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Vaughan Williams Fantasin on a theme be thomas tallis etc

Ralph Vaughan Williams (Artist) | Format: Audio CD
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
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Marriner's evergreen 1972 recording of favorite shorter works by Vaughan Williams has yet to be surpassed for warmth of conception and smoothness of execution. The soloists in these accounts (among them William Bennett in the Greensleeves Fantasia and Iona Brown in the Lark Ascending) are all first-rate, and the Academy's strings play with polish and great beauty of sound. The analog recording is excellent, and Marriner's remarkable empathy for the music comes across effortlessly. Some listeners may prefer the richer sonority and arrestingly mystical manner of Marriner's 1993 digital remake of the Tallis Fantasia for Philips, but this disc offers the most desirable coupling of other works and remains a first choice for those interested in getting to know the composer's finest short essays. --Ted Libbey

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5.0 out of 5 stars English Beauty at it's Best! Feb 8 2004
By Bohemian Boy
Format:Audio CD
Simply awe inspiring. One of my all time favorite CDs. I could listen to this recording 24/7 and never get bored or tired with it. Who says the English can't compose, play or conduct music?
Purchase this disc right now. You won't regret it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Marriner and the ASMF at their best Nov 11 2003
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
I can only add my voice to the previous accolades. It would take a hardened Vaughan Williams hater to not love this recording. Iona Brown is now known mostly as a conductor, it seems--but judging by her performance in "The Lark Ascending" she missed a great soloist career. Her beauty of tone and perfect intuition of the right tempo are major league. I never heard a better version of this piece.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An Absolute Beauty Jan 20 2003
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
This is a wonderful sampler for those new to the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams. This is an analog recording, but the music is impressively warm and lush in keeping with Williams' writing. Especially noteworthy is Iona Brown's violin in "The Lark Ascending": if there's music more beautiful than this, I sure would like to know about it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisitely serene.
Expressive, delicate and profoundly peaceful, this is the quintessential English pastoral music played by the quintessential British chamber orchestra. Read more
Published on Nov 24 2002 by Brianna Neal
5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Recording of All Times
I recently purchased this CD and I have almost worn it out. Although all four pieces are excellent, the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and The Lark Ascending are of the... Read more
Published on Oct 2 2002 by Mark Lewellen
5.0 out of 5 stars Lush and Solemn
If you're a brooding melancholic as I sometimes am (as we all sometimes are), then this music, almost religious in scope, will hit the spot. Read more
Published on Aug 15 2002 by M. JEFFREY MCMAHON
5.0 out of 5 stars The best Lark Ascending
I have heard a few different recordings of the Lark Ascending, and have to say that this performance is the best. It captures the tender pastoral quality of the piece so well. Read more
Published on April 7 2002 by Matthew Andaloro
5.0 out of 5 stars A Beautiful Lark
I bought this CD for the Lark piece. It did not disappoint!! Very haunting and beautiful. This is a piece that I can listen to again and again. Read more
Published on Mar 4 2002
5.0 out of 5 stars Withstanding the test of time.
This was one of the very first LPs I ever purchased. Recently I have started to try to get CD's to replace the aging collection I dare not touch. Read more
Published on Dec 3 2001
5.0 out of 5 stars An English Delight
This compilation of Vaughan Williams is over 15 years old now but withstands the test of time. The music quality is good with a certain lightness particularly in the solo violin... Read more
Published on Aug 15 2001 by Peter D. Scovell
5.0 out of 5 stars absolutely fantastic
I am a sophomore in high school, and also 3rd chair 2nd violinist in my school's prestigous symphonic orchestra. Read more
Published on Mar 3 2001 by Taylor Nix
5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful sampler
This is a wonderful sampler of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams. It is conservative and romantic music, not incorporating the harsh dissonances of much of other 20th century music. Read more
Published on Feb 24 2001 by KIM Mi-sun
5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual
The haunting melody that forms the main theme for the Vaughn Williams Fantasia is all the more unusual in that it is written in the Phrygian mode--which is supposed to be the... Read more
Published on Sep 28 2000 by magellan
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