VAUGHAN WILLIAMS : The Collector Edition (2008) 30xCD / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Celebrated as the musical poet of of the English landscape, Vaughan Williams was also a visionary composer of enormous range; from the pastoral lyricism of The Lark Ascending and the still melancholy of Silent Noon to the violence of the Fourth Symphony and the grand ceremonial of All people that on earth do dwell, he assumed the mantle of Elgar as our national composer. This edition, released to mark the 50th anniversary of his death, presents all the major orchestral, chamber, vocal & stage works, as well as many lesser pieces and rarities, in the finest interpretations. All you favourite Vaughan Williams is here, in over 34 hours of music on 30 CDs.

Symphonies • Concertos • Orchestral Music
Vernon Handley • Richard Hickox

Choral Music  
Sir Adrian Boult • Sir David Willcocks

Songs • Folksongs
Anthony Rolfe Johnson • Ian Partridge • Robert Tear

Job • The Pilgrim's Progress
Sir Adrian Boult

Hugh the Drover
Sir Charles Groves

Riders to the Sea • Sir John in Love
Meredith Davis

JEAN SIBELIUS : Historical Recordings and Rarities 1928-1948 (2015) 7xCD / MONO / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

The years spanned by this seven-disc Warner Classics collection coincide with the peak years of Jean Sibelius' popularity. At that time, he was widely regarded in Western countries as the greatest living composer, though he had essentially stopped producing major works after the mid-1920s, when he wrote the Symphony No. 7 in C major, the incidental music to The Tempest, and Tapiola. This 2015 set marks the 150th anniversary of Sibelius' birth, and generously offers vintage recordings of his 7 Symphonies, the Violin Concerto, Finlandia, Pohjola's Daughter, Night Ride and Sunrise, The Oceanides, the String Quartet in D minor, "Voces intimae," songs, and other works. The selections were recorded by Sibelius' strongest advocates, such as conductors Robert Kajanus, Adrian Boult, Thomas Beecham, and Serge Koussevitzky, violinist Jascha Heifetz, the Budapest String Quartet, soprano Marian Anderson, pianist Gerald Moore, and many others. There is also the rare 1939 recording of Sibelius conducting his Andante festivo, probably his only extant recording. This is a collector's set, considering the historical importance of the recordings, though it may be less enjoyable for newcomers and other listeners because of its limited analog sound quality. by Blair Sanderson 

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HOLST : The Collector's Edition (2012) 6xCD BOX-SET | FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Tracklist :
CD 1 The Planets - The Perfect Fool - Egdon Heath 73:54
CD 2 A Somerset Rhapsody - Brook Green Suite - A Fugal Concerto - Beni Mora - St Paul's Suite - Hymns from the Rig Veda, 2nd Group - Ode to Death 76:26
CD 3 Psalm 86 - A Choral Fantasia - Suites for Military Band - A Moorside Suite - Hammersmith 74:35
CD 4 Hymns from the Rig Veda, 4th Group - The Homecoming - A Dirge for Two Veterans - Six Choral Folk Songs - Choruses, canons and carols 71:18
CD 5 The Hymn of Jesus - Short Festival Te Deum - Choral Symphony 77:05
CD 6 The Wandering Scholar - At the Boar's Head 75:46 

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