Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel

This page lists all recordings of Songs of Travel, 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.

The Vagabond; Let beauty awake; The Roadside Fire; Youth and Love; In Dreams; The Infinite Shining Heavens; Whither must I wander?; Bright is the ring of words; I have trod the upward and the downward slope.

Vaughan Williams orchestrated the accompaniment to the songs of the original Book I in 1905 and Roy Douglas orchestrated the remainder in 1961-2

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Invitation Au Voyage

Invitation Au Voyage

Lieder & mélodies on the theme of travel


Duparc:

L'Invitation au voyage

La Vague et la Cloche

Extase

Phidylé

Le manoir de Rosemonde

Soupir

Mahler:

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Pizzetti:

Levommi il mio pensier in parte ov'era (Francesco Petrarca)

La vita fugge e non s'arresta un'ora (Francesco Petrarca)

Quel rosigniuol che sì soave piagne (Francesco Petrarca)

Vaughan Williams:

Songs of Travel


Dietrich Henschel (baritone) & Fritz Schwinghammer (piano)

"quite simply, the world's greatest living lieder singer……One of the greatest things I've ever heard in my life." (Tim Ashley, The Guardian)

Harmonia Mundi - HMC901875

(CD)

$16.99

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The English Song Series Volume 14 - Vaughan Williams 2

The English Song Series Volume 14 - Vaughan Williams 2


Vaughan Williams:

Songs of Travel

The House of Life

Linden Lea

Four Poems by Fredegond Shove


Roderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano)

Naxos English Song Series - 8557643

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Songs

Songs


Butterworth, G:

Love blows as the wind blows

Elgar:

Pleading, Op. 48 No. 1

Three Songs, Op. 59

Two Songs Op. 60 (The Torch; The River)

Vaughan Williams:

On Wenlock Edge

Songs of Travel


Robert Tear (tenor) & Thomas Allen (baritone)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle & Vernon Handley

Building a Library

Also Recommended - March 2001

EMI British Composers - 7647312

(CD)

$7.99

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Teddy Tahu Rhodes - Vagabond

Teddy Tahu Rhodes - Vagabond


Britten:

3 Folk Song Arrangements

Finzi:

Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18

Ireland:

3 Masefield Ballads

Quilter:

Three Shakespeare Songs, Op. 6

Vaughan Williams:

Songs of Travel


Teddy Tahu Rhodes (baritone), Sharolyn Kimmorley (piano)

ABC Classics - ABC4767175

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Songs of Travel

Songs of Travel


Browne, W D:

Diaphenia

Epitaph on Salathiel Pavy

To Gratiana dancing and singing

Butterworth, G:

Bredon Hill and other songs

A Shropshire Lad - six songs

Somervell:

A Broken Arc

Vaughan Williams:

Songs of Travel


Christopher Maltman (baritone), Roger Vignoles (piano)

Hyperion Song Recitals - CDA67378

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The Vagabond

The Vagabond


Butterworth, G:

Bredon Hill and other songs

A Shropshire Lad - six songs

Finzi:

Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18

Ireland:

Sea Fever

The Vagabond

The Bells of San Marie

Vaughan Williams:

Songs of Travel


Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

DG - 4459462

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Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel, etc.

Vaughan Williams:

Songs of Travel

Tired

Two Poems of W. Barnes

Four Poems by Fredegond Shove

House of Life


Benjamin Luxon (baritone), David Willison (piano)

Chandos - CHAN8475

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English Songs

English Songs


Butterworth, G:

A Shropshire Lad - six songs

Hely-Hutchinson:

The Song of Soldiers

Howells:

King David

Vaughan Williams:

The Water Mill

Songs of Travel

The Call

Orpheus With His Lute

Linden Lea


Shura Gehrman (bass), Adrian Farmer (piano)

Recorded at Wyastone Leys on 12th June 1980, 12th May 1981

"What impressed me was the sense of involvement in the forward flow of the melody, which again and again picked me up and carried me along like a water skier. A poor singer makes you aware of the voice trying to interpret the music. A great singer often seems to become the music, and there were many moments on these records when this happened." Colin Wilson

Nimbus - NI5033

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The Very Best of English Song with Orchestra

The Very Best of English Song with Orchestra


Britten:

Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31

Robert Tear (tenor), Alan Civil (horn)

Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner

The Bonny Earl o' Moray

Oliver Cromwell

Neil Mackie (tenor)

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

Les illuminations, Op. 18

John Mark Ainsley (tenor)

Britten Sinfonia, Nicholas Cleobury

Butterworth, G:

Love blows as the wind blows

Robert Tear (tenor)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Delius:

Sea Drift

John Noble (baritone)

Liverpool Philharmonic Chorus, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

Elgar:

Sea Pictures, Op. 37

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Two Songs Op. 60 (The Torch; The River)

Robert Tear (tenor)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Finzi:

Dies natalis, Op. 8

Wilfred Brown (tenor)

English Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Finzi

Peel:

In summertime on Bredon

Frederick Harvey (baritone)

Philharmonia Orchestra, George Weldon

Sanderson:

Devonshire Cream and Cider

Frederick Harvey (baritone)

Philharmonia Orchestra, George Weldon

Stanford:

Songs of the Sea Op. 91

Benjamin Luxon (baritone)

Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Norman Del Mar

Vaughan Williams:

Songs of Travel

Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Five Mystical Songs

John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Sir David Willcocks

On Wenlock Edge

Ian Bostridge (tenor)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink


EMI - The Very Best of... - 5858962

(CD - 3 discs)

$20.99

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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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