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Elgar: Enigma Variations, Etc; Vaughan Williams: Fantasias


Release Date: 05/07/2002 
Label:  Classics For Pleasure   Catalog #: 74880   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Sir Edward Elgar,  Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer:  David Bell,  Mair Jones,  Colin Chambers,  David Nolan
Conductor:  Vernon Handley
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra,  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 16 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1. Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma" by Sir Edward Elgar
Performer:  David Bell (Organ)
Conductor:  Vernon Handley
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1898-1899; England 
2. Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 by Sir Edward Elgar
Conductor:  Vernon Handley
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; England 
3. Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:  Vernon Handley
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1910/1919; England 
4. Fantasia on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer:  Mair Jones (Harp), Colin Chambers (Flute)
Conductor:  Vernon Handley
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1934; England 
 Notes: Arranged: Ralph Greaves 
5. The lark ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performer:  David Nolan (Violin)
Conductor:  Vernon Handley
Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1914/1920; England 

Sound Samples

The Lark Ascending
Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Serenade in E minor Op. 20: I. Allegro piacevole
Serenade in E minor Op. 20: II. Larghetto
Serenade in E minor Op. 20: III. Allegretto - Come prima
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36: Theme (Andante)
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36: I. C.A.E. (the composer's wife)
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36: II. H.D.S-P. (Hew David Steuart-Powell)
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36: III. R.B.T. (Richard Baxter Townshend)
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36: IV. W.M.B. (William Meath Baker)
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36: V. R.P.A. (Richard Penrose Arnold)
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36: VI. Ysobel (Isabel Fitton)
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36: VII. Troyte (Troyte Griffith)
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36: VIII. W.N. (Winifred Norbury)
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36: IX. Nimrod (A. J. Jaeger)
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36: X. Intermezzo: Dorabella (Dora Penny)
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36: XI. G.R.S. (George Robertson Sinclair)
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36: XII. B.G.N. (Basil G. Nevinson)
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36: XIII. Romanza: * * * [Lady Mary Lygon]
Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36: XIV. Finale: E.D.U. (the composer) (David Bell, organ)

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