▁The ▁Po ison ed ▁K iss , ▁and ▁The ▁Pil gr im ' s ▁Progress . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁orch est ral ▁record ings ▁have ▁been ▁by ▁British ▁orch est ras ▁and ▁conduct ors , ▁but ▁notable ▁non - B rit ish ▁conduct ors ▁who ▁have ▁made ▁record ings ▁of ▁V aug han ▁Williams ' s ▁works ▁include ▁Herbert ▁von ▁Kar aj an , ▁Leonard ▁Bern stein , ▁Leopold ▁Sto kow ski , ▁and , ▁most ▁frequently , ▁André ▁Pre vin , ▁who ▁conducted ▁the ▁London ▁Sym phony ▁Orchestra ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁complete ▁s tere o ▁cycle ▁of ▁the ▁sym phon ies , ▁recorded ▁between ▁ 1 9 6 7 ▁and ▁ 1 9 7 2 . ▁Among ▁the ▁British ▁conduct ors ▁most ▁closely ▁associated ▁with ▁V aug han ▁Williams ' s ▁music ▁on ▁disc ▁and ▁in ▁concert ▁in ▁the ▁gener ations ▁after ▁Bou lt , ▁S argent ▁and ▁Bar bi rol li ▁are ▁Vern on ▁Hand ley , ▁Richard ▁H ick ox , ▁Sir ▁Mark ▁E lder ▁and ▁Sir ▁Andrew ▁Davis . ▁Record ▁companies ▁with ▁extensive ▁lists ▁of ▁V aug han ▁Williams ▁record ings ▁include ▁E MI , ▁De cca , ▁Ch and os , ▁Hyper ion ▁and ▁N ax os . ▁ ▁Hon ours ▁and ▁legacy ▁V aug han ▁Williams ▁refused ▁a ▁kn ighth ood ▁at ▁least ▁once , ▁and ▁decl ined ▁the ▁post ▁of ▁Master ▁of ▁the ▁King ' s ▁Music ▁after ▁El gar ' s ▁death . ▁The ▁one ▁state ▁honour ▁he ▁accepted ▁was ▁the ▁Order ▁of ▁Mer it