The Collector’s Edition

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

Tracklist

1CD: A Sea Symphony
2CD: A London Symphony / Symphony No. 8 In D Minor
3CD: A Pastoral Symphony / Symphony No. 4 In F Minor
4CD: Oboe Concerto In A Minor / Symphony No. 5 In D
5CD: Symphony No. 6 In E Minor / Symphony No. 9 In E Minor
6CD: Serenade To Music / Partita / Sinfonia Antartica
7CD: The Wasps – Aristophanic Suite / Prelude And Fugue In C Minor / Piano Concerto In C
8CD: Piano Concerto In C / Job: A Masque For Dancing
9CD: Serenade To Music / English Folk Songs – Suite / Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 / Fantasia On ‘Greensleeves’ / In The Fen Country / The Lark Ascending – Romance
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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)
Ralph Vaughan Williams13:14
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)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:54
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)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:52
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)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:59
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)
Ralph Vaughan Williams10:14
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
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:34
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)
Ralph Vaughan Williams13:51
8The Lark Ascending, Romance for violin and orchestra
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)
Ralph Vaughan Williams14:42
10CD: Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis / English Folk Songs – Suite / Concerto Grosso / Romance In D Flat
11CD: Serenade To Music Orchestral Version / The Poisoned Kiss – Overture / Old King Cole – A Ballet For Orchestra / Five Mystical Songs (George Herbert) / Prelude On An Old Carol Tune / The Running Set / Prelude: 49th Parallel / Sea Songs – March Orchestral Version
12CD: Variations For Orchestra / Two Hymn‐Tune Preludes / Concerto Accademico (Concerto For Violin And Strings In D Minor) / Three Preludes Founded On Welsh Hymn Tunes / String Quartet No. 3 In G Minor
13CD: Violin Sonata In A Minor / Phantasy Quintet For Two Violins, Two Violas And Cello / Six Studies In English Folk Song For Cello And Piano / String Quartet No. 2 In A Minor (For Jean On Her Birthday)
14CD: Toward The Unknown Region / Dona Nobis Pacem / Fantasia (Quasi Variazione) On The Old 104th Psalm Tune / Magnificat
15CD: An Oxford Elegy For Speaker, Small Chorus And Small Orchestra / Whitsunday Hymn (Three Choral Hymns) / Flos Campi Suite For Solo Viola, Small Chorus And Small Orchestra / Sancta Civitas (The Holy City)
16CD: Five Tudor Portraits / Benedicite / Five Variants Of ‘Dives And Lazarus’
17CD: Fantasia On Christmas Carols Version With Strings And Organ / Hodie – A Christmas Cantata /
18CD: Fantasia On Christmas Carols Version With Full Orchestra / Yorkshire Wassail Song (We’ve Been Awhile A‐Wandering) / In Windsor Forest / Songs Of Travel / On Wenlock Edge
19CD: O Clap Your Hands / Mass In G Minor / All People That On Earth Do Dwell / O Taste And See / Te Deum In G / For All The Saints / Three Preludes Founded On Welsh Hymn Tunes / The Truth From Above / O Little Town Of Bethlehem / Joseph And Mary / And All In The Morning / Alleluya, Sing To Jesus / Come Down, O Love Divine / All People That On Earth Do Dwell
20CD: Four Hymns / Merciless Beauty / The Water Mill / The New Ghost / Ten Blake Songs / On Wenlock Edge
21CD: Songs Of Travel
22CD: Linden Lea / Joy, Shipmate, Joy! / A Clear Midnight / Orpheus With His Lute / Hands, Eyes And Heart / Rest / The Call / Linden Lea / Folksong Arrangements: Five English Folk Songs / Folksong Arrangements
23CD: Folksong Arrangements: East Anglia – Wessex – Carols – France – Newfoundland / Voice & Violin (Violin & Piano) / A Song Of Thanksgiving
24CD: Epithalamion / Riders To The Sea
25CD: Hugh The Drover – Act I
26CD: Hugh The Drover – Act II
27CD: Sir John In Love – Act I, Act II
28CD: Sir John In Love – Act III, Act IV
29CD: The Pilgrim’s Progress – Act I, II, III
30CD: The Pilgrim’s Progress – Act III (contd.) / Sir Adrian In Rehearsal

Credits

Release

chorus master:Ian Tracey (organist and choir master)
baritone vocals:William Shimell (baritone)
choir vocals:Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
soprano vocals:Joan Rodgers (soprano)
tenor vocals:Ian Partridge (tenor)
ASIN:UK: B00156ZWV0 [info]