By chance I listened to 'Breakfast' this morning (Sarah Walker) while in the kitchen for an hour. I enjoyed it more than I expected to. I even wondered if she had taken on board some of our criticisms.
I suppose the idea of playing just the third movement of VW5 was to entice listeners who might baulk at the whole symphony into giving it a go. I must admit it was hearig this movement on the old BBC Music Programme in the 1960s (just before Radio 3 began) that got me listenong to VW's symphonies,though that was part of a complete performance. So I wonder whether this actually works. At any rate, hearig it isolated from the faster movements before and after it made it sound too slow, even plodding, to me, which I know this performance isn't , when heard complete.
I suppose the idea of playing just the third movement of VW5 was to entice listeners who might baulk at the whole symphony into giving it a go. I must admit it was hearig this movement on the old BBC Music Programme in the 1960s (just before Radio 3 began) that got me listenong to VW's symphonies,though that was part of a complete performance. So I wonder whether this actually works. At any rate, hearig it isolated from the faster movements before and after it made it sound too slow, even plodding, to me, which I know this performance isn't , when heard complete.
on both counts. I also have Haitink's box set of the symphonies and other orchestral works.
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