Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition (30cd)

A Sea Symphony I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships (Moderato maestoso) Disc 1 Behold the sea itself (chorus) Today a rude brief recitative (baritone & chorus) Flaunt out, O sea, your separate flags of nations (soprano & chorus) Token of all brave captains (chorus) A pennant universal (baritone, soprano & chorus) II. On the Beach at Night, Alone (Largo sostenuto) On the beach, at night, alone (baritone & semi-chorus) A vast similitude interlocks all (baritone & chorus) III. Scherzo: The Waves (Allegro brillante) IV. The Explorers (Grave e molto adagio - Andante cono moto) O vast Rondure, swimming in Space (chorus) Down from the gardens of Asia descending (chorus) O we can wait no longer (baritone & soprano) O thou transcendent (soprano, baritone & chorus) Greater than stars or suns (chorus, soprano & baritone) Sail forth (chorus, soprano & baritone) O my brave Soul (soprano, baritone & chorus) A London Symphony Disc 2 I. Lento - Allegro risoluto (molto pesante) II. Lento III. Scherzo (Nocturne): Allegro vivace IV. Andante con moto - Maestoso alla marcia (quasi lento) - Allegro - Maestoso alla marcia (alla I) - Epilogue (Andante sostenuto) Symphony No. 8 in D minor I. Fantasia (Variazioni senza tema) II. Scherzo alla marcia (per stromenti a fiato) (Allegro alla marcia) III. Cavatina (per stromenti ad arco) (Lento espressivo) IV. Toccata (Moderato maestoso) A Pastoral Symphony Disc 3 I. Molto moderato II. Lento moderato III. Moderato pesante IV. Lento Symphony No. 4 in F minor I. Allegro II. Andante moderato III. Scherzo (Allegro molto) - IV. Finale (Allegro molto) con epilogo fugato (Con anima) Oboe Concerto in A minor Disc 4 I. Rondo pastorale (Allegro moderato) II. Minuet and Musette (Allegro moderato) III. Finale: Scherzo (Presto - Lento - Presto) Symphony No. 5 in D I. Preludio (Moderato - Allegro - Tempo I) II. Scherzo (Presto misterioso) III. Romanza (Lento) IV. Passacaglia (Moderato - Allegro - Tempo primo - Tempo del Preludio) Symphony No. 6 in E minor Disc 5 I. Allegro - II. Moderato - III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) - IV. Epilogue (Moderato) Symphony No. 9 in E minor I. Moderato maestoso II. Andante sostenuto III. Scherzo (Allegro pesante) IV. Andante tranquillo Disc 6 Serenade to Music (choral version) Partita for double string orchestra I. Prelude (Andante tranquillo) - II. Scherzo ostinato (Presto) III. Intermezzo (Homage to Henry Hall) (Andante con moto) IV. Fantasia (Allegro) Sinfonia antartica I. Prelude (Andante maestoso) II. Scherzo (Moderato) III. Landscape (Lento) IV. Intermezzo (Andante sostenuto) V. Epilogue (Alla marcia moderato, non troppo allegro) The Wasps - Aristophanic Suite Disc 7 I. Overture II. Entr'acte III. March Past of the Kitchen Utensils IV. Entr'acte V. Ballet and Final Tableau Prelude and Fugue in C minor Prelude Fugue Piano Concerto in C I. Toccata (Allegro moderato) - II. Romanza (Lento) - III. Fuga cromatica (Allegro) con finale alla tedesca Concerto in C for two pianos and orchestra Disc 8 I. Toccata (Allegro moderato) - II. Romanza (Lento) - III. Fuga cromatica (Allegro) con finale alla tedesca Job - A Masque for Dancing Scene I: Introduction - Saraband of the Sons of God Scene II: Satan's Dance of Triumph Scene III: Minuet of the Sons of Job and Their Wives Scene IV: Job's Dream - Scene V: Dance of the Three Messengers Scene VI: Dance of Job's Comforters - Scene VII: Elihu's Dance of Youth and Beauty - Pavane of the Sons of the Morning Scene VIII: Galliard of the Sons of the Morning - Altar Dance - Scene IX: Epilogue Disc 9 Serenade to Music (original version with 16 soloists) English Folk Songs - Suite (orch. Gordon Jacob) I. March (Seventeen Come Sunday) II. Intermezzo (My Bonny Boy) III. March (Folk Songs from Somerset) Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' In the Fen Country The Lark Ascending Disc 10 Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Sea Songs - March (military band) English Folk Songs - Suite I. March (Seventeen Come Sunday) II. Intermezzo (My Bonny Boy) III. March (Folk Songs from Somerset) Dawn Patrol (from the film Coastal Command) Concerto grosso I. Intrada (Largo) II. Burlesca ostinata (Allegro moderato) III. Sarabande (Lento) IV. Scherzo (Allegro: tempo di valse) V. March (A la marcia) and Reprise Romance in D flat for harmonica with strings and pianoforte Tuba Concerto in F minor I. Prelude (Allegro moderato) II. Romanza (Andante sostenuto) III. Finale: Rondo alla tedesca (Allegro) Disc 11 Serenade to Music (orchestral version) The Poisoned Kiss - Overture Old King Cole - A Ballet for Orchestra (Allegro moderato) Pipe Dance Bowl Dance Morris Jig: 'Go and 'list for a sailor' Folk Song: 'A Bold Young Farmer' Folk Tune: 'The Jolly Thresherman' Solo Jig Five Mystical Songs Easter I got me flowers Love bade me welcome The Call Antiphon Prelude on an Old Carol Tune The Running Set Prelude: 49th Parallel Sea Songs - March (sym. orch.) Variations for Brass Band (arr. orchestra) Disc 12 Theme: Andante maestoso Variation I: Poco tranquillo Variation II: Tranquillo cantabile Variation III: Allegro Variation IV: Canon (Allegro) Variation V: Moderato sostenuto Variation VI: Tempo di valse Variation VII: Arabesque (Andante sostenuto) Variation VIII: Alla polacca Variation IX: Adagio Variation X: Fugato (Allegro moderato e risoluto) Variation XI: Chorale Two Hymn-Tune Preludes 1. Eventide (melody by W. H. Monk) 2. Dominus regit me (melody by J. B. Dykes) Concerto accademico (Concerto for violin and strings in D minor) I. Allegro pesante II. Adagio III. Presto Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes (orch. Arnold Foster) 2. Rhosymedre (melody by J. D. Edwards, 1805-1885) 3. Hyfrydol (melody by R. H. Prichard, 1811-1887) String Quartet No. 1 in G minor I. Allegro moderato II. Minuet and Trio (Tempo di minuetto) III. Romance (Andante sostenuto) IV. Finale: Rondo capriccioso (Allegro molto - Pochettino pi� mosso) Violin Sonata in A minor Disc 13 I. Fantasia (Allegro giusto) II. Scherzo (Allegro furioso, ma non troppo) III. Tema con variazioni Tema (Andante) Variation 1 - Variation 2 - Variation 3 - Variation 4 - Variation 5 - Variation 6 (Allegro - Tempo del preludio, ma tranquillo) Phantasy Quintet I. Prelude (Lento ma non troppo) II. Scherzo (Prestissimo) III. Alla sarabanda (Allegro moderato) IV. Burlesca (Allegro moderato) Six Studies in English Folk-Song Adagio (Lovely on the Water) Andante sostenuto (Spurn Point) Larghetto (Van Diemen's Land) Lento (She borrowed some of her mother's gold) Andante tranquillo (The Lady and the Dragoon) Allegro vivace (As I walked over London Bridge) String Quartet No. 2 in A minor (For Jean on her Birthday) I. Prelude (Allegro appassionato) II. Romance (Largo) III. Scherzo (Allegro) IV. Epilogue: Greetings from Joan to Jean (Andante sostenuto) Disc 14 Toward the Unknown Region - A song for chorus and orchestra Dona nobis pacem I. 'Agnus Dei' (Lento) - II. 'Beat! beat! drums!' (Allegro moderato) - III. Reconciliation (Andantino) - IV. Dirge for Two Veterans (Moderato alla marcia) - V. 'The Angel of Death has been abroad' (L'istesso tempo) - VI. 'O man greatly beloved' Fantasia (quasi variazione) on the Old 104th Magnificat An Oxford Elegy Disc 15 (Lento) Go, for they call you, Shepherd Here will I sit and wait Screen'd is this nook That sweet city Come, let me read Or in my boat I lie And once, in winter But what - I dream! No, no, thou hast not felt Runs it not here Needs must I, with heavy heart Soon will the high Midsummer pomps He hearkens not! Never more Yes, thou art gone! Despair I will not Why faintest thou? Whitsunday Hymn (No. 3 of Three Choral Hymns) Flos campi 1. Sicut Lilium inter spinas (Lento) - 2. Jam enim hiems transiit (Andante con moto) - 3. Quaesivi quem diligit anima mea (Lento - Allegro moderato) - 4. En lectulum Salomonis (Moderato alla marcia) - 5. Revertere, revertere Sulamitis! (Andante quasi lento) - 6. Pone me ut signaculum (Moderato tranquillo) Sancta Civitas I was in the spirit (Lento) And I saw Heaven opened (Allegro) And I saw an angel standing in the sun (Meno mosso) Babylon the great is fallen (Lento) Rejoice over her O Heavens (Allegro moderato) And I saw a new heaven (Adagio) Therefore are they before the throne of God (Poco meno largo) And I saw a pure river Holy, Holy, Holy (Andante sostenuto) Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory (Poco animato) Five Tudor Portraits Disc 16 1. Ballad: The Tunning of Elinor Rumming 2. Intermezzo: My Pretty Bess 3. Burlesca: Epitaph on John Jayberd of Diss 4. Romanza: Jane Scroop (Her Lament for Philip Sparrow) 5. Scherzo: Jolly Rutterkin Benedicite Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' Fantasia on Christmas Carols Disc 17 This is the truth sent from above - Come all you worthy gentlemen - On Christmas night all Christians sing - God bless the ruler of this house Hodie - A Christmas Cantata I. Prologue: Nowell! Nowell! II. Narration: Now the birth of Jesus Christ - III. Song: It was the winter wild IV. Narration: And it came to pass in those days V. Choral: The blessed son of God VI. Narration: And there were in the same country VII. Song: The Oxen (Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock) VIII. Narration: And the shepherds returned IX. Pastoral: The shepherds sing X. Narration: But Mary kept all these things XI. Lullaby: Sweet was the song the Virgin sang XII. Hymn: Bright portals of the sky XIII. Narration: Now when Jesus was born XIV. The March of the Three Kings: From kingdoms of wisdom - XV. Choral: No sad thought his soul affright XVI. Epilogue: In the beginning was the Word Fantasia on Christmas Carols Disc 18 This is the truth sent from above - Come all you worthy gentlemen - On Christmas night all Christians sing - God bless the ruler of this house Yorkshire Wassail Song (We've been awhile a-wandering) In Windsor Forest i. The Conspiracy (Shakespeare) II. Drinking Song (John Still or William Stevenson) III. Falstaff and the Fairies (Shakespeare, Ravenscroft and Lyly) IV. Wedding Chorus (Ben Johnson) V. Epilogue (attrib. Campion) Songs of Travel 1. The Vagabond 2. Let beauty awake 3. The Roadside Fire 4. Youth and Love 5. In Dreams 6. The infinite shining heavens 7. Whither must I wander 8. Bright is the ring of words 9. I have trod the upward and the downward slope On Wenlock Edge I. On Wenlock Edge II. From far, from eve and morning III. Is my team ploughing? IV. Oh, when I was in love with you V. Bredon Hill VI. Clun Disc 19 O, clap your hands Mass in G minor Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus - Osanna I - Benedictus - Osanna II Agnus Dei All people that on earth do dwell (Old Hundredth) O taste and see Te Deum in G For all the saints (Sine nomine) Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes (2008 Digital Remaster) 1. Bryn Calfaria (melody by W. Owen, 1814-1893) (2008 Digital Remaster) 2. Rhosymedre (melody by J. D. Edwards, 1805-1885) (2008 Digital Remaster) 3. Hyfrydol (melody by R. H. Prichard, 1811-1887) (2008 Digital Remaster) The Truth from Above O little town of Bethlehem (v.3 arr. Ledger) Joseph and Mary And all in the morning Alleluya, sing to Jesus (Hyfrydol) Come down, O Love divine (Down Ampney) (v.4 harm. Thomas Williamson) All people that on earth do dwell (The Old Hundredth) Four Hymns Disc 20 Lord! Come away (J. Taylor) Who is this fair one? (I. Watts) Come Love, come Lord (R. Crashaw) Evening Hymn (translated R. Bridges) Merciless Beauty Your ey�n two So hath your beauty Since I from love Four Poems by Fredegond Shove 3. The New Ghost 4. The Water Mill Ten Blake Songs 1. Infant Joy 2. A Poison Tree 3. The Piper 4. London 5. The Lamb 6. The Shepherd 7. Ah, Sunflower! 8.Cruelty has a human heart 9. The Divine Image 10. Eternity On Wenlock Edge I. On Wenlock Edge II. From far, from eve and morning III. Is my team ploughing? IV. Oh, when I was in love with you V. Bredon Hill VI. Clun The House of Life Disc 21 I. Love-Sight II. Silent Noon III. Love's Minstrels IV. Heart's Haven V. Death in Love VI. Love's Last Gift Songs of Travel I. The Vagabond II. Let beauty awake III. The Roadside Fire IV. Youth and Love V. In Dreams VI. The infinite shining heavens VII. Whither must I wander VIII. Bright is the ring of words IX. I have trod the upward and the downward slope Disc 22 Linden Lea - A Dorset song Joy, Shipmate, Joy! A Clear Midnight Orpheus with his lute (first setting) Hands, Eyes and Heart Rest Five Mystical Songs 4. The Call (soloist in v.1 Philip Martin) Linden Lea - A Dorset song Five English Folk Songs 1. The Dark Eyed Sailor 2. The Spring Time of the Year 3. Just as the tide was flowing 4. The Lover's Ghost (Well met, my own true love) 5. Wassail Song Bushes and Briars Loch Lomond John Dory Greensleeves Ward, the Pirate Ca' the Yowes The Unquiet Grave The Seeds of Love Early in the Spring The Turtle Dove An Acre of Land Bushes and Briars (men's voices) Five English Folk Songs Disc 23 The Captain's Apprentice 5. Wassail Song (transcr. for men's voices) As I walked out Bushes and Briars (voice & piano) Geordie On Board a Ninety-Eight The Ploughman The Brewer Rolling in the Dew The Truth Sent from Above Joseph and Mary (voice & piano) The Saviour's Love R�veillez-vous, Piccars Chanson de qu�te Ballade de J�sus Christ She's like the swalllow The Morning Dew The Maiden's Lament The Cuckoo The Lawyer Searching for Lambs How cold the wind doth blow (or The Unquiet Grave) Epithalamion A Song of Thanksgiving Disc 24 I. Prologue (chorus) II. Wake now (baritone and chorus) III. The Calling of the Bride (chorus) IV. The Minstrels (chorus) V. Procession of the Bride (chorus) VI. The Temple Gates (chorus) VII. The Bell Ringers (chorus) VIII. The Lover's Song (baritone and chorus) IX. The Minstrel's Song (baritone and chorus) X. Song of the Winged Loves (chorus) XI. Prayer to Juno (baritone and chorus) Riders to the Sea Where is she? Where is the bit of new rope? Wait, Nora You didn't give him his bit of bread? Bartley will be lost now They are all gone now Hugh the Drover (or Love in the Stocks): A Romantic Ballad Opera in two acts ACT I Disc 25 (Allegro vivacissimo) - Buy, buy, buy (Cheap-Jack) Cold blows the wind on Cotsail (Showman) As I was a-walking (Ballad Seller) Show me a richer man (John) Here come the Morris men (Chorus) Life must be full of care (Aunt Jane) Sweet little linnet that longs to be free (Hugh) Horse-hoofs, horse-hoofs, thunder down the valleys (Hugh) In the night-time I have seen you riding (Mary) Mary! Mary! (Constable) Oh! the devil and Bonyparty (Showman) Yes, I! (Hugh) Are you ready? Go! (Showman) The drover's won! (Showman) I tell you there's a price on this man's head (Constable) Hugh the Drover (or Love in the Stocks): A Romantic Ballad Opera in two acts ACT II Disc 26 (Lento moderato) - Past four o'clock (Ballad Seller) Gaily! I go to die (Hugh) Hugh! ... Mary! (Mary/Hugh) Sweet little home (Mary) Where's she gone to? (Constable) Here, queen uncrowned (Mary) A trollop from the stocks (John) Dropped from the ranks on a winter's night (Sergeant) March away, John! (Chorus) O foolish girl, o radiant soul! (Hugh) Oh! the sky shall be our roof (Hugh/Mary) Sir John in Love . Opera in four acts . Libretto by the composer after Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor Act I Disc 27 (Allegro vivace) - What-hoa! (Shallow, Evans, Slender, Page) How now, Master Shallow (Falstaff, Shallow, Slender, Bardolph, Pistol, Page, Nym) O heavens, this is mistress Anne Page (Slender, Page, Falstaff, Shallow, Evans, Simple, Anne) Ahem ... I had rather than forty shillings (Anne, Slender) Weep eyes, break heart (Anne) Do but look on her eyes (Fenton, Anne) I see I cannot get thy father's love (Fenton, Anne, Page) Vere is dat knave Rugby? (Caius, Rugby, Simple, Mrs Quickly) I will myself marry Anne Page (Caius, Mrs Quickly, Rugby, Fenton) Master Fenton, I'll be sworn she loves you (Mrs Quickly, Fenton, Bardolph, Nym, Pistol, Host) Back and side go bare (Bardolph, Nym, Pistol, Host, Falstaff) I spy entertainment in her (Falstaff, Pistol, Nym, Bardolph, Host) Wilt thou revenge? (Pistol Nym, Ford) Love my wife? I will be patient (Ford) When daises pied and violets blue (Mrs Ford, Mrs Page, Ford) Act II Scene 1 (Allegro moderato e maestoso) Thine own true knight (Mrs Page, Mrs Ford) Ask me no reason why I love you (Mrs Ford, Mrs Page, Mrs Quickly) Sigh no more, ladies (Mrs Quickly, Mrs Page, Mrs Ford) (Maestoso) Scene 2 Bardolph, Bardolph, I say! (Falstaff, Bardolph) Give your worship good morrow (Mrs Quickly, Falstaff) O that joy so soon should waste! (Falstaff) There's one Master Brook below (Bardolph, Falstaff, Ford) I have long loved her (Ford, Falstaff) The dew that lies on roses (Falstaff, Ford) Vere is mine host of de Garter? (Caius, Host, Slender, Shallow, Page, Ford) (Maestoso) Sir John in Love . Opera in four acts . Libretto by the composer after Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor Act III Scene 1: Interlude Disc 28 (Andante moderato) Yet hear me speak (Fenton, Host, Chorus, Anne) Beauty clear and fair (Fenton, Chorus, Anne) Fair and fair and twice so fair (Chorus, Fenton, Anne, Host) But listen, good mine host (Anne, Chorus, Host, Fenton) I mun be married a-Sunday (Host, Chorus, Anne, Fenton) Scene 2 (Lento) - When we sat down in Papylon (Evans, Simple) How now, Master Parson? Peace, I say! (Shallow, Page, Slender, Evans, Host, Caius, Simple, Rugby, Ford) When I was a bachelor (Host, Omnes except Slender and Ford) (Allegro) Scene 3 What, John! What, Robert! (Mrs. Ford, Mrs Page, John & Robert, Mrs Quickly) Alas my love, you do me wrong (Mrs Ford, Falstaff) Have I caught my heavenly jewel (Falstaff, Mrs Ford) Mistress Ford! Mistress Ford! (Mrs Quickly, Falstaff, Mrs Ford, Mrs Page) When I was a bachelor (Chorus of Men, Mrs Ford, Ford, Robert, Mrs Page) Nay, follow him gentleman (Page, Mrs Page, Mrs Ford, Ford, Evans, Caius, Slender, Shallow, Host, Pistol, Bardolph, Nym) Mistress Page! ... Mistress Page! (Ford, Page, Mrs Page, Host, Chorus) Act IV Scene 1 (Andante piacevole) Pardon me, wife (Ford, Mrs Ford, Page, Mrs Page, Evans) There is an old tale goes (Mrs Page, Page, Mrs Ford, Ford) Trib, fairies, trib ... Round about in a fair ring-a (Evans, Chorus, Mrs Page, Page, Caius, Slender, Evans, Mrs Ford) (Lento moderato ) Scene 2 (Vivace) The Windsor bell hath struck twelve (Falstaff, Mrs Ford, Mrs Page, Chorus of Fairies) Oo Oo! ... Fairies black, grey, green and white (Chorus of Fairies, Anne, Falstaff, Mrs Quickly) Dances of the Fairies (Allegro pesante) - But stay, I smell a man of middle earth (Evans, Falstaff, Host, Pistol, Chorus, Bardolph, Nym, Mrs Quickly) Pinch him, pinch him black and blue (Chorus of Fairies, Falstaff) (Moderato) - ay, do not fly (Page, Mrs Page, Ford, Mrs Ford, Host, Nym, Bardolph, Pistol, Mrs Quickly, Evans, Falstaff, Shallow, Slender, Simple, Caius) (That shld be 'Nay'...) See the chariot at hand (Chorus, Fenton, Page, Anne, Falstaff, Ford, Mrs Page, Mrs Ford) Whether men do laugh or weep (Falstaff, omnes) Dance (Presto) The Pilgrim's Progress - A morality in a prologue, four acts and an epilogue Disc 29 Prologue: Bunyan in Prison Act I Scene 1: The Pilgrim meets Evangelist Scene 2: The House Beautiful Nocturne (Intermezzo) Act II Scene 1: The Arming of the Pilgrim Scene 2: The Pilgrim meets Apollyon Act III Scene 1: Vanity Fair Buy! What will ye buy? I buy the truth The Pilgrim's Progress - A morality in a prologue, four acts and an epilogue Act III Disc 30 Scene 2: The Pilgrim in Prison Act IV Scene 1: The Pilgrim meets Mister By-Ends Entr'acte Scene 2: The Delectable Mountains Who so dwelleth The Lord is my Shepherd Scene 3: The Pilgrim reaches the End of his Journey Epilogue The Pilgrim's Progress - Sir Adrian Boult in Rehearsal Act III Scene 1 Act I Nocturne Act IV Scene 1 Act IV Scene 2 Act II Scene 1