Composer: Roy Douglas, Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer: Stiles Allen, Isobel Baillie, Ena Mitchell, Elsie Suddaby, Muriel Brunskill, Astra Desmond, Mary Jarred, Gladys Ripley, William Herbert, Richard Lewis, Stephen Manton, Heddle Nash, Norman Allin, Robert Easton, Roy Henderson, Harold Williams, Louis Bové, Clifford Scott, John Peck, Arnold Ostlund Jr, Westminster Abbey Choir
Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sir Adrian Boult, Henry Pfohl
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Albion
Catalogue: ALB009
Release: 2009
Size: 139 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
01. Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Douglas: The Pilgrim’s Journey (After R. Vaughan Williams’ The Pilgrim’s Progress)
02. Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord
03. Into Thy Hands, O Lord
04. Who Would True Valour See
05. Unto Him That Overcometh
06. Vanity Fair
07. He That Is Own
08. The Lord Is My Shepherd
09. Alleluia
CD 02
01. The Teachings of Parry & Stanford
02. Excerpt of “Come Down, O Love Divine” from the Funeral Service of Ralph Vaughan Williams
This release is a unique and rare recording of Ralph Vaughan Williams conducting his Serenade to Music from a performance in 1951. It is a deeply expressive and romantic interpretation. The Serenade to Music was commissioned by Sir Henry Wood for his Jubilee Concert to celebrate his 50 years as a conductor. The concert took place on October 5th 1938.
The Serenade to Music is one of the sweetest, most beautiful of all Vaughan William’s works.
Also on this recording are the Pilgrim’s Journey and a bonus disc of Vaughan Williams talking about the teachings of Parry and Stanford and a short extract from the funeral service of Vaughan Williams. This recording has been brilliantly re-mastered by Peter Reynolds.