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Stage Works
310 tracks
- Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks (opera)
1 track
- Job, A Masque for Dancing (ballet)
39 tracks
- On Christmas Night (ballet)
15 tracks
- The First Nowell (opera, completed by Douglas)
24 tracks
- Riders to the Sea (opera)
20 tracks
- Sir John in Love (opera)
72 tracks
- The Pilgrim's Progress (opera)
45 tracks
- The Poisoned Kiss (opera)
47 tracks
- The Wasps, incidental music for tenor, baritone, male chorus and orchestra
36 tracks
- The Bridal Day, ballet
11 tracks
- Hugh the Drover, or Love in the Stocks (opera)
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Vocal Works
995 tracks
- Works for Solo Voice
457 tracks
- Songs and Song Cycles
457 tracks
- A Selection of Collection Folk Songs, vol.1
8 tracks
- 9 English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachian Mountains
9 tracks
- L'amour de Moy (arr. R. Vaughan Williams)
1 track
- To Daffodils
2 tracks
- A Cradle Song, for voice and piano
1 track
- Jean Renaud (arr. R. Vaughan Williams)
1 track
- Along the Field, song cycle for voice and violin
12 tracks
- The Willow Song (arr. R. Vaughan Williams)
1 track
- Blackmwore [sic] by the Stour, folk song for voice and piano
2 tracks
- 10 Blake Songs, for voice and oboe
20 tracks
- Rondel
1 track
- The Spanish Ladies (arr. R. Vaughan Williams)
1 track
- The Garden of Prosperine
1 track
- The Turtle Dove (arr. R. Vaughan Williams)
1 track
- Dirge for Fidele, song for 2 mezzo-sopranos and piano
2 tracks
- How can the tree but wither?
1 track
- Think of Me (arr. R. Vaughan Williams)
1 track
- 6 English Folksongs, for voice and piano
10 tracks
- Adieu (arr. R. Vaughan Williams)
1 track
- 2 English Folksongs, for voice and violin
5 tracks
- Buonaparty
1 track
- Claribel
1 track
- Tears, Idle Tears
1 track
- Folksongs from the Eastern Countries
3 tracks
- The Splendour Falls
1 track
- 4 Hymns, for tenor, viola and strings
14 tracks
- In the Spring ('My love is the maid'; song)
1 track
- La Ballade de Jésus Christ (folk song)
1 track
- 4 Last Songs
14 tracks
- The Winter's Willow
2 tracks
- Linden Lea ('A Dorset Song'), for voice and orchestra
13 tracks
- Boy Johnny
1 track
- Merciless Beauty, 3 rondels for soprano or tenor, 2 violins and cello (or voice and piano)
3 tracks
- If I were a Queen
1 track
- Nocturne ('Whispers of Heavenly Death'), for baritone and orchestra
1 track
- When I am dead, my dearest
1 track
- On Wenlock Edge, for tenor, piano and string quartet (song cycle)
50 tracks
- Dreamland
1 track
- Orpheus with his Lute
5 tracks
- Rest
1 track
- 4 Poems by Fredegond Shove
20 tracks
- The sky above the roof
2 tracks
- 3 Poems by Walt Whitman
8 tracks
- Snow In The Street
3 tracks
- Songs of Travel (song cycle)
157 tracks
- The House of Life (song cycle)
38 tracks
- The Splendour Falls (song)
1 track
- The Winter's Willow, for voice and piano
1 track
- 3 Vocalises for Soprano and Clarinet
9 tracks
- The Basket of Eggs, for voice and piano (melody used in Norfolk Rhapsody No.1)
1 track
- Hugh the Drover, for voice and piano
10 tracks
- 7 Songs from the Pilgrim's Progress
3 tracks
- Our Love Goes Out to English Skies (After H. Purcell's 'The Indian Queen', Z. 630
1 track
- 5 English Folk Songs
1 track
- Three Old German Songs in G Major
3 tracks
- Two Poems by Seamus O'Sullivan, for voice and piano
2 tracks
- A Selection of Collection Folk Songs, vol.1
- Songs and Song Cycles
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Choral Works
538 tracks
- Carols
78 tracks
- 9 Carols, for baritone and male chorus
10 tracks
- Down in Yon Forest
1 track
- Fantasia on Christmas Carols, for baritone, chorus, and orchestra
10 tracks
- Gloucestershire Wassail ('Wassail, wassail, all over the town')
2 tracks
- O Little Town of Bethlehem, carol (arr. from English traditional, 'Forest Green')
13 tracks
- Traditional Carols from Herefordshire
12 tracks
- 8 Traditional English Carols
25 tracks
- Wither's Rocking Hymn ('Sweet baby, sleep! What ails my dear?')
1 track
- O My Dear Heart (Balulalow), carol arrangement for high voice chorus
1 track
- 2 Carols
2 tracks
- The Golden Carol
1 track
- 9 Carols, for baritone and male chorus
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Hymns
60 tracks
- All Hail The Power, for unison chorus, chorus and organ
1 track
- At the Name of Jesus ('King's Weston')
1 track
- Behold the Great Creator Makes ('This Endris Nyght')
1 track
- 3 Choral Hymns for baritone or tenor, chorus and orchestra
6 tracks
- Christ, the Fair Glory (harmonization of 'Coelites plaudant')
1 track
- Come Down, O Love Divine ('Down Ampney')
9 tracks
- Father We Praise Thee (harmonization of 'Christe sanctorum' from 'La Feillée's Méthode du plain-chant')
1 track
- For All the Saints Who from Their Labours Rest ('Sine nomine')
5 tracks
- God Be with You Till We Meet Again ('Randolph')
2 tracks
- God that madest earth and heaven ('Ar Hyd Y Nos')
2 tracks
- Hail Thee, Festival Day! ('Salve festa dies')
2 tracks
- He Who Would Valiant Be ('Monks Gate')
4 tracks
- I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say ('Kingsfold')
3 tracks
- Lord god, you now have set your servant free
1 track
- O God of earth and altar ('King's Lynn')
2 tracks
- The King of Love My Shepherd Is ('St. Columba')
1 track
- The Pilgrim Pavement, for soprano, chorus and organ (or orchestra)
1 track
- 'Tis Winter Now, the Fallen Snow ('Danby')
1 track
- Wither's Rocking Hymn
3 tracks
- Bread of the world - Rendez à Dieu
1 track
- Christ the Lord is risen again - Orientibus partibus
1 track
- Deck thyself, my soul, with gladness - Schmücke dich
1 track
- Disposer supreme - Old 104th
1 track
- Faith of our fathers - O Mensch bewein
1 track
- Father, hear the prayer we offer - Sussex
1 track
- Firmly I believe and truly - Shipston
1 track
- It is a thing most wonderful - Herongate
1 track
- Saviour, again to thy dear name we raise - Magda
1 track
- From the eastern mountains - King's Weston
1 track
- Virgin-born, we bow before thee - Mon Dieu, prête-moi
1 track
- Wherefore, O Father - Christe fons jugis
1 track
- Ye watchers and ye holy ones - Laßt uns erfreuen
1 track
- All Hail The Power, for unison chorus, chorus and organ
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Cantatas
80 tracks
- A Cotswold Romance, cantata (arr. by Jacobson from synopsis of opera Hugh the Drover)
10 tracks
- Dona nobis pacem, cantata for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra
26 tracks
- Folk Songs of the Four Seasons, cantata for female chorus and orchestra
20 tracks
- Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus and orchestra
20 tracks
- The Sons of Light, cantata for chorus and orchestra
3 tracks
- Willow-wood, cantata for baritone or mezzo-soprano, female chorus and orchestra
1 track
- A Cotswold Romance, cantata (arr. by Jacobson from synopsis of opera Hugh the Drover)
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Motets
38 tracks
- A Vision of Aeroplanes, for chorus and organ
1 track
- Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge (Psalm 90), for soloists, semi-chorus and orchestra (or organ)
3 tracks
- O Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47), for chorus, brass and organ
6 tracks
- O Taste and See (Psalm 34), for chorus and organ
11 tracks
- O Vos Omnes ('Is it Nothing to You?'), for alto and chorus
4 tracks
- Prayer to the Father of Heaven, for chorus
2 tracks
- The Souls of the Righteous, motet for soprano, tenor, baritone and chorus
2 tracks
- The Voice out of the Whirlwind, for chorus and organ or orchestra
2 tracks
- Valiant for Truth, for chorus (with piano or organ ad lib)
7 tracks
- A Vision of Aeroplanes, for chorus and organ
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Other Choral Works
282 tracks
- 3 Elizabethan Partsongs
3 tracks
- Ring out your Bells, for chorus
1 track
- Sun, Moon, Stars and Man, for chorus
4 tracks
- The Bacchae (music for Greek play)
1 track
- Electra (music for Greek play)
2 tracks
- Benedicite, for soprano, chorus and orchestra
1 track
- Iphigenia in Tauris (music for Greek play)
5 tracks
- The Blessed Son of God (arr. from 'Hodie', Christmas cantata)
6 tracks
- Bushes and briars, folk song for male chorus (Folksongs from the Eastern Counties No.1)
2 tracks
- Ca' the yowes, folk song for tenor and chorus
1 track
- A Choral Flourish, for chorus and organ or 2 trumpets
1 track
- Choral Songs to be Sung in Time of War, for chorus and piano or orchestra
6 tracks
- 5 English Folksongs, for chorus
15 tracks
- Festival Te Deum, for chorus and organ (or orchestra)
3 tracks
- The Great Forerunner of the Morn
1 track
- Greensleeves (from the opera 'Sir John in Love'), folk song for chorus
12 tracks
- It Was a Lover and His Lass, partsong for female chorus
4 tracks
- Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, for chorus and piano (or organ or small orchestra)
1 track
- Loch Lomond, folk song for baritone and male chorus
3 tracks
- Mass in G-
50 tracks
- 5 Mystical Songs, for baritone, chorus ad lib and orchestra (or organ)
26 tracks
- Nothing is Here for Tears, song for chorus and piano or organ or orchestra
1 track
- The Old 100th Psalm: All People That on Earth do Dwell, for chorus, unison chorus, orchestra, and organ
10 tracks
- O How Amiable (Psalms 84 and 90), anthem for chorus and organ
2 tracks
- An Oxford Elegy, for narrator, small chorus and small orchestra
3 tracks
- Sancta Civitas (The Holy City) (oratorio)
10 tracks
- Serenade to Music ('How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!') for 16 soloists (or soloists and chorus) and orchestra
14 tracks
- 3 Shakespeare Songs
24 tracks
- Silence and Music, song for chorus (from collaborative work 'A Garland for the Queen')
2 tracks
- A Song of Thanksgiving for soprano, speaker, chorus and orchestra
1 track
- Te Deum for chorus and organ (or orchestra) in G
4 tracks
- Toward the Unknown Region
4 tracks
- The Turtle Dove, folk song for baritone and chorus
3 tracks
- 5 Tudor Portraits, choral suite for soloists, chorus and orchestra
10 tracks
- The Unquiet Grave ('How Cold the Wind Doth Blow'), folk song for female chorus
2 tracks
- The Winter is Gone, for choir
2 tracks
- Love Is a Sickness, song for chorus
1 track
- O Mistress Mine, partsong for chorus (Elizabethen Songs No.3)
1 track
- A Cambridge Mass
9 tracks
- Echo's Lament for Narcissus, for chorus
1 track
- Chanson de quete, for chorus
1 track
- Weyhill Fair Song, for chorus
1 track
- Alister McAlpine's Lament, for chorus
1 track
- Mannin Veen, for chorus
1 track
- The Mermaid, for chorus
1 track
- A Farmer's Son so Sweet, for chorus
1 track
- The Turtle Dove, for chorus
1 track
- In Windsor Forest (Arr. G. Foote for Women's Voices)
4 tracks
- Come Away Death
1 track
- No longer mourn for me (Sonnet 71)
1 track
- The New Commonwealth
1 track
- Epithalamion, for chorus
11 tracks
- Fain would I change that note
1 track
- Snow In The Street, 'From Far Away we Come to You', for chorus
1 track
- Blake's Cradle Song, 'Sweet Dreams form a Shade', for chorus
2 tracks
- Darest Now, O Soul, for chorus and strings
1 track
- 3 Elizabethan Partsongs
- Carols
- Works for Solo Voice
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Orchestral Works
1,057 tracks
- Concertos
247 tracks
- Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in C (revised version of Piano Concerto)
14 tracks
- Concerto grosso for Strings in 3 Groups
21 tracks
- Flos Campi, suite for viola, small chorus and small orchestra
33 tracks
- Oboe Concerto in A-
24 tracks
- Piano Concerto in C
11 tracks
- Romance in Db for Harmonica, Strings, and Piano
2 tracks
- Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra
27 tracks
- The Lark Ascending: Romance for Violin and Orchestra
63 tracks
- Tuba Concerto in F-
30 tracks
- Violin Concerto in D- ('Concerto accademico')
18 tracks
- Fantasia, for piano and orchestra
2 tracks
- Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes, for cello and chamber orchestra
2 tracks
- Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in C (revised version of Piano Concerto)
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Symphonies
366 tracks
- Symphony No.1, for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra ('A Sea Symphony')
23 tracks
- Symphony No.2 in G ('A London Symphony')
47 tracks
- Symphony No.3, for soprano or tenor and orchestra ('Pastoral')
24 tracks
- Symphony No.4 in F-
57 tracks
- Symphony No.5 in D
59 tracks
- Symphony No.6 in E-
52 tracks
- Symphony No.7 for soprano, small female chorus and orchestra with narrator ad lib ('Sinfonia Antartica')
47 tracks
- Symphony No.8 in D-
37 tracks
- Symphony No.9 in E-
20 tracks
- Symphony No.1, for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra ('A Sea Symphony')
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Film Scores
178 tracks
- 49th Parallel (The Invaders; suite from the film score)
36 tracks
- Bitter Springs (arr. and orch. by Irving from material supplied by Vaughan Williams)
30 tracks
- Coastal Command (film score)
32 tracks
- Dim Little Island (film score)
2 tracks
- Scott of the Antarctic (film score)
36 tracks
- The England of Elizabeth (film score)
10 tracks
- The Loves of Joanna Godden (film score)
2 tracks
- The People's Land (film score; based on traditional melodies)
2 tracks
- The Story of a Flemish Farm (suite from the film score)
28 tracks
- 49th Parallel (The Invaders; suite from the film score)
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Other Orchestral Works
266 tracks
- Charterhouse Suite for Strings (arr. by J. Brown and Vaughan Williams from 6 Short Pieces for piano)
6 tracks
- Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, for 2 string orchestras
53 tracks
- Fantasia on Greensleeves, for harp, flute and strings
65 tracks
- Flourish for Glorious John (Barbirolli)
2 tracks
- 2 Hymn-Tune Preludes, for small orchestra
4 tracks
- In the Fen Country (symphonic impression)
9 tracks
- Norfolk Rhapsody No.1 in E-
9 tracks
- Norfolk Rhapsody No.2 in D-
1 track
- Partita for Double String Orchestra
12 tracks
- 3 Portraits from The England of Elizabeth (suite; arr. for orchestra)
21 tracks
- Prelude on an Old Carol Tune
1 track
- Serenade to Music (arr. from the choral work)
2 tracks
- The Death of Tintagiles (incidental music)
14 tracks
- The Poisoned Kiss (overture)
1 track
- The Running Set, fantasia on jig-rhythms
3 tracks
- The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite (from the incidental music)
16 tracks
- Toccata Marziale, for military band in Bb
9 tracks
- 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus, for string orchestra and harp
22 tracks
- Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, fugue for string orchestra (transcribed from Bach, BWV680; collaboration with Foster)
1 track
- 3 Impressions (completed by J. F. Brown), for orchestra
3 tracks
- The Mayor of Casterbridge, for orchestra
3 tracks
- Bucolic Suite, for orchestra
8 tracks
- The Solent, for orchestra
1 track
- Charterhouse Suite for Strings (arr. by J. Brown and Vaughan Williams from 6 Short Pieces for piano)
- Concertos
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Band
66 tracks
- English Folk Song Suite, for military band
42 tracks
- Flourish for Wind Band, overture to a pageant for military band
4 tracks
- Henry V, concert overture for brass band
2 tracks
- Sea Songs, march for military or brass band
8 tracks
- Variations for Brass Band
4 tracks
- 2 Movements from England's Pleasant Land
1 track
- The Running Set (arr. for Wind Band)
1 track
- The Lark Ascending (arr. for Wind Band)
1 track
- Linden Lea (arr. for Wind Band)
1 track
- Sine Nomine (arr. for Wind Band)
1 track
- Variations for Wind Band
1 track
- English Folk Song Suite, for military band
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Chamber Works
199 tracks
- Household Music: Preludes on 3 Welsh Hymn Tunes, for string quartet
16 tracks
- Phantasy Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas, and cello
14 tracks
- 2 Pieces for Violin and Piano
4 tracks
- Quintet in C- for Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass and Piano
3 tracks
- Romance for Viola and Piano
8 tracks
- String Quartet No.1 in G-
12 tracks
- String Quartet No.2 in A- ('For Jean on Her Birthday')
13 tracks
- 6 Studies in English Folk Song, for cello and piano
111 tracks
- Violin Sonata in A-
6 tracks
- Piano Quintet in C-
6 tracks
- Quintet in D, for Clarinet, Horn and Piano Trio
4 tracks
- The Lark Ascending (version for violin and piano)
1 track
- Klavierquintett c-Moll
1 track
- Household Music: Preludes on 3 Welsh Hymn Tunes, for string quartet
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Keyboard Works
52 tracks
- Fantasia (quasi variazione) on the Old 104th Psalm
1 track
- Hymn tune Prelude on Song 13 by Orlando Gibbons
3 tracks
- Prelude and Fugue, for organ in C-
5 tracks
- Preludes on 3 Welsh Hymn tunes, for organ
12 tracks
- Preludes on 2 Welsh Folk Songs, for organ
2 tracks
- 6 Teaching Pieces, for piano (in three books)
1 track
- 6 Short Pieces, for piano
12 tracks
- The Lake in the Mountains, for piano
2 tracks
- The New Commonwealth: Prelude, for organ
1 track
- A Wedding Tune for Ann (arr. C. Morris for organ)
1 track
- Wedding Canon for Nancy, for organ
1 track
- Passacaglia on B-G-C, for organ
1 track
- Dirge for Fidele (arr. A. Rowley for organ)
1 track
- Fantasia on Greensleeves (arr. S. Roper for organ)
1 track
- A Song of Thanksgiving
1 track
- Introduction and Fugue, for two pianos
1 track
- A Little Piano Book
6 tracks
- Fantasia (quasi variazione) on the Old 104th Psalm
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Miscellaneous
3 tracks
Below are works by R.Vaughan Williams that every music lover should explore:
- Stage Works
- The Pilgrim's Progress (opera)
45 tracks
- The Pilgrim's Progress (opera)
- Vocal Works
- Orchestral Works
- Oboe Concerto in A-
24 tracks
- The Lark Ascending: Romance for Violin and Orchestra
63 tracks
- Symphony No.5 in D
59 tracks
- Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, for 2 string orchestras
53 tracks
- Oboe Concerto in A-
- Chamber Works