Vaughan Williams reviews
Hear Vaughan Williams' 'Lark Ascending' as it was originally written: for piano and violin duo
Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor and violinist Hyeyoon Park mark Vaughan Williams' 150th birthday with a recording of the famous piece's original scoring
Salisbury Meditation
John Challenger (organ) (AJM)
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 4 & 6 (LSO/Pappano)
London Symphony Orchestra/Antonio Pappano (LSO Live)
Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs, Vol. 2
Mary Bevan (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor) Roderick Williams (baritone), Thomas Gould (violin), William Vann (piano) (Albion)
Proud Songsters – English Solo Song
Michael Chance, Lawrence Zazzo, Tim Mead (countertenor), et al, Simon Lepper (piano) (King's College)
And Love Said...
Jodie Devos (soprano), Nicolas Krüger (piano) (Alpha Classics)
Vaughan Williams: Folk Songs, Vol. 1
Mary Bevan (soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), et al (Albion)
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5, etc
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins, et al (Hyperion)
Vaughan Williams: Job; Songs of Travel
Halle Orchestra/Mark Elder, et al (Halle)
Four of the best recordings of Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending
Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending is one of the most popular and enduring works in the classical repertoire, with many recordings to its name. We pick out some of the greatest recordings of this piece on CD and available to stream
Finzi • Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5, etc
Philharmonic Orchestra/Michael Collins (clarinet) (BIS)
Elgar • Vaughan Williams: Sonatas; The Lark Ascending, etc
Jennifer Pike (violin), Martin Roscoe (piano) (Chandos)
Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto; Oboe Concerto; Flos Campi; Serenade to Music
Carla Huhtanen, Emily D’Angelo, Lawrence Wilford, Tyler Duncan, Sarah Jeffrey, Teng Li, Louis Lortie; Elmer Iseler Singers; Toronto Symphony Orchestra/Peter Oundjian (Chandos)
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Te Deum in G; O vos omnes; plus others
Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge/
Andrew Nethsingha; Joseph Wicks (Signum Classics)
Whither Must I Wander
Will Liverman (baritone), Jonathan King (piano) (Odradek)
Cornhill Visions
William Morley (trumpet), Nicola Corbishley (soprano), Patrick Craig (countertenor) et al; The Choir of St Michael's Cornhill/Jonathan Rennert (Regent)
The Contrast: English Poetry in Song
Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano) (BIS)
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1; Walton: Viola Concerto; Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Isabelle van Keulen; NDR Radiophilharmonie/Andrew Manze, Keri-Lynn Wilson, Andrew Litton (Challenge Classics)
Bridge • Rebecca Clarke • Vaughan Williams
Natalie Clein & Christian Ihle Hadland (Hyperion)
Vaughan Williams: Earth and Sky
Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea/William Vann;
Hugh Rowlands (Albion Record)
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Elizabeth Llewellyn, Marcus Farnsworth; BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion)
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos 3 & 4
BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins, et al (Hyperion)
The deeper the blue...
Janet Sung (violin); Simon Callaghan (piano); Britten Sinfonia/Jac van Steen (SOMM)
Twilight People
Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Tamar Halperin (piano) (Modern)