The greatest conductor of Vaughan Williams' works

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Also, of the five RVW symphonies (1, 3, 5, 6, and 9) to have undergone the Building a Library treatment, Hickox has 'won' three times...

The f minor ("number 4") has also been done in the last few years - Berglund "won". (Still, to get 50% of the field is pretty impressive.)

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Previn
Previn
Previn

Yes
Yes
Yes

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Previn's Sea Symphony is in a class of its own, and inspired interpretation with strong soloists, and stunningly recorded.

[vibratoforever]

Which of course is the problem with this thread. It purports to be about music, but it's about oldey worldly times. Times gone by. Old music, performed and recorded in years gone by. We can't live in the past! We need to move on! (Or start a 'nostalgia' thread).

Purcell Bach Beethoven Tchaikovsky Mahler Elgar Vaughan Williams ........ Old music, yes lets just move on!!!!!! Should we get this site renamed Radio Nostalgia forum?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Purcell Bach Beethoven Tchaikovsky Mahler Elgar Vaughan Williams ........ Old music, yes lets just move on!!!!!! Should we get this site renamed Radio Nostalgia forum?

Er, well. . . all these composers are actually dead, so is someone suggesting we stop performing their music?

[cloughie]

Er, well. . . all these composers are actually dead, so is someone suggesting we stop performing their music?

...and perhaps living composers rely to some extent on dead composers for their ideas - some even write stuff based on dead composer's sketches!

[Barbirollians]

I suspect VF is being facetious .

Meanwhile back to the topic . I think there is force in the point that routine is as low as VW performances go .

One should of course not forget Haitink's excellent EMI cycle although I prefer him in the later symphonies to the earlier ones .

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

One should of course not forget Haitink's excellent EMI cycle although I prefer him in the later symphonies to the earlier ones .

The Haitink set is unforgettable (although I seem to have forgotten to mention it before; I thought I had, but perhaps that was on a different Thread) - one of the best things he's ever done. (All of 'em, IMO, not just the later ones - although the Antartica is astonishing.)

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

The Haitink set is unforgettable (although I seem to have forgotten to mention it before; I thought I had, but perhaps that was on a different Thread) - one of the best things he's ever done. (All of 'em, IMO, not just the later ones - although the Antartica is astonishing.)

I must investigate. I admit I was somewhat put off Haitink's contribution to British music by his recording of Elgar 2, but he is probably better suited to RVW. I'm actually quite scared of buying any recording with Sheila Armstrong though. The microphone makes her strong voice sound weak.