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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5 & Serenade to Music
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“Roderick Williams is perfectly cast: gentle warmth, virility, and nobility tinged with regret. But it's the orchestra and often wordless chorus that supply most of the colour, the coolly-lit musical equivalent of a pre-Raphaelite painting...A fine recording from the Liverpool forces, and that's a nice touch given Willow-Wood's history. The only thing cheap about the whole project is the price.” Andrew McGregor, bbc.co.uk, 7th February 2006 “Roderick Williams's beautifully phrased and enunciated singing in Willow-Wood proclaims him an heir to the great tradition of British baritones. Under the reliable David Lloyd-Jones, the orchestra sounds at ease. …a valuable and highly recommendable disc.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2005 **** “…this enterprising Vaughan Williams anthology. …features the first recording of Willow-Wood. Roderick Williams rises heroically to the challenge of a demanding, wide-ranging vocal part, and Lloyd-Jones draws an alert, enthusiastic response from his RLPO forces.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2005 | | | (also available to download from $5.75) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem & Toward the Unknown Region
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City Of Glasgow Chorus, The Orchestra Of Scottish Opera, Graham Taylor “…The Return of Odysseus… radiates a healthy, unaffected vigour, and there's plenty of catchy, dramatic and touching inspiration along the way… Graham Taylor secures a lively, spirited account of this enjoyable discovery… Suite française… Taylor and his Scottish Opera forces enterprisingly give us Milhaud's rarely heard version for full orchestra. Why we don't encounter this delectably tuneful and tangy gem more often remains a mystery.” Gramophone Magazine, July 2006 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Vaughan Williams - Choral Worksfrom CDA66420, CDA66655, CDA66511 & CDA66569
Vaughan Williams: | Serenade to Music Elizabeth Connell (soprano), Amanda Roocroft (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Martyn Hill (tenor), Maldwyn Davies (tenor), Anne Dawson (soprano), Linda
Kitchen (soprano), Alan Opie (baritone), Gwynne Howell (bass), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzosoprano) & John Connell (bass) English Chamber Orchestra Fantasia on Christmas Carols Thomas Allen (baritone) English Chamber Orchestra Flos Campi Nobuko Imai (viola) English Chamber Orchestra Five Mystical Songs Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) English Chamber Orchestra Dona Nobis Pacem A Cantata for soprano and baritone soli, chorus and orchestra Judith Howarth (soprano) & Thomas Allen (baritone) Corydon Orchestra Four Hymns for tenor, viola and strings John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Matthew Souter (viola) Corydon Orchestra O Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47) Lord, Thou has been our refuge Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) The Pilgrim's Progress - A Bunyan Sequence Text and music adapted by Christopher Palmer from the 1942 radio version of The Pilgrim's Progress. Sir John Gielgud, Richard Pasco, Ursula Howells (speakers), Aidan Oliver (treble) The City of London Sinfonia A Song of Thanksgiving Sir John Gielgud (speaker), Lynne Dawson (soprano) & John Scott (organ) The London Oratory Junior Choir Three Choral Hymns Magnificat Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Duke Dobing (flute) & Roger Judd (organ) The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains Bryn Terfel (baritone), Alan Opie (baritone), Adrian Thompson (tenor), Jonathan Best (bass), John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Linda Kitchen (soprano) The Hundredth Psalm 'O be joyful in the Lord' Toward the Unknown Region |
Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Vaughan Williams’s death, this collection is tantalizing: it starts with one of the best-selling discs in the the catalogue, the Serenade to Music, and includes such favourites as the Five Mystical Songs and The Hundreth Psalm. There are also two intriguing pairings: in Dona nobis pacem, RVW warns of the impending doom of WWII, in A song of thanksgiving we hear his moving response to its successful conclusion; in The shepherds of the delectable mountains we hear an early working of Bunyan’s literary masterpiece, later extensively reworked in the landmark 1942 BBC radio production of The Pilgrim’s Progress featuring Sir John Gielgud and reprised here, this time in condensed form. “Best has a fine sense of VW as a dramatic composer, bringing tremendous urgency to Dona Nobis Pacem and real passion to the Five Mystical Songs. Best's Serenade to Music is the original, not least in matching the star quality of the singers, but also in its magical atmosphere. He equally evokes VW's sensuous side, not only in Flos Campi but also in the Magnificat with its ecstatic writing for female voices.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 ***** “Performances like these don’t come along very often; each one is an absolute winner, and with rich, atmospheric recording quality the satisfaction is of a very special quality” CD Review “The performances are splendid, graced by such soloists as Thomas Allen (Dona nobis pacem, Five Mystical Songs) and Bryn Terfel (The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains)..The rapturous Serenade to Music has a cast of 16 singers fit to rival those of the original recording. Anne Dawson’s top note on the word “music” is spine-tingling.” Sunday Times, 1st June 2008 **** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Vaughan Williams: The Complete EMI Recordings
Vaughan Williams: | Symphony No. 1 'A Sea Symphony' Sheila Armstrong (soprano), John Carol Case (baritone) London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir Symphony No. 2 'A London Symphony' London Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony No. 3 'A Pastoral Symphony' Margaret Price (soprano) New Philharmonia Orchestra Symphony No. 4 in F minor New Philharmonia Orchestra Symphony No. 6 in E minor New Philharmonia Orchestra Symphony No. 5 in D major London Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony No. 7 'Sinfonia antartica' Norma Burrowes (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir Symphony No. 8 in D minor London Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony No. 9 in E minor London Philharmonic Orchestra Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 New Philharmonia Orchestra In the Fen Country New Philharmonia Orchestra The Lark Ascending Hugh Bean (violin) New Philharmonia Orchestra The Wasps - Aristophanic Suite London Symphony Orchestra Fantasia on Greensleeves London Symphony Orchestra English Folk Song Suite London Symphony Orchestra Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis London Philharmonic Orchestra Serenade to Music Norma Burrowes, Sheila Armstrong, Susan Longfield, Marie Hayward (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson, Gloria Jennings, Shirley Minty, Meriel Dickinson (contralto), Ian Partridge, Bernard Dickerson, Wynford Evans, Kenneth Bowen (tenor), Richard Angas, John Carol Case, John Noble & Christopher Keyte (bass) London Philharmonic Orchestra Toward the Unknown Region London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir Partita for double string orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Piano Concerto in C for two pianos Vita Vronsky, Victor Babin (pianos) Job - A Masque for Dancing London Symphony Orchestra Dona Nobis Pacem Sheila Armstrong (soprano), John Carol Case (baritone) London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir Fantasia on the Old 104th Peter Katin (piano) A Song of Thanksgiving Betty Dolemore (soprano), Robert Speaight (narrator), Harry Gabb (organ) The Lark Ascending Jean Pougnet (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra Symphony No. 6 in E minor London Symphony Orchestra Flos Campi William Primrose (viola) Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Chorus Violin Concerto in D minor 'Concerto Accademico' Yehudi Menuhin (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra Serenade to Music (choral version) Royal Festival Orchestra and Choir Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis BBC Symphony Orchestra Job - A Masque for Dancing BBC Symphony Orchestra The Pilgrim's Progress (complete) John Noble (The Pilgrim), Raimund Herincx (John Bunyan), John Carol Case (Evangelist), Sheila Armstrong, Marie Hayward, Gloria Jennings (Three Shining Ones), Wynford Evans, Christopher Keyte, Geoffrey Shaw, Bernard Dickerson (Four Neighbours), Ian Partridge (Interpreter), John Shirley-Quirk (Watchful, The Porter), Terence Sharpe (A Herald), Robert Lloyd (Apollyon) |
Sir Adrian Boult was born on 8th April 1889 in Chester and died on 22nd February 1983 in London and hence 2013 marks the 30th anniversary of his death. He was attending concerts first in Liverpool, primarily with Hans Richter, and then in London, whilst a pupil at Westminster School, with Sir Henry Wood, Claude Debussy, Arthur Nikisch and Richard Strauss. He met Elgar for whose music he was to do so much during his life as was another composer he befriended whilst at Christ Church, Oxford, before graduating in 1912, Ralph Vaughan Williams. He spent a year studying in Leipzig where Arthur Nikisch had the greatest influence on him. He gained experience conducting for both the Royal Opera House, where he assisted in the first production there of Wagner’s Parsifal , and Serge Diaghilev’s ballet company. He was appointed conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra in 1924 and six years later the BBC made him director of music where he established the BBC Symphony Orchestra and became its chief conductor. During these years he introduced works by Bartók, Stravinsky and the Second Viennese School composers – Schönberg, Webern and Berg including his opera Wozzeck. Forced to leave the BBC when he reached their retirement age, he became chief conductor of the LPO retiring in 1957. He became a champion of British music, giving numerous performances of Bliss, Britten, Delius, Tippett, Walton and Holst, whose Planets he had premiered, and the aforementioned Elgar and Vaughan Williams. This set brings together all the recordings he made of the latter starting in 1940 to the early 1950’s. There was a pause until 1967 when he started to commit this set’s stereo recordings to disc ending in 1975. He continued to give concerts and record for a further three years until retiring just before reaching the age of 90. CD 13 includes audio footage of Sir Adrian in rehearsal. “The symphonies are the bedrock of the set; this was Boult's second complete cycle on disc, and the benefits of his career-long immersion in these scores is audible...Boult gives [The Pilgrim's Progress] remarkable breadth and transcendence. His account of Job is also extraordinary, as are the performances of the Tallis Fantasia, the 16-voice version of the Serenade to Music and In the Fen Country; the list could go on and on.” The Guardian, 28th March 2013 ***** | 
| EMI - 9035672 (CD - 13 discs) Normally: $54.00 Special: $37.75 |
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| |  | 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 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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