Celebrated as the musical poet of the English landscape, Vaughan Williams was also a visionary composer of enormous range: from the pastoral lyricism of The Lark Ascending and the still melancholy of Silent Noon to the violence of the Fourth Symphony and the grand ceremonial of All people that on earth do dwell, he assumed the mantle of Elgar as our national composer. This edition presents all the major orchestral, chamber, vocal and stage works, as well as many lesser pieces and rarities, in the finest interpretations. All your favourite Vaughan Williams is here, in over 34 hours of music on 30 CDs.

This set is in large part a reissue of the EMI Collector's Edition from 2010; the following tracks did not appear on the earlier edition:

- Fantasia on Greensleeves (From the Arr. for Viola & Piano by Forbes): Herbert Downes/Osian Ellis

- Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra, Group 3: III. Galop (Arr. for Viola & Piano): Herbert Downes/Gerald Moore

- Linden Lea (Choral Version): Choir of the New College Oxford ∙ Edward Higginbottom

- Wither's Rocking Hymn: Choir of King's College, Cambridge ∙ Stephen Cleobury

- Bushes and Briars: Dame Janet Baker/Gerald Moore

- Linden Lea: Ian Bostridge/Julius Drake

The following tracks from the earlier edition are omitted here:

Joy, Shipmate, Joy!: Thomas Hampson/Craig Ruttenberg

A Clear Midnight: Thomas Hampson/Craig Ruttenberg

Artists

Vaughan Williams Edition 2022, Malcolm Stewart, Piers Lane (piano), Vitya Vronsky, Victor Babin, Norma Burrowes (soprano), Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Marie Hayward, Susan Longfield, Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Shirley Minty (contralto), Meriel Dickinson, Gloria Jennings, Ian Partridge (tenor), Bernard Dickerson, Wynford Evans, Kenneth Bowen, Richard Angas, John Noble, John Carol Case (bass-baritone), Christopher Keyte, Hugh Bean (violin), Central Band of the Royal Air Force (military band), Wing Commander Eric Banks, Larry Adler, Philip Catelinet, Stephen Roberts, Britten Quartet, Herbert Downes, Osian Ellis (harp), Gerald Moore (piano), Peter Katin (piano), Christopher Hyde-Smith, Helen Watts (contralto), Orchestra Nova of London, Jacques Orchestra, John Westbrook, John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor), John Barrow, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Thomas Allen (baritone), Robert Tear (tenor), Russell Burgess, Robert Joyce, Music Group of London, Janet Craxton (oboe), Jennifer Partridge, Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison, Dame Margaret Price (soprano), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Meredith Davies, Jean Temperley, Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, London Philharmonic Choir, Ambrosian Singers, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Bach Choir, Choir of New College Oxford, Westminster Abbey Choir, Guildford Cathedral Choir, London Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, York Minster Choir, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Sir Adrian Boult, Constantin Silvestri, Sir Charles Groves, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Sir John Barbirolli, Richard Hickox, Sir David Willcocks, Edward Higginbottom, Stephen Cleobury, Barry Rose, Norman Del Mar, Sir Simon Rattle, Martin Neary