The Ultimate Collection

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1The Wasps - Overture
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Aristophanic Suite “The Wasps”: I. Overture
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1912)
part of:
Aristophanic Suite “The Wasps”
Ralph Vaughan Williams9:24
2Romanza: Lento
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Symphony no. 5 in D major: III. Romanza (Lento)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1938 until 1943)
part of:
Symphony no. 5 in D major
Ralph Vaughan Williams12:47
3The Lark Ascending
violin:
Tasmin Little (violinist)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1990-10)
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger) (in 1990-10)
recorded at:
St. Augustine’s Church (Kilburn, London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1990-10)
recording of:
The Lark Ascending (for violin and orchestra) (in 1990-10)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1914)
premiered at:
[concert] (1921-06-14)
premiered at:
Queen’s Hall in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1921-06-14)
arrangement of:
The Lark Ascending (for violin and piano)
Ralph Vaughan Williams514:14
4Symphony No. 6. Allegro
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1990-10)
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger) (in 1990-10)
recorded at:
St. Augustine’s Church (Kilburn, London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1990-10)
recording of:
Symphony no. 6 in E minor: I. Allegro (in 1990-10)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1946 until 1947)
part of:
Symphony no. 6 in E minor
Ralph Vaughan Williams7:23
5Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra (in 1990-10)
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger) (in 1990-10)
recorded at:
St. Augustine’s Church (Kilburn, London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1990-10)
recording of:
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (in 1990-10)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1910)
is based on:
Nine Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker’s Psalter: No. 3 “Why Fum’th in Fight” (Psalm 2)
Ralph Vaughan Williams515:48
6Symphony No. 3. Moderato Pesanta
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Symphony no. 3, “A Pastoral Symphony”: III. Moderato pesante - Presto
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1922)
part of:
Symphony no. 3 “A Pastoral Symphony”
Ralph Vaughan Williams6:05
7A Sea Symphony (Scherzo)
choir vocals:
BBC Symphony Chorus (amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
chorus master:
Stephen Jackson (choral conductor)
recorded at:
Blackheath Halls in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1994-02)
recording of:
Symphony no. 1, "A Sea Symphony": III. Scherzo. The Waves (in 1994-02)
lyricist:
Walt Whitman (19th c. American poet, essayist, and journalist)
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1903 until 1909)
part of:
Symphony no. 1 "A Sea Symphony"
Ralph Vaughan Williams7:43
8Greensleeves
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
arranger:
Ralph Greaves (in 1934)
recording of:
Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1924 until 1928)
arranger:
Ralph Greaves (in 1934)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1936)
is based on:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
is based on:
Lovely Joan (traditional English folk song)
is based on:
Sir John in Love
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:29