British Composers: Vaughan Williams / Finzi / Holst

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  An Oxford Elegy: I. (Lento)

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  2:02
• 2
  An Oxford Elegy: II. Go, for they call you, Shepherd

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  1:04
• 3
  An Oxford Elegy: III. Here will I sit and wait

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  1:45
• 4
  An Oxford Elegy: IV. Screen'd is this nook

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  0:48
• 5
  An Oxford Elegy: V. That sweet city

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  1:39
• 6
  An Oxford Elegy: VI. Come, let me read

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  1:05
• 7
  An Oxford Elegy: VII. Or in my boat I lie

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  0:48
• 8
  An Oxford Elegy: VIII. And once, in winter

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  1:11
• 9
  An Oxford Elegy: IX. But what-I dream

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  0:36
• 10
  An Oxford Elegy: X. No, no, thou hast not felt

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  1:35
• 11
  An Oxford Elegy: XI. Runs it not here

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  0:43
• 12
  An Oxford Elegy: XII. Needs must I, with heavy heart

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  1:02
• 13
  An Oxford Elegy: XIII. Soon will the high Midsummer pomps

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  1:28
• 14
  An Oxford Elegy: XIV. He hearkens not!

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  0:53
• 15
  An Oxford Elegy: XV. Never more

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  0:57
• 16
  An Oxford Elegy: XVI. Yes, thou art gone!

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  1:48
• 17
  An Oxford Elegy: XVII. Despair I will not

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  1:16
• 18
  An Oxford Elegy: XVIII. Why faintest thou?

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  1:23
• 19
  Whitsunday Hymn (No. 3 of Three Choral Hymns)

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  3:56
• 20
  Flos Campi: I. Sicut Lillium inter spinas: Lento

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  2:47
• 21
  Flos Campi: II. Jan enim hiems transiit: Andante con moto

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  3:26
• 22
  Flos Campi: III. Quaesivi quem diligit anima mea: Lento-Allegro moderato

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  3:07
• 23
  Flos Campi: IV. En lectulum Salomonis: Moderato alla marcia

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  1:42
• 24
  Flos Campi: V. Revertere, revertere Sulamitis!: Andante quasi lento

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  3:06
• 25
  Flos Campi: VI. Pone me ut signaculum: Moderato tranquillo

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  5:49
• 26
  Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): I. I was in the spirit: Lento

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  4:49
• 27
  Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): II. And I saw Heaven: Allegro

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  2:21
• 28
  Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): III. And I saw an angel standing in the sun: Meno mosso

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  1:30
• 29
  Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): IV. Babylon the great is fallen: Lento

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  4:15
• 30
  Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): V. Rejoice over her O Heavens: Allegro moderato

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  3:13
• 31
  Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): VI. And I saw a new heaven: Adagio

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  4:58
• 32
  Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): VII. Therefore are they before the throne of God: Poco meno largo

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  1:09
• 33
  Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): VIII. And I saw a pure river

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  2:41
• 34
  Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): IX. Holy, Holy, Holy: Andante sostenuto

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  2:58
• 35
  Sancta Civitas (The Holy City): X. Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory: Poco animato

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  3:17
• CD 2
• 1
  Five Mystical Songs: I. Easter

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  5:09
• 2
  Five Mystical Songs: II. I got me flowers

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  2:53
• 3
  Five Mystical Songs: III. Love bade me welcome

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  5:26
• 4
  Five Mystical Songs: IV. The Call

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  2:09
• 5
  Five Mystical Songs: V. Antiphon

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  3:23
• 6
  O clap your hands

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  3:17
• 7
  A Choral Fantasia, H177, op. 51

  Gustav Holst
  17:14
• 8
  Psalm 86, H117 no. 1

  Gustav Holst
  8:06
• 9
  Dies natalis, op. 8: I. Intrada

  Gerald Finzi
  5:07
• 10
  Dies natalis, op. 8: II. Rhapsody: Recitativo stromentato

  Gerald Finzi
  6:30
• 11
  Dies natalis, op. 8: III. The Rapture: Danza

  Gerald Finzi
  3:33
• 12
  Dies natalis, op. 8: IV. Wonder: Arioso

  Gerald Finzi
  4:19
• 13
  Dies natalis, op. 8: V. The Salutation: Aria

  Gerald Finzi
  4:12
• CD 3
• 1
  Mass in G minor: I. Kyrie

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  3:57
• 2
  Mass in G minor: II. Gloria

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  4:06
• 3
  Mass in G minor: III. Credo

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  6:58
• 4
  Mass in G minor: IV. Sanctus - Osanna I - Benedictus - Osanna II

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  5:29
• 5
  Mass in G minor: V. Agnus Dei

  Ralph Vaughan Williams
  3:50
• 6
  Lo, the full, final Sacrifice, op. 26

  Gerald Finzi
  13:59
• 7
  Mater ora filium

  Sir Arnold Bax
  10:25
• 8
  God is gone up, op. 27 no. 2

  Gerald Finzi
  4:31
• 9
  I sing of a maiden that is makeless

  Sir Arnold Bax
  3:54
• 10
  This Worldes Joie

  Sir Arnold Bax
  6:18
• 11
  Magnificat, op. 36

  Gerald Finzi
  9:21
• CD 4
• 1
  Intimations of Immortality, op. 29: I. There was a time when meadow, grove and stream

  Gerald Finzi
  9:37
• 2
  Intimations of Immortality, op. 29: II. The rainbow comes and gone

  Gerald Finzi
  2:16
• 3
  Intimations of Immortality, op. 29: III. Now, while the birds thus sing a joyous song

  Gerald Finzi
  5:06
• 4
  Intimations of Immortality, op. 29: IV. Ye blessèd Creatures, I have heard the call

  Gerald Finzi
  5:51
• 5
  Intimations of Immortality, op. 29: V. Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting

  Gerald Finzi
  3:58
• 6
  Intimations of Immortality, op. 29: VI. Earth fills her lap with pleasures of her own

  Gerald Finzi
  1:21
• 7
  Intimations of Immortality, op. 29: VII. O joy! that in our embers

  Gerald Finzi
  8:16
• 8
  Intimations of Immortality, op. 29: VIII. Then sing, ye Birds, sing, sing a joyous song!

  Gerald Finzi
  3:46
• 9
  Intimations of Immortality, op. 29: IX. And O, ye Fountains, Meadows, Hills and Groves

  Gerald Finzi
  4:58
• 10
  Grand Fantasia and Toccata, op. 38: I. Molto grave

  Gerald Finzi
  9:36
• 11
  Grand Fantasia and Toccata, op. 38: II. Allegro vigoroso

  Gerald Finzi
  6:06
• CD 5
• 1
  The Perfect Fool, op. 39: I. Andante

  Gustav Holst
  0:56
• 2
  The Perfect Fool, op. 39: II. Dance of Spirits of Earth: Moderato-Andante

  Gustav Holst
  3:39
• 3
  The Perfect Fool, op. 39: III. Dance of Spirits of Water: Allegretto

  Gustav Holst
  2:46
• 4
  The Perfect Fool, op. 39: IV. Dance of Spirits of Fire: Allegro moderato

  Gustav Holst
  3:23
• 5
  Egdon Heath-Homage to Hardy, op. 47

  Gustav Holst
  14:48
• 6
  The Planets-Suite, op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War: Allegro

  Gustav Holst
  7:19
• 7
  The Planets-Suite, op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace: Adagio

  Gustav Holst
  8:52
• 8
  The Planets-Suite, op. 32: III. Mecury, the Winged Messenger: Vivace

  Gustav Holst
  4:05
• 9
  The Planets-Suite, op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity: Allegro giocoso

  Gustav Holst
  8:03
• 10
  The Planets-Suite, op. 32: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age: Adagio

  Gustav Holst
  9:12
• 11
  The Planets-Suite, op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician: Allegro

  Gustav Holst
  6:27
• 12
  The Planets-Suite, op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic: Andante

  Gustav Holst
  7:09

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Symphonies nos. 4-6 / Fantasia / Oboe Concerto / The Wasps

Symphonies nos. 4-6 / Fantasia / Oboe Concerto / The Wasps 2008

The Collector’s Edition

The Collector’s Edition 2008

Rusalka

Rusalka 2008

Cello Concerto / Clarinet Concerto

Cello Concerto / Clarinet Concerto 2007

The Complete Mass Edition

The Complete Mass Edition 2007

Release credits

• Ambrosian Singers
  choir vocals [12]
• André Previn
  conductor [1-5]
• Bruce Blyth
  treble vocals [11]
• Cecil Aronowitz
  solo [20-25], viola [20-25]
• Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
  choir vocals [1.1-35, 2.1-6, 3.1-11]
• Christopher Finzi
  conductor [9-13]
• Christopher Parker
  balance [6-12]
• Dame Janet Baker
  mezzo-soprano vocals [7]
• David van Asch
  bass vocals [1-5]
• English Chamber Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1-13]
• Graham Green
  treble vocals [11]
• Ian Partridge
  tenor vocals [2.8, 1.26-35]
• Ian Tracey
  chorus master [1-9]
• Imogen Holst
  conductor [7-8]
• Jacques Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1-18, 20-25]
• John Bowen
  tenor vocals [6]
• John Eaton
  treble vocals [1-5]
• John Shirley‐Quirk
  baritone vocals [2.1-5, 1.26-35]
• John Westbrook
  spoken vocals [1-18]
• John Willan
  producer [1-5]
• London Symphony Orchestra
  performing orchestra [5.1-5, 1.26-35]
• Nigel Perrin
  alto vocals [1-5], contralto vocals [2]
• Peter Andry
  producer [6-12]
• Philharmonia Orchestra
  performing orchestra [6-12]
• Philip Fowke
  piano [10-11]
• Philip Langridge
  tenor vocals [1-9]
• Purcell Singers
  vocal [7-8]
• Ralph Downes
  organ [7-8]
• Richard Farnes
  organ [6, 8, 11]
• Richard Hickox
  conductor [1-11]
• Robert Gooch
  balance [1-5]
• Robin Doveton
  tenor vocals [1.19, 3.1-5]
• Roland Robertson
  bass vocals [6]
• Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
  choir vocals [1-9], vocal [1-9]
• Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1-11]
• Sir Adrian Boult
  conductor [6-12]
• Sir David Willcocks
  conductor [1.1-35, 2.1-6, 3.1-5]
• Stephen Cleobury
  conductor [6-11]
• The Bach Choir
  additional [26-35], choir vocals [26-35]
• Wilfred Brown
  tenor vocals [9-13]
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