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin; Berglund, Paavo; Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Heading up the four titles in the new Vaughan Williams series from EMI is this 2-CD set featuring the first general CD release of the...continue...

British Composers - Vaughan Williams: Folksong Arrangements for Voice & Piano / Tear, Ledger, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folksongs from the Eastern Counties (15); Geordie, folk song for voice & piano (Folksongs from the Eastern Counties no 14); English Folksongs (6); Traditional English Carols (...
Performers: Bean, Hugh; Ibbott, Daphne; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Stewart, Jean; Tear, Robert

Appearing here for the first time on CD is RobertTear’s 1976 LP of solo folksong arrangements with piano, now coupled with the 1963World Record Club...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...

Fricker, Vaughan Williams, Rawsthorne: Violin Sonatas

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Peter Racine Fricker: Sonata for violin & piano no 1, Op. 12; Sonata for violin & piano no 2, Op. 94; Alan Rawsthorne: Sonata for violin & piano; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sonata for Violin and Piano i...
Performers: Jacobson, Julian; Stanzeleit, Susanne

The Essential Vaughan Williams / Willcocks, Boult, Bean, Barbirolli, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Linden Lea; Fantasia on Greensleeves; House of life; English Folk Song Suite; The Vagabond ("Give to me the life I love"), song for voice & piano (or orche...
Performers: Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Asch, David van; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bayl, Benjamin; Bean, Hugh; Bostridge, Ian; Bowen, Kenneth; Burrowes, Norma; Case, John C...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Bishop, Christopher; Neary, Martin; Moore, Philip; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Music Group; London Symphony Orchestra; The Wallace Collection; Winchester Cathedral Choir; York Minster Choir

This essential collection presents 30 Vaughan Williams favorites on 2 CDs. It includes such classic recordings as 'The Lark Ascending' with Hugh Bean, the 'Tallis...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Summer Classics - Mozart, Vivaldi, Debussy, etc

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana ...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bayo, María; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Graham, Susan; Höll, Hartmut; Heisser, Jean-Fran&cc...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio; Masur, Kurt; Davis, Andrew; Krivine, Emmanuel; Bühl, Gregor; Parry, David; Nagano, Kent; López-Cobos, Jesús; Gardiner, John Eliot; Serebrier, José; Lombard...
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Lyon National Orchestra; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

The Best of Vaughan Williams

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Forty-Ninth Parallel; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Linden Lea; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); The wasps; House of life; Variants (5) of 'D...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Greed, David; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Maltman, Christopher; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Penny, Andrew; Judd, James; Bakels, Kees; Lloyd-Jones, David; Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dublin RTE Concert Orchestra; English Northern Philharmonia; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

One of the leading English composers of his generation, Vaughan Williams went some way towards creating a specifically English musical idiom, influenced by his interest...continue...

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Job

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-06-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Job; The Wasps; The wasps
Performers: Datyner, Henry
Conductors: Boult, Adrian

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...

Howells, Britten, Vaughan Williams: Sonatas for Violin and Piano / Gilbert, Wass

1 CD / Centaur / 2008-06-01

Works: Herbert Howells: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in E major, Op. 18; Benjamin Britten: Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor
Performers: Gilbert, John; Wass, Susan

Violinist John Haspel Gilbert was appointed to the faculty of the Texas Tech University School of Music as Artist-Performer and Professor of Violin in 1995....continue...

Music for Fitness

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2008-05-27

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra; Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Antoni...
Performers: Del Rey, Jose Maria Gallardo; Hooker, Chris; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Lowbury, Pauline; Marwood, Anthony
Conductors: Sheffer, Jonathan; Wojciechowski, Tadeusz; Slatkin, Leonard; Gerhardt, Charles; McGegan, Nicholas; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Eichhorn, Kurt; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry; Szell, George; Watkinson, Andre...

Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, Piano Quintet, etc / Mark Padmore, Schubert Ensemble

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Quintet for violin, viola, cello, double bass & piano in C minor; Pieces (2) for violin &...
Performers: Dods, Alison; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble of London

'On Wenlock Edge' is a song cycle for tenor, piano and string quartet, published in 1909, setting six poems from A.E. Housman's 'A Shropshire Lad'....continue...

Land of Hope and Glory

1 CD / Decca Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Thomas Arne: Rule Britannia; William Walton: Coronation March "Crown Imperial"; Charles Villiers Stanford: Songs of the Sea, for baritone, male chorus & orchestra, Op. 91; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Ser...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Fawbert, Andrew; George, Michael; Hill, Robert [Clarinet]; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Maltman, Christo...
Conductors: Norrington, Roger