Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works

Barry Wordsworth, Neville Marriner, Adrian Boult

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

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

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

3:19

III. March: Folk Songs from Somerset

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

3:50

I. Rondo Pastorale

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

7:32

II. Minuet & Musette

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

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

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

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

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

4:05

Romance for Strings, Piano and Harmonica

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

6:35

The Lark Ascending

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

16:07

Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus"

New Queen's Hall Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth

13:05

Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 in E Minor

New Queen's Hall Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth

10:44

I. Prelude (Andante tranquilo)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

6:26

II. Scherzo ostinato (Presto)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

4:24

III. Intermezzo (Homage to Henry Hall)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

4:22

IV. Fantasia (Allegro)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

6:07

In the Fen Country - Symphonic Impression

New Queen's Hall Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth

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
Neville Marriner

Conductor
Adrian Boult

Conductor
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Chamber Orchestra