Vaughan Williams: 49th Parallel: Prelude

This page lists all recordings of 49th Parallel: Prelude, by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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The Best of Vaughan Williams

Vaughan Williams:

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Linden Lea

The Wasps Overture

Silent Noon

Fantasia on Greensleeves

The Lark Ascending

49th Parallel: Prelude

Also Includes:

Symphony No. 2 ‘London’ : I. Lento - Allegro risoluto - Molto pesante (extract)

Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus (extract)

Symphony No. 1 ‘A Sea Symphony’ II. On the Beach at Night, alone

Artists include: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kees Bakels, New Zealand SO, James Judd, David Greed, English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones, Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and many more

One of the leading English composers of his generation, Vaughan Williams went some way towards creating a specifically English musical idiom, influenced by his interest in folk-song yet underpinned by a personal vision and language. This is nowhere better expressed than in his superb cycle of Nine Symphonies. The ‘London’ Symphony features a rich medley of thematic material that suggests the varied life of the capital city. The Lark Ascending, which concludes this disc, is one of Vaughan Williams’s most enduringly popular compositions