The New Collector’s Edition

~ Release by Ralph Vaughan Williams (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

A 30-CD collection including CD wallets with a variety of paintings used as cover art, and a 16-page booklet.

Annotation last modified on 2024-08-01 10:40 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: A Sea Symphony
2▶CD: A London Symphony / Symphony no. 8
3▶CD: A Pastoral Symphony / Symphony no. 4
4▶CD: Oboe Concerto / Symphony no. 5
5▶CD: Symphonies nos. 6 & 9
6▶CD: Serenade to Music / Partita for double string orchestra / Sinfonia antartica
7▶CD: The Wasps / Prelude and Fugue / Piano Concerto
8▶CD: Piano Concerto / Job: A Masque for Dancing
9▶CD: Serenade to Music / English Folk Songs / Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ / The Lark Ascending…
10▶CD: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / English Folk Songs / Concerto grosso / Tuba Concerto…
11▶CD: Serenade to Music / Old King Cole / Five Mystical Songs…
12▶CD: Variations for Orchestra / Concerto accademico / String Quartet no. 1…
13▶CD: Violin Sonata / Phantasy Quintet / Six Studies in English Folk Song / String Quartet no. 2…
14▶CD: Toward the Unknown Region / Dona nobis pacem / Fantasia on the Old 104th Psalm Tune / Magnificat
15▶CD: An Oxford Elegy / Flos campi Suite / Sancta Civitas…
16▶CD: Five Tudor Portraits / Benedicite / Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’…
17▶CD: Fantasia on Christmas Carols / Hodie
18▶CD: Fantasia on Christmas Carols / In Windsor Forest / Songs of Travel / On Wenlock Edge
19▶CD: Mass in G minor / Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes / Songs…
20▶CD: Four Hymns / Merciless Beauty / Ten Blake Songs / On Wenlock Edge
21▶CD: The House of Life / Songs of Travel
22▶CD: Songs
23▶CD: Folksong Arrangements / A Song of Thanksgiving
24▶CD: Epithalamion / Riders to the Sea
25▶CD: Hugh the Drover (beginning)
26▶CD: Hugh the Drover (end)
27▶CD: Sir John in Love (beginning)
28▶CD: Sir John in Love (end)
29▶CD: The Pilgrim's Progress (beginning)
30▼CD: The Pilgrim's Progress (end) / Sir Adrian in rehearsal
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1The Pilgrim's Progress: Act III, Scene 2: The Pilgrim in Prison (Pilgrim)
baritone vocals [The Pilgrim]:
John Noble (baritone)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act III, Scene 2. The Pilgrim in Prison (Pilgrim)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act III
11:51
2The Pilgrim's Progress: Act IV, Scene 1: The Pilgrim meets Mister By-Ends (Boy, Pilgrim, Mister By-Ends, Madam By-Ends)
baritone vocals [The Pilgrim]:
John Noble (baritone)
contralto vocals [Madam By-Ends]:
Gloria Jennings
soprano vocals [A Woodcutter's Boy]:
Wendy Eathorne (soprano)
tenor vocals [Mister By-Ends]:
Gerald English (English tenor)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act IV, Scene 1. The Pilgrim Meets Mr By-Ends (Pilgrim, Boy, Mister By-Ends, Madam By-Ends)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act IV
11:00
3The Pilgrim's Progress: Act IV. Entr'acte
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act IV. Entr'acte
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act IV
2:12
4The Pilgrim's Progress: Act IV, Scene 2: The Delectable Mountains. “Who so dwelleth” (Shepherds, Pilgrim)
baritone vocals [1st Shepherd]:
Terence Sharpe (operatic baritone)
baritone vocals [The Pilgrim]:
John Noble (baritone)
bass vocals [3rd Shepherd]:
Robert Lloyd (operatic bass)
tenor vocals [2nd Shepherd]:
Wynford Evans (tenor)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act IV, Scene 2. The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains. "Who so dwelleth…" (Shepherds, Pilgrim)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act IV
7:04
5The Pilgrim's Progress: Act IV, Scene 2: The Delectable Mountains. “The Lord is my Shepherd” (Voice of a Bird, Pilgrim, Shepherds, Messenger)
baritone vocals [1st Shepherd]:
Terence Sharpe (operatic baritone)
baritone vocals [The Pilgrim]:
John Noble (baritone)
bass vocals [3rd Shepherd]:
Robert Lloyd (operatic bass)
soprano vocals [Voice of a Bird]:
Sheila Armstrong (soprano)
tenor vocals [2nd Shepherd]:
Wynford Evans (tenor)
tenor vocals [Celestial Messenger]:
John Elwes (tenor)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act IV, Scene 2. The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains. "The Lord is my Shepherd" (Bird, Shepherds, Pilgrim, Messenger, Chorus)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act IV
9:32
6The Pilgrim's Progress: Act IV, Scene 3: The Pilgrim reaches the end of his journey (Voices from Heaven, Pilgrim)
baritone vocals [The Pilgrim]:
John Noble (baritone)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Voice from Heaven]:
Jean Temperley (contralto)
soprano vocals [Voice from Heaven]:
Doreen Price (soprano)
tenor vocals [Voice from Heaven]:
Kenneth Woollam (Operatic tenor)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act IV, Scene 3. The Pilgrim Reaches the End of His Journey (Chorus)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act IV
3:42
7The Pilgrim's Progress: Act IV. Epilogue (Bunyan)
baritone vocals [John Bunyan]:
Raimund Herincx (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Epilogue (Bunyan)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress
3:59
8The Pilgrim's Progress (Sir Adrian in rehearsal): Act III, Scene 1 (Vanity Fair)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
partial recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act III, Scene 1. Vanity Fair. "I buy the truth!" (Pilgrim, Chorus, Pontius Pilate, Usher, Lord Hate-Good, Envy, Superstition, Pickthank, Malice)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act III
9:17
9The Pilgrim's Progress (Sir Adrian in rehearsal): Act I. Nocturne
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
partial recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act I. Nocturne (Intermezzo) (Watchful)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act I
4:02
10The Pilgrim's Progress (Sir Adrian in rehearsal): Act IV, Scene 1 (Mister By-Ends)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
partial recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act IV, Scene 1. The Pilgrim Meets Mr By-Ends (Pilgrim, Boy, Mister By-Ends, Madam By-Ends)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act IV
5:42
11The Pilgrim's Progress (Sir Adrian in rehearsal): Act IV, Scene 2 (The Shepherds)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
partial recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act IV, Scene 2. The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains. "Who so dwelleth…" (Shepherds, Pilgrim)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act IV
5:10
12The Pilgrim's Progress (Sir Adrian in rehearsal): Act II, Scene 1 (The Arming of the Pilgrim)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
partial recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act II, Scene 1. The Arming of the Pilgrim (Herald, Pilgrim, Chorus, Principals)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act II
2:51