Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 7 & 8 / Bakels, Bournemouth So

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 30, 1998
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      David, Way, Lynda, Timson, Christopher, Russell, Kees, Dowie, Bakels
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 30, 1998
    • UPC
      730099573726
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8550737
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prelude: Andante maestoso-Lento-Poco animato-Piu mosso-Tranquillo-Andante...- Largamente

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Lynda Russell, Christopher Dowie

      Conductor: Kees Bakels

    2. II. Scherzo: Moderato

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Christopher Dowie

      Conductor: Kees Bakels

    3. III. Landscape: Lento -

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Christopher Dowie

      Conductor: Kees Bakels

    4. IV. Intermezzo: Andante sostenuto-Allegretto-Pesante-Tempo primo tranquillo

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Christopher Dowie

      Conductor: Kees Bakels

    5. V. Epilogue: Alla marcia, moderato (non troppo allegro) - Andante maestoso

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Lynda Russell, Christopher Dowie

      Conductor: Kees Bakels

    6. I. Fantasia: Moderato-Presto-Andante...-Allegretto-Andante...-Allegro...-Andante...-Largamente-Tempo I

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Kees Bakels

    7. II. Scherzo alla Marcia (per stromenti a fiato): Allegro alla marcia - Andante - Tempo primo

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Kees Bakels

    8. III. Cavatina (Per stromenti ad arco): Lento espressivo

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Kees Bakels

    9. IV. Toccata: Moderato maestoso

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Kees Bakels

    10. I. Prelude: 'To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite' (Shelley: Prometheus Unbound)

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Performer: David Timson

    11. II. Scherzo: 'There go the ships' (Book of Common Prayer, Psalm 104)

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Performer: David Timson

    12. III. Landscape: 'Ye Ice Falls!' (Coleridge: Hymn before Sunrise, in the Vale of Chamouni)

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Performer: David Timson

    13. IV. Intermezzo: 'Love, all alike' (Donne: The Sun Rising)

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Performer: David Timson

    14. V. Epilogue: 'I do not regret this journey' (Captain Scott: Message to the Public)

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Performer: David Timson


Naxos has very intelligently included the spoken superscriptions for each movement of the "Antartica" at the end of the disc, so those who want them (a minority, to be sure) can program them in. Kees Bakels and his Bournemouth forces lead excellent performances of both works, and it's particularly gratifying to be able to report that both the conductor and the recording engineers seems to have taken pains to ensure that the special percussion effects in both symphonies are well caught. Of course, the music itself is splendid. The Sinfonia antartica (a.k.a. the film score to Scott of the Antarctic) takes up where Holst's Planets left off, and fans of that work will love this icy-sounding sequel. The Eighth Symphony, with its fabulous finale employing "all the 'phones and 'spiels known to the composer," deserves to be much more popular than it is. That last movement is a humdinger! So while you're waiting to hear these two masterworks of the composer's old age in a live concert, why not shell out a few bucks and enjoy them at home? --David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com