This page lists all recordings of Magnificat, by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) on CD. For contralto solo, women's choir (SA), solo flute, and orchestra. Words adapted from the Bible. |
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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 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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