Vaughan Williams - Anniversary Collectors Edition | Alto ALC1025

Vaughan Williams - Anniversary Collectors Edition

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Label: Alto

Cat No: ALC1025

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 2nd January 2008

Contents

Artists

George Maran (tenor)
London String Quartet
Ivor Newton (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Sir Adrian Boult
Sir Henry Wood

Works

Vaughan Williams, Ralph

A Song of Thanksgiving
Old King Cole
On Wenlock Edge
Serenade to Music

Artists

George Maran (tenor)
London String Quartet
Ivor Newton (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Sir Adrian Boult
Sir Henry Wood

About

1938 was Sir Henry Wood’s jubilee and the magical “Serenade to Music” which RVW 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

Contents:
1. On Wenlock Edge (six songs from ‘A Shropshire Lad’ of A.E. Housman).
George Maran / London String Quartet / Ivor Newton (piano). (Rec 1955)

2. Old King Cole: Ballet for Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult. (Rec.1954)

3. Song Of Thanksgiving (Rec.1951)
Betty Dolemore (soprano), Robert Speaight (narrator), Harry Gabb (organ), Luton Choral Society (+ section Luton Girls Choir – Arthur E. Davies), London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult

4. Serenade To Music (Rec.1938)
(Words: Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant Of Venice): Isobel Baillie, Elsie Suddaby, Margaret Balfour, Muriel Brunskill, Heddle Nash, Parry Jones, Roy Henderson, Harold Williams, Stiles Allen, Eva Turner, Astra Desmond, Mary Jarred, Walter Widdop, Frank Titterton, Robert Easton, Norman Allin, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Henry Wood

Reviews

... the highlight of the disc the remastered recording of Sir Henry Wood’s inspired original performance of the Serenade to Music, with the 16 soloists... and with Isobel Baillie soaring radiantly up into the heavens. Apart from the solo contributions, how well they blend together! Excellent transfers bring all these mono recordings vividly to life.
Penguin Guide 2009
Penguin Guide 4 stars Penguin Rosette Winner

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