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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 - 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...

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...

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

British Composers - Hickox conducts Vaughan Williams

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-08-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; The Poisoned Kiss, overture; Old King Cole, ballet for chorus & orchestra; Easter ("Rise heart"), song for baritone, chorus (ad lib.) orchestra (Mystical So...
Performers: Creswick, Bradley; Roberts, Stephen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia Chorus; Northern Sinfonia of England

"Richard Hickox's affection for Vaughan Williams's music suffuses this generous compilation of his Eighties recordings with the Northern Sinfonia...Creswick is eloquent in 'The Lark Ascending'...he...continue...