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…
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1Serenade to Music
engineer:
Christopher Parker (classical recording and balance engineer, active from 1950s)
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
bass vocals:
Richard Angas (operatic bass) (on 1969-11-05), John Carol Case (English baritone) (on 1969-11-05), Christopher Keyte (operatic bass) (on 1969-11-05) and John Noble (baritone) (on 1969-11-05)
contralto vocals:
Meriel Dickinson (on 1969-11-05), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto) (on 1969-11-05), Gloria Jennings (on 1969-11-05) and Shirley Minty (contralto) (on 1969-11-05)
soprano vocals:
Sheila Armstrong (soprano) (on 1969-11-05), Norma Burrowes (soprano) (on 1969-11-05), Marie Hayward (soprano) (on 1969-11-05) and Susan Longfield (on 1969-11-05)
tenor vocals:
Kenneth Bowen (tenor) (on 1969-11-05), Bernard Dickerson (tenor) (on 1969-11-05), Wynford Evans (tenor) (on 1969-11-05) and Ian Partridge (tenor) (on 1969-11-05)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra) (on 1969-11-05)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (on 1969-11-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1970)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1969-11-05)
recording of:
Serenade to Music (on 1969-11-05)
lyricist:
William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1938)
13:18
2English Folk Songs - Suite: I. March (Seventeen Come Sunday)
recording engineer:
Michael Gray (UK classical recording engineer)
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (on 1970-08-08)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (on 1970-08-08)
arranger:
Gordon Jacob (composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1971)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1970-08-08)
recording of:
English Folk Song Suite: I. March “Seventeen Come Sunday” (orchestrated by Jacob) (on 1970-08-08)
orchestrator:
Gordon Jacob (composer) (in 1924)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1923)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd
arrangement of:
English Folk Song Suite: I. March “Seventeen Come Sunday” (for military band)
part of:
English Folk Song Suite (orch. Jacob)
2:54
3English Folk Songs - Suite: II. Intermezzo (My Bonny Boy)
recording engineer:
Michael Gray (UK classical recording engineer)
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (on 1970-08-08)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (on 1970-08-08)
arranger:
Gordon Jacob (composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1971)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1970-08-08)
recording of:
English Folk Song Suite: II. Intermezzo “My Bonny Boy” (orchestrated by Jacob) (on 1970-08-08)
orchestrator:
Gordon Jacob (composer) (in 1924)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1923)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd
arrangement of:
English Folk Song Suite: II. Intermezzo “My Bonny Boy” (for military band)
part of:
English Folk Song Suite (orch. Jacob)
2:53
4English Folk Songs - Suite: III. March (Folk Songs from Somerset)
recording engineer:
Michael Gray (UK classical recording engineer)
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (on 1970-08-08)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (on 1970-08-08)
arranger:
Gordon Jacob (composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1971)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1970-08-08)
recording of:
English Folk Song Suite: III. March “Folk Songs From Somerset” (orchestrated by Jacob) (on 1970-08-08)
orchestrator:
Gordon Jacob (composer) (in 1924)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1923)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd
part of:
English Folk Song Suite (orch. Jacob)
3:03
5Norfolk Rhapsody no. 1
recording engineer:
Neville Boyling (engineer)
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1968-01-23)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (on 1968-01-23)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1968)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1968-01-23)
recording of:
Norfolk Rhapsody no. 1 (on 1968-01-23)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1905 until 1906)
10:19
6Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’
recording engineer and balance engineer:
Michael Gray (UK classical recording engineer)
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1970-08-12 until 1970-08-13)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (from 1970-08-12 until 1970-08-13)
arranger:
Ralph Greaves (in 1934)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1971)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1970-08-12 until 1970-08-13)
recording of:
Fantasia on “Greensleeves” (from 1970-08-12 until 1970-08-13)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1924 until 1928)
arranger:
Ralph Greaves (in 1934)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1936)
is based on:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
is based on:
Lovely Joan (traditional English folk song)
is based on:
Sir John in Love
4:38
7In the Fen Country
recording engineer:
Peter Bown (sound engineer, last name often misprinted as “Brown”)
producer:
Christopher Bishop (conductor/producer)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (from 1968-02-14 until 1968-02-16)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (from 1968-02-14 until 1968-02-16)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1968)
recorded at:
Kingsway Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1968-02-14 until 1968-02-16)
recording of:
In the Fen Country (from 1968-02-14 until 1968-02-16)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (until 1904-04)
revised by:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1905, in 1907)
13:55
8The Lark Ascending
recording engineer:
Christopher Parker (classical recording and balance engineer, active from 1950s)
producer:
Ronald Kinloch Anderson (pianist, harpsichordist and producer)
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist) (on 1967-03-01)
orchestra:
New Philharmonia Orchestra (Philharmonia Orchestra, London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976) (on 1967-03-01)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (on 1967-03-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1967)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-03-01)
recording of:
The Lark Ascending (for violin and orchestra) (on 1967-03-01)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1914)
premiered at:
[concert] (1921-06-14)
premiered at:
Queen’s Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1921-06-14)
arrangement of:
The Lark Ascending (for violin and piano)
14:42
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