Vaughan Williams by non-British orchestras

[neiltingley]

Off the top of my head

- 4th / NYPO / Lennie
- 6th / BRSO / Sir Colin
- 4th / ? / Sir Colin ?
- 6th / BRSO / Sir JB
- 9th / NYPO / Stoki
- 3rd / Philadelphia / Ormandy
- 4th / NYPO / Mitropulous
- 8th / Boston / Munch (just got this today from Pristine. Wow. The sound from 1958 is incredible)

I find a lot of British performances are tepid and lack intensity. It's absolute nonsense to think only our orchestras can 'get' RVW.

Any more to add to the list ?

[richardfinegold]

Absolutely every recording on my shelves features British Orchestras. I think I’ve only seen 2 RVW symphonies programmed in 30 years in Chicago

[smittims]

Yes, the Mitropoulos and Bernstein recordings of the F minor symphony stand out for me, and around 1967 I heard a superb peformance by the Hungarian Radio orchestra.

I think Maurice Abravanel and the Utah S,O. deserve a mention. They made I think the first stereo recordings of the sixth, and 'Flos Campi', and the first available recording of 'Dona Nobis Pacem'. I'd also mention William Steinberg and the Pittsburgh S.O. who made the first available recording of 'Five Tudor Portraits'.

I think my favourite performance of 'Five Varaints on Dives and Lazarus' is by the CBS Radio orch. under Stokowski. It's on YouTube.

[Nick Armstrong]

It's absolute nonsense to think only our orchestras can 'get' RVW.

Any more to add to the list ?

Agreed!

Also:

[Pulcinella]

Isn't there a set recorded in Russia?

PS: Yes: this one.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9445396--ralph-vaughan-williams-symphonies-live

[Bryn]

Isn't there a set recorded in Russia?

PS: Yes: this one.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classica...ymphonies-live

Indeed, I have it, and very good it is, too. See https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/ra.../czaywg3v3vd9b for a lossless download, though I have the boxed set of CDs.

[Nick Armstrong]

Isn't there a set recorded in Russia?

PS: Yes: this one.

https://www.prestomusic.com/classica...ymphonies-live

Ooo yes, got / forgot that!

[neiltingley]

Agreed!

Also:

Thanks! I forgot about those new releases. The Job is really good. Fab sound too.

[neiltingley]

This is cheating but it is awesome https://www.discogs.com/release/6362...-Symphony-No-4

And huge credit to Sir Antonio for recording 4 & 6 with the LSO.

[Pulcinella]

Thanks! I forgot about those new releases. The Job is really good. Fab sound too.

Must give that another go, but I seem to recall preferring AD's BBC version and that organ sounded rather weedy!

[Nick Armstrong]

Thanks! I forgot about those new releases. The Job is really good. Fab sound too.

[makropulos]

A few more for you:
Sea Symph: Spano, Atlanta SO
London Symph: Mitropulos, NBCSO (film of the whole concert on YouTube)
No. 4: Boult, NBCSO (1938)
No. 5: Koussevitzky, Boston SO
No. 6: Stokowski, NYPO (1949)
No. 9: Stokowski, with His SO

[Alison]

No 2 and Serenade to Music

Rochester Philharmonic/Christopher Seaman

Harmonia Mundi

[cloughie]

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/search?search_query=Lark%20ascending%20new%20york

Yes another Lark Ascending but also included on this cd are lesser jnown RVW works the Piano suite is actually the Charterhouse Suite and The Solent is also new to me.

[french frank]

These have been suggested to me by someone:

Nos. 4 and 6 on Deutsche Grammophon DG 495 422-6 with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez, released in 2002.