CD 1

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS:

The Wasps: Overture

Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
In the Fen Country - Symphonic Impression

Variations for Orchestra
Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 in E minor
Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’
Romance for strings, piano and harmonica

CD 2

The Lark Ascending

Fantasia on Greensleeves

Concerto Grosso

English Folk Song Suite

British Folk Song Arrangements
arr. Leslie Pearson, Chris Hazell Sumer is i-cumen in arr. Chris Hazell
The Turtle Dove arr. Chris Hazell
The Keeper arr. Leslie Pearson
The Oak and the Ash arr. Leslie Pearson Early One Morning arr. Leslie Pearson John Peel arr. Chris Hazell
The Jolly Miller arr. Leslie Pearson I will give my love an Apple arr. Leslie Pearson The British Grenadiers arr. Leslie Pearson

Tommy Reilly, harmonica [Romance]

Iona Brown, violin [The Lark Ascending]

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Sir Neville Marriner

** FIRST INTERNATIONAL RELEASE

Sir Neville Marriner and his Academy made some of the most priceless recordings of Vaughan Williams for Decca and Philips, and this collection restores to circulation his Philips traversal of music by this composer, with the addition of five pieces made for Decca - the Romance for harmonica (with Tommy Reilly), possibly the best version of The Lark Ascending ever recorded (with the late Iona Brown), his second recording of Fantasia on Greensleeves, the Concerto Grosso and the English Folk Song Suite. The collection is filled out with the nine perky folk song arrangements he recorded, receiving their first international release on CD. ‘the beauty of the playing is a constant source of delight’ Gramophone