Vaughan Williams, Walton, Delius: Orchestral Works (CD)

Daniel Barenboim

Vaughan Williams, Walton, Delius: Orchestral Works (CD)

Daniel Barenboim’s sumptuous performances of English music have long been favourites and here they are beautifully remastered with state-of-the-art technology for this release. Pinchas Zukerman’s performance of "The Lark Ascending" is surely a stand-out among recordings of this work ("beautifully played, highly sympathetic performance" said Gramophone). What’s more, the addition of Vaughan Williams’s Tuba Concerto, making its first international appearance on CD, collects together all of Barenboim’s recordings of English music on one CD.

TRACK LIST

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’
Concerto in A minor for Oboe & String Orchestra
Concerto in F minor for Bass Tuba & Orchestra
The Lark Ascending

FREDERICK DELIUS
Two Pieces for Small Orchestra
Two Aquarelles
Intermezzo from ‘Fennimore and Gerda’

WILLIAM WALTON
Two Pieces from ‘Henry V’

* FIRST INTERNATIONAL RELEASE ON CD

Neil Black, oboe
Arnold Jacobs, tuba
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
English Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim