VAUGHAN WILLIAM: SYMPHONIES NOS. 4 & 5

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Label
ALTO
Release Date
October 14, 2022
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      0
    • PERFORMER
      DAVIS, SIR COLIN
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 14, 2022
    • UPC
      5055354414701
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AOTL1470.2
    • LABEL
      ALTO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Colin Davis

    2. II. Andante moderato

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Colin Davis

    3. III. Scherzo: Allegro molto

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Colin Davis

    4. IV. Finale con epilogo fugato: Allegro molto

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Colin Davis

    5. I. Preludio: Moderato - Allegro - Tempo I

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    6. II. Scherzo: Presto misterioso

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    7. III. Romanza: Lento

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner

    8. IV. Passacaglia: Moderato

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

      Conductor: Neville Marriner


The [4th Symphony] is especially interesting: not previously issued; furthermore, it may well be new to the Davis discography. Vaughan Williams' Fourth Symphony receives a terrific reading... first movement full of teeming energy and the recorded sound adds to the impact... an expertly judged slow movement offers refined playing but they and Davis make the climaxes ardent. The Scherzo is really incisive... The finale explodes into life and the LSO brass is on trenchant form... Davis keeps the performance rock-steady and they achieve great clarity... hard to understand why it was never issued separately - greatly to be welcomed" (MusicWeb). [5th symphony]: "I found these performances far more communicative... Marriner conveys a greater sense of radiance and warmth and a greater awareness of the underlying forces beneath the surface (the final movement is particularly well done)" (Gramophone)