Vaughan Williams: The truth sent from above

This page lists all recordings of The truth sent from above, 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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Vaughan Williams - Folksong Arrangements for solo voice and piano

Vaughan Williams - Folksong Arrangements for solo voice and piano


Vaughan Williams:

The Captain’s Apprentice

As I walked out

Bushes and Briars

Geordie

On Board a Ninety-Eight

The Ploughman

The Brewer

Rolling in the Dew

The truth sent from above

Joseph and Mary

The Saviour’s Love

Réveillez-vous, Piccars

Chanson de quête

Ballade de Jésus Christ

She’s like the swallow

The Morning Dew

The Maiden’s Lament

The Cuckoo

The Lawyer

Hugh Bean (violin)

Searching for Lambs

Hugh Bean (violin)

How cold the wind doth blow

Hugh Bean (violin) & Daphne Ibbott (piano)

Six Studies in English Folksong


Robert Tear (tenor), Sir Philip Ledger (piano), Hugh Bean (violin), Jean Stewart (viola) & Daphne Ibbott (piano)

Released or re-released in last 6 months

EMI British Composers - 2161562

(CD)

£5.99 (£5.10 ex. VAT)

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The Essential Vaughan Williams

The Essential Vaughan Williams


Vaughan Williams:

The Lark Ascending

Hugh Bean (violin)

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Linden Lea

words by William Barnes)

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) & Gerald Moore (piano)

Fantasia on Greensleeves

Sinfonia of London, Sir John Barbirolli

Silent Noon

Ian Bostridge (tenor) & Julius Drake (piano)

English Folk Song Suite

(orch. Gordon Jacob)

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

The Vagabond (from Songs of Travel)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) & David Willison (piano)

Serenade to Music

(original version with 16 soloists)

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, Sir Adrian Boult

Rhosymedre

Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Sinfonia of London, Sir John Barbirolli

The Wasps Overture

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Loch Lomond

Ian Partridge (tenor)

London Madrigal Singers, Christopher Bishop

Ca' the Yowes

Ian Partridge (tenor)

London Madrigal Singers, Christopher Bishop

Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus'

Jacques Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

O Taste and See

James Lancelot (organ) & Ivan Sharpe (treble)

Winchester Cathedral Choir, Martin Neary

Bushes and Briars

Baccholian Singers of London

Wassail Song

Baccholian Singers of London

For all the saints (Sine nomine)

John Scott Whiteley (organ)

York Minster Choir, Philip Moore

The truth sent from above

hoir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Willcocks

Little town of Bethlehem (Forest Green)

The Lamb

Ian Partridge (tenor) & Janet Craxton (oboe)

Scherzo from Symphony No. 7 'Sinfonia antartica'

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Orpheus With His Lute

(first setting)

David Daniels (countertenor) & Martin Katz (piano)

Mass in G minor – Kyrie

John Eaton (treble), Nigel Perrin (alto), Robin Doveton (tenor) & David van Asch (bass)

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks

The blessed Son of God

Bach Choir, Sir David Willcocks

Come down, O Love divine

(trans. R. F. Littledale – v.4 arr. Williamson)

Thomas Williamson (organ)

All people that on earth do dwell

(William Kethe – Louis Bourgeois arr. RVW; version for brass ensemble and organ by Roy Douglas)

Benjamin Bayl (organ)

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury


Released or re-released in last 6 months

EMI - 2079922

(CD - 2 discs)

£12.99 (£11.06 ex. VAT)

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40 Most Beautiful Christmas Classics

40 Most Beautiful Christmas Classics


 

The angel Gabriel

(Basque Carol arr E Pettman)

The little Drummer Boy

(Davis/Onorati/Simeone)

A Lullaby/Away in a Manger

(Thomas Bold/WJ.Kirkpatrick)

Noel Nouvelet

(French arr Humphries/Jennings/Oltman)

Huron Carol

(Huron/St Jean de Brebeuf arr Jennings)

Brass Medley

(Festive Cheer/Sleigh Ride/Have yourself a Merry Xmas/Jingle Bells/We wish you a Merry Christmas)

Adam:

O Holy Night

Bach, J S:

Jauchzet frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage (from Christmas Oratorio)

Berlin:

White Christmas

Berlioz:

L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25 - L'Adieu des bergers

Bizet:

Agnus Dei

Charpentier, M-A:

Messe de minuit pour Noël (Kyrie)

Corelli:

Concerto grosso Op. 6 No. 8 in G minor 'fatto per la notte di Natale': 3rd movement

Franck, C:

Panis Angelicus

Gauntlett:

Once in Royal David's city

Gounod:

Ave Maria

Grüber, F:

Stille Nacht

Handel:

Behold a virgin shall conceive… from Messiah

Messiah: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion

Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah

Holst:

In the Bleak Mid-winter (Cranham)

Mason, L:

Joy to the World

Mendelssohn:

Hark! the herald angels sing

Niles:

I wonder as I wander

(arr. Carter)

Pearsall:

In dulci jubilo

Praetorius, M:

Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen

Rathbone:

Coventry Carol

Schemelli:

O Jesulein süß

Tchaikovsky:

The Nutcracker: March

The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

trad.:

O come, o come, Emmanuel

The Holly and the Ivy

Ding dong! merrily on high

(arr Pasatieri)

O Tannenbaum

The First Nowell

(arr R Harvey)

O Little town of Bethlehem

(arr D Cullen)

Tye:

While shepherds watched their flocks by night

Vaughan Williams:

The truth sent from above

Vivaldi:

Concerto for strings 'Il riposo - per il Santissimo Natale', RV 270 (1st Movement)

Wade:

O come, all ye faithful


Dawn Upshaw, Thomas Hampson & Jose Carreras

Choir of New College Oxford, Chanticleer, Il giardino Armonico & London Brass

Warner Classics - 2564697379

(CD - 2 discs)

£13.49 (£11.48 ex. VAT)

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Christmas at Charterhouse

Christmas at Charterhouse

Traditional Carols


 

Come thou Redeemer

King Jesus hath a garden

Whence is that goodly fragrance

Ding dong! merrily on high

Bach, J S:

In dulci jubilo

Brahms:

Chorale Prelude Op. 122 No. 8 'Es ist ein Ros entsprungen'

Gauntlett:

Once in Royal David's city

Mendelssohn:

Hark! the herald angels sing

Ord:

Adam lay y-bounden

Vaughan Williams:

The truth sent from above

Wade:

O come, all ye faithful

Warlock:

Bethlehem Down

Webb, James:

Huic magi munera


Robin Wells (Organ)

Charterhouse Special Choir, Russell Burton

Recorded December 1990 at Charterhouse School, Surrey

Herald - HAVP142

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An Advent Procession

An Advent Procession

'The people that walked in darkness'


Bach, J S:

Chorale Prelude BWV645 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'

Edmundson:

Vom Himmel hoch (Toccata-Prelude IV)

Gibbons, O:

This is the Record of John

Manz:

E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come

Moore, P:

Salutatio angelica

Ravenscroft, T:

Remember O thou Man

Stanford:

Magnificat in G

Tallis:

O nata lux de lumine 5vv

Vaughan Williams:

The truth sent from above

Weelkes:

Hosanna to the Son of David


Stephen Disley (organ)

The Choir of Southwark Cathedral, Peter Wright

Recorded January 2000 at Southwark Cathedral, London

Herald - HAVP247

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Carols from St Chad's

Carols from St Chad's


Bach, J S:

Chorale Prelude BWV608 'In dulci jubilo'

Chorale Prelude BWV729 'In dulci jubilo'

Berkeley, L:

I sing of a maiden

Darke:

In the Bleak Midwinter

Ebeling:

All the skies tonight aing o'er us

Gauntlett:

Once in Royal David's city

Joubert:

There Is No Rose

Mathias:

A babe is born

Rutter:

Love came down at Christmas

trad.:

Gabriel's Message

Quem pastores

(14th century German)

Angels we have heard on high

Come thou redeemer

The Holly and the Ivy

I saw three ships

Come to the manger

Vaughan Williams:

The truth sent from above


Henry Fairs (Organ)

Choir of St. Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham, David Saint

Recorded at St. Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham

Herald - HAVP237

(CD)

£9.49 (£8.08 ex. VAT)

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