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British Band Classics

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-07-10

Works: Gustav Holst: Suite for Military Band no 1 in E flat major, Op. 28 no 1; Suite no 2 in F; Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 52/H 178 "Hammersmith"; Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite; Toccata mar...
Conductors: Fennell, Frederick

Recording information: 1955/1958....continue...

Lark Ascending Collection / Butterworth, Delius, Elgar, Holst, etc.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-03

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes (3) for Organ; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; English Folk Song Suite; Fantasia on...
Performers: Bean, Hugh
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; Dilkes, Neville; Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Previn, Andre; Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: ; Allegri String Quartet

With the sublime The Lark Ascending as its centerpiece, this collection illustrates the way that Vaughan Williams and his contemporaries expressed their national identity, drawing...continue...

Made in Britain

1 CD / Avie Records / 2011-11-08

Works: William Walton: Scapino, comedy overture for orchestra; George Butterworth: English Idylls (2); Frederick Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet; Arnold Bax: Happy Forest; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Ra...
Performers: Clark, James
Conductors: Wilson, John

Made In Britain celebrates a rich and nostalgic period of English music surrounding the turn of the 20th century, including evergreens such as Vaughan Williams'...continue...
Recording information: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (04/07/2010-04/08/2010)....continue...

British Music For Concert Band: Holst, Vaughan Williams, Grainger

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2010-06-08

Works: Gustav Holst: Suite for Military Band no 1 in E flat major, Op. 28 no 1; Suite no 2 in F; Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite; Sea Songs; Percy Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy; Molly on the S...
Conductors: Banks, Eric

' The RAF version of the Holst suites is extraordinarily successful. It has a great sense of style and conveys a marvelous projection of high...continue...

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Piano Concertos

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-11-17

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Concerto for Piano in C major; English Folk Song Suite; The Running Set, fantasia on jig-rhythms for orchestra
Performers: Wass, Ashley
Conductors: Judd, James

The popular overture from Vaughan Williams's incidental music for Aristophanes's 'The Wasps' introduces a suite whose mischievously witty, noble and farcical movements underline the play's...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, England (01/27/2009-01/28/2009)....continue...

Vaughan Williams: Wasps, The Lark Ascending, etc / Seaman, Carney, et al

1 CD / Royal Philharmonic Masterworks / 2009-03-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; The lark ascending; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; English Folk Song Suite
Conductors: Seaman, Christopher
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Violinist Jonathan Carney is an avid exponent of 20th-century music and his repertoire includes concerti by Lutoslawski, Penderecki, Hindemith, Barber, Walton, and William Bolcom. In...continue...

Vaughan Williams for Band

1 CD / Emblem Import / 2009-02-17

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Flourish for Wind Band, overture to a pageant for military band; Toccata marziale; English Folk Song Suite; Sea Songs; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The wasps; The Old Hundredth (...
Performers: Band Of The Grenadier Guards

Recording information: Angel Studios, Islington, London, England....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...

The Presiedent's Own United States Marine Band: Live in Concert

1 CD / Altissimo / 2008-02-19

Works: Gustav Holst: A Moorside Suite; Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite; Charles Ives: Postlude for Orchestra in F major; Tristan Keuris: Catena;...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy; Schuller, Gunther; Fennell, Frederick; Sinclair, James

The United States Marine Band has been part of the events that have shaped our national heritage for more than two centuries. This album, Live...continue...

Composer's Collection - Vaughan Williams / Corporon, et al

2 CD / GIA Publications / 2007-04-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Symphony no 8 in D minor; Flourish for Wind Band, overture to a pageant for military band; England's Pleasant Lan...
Performers: Clardy, Mary Karen
Conductors: Corporon, Eugene;
Ensemble: North Texas Wind Symphony; Showa Wind Symphony

"The performances are expert, and the sound-which ranges from single wind instrument solos to a fullband replete with thundering timpani and bass drum that can...continue...

Bells for Stokowski / Junkin, Univ. of Texas Wind Ensemble

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 2005-10-11

Works: Tylman Susato: Het derde musyck boexken...alderhande danserye; Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite; David Del Tredici: In Wartime, for pand; Michael Daugherty: Bells for Stokowski
Conductors: Junkin, Jerry
Ensemble: The University of Texas Wind Ensemble

"The University of Texas Wind Ensemble contributes a sterling performance... Jerry Junkin's ensemble is remarkable in every section full of character, crisp in rhythmic response...continue...

Greatest Hits - Vaughan Williams

1 CD / Decca / 2005-08-09

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; The lark ascending; English Folk Song Suite; The wasps; Concerto grosso for strings in 3 groups; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Performers: Brown, Iona; Connah, Trevor; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Shingles, Stephen
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Stars & Stripes / Fennell, Cleveland Symphonic Winds

1 CD / Telarc / 2005-06-28

Works: Leo Arnaud: Olympic Fanfare (Bugler's Dream), for orchestra/band (from "Charge!"); Charge!, suite for orchestra (includes Bugler's Dream/Olympic Fanfare); Olympiad, for orchestra; Samuel Barber: Comm...
Conductors: Fennell, Frederick
Ensemble: Cleveland Symphonic Winds

"One of the best records of its kind ever made. Played with great sophistication and panache. Fennell and his splendid players are simply unsurpassable in...continue...

Vaughan Williams: A Pastoral Symphony; Symphony No. 4 in F minor; English Folk Song Suite

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

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"); Symphony no 4 in F minor
Performers: Barlow, Alison; Benedict, Roger; Black, Nigel; Chambers, Colin; Stewart, Malcolm; Stringer, Alan
Conductors: Handley, Vernon

Wind Band Masterworks, Vol. 1

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2003-09-10

Works: Vasily Agapkin: A Slavonic Maid's Farewell, march for band; Dmitry Shostakovich: Novorossisk Chimes (The Fire of Eternal Glory), for orchestra; Gustav Holst: Suite no 2 in F; John Barnes Chance: Inca...
Conductors: Rhea, Timothy
Ensemble: Texas A&M University Symphonic Band

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

Gramophone
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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Shepherd's Hey - Grainger, Holst, etc / Paramount Brass

1 CD / Centaur / 2002-09-01

Works: Percy Grainger: Shepherd's Hey; Country Gardens; Lincolnshire Posy; Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite; Gustav Holst: A Moorside Suite, H 173; Suite for Military Band no 1 in E flat majo...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Paramount Brass

Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works / Marriner, Boult, et al

2 CD / Decca / 1999-05-11

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; English Folk Song Suite; Concerto for Oboe in A minor; Concerto grosso for strings in 3 groups; Romance for harmonica, strings & piano in D flat majo...
Performers: Brown, Iona; Nicklin, Celia; Reilly, Tommy
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Wordsworth, Barry; Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; London Philharmonic Orchestra; New Queen's Hall Orchestra

"Superbly balanced and refined performances of favorite Vaughan Williams' works which, with the help of sumptuous recorded sound, here have great power and intensity. A...continue...

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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Fantasia On Greensleeves, etc / Neville Marriner, ASMF

2 CD / Decca / 1997-08-26

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; The lark ascending; English Folk Song Suite; Peter Warlock: Serenade for string orchestra; Capriol Suite; George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad; Engli...
Performers: Brown, Iona; Essex, Kenneth; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Keenlyside, Simon; Kraemer, Nicholas; Maguire, Hugh
Conductors:
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

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: World Of Vaughan Williams

1 CD / Decca Import / 1990-10-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Linden Lea; House of life; The Vagabond ("Give to me the life I love"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) (Songs of Travel; The lark ascending; S...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Brown, Iona; Flood, David; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Fiedler, Arthur; Wicks, Allan
Ensemble: ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble