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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 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...

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...

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5, etc / Handley, Small, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-04-06

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Flos campi; Concerto for Oboe in A minor; Symphony no 5 in D major
Performers: Balmer, Christopher; Small, Jonathan
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Vaughan Williams, Delius: Piano Concertos; Finzi / Lane

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2003-08-05

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Piano in C major; Frederick Delius: Concerto for Piano in C minor, RT vii/4; Gerald Finzi: Eclogue for Piano and Strings in F major, Op. 10
Performers: Lane, Piers
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Heritage & Legacy / Bostock, Royal Liverpool PO

1 CD / Classico (Denmark) / 2003-04-11

Works: Frederic Austin: The Sea Venturers; Alexander Mackenzie: Colomba, Op. 28; Charles Villiers Stanford: Shamus O'Brien; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Edward Elgar: Variat...
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

We often read about the "British Musical Renaissance" by which commentators usually mean the music written in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries typlified...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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Elgar: Enigma Variations, etc; Vaughan Williams: Fantasias

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-05-07

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20; Enigma Variations
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Chambers, Colin; Jones, Mair; Nolan, David
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra