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Legacy: April 18, 2004 - Rachmaninov, Davies, Durufle, Stravinsky and Poulenc / Westminster Choir

1 CD / Westminister Choir College / 2012-07-31

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Ave Maria; Vespers; Peter Maxwell Davies: The Lord's Prayer, for SATB chorus, J. 54; Maurice Duruflé: Notre Père (2 versions), for chorus; for male voices & organ, O...
Performers: Beck, Anthony; Lebherz, Jenna; Maupin, Marisa
Conductors: Flummerfelt, Joseph
Ensemble: ; Westminster Choir

A milestone in Westminster Choir College's history - the Westminster Choir's final home concert with Joseph Flummerfelt - will be available as a CD on...continue...
Recording information: Bristol Chapel at Westminister Choir College, Princeton (04/18/2004)....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...

Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music; Flos Campi; Five Mystical Songs; Fantasia

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-10-12

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ); Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Flos campi
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Imai, Nobuko; Tunnell, Charles
Conductors: Best, Matthew

In celebration of their thirtieth birthday, Hyperion is re-issuing thirty landmark titles from the back catalogue at mid-price. These discs include benchmark recordings of great...continue...

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

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...

From Vaughan Williams attic / Boult, Irving, Wood, London PO, et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-03-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Old King Cole, ballet for chorus & orchestra; Flourish for a Coronation, for chorus & orchestra; Serenade to music; A Song of Thanksgiving for soprano, speaker, cho...
Performers: Allen, Stiles; Allin, Norman; Baillie, Isobel; Balfour, Margaret; Brunskill, Muriel; Desmond, Astra; Easton, Robert; Henderson, Roy; Jarred, Mary; Jones, Parry; Nash, Heddle [Tenor Vocals]; Ritchie, ...
Conductors: Vaughan Williams, Ralph; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Wood, Henry J.; Irving, Ernest
Ensemble: ; Aeolian Orchestra

This fascinating and important release features recordings of Vaughan Williams works, remastered from the composer's personal collection of 78-rpm discs. Works include the film score...continue...

British Composers - Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5, Serenade to Music, etc / Sargent, London SO, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Serenade to music; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Toward the Unknown Region, for chorus & orchestra; Symphony no 5 in D major
Performers: Anthony, Trevor; Morison, Elsie; Robertson, Duncan
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John

This release from EMI's British Composers Series featuring the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams restores two classics of the early stereo catalog: the extraordinarily lyrical...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...

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...

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...

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

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5, etc / Spano, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2007-04-24

Works: Thomas Tallis: Psalm Tunes (9) for Mister Parker; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Symphony no 5 in D major; Serenade to music
Performers: Arenz, David; Arzewski, Cecylia; Harris, Reid; Rex, Christopher
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Chamber Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"This beautifully played and engineered disc contains three of Vaughan Williams' most mellifluous pieces... Not only is the singing of the choir just perfect, but...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5, etc / Spano, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2007-04-24

Works: Thomas Tallis: Psalm Tunes (9) for Mister Parker; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Symphony no 5 in D major; Serenade to music
Performers: Arenz, David; Arzewski, Cecylia; Ford, Nmon; Harris, Reid; O'Connor, Kelley; Rex, Christopher; Rivera, Jessica [Soprano Vocal]; Studebaker, Thomas
Conductors: Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

"This beautifully played and engineered disc contains three of Vaughan Williams' most mellifluous pieces... Not only is the singing of the choir just perfect, but...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia antartcia; Serenade to Music / Handley

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; Partita for double string orchestra; Symphony no 7 for soprano, small female chorus & orchestra with narrator ad lib ("Sinfonia Antarti
Performers: Hargan, Alison; Tracey, Ian
Conductors: Handley, Vernon

Classics - Delius, Vaughan Williams / Vernon Handley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-03-23

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Serenade to music; Frederick Delius: Pieces (2) for small orchestra, RT vi/19; Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra; Air & Dance, for string orchestra, RT vi/21
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Vernon Handley has recently received the highest praise for his recordings on Chandos of Bax's complete symphonies, and his enormous contribution to British music was...continue...

Vaughan Williams: The Nine Symphonies, etc / Handley, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2003-01-07

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; English Folk Song Suite; Symphony no 3 for soprano or teno...
Performers: Balmain, Ian; Balmer, Christopher; Barlow, Alison; Bell, David [Organ]; Benedict, Roger; Black, Nigel; Chambers, Colin; Hargan, Alison; Jones, Mair; Nolan, David; Rodgers, Joan; Shimell, William; Sma...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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Handley's performances can withstand comparison with the very best.. ..these consistently idiomatic readings will provide many hours of pleasurable listening.'
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Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, etc / Wood, BBC SO

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2001-08-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Serenade to music; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Fantasia on Greensleeves
Performers: Allin, Norman; Baillie, Isobel; Balfour, Margaret; Brunskill, Muriel; Desmond, Astra; Easton, Robert; Henderson, Roy; Jarred, Mary; Jones, Parry; Nash, Heddle [Tenor Vocals]; Suddaby, Elsie; Titterto...
Conductors: Wood, Henry J.

"[This recording] brings a most striking discrepancy of pace with modern performances. The first movement alone takes over three minutes less than in most latter-day...continue...

British Composers - Hickox conducts Vaughan Williams

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-08-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; The Poisoned Kiss, overture; Old King Cole, ballet for chorus & orchestra; Easter ("Rise heart"), song for baritone, chorus (ad lib.) orchestra (Mystical So...
Performers: Creswick, Bradley; Roberts, Stephen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia Chorus; Northern Sinfonia of England

"Richard Hickox's affection for Vaughan Williams's music suffuses this generous compilation of his Eighties recordings with the Northern Sinfonia...Creswick is eloquent in 'The Lark Ascending'...he...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody, etc / Boult, London SO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1991-11-16

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; English Folk Song Suite; Norfolk Rhapsody no 1 in E minor; Fantasia on Greensleeves; In the Fen Country; The lark ascending
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Bean, Hugh
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, Mystical Songs / Best

1 CD / Hyperion / 1990-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ); Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Flos campi
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Connell, Elizabeth; Connell, John; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Davies, Maldwyn; Dawson, Anne; Hill, Martyn; Howell, Gwynne; Imai, Nobuko; Kitchen, Linda; Montague...
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Singers; English Chamber Orchestra