Fantasia on "Greensleeves." Oboe Concerto.1 Tuba Concerto.2 The Lark Ascending.3/On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring. Summer Night on the River. 2 Aquarelles. Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo/Henry V: 2 excerpts

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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on "Greensleeves." Oboe Concerto.1 Tuba Concerto.2 The Lark Ascending.3 DELIUS On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring. Summer Night on the River. 2 Aquarelles. Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo. WALTON Henry V: 2 excerpts * Daniel Barenboim, cond; Neil Black (ob);1 Arnold Jacobs (tb);2 Pinchas Zukerman (vn);3 English Ch O; Chicago SO2 * DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON ELOQUENCE 442 8333 (77:25)

This is an odd collection of Barenboim performances of British music. Those who are attracted by the more pastoral pieces might not be interested in the two idiosyncratic Vaughan Williams ...

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