BBC Music, Volume 29, Number 2: Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending

Album by Ralph Vaughan Williams & Frederick Delius & Peter Warlock & BBC Symphony Orchestra & BBC National Orchestra of Wales & London Conchord Ensemble & Iona Brown & Robin Tritschler & Sir Andrew Davis & Elgar Howarth & Michael Francis

BBC Music, Volume 29, Number 2: Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending is a 2021 album featuring a performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams' 'The Lark Ascending' by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Davis, with violinist Tasmin Little. This recording captures the ethereal and pastoral qualities of the piece, reflecting Vaughan Williams' inspiration from George Meredith's poem and his depiction of the English countryside.
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  1. 1.
    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
    6:15
  2. 2.
    The Lark Ascending
    15:40
  3. 3.
    The Curlew: He Reproves the Curlew
    7:06
  4. 4.
    The Curlew: The Lover Mourns for the Loss of Love
    1:47
  5. 5.
    The Curlew: The Withering of the Boughs
    9:44
  6. 6.
    The Curlew: He Hears the Cry of the Sedge
    4:53
  7. 7.
    In a Summer Garden
    16:19

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