Ralph Vaughan Williams: Choral Works / Corydon Singers / Matthew Best
Disc 1
1 - Serenade to Music ("How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!") for 16 soloists (or soloists & chorus) & orchestra 13:45
Mystical Songs for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ)
2 - Easter 5:28
3 - I got me flowers 2:54
4 - Love bade me welcome 5:57
5 - The Call 2:00
6 - Antiphon 3:22
7 - Fantasia on Christmas Carols for baritone, chorus & orchestra 12:35
8 - Flos Campi, suite for viola, small chorus & small orchestra 22:13
Disc 2
Dona Nobis Pacem, cantata for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra
1 - 1. Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi 3:13
2 - 2. Beat! beat! drums! - Blow! bugles! blow! 3:45
3 - 3. Reconciliation. Word over all, beautiful as the sky 6:34
4 - 4. Dirge for Two Veterans. The last sunbeam 10:45
5 - 5. The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land 10:59
Hymns for tenor, viola & strings
6 - Lord! Come away! 4:24
7 - Who is this fair one? 4:33
8 - Come love, come Lord 3:52
9 - Evening Hymn. O gladsome light, O grace 4:15
10- Toward the Unknown Region, for chorus & orchestra 12:54
11- O Clap Your Hands, motet for chorus, brass & organ (Psalm 47) 3:13
12- Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge, motet for soloists, semi-chorus & orchestra (or organ) (Psalm 90) 7:55
Disc 3
The Pilgrim's Progress, incidental music for radio program
1 - Prologue 5:17
2 - The Kingdom 3:17
3 - The Gate 2:59
4 - The Way 4:24
5 - The Shepherd 3:43
6 - The Palace Beautiful 4:52
7 - Apollyon 5:05
8 - Vanity Fair 6:11
9 - The Trial 7:22
10- Giant Despair 4:44
11- The Delectable Mountains 14:20
12- Epilogue 1:40
Disc 4
1 - A Song of Thanksgiving for soprano, speaker, chorus & orchestra 16:12
Choral Hymns for baritone or tenor, chorus & orchestra
2 - 1. Easter Hymn 3:12
3 - 2. Christmas Hymn 5:55
4 - 3. Whitsunday Hymn 3:33
5 - Magnificat for female chorus, flute & orchestra in A major 14:19
6 - The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains, opera 21:46
7 - Psalm 100 ("All people that on earth do dwell"), for chorus & orchestra ("The Hundredth Psalm") 7:56
John Mark Ainsley Tenor
Thomas Allen Baritone, Baritone
Christine Barratt Soprano
Jonathan Best Bass
Matthew Best Conductor
John Bowen Tenor
John Bright Text
Mark Brown Producer
John Bunyan Text
City of London Sinfonia Orchestra
Elizabeth Connell Soprano
John Connell Bass
Corydon Orchestra
Corydon Singers
Bishop Miles Coverdale Text
Malcolm Crowthers Cover Photo
Francis Danby Cover Illustration
Arthur Davies Tenor
Maldwyn Davies Tenor
Anne Dawson Soprano
Lynne Dawson Soprano
Duke Dobing Flute
English Chamber Orchestra
Joseph Frohlich Orchestra Leader
Joanna Gamble Executive Producer
Jose-Luis Garcia (Asensio) Associate Leader
John Gielgud Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
George Herbert Text
Martyn Hill Tenor
Judith Howarth Soprano
Anthony Howell Engineer
Gwynne Howell Bass
Nobuko Imai Viola
Roger Judd Organ
Alison Kelly Orchestra Leader
Cecile Kelly Executive Producer
Linda Kitchen Soprano
Elizabeth Layton Orchestra Leader
Joya Logan Alto (Vocals)
London Oratory Choir
Diana Montague Mezzo-Soprano
Aidan Oliver Treble
Alan Opie Baritone
Christopher Palmer Liner Notes, Music Adaptations, Text Adaptation
Samuel Palmer Cover Illustration
Edward Perry Executive Producer
Maciej Rakowski Associate Leader, Violin
Jean Rigby Mezzo-Soprano
David Rix Clarinet
Amanda Roocroft Soprano
Patrick Russill Choir Director
Naomi Schillinger Photography
John Scott Organ
William Shakespeare Text
Terry Shannon Cover Design
Matthew Souter Viola
Bishop Jeremy Taylor Text
Bryn Terfel Baritone
Adrian Thompson Tenor
Charles Tunnell Cello
Sarah Walker Mezzo-Soprano
Walt Whitman Text
Catherine Wyn-Rogers Contralto
Links in comments
