Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition [Box Set]

Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition [Box Set]

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Performer: Benjamin Luxon
Performer: Brian Etheridge
Performer: Christopher Keyte
Performer: Colin Wheatley
Performer: Geoffrey Shaw
Performer: Henry Newman
Performer: John Barrow
Performer: John Carol Case
Performer: John Noble
Performer: John Shirley-Quirk
Performer: Leslie Fyson
Performer: Mark Rowlinson
Performer: Raimund Herincx
Performer: Rowland Jones
Performer: Stephen Roberts
Performer: Stephen Varcoe
Performer: Steve Davies
Performer: Steve Davis
Performer: Terence Sharpe
Performer: Thomas Allen
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Collector's Edition
CD Release Date: 2008-07-08
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Symphony No. 1 for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra ('A Sea Symphony'): 1. A Song for All Seas, All Ships. Behold, the sea itsel
  2. Symphony No. 1 for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra ('A Sea Symphony'): 1. A Song for All Seas, All Ships. Today a rude brief re
  3. Symphony No. 1 for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra ('A Sea Symphony'): 1. A Song for All Seas, All Ships. Flaunt out, O sea, yo
  4. Symphony No. 1 for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra ('A Sea Symphony'): 1. A Song for All Seas, All Ships. Token of all brave ca
  5. Symphony No. 1 for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra ('A Sea Symphony'): 1. A Song for All Seas, All Ships. A pennant universal
  6. Symphony No. 1 for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra ('A Sea Symphony'): 2. On the Beach at Night, Alone. On the beach at night,
  7. Symphony No. 1 for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra ('A Sea Symphony'): 2. On the Beach at Night, Alone. A vast similitude inter
  8. Symphony No. 1 for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra ('A Sea Symphony'): 3. Scherzo: The Waves
  9. Symphony No. 1 for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra ('A Sea Symphony'): 4. The Explorers. O vast Rondure, swimming in Space
  10. Symphony No. 1 for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra ('A Sea Symphony'): 4. The Explorers. Down from the Gardens
  11. Symphony No. 1 for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra ('A Sea Symphony'): 4. The Explorers. O we can wait no longer
  12. Symphony No. 1 for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra ('A Sea Symphony'): 4. The Explorers. O thou transcendent
  13. Symphony No. 1 for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra ('A Sea Symphony'): 4. The Explorers. Greater than stars or suns
  14. Symphony No. 1 for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra ('A Sea Symphony'): 4. The Explorers. Sail forth
  15. Symphony No. 1 for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra ('A Sea Symphony'): 4. The Explorers. O my brave soul!
Music CD 2
  1. Symphony No. 2 in G major ('A London Symphony'): 1. Lento - Allegro risoluto (molto pesante)
  2. Symphony No. 2 in G major ('A London Symphony'): 2. Lento
  3. Symphony No. 2 in G major ('A London Symphony'): 3. Scherzo (Nocturne) - Allegro vivace
  4. Symphony No. 2 in G major ('A London Symphony'): 4. Andante con moto - Maestoso alla marcia (quasi lento) - Allegro - Maestoso alla m
  5. Symphony No. 8 in D minor: 1. Fantasia: Variazioni senza tema
  6. Symphony No. 8 in D minor: 2. Scherzo alla marcia (per stromenti a fiato): Allegro all marcia
  7. Symphony No. 8 in D minor: 3. Cavatina (per stromenti ad arco): Lento espressivo
  8. Symphony No. 8 in D minor: 4. Toccata: Moderato maestoso
Music CD 3
  1. Symphony No. 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ('Pastoral'): 1. Molto moderato
  2. Symphony No. 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ('Pastoral'): 2. Lento moderato
  3. Symphony No. 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ('Pastoral'): 3. Moderato pesante
  4. Symphony No. 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ('Pastoral'): 4. Lento
  5. Symphony No. 4 in F minor: 1. Allegro
  6. Symphony No. 4 in F minor: 2. Andante moderato
  7. Symphony No. 4 in F minor: 3. Scherzo: Allegro molto
  8. Symphony No. 4 in F minor: 4. Finale (Allegro molto) con epilogo fugato (Con anima)
Music CD 4
  1. Oboe Concerto in A minor: 1. Rondo pastorale: Allegro moderato
  2. Oboe Concerto in A minor: 2. Minuet and Musett: Allegro moderato
  3. Oboe Concerto in A minor: 3. Finale (Scherzo): Presto - Lento - Presto
  4. Symphony No. 5 in D major: 1. Preludio: Moderato - Allegro - Tempo 1
  5. Symphony No. 5 in D major: 2. Scherzo: Presto misterioso
  6. Symphony No. 5 in D major: 3. Romanza: Lento
  7. Symphony No. 5 in D major: 4. Passacaglia: Moderato - Allegro - Tempo primo - Tempo del Preludio
Music CD 5
  1. Symphony No. 6 in E minor: 1. Allegro
  2. Symphony No. 6 in E minor: 2. Moderato -
  3. Symphony No. 6 in E minor: 3. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
  4. Symphony No. 6 in E minor: 4. Epilogue: Moderato
  5. Symphony No. 9 in E minor: 1. Moderato maestoso
  6. Symphony No. 9 in E minor: 2. Andante sostenuto
  7. Symphony No. 9 in E minor: 3. Scherzo: Allegro pesante
  8. Symphony No. 9 in E minor: 4. Andante tranquillo
Music CD 6
  1. Serenade to Music ('How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!') for 16 soloists (or soloists & chorus) & orchestra
  2. Partita for double string orchestra: 1. Prelude: Andante maestoso
  3. Partita for double string orchestra: 2. Scherzo ostinato: Presto
  4. Partita for double string orchestra: 3. Intermezzo (Homage to Henry Hall): Andante con moto
  5. Partita for double string orchestra: 4. Fantasia: Allegro
  6. Symphony No. 7 for soprano, small female chorus & orchestra with narrator ad lib ('Sinfonia Antartica'): 1. Prelude (andante maestos
  7. Symphony No. 7 for soprano, small female chorus & orchestra with narrator ad lib ('Sinfonia Antartica'): 2. Scherzo: Moderato
  8. Symphony No. 7 for soprano, small female chorus & orchestra with narrator ad lib ('Sinfonia Antartica'): 3. Landscape: Lento
  9. Symphony No. 7 for soprano, small female chorus & orchestra with narrator ad lib ('Sinfonia Antartica'): 4. Intermezzo: Andante sost
  10. Symphony No. 7 for soprano, small female chorus & orchestra with narrator ad lib ('Sinfonia Antartica'): 4. Epilogue: Alla marcia mo
Music CD 7
  1. The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, for orchestra from the incidental music: 1. Overture
  2. The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, for orchestra from the incidental music: 2. Entr'acte
  3. The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, for orchestra from the incidental music: 3. March Past the Kitchen Utensils
  4. The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, for orchestra from the incidental music: 4. Entr'acte
  5. The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite, for orchestra from the incidental music: 5. Ballet and Final Tableau
  6. Prelude & Fugue for organ in C minor: Prelude
  7. Prelude & Fugue for organ in C minor: Fugue
  8. Piano Concerto in C major: 1. Toccata - Allegro moderato
  9. Piano Concerto in C major: 2. Romanza: Lento
  10. Piano Concerto in C major: 3. Fuga cromatica (Allegro) con
  11. Piano Concerto in C major: finale all tedesca
Music CD 8
  1. Piano Concerto in C major: 1. Toccata - Allegro moderato
  2. Piano Concerto in C major: 2. Romanza: Lento
  3. Piano Concerto in C major: 3. Fuga cromatica (Allegro) con
  4. Piano Concerto in C major: finale all tedesca
  5. Job, A Masque for Dancing, ballet: Scene 1. Introduction -
  6. Job, A Masque for Dancing, ballet: Scene 1. Sarabande of the Sons of God
  7. Job, A Masque for Dancing, ballet: Scene 2. Satan's Dance of Triumph
  8. Job, A Masque for Dancing, ballet: Scene 3. Minuet of the Sons of Job and Their Wives
  9. Job, A Masque for Dancing, ballet: Scene 4. Job's Dream -
  10. Job, A Masque for Dancing, ballet: Scene 5. Dream of the Three Messengers
  11. Job, A Masque for Dancing, ballet: Scene 6. Dance of Job's Comforters -
  12. Job, A Masque for Dancing, ballet: Scene 7. Elihu's Dance of Youth and Beauty -
  13. Job, A Masque for Dancing, ballet: Scene 7. Pavane of the Sons of the Morning
  14. Job, A Masque for Dancing, ballet: Scene 8. Galliard of the Sons of the Morning
  15. Job, A Masque for Dancing, ballet: Scene 8. Altar Dance
  16. Job, A Masque for Dancing, ballet: Scene 9. Epilogue
Music CD 9
  1. Serenade to Music ('How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!') for 16 soloists (or soloists & chorus) & orchestra
  2. English Folk Song Suite, for orchestra (orchestrated by G. Jacob): 1. March (Seventeen Come Sunday)
  3. English Folk Song Suite, for orchestra (orchestrated by G. Jacob): 2. Intermezzo (My Bonny Boy)
  4. English Folk Song Suite, for orchestra (orchestrated by G. Jacob): 3. March (Folk Songs from Somerset)
  5. Norfolk Rhapsody for orchestra No. 1 in E minor
  6. Fantasia on Greensleeves, for harp, flute & strings (arranged by R. Greaves; from the opera 'Sir John In Love')
  7. In the Fen Country, symphonic impression for orchestra
  8. The Lark Ascending, romance for violin & orchestra
Music CD 10
  1. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, for 2 string orchestras
  2. Sea Songs, march for military or brass band
  3. English Folk Song Suite, for military band: 1. March (Seventeen Come Sunday)
  4. English Folk Song Suite, for military band: 2. Intermezzo (My Bonny Boy)
  5. English Folk Song Suite, for military band: 3. March (Folk Songs from Somerset)
  6. Coastal Command, film score: Dawn Patrol
  7. Concerto grosso for strings in 3 groups: 1. Intrada: Largo
  8. Concerto grosso for strings in 3 groups: 2. Burlesca ostinato: Allegro moderato
  9. Concerto grosso for strings in 3 groups: 3. Sarabande: Lento
  10. Concerto grosso for strings in 3 groups: 4. Scherzo: Allegro, tempo di valse
  11. Concerto grosso for strings in 3 groups: 5. March (A la marcia) and Reprise
  12. Romance for harmonica, strings & piano in D flat major
  13. Tuba Concerto in F minor: 1. Prelude: Allegro moderato
  14. Tuba Concerto in F minor: 2. Romanza: Andante sostenuto
  15. Tuba Concerto in F minor: 3. Finale: Rondo alla tedesca (Allegro)
Music CD 11
  1. Serenade to Music, for orchestra (arranged from the choral work)
  2. The Poisoned Kiss, overture
  3. Old King Cole, ballet for chorus & orchestra: (Allegro moderato)
  4. Old King Cole, ballet for chorus & orchestra: Pipe Dance
  5. Old King Cole, ballet for chorus & orchestra: Bowl Dance
  6. Old King Cole, ballet for chorus & orchestra: Morris Jig: 'Go and 'list for a sailor'
  7. Old King Cole, ballet for chorus & orchestra: Folk Song: 'A Bold Young Farmer'
  8. Old King Cole, ballet for chorus & orchestra: Folk Song 'The Jolly Thresherman'
  9. Old King Cole, ballet for chorus & orchestra: Solo Jig
  10. Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ): 1. Easter
  11. Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ): 2. I got me flowers
  12. Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ): 3. Love bade me welcome
  13. Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ): 4. The Call
  14. Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ): 5. Antiphon
  15. Prelude on an Old Carol Tune, for orchestra
  16. The Running Set, fantasia on jig-rhythms for orchestra
  17. 49th Parallel, film score (The Invaders): Prelude
  18. Sea Songs, march for military or brass band
Music CD 12
  1. Variations for orchestra (arr. by G. Jacob from Variations for brass band): Theme: Andante maestoso
  2. Variations for orchestra (arr. by G. Jacob from Variations for brass band): Var. 1: Poco tranquillo
  3. Variations for orchestra (arr. by G. Jacob from Variations for brass band): Var. 2: Tranquillo cantabile
  4. Variations for orchestra (arr. by G. Jacob from Variations for brass band): Var. 3: Allegro
  5. Variations for orchestra (arr. by G. Jacob from Variations for brass band): Var. 4: Canon (Allegro)
  6. Variations for orchestra (arr. by G. Jacob from Variations for brass band): Var. 5: Moderato sostenuto
  7. Variations for orchestra (arr. by G. Jacob from Variations for brass band): Var. 6: Tempo di valse
  8. Variations for orchestra (arr. by G. Jacob from Variations for brass band): Var. 7: Arabesque (Andante sostenuto)
  9. Variations for orchestra (arr. by G. Jacob from Variations for brass band): Var. 8: Alla polacca
  10. Variations for orchestra (arr. by G. Jacob from Variations for brass band): Var. 9: Adagio
  11. Variations for orchestra (arr. by G. Jacob from Variations for brass band): Var. 10: Fugato (Allegro moderato e risoluto)
  12. Variations for orchestra (arr. by G. Jacob from Variations for brass band): Var. 11: Chorale
  13. Hymn-Tune Preludes (2) for small orchestra: Eventide
  14. Hymn-Tune Preludes (2) for small orchestra: Dominus regit me
  15. Violin Concerto in D minor ('Concerto Accademico'): 1. Allegro pesante
  16. Violin Concerto in D minor ('Concerto Accademico'): 2. Adagio
  17. Violin Concerto in D minor ('Concerto Accademico'): 3. Presto
  18. Preludes (3) on Welsh Hymn Tunes for organ: Rhosymerdre
  19. Preludes (3) on Welsh Hymn Tunes for organ: Hyfrydol
  20. String Quartet No. 1 in G minor: 1. Allegro moderato
  21. String Quartet No. 1 in G minor: 2. Minuet and Trio: Tempo di minuetto
  22. String Quartet No. 1 in G minor: 3. Romance: Andante sostenuto
  23. String Quartet No. 1 in G minor: 4. Finale: Rondo capriccioso (Allegro molto - Pochettino pi? mosso)
Music CD 13
  1. Sonata for violin & piano in A minor: 1. Fantasia: Allegro giusto
  2. Sonata for violin & piano in A minor: 2. Scherzo: Allegro furioso, ma non troppo
  3. Sonata for violin & piano in A minor: 3. Tema con variazioni (Andante - Var. 6: Allegro)
  4. Phantasy Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello: 1. Prelude: Lento ma non troppo
  5. Phantasy Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello: 2. Scherzo: Prestissimo
  6. Phantasy Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello: 3. Alla sarabanda: Lento
  7. Phantasy Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello: 4. Burlesca: Allegro modersto
  8. Studies in English Folk Song (6) for cello (or violin, viola, clarinet) & piano: 1. Adagio (Lovely on the Water)
  9. Studies in English Folk Song (6) for cello (or violin, viola, clarinet) & piano: 2. Andante sostenuto (Spurn Point)
  10. Studies in English Folk Song (6) for cello (or violin, viola, clarinet) & piano: 3. Larghetto (Van Dieman's Land)
  11. Studies in English Folk Song (6) for cello (or violin, viola, clarinet) & piano: 4. Lento (She borrowed some of her mother's gold)
  12. Studies in English Folk Song (6) for cello (or violin, viola, clarinet) & piano: 5. Andante tranquillo: The Lady and the Dragoon
  13. Studies in English Folk Song (6) for cello (or violin, viola, clarinet) & piano: 6. Allegro vivace (As I walked over London Bridge)
  14. String Quartet No. 2 in A minor ('For Jean on Her Birthday'): 1. Prelude: Allegro appassionato
  15. String Quartet No. 2 in A minor ('For Jean on Her Birthday'): 2. Romance: Largo
  16. String Quartet No. 2 in A minor ('For Jean on Her Birthday'): 3. Scherzo: Allegro
  17. String Quartet No. 2 in A minor ('For Jean on Her Birthday'): 4. Epilogue: Greeting from Joan and Jean (Andante sostenuto)
Music CD 14
  1. Toward the Unknown Region, for chorus & orchestra
  2. Dona Nobis Pacem, cantata for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra: 1. 'Agnus Dei' (Lento) -
  3. Dona Nobis Pacem, cantata for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra: 2. 'Beat! beat! drums!' (Allegro moderato) -
  4. Dona Nobis Pacem, cantata for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra: 3. Reconciliation (Allegro moderato) -
  5. Dona Nobis Pacem, cantata for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra: 4. Dirge for Two Veterans (Moderato alla marcia) -
  6. Dona Nobis Pacem, cantata for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra: 5. 'The Angel of Death has been abroad' (L'istesso tempo) -
  7. Dona Nobis Pacem, cantata for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra: 6. 'O man greatly beloved'
  8. Fantasia (quasi variazione) on the Old 104th Psalm, for piano, chorus & orchestra
  9. Magnificat for female chorus, flute & orchestra in A major
Music CD 15
  1. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: (Lento)
  2. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: Go, for they call you, Shepherd
  3. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: Here will I sit and wait
  4. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: Screen'd is this nook
  5. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: That sweet city
  6. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: Come, let me read
  7. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: Or in my boat I lie
  8. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: And once in winter
  9. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: But what - I dream!
  10. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: No, no, thou hast not felt
  11. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: Runs it not here
  12. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: Needs must I, with heavy heart
  13. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: Soon will the high Midsummer pomps
  14. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: He hearkens not!
  15. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: Never more
  16. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: Yes, thou art gone!
  17. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: Despair I will not
  18. An Oxford Elegy for narrator, small chorus & small orchestra: Why faintest thou?
  19. Whitsunday Hymn ('Come, Holy Spirite, most blessed Lorde'), for baritone or tenor, chorus & orchestra in C major (Choral Hymns No. 3)
  20. Flos Campi, suite for viola, small chorus & small orchestra: 1. Sicut Lilium in spinas (Lento)
  21. Flos Campi, suite for viola, small chorus & small orchestra: 2. Jam enim hiems transiit (Andante con moto)
  22. Flos Campi, suite for viola, small chorus & small orchestra: 3. Quaesivi quem diligit anima mea (Lento - Allegro moderato)
  23. Flos Campi, suite for viola, small chorus & small orchestra: 4. Et lectulum Salomonis (Moderato alla marcia)
  24. Flos Campi, suite for viola, small chorus & small orchestra: 5. Revertere, revertere Sulamitis! (Andante quasi lento)
  25. Flos Campi, suite for viola, small chorus & small orchestra: 6. Pone me ut signaculum (Moderato tranquillo)
  26. Sancta Civitas (The Holy City), oratorio: I was in the spirit (Lento)
  27. Sancta Civitas (The Holy City), oratorio: And I Saw Heaven opened (Allegro)
  28. Sancta Civitas (The Holy City), oratorio: And I saw an angel standing in the sun (Meno mosso)
  29. Sancta Civitas (The Holy City), oratorio: Babylon the great is fallen (Lento)
  30. Sancta Civitas (The Holy City), oratorio: Rejoice over her O Heavens (Allegro moderato)
  31. Sancta Civitas (The Holy City), oratorio: And I saw a new heaven (Adagio)
  32. Sancta Civitas (The Holy City), oratorio: Therfore are they before the throne of God (Poco meno largo)
  33. Sancta Civitas (The Holy City), oratorio: And I saw a pure river
  34. Sancta Civitas (The Holy City), oratorio: Holy, Holy, Holy (Andante sostenuto)
  35. Sancta Civitas (The Holy City), oratorio: Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory (Poco animato)
Music CD 16
  1. Tudor Portraits (5), choral suite for soloists, chorus & orchestra: 1. Ballad: The Tunning of Elinor Rumming
  2. Tudor Portraits (5), choral suite for soloists, chorus & orchestra: 2. Intermezzo: Pretty Bess
  3. Tudor Portraits (5), choral suite for soloists, chorus & orchestra: 3. Burlesca: Epitaph on John Jayberd of Diss
  4. Tudor Portraits (5), choral suite for soloists, chorus & orchestra: 4. Romanza: Jane Scroop
  5. Tudor Portraits (5), choral suite for soloists, chorus & orchestra: 5. Scherzo: Jolly Rutterkin
  6. Benedicite for soprano, chorus & orchestra
  7. Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus' for string orchestra & harp (or harps)
Music CD 17
  1. Fantasia on Christmas Carols for baritone, chorus & orchestra: This is the truth sent from above
  2. Fantasia on Christmas Carols for baritone, chorus & orchestra: Come all you worthy gentlemen
  3. Fantasia on Christmas Carols for baritone, chorus & orchestra: On Christmas night all Christians sing
  4. Fantasia on Christmas Carols for baritone, chorus & orchestra: God bless the ruler of this house
  5. Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra: 1. Prologue: Nowell! Nowell! (Ves
  6. Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra: 2. Narration: Now is the birth of
  7. Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra: 3. Song: It was the winter wild
  8. Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra: 4. Narration: And it came to pass
  9. Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra: 5. Choral: The blessed son of God
  10. Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra: 6. Narration: And there were in t
  11. Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra: 7. Song: The Oxen (Christmas Eve
  12. Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra: 8. Narration: And the shepherds r
  13. Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra: 9. Pastoral: The shepherds sing
  14. Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra: 10. Narration: But Mary kept all
  15. Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra: 11. Lullaby: Sweet was the song t
  16. Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra: 12. Hymn: Bright portals of the s
  17. Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra: 13. Narration: Now when Jesus was
  18. Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra: 14.The March of the Three Kings:
  19. Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra: 15. Choral: No sad thought his so
  20. Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra: 16. Epilogue: In the beginning wa
Music CD 18
  1. Fantasia on Christmas Carols for baritone, chorus & orchestra: This is the truth sent from above
  2. Fantasia on Christmas Carols for baritone, chorus & orchestra: Come all you worthy gentlemen
  3. Fantasia on Christmas Carols for baritone, chorus & orchestra: On Christmas night all Christians sing
  4. Fantasia on Christmas Carols for baritone, chorus & orchestra: God bless the ruler of this house
  5. Wassail Song ('Wassail, wassail, all over the town'), carol for chorus ('Gloucestershire Wassail')
  6. In Windsor Forest, cantata (adapted from the opera 'Sir John in Love'): 1. The Conspiracy
  7. In Windsor Forest, cantata (adapted from the opera 'Sir John in Love'): 2. Drinking Song
  8. In Windsor Forest, cantata (adapted from the opera 'Sir John in Love'): 3. Falstaff and the Fairies
  9. In Windsor Forest, cantata (adapted from the opera 'Sir John in Love'): 4. Wedding Chorus
  10. In Windsor Forest, cantata (adapted from the opera 'Sir John in Love'): 5. Epilogue
  11. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 1. The Vagabond
  12. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 2. Let beauty awake
  13. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 3. The Roadside Fire
  14. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 4. Youth and Love
  15. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 5. In Dreams
  16. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 6. The infinite shining heavens
  17. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 7. Wither must I wander
  18. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 8. Bright is the ring of words
  19. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 9. I have trod the upward and the downward slope
  20. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra): 1. On Wenlock Edge
  21. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra): 2. From far, from eve and morning
  22. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra): 3. Is my team ploughing
  23. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra): 4. Oh, when I was in love with you
  24. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra): 5. Bredon Hill
  25. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra): 6. Clun
Music CD 19
  1. O Clap Your Hands, motet for chorus, brass & organ (Psalm 47)
  2. Mass for soloists & chorus in G minor: Kyrie
  3. Mass for soloists & chorus in G minor: Gloria
  4. Mass for soloists & chorus in G minor: Credo
  5. Mass for soloists & chorus in G minor: Sanctus - Osana 1 - Benedictus - Osana 2
  6. Mass for soloists & chorus in G minor: Agnus Dei
  7. Psalm 100 ('All people that on earth do dwell'), for chorus & orchestra ('The Hundredth Psalm')
  8. O Taste and See, motet for chorus & organ (Psalm 34)
  9. Te Deum for chorus & organ (or orchestra) in G
  10. For All the Saints Who from Their Labours Rest, hymn ('Sine nomine')
  11. Preludes (3) on Welsh Hymn Tunes for organ: Bryn Calfaria
  12. Preludes (3) on Welsh Hymn Tunes for organ: Rhosymedre
  13. Preludes (3) on Welsh Hymn Tunes for organ: Hyfrydol
  14. The truth sent from above, carol for chorus or voice & piano (Traditional English Carols No. 6)
  15. O Little Town of Bethlehem, carol (arr. from English traditional, 'Forest Green')
  16. Joseph and Mary, carol for chorus or voice & piano (Traditional Carols from Herefordshire No. 4)
  17. And All in the Morning ('On Christmas Day'), carol for chorus or voice & piano (Traditional English Carols No. 1)
  18. Alleluya, sing to Jesus (Tune: Hyfrydol) (New English Hymnal 271)
  19. Come Down, O Love Divine, hymn ('Down Ampney')
  20. The Old 100th Psalm ('All people that on earth do dwell'), for chorus, unison chorus, orchestra & organ
Music CD 20
  1. Hymns (4) for tenor, viola & strings: 1. Lord come away
  2. Hymns (4) for tenor, viola & strings: 2. Who is this fair one?
  3. Hymns (4) for tenor, viola & strings: 3. Come Love, come Lord
  4. Hymns (4) for tenor, viola & strings: 4. Evening Hymn
  5. Merciless Beauty, rondels (3) for soprano or tenor, 2 violins & cello (or voice & piano): 1. Your ey?n two
  6. Merciless Beauty, rondels (3) for soprano or tenor, 2 violins & cello (or voice & piano): 2. So hath your beauty
  7. Merciless Beauty, rondels (3) for soprano or tenor, 2 violins & cello (or voice & piano): 3. Since I from Love
  8. The Water Mill, song for voice & piano (Poems by Fredegond Shove No. 4)
  9. The New Ghost, song for voice & piano (Poems by Fredegond Shove No. 3)
  10. Blake Songs (10) for voice & oboe: 1. Infant Joy
  11. Blake Songs (10) for voice & oboe: 2. A Poison Tree
  12. Blake Songs (10) for voice & oboe: 3. The Piper
  13. Blake Songs (10) for voice & oboe: 4. London
  14. Blake Songs (10) for voice & oboe: 5. The Lamb
  15. Blake Songs (10) for voice & oboe: 6. The Shepherd
  16. Blake Songs (10) for voice & oboe: 7. Ah, Sun-flower!
  17. Blake Songs (10) for voice & oboe: 8. Cruelty has a human heart
  18. Blake Songs (10) for voice & oboe: 9. The Divine Image
  19. Blake Songs (10) for voice & oboe: 10. Eternity
  20. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra): 1. On wenlock edge
  21. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra): 2. From far, from eve and morning
  22. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra): 3.Is my team ploughing
  23. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra): 4. Oh, when I was in love with you
  24. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra): 5. Bredon Hill
  25. On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra): 6. Clun
Music CD 21
  1. The House of Life, song cycle for voice & piano: 1. Love-Sight
  2. The House of Life, song cycle for voice & piano: 2. Silent Noon
  3. The House of Life, song cycle for voice & piano: 3. Love's Minstrels
  4. The House of Life, song cycle for voice & piano: 4. Heart's Haven
  5. The House of Life, song cycle for voice & piano: 5. Death in Love
  6. The House of Life, song cycle for voice & piano: 6. Love's Last Gift
  7. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 1. The Vagabond
  8. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 2. Let Beauty Awake
  9. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 3. The Roadside Fire
  10. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 4. Youth and Love
  11. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 5. In Dreams
  12. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 6. The infinite shining heavens
  13. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 7. Whither must I wander?
  14. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 8. Bright is the ring of words
  15. Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra): 9. I have trod the upward and the downward slope
Music CD 22
  1. Linden Lea, song for voice & orchestra ('In Linden Lea'; 'A Dorset Song')
  2. Joy, Shipmate, Joy!, song for voice & piano (Poems by Walt Whitman No. 3)
  3. A Clear Midnight, song for voice & piano (Poems by Walt Whitman No. 2)
  4. Orpheus with his Lute, song for voice & piano
  5. Hands, Eyes and Heart, song for voice & piano (Last Songs No. 3)
  6. Rest ('O earth, lie heavily upon her eyes'), partsong for chorus
  7. The Call ('Come, my way'), song for baritone, chorus (ad lib.) orchestra (or organ) (Mystical Songs No. 4)
  8. Linden Lea, song for voice & orchestra ('In Linden Lea'; 'A Dorset Song')
  9. English Folksongs (5) for chorus: 1. The Dark-Eyed Sailor
  10. English Folksongs (5) for chorus: 2. The Spring Time of the Year
  11. English Folksongs (5) for chorus: 3. Just as the Tide was Flowing
  12. English Folksongs (5) for chorus: 4. The Lover's Ghost (Well met, my own true love)
  13. English Folksongs (5) for chorus: 5. Wassail Song
  14. Bushes and briars, folk song for male chorus or chorus or voice & piano (Folksongs from the Eastern Counties No. 1)
  15. Loch Lomond, folk song for baritone & male chorus
  16. John Dory, folk song for chorus
  17. Greensleeves, folk song for chorus (from the opera Sir John in Love)
  18. Ward the Pirate, folk song for voice & piano or male chorus (Folksongs from the Eastern Counties No. 9)
  19. Ca' the yowes, folk song for tenor & chorus
  20. The Unquiet Grave ('How Cold the Wind Doth Blow'), folk song for female chorus
  21. The Seeds of Love, folk song for male chorus or male chorus & piano
  22. Early in the Spring, folk song for female chorus
  23. The Turtle Dove, folk song for baritone & chorus
  24. An Acre of Land, folk song for male chorus & piano
  25. Bushes and briars, folk song for male chorus or chorus or voice & piano (Folksongs from the Eastern Counties No. 1)
  26. Wassail Song ('We've been awhile awandering'), song for chorus (English Folksongs for chorus No. 5; Traditional English Carols No. 8)
Music CD 23
  1. The Captain's Apprentice, folk song for voice & piano (Folksongs from the Eastern Counties No. 8)
  2. As I Walked Out, folk song for voice & piano (Folksongs from the Eastern Counties No. 5)
  3. Bushes and briars, folk song for male chorus or chorus or voice & piano (Folksongs from the Eastern Counties No. 1)
  4. Geordie, folk song for voice & piano (Folksongs from the Eastern Counties No. 14)
  5. On Board a Ninety-eight, folk song for voice & piano (Folksongs from the Eastern Counties No. 7)
  6. The Ploughman, folk song for male chorus or voice & piano (English Folksongs No. 2)
  7. Rolling in the Dew, folk song for voice & piano (English Folksongs No. 5)
  8. The truth sent from above, carol for chorus or voice & piano (Traditional English Carols No. 6)
  9. Joseph and Mary, carol for chorus or voice & piano (Traditional Carols from Herefordshire No. 4)
  10. The Saviour's Love, carol for chorus or voice & piano (Traditional Carols from Herefordshire No. 11)
  11. R?veillez-vous, Piccars, folk song for voice & piano
  12. Chanson de qu?te, folk song for voice & piano (May Day song)
  13. La Ballade de J?sus Christ, folk song for voice & piano
  14. She's like the Swallow, folk song for voice & piano (Folksongs from Newfoundland, Vol. 2/8)
  15. The Morning Dew, folk song for voice & piano (Folksongs from Newfoundland, Vol. 1/10)
  16. The Maiden's Lament, folk song for voice & piano (Folksongs from Newfoundland, Vol. 1/8)
  17. The Cuckoo, folk song for voice & piano (Folksongs from Newfoundland, Vol. 2/11)
  18. The Lawyer, folk song for voice & violin (English Folksongs for voice & violin No. 2)
  19. Searching for Lambs, folk song for voice & violin (English Folksongs for voice & violin No. 1)
  20. The Unquiet Grave ('How Cold the Wind Doth Blow'), folk song for female chorus
  21. A Song of Thanksgiving for soprano, speaker, chorus & orchestra
Music CD 24
  1. Epithalamion, cantata for baritone, chorus & string orchestra (based on 'The Bridal Day'): 1. Prologue
  2. Epithalamion, cantata for baritone, chorus & string orchestra (based on 'The Bridal Day'): 2. Wake Now
  3. Epithalamion, cantata for baritone, chorus & string orchestra (based on 'The Bridal Day'): 3. The Calling of the Bride
  4. Epithalamion, cantata for baritone, chorus & string orchestra (based on 'The Bridal Day'): 4. The Minstrels
  5. Epithalamion, cantata for baritone, chorus & string orchestra (based on 'The Bridal Day'): 5. Procession of the Bride
  6. Epithalamion, cantata for baritone, chorus & string orchestra (based on 'The Bridal Day'): 6. The Temple Gates
  7. Epithalamion, cantata for baritone, chorus & string orchestra (based on 'The Bridal Day'): 7. The Bell Ringers
  8. Epithalamion, cantata for baritone, chorus & string orchestra (based on 'The Bridal Day'): 8. The Lover's Song
  9. Epithalamion, cantata for baritone, chorus & string orchestra (based on 'The Bridal Day'): 9. The Minstrel's Song
  10. Epithalamion, cantata for baritone, chorus & string orchestra (based on 'The Bridal Day'): 10. Song of the Winged Loves
  11. Epithalamion, cantata for baritone, chorus & string orchestra (based on 'The Bridal Day'): 11. Prayer to Juno
  12. Riders to the Sea, opera: Where is she?
  13. Riders to the Sea, opera: Where is the bit of new rope
  14. Riders to the Sea, opera: Wait, Nora
  15. Riders to the Sea, opera: You didn't give him his bit of bread?
  16. Riders to the Sea, opera: Bartley will be lost now
  17. Riders to the Sea, opera: They are all gone now
Music CD 25
  1. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 1. (Allegro vivacissimo) - Buy, buy, buy
  2. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 1. Cold blows the wind on Costall
  3. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 1. As I was a-walking
  4. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 1. Show me the richer man
  5. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 1. Here come the Morris men
  6. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 1. Life must be full of care
  7. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 1. Sweet little linnet that longs to be free
  8. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 1. Hore-hoofs, horse-hoofs, thunder down the valleys
  9. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 1. In the night-time I have seen you riding
  10. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 1. Mary! Mary!
  11. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 1. Oh, the devil and Bonyparty
  12. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 1. Yes, I!
  13. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 1. Are you ready? Go!
  14. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 1. The drover's won!
  15. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 1. I tell you there's a price on this man's head
Music CD 26
  1. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 2. (Lento moderato) Past four o'clock
  2. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 2. Gaily I go to die
  3. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 2. Hugh!... Mary!
  4. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 2. Sweet little home
  5. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 2. Where's she gone to?
  6. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 2. Here, queen uncrowned
  7. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 2. A trollop from the stocks
  8. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 2. Dropped from the ranks on a winter night
  9. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 2. March away, John
  10. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 2. O foolish girl, O radiant soul!
  11. Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks, opera: Act 2. Oh! the sky shall be our roof
Music CD 27
  1. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 1. (Allegro vivace) - What-hoa!
  2. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 1. How now, Master Shallow
  3. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 1. O heavens, this is mistress Anne Page
  4. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 1. Ahem ... I had rather than forty shillings
  5. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 1. Weep eyes, break heart
  6. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 1. Do but look on her eyes
  7. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 1. I see I cannot get thy father's love
  8. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 1. Vere is dat knave Rugby?
  9. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 1. I will myself marry Anne Page
  10. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 1. Master Fenton, I'll be sworn she loves you
  11. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 1. Back and side go bare
  12. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 1. I spy entertainment in her
  13. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 1. Wilt thou revenge?
  14. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 1. Love my wife? I will be patient
  15. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 1. When daises pied and violets blue
  16. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. (Allegro moderato e maestoso)
  17. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Thine own true knight
  18. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Ask me no reason why I love you
  19. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. Sigh no more, ladies
  20. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. (Maestoso)
  21. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. Bardolph, Bardolph, I say!
  22. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. Give your worship good morrow
  23. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. O that joy so soon should waste!
  24. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. There's one Master Brook below
  25. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. I have long loved her
  26. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. The dew that lies on roses
  27. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. Vere is mine host of de Garter?
  28. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. (Maestoso)
Music CD 28
  1. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 1. Interlude. (Andante moderato)
  2. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 1. Interlude. Yet hear me speak
  3. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 1. Interlude. Beauty clear and fair
  4. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 1. Interlude. Fair and fair and twice so fair
  5. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 1. Interlude. But listen, good mine host
  6. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 1. Interlude. I mun be married a-Sunday
  7. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 2. (Lento) - When we sat down in Papylon
  8. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 2. How now, Master Parson? -
  9. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 2. Peace, I say!
  10. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 2. When I was a bachelor
  11. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 2. (Allegro)
  12. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 3. What, John! What, Robert!
  13. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 3. Alas my love, you do me wrong
  14. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 3. Have I caught my heavenly jewel
  15. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 3. Mistress Ford! Mistress Ford!
  16. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 3. When I was a bachelor
  17. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 3. Nay, follow him gentleman
  18. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 3. Scene 3. Mistress Page! ... Mistress Page!
  19. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 4. Scene 1. (Andante piacevole)
  20. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 4. Scene 1. Pardon me, wife
  21. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 4. Scene 1. There is an old tale goes
  22. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 4. Scene 1. Trib, fairies, trib ... Round about in a fair ring-a
  23. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 4. Scene 1. (Lento moderato) [Greensleeves]
  24. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 4. Scene 2. (Vivace)
  25. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 4. Scene 2. The Windsor bell hath struck twelve
  26. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 4. Scene 2. Oo Oo! ... Fairies black, grey, green and white
  27. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 4. Scene 2. Dances of the Fairies (Allegro pesante) - But stay, I smell a man of middle earth
  28. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 4. Scene 2. Pinch him, pinch him black and blue
  29. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 4. Scene 2. (Moderato) - Nay, do not fly
  30. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 4. Scene 2. See the chariot at hand
  31. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 4. Scene 2. Whether men do laugh or weep
  32. Sir John in Love, opera: Act 4. Scene 2. Dance (Presto)
Music CD 29
  1. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: Prologue: Bunyan in Prison
  2. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: Act 1. Scene 1. The Pilgrim meets Evangelist
  3. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: Act 1. Scene 2. The House Beautiful
  4. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: Act 1. Nocturne (Intermezzo)
  5. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: Act 2. Scene 1. The Arming of the Pilgrim
  6. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: Act 2. Scene 2. The Pilgrim meets Apollyon
  7. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: Act 3. Scene 1. Vanity Fair. Buy! What will ye buy?
  8. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: Act 3. Scene 1. Vanity Fair. I buy the truth!
Music CD 30
  1. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: Act 3. Scene 2. The Pilgrim in Prison
  2. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: Act 4. Scene 1. The Pilgrim meets Mister By-Ends
  3. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: Act 4. Entr'acte
  4. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: Act 4. Scene 2. The Delectable Mountains. Who so dwelleth
  5. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: Act 4. Scene 2. The Delectable Mountains. The Lord is my Shepherd
  6. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: Act 4. Scene 3. The Pilgrim reaches the end of his journey
  7. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: Act 4. Epilogue
  8. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: [Rehearsal Excerpt]. Act 3. Scene 1. (Vanity Fair)
  9. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: [Rehearsal Excerpt]. Act 1. Nocturne
  10. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: [Rehearsal Excerpt]. Act 4. Scene 1. (Mister By-Ends)
  11. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: [Rehearsal Excerpt]. Act 4. Scene 2. (The Shepherds)
  12. The Pilgrim's Progress, opera: [Rehearsal Excerpt]. Act 2. Scene 1. (The Arming of the Pilgrim)

Music reviews of Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition [Box Set]

Music Review: Five stars for such a rare musical opportunity
Rating: 5 Stars

There are some people who want everything for nothing. To carp at the omissions in documentation (libretti etc) is a reflection of sheer greed. EMI has put together a brilliantly representative collection of the work of Vaughan Williams at the lowest price possible. This means compromises like minimal documentations, simple but adequate packaging, packing together on a CD works that don't complement each other just to take best advantage of the space, remasterings that are not recent and therefore not state of the art, etc. If you want to avoid these compromises, then pay for a full-price release!

What you get are recordings ranging from the 60's to the 90's (they are definitely NOT all old) which include performances ranging from 'good' to 'best available'. I am an audiophile with a sound system worth around $20,000 and have the ear of a trained musician. None of the sound is state-of-the-art, but it does range from more than acceptable to very good. As far as I can see, the earlier recordings (and old recordings from the 60's and 70's don't swamp the collection - and there are many who would regret this) have been re-mastered. As I write I am listening to a compilation from late 60's to early 70's, put together and remastered in 1987. The sound is excellent, possibly due to analog originals, although there are some discs where the re-mastering has produced a slight harsh edge.

At $2 per CD, I am happy to get such an excellent coverage of VW's output in performances where the average standard is so high. And the opportunity to get such things as 'Serenade to Music', a piece that rates among the most beautiful compositions ever written, in all three of its versions is a treasure. You will find forgotten treasures here that you would find very difficult to obtain anywhere else.

As to the choral singing: Britain is the home of choral singing and averages the highest standard in the world. I had no more trouble deciphering the diction than I would with other recordings of complex choral/orchestral sound, making a small allowance in a small number of cases for the age of the recording. I must add that choral/choral-orchestral music represents a fairly large part of VW's output.

This set provides an excellent and incredibly inexpensive backbone to your VW collection which will supplement recordings you already have. And it will probably spur you to seek more modern recordings of some discoveries; with others you will be quite satisfied with what you find here. Those who carp at some aspects of the set would seem to want all the features of a new full-priced release for next to nothing. Such ingratitude!

It is my impression VW is not as well-appreciated in the US or Australia as he is in the UK. If you have some of his music and are interested in exploring further, or are starting from scratch this is the ideal purchase to help you. You will not get a poor performance (I've found a short, early track that was poorly miked - unusual for EMI) that will mis-represent a work.

A listing of contents and performers, with a few omissions, probably for contractual reasons, can easily be found by a quick search on the internet.

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