Music in the Heart
Vaughan Williams Conducts his Serenade To Music
Sopranos: Stiles Allen*, Isobel Baillie*, Ena Mitchell, Elsie Suddaby*, Contraltos: Muriel Brunskill*, Astra Desmond*, Mary Jarred*, Gladys Ripley, Tenors: William Herbert, Richard Lewis, Stephen Manton, Heddle Nash*, Baritone/Bass: Norman Allin*, Robert Easton*, Roy Henderson*, Harold Williams*...
The exquisite centrepiece here is Vaughan Williams's own performance of the Serenade to Music from 1951, his 79th year. …there's a special warmth and magic. —
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Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
- Allen Stiles (soprano), Isobel Baillie (soprano), Ena Mitchell (soprano), Elsie Suddaby (soprano), Muriel Brunskill (contralto), Astra Desmond (contralto), Mary Jarred (contralto), Gladys Ripley (contralto), William Herbert (tenor), Richard Lewis (tenor), Stephen Manton (tenor), Heddle Nash (tenor), Norman Allin (bass), Robert Easton (bass), Roy Henderson (baritone), Harold Williams (baritone)
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Ralph Vaughan Williams
Douglas, R: The Pilgrim's Journey (After R. Vaughan Williams' The Pilgrim's Progress)
- Clifford Scott (tenor), John Peck (baritone), Arnold Ostlund, Jr. (organ), Louis Bové (soprano)
- Plymouth Choir of the Pilgrims
- Henry Pfohl
Cast thy burden upon the Lord (Tenor, Baritone, Chorus)
Into thy hands, O Lord (Baritone)
Who would true valour see (Soprano, Baritone, Chorus)
The Teachings of Parry and Stanford
- Ralph Vaughan Williams (narrator)
Vaughan Williams: Excerpt from the Funeral Service of Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Richard Dimbleby (narrator)
- Westminster Abbey Choir
- Sir Adrian Boult