The Best Of Vaughan Williams

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 24, 2008
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, RALPH
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 24, 2008
    • UPC
      730099683524
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8556835
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. 49th Parallel: I. Prelude

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: RTÉ Concert Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Penny

    2. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: James Judd

    3. Linden Lea

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Performer: Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside

    4. Symphony No. 2, "A London Symphony": I. Lento - Allegro risoluto (excerpt)

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Kees Bakels

    5. The Wasps: Overture

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Kees Bakels

    6. The House of Life: No. 2. Silent Noon

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Performer: Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Graham Johnson

    7. 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus (excerpt)

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones

    8. Symphony No. 1, "A Sea Symphony": II. On the Beach at Night, alone

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Christopher Maltman

      Conductor: Paul Daniel

    9. Fantasia on Greensleeves

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: James Judd

    10. The Lark Ascending

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: English Northern Philharmonia

      Performer: David Greed

      Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones


One of the leading English composers of his generation, Vaughan Williams went some way towards creating a specifically English musical idiom, influenced by his interest in folk-song yet underpinned by a personal vision and language.