The New Collector’s Edition

~ Release by Ralph Vaughan Williams (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

A 30-CD collection including CD wallets with a variety of paintings used as cover art, and a 16-page booklet.

Annotation last modified on 2024-08-01 10:40 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: A Sea Symphony
2▶CD: A London Symphony / Symphony no. 8
3▶CD: A Pastoral Symphony / Symphony no. 4
4▶CD: Oboe Concerto / Symphony no. 5
5▶CD: Symphonies nos. 6 & 9
6▶CD: Serenade to Music / Partita for double string orchestra / Sinfonia antartica
7▶CD: The Wasps / Prelude and Fugue / Piano Concerto
8▶CD: Piano Concerto / Job: A Masque for Dancing
9▶CD: Serenade to Music / English Folk Songs / Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’ / The Lark Ascending…
10▶CD: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / English Folk Songs / Concerto grosso / Tuba Concerto…
11▶CD: Serenade to Music / Old King Cole / Five Mystical Songs…
12▶CD: Variations for Orchestra / Concerto accademico / String Quartet no. 1…
13▶CD: Violin Sonata / Phantasy Quintet / Six Studies in English Folk Song / String Quartet no. 2…
14▶CD: Toward the Unknown Region / Dona nobis pacem / Fantasia on the Old 104th Psalm Tune / Magnificat
15▶CD: An Oxford Elegy / Flos campi Suite / Sancta Civitas…
16▶CD: Five Tudor Portraits / Benedicite / Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’…
17▶CD: Fantasia on Christmas Carols / Hodie
18▶CD: Fantasia on Christmas Carols / In Windsor Forest / Songs of Travel / On Wenlock Edge
19▶CD: Mass in G minor / Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes / Songs…
20▶CD: Four Hymns / Merciless Beauty / Ten Blake Songs / On Wenlock Edge
21▶CD: The House of Life / Songs of Travel
22▶CD: Songs
23▶CD: Folksong Arrangements / A Song of Thanksgiving
24▶CD: Epithalamion / Riders to the Sea
25▶CD: Hugh the Drover (beginning)
26▼CD: Hugh the Drover (end)
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1Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act II. (Lento moderato) - “Past four o'clock” (Ballad Seller)
tenor vocals [A Ballad Seller]:
David Johnston (English tenor)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II, I. Past four o'clock
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
3:47
2Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act II. “Gaily I go to die” (Hugh)
tenor vocals [Hugh the Drover]:
Robert Tear (tenor)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II, II. Gaily I go to die
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
4:21
3Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act II. “Hugh!” … “Mary!” (Mary, Hugh)
soprano vocals [Mary (the Constable's daughter)]:
Sheila Armstrong (soprano)
tenor vocals [Hugh the Drover]:
Robert Tear (tenor)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II, III. Hugh!...Mary!
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
8:52
4Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act II. “Sweet little home” (Mary)
soprano vocals [Mary (the Constable's daughter)]:
Sheila Armstrong (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II, IV. Sweet little home
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
3:28
5Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act II. “Where's she gone to?” (Constable)
bass vocals [The Constable]:
Robert Lloyd (operatic bass)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II, V. Where's she gone to?
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
2:07
6Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act II. “Here, queen uncrowned” (Mary)
soprano vocals [Mary (the Constable's daughter)]:
Sheila Armstrong (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II, VI. Here, queen uncrowned
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
6:17
7Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act II. “A trollop from the stocks” (John)
bass vocals [John the Butcher]:
Michael Rippon (operatic bass)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II, VII. A trollop from the stocks
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
4:40
8Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act II. “Dropped from the ranks on a winter's night” (Sergeant)
baritone vocals [Sergeant]:
Henry Newman (baritone)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II, VIII. Dropped from the ranks on a winter's night
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
2:58
9Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act II. “March away, John!” (Chorus)
choir vocals:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus (aka Ambrosian Opera Chorus / Ambrosian Chorus / Ambrosian Choir) and Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral (London)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
chorus master:
John McCarthy (British choral conductor, scholar, composer and arranger) and Barry Rose (organist / choirmaster)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II, IX. March away, John!
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
2:53
10Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act II. “O foolish girl, O radiant soul!” (Hugh)
tenor vocals [Hugh the Drover]:
Robert Tear (tenor)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II, X. O foolish girl, O radiant soul!
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
3:17
11Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks: Act II. “Oh! the sky shall be our roof” (Hugh, Mary)
soprano vocals [Mary (the Constable's daughter)]:
Sheila Armstrong (soprano)
tenor vocals [Hugh the Drover]:
Robert Tear (tenor)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Charles Groves (conductor)
recording of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II, XI. Oh! the sky shall be our roof
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1910 until 1914)
part of:
Hugh the Drover: Act II. (1914 original (pub. 1924))
5:59
27▶CD: Sir John in Love (beginning)
28▶CD: Sir John in Love (end)
29▶CD: The Pilgrim's Progress (beginning)
30▶CD: The Pilgrim's Progress (end) / Sir Adrian in rehearsal