Browse: Orchestral, Symphonic Poems, Vaughan Williams (composer)
This page lists all classical by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958), in genre: Orchestral » Symphonic Poems.
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Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending & Fantasia on a Theme By Thomas Tallis RecommendedJames Ehnes (violin)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
The success-level here is excellently high. Collectors will savour a genuine rarity: the composer’s own orchestra-only arrangement of the Serenade to Music…the music sounds as rapturously beautiful... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th December 2019
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As a collection, the performance here surely go straight to the front of the field. Gamba and his Manchester orchestra launch the Foulds with a glistening, bright-eyed buoyancy…Gamba has an instinct... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Vaughan Williams: The Complete Symphonies
RecommendedIan Bostridge (tenor), Sarah Chang (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
This set presents RVW in a slightly heretical way that will appeal to those whose RVW tastes have become jaded or for those who have, for whatever reason, been put off by the mainstream cycles.... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Orchestral
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Gramophone Awards, 1990, Winner - Orchestral
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Building A Library, May 2022, Recommended Recording
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Ralph Vaughan Williams; Lennox Berkeley; Peter Warlock: Colourise RecommendedLondon Choral Sinfonia, Roderick Williams, Andrew Staples, Elena Urioste, Michael Waldron
The Songs come in a version for string orchestra and piano, stripped down (by VW himself) from the full orchestral version used at the work’s premiere. The gain in intimacy is palpable in Michael... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony & The Lark Ascending Sarah Fox (soprano), Mark Stone (baritone), James Ehnes (violin)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Manze directs with scrupulous sensitivity and a shrewd ear for detail…, has an experienced and intelligent pair of vocal soloists, and secures some finely drilled and conspicuously eager results... — More…
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Vaughan Williams: In the Fen Country, etc. RecommendedMichael Davis (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson
A most attractive compilation. — More…
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Building a Library, May 2002, Runner-Up
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Nicola Benedetti - Fantasie Nicola Benedetti (violin), Alexei Grynyuk (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, Andrew Litton, Daniel Harding
The Lark Ascending is beautifully played, with pure, unforced tone, and in the unmeasured passages Benedetti imaginatively suggests the bird's unfettered, unpredictable flight. By contrast,... — More…
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7 'Sinfonia Antartica' & Symphony No. 9 Hallé Orchestra, Sopranos and Altos of the Hallé Choir, Mark Elder, Matthew Hamilton
It concludes Elder and the Hallé’s cycle of Vaughan Williams’s symphonies, one which has been consistently gripping in its trenchant honesty and patient empathy for the composer’s idiom. — More…
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Record Review, 4th June 2022, Record of the Week
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Isolde Menges Isolde Menges, Harold Samuel, Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Eileen Beattie, Arthur de Greef, Charlton Keith, Sir Landon Ronald, Malcolm Sargent
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A highly enjoyable wander away from the familiar British path, including some rare youthful Vaughan Williams. The playing is suitably characterful throughout. — More…
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