Vaughan Williams: Hickox Conducts, Lark Ascending, Five Mystical Songs, Oboe Concerto

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List Price: £7.99 (GBP)
  • Lowest New Price: £7.06
  • Lowest Used Price: £4.45
  • Total New: 15
  • Total Used: 5
  • Total Collectible: 0
  • Total Refurbished: 0
  • Binding : Audio CD
  • Creator : Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Creator : Richard Hickox
  • Creator : Northern Sinfonia
  • Creator : Northern Sinfonia Chorus
  • Creator : Bradley Creswick
  • Creator : Stephen Roberts
  • Creator : Roger Winfield
  • EAN : 0724357398626
  • Label : EMI British Composers
  • Manufacturer : EMI British Composers
  • Number Of Discs : 2
  • Package Dimensions : 0.54 inches (Height) x 5.55 inches (Length) x 0.18 pounds (Weight) x 4.97 inches (Width)
  • Package Quantity : 1
  • Product Group : Music
  • Publisher : EMI British Composers
  • Release Date : 2000-06-05
  • SKU : 0724357398626
  • Studio : EMI British Composers
  • UPC : 724357398626

This slimline British Composers double-pack from EMI offers stunning value for money, cramming the contents of nearly three Vaughan Williams anthologies from the mid-1980s onto two extremely well-filled CDs--and all at mid-price, too. Performances and production values are consistently first-rate, and the pleasures come thick and fast. Under Richard Hickox's sympathetic and invigorating lead, the 1923 ballet score Old King Cole (still a considerable rarity) creates a delightful impression. There's an engaging contribution from the Sinfonia Chorus both here and in the lovely Five Mystical Songs (which finds baritone Stephen Roberts in rapt, if not perhaps always ideally steady voice). Elsewhere, the Northern Sinfonia's then leader, Bradley Creswick, excels in the bracing Concerto accademico (a title the composer later rejected in favour of the plainer Concerto for violin and strings in D minor) and ravishing The Lark Ascending, while the oboe concerto receives eminently stylish advocacy from soloist Roger Winfield. Not the least of this generous sets many attractions can be found in some of the shorter items such as the perky overture to the 1929 opera The Poisoned Kiss,, the gravely noble prelude to 49th Parallel (VW's first film score dating from 1940-41) and the jaunty Sea Songs. So, if the programme appeals (and it certainly should!), don't hesitate. --Andrew Achenbach END

- Amazon.co.uk Review

Tracks:

  • Disc 1

    • 1: Serenade to Music (orchestral version)
    • 2: The Poisoned Kiss - Overture
    • 3: (Allegro moderato)
    • 4: Pipe Dance
    • 5: Bowl Dance
    • 6: Morris Jig: 'Go and 'list for a sailor'
    • 7: Folk Song: 'A Bold Young Farmer'
    • 8: Folk Tune: 'The Jolly Thresherman'
    • 9: Solo Jig
    • 10: Easter
    • 11: I got me flowers
    • 12: Love bade me welcome
    • 13: The Call [baritone only]
    • 14: Antiphon [chorus only]
    • 15: Prelude on an Old Carol Tune
    • 16: The Running Set
    • 17: Prelude: 49th Parallel
    • 18: Sea Songs - March (sym. orch.)

  • Disc 2

    • 1: The Lark Ascending
    • 2: 1. Eventide (melody by W. H. Monk)
    • 3: 2. Dominus regit me (melody by J. B. Dykes)
    • 4: I. Rondo pastorale (Allegro moderato)
    • 5: II. Minuet and Musette (Allegro moderato)
    • 6: III. Finale: Scherzo (Presto - Lento - Presto)
    • 7: Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
    • 8: 2. Rhosymedre (melody by J. D. Edwards, 1805-1885)
    • 9: 3. Hyfrydol (melody by R. H. Prichard, 1811-1887)
    • 10: I. Allegro pesante
    • 11: II. Adagio
    • 12: III. Presto
    • 13: Adagio -
    • 14: I. crotchet = crotchet -
    • 15: II. Allegro moderato -
    • 16: III. crotchet = 150 -
    • 17: IV. L'istesso tempo -
    • 18: V. Adagio

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