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Sae Fresh & Fair: Scottish Romantic Choral Songs with texts by Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, William Shakespeare et al. / Strathclyde University Chamber Choir

1 CD / Rel Records / 2012-01-10

Works: Scottish Traditional: Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon, folk song; Sleeps the noon in the deep blue sea; Auld Lang Syne; Hamish MacCunn: There is a Garden; It was a Lass; O Where are Thou Dreaming; ...
Performers: Strathclyde University Chamber Choir
Conductors: Tavener, Alan
Ensemble: Strathclyde University Chamber Choir

A beautiful, heartfelt collection of texts by Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, William Shakespeare, and more....continue...
Recording information: Woodlands Hall, Glasgow....continue...

Vaughan Williams: A Cappella Choral Works

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2011-07-12

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Souls of the Righteous, motet for soprano, tenor, baritone & chorus; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Shakespeare Songs (3) for chorus; Prayer to the Father of Heaven, motet for ...
Conductors: Brewer, Mike
Ensemble: Laudibus

Mike Brewer and his award-winning chamber choir Laudibus have unearthed some rare and precious gems in this recording of a cappella choral music by one...continue...

Serenity: Beautiful Choral Music [Box Set]

5 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-07-29

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; William Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Guillaume Dufay: Nuper rosarum flores, isorhythmi...
Performers: Black, Richard; Bone, Corin; Costa, Neal Peres da; Donnelly, Mark; Drury, David; Duck-Chong, Jenny; Everingham, Craig; Fraser, Anna; Greco, David; Harvey, Ray; Lang, Genevieve; Macliver, Sara; McMaho...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Weymark, Brett; Stanhope, Paul
Ensemble: ; Sirius String Quartet

With reviews describing cantillation as 'heaven on a stick' and 'an elegant and highly responsive group of singers' you cannot go past this ultimate collection...continue...

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...

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...

All in the April Evening /Temple, Philharmonic Chamber Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-12-12

Works: Hugh S. Roberton: All in the April evening, partsong; The Banks o'Doon; Eriskay love lilt; Dream Angus; The Wee Cooper o' Fife; Drink to me only with thine eyes, English partsong for men's voices; Al...
Performers: Davies, Robert; Dobell, Mark; Lang, Bryony; Mobbs, Charlotte
Conductors: Brewer, Michael

"Bright, youthful choir timbre, affectionate yet staunch renditions, and superior sound from the Hyperion engineers. Recommend you buy on sight. Repeat, buy on sight." -American...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...