Vaughan Williams - Oboe Concerto in A minor
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works
RecommendedLouis Lortie (piano), Carla Huhtanen (soprano), Emily D’Angelo (mezzo-soprano), Lawrence Wiliford (tenor) & Tyler Duncan (baritone), Sarah Jeffrey (oboe), Teng Li (viola)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Elmer Iseler Singers, Peter Oundjian
The solo playing by Toronto Symphony principal Teng Li offers deep weight of tone, rapturous phrasing, and a musical personality that mesmerises the ear; the choral singing is superbly focused... —
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Classical Compendium
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Juno Awards, 2019, Classical Album of the Year - Large Ensemble
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Vaughan Williams & James Macmillan: Oboe Concertos
RecommendedNicholas Daniel (oboe & conductor), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais)
Britten Sinfonia, James MacMillan
[Daniel] tends to let the tempo slacken when the harmonic pulse slows down [on the Vaughan Williams]...it's hard to complain when that leaves more space for his consistently golden tone...MacMillan... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2015, Concerto Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2015, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Contemporary Winner
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Vaughan Williams - Orchestral Works
Celia Nicklin (oboe), Iona Brown (violin)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, The New Queen's Hall Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Neville Marriner, Barry Wordsworth, Adrian Boult
The sound of the LSO strings in 1910 must remain largely a matter of conjecture but this beautifully textured account on gut-string instruments cuts to the heart of the score and Wordsworth's... —
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Vaughan Williams - Symphonies Nos. 4-6
RecommendedJohn Williams (oboe)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Constantin Silvestri, Paavo Berglund, Sir Alexander Gibson
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Building a Library, March 2012, First Choice
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D major, etc.
RecommendedChristopher Balmer, Jonathan Small
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Vernon Handley
Vernon Handley's RLPO are on top form here, and the intensity of that slow movement's climax is wonderful. —
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Building a Library, April 2003, Budget Choice
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony & Oboe Concerto
Stéphane Rancourt (oboe)
Hallé, Sir Mark Elder
The throw themselves so fully into the texture and colour of the piece it becomes almost visual - captured are not only the hansom cabs, street-sellers' cries, Cockney mouth organs and accordions... —
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Special offer. A Portrait of Vaughan Williams
Michael Bochmann (violin), Margaret Campbell (flute), Colin Lilley (flute), Audrey Douglas (harp), Maurice Bourgue (oboe), Susan Lynn (violin), Pierre Joubert (violin), Helen Roberts (viola), Thomas Waddington (cello), Timothy Mirfin, Peter Gritton, Ian Barratt, David Le Monnier, Paul Martin, Jonathan...
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto
Lajos Lencses (oboe), Andreas Weller (tenor), Emily Körner (violin), Paul Pesthy (viola), Ansgar Schneider (cello)
Budapest Strings, Béla Báinfalvi
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Orchestral Favourites Volume III - Vaughan Williams
Michael Bochmann (violin), Maurice Bourgue (oboe)
English String Orchestra, William Boughton
William Boughton imparts tremendous zest to VW's Wasps Overture, fully in keeping with its breezy nature, and he gives the big central tune its true nobility. Michael Bochmann, I note, was a... —
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Special offer. Paul Patterson: Phoenix Concerto
Emily Pailthorpe (oboe), with Hugh Webb (harp)
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Wallfisch
[Pailthorpe] plays with an exceptionally sweet and pure tone...As well as Pailthorpe's fine playing, it is good to have the ECO in splendid form under Benjamin Wallfisch, recorded with fine... —
