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Alfred Deller Complete Vanguard Recordings Vol 1 - Folk Songs and Ballads / Deller Consort

7 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-07-22

Works: Henry Purcell: Man is for the woman made, Z. 605/3; Sir Walter enjoying his damsel, catch for 3 voices, Z. 273; To thee and to a maid, catch for 3 voices, Z. 283; Fie, nay prithee, John, catch, ZD 10...
Performers: Deller, Alfred; Dupre, Desmond; Sheppard, Honor
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Chamber Players

For the first time ever, the complete Vanguard recordings of the groundbreaking early music artist Alfred Deller will be made available in six deluxe boxed...continue...
Personnel: Alfred Deller & the Deller Consort (countertenor); Desmond Dupre (guitar, lute)....continue...

British Composers - Vaughan Williams, Holst: Choral Folksong Arrangements / Gibson, Royal PO, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folksongs from the Eastern Counties (15); Loch Lomond, folk song for baritone & male chorus; John Dory, folk song for chorus; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Ward the Pirate, folk s...
Performers: Keyte, Christopher; Longfield, Susan; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Shaw, Geoffrey

This new release from EMI's British Composers Series commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams features the composer's choral folksongs performed...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...

Vaughan Williams - Symphonies no 4 & 5, etc / Barbirolli

2 CD / Pearl / 1999-10-19

Works: Cecil Sharp: Oranges and Lemons, folk dance arrangement for orchestra; Grimstock, folk dance arrangement for orchestra; Hyde Park, folk dance arrangement for orchestra; Hunsdon House, folk dance arra...
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Vaughan Williams, Ralph; ; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Barbirolli, John
Ensemble: ; National Folk Dance Orchestra; Zorian Quartet

Vaughan Williams: Over Hill, Over Dale / Stephen Layton

1 CD / Hyperion / 1995-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Loch Lomond, folk song for baritone & male chorus; Shakespeare Songs (3) for chorus; Alister McAlpines Lament, folk song for chorus; An Acre of Land; The Seeds of Love, folk s...
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; George, Michael
Conductors: Layton, Stephen; Allan, Robert
Ensemble: ; Holst Singers

"Under Stephen Layton's direction [The Holst Singers] sing with a spellbinding sense of atmosphere and crystal-clear textures, bringing out very clearly the echoes of RVW's...continue...