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Music in the Heart

Vaughan Williams Conducts his Serenade To Music

The exquisite centrepiece here is Vaughan Williams's own performance of the Serenade to Music from 1951, his 79th year. …there's a special warmth and magic. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2008, 4 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 30th Mar 2009
Catalogue No: ALB009
Label: Albion Records
Length: 83 minutes

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Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music

Work length14:11

$2.05

$3.85

Allen Stiles (soprano), Isobel Baillie (soprano), Ena Mitchell (soprano), Elsie Suddaby (soprano), Muriel Brunskill (contralto), Astra Desmond (contralto), Mary Jarred (contralto), Gladys Ripley (contralto), William Herbert (tenor), Richard Lewis (tenor), Stephen Manton (tenor), Heddle Nash (tenor), Norman Allin (bass), Robert Easton (bass), Roy Henderson (baritone), Harold Williams (baritone)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Ralph Vaughan Williams

Douglas, R: The Pilgrim's Journey (After R. Vaughan Williams' The Pilgrim's Progress)

Work length39:20

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$12.95

Clifford Scott (tenor), John Peck (baritone), Arnold Ostlund, Jr. (organ), Louis Bové (soprano)
Plymouth Choir of the Pilgrims
Henry Pfohl

Cast thy burden upon the Lord (Tenor, Baritone, Chorus)

Track length11:22

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Into thy hands, O Lord (Baritone)

Track length5:49

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$1.30

Who would true valour see (Soprano, Baritone, Chorus)

Track length4:12

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Unto him that overcometh (Women's Chorus)

Track length3:02

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Vanity Fair (Tenor, Baritone)

Track length4:16

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He that is down (Soprano)

Track length2:49

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The Lord is my Shepherd (Chorus)

Track length3:16

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Alleluia (Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Chorus)

Track length4:34

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The Teachings of Parry and Stanford

Work length28:09

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Ralph Vaughan Williams (narrator)

Vaughan Williams: Excerpt from the Funeral Service of Ralph Vaughan Williams

Work length1:24

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$1.30

Richard Dimbleby (narrator)
Westminster Abbey Choir
Sir Adrian Boult

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This release is a unique and rare recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams conducting his Serenade to Music from a performance in 1951. It is a deeply expressive and romantic interpretation. The Serenade to Music was commissioned by Sir Henry Wood for his Jubilee Concert to celebrate his 50 years as a conductor. The concert took place on October 5th 1938.

The Serenade to Music is one of the sweetest, most beautiful of all Vaughan William’s works.

Also on this recording are the Pilgrim’s Journey and a bonus disc of Vaughan Williams talking about the teachings of Parry and Stanford and a short extract from the funeral service of Vaughan Williams. This recording has been brilliantly re-mastered by Peter Reynolds.

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Sopranos: Stiles Allen*, Isobel Baillie*, Ena Mitchell, Elsie Suddaby*, Contraltos: Muriel Brunskill*, Astra Desmond*, Mary Jarred*, Gladys Ripley, Tenors: William Herbert, Richard Lewis, Stephen Manton, Heddle Nash*, Baritone/Bass: Norman Allin*, Robert Easton*, Roy Henderson*, Harold Williams* (* indicates the soloists in the first performance under Sir Henry Wood in 1938), Louis Bové (soprano), Clifford Scott (tenor), John Peck (baritone), Arnold Ostlund Jr.

Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Plymouth Choir, Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, New York City, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Henry Pfohl

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September 2008

The exquisite centrepiece here is Vaughan Williams's own performance of the Serenade to Music from 1951, his 79th year. …there's a special warmth and magic.

Music in the Heart

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