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
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1East Anglia: The Captain's Apprentice
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
The Captain's Apprentice
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
arrangement of:
The Cruel Ship’s Captain (The Captain's Apprentice)
part of:
Songs from Norfolk
3:42
2East Anglia: As I walked out
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
As I Walked Out (English folk song from Essex)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Songs from Essex
1:29
3East Anglia: Bushes and Briars
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
Bushes and Briars
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Songs from Essex
3:28
4East Anglia: Geordie
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
Geordie (English folk song from Norfolk)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Songs from Cambridgeshire
3:48
5East Anglia: On Board a Ninety-Eight
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
On Board a Ninety-Eight
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Songs from Norfolk
2:54
6Wessex: The Ploughman
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
The Ploughman (for voice and piano)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1935)
part of:
Six English Folk Songs (for voice and piano)
1:38
7Wessex: The Brewer
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
The Brewer (for voice and piano)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1935)
part of:
Six English Folk Songs (for voice and piano)
0:26
8Wessex: Rolling in the Dew
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
Rolling in the dew (for voice and piano)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1935)
arrangement of:
Rolling in the Dew (Dabbling in the Dew / Rolling in the Dew / The Milkmaid's Song)
part of:
Six English Folk Songs (for voice and piano)
2:08
9Carols: The Truth Sent from Above
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
The Truth Sent From Above (arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams, aka the Herefordshire Carol)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
version of:
The Truth Sent From Above
part of:
Eight Traditional English Carols (arr. Vaughan Williams)
part of:
Fantasia on Christmas Carols
2:16
10Carols: Joseph and Mary
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
Joseph and Mary (trad. English, arr. Vaughan Williams)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
2:54
11Carols: The Saviour's Love
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
The Saviour’s Love (Traditional Christmas Carol from Hertfordshire)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1920)
2:20
12France: Réveillez-vous, Piccars
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
Réveillez-vous, Piccars (for voice and piano)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1903)
2:08
13France: Chanson de quête
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
Chanson de quête (French folk song)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
1:20
14France: Ballade de Jésus Christ
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
Ballad de Jésus Christ (French folk song)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
3:40
15Newfoundland: She's like the swallow
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
She's like the swallow (Newfoundland folk song)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1934)
2:31
16Newfoundland: The Morning Dew
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
The Morning Dew (Newfoundland folk song)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
1:43
17Newfoundland: The Maiden's Lament
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
The Maiden's Lament (Newfoundland folk song)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
1:53
18Newfoundland: The Cuckoo
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
The Cuckoo (English folk song from Dorset)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Book I - Folk Songs from Dorset
1:43
19Voice & violin (violin & piano): The Lawyer
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
The Lawyer (Ralph Vaughan Williams arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
arrangement of:
Mowing the Barley
1:59
20Voice & violin (violin & piano): Searching for Lambs
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
Searching for Lambs
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
arrangement of:
Searching for Lambs
3:30
21Voice & violin (violin & piano): How cold the wind doth blow (or The Unquiet Grave)
piano:
Philip Ledger
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Robert Tear (tenor)
recording of:
How Cold the Wind Doth Blow (for piano, violin and voice, Vaughan Williams)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
arranger:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1912)
arrangement of:
The Unquiet Grave
part of:
Folk Songs of England, Book 5 "From Sussex"
6:21
22A Song of Thanksgiving
producer:
Lawrance Collingwood and George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
organ:
Harry Gabb (organist)
choir vocals:
Luton Choral Society and Luton Girls’ Choir (English choir)
soprano vocals:
Betty Dolemore
spoken vocals:
Robert Speaight
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
chorus master:
Arthur E. Davies (tenor)
recorded at:
No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1951-12-18)
recording of:
A Song of Thanksgiving
lyricist:
Rudyard Kipling and William Shakespeare (English poet and playwright)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
15:05
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