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Parry: Songs of Farewell / Nigel Short, Tenebrae

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-10-03

Works: Gustav Holst: The Evening-watch, for chorus, Op. 43/1, H. 159; Richard Rodney Bennett: A Good-Night, for chorus; Herbert Howells: Take him, earth, for cherishing; John Tavener: Funeral Ikos, for chor...
Performers: Crouch, Gabriel; Gaunt, William; Long, Matthew [Vocals]
Conductors: Short, Nigel

Following a string of five-star reviews for their previous discs of 20th-century French choral music (Poulenc's Figure Humaine ) and Renaissance polyphony (Victoria's Requiem), the...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Where Hope is Shining

1 CD / Albion / 2010-06-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sonnet 71 ("No longer mourn for me"), partsong for six voices (incomplete); Echo's Lament of Narcissus ("Slow, slow, fresh fount'), madrigal for double chorus (incomplete); El...
Performers: Hartveit, Orjan; Robson, Tom [Vocals]; Young, Alistair
Conductors: Broadbent, Peter

The choral works on Where Hope is Shining were composed from 1895 to 1954. Performed by the award winning Joyful Company of Singers and recorded...continue...
Recording information: St Paul's Church, New Southgate, London, England (03/29/2008-03/30/2008)....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...

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...

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...

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

Holst, Vaughan Williams: Choral Music /Spicer, Finzi Singers

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-02-20

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folksongs (5) for chorus; Valiant for Truth, motet for chorus (with piano or organ ad lib); O Vos Omnes ("Is it Nothing to You?"), motet for alto & chorus; O taste and...

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...