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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Gustav Holst; Richard Strauss - The Planets; Also sprach Zarathustra (William Steinberg)


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Composer: Gustav Holst; Richard Strauss
  • Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
  • Holst - The Planets, Op. 32

Boston Symphony Orchestra
William Steinberg, conductor

Date: 1971/2001
Label: Deutsche Grammophon

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Gustav Holst - The Planets (Charles Dutoit)


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Composer: Gustav Holst
  1. The Planets, Op. 32: 1. Mars, the Bringer of War
  2. The Planets, Op. 32: 2. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
  3. The Planets, Op. 32: 3. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
  4. The Planets, Op. 32: 4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
  5. The Planets, Op. 32: 5. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
  6. The Planets, Op. 32: 6. Uranus, the Magician
  7. The Planets, Op. 32: 7. Neptune, the Mystic

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Charles Dutoit, conductor

Date: 1987
Label: Decca

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Monday, October 14, 2024

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Folk Songs, Vol. 4 (Various Artists)


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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Folksongs for Schools
  • The Turtle Dove
  • 15 Folksongs from Newfoundland

Mary Bevan, soprano
Nicky Spence, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
William Vann, piano

Date: 2022
Label: Albion

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Folk Songs, Vol. 3 (Various Artists)


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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties
  • 12 Traditional Country Dances
  • Penguin Book of English Folk Songs
  • The Motherland Song Book, Vol. 3

Mary Bevan, soprano
Nicky Spence, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
William Vann, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Albion

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Folk Songs, Vol. 2 (Various Artists)


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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • 9 English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachian Mountains
  • 2 English Folk Songs for voice & violin
  • A Selection of Collected Folk Songs, Vol. 1

Mary Bevan, soprano
Nicky Spence, tenor
Roderick Williams, baritone
Thomas Gould, violin
William Vann, piano

Date: 2021
Label: Albion

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Folk Songs, Vol. 1 (Various Artists)


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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Folk Songs from Sussex
  • Six English Folk Songs
  • Sea Songs from The Motherland Song Book, Vol IV

Roderick Williams, baritone
Nicky Spence, tenor
Mary Bevan, soprano
Jack Liebeck, violin
William Vann, piano

Date: 2020
Label: Albion

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Sunday, October 13, 2024

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Choral Works (Matthew Best)


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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

CD1:
  • Serenade to Music
  • Five Mystical Songs
  • Fantasia on Christmas Carols
  • Flos Campi
CD2:
  • Dona nobis pacem
  • Four Hymns
  • Toward the Unknown Region
  • O clap your hands (Psalm 47)
  • Lord, Thou hast neen our refuge (Psalm 90)
CD3:
  • The Pilgrim's Progress
CD4:
  • A Song of Thanksgiving
  • Three Choral Hymns
  • Magnificat
  • The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains
  • The Hundredth Psalm

Corydon Singers
Matthew Best, conductor

Date: 2008
Label: Hyperion

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Phantasy Quintet; String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (Maggini Quartet)


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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Phantasy Quintet
  • String Quartet No. 1 in G minor
  • String Quartet No. 2 in A minor

Maggini Quartet
    Laurence Jackson, violin
    David Angel, violin
    Martin Outram, viola
    Michal Kaznowski, cello
&
Garfield Jackson, viola

Date: 2001
Label: Naxos

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Saturday, October 12, 2024

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Early Chamber Music (Nash Ensemble)


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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

CD1:
  • Quintet for piano, violin, viola, cello & double bass in C minor
  • Nocturne and Scherzo, for string quintet
  • Suite de Ballet, for flute & piano
  • Romance and Pastorale, for violin & piano
  • Romance for viola and piano
CD2:
  • String Quartet in C minor
  • Quintet for clarinet, horn, violin, cello & piano in D major
  • Scherzo for string quintet
  • Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes (Household Music)

Nash Ensemble
    Philippa Davies, flute
    Richard Hosford, clarinet
    Richard Watkins, horn
    Marianne Thorsen, violin
    Elizabeth Wexler, violin
    Simon Blendis, violin
    Lawrence Power, viola
    Garfield Jackson, viola
    Paul Watkins, cello
    Duncan McTier, double bass
    Ian Brown, piano

Date: 2002
Label: Hyperion

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Chamber Music (Nash Ensemble)


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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • The Lake in the Mountains, for piano
  • 6 Studies in English Folksong, for cello & piano
  • Phantasy Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello
  • Violin Sonata in A minor
  • String Quartet No. 2 in A minor

Nash Ensemble
    Ian Brown, piano
    Marianne Thorsen, violin
    Elizabeth Wexler, violin
    Lawrence Power, viola
    Louise Williams, viola
    Paul Watkins, cello

Date: 2002
Label: Hyperion

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Friday, October 11, 2024

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Film Music, Vol. 3 (Rumon Gamba)


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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • The Story of a Flemish Farm
  • The Loves of Joanna Godden
  • Bitter Springs

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Date: 2006
Label: Chandos

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Film Music, Vol. 2 (Rumon Gamba)


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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • 49th Parallel
  • The Dim Little Island
  • The England of Elizabeth

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Date: 2004
Label: Chandos

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Film Music, Vol. 1 (Rumon Gamba)


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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Scott of the Antarctic
  • Coastal Command Suite
  • The People's Land

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba, conductor

Date: 2002
Label: Chandos

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Thursday, October 10, 2024

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Concertos; Serenade; Flos Campi (Peter Oundjian)


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Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Serenade to Music
  • Oboe Concerto in A minor
  • Flos Campi
  • Piano Concerto in C major

Sarah Jeffrey, oboe
Teng Li, viola
Louis Lortie, piano

Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Peter Oundjian, conductor

Date: 2018
Label: Chandos

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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 2 (Richard Hickox)


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Composer: George Butterworth; Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Butterworth - "The Banks of Green Willow" Idyll
  • Vaughan Williams - A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2) (1913 version)

London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox, conductor

Date: 2001
Label: Chandos

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