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    The success-level here is excellently high. Collectors will savour a genuine rarity: the composer’s own orchestra-only arrangement of the Serenade to Music…the music sounds as rapturously beautiful... — More…

    • BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Orchestral Choice

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    This set presents RVW in a slightly heretical way that will appeal to those whose RVW tastes have become jaded or for those who have, for whatever reason, been put off by the mainstream cycles....MusicWeb International, 5th March 2014 More…

    • Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Orchestral

      Ralph vaughan williams fantasia on a theme by thomas tallis

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    Gražinytė-Tyla brings a fresheared approach to four English masters of orchestral writing…The Fantasia, rapt and mysterious, receives the most successful performance.BBC Music Magazine, December 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

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    • International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music

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    [the Tallis Fantasia] is tight-reined, yet also singing and surging with no trace of anti-Romantic tendentiousness...But what makes this release so special is Elder and the Hallé's interpretation...BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

    • BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, Disc of the month

      Ralph vaughan williams fantasia on a theme by thomas tallis

    • Gramophone Magazine, February 2015, Editor's Choice

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    • Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Orchestral

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    The sound of the LSO strings in 1910 must remain largely a matter of conjecture but this beautifully textured account on gut-string instruments cuts to the heart of the score and Wordsworth's...Gramophone Magazine, September 2008 More…

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    A delightful disc from Neville Marriner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, neatly encompassing four of Vaughan Williams' most enduringly popular orchestral works. Iona Brown is a delicate...David Smith, Presto Music, June 2014 More…

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    This is almost certainly the very finest recording of English string music...Moreover it might also be considered one of Barbirolli's very finest recordsPenguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

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What is Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis based on?

For the Hymnal, he adapted the tune as a setting of Joseph Addison's hymn "When rising from the bed of death".

Who wrote Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis?

Ralph Vaughan WilliamsFantasia on a Theme / Composernull

What is Thomas Tallis most famous song?

He was a true original who made music for the kings and queens of the 16th Century, and who lived in Greenwich. Two of his most famous pieces are Spem In Allium and If Ye Love Me which are still regularly played today.

What is Ralph Vaughan Williams most famous song?

Best Vaughan Williams Works: 10 Essential Pieces.
8: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1910) ... .
7: Pilgrim's Progress (1951) ... .
6: English Folk Song Suite (1924) ... .
5: Symphony No. ... .
4: Five Mystical Songs (1911) ... .
3: Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' (1928) ... .
2: Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' (1938) ... .
1: The Lark Ascending (1914).