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Ralph Vaughan Williams

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Ralph Vaughan Williams (12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal compositions, and orchestral works, including nine symphonies written over a period of more than sixty years. Influenced by Tudor music and English folk song, his compositions contributed to the development of a distinctively English style of classical music in the early 20th century. Vaughan Williams was born into a well-to-do family with progressive social views.

Top songs

  1. The Lark Ascending
  2. Fantasia on Greensleeves
  3. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
  4. 6 Studies in English Folksong (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 3, Larghetto "Van Dieman's Land"
  5. Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
  6. 6 Studies in English Folksong (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 4, Lento "She Borrowed Some of Her Mother's Gold"
  7. Greensleeves
  8. 6 Studies in English Folksong (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 2, Andante sostenuto "Spurn Point"
  9. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending: Opening (Excerpt)
  10. Vaughan Williams: Job, a Masque for Dancing, Scene 9: Epilogue
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  1. Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus’
  2. Charterhouse Suite: Prelude
  3. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis {13}
  4. Vaughan Williams:
  5. Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1
  6. Prelude: 49th Parallel
  7. Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus"
  8. Vaughan Williams: Job, Scene 9: Epilogue
  9. Suite for Viola & Small Orchestra: II. Carol
  10. Fantasia On 'Greensleeves'
  11. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, for Violin and Orchestra (Excerpt, Opening)
  12. 6 Studies in English Folksong (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 1, Adagio "Lovely on the Water"
  13. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
  14. In the Fen Country
  15. O Taste and See
  16. English Folk Song Suite: 1. March: Seventeen Come Sunday
  17. Lark Ascending
  18. Symphony No. 5 in D major,Preludio
  19. Williams: The Lark Ascending
  20. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis
  21. Symphony No. 6 in E minor,Epilogue
  22. Linden Lea
  23. The Lark Ascending: I. Andante sostenuto
  24. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves, for Flute, Harp and Strings
  25. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis for Double String Orchestra
  26. Sea Songs (Billy Bunter)
  27. English Folk Song Suite: 2. Intermezzo: My Bonny Boy
  28. Phantasy Quintet: iii. Alla Sarabanda: Lento
  29. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - Excerpt
  30. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Excerpt)
  31. Symphony No. 5 in D major,Scherzo
  32. Fantasia on Christmas Carols
  33. 6 Studies in English Folksong (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 5, Andante tranquillo "The Lady and the Dragon"
  34. Symphony No. 5 in D major,Passacaglia
  35. Phantasy Quintet - Alla Sarabanda / Lento
  36. Symphony No. 5 in D major,Romanza
  37. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Opening)
  38. The Call (From 'Five Mystical Songs') (Arr. Harry D Bennett)
  39. Symphony No. 6 in E minor,Allegro
  40. Concerto for 2 Pianos in C Major (arr. from Piano Concerto in C Major): II. Romanza: Lento
  41. The Truth from Above (arr. R.V. Williams)
  42. The Lark Ascending (opening) - 1987 Remastered Version
  43. Charterhouse Suite: Slow Dance
  44. Prelude
  45. Sir John in Love: Fantasia on Greensleeves
  46. English Folk Song Suite: 3. March: Folk Songs from Somerset
  47. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (excerpt) (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World)
  48. Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 in E minor
  49. Suite for Viola & Small Orchestra: I. Prelude
  50. Charterhouse Suite: Rondo
  51. Silent Noon
  52. Toward the Unknown Region
  53. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia On Greensleeves
  54. Symphony No. 6 in E minor,Scherzo
  55. Hymn Tune Prelude on Song 13 by Orlando Gibbons (arr. for string orchestra)
  56. Symphony No. 6 in E minor,Moderato
  57. Scherzo
  58. Symphony No. 3 - 'Pastoral Symphony': I. Molto moderato
  59. English Folk Song Suite: I. March (Seventeen Come Sunday)
  60. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, for Violin and Orchestra
  61. Vaughan Williams & Greaves: Fantasia on Greensleeves
  62. Tired
  63. Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
  64. In the Fen Country - Symphonic Impression
  65. Symphony No. 4 in F minor: I. Allegro
  66. Concerto for Oboe and Strings: 1. Rondo Pastorale
  67. Six Studies in English Folk-Song: II. Andante sostenuto
  68. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (opening) - 1985 Remastered Version
  69. Serenade to Music
  70. Symphony No. 7, "Sinfonia Antartica": III. Landscape: Lento
  71. English Folk Song Suite: III. March (Folk songs from Somerset)
  72. English Folk Song Suite: I. March "Seventeen come Sunday"
  73. English Folk Song Suite: II. Intermezzo (My bonny boy)
  74. 6 Studies in English Folksong (Version for Cello & Piano): No. 6, Allegro vivace "As I Walked Over London Bridge"
  75. Symphony No. 6 in E Minor: I. Allegro
  76. Concerto Grosso: Intrada
  77. Dark Pastoral for Cello & Orchestra
  78. Kyrie
  79. Symphony No. 2 in G ‘A London Symphony’: II. Lento
  80. Flourish for Wind Band
  81. The Lark Ascending (Opening) - 1987 Remaster
  82. 5 English Folk Songs: No. 2. The spring time of the year
  83. The Lark Ascending - Romance for Violin and Orchestra
  84. Sea Songs
  85. Vaughan Williams: 6 Studies in English Folk-Song: No. 1, Adagio
  86. Rhosymedre - No 2 of Three Preludes founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes
  87. Mass in G Minor: Kyrie
  88. Lark
  89. Intrada
  90. U-Boat Alert

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