Vaughan Williams: Lark Ascending; Tallis Fantasia
Label: WARNER CLASSICS (EMI) Catalog: 5099962791021 Format: CD Sinfonia of London, Sir John Barbirolli, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Sarah Chang (violin), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Christopher Balmer, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Jacques Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Ian Partridge, Music Group of London, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison, Norma Burrowes, Sheila Armstrong, Susan Longfield, Marie Hayward (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson, Gloria Jennings, Shirley Minty, Meriel Dickinson (contralto), Ian Partridge, Bernard Dickerson, Wynford Evans, Kenneth Bowen (tenor), Richard Angas, John Carol Case, John Noble & Christopher Keyte (bass)Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Fantasia on Greensleeves / The Wasps Overture / The Lark Ascending / Flos Campi / Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus' / Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 / On Wenlock Edge / Silent Noon / Songs of Travel / Serenade to Music (original version with 16 soloists) - Norma Burrowes, Sheila Armstrong, Susan Longfield, Marie Hayward (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson, Gloria Jennings, Shirley Minty, Meriel Dickinson (contralto), Ian Partridge, Bernard Dickerson, Wynford Evans, Kenneth Bowen (tenor), Richard Angas, John Carol Case, John Noble & Christopher Keyte (bass) Now rightfully acknowledged as a towering figure, Vaughan Williams was the first composer to write in the English language, using folksong in the Norfolk Rhapsody, a Tudor hymn in the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, and absorbing and transforming his influences in the stunningly beautiful Serenade to Music.
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