Bach – Transcriptions – Leonard Slatkin

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Passacaglia and Fuge in C minor BWV 582 (orch.: Ottorino Respighi)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 (orch.: Sir Granville Bantock)
Preludium and Fuge in C major BWV 545 (orch.: Arthur Honegger)
O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß, BWV 622 (orch.: Max Reger)
Fantasia and Fuge in C minor BWV 537 (orch.: Sir Edward Elgar)
Die 'große' Fuge (Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, BWV 680) (orch.: Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Chaconne from Partita Nr. 2 in D minor BWV 1004 (orch.: Joseph Joachim Raff)
'Fuge a la Gigue' in G major BWV 577 (orch.: Gustav Holst)
Preludium und Fuge in E flat major 'St Anne', BWV 552 (orch.: Arnold Schoenberg)

BBC Philharmonic
Leonard Slatkin - conductor

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Britten, Holst, Delius, V.Williams, Warlock – String Music – Richard Studt

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976):
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op.10
Gustav Holst (1874-1934):
St.Paul'ss Suite, op.29 no.2
Frederick Delius (1862-1934):
Two Aquarelles
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):
5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Peter Warlock (1894-1930):
Capriol Suite

Bournemouth Sinfonietta Orchestra
Richard Studt - conductor

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Vaughan Williams – Serenade to Music, Flos Campi – Matthew Best

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):
Serenade to Music *
Five Mystical Songs
Fantasia on Christmas Carols +
Flos Campi #

Maciej Rakowski - violin *
Thomas Allen - baritone +
Nobuko Imai - viola #
Corydon Singers
English Chamber Orchestra
Matthew Best - conductor

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Vaughan Williams – Symphonies Nos.3 & 6 – Kees Bakels

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):
Symphony No.3 "Pastoral"
Symphony No.6 in E minor

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Kees Bakels - conductor

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Elgar, Vaughan Williams – Symphonic Works – Christopher Warren-Green

Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Introduction and Allegro for Strings op.47
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):
The Lark Ascending - romance for Violin and Orchestra
Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Serenade for String Orchestra op.20
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):
Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green - violin & conductor

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Various Composers – Songs – Kathleen Ferrier

remembering Kathleen Ferrier on the anniversary of her death

(22 April 1912 – 8 October 1953)

The Fairy Lough (Stanford)
A Soft Day (Stanford)
Love is a bable (Parry)
Silent Noon (Vaughan Williams)
Go Not, Happy Day (Bridge)
Sleep (Warlock)
Pretty Ring Time (Warlock)
O Waly, Waly (arr. Britten)
Come you not from Newcastle? (arr. Britten)
Kitty My Love, Will You Marry Me? (arr. Hughes)
Mad Bess of Bedlam (Purcell arr.Britten)
Hark! now the echoing air (Purcell)
Like as the love-lorn turtle (Handel)
How changed the vision (Handel)
Verborgenheit (Wolf)
Der Gärtner (Wolf)
Auf ein altes Bild (Wolf)
Auf einer Wanderung (Wolf)
Altar (Jensen)
Vergiss mein nicht (J.S.Bach)
Ach, dass nicht die letzte Stunde (J.S.Bach)
Bist du bei mir (attr. J.S.Bach)

Kathleen Ferrier - contralto
Frederick Stone - piano
Phyllis Spurr - piano
Milicent Silver - harpsichord
John Newmark - piano

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Reginald Kell – Original Masters [DG Edition]

remembering Reginald Kell on the anniversary of his death

(8 June 1906 – 5 August 1981)

CD 1:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Clarinet concerto in A, K 622
Clarinet quintet in A, K 581
Serenade in C min, K 388 (K 384a)

Zimbler Sinfonietta
The Fine Arts String Quartet of the American Broadcasting Company
Kell Chamber Players


CD 2:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Serenade in E flat, K 375
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Clarinet trio in B flat, op 11
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Clarinet trio in E flat 'Kegelstatt, K 498
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Fantasiestücke, op 73

Kell Chamber Players
Frank Miller - cello
Mieczyslaw Horszowski - piano
Lilian Fuchs - viola
Joel Rosen - piano


CD 3:
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826):
Grand duo concertant in E flat, op 48
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Clarinet quintet in B min, op 115
Clarinet trio in A min, op 114

Joel Rosen - piano
Fine Arts String Quartet
Frank Miller - cello
Mieczyslaw Horszowski - piano


CD 4:
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano F minor opus 120 nr 1
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano E flat major opus 120 nr 2
Camille Saint-Saëns Camille (1835-1921):
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano E flat major opus 167
Alec Templeton (1910-1963):
Pocket-size Sonata nr 1 for Clarinet and Piano
Antoni Szalowski (1907-1973):
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano

Joel Rosen - piano
Brooks Smith - piano


CD 5:
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Première Rhapsodie for clarinet & piano
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963):
Clarinet sonata in B flat
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Three pieces for solo clarinet
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Contrasts
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
La plus qui lente
La fille aux chevaux de lin
Rêverie
Le petit berger
Walter Mourant (1910-1955):
Ecstasy
The pied piper
Blue haze
Reginald Porter-Brown (1910-1982):
Dance of the three old maids

Joel Rosen - piano
Melvin Ritter - violin


CD 6:
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974):
Suite, op 157b
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):
Six studies in English folksong
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759):
Siciliana and gigue (from Recorder sonata in F, HWV 369)
Adagio (from Violin sonata in F, HWV 370)
Allegro from Oboe sonata in F, HWV 363a
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713):
Giga from Recorder sonata in C, op 5 no 9
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962):
Rondino über ein Thema von Beethoven
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Pièce en forme de habanera
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Petite pièce
Alan Richardson (1904-1978):
Roundelay
Benjamin Godard (1849-1895):
Berceuse (from 'Jocelyn')
Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960):
Jamaican Rumba
Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962):
Caprice Viennois, op 2
Liebesleid
Liebesfreud
Stars in my eyes (from 'The king steps out')
Schön Rosmarin

Melvin Ritter - violin
Joel Rosen - piano
Brooks Smith - piano


Reginald Kell - clarinet

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Brahms – Symphony No.2; Vaughan Williams – Symphony No.6 – Sir John Barbirolli

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Symphony No.2 in D major, op.73
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):
Symphony No.6 in E minor

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Sir John Barbirolli - conductor

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Vaughan Williams; Tausky; Moody; Jacob - Harmonica and orchestra - Reilly

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):
Romance for Harmonica and orchestra
Vilem Tausky (1910-2004):
Concertino for Harminca and orchestra
James Moody (1907-1995):
Little Suite for Harmonica and orchestra
Gordon Jacob (1895-1984):
Five Pieces for Harmonica and orchestra

Tommy Reilly - harmonica
Academy of St.Martin-in-the-Fields
Sir Neville Marriner - conductor

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Vaughan Williams - A London Symphony - Haitink

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):
A London Symphony
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Haitink - conductor

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Arturo Sacchetti - England From Elgar To Arnell

Not my rip. This album is a generous offer by Daffy. 

Organ History:
England: From Elgar to Arnell

works by:
Sir Edward William Elgar (1857-1934)
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
George Thalben-Ball (1896-1987)
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Richard Anthony Arnell (1917-2009)

Arturo Sacchetti - organ

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V.Williams - A Pastoral Symphony; Symphony No. 5 - Boult

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):
A Pastoral Symphony *
Symphony No.5 in D +

Margaret Price - soprano *
New Philharmonia Orchestra *
London Philharmonic Orchestra +
Sir Adrian Boult - conductor

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