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Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony Recommendedoriginal 1913 version
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
Hickox and the London Symphony Orchestra have come up with a recording that you can cheerfully measure against most others in the catalogue, before you consider its unique extra charms! — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 1st December 2008
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2001, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, November 2016, Also Recommended
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Vaughan Williams: The Complete Symphonies
RecommendedIan Bostridge (tenor), Sarah Chang (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
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.... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Orchestral
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Gramophone Awards, 1990, Winner - Orchestral
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Building A Library, May 2022, Recommended Recording
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Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth, Symphony No. 5, The Pilgrim Pavement & other works RecommendedCarys Lane (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox Singers, Richard Hickox
This is an exceptionally powerful yet deeply moving account of the Fifth. Aided by glowing, wide-ranging engineering, Hickox's is an urgently communicative reading. The first and third movements... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2003, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Andrew Manze’s approach, at once equable and gently intense, produces fine results in the first movement [of the Third]…[he] keeps a tight rein on all the eruptive orchestral happenings [of the... — More…
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Building A Library, May 2022, Also Recommended
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Vaughan Williams: In the Fen Country, etc. RecommendedMichael Davis (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson
A most attractive compilation. — More…
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Building a Library, May 2002, Runner-Up
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Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 8 RecommendedLondon Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Jurowski, Ryan Wigglesworth
[Jurowski] keeps sonority and expression taut, yet in a way that gives the orchestra time to play. They respond superbly, alighting on the music's idiom - the 80-year-old Vaughan Williams's wryly... — More…
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Building A Library, May 2022, Also Recommended
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Nigel Kennedy
RecommendedNigel Kennedy (violin, viola)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, André Previn, Simon Rattle
Kennedy is in his element, while Previn captures the lushness of the colourful score. — More…
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Building a Library, November 2007, Mid-Price Choice
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Building a Library, March 2023, Also Recommended
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Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody No. 2, etc. RecommendedRebecca Evans (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
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Building a Library, May 2005, First Choice
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The Composers Conduct - Holst / Vaughan Williams
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Building A Library, May 2022, Also Recommended
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The English Song Series Volume 14 - Vaughan Williams 2 RecommendedRoderick Williams (baritone), Iain Burnside (piano)
Naxos' English Song Series comes up trumps again - here Roderick Williams delivers sensitive performances of the two song-cycles Songs of Travel and The House of Life. An especial highlight for... — More…
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Building a Library, January 2021, Also Recommended
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