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…
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1An Oxford Elegy: (Lento)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: I. Lento
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
2:03
2An Oxford Elegy: “Go, for they call you, Shepherd”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: II. "Go, for they call you, Shepherd"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
1:05
3An Oxford Elegy: “Here will I sit and wait”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: III. "Here will I sit and wait"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
1:45
4An Oxford Elegy: “Screen'd is this nook”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: IV. "Screen'd is this nook"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
0:49
5An Oxford Elegy: “That sweet city”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: V. "That sweet city"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
1:39
6An Oxford Elegy: “Come, let me read”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: VI. "Come, let me read"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
1:05
7An Oxford Elegy: “Or in my boat I lie”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: VII. "Or in my boat I lie"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
0:48
8An Oxford Elegy: “And once, in winter”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: VIII. "And once, in winter"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
1:11
9An Oxford Elegy: “But what - I dream!”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: IX. "But what - I dream!"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
0:36
10An Oxford Elegy: “No, no, thou hast not felt”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: X. "No, no, thou has not felt"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
1:36
11An Oxford Elegy: “Runs it not here”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: XI. "Runs it not here"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
0:43
12An Oxford Elegy: “Needs must I, with heavy heart”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: XII. "Needs must I, with heavy heart"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
1:03
13An Oxford Elegy: “Soon will the high Midsummer pomps”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: XIII. "Soon will the high Midsummer pomps"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
1:29
14An Oxford Elegy: “He hearkens not!”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: XIV. "He hearkens not!"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
0:54
15An Oxford Elegy: “Never more
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: XV. "Never more"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
0:58
16An Oxford Elegy: “Yes, thou art gone!”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: XVI. "Yes, thou art gone!"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
1:49
17An Oxford Elegy: “Despair I will not”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: XVII. "Despair will I not"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
1:17
18An Oxford Elegy: “Why faintest thou?”
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
spoken vocals:
John Westbrook (English actor)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
An Oxford Elegy: XVIII. "Why faintest thou?"
lyricist:
Matthew Arnold (poet)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
An Oxford Elegy
1:23
19Whitsunday Hymn (Three Choral Hymns)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
tenor vocals:
Robin Doveton (English tenor vocalist)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Three Choral Hymns: No. 3. Whitsunday Hymn
lyricist:
Myles Coverdale
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1930)
part of:
Three Choral Hymns
3:56
20Flos campi Suite: 1. Sicut Lilium inter spinas (Lento)
solo viola:
Cecil Aronowitz (viola player) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
recorded at:
Trinity College Chapel (Cambridge, UK) in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
recording of:
Flos campi: I. Sicut lilium inter spinas (Lento) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Flos campi
2:47
21Flos campi Suite: 2. Jam enim hiems transiit (Andante con moto)
solo viola:
Cecil Aronowitz (viola player) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
recorded at:
Trinity College Chapel (Cambridge, UK) in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
recording of:
Flos campi: II. Jam enim hiems transiit (Andante con moto) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Flos campi
3:26
22Flos campi Suite: 3. Quaesivi quem diligit anima mea (Lento - Allegro moderato)
solo viola:
Cecil Aronowitz (viola player) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
recorded at:
Trinity College Chapel (Cambridge, UK) in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
recording of:
Flos campi: III. Quaesivi quem diligit anima mea (Lento - Allegro moderato) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Flos campi
3:08
23Flos campi Suite: 4. En lectulum Salomonis (Moderato alla marcia)
solo viola:
Cecil Aronowitz (viola player) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
recorded at:
Trinity College Chapel (Cambridge, UK) in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
recording of:
Flos campi: IV. En lectulum Salomonis (Moderato alla marcia) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Flos campi
1:43
24Flos campi Suite: 5. Revertere, revertere Sulamitis! (Andante quasi lento)
solo viola:
Cecil Aronowitz (viola player) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
recorded at:
Trinity College Chapel (Cambridge, UK) in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
recording of:
Flos campi: V. Revertere, revertere Sulamitis! (Andante quasi lento) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Flos campi
3:06
25Flos campi Suite: 6. Pone me et signaculum (Moderato tranquillo)
solo viola:
Cecil Aronowitz (viola player) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
orchestra:
Jacques Orchestra (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
recorded at:
Trinity College Chapel (Cambridge, UK) in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
recording of:
Flos campi: VI. Pone me ut signaculum (Moderato tranquillo) (from 1968-07-30 until 1968-07-31)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer)
part of:
Flos campi
5:49
26Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): I was in the spirit (Lento)
additional choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Sancta Civitas: I was in the spirit (Lento)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1923 until 1925)
part of:
Sancta Civitas
4:49
27Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): And I saw Heaven opened (Allegro)
additional choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Sancta Civitas: And I saw Heaven opened (Allegro)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1923 until 1925)
part of:
Sancta Civitas
2:21
28Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): And I saw an angel standing in the sun (Meno mosso)
additional choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Sancta Civitas: And I saw an angel standing in the sun (Meno mosso)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1923 until 1925)
part of:
Sancta Civitas
1:31
29Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): Babylon the great is fallen (Lento)
additional choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Sancta Civitas: Babylon the great is fallen (Lento)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1923 until 1925)
part of:
Sancta Civitas
4:15
30Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): Rejoice over her O Heavens (Allegro moderato)
additional choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Sancta Civitas: Rejoice over her O Heavens (Allegro moderato)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1923 until 1925)
part of:
Sancta Civitas
3:14
31Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): And I saw a new heaven (Adagio)
additional choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Sancta Civitas: And I saw a new heaven (Adagio)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1923 until 1925)
part of:
Sancta Civitas
4:58
32Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): Therefore are they before the throne of God (Poco meno largo)
additional choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Sancta Civitas: Therefore are they before the throne of God (Poco meno largo)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1923 until 1925)
part of:
Sancta Civitas
1:10
33Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): And I saw a pure river
additional choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Sancta Civitas: And I saw a pure river
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1923 until 1925)
part of:
Sancta Civitas
2:41
34Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): Holy, Holy, Holy (Andante sostenuto)
additional choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Sancta Civitas: Holy, Holy, Holy (Andante sostenuto)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1923 until 1925)
part of:
Sancta Civitas
2:59
35Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory (Poco animato)
additional choir vocals:
The Bach Choir
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
tenor vocals:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir David Willcocks (UK composer, organist, choral conductor)
recording of:
Sancta Civitas: Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory (Poco animato)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1923 until 1925)
part of:
Sancta Civitas
3:17
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)
30▶CD: The Pilgrim's Progress (end) / Sir Adrian in rehearsal