Various Artists - Eternal Vaughan Williams / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Tallis began his career as organist at the Benedictine Priory at Dover, followed by similar service at Waltham Abbey until the dissolution of the monasteries in 1540. He was then organist at Canterbury Cathedral and in 1543 became a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, a position he retained until his death. Like Byrd, his pupil, he seems to have remained loyal to the old religion, while continuing to enjoy royal favor. Tallis wrote a quantity of Latin church music and contributed also to the reformed English liturgy, in some cases adapting earlier Latin compositions. One of his most remarkable achievements is the 40-voice Spem in alium. His setting of the Latin Holy Week liturgy Lamentations represents his work at it's height. The composer's name is widely known through the metrical psalm tune known as Tallis's Canon, a setting of God, grant we grace. Album Tracks 1. Sanctus 2. Credo 3. Agnus Dei 4. Agnus Dei

Prokofiev first attempted to write an opera at the age of nine. His mature operas include The Love for Three Oranges, written in 1919, The Fiery Angel and War and Peace, the last based on Tolstoy's novel. His later ballets include Romeo and Juliet, and Cinderella. Both ballets as well as the first mentioned opera are known to concert audiences from orchestral suites based on them.Prokofiev wrote seven symphonies. Of these, the Classical Symphony, a work written in 1916-17 with the work of Haydn in mind, is the best known. Of Prokofiev's five piano concertos the third is best known, written in the composer's instantly recognizable musical language, from the incisive opening to the motor rhythms that follow, in a mixture of lyricism and acerbic wit. More overtly romantic in feeling are the two fine violin concertos. His early Cello Concerto was followed in 1952, fourteen years later, by a Cello Concertino, completed by the cellist Rostropovich and the composer Kabalevsky after Prokofiev's death.Prokofiev, himself a formidable pianist, completed nine piano sonatas out of a projected eleven. His music for piano also includes piano versions of music from the ballets Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella. Album Tracks 1. Scene 1. Le Depart 2. Scene 1. Recontre Avec Des Camarades 3. Vivace 4. Happiness 5. Finale Molto Vivace 6. 4. Juliet As a Young Girl 7. Masks 8. Dance of the Knights 9. Andante 10. Pas de Chale 11. Cinderella's Waltz 12. Scherzo Vivacissimo 13. Allegretto 14. Mephisto Waltz

Album Tracks 1. Variations for Piano on InchAh, Vous Dirai-Je MamanInch 2. Gymnopedie No. 3 3. Piano Sonata No. 2 Marche Funèbre 4. Scenes from Childhood VII Träumerei 5. FÜR Elise 6. Gaspard de la Nuit III Scarbo 7. Children's Corner VI Golliwog's Cake-Walk 8. Impromptus 9. Rhapsody on a Theme By Paganini Variation 18 10. Pathétique II Adagio Cantabile 11. Miroirs III 12. Fantaisie-Impromptu 13. Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon I Andante Molto 14. Trumpet Concerto III Finale 15. Clarinet Concerto II Adagio 16. The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba 17. Adagio in B Flat Major 18. Horn Concerto No. 1 Allegro 19. Horn Concerto No. 1 Rondo 20. Bassoon Concerto in B Flat Major Allegro 21. Oboe Concerto II Adagio 22. Trumpet Concerto in D Major I. Pomposo 23. Trumpet Concerto in D Major II. Adagio 24. Trumpet Concerto in D Major III. Presto 25. Canonic Adagio for 2 Basset Horns and Bassoon 26. Adagio and Rondo in C Major 27. Concerto for 2 Oboes and 2 Clarinets I. Larghetto-Allegro 28. Concerto for 2 Oboes and 2 Clarinets II. Largo 29. Concerto for 2 Oboes and 2 Clarinets III. Allegro Molto 30. Symphony No. 5 II. Andante Cantabile 31. Wedding Day at Troldhaugen 32. Adagio in G minor 33. Requiem Pie Jesu 34. Idyll for String Orchestra V. Adagio 35. Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte 36. Symphony No. 5 IV. Adagietto 37. Canon in D Major 38. Prelude a L'apres-Midi D'un Faune 39. Water Music Alla Hornpipe 40. Funeral March 41. Earl of Essex Galliard 42. Rosa Das Rosas 43. Ah, Silly Soul 44. Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 I. Allegro 45. Symphonies de Fanfares Rondeau 46. In Nomine for 5 Viols 47. My Lady Carey's Dompe 48. The Prince of Denmark's March 49. Toccata and Fugue in D minor 50. Fantasy for 5 Viols in D minor 51. Magnificat 52. Lo, How a E'er Blooming 53. See, th