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A Portrait of Vaughan Williams
Christ Church Cathedral ChoirStephen Darlington English String Orchestra William Boughton Medici String Quartet |
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| Disc One | ||||
| 1 | Overture: The Wasps | 8.34 | ||
| Michael Bochmann, violin | ||||
| 2 | The Lark Ascending | 13.42 | ||
| Margaret Campbell, Colin Lilley, flutes, Audrey Douglas, harp | ||||
| 3 | Fantasia on Greensleeves | 4.15 | ||
| Maurice Bourgue, oboe | ||||
| 4 | Oboe Concerto | I Rondo Pastorale | 6.48 | |
| 5 | II Minuet and Musette | 2.24 | ||
| 6 | III Scherzo | 7.29 |  | |
| Solo Quartet: Susan Lynn, violin I, Pierre Joubert, violin II, Helen Roberts, viola, Thomas Waddington, cello | ||||
| 7 | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis | 15.15 | ||
| Susan Lynn, violin, Thomas Waddington, cello, Audrey Douglas, harp | ||||
| 8 | Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus | 10.53 | | |
| Recorded in the Great Hall, Birmingham University, Tracks 1 and 2 14-16 July 1989; Tracks 3-8 in 1985. | ||||
| Disc Two | ||||
| 1 | Mass in G minor | Kyrie | 4.06 | |
| 2 | Gloria in excelsis | 4.27 | ||
| 3 | Credo | 7.03 | | |
| 4 | Sanctus Osanna I-Benedictus-Osanna II | 5.26 | ||
| 5 | Agnus Dei | 4.39 | ||
| 6 | Sacred and Secular Songs | Valiant-for-Truth (John Bunyan) | 5.43 | |
| 7 | The Blessed Son of God (Miles Coverdale, after Martin Luther) | 2.37 | ||
| 8 | No Sad Thought His Soul Affright (Verse 1-Anon. Verse 2-Ursula Vaughan Williams) | 2.26 | ||
| 9 | Lord, Thou has been our Refuge (Psalm xc) | 8.01 | ||
| 10 | O Taste and See (Psalm xxxiv,8)1.40 | |||
| 11 | Three Shakespeare Songs | Full Fathom Five | 2.39 | |
| 12 | The Cloud-Capp'd Towers | 2.03 | ||
| 13 | Over Hill, Over Date | 1.33 | ||
| Soloists: Timothy Mirfin, Peter Gritton, Ian Barratt, David Le Monnier, Paul Martin, Jonathan Freeman-Attwood, trumpet. | ||||
| Recorded in Merton College Chapel, Oxford, 8th and 9th Decenber, 1986. | ||||
| Disc Three | ||||
| 1 | Phantasy Quintet | I Prelude Lento ma non troppo | 4.02 | |
| 2 | II Scherzo Prestissimo | 4.04 | ||
| 3 | III Alla Sarabanda Lento | 2.59 | ||
| 4 | IV Burlesca Allegro moderato | 4.19 | ||
| 5 | String Quartet No. 1 in G minor | I Allegro moderato | 9.01 | |
| 6 | II Minuet and Trio Tempo di Minuetto | 4.34 | ||
| 7 | III Romance Andante sostenuto | 7.48 | ||
| 8 | IV Finale: Rondo Capriccioso Allegro molto | 8.00 | | |
| 9 | String Quartet No. 2 in A minor for Jean on her birthday | I Prelude Allegro appassionato | 4.43 | |
| 10 | II Romance Largo | 8.43 | ||
| 11 | III Scherzo Allegro | 3.24 | ||
| 12 | IV Epilogue Andante sostenuto | 3.35 | ||
| Recorded at the Maltings, Snape 21st - 23rd February, 1989 | ||||
| Disc Four | ||||
| Jack May, narrator | ||||
| 1 | An Oxford Elegy | 20.34 | ||
| Roger Best, viola | ||||
| 2 | Flos Campi | 18.15 | ||
| 3 | Te Deum | 6.59 | ||
| 4 | O, Clap your Hands | 2.47 | ||
| 5 | The Old Hundreth Psalm Tune | 3.47 | ||
| Recorded in Leominster Priory, 12-14 January, 1989. | ||||
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