Ralph Vaughan Williams: Complete Symphonies (1872-1958)

Dame Felicity Lott/Amanda Roocroft/Sheila Armstrong (sopranos), Jonathan Summers (bass-baritone), Cantilena (featured vocalist), Ian Bostridge (tenor), Sarah Chang/David Nolan (violin), Duncan Riddell (violin), Nicholas Busch (french horn), Ann McAneney (flugelhorn), Norbert Blume (viola), Robert Truman (cello), Paul Beniston (trumpet) & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Deze collectie brengt de complete symfonieën en orkestwerken van Ralph Vaughan Williams samen, uitgevoerd door Bernard Haitink en het London Philharmonic Orchestra. De set demonstreert de breedte van de muzikale, historische en culturele invloeden van de componist - in werken als Fantasia on a Theme van Thomas Tallis en Sinfonia antartica - en bevat enkele van de meest memorabele momenten in de muziek, zoals de opwindende openingsfanfare van A Sea Symfonie, de contemplatieve rouw van de Pastorale en de prachtige passages voor viool solo in The Lark Ascending.

Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 1-9:
No. 1 'A Sea Symphony'
No. 2 'A London Symphony'
No. 3 'A Pastoral Symphony'
No. 4 in F minor
No. 5 in D major
No. 6 in E minor
No. 7 'Sinfonia antartica'
No. 8 in D minor
No. 9 in E minor
The Lark Ascending
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
In the Fen Country
Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1
On Wenlock Edge

"This set presents RVW in a slightly heretical way that will appeal to those whose RVW tastes have become jaded or for those who have, for whatever reason, been put off by the mainstream cycles. Well worth the price - which is modest - and the journey."
MusicWeb Internationa - l5th March 2014