Ralph Vaughan Williams
Born: 1872-10-12 (Down Ampney, United Kingdom)
Died: August 26, 1958 (Hanover Terrace, London, United Kingdom)
Ralph Vaughan Williams OM was an English composer.
He was a friend of Gustav Holst who studied with Max Bruch; known particularly for "The Lark Ascending," written during WWI.
The Future & The Steersman
Ralph Vaughan Williams
2024
Dutton Epoch
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
That Sweet City
Kenneth Leighton, Ralph Vaughan Williams, The Choir Of The Queen's College, Oxford, Owen Rees (2), Britten Sinfonia, Nick Pritchard (2), Rowan Atkinson
2024
Signum Classics
CD
Boyle Premiere Recording - Moeran - Ireland - Vaughan Williams
Boyle*, Moeran*, Ireland*, Vaughan Williams* - Piatti Quartet
2023
Rubicon Classics
CD, Album
Songs Of Elizabeth Maconchy & Ralph Vaughan Williams Volume 2
Elizabeth Maconchy & Ralph Vaughan Williams - James Geer, Ronald Woodley
2023
Resonus Classics
CD, Album
49th Parallel - The Complete Music For The Film, (American Title: The Invaders)
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Martin Yates (2), BBC Concert Orchestra
2023
Dutton
SACD, Hybrid
Sinfonia Antartica & Symphony No 9
Vaughan Williams*, Elizabeth Watts, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
2023
Hyperion
CD, Album
Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis / Concerto For String Orchestra / Late Swallows / Introduction And Allegro
Vaughan Williams* / Howells* / Delius* / Elgar* - Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson (15)
2023
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Vaughan Williams: Job - A Masque for Dancing
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze, Ralph Vaughan Williams
2023
Onyx (6)
CD
The First Songs Of Travel (the 1954 Richard Standen/frederick Stone Recital)
Richard Standen, Frederick Stone, Ralph Vaughan Williams
2023
Albion Records (5)
CD, Mono, RE
Vaughan Williams Live, Vol. 4
Vaughan Williams* / Arthur Whittemore, Jack Lowe, New York Philharmonic, Dimitri Mitropoulos, The Hallé Orchestra*, Sir John Barbirolli
2023
Somm Recordings
CD, Album
Choral Works
The Choir Of Westminster Abbey, Vaughan Williams*, MacMillan*, Tavener*
2023
Hyperion
CD, Album
A London Symphony
Vaughan Williams* ︱ Maconchy* ︱ Finzi*, Lynn Arnold & Charles Matthews (2)
2022
Albion Records (5)
CD, Album
Transcriptions From Truro
Ralph Vaughan Williams, David Briggs (5), Rupert Marshall-Luck*
2022
Albion Records (5)
CD, Album
Folk Songs Volume 4
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence, Roderick Williams (3), William Vann
2022
Albion Records (5)
CD, Album
Earth's Wide Bounds
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Chapel Choir Of The Royal Hospital, Chelsea, William Vann, Joshua Ryan (5), Rowan Williams*
2022
Albion Records (5)
CD, Album
The Complete Symphonies
Vaughan Williams* - London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
2022
Tower Records (4), Warner Classics
5xSACD, Hybrid, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd, S/Edition
Piano Recital
Marija Bokor - Bartók*, Vaughan Williams*, Yusupov*
2022
Prospero (2)
CD, Album
Vaughan Williams On Brass
Vaughan Williams* – Tredegar Town Band, Ian Porthouse, Martyn Brabbins, Ross Knight (2)
2022
Albion Records (5)
CD
Pan's Anniversary / Tallis Fantasia
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Timothy West, Samuel West, Mary Bevan, Sophie Bevan, Jess Dandy*, Johnny Herford, Choir Of Clare College Cambridge*, Britten Sinfonia, William Vann
2022
Albion Records (5)
CD
String Quartets 1 & 2; Phantasy Quartet Op.36 (Ed. Swanson)
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Tippett Quartet
2022
Somm
CD, Album
Symphonies Nos 6 & 8
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Martyn Brabbins, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Roderick Williams (3)
2022
Hyperion
CD, Album
Vaughan Williams Live, Vol. 2
Vaughan Williams* · BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus* · Boston Symphony Orchestra · Sir Adrian Boult
2022
Somm
CD, Album
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, Symphony No. 6 & Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Tasmin Little, Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra
2022
Warner Classics
2xLP, Album
Complete Symphonies
Vaughan Williams*, Richard Hickox, Sir Andrew Davis*
2022
Chandos
6xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Comp + Box, Comp
Songs Of Elizabeth Maconchy & Ralph Vaughan Williams Volume 1
Elizabeth Maconchy & Ralph Vaughan Williams - James Geer, Ronald Woodley
2022
Resonus Classics
CD, Album
Fantasia On The 'Old 104th' Psalm Tune, The Lark Ascending, Piano Quintet In C Minor, Romance For Viola And Piano
Vaughan Williams* - Mark Bebbington, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton, Duncan Riddell, Abigail Fenna, City Of London Choir
2022
Resonus Classics
CD, Album
On Wenlock Edge & Other Songs
Vaughan Williams*, Nicky Spence, Julius Drake, Piatti Quartet, Timothy Ridout
2022
Hyperion
CD, Album
This Sceptered Isle
Wood*, Holst*, Vaughan Williams*, Elgar*, David Bernard (5), Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, Park Avenue Chamber Symphony Wind Ensemble
2022
Recursive Classics
CD, Album
Sinfonia Antarctica; Symphony No. 9, Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1; The Lark Ascending
Hallé*, Vaughan Williams*, Sir Mark Elder*, Lyn Fletcher
2022
Hallé Concerts Society
2xCD, Album
Serenade
Ralph Vaughan Williams
2022
Albion Records (5)
CD
Five Mystical Songs
Vaughan Williams*, Roderick Williams (3), Martin Ford, Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse
2022
Naxos
CD
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner / Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields*
2022
Alto
CD, Comp, RM
A Sea Symphony And Serenade To Music
MDR-Sinfonieorchester*, MDR-Rundfunkchor*, Vaughan Williams*, Dennis Russell Davies
2022
Solo Musica (2)
2xCD
Vaughan Williams Live, Vol. 3
Vaughan Williams*, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*
2022
Somm
2xCD, Comp, RM
Symphonies Nos 4 & 6; Plus In The Fen Country
Ralph Vaughan Williams, BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson*
2022
Symphony No.1 / Crown Imperial / Suite For Four Hands
Walton*, Vaughan Williams*, Lynn Arnold, Charles Matthews (2)
2021
Albion Records (5)
CD
An Oxford Christmas
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Chapel Choir Of The Royal Hospital Chelsea*, William Vann, Joshua Ryan (5)
2021
Albion Records (5)
CD, Album
Symphonies Nos 4 & 6
Vaughan Williams* - London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano*
2021
LSO Live
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Folk Songs Volume 2
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence, Roderick Williams (3), Thomas Gould, William Vann
2021
Albion Records (5)
CD, Album
Folk Songs Volume 3
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence, Roderick Williams (3), William Vann
2021
Albion Records (5)
CD, Album
RVW From America: Forgotten Recordings Of The 50s.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
2021
Albion Records (5)
CD, Album, Comp
BRSO • Rattle • Vaughan Williams • Mozart • 2021
BRSO*, Mozart*, Vaughan Williams*, Rattle*
2021
BR-Klassik
CD, Ltd
Trombone Travels • 2 Songs Of Travel
Elgar*, Stanford*, Vaughan Williams*, Matthew Gee (2), Christopher Glynn
2021
Naxos
CD, Album
British Oboe Quartets
Bax*, Bliss*, Delius*, Finzi*, Vaughan Williams*, Nicholas Daniel, Doric String Quartet
2021
Chandos
CD, Album
Violin: Bruch / Vaughan Williams / Barber
Sonoko Miriam Welde, Bruch*, Vaughan Williams*, Barber*, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra*, Tabita Berglund, Joshua Wellerstein
2021
The British Project
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla*, Elgar*, Britten*, Walton*, Vaughan Williams*, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
2021
Symphony No 3 'Pastoral' / Symphony No 4 / Saraband 'Helen'
Vaughan Williams*, Elizabeth Watts, David Butt Philip, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
2020
Hyperion
CD, Album
Symphony No 5 / Scenes Adapted From Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
Vaughan Williams*, Kitty Whately, Emily Portman, Marcus Farnsworth, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
2020
Hyperion
CD, Album
Household Music, Horn Sonata, Quintet
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Arnold Bax, Royal Northern Sinfonia Chamber Ensemble*
2020
Dutton Epoch
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Quad
Music For Viola & Chamber Orchestra
Britten*, Vaughan Williams*, Hindemith*, Martinu*, Timothy Ridout, Orchestre De Chambre De Lausanne, Jamie Phillips*
2020
Claves
CD, Album
Violin Sonatas; The Lark Ascending
Elgar*, Vaughan Williams*, Jennifer Pike, Martin Roscoe
2020
Chandos
CD, Album
English Music For Viola And Piano
Rebecca Clarke, R. Vaughan Williams*, Frank Bridge - Vittorio Benaglia, Fabio Napoletano
2020
Da Vinci Classics
CD, Album
On Wenlock Edge
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Daniel Norman, Sholto Kynoch
2020
Stone Records (16)
CD, Album
Folk Songs Volume 1
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Mary Bevan, Nicky Spence, Roderick Williams (3), Jack Liebeck, William Vann
2020
Albion Records (5)
CD, Album
Symphony No. 5; Clarinet Concerto
Vaughan Williams*, Finzi*, Philharmonia Orchestra, Michael Collins (3)
2020
BIS
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Cello Concerto; Dark Pastoral
Edward Elgar*, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Dai Miyata (2), Thomas Dausgaard, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
2020
MDG, Denon
CD, Album
LCO Live
Vaughan Williams*, Suk*, Dvořák*, London Chamber Orchestra*, Christopher Warren-Green
2020
Signum Classics
CD, Album
The Lark Ascending
Vaughan Williams*, Iona Brown, Robin Tritschler, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, London Conchord Ensemble, Andrew Davis, Elgar Howarth, Michael Francis (3)
2020
Symphony No.7 'Antartica' / Symphony No.9
Vaughan Williams*, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze, Timothy West
2019
Onyx (6)
CD, Album
Elgar - Cello Concerto / Vaughan Williams - A London Symphony
Elgar*, Vaughan Williams*, Julian Lloyd Webber
2019
BBC Music Magazine
CD, Album
Albion's Journey: The Life And Work Of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams
2019
Albion Records (5)
CD, Comp
Children Of Adam / Dona Nobis Pacem
Mason Bates / Ralph Vaughan Williams / The Richmond Symphony, Steven Smith (40) - Richmond Symphony Chorus / Erin R. Freeman
2019
Reference Recordings
HDCD, Album
Viola Sonata / Cello Sonata / Six Studies In English Folk Song
Natalie Clein ∙ Christian Ihle Hadland, Clarke* / Bridge* / Vaughan Williams*
2019
Hyperion
CD
The Lark Ascending · Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis · Five Variants Of Dives And Lazarus · Serenade To Music · And Other Works
Vaughan Williams* / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
2019
Onyx (6)
CD, Album
Folk Tales - British Cello And Piano Miniatures
Bax*, Bridge*, Delius*, Elgar*, Moeran*, Vaughan Williams*, Gerald Peregrine, Antony Ingham
2019
Naxos
CD, Album, Comp
Viola Fantasia
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Martin Outram, Julian Rolton, Mark Padmore
2019
Albion Records (5)
CD, Album
The Song Of Love
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Kitty Whately, Roderick Williams (3), William Vann
2019
Albion Records (5)
CD, Album
Time And Space
Holst* And Vaughan Williams*, Mary Bevan, Roderick Williams (3), William Vann, Jack Liebeck
2019
Albion Records (5)
CD, Album
The Symphonic Euphonium II
David Childs Plays Vaughan Williams*, Gregson*, Mealor*, Ball* / BBC Philharmonic, Ben Gernon
2019
Chandos
CD, Album
The Deeper The Blue...
Vaughan Williams*, Ravel*, Dutilleux*, Hesketh*, Janet Sung, Simon Callaghan, Britten Sinfonia, Jac van Steen
2019
Somm
CD, Album
Richard II / Songs Of Travel / Fantasia On Sussex Folk Tunes / Suite De Ballet
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Roderick Williams (3), Nadège Rochat, Anna Noakes, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates (2)
2019
Dutton Epoch
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Symphony No.5 / Symphony No.6
Vaughan Williams* / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
2018
Onyx (6)
CD, Album
Violin Concerto No. 1 | Viola Concerto | The Lark Ascending
Sergei Prokofiev / William Walton* / Ralph Vaughan Williams, Isabelle van Keulen, NDR Radiophilharmonie
2018
Challenge Classics
CD, Album
A Sea Symphony / Darest Thou Now, O Soul
Vaughan Williams*, Elizabeth Llewellyn, Marcus Farnsworth, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
2018
Hyperion
CD, Album
Songs Of Travel: Songs And Chamber Works
Vaughan Williams*, James Gilchrist, Philip Dukes, Anna Tilbrook
2018
Chandos
CD, Album
Beyond My Dream: Music For Greek Plays
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Heather Lowe (2), Joyful Company Of Singers*, Britten Sinfonia, Alan Tongue (2)
2018
Albion Records (5)
CD, Album
Stokowski Conducts British Music At The NBC
Holst* / Butterworth* / Vaughan Williams*, Stokowski*, NBC Symphony Orchestra
2018
Pristine Audio
File, FLAC, RM, 24-
Mass In G Minor
Vaughan Williams*, Nethsingha*
2018
Signum Classics
CD, Album
Earth & Sky
Vaughan Williams*, Chapel Choir Of The Royal Hospital Chelsea*, William Vann, Hugh Rowlands
2018
Albion Records (5)
CD, Album
A Sea Symphony · The Lark Ascending
Vaughan Williams*, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir*, Andrew Manze, James Ehnes, Sarah Fox (3), Mark Stone (10)
2018
Onyx (6)
CD, Album
Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 / Norfolk Rhapsody No. 2 / Music For An EFDS Masque / Variations For Orchestra / The Blue Bird / Matthews: Norfolk March
Ralph Vaughan Williams & David Matthews (9) – Royal Scottish National Orchestra , Martin Yates (2)
2018
Dutton Epoch
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Piano Concerto • Oboe Concerto • Serenade To Music • Flos Campi
Vaughan Williams*, Louis Lortie, Sarah Jeffrey, Teng Li (2), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Peter Oundjian
2018
Job • Symphony No. 9
Vaughan Williams*, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra*, Sir Andrew Davis*
2017
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Scott Of The Antarctic: The Complete Score
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Royal Scottish National Orchestra Conducted By Martin Yates (2), Ilona Domnich
2017
Dutton Epoch
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
My Soul Has Nought But Fire And Ice
Hartmut Schulz, Maurizio Barbetti, Vaughan Williams*, Holst*, Schulz*, de Pablo*
2017
Stradivarius
CD, Album
The Poisoned Kiss; The England Of Elizabeth; Bucolic Suite; In The Fen Country; Fantasia On Sussex Folk Tunes
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Martin Rummel, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz*, Karl-Heinz Steffens
2017
Capriccio (2)
CD, Album
Sinfonía Antartica, Concerto For Two Pianos And Orchestra, Four Last Songs
Vaughan Williams* - Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier, Roderick Williams (3), Mari Eriksmoen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra*, Sir Andrew Davis*
2017
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Songs Of England
Purcell*, Morley*, Arne*, Howells*, Quilter*, Vaughan Williams*, Jennifer Vyvyan, Norma Procter
2017
Decca
CD, Comp, RM
Reformation 1517-2017
Bach* | Mendelssohn* | Brahms* | Vaughan Williams* - Choir Of Clare College, Cambridge*, Graham Ross (2)
2017
Harmonia Mundi
CD, Album, Dig
Symphony No. 6 In E Minor; Symphony No. 4 In F Minor
Hallé*, Vaughan Williams*, Sir Mark Elder*
2017
Hallé Concerts Society
CD, Album
A London Symphony And Other Works
Vaughan Williams*, Elizabeth Watts, Mary Bevan, Kitty Whately, Royal College Of Music Brass Band*, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
2017
Hyperion
CD, Album
A Pastoral Symphony / Symphony No. 4
Vaughan Williams*, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
2017
Onyx (6)
CD, Album
Dona Nobis Pacem; Chichester Psalms
The Choir Of King's College Cambridge*, Vaughan Williams*, Bernstein*, Stephen Cleobury, Britten Sinfonia
2017
The Choir Of King's College, Cambridge
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
English Works For Viola And Orchestra
Arnold Bax, William Walton*, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Hong-Mei Xiao, Budapest Symphony Orchestra MÁV*, János Kovács*
2017
Delos
CD, Album
Masters Of Song
Gerald Finzi, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Colin Judson, Richard Black (6)
2017
Stone Records (16)
CD, Album
The Piano Music Of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Mark Bebbington, Rebeca Omordia
2017
Somm
CD, Album
Music For Two Pianos
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Goldstone* And Clemmow*
2016
Albion Records (5)
CD
Discoveries
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Martyn Brabbins, BBC Symphony Orchestra
2016
Albion Records (5)
CD, Album
The Lark Ascending • Tallis Fantasia • Introduction & Allegro • In Moonlight
Vaughan Williams* • Elgar* – Pinchas Zukerman, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2016
Decca
CD, Album
British Violin Sonatas,Volume 2
Bridge* / Vaughan Williams* / Ireland* / Bliss* / Lloyd Webber*, Tasmin Little, Piers Lane
2016
Chandos
CD, Album
The Lark Ascending
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on Greensleeves
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Ralph Vaughan Williams
6 Studies in English Folksong (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 3, Larghetto "Van Dieman's Land"
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Ralph Vaughan Williams
6 Studies in English Folksong (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 4, Lento "She Borrowed Some of Her Mother's Gold"
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Greensleeves
Ralph Vaughan Williams
6 Studies in English Folksong (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 2, Andante sostenuto "Spurn Point"
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending: Opening (Excerpt)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Charterhouse Suite: Prelude
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams:
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams: Job, a Masque for Dancing, Scene 9: Epilogue
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams: Job, Scene 9: Epilogue
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fantasia On 'Greensleeves'
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, for Violin and Orchestra (Excerpt, Opening)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Suite for Viola & Small Orchestra: II. Carol
Ralph Vaughan Williams
6 Studies in English Folksong (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 1, Adagio "Lovely on the Water"
Ralph Vaughan Williams
In the Fen Country
Ralph Vaughan Williams
