Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending / Vittorio, Chamber Orchestra of New York

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
November 11, 2016
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, RALPH
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Chamber Orchestra Of New York
    • PERFORMER
      Pike, Kloke, Di Vittorio
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 11, 2016
    • UPC
      747313353071
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573530
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. The Solent

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of New York

      Conductor: Salvatore Di Vittorio

    2. Fantasia

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of New York

      Performer: Sina Kloke

      Conductor: Salvatore Di Vittorio

    3. No. 1. Prelude

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Performer: Sina Kloke

    4. No. 2. Slow dance

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Performer: Sina Kloke

    5. No. 3. Quick dance

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Performer: Sina Kloke

    6. No. 4. Slow air

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Performer: Sina Kloke

    7. No. 5. Rondo

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Performer: Sina Kloke

    8. No. 6. Pezzo ostinato

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Performer: Sina Kloke

    9. The Lark Ascending

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of New York

      Performer: Jennifer Pike

      Conductor: Salvatore Di Vittorio


Vaughan Williams withdrew or destroyed many works from his earliest period, but with its haunting opening and luminous polyphonic textures he considered The Solent as amongst his ‘most important works’. The Fantasia is his earliest known piece for solo instrument with orchestra and contains some of his most bravura writing, contrasting with the graceful geniality of the Suite. Depicting a sublimely pastoral scene and now one of the best loved pieces ever written, Vaughan Williams called The Lark Ascending a ‘romance’, a term reserved for his most profoundly lyrical utterances.