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)
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1Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act I. (Allegro vivacissimo) - “Buy, buy, buy” (Cheap-Jack)
baritone vocals [A Cheap-Jack]:
Leslie Fyson (baritone)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I, I. Buy, buy, buy
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
4:38
2Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act I. “Cold blows the wind on Cotsall” (Showman)
baritone vocals [A Showman]:
Terence Sharpe (operatic baritone)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I, II. Cold blows the wind on Cotsall
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
4:14
3Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act I. “As I was a walking” (Ballad Seller)
tenor vocals [A Ballad Seller]:
David Johnston (English tenor)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I, III. As I was a-walking
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
4:28
4Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act I. “Show me a richer man” (John)
bass vocals [John the Butcher]:
Michael Rippon (operatic bass)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I, IV. Show me a richer man
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
2:45
5Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act I. “Here come the Morris Men” (Chorus)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir) and Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral (London)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger) and Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I, V. Here come the Morris men
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
2:34
6Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act I. “Life must be full of care” (Aunt Jane)
contralto vocals [Aunt Jane (the Constable's sister)]:
Helen Watts (contralto)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I, VI. Life must be full of care
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
4:15
7Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act I. “Sweet little linnet that longs to be free” (Hugh)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I, VII. Sweet little linnet that longs to be free
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
3:05
8Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act I. “Horse-hoofs, horse-hoofs, thunder down the valleys” (Hugh)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I, VIII. “Horse-hoofs thunder down the valley”
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
6:12
9Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act I. “In the night-time I have seen you riding” (Mary)
soprano vocals [Mary (the Constable's daughter)]:
Sheila Armstrong (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I, IX. In the night-time I have seen you riding
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
4:23
10Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act I. “Mary! Mary!” (Constable)
bass vocals [The Constable]:
Robert Lloyd (operatic bass)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I, X. Mary! Mary!
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
3:28
11Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act I. “Oh! The devil and Bonyparty” (Showman)
baritone vocals [A Showman]:
Terence Sharpe (operatic baritone)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I, XI. Oh! The devil and Bonyparty
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
3:06
12Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act I. “Yes, I!” (Hugh)
tenor vocals [Hugh the Drover]:
Robert Tear (tenor)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I, XII. Yes, I!
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
6:24
13Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act I. “Are you ready? Go!” (Showman)
baritone vocals [A Showman]:
Terence Sharpe (operatic baritone)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I, XIII. Are you ready? Go!
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
3:19
14Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act I. “The drover's won!” (Showman)
baritone vocals [A Showman]:
Terence Sharpe (operatic baritone)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I, XIV. The drover's won!
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
1:50
15Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act I. “I tell you there's a price on this man's head” (Constable)
bass vocals [The Constable]:
Robert Lloyd (operatic bass)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I, XV. I tell you there's a price on this man's head
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act I. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
2:38
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