VA - Vaughan Williams Greatest Hits (2005)

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Title: Vaughan Williams Greatest Hits
Year Of Release: 2005
Label: Decca
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:09:34
Total Size: 330 Mb
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Tracklist:

1. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
de Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner 4:26
2. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
de Iona Brown & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner 16:05
3. Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite - 1. March: Seventeen come Sunday
de Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner 3:19
4. Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite - 2. Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy
de Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner 3:19
5. Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite - 3. March: Folk Songs from Somerset
de Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner 3:51
6. Vaughan Williams: Overture The Wasps
de Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner 9:01
7. Vaughan Williams: Concerto Grosso - 1. Intrada
de Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner 2:18
8. Vaughan Williams: Concerto Grosso - 2. Burlesca Ostinata
de Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner 2:37
9. Vaughan Williams: Concerto Grosso - 3. Sarabande
de Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner 3:12
10. Vaughan Williams: Concerto Grosso - 4. Scherzo
de Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner 2:07
11. Vaughan Williams: Concerto Grosso - 5. March and Reprise
de Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and Sir Neville Marriner 4:05
12. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
de Iona Brown & Trevor Connah & Stephen Shingles & Kenneth Heath & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & Sir Neville Marriner 15:16

If you've never heard anything by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, this CD is the place to start. Most of Vaughan Williams' best known works (not counting his monumental symphonies) are included on this disc including the "Fantasia on Greensleeves", the "English Folk Song Suite", the "Tallis Fantasia" and "The Lark Ascending".
All of the music was performed by the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-fields and was conducted with perfection by Sir Neville Marriner.
This music is full of emotion and serenity and captures the very essence of what Vaughan Williams is all about musically-speaking.
70-Minutes of music for $7.99 isn't at all bad either especially when every piece on this disc is a masterwork by a master composer.
On a personal note, the performance of "The Lark Ascending" is probably the best I've ever heard. Iona Brown's emotional violin brings out something that's missing in other recordings I've heard. I would consider the definitive "Lark" to be on this disc.
This is a highly recommended disc and it's budget price tag makes it an absolute steal.