Compelling performances of two very different symphonies, the complex visionary pantheism of the ‘Pastoral’ an ideal foil for the unbridled ferocity of No 4. An added incentive, Martyn Brabbins’s idiomatic realization of Vaughan Williams’s choral Saraband ‘Helen’ (a first recording) is a real discovery.
Tracklist:
1. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 3 ‘Pastoral Symphony’ – 1: Molto moderato (10:36)
2. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 3 ‘Pastoral Symphony’ – 2: Lento moderato (8:59)
3. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 3 ‘Pastoral Symphony’ – 3: Moderato pesante (6:18)
4. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 3 ‘Pastoral Symphony’ – 4: Lento (11:42)
5. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 4 in F minor – 1: Allegro (8:27)
6. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 4 in F minor – 2: Andante moderato (10:47)
7. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 4 in F minor – 3: Scherzo: Allegro molto – (5:32)
8. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 4 in F minor – 4: Finale con epilogo fugato: Allegro molto (9:31)
9. Vaughan Williams: Saraband ‘Helen’, ‘Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?’ (9:06)
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