Browse: Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958)Genres:
Orchestral » String Orchestras
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Vaughan Williams, Howells, Delius & Elgar - Music for Strings RecommendedSinfonia of London, John Wilson
The sound, engineered by Ralph Couzens, is magnificent...While fully relishing the at times dreamy polyphony of Vaughan Williams’s textures, Wilson’s Fantasia has sharp, impassioned edges too,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd February 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2023, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2023, Finalist - Orchestral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Recording of the Year
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Winner - Orchestral
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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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The British Project
RecommendedElgar - Britten - Walton - Vaughan Williams
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Gražinytė-Tyla brings a fresheared approach to four English masters of orchestral writing…The Fantasia, rapt and mysterious, receives the most successful performance. — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th August 2021
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Record Review, 7th August 2021, Record of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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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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[the Tallis Fantasia] is tight-reined, yet also singing and surging with no trace of anti-Romantic tendentiousness...But what makes this release so special is Elder and the Hallé's interpretation... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Orchestral
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Clean-heeled athleticism and rhythmic spring — More…
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English String Music
RecommendedSinfonia of London & New Philharmonia Orchestra, with the Allegri String Quartet, Sir John Barbirolli
This is almost certainly the very finest recording of English string music...Moreover it might also be considered one of Barbirolli's very finest records — More…
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1960s
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Elgar: Symphonies Nos. 1-3, Enigma Variations, Cello Concerto, Marches London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Felix Schmidt
4 CDs
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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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Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10, etc.
RecommendedPhilharmonia Orchestra, Herbert Von Karajan
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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