Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

Neville Marriner, Adrian Boult, Barry Wordsworth

1999

The music of Ralph (pronounced "Rafe") Vaughan Williams is the sonic distillation of an idealized pastoral England. The beloved "Lark Ascending," for instance, evokes green fields divided by hedgerows, much as "In the Fen Country" conjures the austere Lincolnshire countryside. It's hard to imagine a more representative, more generous, or more perfectly performed program of "Uncle Ralph's" music than this one, featuring the popular "Tallis Fantasia" as well as less familiar but equally rewarding pieces, all performed by some of the greatest English orchestras under the greatest English conductors, including the composer's good friend Sir Adrian Boult.

Fantasia On Greensleeves

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

4:27

I. March: Seventeen Come Sunday

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

3:21

II. Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

3:19

III. March: Folk Songs from Somerset

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

3:50

I. Rondo Pastorale

Celia Nicklin, Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

7:32

II. Minuet & Musette

Celia Nicklin, Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

2:47

III. Finale

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Celia Nicklin, Neville Marriner

8:00

I. Intrada

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

2:18

II. Burlesca Ostinata

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

2:37

III. Sarabande

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

3:13

IV. Scherzo

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

2:07

V. March and Reprise

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

4:05

Romance for Strings, Piano and Harmonica

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Tommy Reilly

6:35

The Lark Ascending

Iona Brown, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

16:07

Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus"

Barry Wordsworth, New Queen's Hall Orchestra

13:05

Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 in E Minor

New Queen's Hall Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth

10:44

I. Prelude (Andante tranquilo)

Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra

6:26

II. Scherzo ostinato (Presto)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

4:24

III. Intermezzo (Homage to Henry Hall)

Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra

4:22

IV. Fantasia (Allegro)

Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra

6:07

In the Fen Country - Symphonic Impression

Barry Wordsworth, New Queen's Hall Orchestra

13:47

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Barry Wordsworth, New Queen's Hall Orchestra

15:40

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Composer
Neville Marriner

Conductor
Adrian Boult

Conductor
Barry Wordsworth

Conductor
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Chamber Orchestra