5 1 ▁and ▁ 1 9 5 2 , ▁respectively . ▁There ▁is ▁a ▁recording ▁of ▁V aug han ▁Williams ▁conduct ing ▁the ▁St ▁Matthew ▁Pass ion ▁with ▁his ▁Le ith ▁Hill ▁Festival ▁forces . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁days ▁of ▁LP ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁V aug han ▁Williams ▁was ▁better ▁represented ▁in ▁the ▁record ▁catalog ues ▁than ▁most ▁British ▁compos ers . ▁The ▁Record ▁Guide ▁( 1 9 5 5 ) ▁contained ▁nine ▁pages ▁of ▁list ings ▁of ▁his ▁music ▁on ▁disc , ▁compared ▁with ▁five ▁for ▁Wal ton , ▁and ▁four ▁ap ie ce ▁for ▁El gar ▁and ▁Brit ten . ▁ ▁All ▁the ▁composer ' s ▁major ▁works ▁and ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁minor ▁ones ▁have ▁been ▁recorded . ▁There ▁have ▁been ▁numerous ▁complete ▁LP ▁and ▁CD ▁sets ▁of ▁the ▁nine ▁sym phon ies , ▁beginning ▁with ▁Bou lt ' s ▁De cca ▁cycle ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁most ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁recorded ▁in ▁the ▁composer ' s ▁presence . ▁Although ▁rarely ▁st aged , ▁the ▁oper as ▁have ▁f ared ▁well ▁on ▁disc . ▁The ▁earliest ▁recording ▁of ▁a ▁V aug han ▁Williams ▁opera ▁was ▁Hugh ▁the ▁Dro ver , ▁in ▁an ▁ab rid ged ▁version ▁conducted ▁by ▁S argent ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 4 . ▁Since ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁there ▁have ▁been ▁s tere oph onic ▁record ings ▁of ▁Hugh ▁the ▁Dro ver , ▁Sir ▁John ▁in ▁Love , ▁R iders ▁to ▁the ▁Sea ,