Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer: James Ehnes, Alex Mitchell, Kate Richardson, Jonathan Aasgaard, Thelma Handy
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Andrew Manze
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Onyx
Release: 2019
Size: 1.2 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Serenade to Music
02. Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’
03. The Lark Ascending
04. Fantasia on Greensleeves
English Folk Song Suite
05. I. March. Seventeen come Sunday – Pretty Caroline
06. II. Intermezzo. My Bonny Boy
07. III. March. Folk Songs from Somerset
08. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Following their hugely successful cycle of Vaughan Williams’ nine symphonies, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra is led by Andrew Manze in this album of the composer’s most popular shorter orchestral works.
This disc features Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Fantasia on Greensleeves, The Lark Ascending and The Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, as well as the rarely performed orchestral version of The Serenade to Music.