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Vaughan Williams, Ralph

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, RALPH (1872 - 1958)

One of the leading English composers of his generation, Vaughan Williams was a pupil of Parry, Charles Wood and Stanford, and later of Bruch and Ravel. In his work as a composer he went some way towards creating a specifically English musical idiom, influenced by his... (more info)

Stage Works

The stage music of Vaughan Williams includes the Shakespearean opera Sir John in Love, based on The Merry Wives of Windsor, the masque for dancing Job and the morality The Pilgrim's Progress, based on John Bunyan. Incidental music for the theatre includes music for The Wasps by Aristophanes, of which the Overture is often heard. He also wrote a number of film-scores.

Orchestral Music

Vaughan Williams wrote nine symphonies, the first of these with solo singers, chorus and orchestra A Sea Symphony, with words taken from Walt Whitman, the second "A London" Symphony and the third a "Pastoral" Symphony. The Sixth Symphony, completed in its first version in 1947, seemed to break new ground and was followed by a seventh, the Sinfonia Antartica, that had its origin in a film soundtrack.

Compositions by Vaughan Williams for solo instrument and orchestra include the pastoral romance The Lark Ascending, for solo violin, and a Concerto accademico for solo violin and string orchestra. There is an attractive concerto for oboe and two more unusual concertos, one for harmonica and the other for bass tuba. Flos campi uses a solo viola and is scored also for a small choir and chamber orchestra.

Vaughan Williams made direct use of folk-song in his three Norfolk Rhapsodies, his Fantasia on Greensleeves, for solo flute, harp and strings and in his English Folksong Suite for military band, among other works. His Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis for two string orchestras returns to the 16th century for its musical inspiration.

Vocal and Choral Music

Vaughan Williams made a substantial contribution to English choral and vocal repertoire in compositions that include the fine Serenade to Music, completed in 1938. Other compositions range from oratorio to hymn-tune, from folk-song arrangement to the evocative On Wenlock Edge, a setting of poems by A.E. Housman.

Discography
Image	Title	Price	Release Date	Label
	Vaughan-Williams: Christmas Day (Folk Carols And Folk Songs Arranged By Vaughan Williams)	£12.99	Sep 26, 2011	Albion Records
	Vaughan Williams/ Hadley: Garden Of Proserpine/ In The Fen Country/ Fen And Flood	£12.99	May 31, 2011	Albion Records
	Elgar/ Ralph Vaughan Williams: Davis Conducts (Elgar: Variations/ Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.6)	£9.99	Sep 27, 2010	BR Klassik
	Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade To Music/ 5 Mystical Songs/ Flos Campi)	£9.99	Sep 27, 2010	Hyperion
	Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sancta Civitas (Dona nobis pacem, Sancta Civitas)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Mar 29, 2010	Naxos Classics
	Vaughan Williams: Sacred Choral Music	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Feb 1, 2010	Naxos Classics
	Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs	£12.99	Jul 27, 2009	Albion Records
	BEST OF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jun 2, 2008	Naxos Best Of...
	Vaughan Williams: Choral Works	£25.99	Jun 2, 2008	Hyperion
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: On Wenlock Edge / Piano Quintet / Romance and Pastorale	£15.99	Mar 31, 2008	Chandos
	Howells & Vaughan Williams: Requiem & Mass	£6.99	Mar 3, 2008	Hyperion Helios
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Hodie/Christmas Carols Fantasia	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Oct 29, 2007	Naxos Classics
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 1, "A Sea Symphony" / The Wasps: Overture	£16.99	Jan 29, 2007	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on Christmas Carols / On Christmas Night / The First Nowell	£15.99	Oct 2, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (An Introduction to)	£6.99	Jul 31, 2006	Chandos
	HOLST: Planets (The) / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 4	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jul 3, 2006	Naxos Historical
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 3	£15.99	May 2, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 6 / Bass Tuba Concerto	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 4 / Violin Concerto in D minor	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: London Symphony (A) / BUTTERWORTH: The Banks of Green Willow	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	JACOBSON: Vaughan Williams - A Cotswold Romance / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: The Death of Tintagiles	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 7 / Toward the Unknown Region	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Film Music, Vol. 1	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: 5 Tudor Portraits / 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Hymns and Choral Music	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 5 / The Lark Ascending	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Riders to the Sea / Household Music / Flos campi	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Romance / TAUSKY: Harmonica Concertino / MOODY: Little Suite / JACOB: 5 Pieces	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphonies Nos. 6 and 8 / Nocturne	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Pilgrim's Progress (The)	£29.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Sea Symphony (A)	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 3, "Pastoral" / Oboe Concerto	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: In the Fen Country / The Lark Ascending / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Sir John in Love	£29.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 4 / Mass in G minor / 6 Choral Songs	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	BAX: Clarinet Sonata / BLISS: Clarinet Quintet / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: 6 Studies in English Folksong	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	HOLST / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: British Wind Band Classics	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 8 / 2 Hymn-Tune Preludes / Fantasia on Greensleeves / Partita	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	HOLST / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Choral Works	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Songs of Travel / 4 Poems by Fredegond Shove / The House of Life	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Valiant for Truth / Symphony No. 5 / The Pilgrim Pavement / Prelude and Fugue	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Poisoned Kiss (The)	£29.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 9 / Piano Concerto	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Dona Nobis Pacem / 5 Mystical Songs	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Wasps (The): Overture / Serenade to Music / DELIUS: 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra	£6.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Poisoned Kiss (The) / The Running Set / Suite for Viola / Sea Songs / The Wasps	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Songs of Travel / The House of Life	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Oct 3, 2005	Naxos Classics
	Bingham & Vaughan Williams: Mass	£13.99	May 2, 2005	Hyperion
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 4 / Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 / Flos Campi	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Oct 22, 2004	Naxos Classics
	Gurney & Vaughan Williams: A Shropshire Lad	£6.99	Oct 22, 2004	Hyperion Helios
	Vaughan Williams: Hugh the Drover	£13.99	Oct 24, 2003	Hyperion
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: A Sea Symphony	£9.99	Sep 2, 2003	Naxos Dvd Audio
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 1, "A Sea Symphony"	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Sep 1, 2003	Naxos Classics
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasias / Norfolk Rhapsody / In the Fen Country / Concerto Grosso	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jun 1, 2003	Naxos Classics
	Vaughan Williams: The Early Chamber Music	£29.99	Nov 14, 2002	Hyperion
	Vaughan Williams: Chamber Music	£13.99	Apr 19, 2002	Hyperion
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Mass in G Minor / Motets	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Nov 1, 2001	Naxos Classics
	Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music	£13.99	Jan 1, 2001	Hyperion
	Vaughan Williams: Songs	£13.99	Sep 1, 2000	Hyperion
	Vaughan Williams/Film Music (Rte Concert Or/Penny)	£9.99	May 15, 2000	Marco Polo
	Vaughan Williams: Over hill, over dale	£13.99	Jan 1, 2000	Hyperion
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 2, 'London' / The Wasps Overture	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem	£13.99	Jan 1, 2000	Hyperion
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 9	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphonies Nos. 3, 'Pastoral', and 6	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Job / The Lark Ascending	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	Vaughan Williams: Mystical Songs	£6.99	Jan 1, 2000	Hyperion Helios

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Image	Title	Price	Release Date	Label
	The Power Of Love (Power Of Love/ English Songbook) (Hyperion: CDA67888)	£13.99	Jan 31, 2012	Hyperion
	Flos Campi/ Viola Concerto (Hyperion: CDA67839)	£15.99	Oct 31, 2011	Hyperion
	Phoenix/ Oboe Concertos (British Oboe Concertos Including Two Premieres)	£12.99	Aug 30, 2011	Champs Hill
	Concertos For Two Pianos	£15.99	Mar 28, 2011	Sono Luminus
	Various: English Works for Viola and Piano	~~£6.99~~ £3.49	Jan 31, 2011	Naxos Classics
	V Williams/ Ireland: Symphonies (V Williams: Sym No.6/ The Wasps/ Ireland: Prelude/ Sym Rhapsody)	£12.99	Jun 1, 2010	Albion Records
	Organ Fireworks, Vol. 13	£13.99	Apr 27, 2009	Hyperion
	V Williams: Kissing Her Hair	£12.99	Mar 30, 2009	Albion Records
	BEST OF LONDON	£12.99	Jun 30, 2008	Naxos Best Of...
	The Feast of Ascension at Westminster Abbey	£13.99	Mar 31, 2008	Hyperion
	The Feast of Michaelmas at Westminster Abbey	£13.99	Aug 27, 2007	Hyperion
	DISCOVER CHORAL MUSIC	£12.99	Jul 30, 2007	Naxos Educational
	VINTAGE TV AND RADIO CLASSICS	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Feb 26, 2007	Naxos Classics
	All in the April evening	£6.99	Oct 30, 2006	Hyperion Helios
	WILLIAMS FAIREY BAND: Brass from the Masters, Vol. 1	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	BYWAYS OF BRITISH MUSIC	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	GRIMETHORPE COLLIERY BAND: Brass from the Masters, Vol. 2	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	BLACK DYKE MILLS BAND: Champions of Brass	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	LOTT, Felicity: Favourite English Songs	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	ENGLISH ORCHESTRAL SONGS	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	SEASCAPES	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	PARRY / WILLIAMS / HOWELLS / MOZART / MENDELSSOHN / GARDINER / BACH / STANFORD: Choral Works	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	CHORAL FESTIVAL	£4.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	BACH TRANSCRIPTIONS	£15.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	SHAKESPEARE IN SONG	£16.99	Jan 23, 2006	Chandos
	BRITISH TUBA CONCERTOS	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 3, 2006	Naxos Classics
	VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS: Willow-Wood / The Sons of Light / Toward the Unknown Region	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Oct 31, 2005	Naxos Classics
	Discover Music of the Twentieth Century	£12.99	Oct 3, 2005	Naxos Educational
	ABIDE WITH ME AND OTHER FAVOURITE HYMNS	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Oct 3, 2005	Naxos Classics
	FERRIER, Kathleen: Songs of the British Isles (1949-1952)	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Mar 29, 2005	Naxos Historical
	Playful Pachyderm	£13.99	Oct 22, 2004	Hyperion
	ENGLISH SONG	£12.99	Jul 23, 2004	Naxos Classics
	ENGLISH CHORAL MUSIC	£12.99	Jun 18, 2004	Naxos Classics
	Cinema Classics 2004	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	May 21, 2004	Naxos Classics
	A Treasury of English Song	£4.99	Mar 19, 2004	Hyperion
	Songs of Travel	£13.99	Sep 2, 2003	Hyperion
	ADAGIO CHILLOUT	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Sep 1, 2003	Naxos Classics
	VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS: On Wenlock Edge / Five Mystical Songs	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Dec 30, 2002	Naxos Classics
	Passiontide: Music for Solace and Reflection	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Mar 5, 2002	Naxos Classics
	Classical Chill	£12.99	Feb 1, 2002	Naxos Classics
	English Music for Viola	£6.99	Oct 1, 2001	Hyperion Helios
	VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS: Phantasy Quintet / String Quartets Nos. 1-2	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Apr 1, 2001	Naxos Classics
	English String Miniatures, Vol. 2	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Feb 1, 2001	Naxos Classics
	English Organ Music, Vol. 2	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	The English Hymn, Vol. 1 / Christ Triumphant	£9.99	Jan 1, 2000	Hyperion
	The Lark Ascending: Violin Showpieces	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	American Light Music Classics	£13.99	Jan 1, 2000	Hyperion
	English Organ Music, Vol. 1	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	English String Music	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	Songs of Praise	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Classics
	Naxos 15th Anniversary CD	~~£6.99~~ £4.99	Jan 1, 2000	Naxos Samplers

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