Sign in to get personalized recommendations.Hours() * 3600 + currentTime.Want it delivered Tuesday, March 4?Baritone Thomas Allen, who performs the Five Mystical Songs and solos in the Fantasia, is simply outstanding.Music for Ralph vaughan williams at Sheet Music Plus.Add a iframe that allows us to ping the server when this element becomes visible a9AdsViewNamespace.When have you heard an American orchestra perform the inventive Eighth or the redemptive Fifth?Serenade' is especially fine, but this recording flourishes.The 'Fantasia' (one of VW's favorite musical motives, even when not properly so called!Was this review helpful to you?The familiar Flos Campi is also a nice performance, as is the Fantasia, which also should be performed more often.My only complaint is in the recording levels: you really have to crank up the volume quite a lot to hear the opening of the Serenade.But on the other hand, if you leave the volume at that setting, the highs really soar.It is a treat to discover the remaining works all available in one package, and especially good to hear them.CD includes some celebrated names from the world of vocal music: John Mark Ainsley, Thomas Allen, Maldwyn Davies, Anne Dawson, Martyn Hill, Diana Montague, Alan Opie and Jean Rigby are particular standouts.Sir Adrian Boult's will probably remain untouchable for a long time to come).Rachmaninov was so deeply affected by the piece.Nobuko Imai provides a characteristic viola solo, whilst the chorus is confined to textless vocalisation.The effect is pondered in much detail in the programme notes; suffice it to say, it is a work that will leave itself etched on the mind as one of t...