Barry Wordsworth / Philharmonia Orchestra Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending Greensleeves CD

(Lark)"(David juritz' tone is pure and effortlessly controlled... a few lines that inspired Vaughan Williams are spoken before by Niamh Cusack, a legitimate recording device" (Job): "it (was) to the credit of Collins that Barry Wordsworth was chosen for their recording of Vaughan Williams' Job with the Philharmonia. In my opinion, he fully justifies the risk, with an extremely fine interpretation that I would rank next to Boult's (EMI) as far as recordings are concerned... He never let's us forget that this score was written for the stage, and the drama behind the notes is fully realized... Collins provided a clear and balanced recording" (Gramophone)

1. The Lark Ascending* 2. Greensleeves* 3. Job (A Masque for Dancing)* 4. Scene I: Introduction * Pastoral Dance * 5. Satan's Appeal to God ò Saraband of the Sons of God 6. Scene II: Satan's Dance of Triumph 7. Scene III: Minuet of the Sons of Job and Their Wives 8. Scene IV: Job's Dream * Dance of Plague, Pestilence, Famine and Battle 9. Scene V: Dance of the Three Messengers 10. Scene VI: Dance of Job's Comforters * Job's Curse 11. Scene VII: Elihu's Dance of Youth and Beauty * Pavane of the Sons of the Morning (Violin: James Clark) 12. Scene VIII: Galliard of the Sons of the Morning * Altar Dance and Heavenly Pavane 13. Scene IX: Epilogue