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The English Song Collection - songs by Britten, Finzi, Leighton, Warlock, Gurney, Bliss et al. / James Gilchrist, tenor; Anna Tilbrook, piano

3 CD / Linn Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Gerald Finzi: O Fair to See for soprano (or tenor) & piano, Op.13; Till Earth Outwears, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano, Op. 19; A Young Man's Exhortation, Op. 14; Ralph Vaughan Williams: O...
Performers: Cox, Michael; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Tilbrook, Anna

In-demand tenor James Gilchrist has been hailed as an unparalleled interpreter of English song. In this special three-disc set are gathered his finest recordings to...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Archive - 5 Tudor Portraits; On Wenlock Edge; Merciless Beauty. Bonus CD: Vaughan Williams talks about Bach

2 CD / Albion / 2012-07-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Merciless beauty; Prelude on 3 Welsh Hymn Tunes, for brass band; Tudor Portraits (5), cho...
Performers: Anderson, Robert B.; Rankin, Nell; Watson, Gordon; Young, Alexander [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Adams, Bernard; Steinberg, William

Albion presents a special collection of archive recordings featuring the words and music of Ralph Vaughan Williams. On Wenlock Edge features tenor Alexander Young accompanied...continue...

Arcadia Lost

1 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings Import / 2012-02-14

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Flos campi; On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20
Performers: Benedict, Roger; Dauth, Michael; Davislim, Steve; Martin, Benjamin
Conductors: Wigglesworth, Mark

Peter Pears: Anniversary Tribute

6 CD / Decca / 2010-06-21

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54; The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37; Canticle II, Op. 51...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Bush, Alan; Cable, Margaret; Cross, Joan; Dart, Thurston; Dickinson, Meriel; Dickson,...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Bedford, Steuart; Boult, Adrian; Norrington, Roger; Munchinger, Karl; Jochum, Eugen; Davis, Colin; Lutoslawski, Witold
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London

The recorded legacy of the great English tenor Peter Pears is substantial and wide-ranging. It embraces Baroque repertory and Elizabethan songs as well as a...continue...

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock's Edge / Gilchrist, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2010-03-23

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Peter Warlock: The Curlew, song cycle for voice & small orchestra; Arthur Bliss: Elegiac ...
Performers: Cox, Michael; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Tilbrook, Anna

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English Song Cycles: Vaughan Williams, Warlock

1 CD / Regis Records / 2010-01-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Peter Warlock: The Curlew, song cycle for voice & small orchestra; The Water Lily, for vo...
Performers: Ball, Beryl [Piano]; Griffett, James; Ryan, Mary

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British Music / Sir Simon Rattle

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42; Falstaff, symphonic study for orchestra in C minor, Op. 68; Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61; The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38; Pomp a...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Elms, Roderick; Hampson, Thomas; Harrell, Lynn; Heinen, Ulrich; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Mitchinson, John; Shirley-Qui...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Halsey, Simon;
Ensemble: Berliner Philharmoniker; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchest

This new 11CD box set in the Simon Rattle Edition contains many favorites from the English repertory including Elgar's Engma Variations and Violin Concerto, Walton's...continue...

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock / Ian Partridge

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hymns (4) for Tenor, Viola and Strings; Merciless beauty; The Water Mill; The New Ghost; Blake Songs (10) for Voice and Oboe; On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & st...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Brannigan, Owen; Butt, David; Craxton, Janet; Croxford, Eileen; Davis, Anthony [Piano/Composer]; Hammersley, Robert; Harvey, Frederick; Ledger, P...
Conductors: ; Dilkes, Neville; Wilcocks, Sir David
Ensemble: ; English Sinfonia; London Music Group

Among his many distinctions over a long career, Ian Partridge contributed to the catalog two recordings of music for tenor and small ensemble to which...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...

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: On Wenlock Edge; Gurney, Venables / Kennedy, Dante Quartet, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2008-04-05

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Ivor Gurney: Ludlow and Teme, song cycle for voice, string quartet & piano; Ian Venables:...
Performers: Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor

Andrew Kennedy performs Vaughan Williams' great and innovative work, 'On Wenlock Edge', nearly one hundred years after its premiere performance in 1909. Written for tenor,...continue...

Gurney: Ludlow and Teme; Vaughan Williams / Thompson, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-01-11

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Ivor Gurney: The Western Playland, for voice & piano; Ludlow and Teme, song cycle for voi...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Thompson, Adrian [Tenor Vocal]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]

"I reommend this record to every serious collector of songs." - American Record Guide...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works / Haitink, Chang

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-11-02

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra...
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Bostridge, Ian; Chang, Sarah; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Roocroft, Amanda; Summers, Jonathan
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

British Composers - Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, etc

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-02-03

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Norfolk Rhapsody no 1 in E minor; The lark ascending; In the Fen Country; On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (...
Performers: Blum, Norbert; Bostridge, Ian; Chang, Sarah
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Melancholie - Pärt, et al / Narucki, Tharp, Ciompi Quartet

1 CD / Albany Records / 2003-11-01

Works: Earl Kim: Poems (3) in French; Paul Hindemith: Melancholie, 4 songs for soprano & string quartet, Op. 13; Arvo Pärt: Ein Wallfahrtslied (Pilgrim's Song), for male chorus & string orchestra; Ralp...
Performers: Hawkins, Jane; Narucki, Susan; Tharp, Steven

The English Song Series 3 - Vaughan Williams

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-02-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: It Was a Lover and His Lass, partsong for female chorus; The Lawyer, folk song for voice & violin (English Folksongs for voice & violin no 2); The Splendour Falls, song for vo...
Performers: Fuller, Louisa; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Keenlyside, Simon; Metcalfe, John; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]

"Safely stowed, another derelict from the Collins English song series comes aboard the well-stocked Naxos vessel, bound, we'll hope, for along and prosperous voyage. It...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Along the Field, etc / Ainsley, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2000-10-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Merciless beauty; English Folksongs (2) for voice & violin; Blake Songs (10) for Voice and Oboe; Along the Field, song cycle for voice & violin; On Wenlock Edge, song cycle fo...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark
Conductors:
Ensemble: Nash Ensemble

Though rightly regarded as one of the twentieth century's great symphonists, Ralph Vaughan Williams responded to the setting of words throughout his long life. Songs...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