VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: ORCHESTRAL WORKS - ACADEMY OF ST. MARTIN IN THE FIELDS, MARRINER (2 CDS)

Sir Neville Marriner and his Academy made some of the most priceless recordings of Vaughan Williams for Decca and Philips, and this collection restores to circulation his Philips traversal of music by this composer, with the addition of five pieces made for Decca - the Romance for harmonica (with Tommy Reilly), possibly the best version of The Lark Ascending ever recorded (with the late Iona Brown), his second recording of Fantasia on Greensleeves, the Concerto Grosso and the English Folk Song Suite. The collection is filled out with the nine perky folk song arrangements he recorded, receiving their first international release on CD.

Vaughan Williams: The Wasps Overture
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner

Vaughan Williams: Variations for Brass Band
(arr. for orchestra by Gordon Jacob)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner

Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner

Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus'
Sir Neville Marriner

Vaughan Williams: Romance for strings, piano and harmonica
Tommy Reilly (harmonica)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner

Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Iona Brown (violin)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner

Vaughan Williams: Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner

Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
(trans. Gordon Jacob)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner

trad.: British Folk Songs
(arr. Chris Hazell, Leslie Pearson)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner

Vaughan Williams: In the Fen Country
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Sir Neville Marriner