Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region

This page lists all recordings of Toward the Unknown Region, by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Vaughan Williams - Willow-Wood

Vaughan Williams - Willow-Wood


Vaughan Williams:

Toward the Unknown Region

Willow-Wood (Cantata for Baritone and Orchestra)

The Voice out of the Whirlwind; (Motet for Chorus and Orchestra)

Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus'

The Sons of Light (Cantata for Chorus and Orchestra)

Darkness and Light

The Song of the Zodiac

The Messengers of Speech


Roderick Williams (baritone)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones

GGramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - December 2005

Naxos - 8557798

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$6.99

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Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5 & Serenade to Music

Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5 & Serenade to Music


Vaughan Williams:

The Wasps Overture

Serenade to Music

with Elsie Morison, Marjorie Thomas, Duncan Robertson, Trevor Anthony & chorus

Fantasia on Greensleeves

arr. Greaves

Toward the Unknown Region

with chorus

Symphony No. 5 in D major

Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli


London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

EMI British Composers - 2161512

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Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem & Toward the Unknown Region

Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem & Toward the Unknown Region


Vaughan Williams:

Dona Nobis Pacem

A Cantata for soprano and baritone soli, chorus and orchestra

Judith Howarth (soprano & Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)

Four Hymns

for tenor, viola and strings

John Mark Ainsley (tenor) & Matthew Souter (viola)

Toward The Unknown Region

O Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47)

Lord, Thou has been our refuge

Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)


Corydon Singers, Corydon Orchestra, Matthew Best

Hyperion - CDA66655

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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7 'Sinfonia antartica', etc.

Vaughan Williams:

Symphony No. 7 'Sinfonia antartica'

Toward the Unknown Region


Catherine Bott (soprano), Roderick Elms (organ)

London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson

Chandos - CHAN8796

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Vaughan Williams: Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra, etc.

Vaughan Williams:

Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra

Oboe Concerto in A minor

David Theodore (oboe)

Violin Concerto in D minor 'Concerto Accademico'

Kenneth Sillito (violin)

Tuba Concerto in F minor

Patrick Harrild (tuba)

Two Hymn-Tune Preludes

The Lark Ascending

Michael Davis (violin)

Piano Concerto in C major

Partita for Double String Orchestra

Toward the Unknown Region


London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Bryden Thomson

Chandos - CHAN9262

(CD - 2 discs)

$21.49

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Arnold: The Return of Odysseus, Op. 119, etc.

Arnold:

The Return of Odysseus, Op. 119

Milhaud:

Suite française, Op. 248

Vaughan Williams:

Toward the Unknown Region


City Of Glasgow Chorus, The Orchestra Of Scottish Opera, Graham Taylor

Divine Art - 25035

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$15.99

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Vaughan Williams - The Collector’s Edition

Vaughan Williams - The Collector’s Edition


Vaughan Williams:

Symphonies Nos. 1-9

Joan Rogers (soprano), William Shimell (baritone), Alison Barlow (soprano)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Oboe Concerto in A minor

Jonathan Small (oboe)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Serenade to Music

choral version

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Partita for double string orchestra

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

The Wasps - Aristophanic Suite

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Prelude and Fugue in C minor

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Piano Concerto in C major

Piers Lane (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Piano Concerto in C for two pianos

Vitya Vronsky & Victor Babin

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Serenade to Music

16 soloists

London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

English Folk Song Suite

(orchestral)

London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

The Lark Ascending

London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

English Folk Song Suite

(band)

Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra

Tuba Concerto in F minor

Serenade to Music

(orchestral)

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Old King Cole

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Five Mystical Songs

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Sea Songs

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Variations for Brass Band

(orchestral)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Northern SInfonia of England, Richard Hickox

String Quartet No. 1 in G minor

Britten Quartet

Violin Concerto in D minor 'Concerto Accademico'

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Northern SInfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Violin Sonata in A minor

Music Group of London

String Quartet No. 2 in A minor

Music Group of London

Toward the Unknown Region

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Dona Nobis Pacem

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Magnificat

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

An Oxford Elegy

Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks

Flos Campi

Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks

Whitsunday Hymn

Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks

Sancta Civitas

Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks

Five Tudor Portraits

Bach Choir, New Phil Orch & LSO, David Willcocks

Benedicite

Bach Choir, New Phil Orch & LSO, David Willcocks

Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus'

Bach Choir, New Phil Orch & LSO, David Willcocks

Hodie (A Christmas Cantata)

(w/strings & organ)

Janet Baker

Bach Choir & LSO, David Willcocks

Fantasia on Christmas Carols

(w/orch)

In Windsor Forest

Songs of Travel

On Wenlock Edge

Mass in G minor

Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks

All people that on earth do dwell

Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks

Te Deum in G

Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks

Household Music

Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks

Four Hymns

Ian Partridge

Music Group of London

Merciless Beauty

Ian Partridge

Music Group of London

Ten Blake Songs

Ian Partridge

Music Group of London

On Wenlock Edge

Ian Partridge

Music Group of London

House of Life

Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison

Songs of Travel

(piano)

A Song of Thanksgiving

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

Epithalamion

Meredith Davies

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Orchestra Nova of Londo, David Willcocks

Riders to the Sea

Meredith Davies

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Orchestra Nova of Londo, David Willcocks

Hugh the Drover

Robert Tear / Sheila Armstrong / Michael Rippon & Robert Lloyd

Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral & RPO, Charles Groves

Sir John in Love

Felicity Palmer / Robert Tear / Robert Lloyd & Helen Watts

New Phil Orchestra, Meredith Davies

The Pilgrim's Progress (complete)

& rehearsal sequence

Ian Partridge / John Shirley-Quirk / Jean Temperley & John Noble

LPC / LPO, Adrian Boult

Job - A Masque for Dancing

London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult


Celebrated as the musical poet of the English landscape, Vaughan Williams was also a visionary composer of enormous range: from the pastoral lyricism of The Lark Ascending and the still melancholy of Silent Noon to the violence of the Fourth Symphony and the grand ceremonial of All people that on earth do dwell, he assumed the mantle of Elgar as our national composer. This edition, released to mark the 50th anniversary of his death, presents all the major orchestral, chamber, vocal and stage works, as well as many lesser pieces and rarities, in the finest interpretations. All your favourite Vaughan Williams is here, in over 34 hours of music on 30 CDs

“A convincing and deeply moving showcase… exceptional value… it’s scope breathtaking. This is the essential set, and if you're at all drawn to VW you might as well buy the whole damn show now - because sooner or later you're going to anyway.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 *****

Building a Library

First Choice - November 2008

EMI - 2066362

(CD - 30 discs)

$78.99

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