Description:

• 7 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
• 4 3/4 in.
• digital
• optical
• 1.4 m/s
• stereo
• digital recording

Other Title: Orchestral music. Selections

Notes:

• Previously released recordings, p1985-2001.
• Text of 1st work, disc 1, by Walt Whitman; text of 3rd work, disc 5 by A.E. Housman.
• Program notes by Michael Kennedy and texts of sung works (27 p. : ill.) in container.
• Sheila Armstrong, Felicity Lott, Amanda Roocroft, sopranos ; Ian Bostridge, tenor ; Jonathan Summers, baritone ; Sarah Chang, violin ; London Philharmonic Choir ; Cantilena ; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, conductor.
• Recorded 1984 (CD6), 1986 (CD2), 1989 (CD1), 1994 (CD4), 2000 (CD7), No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London; 1996 (CD3), 1997 (CD5), The Colosseum, Watford.
• Compact disc.

Contents:

• Disc 1. A sea symphony (Symphony no. 1)
• Disc 2. A London symphony (Symphony no. 2) ; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
• Disc 3. A pastoral symphony (Symphony no. 3) ; Symphony no. 4
• Disc 4. Symphony no. 5 ; Norfolk rhapsody no. 1 ; The lark ascending
• Disc 5. Symphony no. 6 ; In the Fen Country ; On Wenlock Edge
• Disc 6. Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony no. 7)
• Disc 7. Symphony no. 8 ; Symphony no. 9.

Publisher or Distributor Number:

• 5 86026 2
• 5 86027 2
• 5 86028 2
• 5 86029 2
• 5 86030 2
• 5 86031 2
• 5 86032 2
• 5 86033 2
• 7243 5 86026 2 3
• 7243 5 86027 2 2
• 7243 5 86028 2 1
• 7243 5 86029 2 0
• 7243 5 86030 2 6
• 7243 5 86031 2 5
• 7243 5 86032 2 4
• 7243 5 86033 2 3

Control Number: 701777

UPC: 724358602623

Subjects:

• Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936 -- Musical settings.
• Orchestral music.
• Song cycles.
• Songs (High voice) with orchestra.
• Symphonic poems.
• Symphonies.
• Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 -- Musical settings.

Genre:

• Musical settings.
• Sound recordings.

Other Authors:

• Armstrong, Sheila, singer.
• Bostridge, Ian, singer.
• Cantilena, performer.
• Chang, Sarah, instrumentalist.
• Haitink, Bernard, 1929-2021, conductor.
• Housman, A. E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936.
• London Philharmonic Choir, performer.
• London Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.
• Lott, Felicity, singer.
• Roocroft, Amanda, singer.
• Summers, Jonathan, 1946- singer.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. In the Fen Country.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Lark ascending.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Norfolk rhapsody, no. 1.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. On Wenlock edge; arranged.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Symphonies, no. 1.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Symphonies, no. 2, G major.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Symphonies, no. 3.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Symphonies, no. 4, F minor.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Symphonies, no. 5, D major.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Symphonies, no. 6, E minor.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Symphonies, no. 7.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Symphonies, no. 8, D minor.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Symphonies, no. 9, E minor.
• Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.