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)
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)
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1The Pilgrim's Progress: Prologue: Bunyan in Prison (Bunyan, Pilgrim)
baritone vocals [John Bunyan]:
Raimund Herincx (bass-baritone)
baritone vocals [The Pilgrim]:
John Noble (baritone)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Prologue. Bunyan in Prison (Bunyan, Pilgrim)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress
3:47
2The Pilgrim's Progress: Act I, Scene 1: The Pilgrim meets Evangelist (Pilgrim, Evangelist, Pliable, Timorous, Obstinate, Mistrust)
baritone vocals [Evangelist]:
John Carol Case (English baritone)
baritone vocals [Mistrust]:
Geoffrey Shaw (bass-baritone vocalist)
baritone vocals [The Pilgrim]:
John Noble (baritone)
bass vocals [Obstinate]:
Christopher Keyte (operatic bass)
tenor vocals [Pliable]:
Wynford Evans (tenor)
tenor vocals [Timorous]:
Bernard Dickerson (tenor)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act I, Scene 1. The Pilgrim Meets Evangelist (Pilgrim, Evangelist, The Four Neighbours)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act I
10:01
3The Pilgrim's Progress: Act I, Scene 2: The House Beautiful (Pilgrim, Shining Ones, Interpreter, Chorus)
baritone vocals [The Pilgrim]:
John Noble (baritone)
choir vocals:
London Philharmonic Choir
contralto vocals [3rd Shining One]:
Gloria Jennings
soprano vocals [1st Shining One]:
Sheila Armstrong (soprano)
soprano vocals [2nd Shining One]:
Marie Hayward (soprano)
tenor vocals [Interpreter]:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
chorus master:
John Alldis (chorusmaster and conductor)
recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act I, Scene 2. The House Beautiful (Pilgrim, Three Shining Ones, Interpreter, Chorus)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act I
12:58
4The Pilgrim's Progress: Act I. Nocturne (Intermezzo) (Watchful)
baritone vocals [Watchful, the Porter]:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act I. Nocturne (Intermezzo) (Watchful)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act I
7:49
5The Pilgrim's Progress: Act II, Scene 1: The Arming of the Pilgrim (Herald, Pilgrim, Chorus)
baritone vocals [A Herald]:
Terence Sharpe (operatic baritone)
baritone vocals [The Pilgrim]:
John Noble (baritone)
choir vocals:
London Philharmonic Choir
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
chorus master:
John Alldis (chorusmaster and conductor)
recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act II, Scene 1. The Arming of the Pilgrim (Herald, Pilgrim, Chorus, Principals)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act II
10:50
6The Pilgrim's Progress: Act II, Scene 2: The Pilgrim meets Apollyon (Apollyon, Doleful Creatures, Pilgrim, Branch Bearer, Cup Bearer, Evangelist)
baritone vocals [Evangelist]:
John Carol Case (English baritone)
baritone vocals [The Pilgrim]:
John Noble (baritone)
bass vocals [Apollyon]:
Robert Lloyd (operatic bass)
contralto vocals [Cup Bearer]:
Alfreda Hodgson (contralto)
soprano vocals [Branch Bearer]:
Norma Burrowes (soprano)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act II, Scene 2. The Pilgrim Meets Apollyon (Chorus, Pilgrim, Apollyon, Heavenly Beings, Evangelist)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act II
13:17
7The Pilgrim's Progress: Act III, Scene 1: Vanity Fair. “Buy! What will ye buy?” (Lord Lechery, Pilgrim, Demas, Judas Iscariot, Simon Magus, Worldly Glory, Madam Bubble, Madam Wanton, Chorus)
baritone vocals [Demas]:
Geoffrey Shaw (bass-baritone vocalist)
baritone vocals [The Pilgrim]:
John Noble (baritone)
bass vocals [Judas Iscariot]:
Christopher Keyte (operatic bass)
bass vocals [Simon Magus]:
Richard Angas (operatic bass)
mezzo-soprano vocals [Madam Bubble]:
Delia Wallis (mezzo-soprano)
soprano vocals [Madam Wanton]:
Marie Hayward (soprano)
tenor vocals [Joseph Ward]:
Joseph Ward (tenor)
tenor vocals [Worldly Glory]:
John Elwes (tenor)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act III, Scene 1. Vanity Fair. "Buy! What will ye buy!" (Chorus, Lord Lechery, Pilgrim, Demas, Judas Iscariot, Simon Magus, Worldly Glory, Madam Bubble, Madam Wanton)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act III
7:10
8The Pilgrim's Progress: Act III, Scene 1: Vanity Fair. “I buy the truth!” (Pilgrim, Pontius Pilate, Usher, Lord Hate-Good, Envy, Superstition, Pickthank, Malice, Lord Lechery, Chorus)
baritone vocals [Lord Hate-Good]:
Raimund Herincx (bass-baritone)
baritone vocals [The Pilgrim]:
John Noble (baritone)
bass vocals [Envy]:
Richard Angas (operatic bass)
bass vocals [Pontius Pilate]:
Christopher Keyte (operatic bass)
contralto vocals [Pickthank]:
Alfreda Hodgson (contralto)
soprano vocals [Malice]:
Norma Burrowes (soprano)
tenor vocals [Superstition]:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
tenor vocals [Usher]:
Bernard Dickerson (tenor)
orchestra:
London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO; The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra)
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act III, Scene 1. Vanity Fair. "I buy the truth!" (Pilgrim, Chorus, Pontius Pilate, Usher, Lord Hate-Good, Envy, Superstition, Pickthank, Malice)
additional composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1951 until 1952)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1949)
librettist:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
The Pilgrim’s Progress: Act III
10:36
30▶CD: The Pilgrim's Progress (end) / Sir Adrian in rehearsal