This year we celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams with a special 8 album boxed set, A Vaughan Williams Anthology, featuring some of the best recordings in the Naxos catalogue. Performers include renowned violinist Jennifer Pike and baritone Roderick Williams, and the award-winning Maggini Quartet, joined by top British orchestras such as the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and more. Ralph Vaughan Williams is one of Britain's most illustrious composers, and this specially curated selection of works demonstrates the sheer breadth of his achievement. As a major 20th century-symphonist he is represented by four of his nine symphonies, all in critically acclaimed recordings ('A clear top recommendation' wrote Gramophone of A Sea Symphony). Popular orchestral works such as the celebrated Tallis Fantasia and The Lark Ascending are also included. Vaughan Williams' chamber works are performed by the Maggini Quartet, his greatest contemporary champions; while the sublime Mass in G minor shows the composer's high standing in the English choral tradition.

Jennifer Pike (violin), Roderick Williams (baritone), Sina Kloke (piano), Roderick Williams (baritone), Maggini Quartet
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Kees Bakels
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd
Chamber Orchesta of New York, Salvatore Di Vittorio
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
Choir of Clare College Cambridge, Timothy Brown

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1 'A Sea Symphony'
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 'A London Symphony'
Vaughan Williams: The Wasps Overture
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D major
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 9 in E minor
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1
Vaughan Williams: In the Fen Country
Vaughan Williams: Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Vaughan Williams: Suite of Six Short Pieces
Vaughan Williams: The Solent
Vaughan Williams: Fantasy for Piano & Orchestra
Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet
Vaughan Williams: String Quartet No. 1 in G minor
Vaughan Williams: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
Vaughan Williams: Willow-Wood (Cantata for Baritone and Orchestra)
Vaughan Williams: The Sons of Light (Cantata for Chorus and Orchestra)
Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region
Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus'
Vaughan Williams: A vision of aeroplanes
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Vaughan Williams: The Voice out of the Whirlwind; (Motet for Chorus and Orchestra)