Williams: Legendary Recordings (Incls 'On Wenlock Edge' & 'Serenade To Music') Recorded 1938-1955
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Williams: Legendary Recordings (Incls 'On Wenlock Edge' & 'Serenade To Music') Recorded 1938-1955
George Maran (tenor) / London String Quartet / Ivor Newton (piano) / Isobel Baillie / Heddle Nash / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult
[ ALTO / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 25 March 2008
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"1938 was Sir Henry Wood's jubilee and the magical Serenade to Music which Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote for it… this, with the original soloists RVW had in mind, has obvious uniqueness but it possesses a very special beauty and atmosphere." - Gramophone
Rosette Recording -Penguin Stereo Guide
"1938 was Sir Henry Wood's jubilee and the magical Serenade to Music which Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote for it… this, with the original soloists RVW had in mind, has obvious uniqueness but it possesses a very special beauty and atmosphere." - Gramophone
Ralph Vaughan Williams was without doubt one of the most influential musical figures to emerge in the 20th century: a scholar, editor, pedagogue, composer, conductor and musicologist. he also enjoyed a close working relationship with some of England's greatest musicians. This CD brings together for the first time four historic premiere recordings of Vaughan Williams's music in painstakingly remastered and restored sound.
Tracks:
On Wenlock Edge (Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad of A.E. Housman )
Old King Cole: Ballet for Orchestra
Song Of Thanksgiving
Serenade To Music (Words: Shakespeare's The Merchant Of Venice)
