Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

Barry Wordsworth, Adrian Boult, Neville Marriner

1999

Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

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

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

4:27

I. March: Seventeen Come Sunday

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

3:21

II. Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

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

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

2:47

III. Finale

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

8:00

I. Intrada

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

2:18

II. Burlesca Ostinata

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

2:37

III. Sarabande

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

3:13

IV. Scherzo

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

2:07

V. March and Reprise

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

4:05

Romance for Strings, Piano and Harmonica

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

6:35

The Lark Ascending

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

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)

Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra

4:24

III. Intermezzo (Homage to Henry Hall)

Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra

4:22

IV. Fantasia (Allegro)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

6:07

In the Fen Country - Symphonic Impression

Barry Wordsworth, New Queen's Hall Orchestra

13:47

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

New Queen's Hall Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth

15:40

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Composer
Barry Wordsworth

Conductor
Adrian Boult

Conductor
Neville Marriner

Conductor
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Chamber Orchestra