Serenade to music English folk song suite ; Norfolk rhapsody no. 1 ; Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' ; In the Fen country ; The lark ascending
Title
Serenade to music [electronic resource] ; English folk song suite ; Norfolk rhapsody no. 1 ; Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' ; In the Fen country ; The lark ascending / Vaughan Williams.
Published by
Hayes, Middlesex, England : EMI Classics, [1991], p1987.
Serenade to music (13:14) -- English folk song suite / arr. Gordon Jacob (8:45) -- Norfolk rhapsody no. 1 (10:14) -- Fantasia on Greensleeves (4:34) -- In the Fen country (13:51) -- The lark ascending (14:42).
Note
The 1st work for 16 solo singers (SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB) and orchestra (text from Shakespeare's The merchant of Venice); the 2nd originally for military band; the 6th for violin and orchestra.
Words of the 1st work from Shakespeare's The merchant of Venice (act V, scene 1).
Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London, Nov. 5, 1969, Aug. 8 and 12-13, 1970, Feb. 14-16, 1968; and in No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, Jan. 23, 1968 and Mar. 1, 1967.
Language (note)
Sung in English (1st work).
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Author
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
Title
Serenade to music [electronic resource] ; English folk song suite ; Norfolk rhapsody no. 1 ; Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' ; In the Fen country ; The lark ascending / Vaughan Williams.
Imprint
Hayes, Middlesex, England : EMI Classics, [1991], p1987.
Playing time
001314 000845 001014 000434 001351 001442
Series
British composers
British composers.
Performer
Sir Adrian Boult, conductor. In the 1st work: Norma Burrowes, Sheila Armstrong, Susan Longfield, Marie Hayward, Alfreda Hodgson, Gloria Jennings, Shirley Minty, Meriel Dickinson, Ian Partridge, Bernard Dickerson, Wynford Evans, Kenneth Bowen, Richard Angas, John Carol Case, John Noble, Christopher Keyte, vocal soloists ; London Philharmonic Orchestra. In the 2nd and 4th works: London Symphony Orchestra. In the 3rd and 5th works: New Philharmonia Orchestra. In the 6th work: Hugh Bean, violin ; New Philharmonia Orchestra.
Event
Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London, Nov. 5, 1969, Aug. 8 and 12-13, 1970, Feb. 14-16, 1968; and in No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, Jan. 23, 1968 and Mar. 1, 1967.