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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...

On Christmas Night / works by Rutter, Burton, Mathias, Darke and Poston

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2011-10-25

Works: John Rutter: What sweeter music; Christmas Traditional: Noël nouvelet, carol (French); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (English); ...
Performers: Challenger, John [Organ]; Clapham, Geoffrey; Gregory, Julian; James, Freddie [Organist]; Leslie, Huw; Macdonald, Basil; Neill, Henry
Conductors: Nethsingha, Andrew
Ensemble: St John's College Choir cambridge

A joyous celebration of music for the festive season! This disc was recorded in the College Chapel in full surround-sound, and recreates to a spectacular...continue...
Recording information: St John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (01/14/2011-01/16/2011)....continue...

Hear My Words: Choral Classics

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2010-11-16

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Edvard Grieg: Ave maris stella, EG 150; Arvo Pärt: Bogoroditse Devo; Sergey Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Giovanni Pierluigi da Pal...
Performers: De Minckwitz, Edward; Hambleton, Tristan; McDonald, Basil; Ravalde, Tim; Strong, Pablo; Tomita, Leo; Walker, Graham; Williams, Francis [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Nethsingha, Andrew

This new release of Choral Classics from St John's spans nearly 500 years of choral music. The earliest pieces date from the first half of...continue...
Recording information: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (04/09/2010-04/11/2010)....continue...

Within a Dream - A Celebration of the Artistry of Richard Hickox

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-10-27

Works: Frank Bridge: The Sea; Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39; War Requiem, Op. 66; Peter Grimes; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); The Pilgrim's Pr...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Barker, Cheryl; Bullock, Susan; Burgess, Sally; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Eckhoff, Herbert; Elms, Roderick; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Voca...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Welsh Symphony; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Musicum 90; London Symphony Orchestra; R...

The premature death of Richard Hickox on 23 November 2008, aged sixty, deprived the musical world of one of its greatest conductors. The depth and...continue...

The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams [Collectors Edition]

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Scott of the Antarctic, film score; Coastal Command, suite from the film score for orchestra (arranged by Mathieson); The People's Land, film score (based on traditional melod...
Performers: Gamba, Merryn; Gray, Emily; Hindmarsh, Martin; Scott, Jonathan
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: ; Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus

Chandos is pleased to offer this collector's edition of the 'Film Music of Vaughan Williams', packaged and sold at three discs for the price of...continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, England....continue...

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...

Vaughan Williams: The First Nowell, etc / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-09

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols; On Christmas Night, ballet; The First Nowell, opera (completed by Douglas)
Performers: Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]; Fox, Sarah; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia; Joyful Company of Singers

"There's no better way to get into the Christmas spirit than with this enchanting RVW disc, which contains some delightful rarities. OK, so there are...continue...

Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony, etc / Hickox, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2007-03-27

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"
Performers: Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gritton, Susan
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

"Gritton's fearless and star-bright soprano waved the flags of the nations, and with Gerald Finley, finally hoisted the anchor to set free the voyaging soul."...continue...

An Introduction to Ralph Vaughan Williams

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-09-19

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The lark ascending; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version)
Performers: Davis, Michael [Violin]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

'The Lark Ascending' is the composer at his calmly lyrical best, and Michael Davis's performance of the solo violin part is simply beautiful. Those with...continue...

Pastoral Classics - Music for a Summer's Day

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-07-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Percy Grainger: Work(s); Shepherd's Hey; Country Gardens; Herbert Howells: Dances (...
Performers: Fleming, Colin; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; McCann, Phillip; Mordkovitch], Lydia; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Reilly, Tommy; Stephens, Alison
Conductors: Weller, Walter; Järvi, Neeme; Hickox, Richard; del Mar, Norman; Godwin, Anthony; Rothstein, Jack [Violin]; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; ; Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon; Newsome, Roy
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Johann Strauss Orche...

Various artists including Craig, Ogden, Lydia Mordkovich, BBC Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra, Tommy Reilly, and The Academy of St Martin in The fields ar eheard in...continue...

The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan WIlliams Vol 3

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-06-27

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Story of a Flemish Farm; The Loves of Joanna Gooden; Bitter Springs
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Ladies of Manchester Chamber Choir

"...As on previous installments these are handsomely groomed performances from the BBC Philharmonic under Rumon Gamba in superbly natural and vivid sound. Michael Kennedy's notes...continue...

Bear Essentials - Great British Orchestral Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-09-20

Works: William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; Façade, Suite no 2, for orchestra; Coronation March "Crown Imperial"; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Gustav H...
Performers: Davis, Michael [Violin]; Kirshbaum, Ralph
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Thompson, Bryden; Hickox, Richard; del Mar, Norman; Latham-Koenig, Jan; Gamba, Rumon; Handley, Vernon; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Willcocks, David; Turovsky, Yuli; Garforth, David...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici de Montr&eacut...

Bear Essentials - Remembrance Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-11-09

Works: Eric Coates: The Dam Busters, march for the film score; William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; A Wartime Sketchbook, for orchestra (arranged by C.Palmer from film scores); Coronation March "Cr...
Performers: Addinall, Patrick; Austin, Michael [Organ]; Bott, Paula; Collins, Anne; Crabtree, Libby; Elms, Roderick; Scott, John; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gamba, Rumon; Willcocks, David; Newsome, Roy; Brand, Geoffrey; Evans, Alex; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Stobart, James; Hickox, Richard; Bamert, Matthias; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: ; Besses O' Th' Barn Band; Black Dyke Band; Cranwell Royal Air Force College Band; Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards

Shakespeare in Song / Phoenix Bach Choir

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2004-09-21

Works: Matthew Harris: Shakespeare Songs; Frank Martin: Ariel Songs (5), for chorus; Steven Sametz: When he shall die, for chorus; Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: Shakespeare Songs (4), for chorus; Nils Lindbe...
Performers: Comeaux, Robert; Ewer, Cassandra; Herbert, Jacob W.; Inman, Laura; Platt, Carol
Conductors: Bruffy, Charles
Ensemble: Phoenix Bach Choir

First known as the Bach and Madrigal Society, the Phoenix Bach Choir was originally founded in 1958 as a study group by devotees of fine...continue...

The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan WIlliams Vol 2

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-09-21

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Forty-Ninth Parallel; Dim Little Island, film score; The England of Elizabeth, film score
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gamba, Rumon; Gray, Emily; Hindmarsh, Martin
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon

This is the second release of Vaughan Williams's film music as part of Chandos' highly successful Film Music Series. "Rumon Gamba secures exemplary results from...continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, England (09/30/2003/10/01/2003)....continue...

Bear Essentials - Lullaby Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-08-24

Works: Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Préludes, Book 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Horn no 4 in E flat major, K 495; Camille Saint-Saën...

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...

Romantic Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-01-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite no 3 in G minor, BWV 808; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Enigma Variations; Stanley Myers: The ...
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Byfield, Jack; Cantilena [Instrumental Ensemble]; Edlina, Luba; Fingerhut, Margaret; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafa...
Conductors: Shepherd, Adrian; Shelley, Howard; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Hickox, Richard; Shostakovich, Maxim; Handley, Vernon; Byfield, Jack; Horenstein, Jascha; Järvi, Neeme; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tortel...
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Cantilena (Instrumental Ensemble); Cathedral Strings; I Musici de Montreal; London Mozart Players; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharm...

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings....continue...

Vaughan Williams: The Poisoned Kiss / Hickox, BBC National

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Poisoned Kiss, opera
Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Graham-Hall, John; McGilloway, Emer; Pearson, Gail; Richardson, Mark [Engineer]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Suart, Richard; Watson, Jan...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Written in the late 1920s when he was at the height of his powers, The Poisoned Kiss is Vaughan Williams's forgotten opera:...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Symphonies no 6 & 8, Nocturne / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-09-23

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 6 in E minor; Nocturne (Whispers of Heavenly Death), for baritone & orchestra; Symphony no 8 in D minor
Performers: Williams, Robert
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"These two symphonies make a complementary pair, the Sixth a dark work with thoughts of war and its aftermath, the Eighth a radiant celebration of...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Symphonies no 6 & 8, Nocturne / Hickox

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-09-23

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 6 in E minor; Nocturne (Whispers of Heavenly Death), for baritone & orchestra; Symphony no 8 in D minor
Performers: Williams, Robert
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Bear Essentials - British Film Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-08-26

Works: Ron Goodwin: The Trap; Battle of Britain; 633 Squadron; Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; Sir Arthur Bliss: Things to Come, F 131; Alan Rawsthorne: Uncle Silas; The Cruel Sea; William W...
Performers: Carewe, Mary [soprano]; Dukes, Philip; Roscoe, Martin; Wild, Earl
Conductors: Goodwin, Ron; Gamba, Rumon; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hickox, Richard; Stephens, D. S.; Horenstein, Jascha
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Air Force Regiment Band; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5, etc / Hickox, Watson, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-08-12

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth, motet for chorus (with piano or organ ad lib); Symphony no 5 in D major; The Pilgrim Pavement, hymn for soprano, chorus & organ (or orchestra); Hymn tune Pr...
Performers: Hicks, Malcolm; Lane, Carys-Anne; Watson, Ian
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox Singers

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4, Mass, etc / Hickox, LSO

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-06-22

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4 in F minor; Mass in G minor; Choral Songs to be Sung in Time of War (6) for chorus & piano or orchestra
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox Singers

Vaughan Williams: Pastoral Symphony, etc /Hickox, Evans, LSO

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-05-20

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody for orchestra no 2 in D minor; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"); The Running Set, fantasia on jig-rhythms for orchestra; Norfolk Rh...
Performers: Evans, Rebecca
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 2; Butterworth / Hickox

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-04-22

Works: George Butterworth: Banks of Green Willow; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version)
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Bear Essentials - Wedding Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-03-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Cantata no 147, ...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Austin, Michael [Organ]; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bott, Paula; Elms, Roderick; Hicks, Malcolm; Isserlis, Steven; Jackson, Francis; Kee, Piet; Kennedy, Nig...
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Thomas, Ronald [Violin]; Newsome, Roy; ; Shepherd, Adrian; Hickox, Richard; Standage, Simon; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Spicer, Paul; Williams, Glyn; Williams, J. Glyn; Robinson, Chris...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ens.; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Besses o' th' Barn Band; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Cantilena (Instrumental Ensemble); Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Mu...

Personnel: Nigel Kennedy (violin); Steven Isserlis (cello); Phillip McCann (cornet); Peter Pettinger (piano); Michael Austin , Roderick Elms, Malcolm Hicks, Francis Jackson, Simon Lindley (organ)....continue...

Richard Hickox - CBE - A Celebration

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-11-26

Works: Herbert Howells: Pageantry, suite for brass band; Hymnus Paradisi for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra; Percy Grainger: Country Gardens; Scotch Strathspey and Reel, folk song for male chorus (or ma...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Harper, Heather; Little, Tasmin; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Rodgers, Joan; Tear, Robert; Terfel, Bryn; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Musicum 90; London Symphony Chorus; London Symp...

The Film Music of Vaughan Williams / Gamba, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-10-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Scott of the Antarctic, film score; Coastal Command, suite from the film score for orchestra (arranged by Mathieson); The People's Land, film score (based on traditional melod...
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Scott, Jonathan
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

This is the first of two volumes of Vaughan Williams film music in Chandos' highly successful Film Music Series. Vaughan Williams film music constituted an...continue...
Personnel: Jonathan Scott (organ).

Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, England (03/12/2002-03/21/2002)....continue...

Favourite English Songs / Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-08-27

Works: Maude Valérie White: So We'll Go No More A-roving, for voice & piano; Edward Elgar: Queen Mary's Song, for voice & piano; Thomas Dunhill: The Wind among the Reeds, song cycle for voice & orchest...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Felicity Lott is joined by Graham Johnson in this recital disc entitled "Favorite English Songs" which combines some of the best-known songsin the British repertoire...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4, Mass in g, etc / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-05-21

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4 in F minor; Mass in G minor; A Song of Courage, for chorus & piano or orchestra in E flat major (Choral Songs to be Sung in Time; A Song of Liberty, for chorus &...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

"It isn't just the dissonance and hard-edged scoring that makes [Symphony No. 4] an unusual work in Vaughan Williams's output; it's also one of his...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Sir John in Love / Hickox, Varcoe, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-07-24

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sir John in Love
Performers: Bannatyne-Scott, Brian; Best, Matthew [Bass Vocals]; Bowen, John; Claycomb, Laura; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Gritton, Susan; Lloyd-Morgan, Richard; Loges, Stephan; Maxwell, Donald [Bas...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

Aside from the EMI recording made by Davies and the New Philharmonia Orchestra (breifly offered as an import, and nearly impossible to obtain), Vaughan Williams'...continue...

Vaughan Williams: London Symphony; Butterworth / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-05-22

Works: George Butterworth: Banks of Green Willow; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version)
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Hidden within the archives of the British Museum was the original 1913 version of Ralph Vaughan Williams Second Symphony. Withdrawn by the composer after the...continue...

Byways of British Music / Hickox, Thomson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-09-26

Works: William Walton: Façade, for reciter & ensemble; Henry V; Christopher Columbus, music for radio for speakers, soloists, chorus, guitar & orchestra (also chora; Bernard Stevens: Mark of Cain; Symp...
Performers: Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Davis, Michael [Violin]; Haslam, David; Mackie, Neil; Masters, Rachel
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Thompson, Bryden

"Hickox gets to the heart of the work..." -Classic CD "Addictive stuff! Brilliant." -Classic CD...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody no 1, etc /Thomson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-11-30

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody no 1 in E minor; In the Fen Country; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The lark ascending
Performers: Davis, Michael [Violin]; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Holst, Vaughan Williams - British Wind Band Classics

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-02-16

Works: Gustav Holst: Suite for Military Band no 1 in E flat major, Op. 28 no 1; Suite no 2 in F; Fugue à la gigue, for orchestra (or band) in G major (transcribed from Bach's BWV577); Songs (2) Without...
Conductors: Reynish, Timothy
Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
This disc of 'British Wind Band Classics' contains some real musical treats, played with relish and a true rhythmic verve...
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Brass from the Masters Vol 2 / Grimethorpe Colliery RJB Band

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-02-16

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Henry V, concert overture for brass band; Malcolm Arnold: Fantasy for brass band, Op. 114; Dean Goffin: Rhapsody in brass; Eric Ball: A Kensington Concerto; Gustav Holst: A Mo...
Conductors: Parkes, Major Peter; Cutt, Gary
Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5, etc / Hickox, London SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-02-16

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth, motet for chorus (with piano or organ ad lib); Symphony no 5 in D major; The Pilgrim Pavement, hymn for soprano, chorus & organ (or orchestra); Hymn tune Pr...
Performers: Hicks, Malcolm; Lane, Carys-Anne; Watson, Ian
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox Singers

The Fifth Symphony was first produced at a Promenade concert on June 24, 1943, with the composer conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Following the calculated...continue...

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...

Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress / Hickox, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-05-19

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress
Performers: Bell, Donaldson; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Coxon, Richard; Egerton, Francis; Evans, Rebecca; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Fisher, Jonathan; Gritton, Susan; Hayward, Robert; Keyte, Christopher;...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This premiere digital studio recording of Vaughan Williams's powerful and moving epic follows a highly successful performance at the Barbican Hall, London, in November, 1997....continue...

Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits, etc / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-02-17

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Tudor Portraits (5), choral suite for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'
Performers: Bourton, Robert; Cox, Michael; Hugh, Timothy; Rigby, Jean; Shirley-Quirk, John
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

"...[Vaughan Williams's] 'Five Tudor Portraits' find the composer at his most dazzlingly invnetive, the resourceful and witty writing fitting Skeleton's words like a glove...The coupling...continue...

Brass from the Masters Vol 1 / The Williams Fairey Band

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-09-01

Works: Cyril Jenkins: Life Divine, tone poem for brass band; William Alwyn: Overture "The Moor of Venice"; Edmund Rubbra: Variations on "The Shining River" for brass band, Op 101; Robert Simpson: Energy, sy...
Conductors: Hurdley, Bryan; Gourlay, James
Ensemble: Williams Fairey Band

"...A surprisingly large number of great composers have written for 'the band', and some of them are represented on this new CD. Elgar, for example,...continue...

Holst, Vaughan Williams: Choral Music /Spicer, Finzi Singers

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-02-20

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folksongs (5) for chorus; Valiant for Truth, motet for chorus (with piano or organ ad lib); O Vos Omnes ("Is it Nothing to You?"), motet for alto & chorus; O taste and...

Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea, etc / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-09-19

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea, opera; Flos campi; Household Music
Performers: Attrot, Ingrid; Dawson, Lynne; Daymond, Karl; Dukes, Philip; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

Vaughan Williams: Complete Concertos / Thompson, London SO

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-01-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Concerto grosso for strings in 3 groups; Concerto for Oboe in A minor; Concerto for Violin in D minor ("Concerto Accademico"); Concerto for Tuba in F minor; Hymn-Tune Preludes...
Performers: Davis, Michael [Violin]; Harrild, Patrick; Shelley, Howard; Sillito, Kenneth; Theodore, David
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

A Choral Festival / Westminster Abbey & Ely Cathedral Choirs

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1994-06-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45; James Bain: Brother James' Air; Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Charles Villiers Stanford: Morning Service (Te Deum, Jubilate) for...
Performers: Farrell, Timothy; Gifford, Gerald

Vaughan-Williams: Hymns and Choral Music / Westminster Abbey

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-09-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Hymnal; O taste and see; Wassail Song ("We've been awhile awandering"), song for chorus (English Folksongs for chorus no 5;; Te Deum for chorus & organ (or orchestra) ...
Conductors: Robinson, Christopher; Guest, Douglas
Ensemble: Westminster Abbey Choir; Worcester Cathedral Choir

Vaughan Williams: Complete Symphonies / Thomson, London SO

5 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-08-01

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: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Cook, Brian Rayner; Elms, Roderick; Kenny, Yvonne
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: Symphony 6, etc / Thomson, London SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-12-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 6 in E minor; Concerto for Tuba in F minor
Performers: Harrild, Patrick
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Seascapes

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-06-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Arnold Bax: Mediterranean, for piano; Tintagel, tone poem for orchestra; Frank Bridge: The Sea; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sea So...
Performers: Seascapes
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon; Hurst, George