Vaughan Williams
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[the Tallis Fantasia] is tight-reined, yet also singing and surging with no trace of anti-Romantic tendentiousness...But what makes this release so special is Elder and the Hallé's interpretation... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Orchestral
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Vaughan Williams - Piano Concerto
Ashley Wass (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
Ashley Wass's commanding way with the solo part is beautifully poised in the Romanza, while admirably resisting any temptation to smooth over the Toccata's hard edges. Both in the Concerto... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2009, Editor's Choice
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Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Susan Gritton (soprano) & Gerald Finley (baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Richard Hickox
The choral singing is as alert and secure as one would expect from Hickox, and the balance with the orchestra is well judged too… Gerald Finley…a noble, warm-toned baritone soloist… — More…
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Live, Vol. 1
Bbc Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Scrubbing up under expert technological ablutions, the RPO under Sargent sounds simply electrifying in this live recording of the 1958 world premiere of Vaughan Williams’s craggy Symphony No... — More…
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Sunday Times, 10 Best Classical Albums of 2022
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The Solent
Fifty years of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Roland Wood (baritone), Andrew Kennedy (tenor) & Nicholas Bootiman (viola)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Paul Daniel
Clearly impressed by the Three Impressions, the RLPO and Paul Daniel perform them excellently, and the other items also. — More…
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Boult conducts Coates
RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Adrian Boult
As ever, Coates's music has great craftsmanship as well as good tunes and, lightweight though it is, it lies firmly within the English tradition. Here Boult finds its affinities with Elgar in... — More…
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2007, Editor's Choice
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Janine Jansen RecommendedJanine Jansen (violin)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
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Building a Library, October 2022, Recommended Recording
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Very Best of English Song
RecommendedDame Janet Baker (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), David Willison (piano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Janet Craxton (piano), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano), Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone), Roger Vignoles...
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Building a Library, June 2018, Also recommended
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended orchestral version (Songs of Travel)
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Vaughan Williams - Symphonies Nos. 4-6
RecommendedJohn Williams (oboe)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Constantin Silvestri, Paavo Berglund, Sir Alexander Gibson
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Building a Library, March 2012, First Choice
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This recording has just about everything: robust comedy, sharp wit, sensuous delight, emotional uplift and food for thought all in one package. — More…
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Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
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