Elgar: Enigma Variations, Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending CD

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Track Listing

1. The Lark Ascending
2. Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
3. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
4. Serenade in E minor Op. 20 - I. Allegro piacevole
5. Serenade in E minor Op. 20 - II. Larghetto
6. Serenade in E minor Op. 20 - III. Allegretto - Come prima
7. Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36 - Theme (Andante)
8. Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36 - I. C.A.E. (the composer's wife)
9. Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36 - II. H.D.S-P. (Hew David Steuart-Powell)
10. Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36 - III. R.B.T. (Richard Baxter Townshend)
11. Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36 - IV. W.M.B. (William Meath Baker)
12. Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36 - V. R.P.A. (Richard Penrose Arnold)
13. Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36 - VI. Ysobel (Isabel Fitton)
14. Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36 - VII. Troyte (Troyte Griffith)
15. Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36 - VIII. W.N. (Winifred Norbury)
16. Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36 - IX. Nimrod (A. J. Jaeger)
17. Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36 - X. Intermezzo: Dorabella (Dora Penny)
18. Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36 - XI. G.R.S. (George Robertson Sinclair)
19. Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36 - XII. B.G.N. (Basil G. Nevinson)
20. Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36 - XIII. Romanza: [Lady Mary Lygon]
21. Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' Op. 36 - XIV. Finale: E.D.U. (the composer) (David Bell, organ)