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
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
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1Four Hymns: I. Lord! come away!
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
piano:
David Parkhouse (pianist)
viola:
Christopher Wellington (violist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Lord, Come Away (Hymn 1 of "Four Hymns")
lyricist:
Jeremy Taylor (English clergyman)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Four Hymns (For tenor, with pianoforte and viola obbligato)
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:38
2Four Hymns: II. Who is this fair one?
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
piano:
David Parkhouse (pianist)
viola:
Christopher Wellington (violist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Who is this fair one? (Hymn 2 of "Four Hymns")
lyricist:
Isaac Watts (hymn writer)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1914)
part of:
Four Hymns (For tenor, with pianoforte and viola obbligato)
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:06
3Four Hymns: III. Come Love, come Lord
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
piano:
David Parkhouse (pianist)
viola:
Christopher Wellington (violist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Come Love, Come Lord (Hymn 3 of "Four Hymns")
lyricist:
Richard Crashaw
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Four Hymns (For tenor, with pianoforte and viola obbligato)
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:00
4Four Hymns: IV. Evening Hymn
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
piano:
David Parkhouse (pianist)
viola:
Christopher Wellington (violist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Evening Hymn (Hymn 4 of "Four Hymns")
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1914)
translator:
Robert Bridges (poet)
part of:
Four Hymns (For tenor, with pianoforte and viola obbligato)
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:38
5Merciless Beauty: I. Your eyën two
cello:
Eileen Croxford (cellist)
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist) and Frances Mason (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Merciless Beauty: I. Your eyën two
lyricist:
Geoffrey Chaucer
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1921)
part of:
Merciless Beauty (For voice, 2 violins, cello)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:16
6Merciless Beauty: II. So hath your beauty
cello:
Eileen Croxford (cellist)
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist) and Frances Mason (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Merciless Beauty: II. So hath your beauty
lyricist:
Geoffrey Chaucer
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1921)
part of:
Merciless Beauty (For voice, 2 violins, cello)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:39
7Merciless Beauty: III. Since I from Love
cello:
Eileen Croxford (cellist)
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist) and Frances Mason (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Merciless Beauty: III. Since I from Love
lyricist:
Geoffrey Chaucer
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1921)
part of:
Merciless Beauty (For voice, 2 violins, cello)
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:20
8The Water Mill
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
piano:
Jennifer Partridge (British pianist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
4 Poems by Fredegond Shove: No. 4. The Water Mill (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Fredegond Shove
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
4 Poems by Fredegond Shove (for voice and piano)
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:16
9The New Ghost
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
piano:
Jennifer Partridge (British pianist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
4 Poems by Fredegond Shove: No. 3. The New Ghost (for voice and piano)
lyricist:
Fredegond Shove
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
4 Poems by Fredegond Shove (for voice and piano)
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:59
10Ten Blake Songs: I. Infant Joy
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
oboe:
Janet Craxton
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Ten Blake Songs: I. Infant Joy
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1957)
part of:
Ten Blake Songs (for solo tenor or soprano, and oboe)
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:18
11Ten Blake Songs: II. A Poison Tree
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
oboe:
Janet Craxton
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Ten Blake Songs: II. A Poison Tree
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1957)
part of:
Ten Blake Songs (for solo tenor or soprano, and oboe)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:35
12Ten Blake Songs: III. The Piper
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
oboe:
Janet Craxton
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Ten Blake Songs: III. The Piper
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1957)
part of:
Ten Blake Songs (for solo tenor or soprano, and oboe)
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:52
13Ten Blake Songs: IV. London
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
oboe:
Janet Craxton
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Ten Blake Songs: IV. London
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1957)
part of:
Ten Blake Songs (for solo tenor or soprano, and oboe)
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:35
14Ten Blake Songs: V. The Lamb
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
oboe:
Janet Craxton
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Ten Blake Songs: V. The Lamb
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1957)
part of:
Ten Blake Songs (for solo tenor or soprano, and oboe)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:15
15Ten Blake Songs: VI. The Shepherd
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
oboe:
Janet Craxton
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Ten Blake Songs: VI. The Shepherd
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1957)
part of:
Ten Blake Songs (for solo tenor or soprano, and oboe)
Ralph Vaughan Williams0:50
16Ten Blake Songs: VII. Ah, Sun-flower!
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
oboe:
Janet Craxton
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Ten Blake Songs: VII. Ah, Sun-flower!
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1957)
part of:
Ten Blake Songs (for solo tenor or soprano, and oboe)
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:27
17Ten Blake Songs: VIII. Cruelty has a human heart
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
oboe:
Janet Craxton
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Ten Blake Songs: VIII. Cruelty has a human heart
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1957)
part of:
Ten Blake Songs (for solo tenor or soprano, and oboe)
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:58
18Ten Blake Songs: IX. The Divine Image
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
oboe:
Janet Craxton
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Ten Blake Songs: IX. The Divine Image
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1957)
part of:
Ten Blake Songs (for solo tenor or soprano, and oboe)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:24
19Ten Blake Songs: X. Eternity
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
oboe:
Janet Craxton
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
Ten Blake Songs: X. Eternity
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1957)
part of:
Ten Blake Songs (for solo tenor or soprano, and oboe)
Ralph Vaughan Williams1:38
20On Wenlock Edge (voice, string quartet and piano version): I. On Wenlock Edge
cello:
Eileen Croxford (cellist)
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
piano:
David Parkhouse (pianist)
viola:
Christopher Wellington (violist)
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist) and Frances Mason (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
On Wenlock Edge: I. On Wenlock Edge (for voice, string quartet and piano)
lyricist:
A. E. Housman (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1909)
part of:
On Wenlock Edge (for voice, string quartet and piano)
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:53
21On Wenlock Edge (voice, string quartet and piano version): II. From far, from eve and morning
cello:
Eileen Croxford (cellist)
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
piano:
David Parkhouse (pianist)
viola:
Christopher Wellington (violist)
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist) and Frances Mason (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
On Wenlock Edge: II. From far, from eve and morning (for voice, string quartet and piano)
lyricist:
A. E. Housman (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1909)
part of:
On Wenlock Edge (for voice, string quartet and piano)
Ralph Vaughan Williams2:06
22On Wenlock Edge (voice, string quartet and piano version): III. Is my team ploughing
cello:
Eileen Croxford (cellist)
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
piano:
David Parkhouse (pianist)
viola:
Christopher Wellington (violist)
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist) and Frances Mason (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
On Wenlock Edge: III. Is my team ploughing (for voice, string quartet and piano)
lyricist:
A. E. Housman (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1909)
part of:
On Wenlock Edge (for voice, string quartet and piano)
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:47
23On Wenlock Edge (voice, string quartet and piano version): IV. Oh, when I was in love with you
cello:
Eileen Croxford (cellist)
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
piano:
David Parkhouse (pianist)
viola:
Christopher Wellington (violist)
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist) and Frances Mason (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
On Wenlock Edge: IV. Oh, when I was in love with you (for voice, string quartet and piano)
lyricist:
A. E. Housman (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1909)
part of:
On Wenlock Edge (for voice, string quartet and piano)
Ralph Vaughan Williams0:43
24On Wenlock Edge (voice, string quartet and piano version): V. Bredon Hill
cello:
Eileen Croxford (cellist)
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
piano:
David Parkhouse (pianist)
viola:
Christopher Wellington (violist)
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist) and Frances Mason (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
On Wenlock Edge: V. Bredon Hill (for voice, string quartet and piano)
lyricist:
A. E. Housman (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1909)
part of:
On Wenlock Edge (for voice, string quartet and piano)
Ralph Vaughan Williams7:29
25On Wenlock Edge (voice, string quartet and piano version): VI. Clun
cello:
Eileen Croxford (cellist)
instruments:
Music Group of London (chamber music ensemble)
piano:
David Parkhouse (pianist)
viola:
Christopher Wellington (violist)
violin:
Hugh Bean (violinist) and Frances Mason (violinist)
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
recording of:
On Wenlock Edge: VI. Clun (for voice, string quartet and piano)
lyricist:
A. E. Housman (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1909)
part of:
On Wenlock Edge (for voice, string quartet and piano)
Ralph Vaughan Williams3:31
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]