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| A Portrait of Vaughan Williams | 
 enlarge | Creators: Thomas Waddington, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Stephen Darlington, William Boughton, Colin Lilley, Margareth Campbell, Audrey Douglas, Maurice Bourgue, English String Orchestra, Iain Simcock, Jonathan Freeman-attwood, Helen Roberts, Roger Best, Simon Rowland-jones, Michael Bochmann, Pierre Joubert, Susan Lynn, David Le Monnier, Ian Barratt, Paul Martin [voice]
Label: Nimbus Records
Category: Music
List Price: $33.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 182687
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 710357175428
EAN: 0710357175428
ASIN: B00000I757
Release Date: February 23, 1999
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Overture: The Wasps - Vaughan Williams | | • | The Lark Ascending - Vaughan Williams | | • | Fantasia On Greensleeves - Vaughan Williams | | • | Oboe Concerto: I. Rondo Pastorale - Vaughan Williams | | • | Oboe Concerto: II. Minuet And Musette - Vaughan Williams | | • | Oboe Concerto: III. Sherzo - Vaughan Williams | | • | Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis - Vaughan Williams | | • | Five Variants Of Dives And Lazarus - Vaughan Williams |
Disc 2
| • | Mass In G Minor: Kyrie - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR | | • | Mass In G Minor: Gloria in excelsis - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR | | • | Mass In G Minor: Credo - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR | | • | Mass In G Minor: Sanctus Osanna I - Benedictus - Osanna II - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR | | • | Mass In G Minor: Agnus Dei - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR | | • | Sacred And Secular Songs: Valiant-For-Truth [John Bunyan] - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR | | • | Sacred And Secular Songs: The Blessed Son of God [Miles Coverdale, after Martin Luther] - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR | | • | Sacred And Secular Songs: No Sad Thought His Soul Affright (Verse 1 - Anon. Verse 2 - Ursula Vaughan Williams) - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR | | • | Sacred And Secular Songs: Lord, Thou Has Been Our Refuge [Psalm 90] - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR | | • | Sacred And Secular Songs: O Taste And See [Psalm 84:8] - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR | | • | Three Shakespeare Songs: Full Fathom Five - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR | | • | Three Shakespeare Songs: The Cloud-Capp'd Towers - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR | | • | Three Shakespeare Songs: Over Hill, Over Dale - CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR |
Disc 3
| • | Phantasy Quintet: I. Prelude: Lento ma non troppo - V. Williams | | • | Phantasy Quintet: II. Scherzo: Prestissimo - V. Williams | | • | Phantasy Quintet: III. Alla Sarbanda: Lento - V. Williams | | • | Phantasy Quintet: IV. Burlesca: Allegro moderato - V. Williams | | • | String Quartet 1 In G Minor: I. Allegro moderato - V. Williams | | • | String Quartet 1 In G Minor: II. Minuet And Trio: Tempo di Minuetto - V. Williams | | • | String Quartet 1 In G Minor: III. Romance: Andante sostenuto - V. Williams | | • | String Quartet 1 In G Minor: IV. Finale: Rondo Capriccioso Allegro molto - V. Williams | | • | String Quartet 2 In A For Jean On Her Birthday: I. Prelude: Allegro appassionato - V. Williams | | • | II. Romance: Largo - V. Williams | | • | III. Scherzo: Allegro - V. Williams | | • | IV. Epilogue: Andante Sostenuto - V. Williams |
Disc 4
| • | An Oxford Elegy - Vaughan Williams | | • | Flos Campi - Vaughan Williams | | • | Te Deum - Vaughan Williams | | • | O, Clap Your Hands - Vaughan Williams | | • | The Old Hundreth Psalm Tune - Vaughan Williams |
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| Customer Reviews:
An essential boxed set of RVWs work April 18, 2000
39 out of 41 found this review helpful
Originally, I was confused when I encountered this set, as it incorporates four formerly individual Nimbus releases, now deleted from their catalogue. Be warned, then, if you have Nimbus releases of 'An Oxford Elegy' (and other choral music), or of RVWs Chamber Music (including the 'Phantasy Quintet' and the 'String Quartet') - these are the same recordings!That being said, if you don't have these titles, or you have them in another release, and you enjoy RVWs music, then you simply must add this anthology to your collection. These discs include the first recording of 'An Oxford Elegy' that I ever encountered; it is such a marvellous piece that you'll be scrambling for poetry anthologies to find bits of Matthew Arnold's 'Thyrsis' and 'The Scholar Gypsy' just to read along. 'Flos Campi' is a marvellous, almost impressionistic piece, which always brings an image of Roman legions marching slowly through Surrey to mind. The 'Phantasy Quintet' is exception, as is the 'String Quartet'. However, it is the recording of the 'Lark Ascending' (now sadly thieved by some cursed auto manufacturer to flog their worthless vehicles) that is the high point of this, as it is of most, collections. Of course, I could be considered biased, as it is my all-time favourite piece of music. The collection is rounded out by, among others, the essential 'Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis' and an interesting selection of the Sacred and Secular songs, as well as three of RVWs Shakespeare treatments. Nimbus recordings are first class, and under the skilled hand of William Boughton the English String Orchestra is incomparable. Words cannot bring to these works to the life that they have on hearing, whether first or repeated. They are absolutely something that must be experienced for themselves.
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