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Vaughan Williams: The Collectors Edition
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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 5099920663629
Format: Box set
Label: EMI
Manufacturer: EMI
Number Of Discs: 30
Publisher: EMI
Release Date: April 28, 2008
Running Time: 639 minutes
Studio: EMI
Sales Rank: 4643

Disc 1:
  1. A Sea Symphony - Joan Rogers / William Shimell / RLPO / Vernon Handley
Disc 10:
  1. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, English Folk Song Suite (band), Concerto grosso, Tuba Concerto, - Various Artists
Disc 11:
  1. Serenade to Music (orch), King Cole, 5 Mystical Songs, Sea Songs etc / Northern Sinfonia of England / Richard Hickox
Disc 12:
  1. Variations for Brass Band (orch), Concerto accademico for violin and orchestra in D minor, String Quartet No. 1 - Bournemouth SO / Northern SInfonia of England / Richard Hickox / Britten Quartet
Disc 13:
  1. Violin Sonata in A minor, String Quartet No. 2 etc - Music Group of London
Disc 14:
  1. Toward the Unknown Region, Dona nobis pacem, Magnificat etc - LPO / Adrian Boult
Disc 15:
  1. An Oxford Elegy, Flos campi, Whitsunday Hymn, Sancta Civitas - KCC / LSO / David Willcocks
Disc 16:
  1. Five Tudor Portraits, Benedicite, FIve variants of 'Dives and Lazarus - John Carol Cawe / Bcah Choir / New Phil Orch / LSO / David
Disc 17:
  1. Hodie, Fantasia on Christmas Carols (w/strings & organ) - Janet Baker / Bach Choir / LSO / David Willcocks
Disc 18:
  1. Fantasia on Christmas Carols (w/orch), In Windsor Forest, SOngs of travel, On Wenlock Edge - Various Artists
Disc 19:
  1. Mass in G minor, All People that on Earth Do Dwell, Te Deum in G, Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn tunes, othern sacred choral - KCC / David Willcocks
Disc 2:
  1. London Symphony & Symphony No. 8 - RLPO / Vernon Handley
Disc 20:
  1. Four Hymns, Merciless Beauty, Ten Blake Songs, Wenlock Edge - Ian Partridge / Music Group of London
Disc 21:
  1. The House of Life, Songs of Travel (piano) - Anthony Rolfe Johnson / David Willison
Disc 22:
  1. Songs with piano, choral folksong arrangements - Various Artists
Disc 23:
  1. Solo folksong arrangements, A Song of Thanksgiving - LPO / Adrian Boult
Disc 24:
  1. Epithalamion, Riders to the Sea - LPO / David Willcocks / Orch Nova of London / Meredith Davies
Disc 25:
  1. Hugh the Drover - Robert Tear / Sheila Armstrong / Michael Rippon / Robert Lloyd / Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral / RPO / Charles Groves
Disc 26:
  1. Hugh the Drover - Robert Tear / Sheila Armstrong / Michael Rippon / Robert Lloyd / Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral / RPO / Charles Groves
Disc 27:
  1. Sir John in Love - Felicity Palmer / Robert Tear / Robert Lloyd / Helen Watts / New Phil Orch / Meredith Davies
Disc 28:
  1. Sir John in Love - Felicity Palmer / Robert Tear / Robert Lloyd / Helen Watts / New Phil Orch / Meredith Davies
Disc 29:
  1. Pilgrim\x{2019}s Progress & rehearsal sequence - Ian Partridge / John Shirley-Quirk / Jean Temperley / John Noble / LPC / LPO / Adrian Boult
Disc 3:
  1. Pastoral Symphony and Symphony No. 4 Alison Barlow / RLPO / Vernon Handley
Disc 30:
  1. Pilgrim's Progress & rehearsal sequence - Ian Partridge / John Shirley-Quirk / Jean Temperley / John Noble / LPC / LPO / Adrian Boult
Disc 4:
  1. Oboe Concerto & Symphony No. 5 - Jonathan Small / RLPO / Vernon Handley
Disc 5:
  1. Symphonies Nos. 6 & 9 - RLPO / Vernon Handley
Disc 6:
  1. Serenade to Music (choral), Partita for Double String Orchestra, Sinfonia Antartica - RLPO / Vernon Handley
Disc 7:
  1. The Wasps Suite, Prelude & Fugue in C minor, Piano Concerto in C - LPO / RLPO / Piers Lane / Vernon Handley
Disc 8:
  1. Piano Concerto in C for two pianos, Job - Vitya Vronsky / Victor Babin / LPO / Adrian Boult
Disc 9:
  1. Serenade to Music (16 soloists), English Folk Song Suite (orch), Norfolk Rhapsody, The Lark Ascending etc - High Bean / LSO / New Phil Orch / Adrian Boult
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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A fantastic showcase for a great composer
EMI's new 30-disc box-set is one of the truly outstanding contributions to Vaughan Williams' 50th anniversary celebrations. In one collection listeners now have virtually his entire output in recordings ranging from the very good to the exceptional: this set is a tribute of EMI's long-standing commitment to British music (now sadly curtailed).

Vernon Handley's magisterial cycle of the symphonies is beautifully played and recorded, and the major choral works and operas are all presented in excellent performances and recordings. There are some omissions (of course, since EMI did not record absolutely everything Vaughan Williams wrote) but these can be easily rectified through the additional purchase of the opera 'The Poisoned Kiss' ... Read More:


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Not flawless, but nevertheless an outstanding bargain
30 discs for around £40 is a pretty good proposition, but you need to know what is on them, don't you? Ok, here goes. Volumes 1-6 contain the nine symphonies played by the RLPO conducted by Vernon Handley, together with the Oboe Concerto played by Jonathan Small and the Serenade to Music (Choral version, with the RLP Choir). Handley's performances are not necessarily the best ever of each of these individually, but they are certainly all above average and some, such as No.5, are considered among the best.

Disc 7 has the Wasps Suite and Piano Concerto, one-piano version (Piers Lane and the RLPO/Handley again), plus the Prelude and Fugue in C minor originally written for organ, but here in its impressive orchestral guise. Disc ... Read More:


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Good value let down by poor presentation.
This set of recordings represents good value and an excellent way of obtaining many of Vaughan Williams' works. In my opinion it is let down by several things. Although the set comes in a handsome box, the cds within are in flimsy paper sleeves which soon become damaged with use. The information in the booklet is minimal and at times confusing and there is no biographical note about the composer. There are some pieces that are repeated - albeit in slightly different versions and some glaring omissions. My main critiscism is that the quality of some of the recordings, particularly the choral works, is poor, sometimes so much so as to render them unlistenable. If they had an historic interest that would be forgiveable, but that is not the case. They ... Read More:


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent value
If you are looking to buy a complete Vaughan Williams collection in one go, look no further. This is a well packaged box with 30 CDs in envelopes. Takes up about as much room as my old set of VW symphonies. The set includes all the well known VW pieces (Lark Ascending, Greensleeves) and all the symphonies. But some rarities in this set too not available elsewhere. My only quibble - the only information provided is a booklet showing the track listing on each CD, and even then it's not easy to work out who's playing and conducting each piece. I would have appreciated at least some brief notes on the music - especially for the lesser known works - but words for the songs, choral pieces and operas would have been too much to hope for at this price.

 



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