Vaughan Williams: Old King Cole

This page lists all recordings of Old King Cole, by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) on CD & download (MP3 & FLAC). Generally, more recent releases are listed first, but with priority given to those that are in stock.

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Vaughan Williams

Vaughan Williams

Anniversary Collectors Edition


Vaughan Williams:

On Wenlock Edge

George Maran, Ivor Newton (piano)

London String Quartet

Old King Cole

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

A Song of Thanksgiving

Betty Dolemore (soprano), Robert Speaight (narrator), Harry Gabb (organ)

Luton Choral Society, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Serenade to Music

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Henry Wood


“The sole CD premiere is the 1955 On Wenlock Edge by George Maran, a German-based American tenor - pleasant-toned enough but distinctly previous in enunciation, no match for Pears/Britten, or more recent versions.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 ***

“Massachusetts-born George Maran's 1955 Decca recording of On Wenlock Edge… an uncommonly sensitive and intimate rendering… there's no disputing the intoxicating spell cast by dedicatee Sir Henry Wood's October 1938 Columbia recording of the sublime Serenade to Music.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2008

Penguin Guide

Rosette Winner

Alto - ALC1025

(CD)

$7.25

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Hickox conducts Vaughan Williams

Hickox conducts Vaughan Williams


Vaughan Williams:

Serenade to Music

Five Mystical Songs

The Running Set

Prelude on an Old Carol Tune

49th Parallel: Prelude

The Lark Ascending

The Running Set

Two Hymn-tune Preludes

Sea Songs: March

Violin Concerto in D minor 'Concerto Accademico'

Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus'

Oboe Concerto in A minor

Fantasia on Greensleeves

Two Hymn-tune Preludes

The Poisoned Kiss Overture

Old King Cole


Stephen Roberts, Roger Winfield, Bradley Creswick

Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

EMI British Composers - 5739862

(CD - 2 discs)

$11.25

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Vaughan Williams: The Wasps and Old King Cole

Vaughan Williams: The Wasps and Old King Cole


Vaughan Williams:

The Wasps - Aristophanic Suite

Old King Cole


London Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Recorded in 1953

Naxos Classical Archives - 980333

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Vaughan Williams: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite

Vaughan Williams: The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite


Vaughan Williams:

The Wasps - Aristophanic Suite

Old King Cole

Joseph Shadwick (violin)


recorded London, 1953

Naxos Classical Archives - 980377

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On the Banks of the Green Willow

On the Banks of the Green Willow


Bax:

Tintagel

Butterworth, G:

A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody

The Banks of Green Willow

Elgar:

Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2

Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15 No. 1

Holst:

The Perfect Fool, Op. 39/H 150: Ballet Music

Vaughan Williams:

Old King Cole


Belart - 4613542

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$8.50

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Vaughan Williams - The Collector’s Edition

Vaughan Williams - The Collector’s Edition


Vaughan Williams:

Symphonies Nos. 1-9

Joan Rogers (soprano), William Shimell (baritone), Alison Barlow (soprano)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Oboe Concerto in A minor

Jonathan Small (oboe)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Serenade to Music

choral version

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Partita for double string orchestra

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

The Wasps - Aristophanic Suite

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Prelude and Fugue in C minor

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Piano Concerto in C major

Piers Lane (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Piano Concerto in C for two pianos

Vitya Vronsky & Victor Babin

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Serenade to Music

16 soloists

London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

English Folk Song Suite

(orchestral)

London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

The Lark Ascending

London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

English Folk Song Suite

(band)

Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra

Tuba Concerto in F minor

Serenade to Music

(orchestral)

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Old King Cole

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Five Mystical Songs

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Sea Songs

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Variations for Brass Band

(orchestral)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Northern SInfonia of England, Richard Hickox

String Quartet No. 1 in G minor

Britten Quartet

Violin Concerto in D minor 'Concerto Accademico'

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Northern SInfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Violin Sonata in A minor

Music Group of London

String Quartet No. 2 in A minor

Music Group of London

Toward the Unknown Region

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Dona Nobis Pacem

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Magnificat

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

An Oxford Elegy

Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks

Flos Campi

Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks

Whitsunday Hymn

Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks

Sancta Civitas

Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks

Five Tudor Portraits

Bach Choir, New Phil Orch & LSO, David Willcocks

Benedicite

Bach Choir, New Phil Orch & LSO, David Willcocks

Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus'

Bach Choir, New Phil Orch & LSO, David Willcocks

Hodie (A Christmas Cantata)

(w/strings & organ)

Janet Baker

Bach Choir & LSO, David Willcocks

Fantasia on Christmas Carols

(w/orch)

In Windsor Forest

Songs of Travel

On Wenlock Edge

Mass in G minor

Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks

The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune 'All people that on earth do dwell'

Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks

Te Deum in G

Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks

Preludes (3) on Welsh Hymn Tunes (Bryn Calfaria, Rhosymedre & Hyfrydol), for organ

Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks

Four Hymns

Ian Partridge

Music Group of London

Merciless Beauty

Ian Partridge

Music Group of London

Ten Blake Songs

Ian Partridge

Music Group of London

On Wenlock Edge

Ian Partridge

Music Group of London

The House of Life

Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison

Songs of Travel

(piano)

A Song of Thanksgiving

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Epithalamion

Meredith Davies

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Orchestra Nova of Londo, David Willcocks

Riders to the Sea

Meredith Davies

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Orchestra Nova of Londo, David Willcocks

Hugh the Drover

Robert Tear / Sheila Armstrong / Michael Rippon & Robert Lloyd

Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral & RPO, Charles Groves

Sir John in Love

Felicity Palmer / Robert Tear / Robert Lloyd & Helen Watts

New Phil Orchestra, Meredith Davies

The Pilgrim's Progress (complete)

& rehearsal sequence

Ian Partridge / John Shirley-Quirk / Jean Temperley & John Noble

LPC / LPO, Adrian Boult

Job - A Masque for Dancing

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult


Celebrated as the musical poet of the English landscape, Vaughan Williams was also a visionary composer of enormous range: from the pastoral lyricism of The Lark Ascending and the still melancholy of Silent Noon to the violence of the Fourth Symphony and the grand ceremonial of All people that on earth do dwell, he assumed the mantle of Elgar as our national composer. This edition, released to mark the 50th anniversary of his death, presents all the major orchestral, chamber, vocal and stage works, as well as many lesser pieces and rarities, in the finest interpretations. All your favourite Vaughan Williams is here, in over 34 hours of music on 30 CDs

“A convincing and deeply moving showcase… exceptional value… it’s scope breathtaking. This is the essential set, and if you're at all drawn to VW you might as well buy the whole damn show now - because sooner or later you're going to anyway.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 *****

Building a Library

First Choice - November 2008

EMI Composer Boxes - 2066362

(CD - 30 discs)

$92.50

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