Vaughan Williams 30 CD Box From EMI-A Bonanza Of Goodies!

[stenka razin]

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This is one of the greatest bargains ever. 30 CDs for about two dollars each! From EMI and available in the UK, the ultimate VW collection. This item will be available in the USA on June 24th, in observance of the 50th anniversay of the death of one of England's greatest composers. Grab it you if you see it online and buy it, before it disappears. The contents are below:

Vaughan Williams - The Collector’s Edition

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Vaughan Williams:
Symphonies Nos. 1-9

Joan Rogers (soprano), William Shimell (baritone), Alison Barlow (soprano)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Oboe Concerto in A minor

Jonathan Small (oboe)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Serenade to Music

choral version

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Partita for double string orchestra

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

The Wasps - Aristophanic Suite

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Prelude and Fugue in C minor

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Piano Concerto in C major

Piers Lane (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Piano Concerto in C for two pianos

Vitya Vronsky & Victor Babin

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Serenade to Music

16 soloists

London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

English Folk Song Suite

(orchestral)

London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

The Lark Ascending

London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

English Folk Song Suite

(band)

Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra

Tuba Concerto in F minor

Serenade to Music

(orchestral)

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Old King Cole

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Five Mystical Songs

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Sea Songs

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Variations for Brass Band

(orchestral)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Northern SInfonia of England, Richard Hickox

String Quartet No. 1 in G minor

Britten Quartet

Violin Concerto in D minor 'Concerto Accademico'

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Northern SInfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Violin Sonata in A minor

Music Group of London

String Quartet No. 2 in A minor

Music Group of London

Toward the Unknown Region

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Dona Nobis Pacem

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Magnificat

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

An Oxford Elegy

Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks

Flos Campi

Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks

Whitsunday Hymn

Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks

Sancta Civitas

Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks

Five Tudor Portraits

Bach Choir, New Phil Orch & LSO, David Willcocks

Benedicite

Bach Choir, New Phil Orch & LSO, David Willcocks

Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus'

Bach Choir, New Phil Orch & LSO, David Willcocks

Hodie (A Christmas Cantata)

(w/strings & organ)

Janet Baker

Bach Choir & LSO, David Willcocks

Fantasia on Christmas Carols

(w/orch)

In Windsor Forest

Songs of Travel

On Wenlock Edge

Mass in G minor

Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks

All people that on earth do dwell

Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks

Te Deum in G

Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks

Household Music

Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks

Four Hymns

Ian Partridge

Music Group of London

Merciless Beauty

Ian Partridge

Music Group of London

Ten Blake Songs

Ian Partridge

Music Group of London

On Wenlock Edge

Ian Partridge

Music Group of London

House of Life

Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison

Songs of Travel

(piano)

A Song of Thanksgiving

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Epithalamion

Meredith Davies

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Orchestra Nova of Londo, David Willcocks

Riders to the Sea

Meredith Davies

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Orchestra Nova of Londo, David Willcocks

Hugh the Drover

Robert Tear / Sheila Armstrong / Michael Rippon & Robert Lloyd

Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral & RPO, Charles Groves

Sir John in Love

Felicity Palmer / Robert Tear / Robert Lloyd & Helen Watts

New Phil Orchestra, Meredith Davies

The Pilgrim's Progress (complete)

& rehearsal sequence

Ian Partridge / John Shirley-Quirk / Jean Temperley & John Noble

LPC / LPO, Adrian Boult


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Celebrated as the musical poet of the English landscape, Vaughan Williams was also a visionary composer of enormous range: from the pastoral lyricism of The Lark Ascending and the still melancholy of Silent Noon to the violence of the Fourth Symphony and the grand ceremonial of All people that on earth do dwell, he assumed the mantle of Elgar as our national composer. This edition, released to mark the 50th anniversary of his death, presents all the major orchestral, chamber, vocal and stage works, as well as many lesser pieces and rarities, in the finest interpretations. All your favourite Vaughan Williams is here, in over 34 hours of music on 30 CDs.

[Chalkperson]

There is a sister, or is it a brother, to this Box, 30 CD's of Elgar for $50...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000UN ... e=&seller=

[CharmNewton]

This looks like a nice collection, as is the Elgar box. I'm also hoping that EMI will issue a Holst Collector's Edition as well.

John

[anasazi]

I will look forward to the US pricing for this item myself. It's hopeful and since I don't already have the Handley set of Symphonies, that is even better.

[TopoGigio]

Price is a question of shopping... its serious nevermore...but yes,its
a good move put a 30 CDBox...right to MP3
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[Seán]

That box set is available on Amazon UK but at this stage the prospect of wading through some thirty Vaughan Williams CDs is a bit too much for me I think.

[Chalkperson]

That box set is available on Amazon UK but at this stage the prospect of wading through some thirty Vaughan Williams CDs is a bit too much for me I think.

The point is to grab it now, whilst it's available...before EMI goes bankrupt...

[dulcinea]

The Mass is a horribly uninspired and uninspiring bore; only the Low Mass of Faure is worse. I truly pray that the other choral pieces of this collection may be on the same level as V-W's symphonies.

[John F]

Steven Smith's long article on Vaughan Williams, in this Sunday's New York Times, includes favorable comment on the EMI boxed set and also on a Tony Palmer biographical documentary released on DVD:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/arts/ ... 3smit.html

A good piece of work.

[Chalkperson]

Steven Smith's long article on Vaughan Williams, in this Sunday's New York Times, includes favorable comment on the EMI boxed set and also on a Tony Palmer biographical documentary released on DVD:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/13/arts/ ... 3smit.html

A good piece of work.

The Palmer Documentary is worth getting/renting/watching..as are all of his films, I recently watched the ones on Callas, Puccini, Gorecki and am looking forward to watching the one on Stravinsky...

[slofstra]

I had to buy this, of course. I'm not sure that I am ecstatic about it as I already own many of the recordings - it's been difficult to find a complete list of what's in the box. I may pull the CDs I already have and give them to my brother. What do most of you do when confronted with duplicates in this manner?

[Seán]

I had to buy this, of course. I'm not sure that I am ecstatic about it as I already own many of the recordings - it's been difficult to find a complete list of what's in the box. I may pull the CDs I already have and give them to my brother. What do most of you do when confronted with duplicates in this manner?

I too, am inlcined to give duplicate CDs to my brother as I know that he will appreciate them. I am not inclined to keep them or to sell them either for that matter.

[slofstra]

This came in the mail a couple of days ago.

The duplication is not nearly as bad as I feared. I found the first 6 or so CDs overlap with the Handley symphony box set and the rest are older performances not easily found. Some of the pieces in the Handley symphony box, such as Flos Campi and Job, feature different performers in this set. I can't fault them for including the Handley symphonies since that alone makes this a great purchase for those new to Vaughan Williams. (And this is a best-selling CD set, apparently).

This 30 CD set includes a lot of choral music I've never heard, plus a complete Pilgrim's Progress, which is hard to find, as well as an older 'Dona Nobis Pacem' which I wasn't aware of. Lots of 50s and 60s performances with Boult, et al. I look forward to listening to this.