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Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite
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Special offer. 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... —
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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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[Clark's] playing has rapturous firepower...John Wilson's conducting secures ultra-vivid, sparklingly finished performances that also respond memorably to the quieter moments —
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Vaughan Williams - Piano Concerto
Ashley Wass (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
Ashley Wass's commanding way with the solo part is beautifully poised in the Romanza, while admirably resisting any temptation to smooth over the Toccata's hard edges. Both in the Concerto... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2009, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. 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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Frederick Fennell conducts Holst, Vaughan Williams and others
Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 'A Pastoral Symphony', etc.
RecommendedAlison Barlow
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
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Building a Library, May 2005, Budget Choice
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Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, The Lark Ascending & other favourites
RecommendedNew Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Sir Adrian Boult
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Building a Library, October 2001, Budget Choice
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Special offer. British Classics
The Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs
With such brilliant performances recorded vividly, there is no risk of the sequence outstaying its welcome. Pure delight for anyone in love with English folk music —
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The Essential Vaughan Williams
Hugh Bean (violin), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) & Gerald Moore (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor) & Julius Drake (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) & David Willison (piano), Norma Burrowes, Sheila Armstrong, Susan Longfield, Marie Hayward (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson, Gloria Jennings,...
