Naxos
The Best Of Vaughan Williams
$19.99
Details
- Composer
- VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, RALPH
- Artist
- Various
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Naxos
- Released
- Jun 24, 2008
- Catalog #
- 8556835
- UPC
- 730099683524
About
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.
Tracklist 10 tracks
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1 49th Parallel: I. Prelude 02:17
- Track
- 1
- Title
- 49th Parallel: I. Prelude
- Duration
- 02:17
- Composer
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Ensemble
- RTÉ Concert Orchestra
- Conductor
- Andrew Penny
-
2 Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis 15:12
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
- Duration
- 15:12
- Composer
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Ensemble
- New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- James Judd
-
3 Linden Lea 02:40
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Linden Lea
- Duration
- 02:40
- Composer
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Performer
- Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside
-
4 Symphony No. 2, "A London Symphony": I. Lento - Allegro risoluto (excerpt) 08:09
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Symphony No. 2, "A London Symphony": I. Lento - Allegro risoluto (excerpt)
- Duration
- 08:09
- Composer
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Ensemble
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Kees Bakels
-
5 The Wasps: Overture 09:33
- Track
- 5
- Title
- The Wasps: Overture
- Duration
- 09:33
- Composer
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Ensemble
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Kees Bakels
-
6 The House of Life: No. 2. Silent Noon 04:41
- Track
- 6
- Title
- The House of Life: No. 2. Silent Noon
- Duration
- 04:41
- Composer
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Performer
- Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, Graham Johnson
-
7 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus (excerpt) 06:10
- Track
- 7
- Title
- 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus (excerpt)
- Duration
- 06:10
- 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 10:29
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Symphony No. 1, "A Sea Symphony": II. On the Beach at Night, alone
- Duration
- 10:29
- Composer
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Performer
- Christopher Maltman
- Ensemble
- Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Paul Daniel
-
9 Fantasia on Greensleeves 04:37
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Fantasia on Greensleeves
- Duration
- 04:37
- Composer
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Ensemble
- New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- James Judd
-
10 The Lark Ascending 15:23
- Track
- 10
- Title
- The Lark Ascending
- Duration
- 15:23
- Composer
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Performer
- David Greed
- Ensemble
- English Northern Philharmonia
- Conductor
- David Lloyd-Jones