Vaughan Williams (The Best Of)

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49th Parallel Suite (more info)
Performed by: RTE Concert Orchestra
Composed by: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conducted by: Andrew Penny


1.   49th Parallel: Prelude - 2:17


Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (more info)
Performed by: London Philharmonic Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conducted by: James Judd Bryden Thomson
Bela Banfalvi, violin
Recording date: 28-30 June 2001


2.   Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - 15:12


Linden Lea (more info)
Composed by: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Jon Vickers, tenor
Richard Woitach, piano
David Willison, piano
Benjamin Luxon, baritone
Roderick Williams, baritone
Iain Burnside, piano


3.   Linden Lea - 2:40


Symphony No. 2, "A London Symphony" (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conducted by: Richard Hickox Bryden Thomson Kees Bakels


4.   Symphony No. 2, "London": I. Lento - Allegro risoluto, molto pesante (excerpt) - 8:09


The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conducted by: James Judd Adrian Boult Richard Hickox Kees Bakels Vernon Handley


5.   The Wasps: Overture - 9:33


The House of Life (more info)
Performed by: City of London Sinfonia
Composed by: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conducted by: Richard Hickox
Stephen Varcoe, bass
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Graham Johnson, piano
Felicity Lott, soprano
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, tenor
Simon Keenlyside, baritone
David Willison, piano
Benjamin Luxon, baritone
Roderick Williams, baritone
Frederick Stone, piano
Iain Burnside, piano


6.   The House of Life: No. 2. Silent Noon - 4:41


5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Sinfonietta London Symphony Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conducted by: Richard Hickox David Lloyd-Jones Richard Studt Bryden Thomson
Skaila Kanga, harp


7.   5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus - 6:10


Symphony No. 1, "A Sea Symphony" (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Ralph Vaughan Williams Roderick Elms
Conducted by: Adrian Boult Richard Hickox Paul Daniel Bryden Thomson
Brian Rayner Cook, baritone
Yvonne Kenny, soprano
Joan Rodgers, soprano
Susan Gritton, soprano
Gerald Finley, baritone
Christopher Maltman, baritone
Recording date: 8-10 January, 2002


8.   Symphony No. 1, "A Sea Symphony": II. On the Beach at Night, alone - 10:29


Fantasia on Greensleeves (more info)
Performed by: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conducted by: James Judd Geoffrey Simon Bryden Thomson Vernon Handley
Recording date: 28-30 June 2001


9.   Fantasia on Greensleeves - 4:37


The Lark Ascending (more info)
Performed by: Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra English Northern Philharmonia
Composed by: Bramwell Tovey Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conducted by: David Lloyd-Jones Bryden Thomson
David Greed, violin
Michael Davis, violin
Gwen Hoebig, violin


10.   The Lark Ascending - 15:23

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