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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6; The Lark Ascending; Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Talles
 
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 6; The Lark Ascending; Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Talles

~ Ralph Vaughan Williams (Composer), Andrew Davis (Conductor), Sir Andrew Davis (Conductor), BBC Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Tasmin Little (Violin)
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  • Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Conductor: Andrew Davis, Sir Andrew Davis
  • Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
  • Audio CD (27 May 1991)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Teldec
  • ASIN: B000000SEB
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 72,299 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Symphony No. 6 In E Minor: Allegro
2. Symphony No. 6 In E Minor: Moderato
3. Symphony No. 6 In E Minor: Scherzo: Allegro vivace
4. Symphony No. 6 In E Minor: Epilogue: Moderato
5. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
6. The Lark Ascending

On this CD:
  1. Symphony No. 6 in E minor
    Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Sir Andrew Davis

  2. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
    Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra
    Conducted by Sir Andrew Davis

  3. The lark ascending
    Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
    Performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra
    with Tasmin Little
    Conducted by Sir Andrew Davis


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Davis's undeniably patchy Vaughan Williams cycle got off to a great start with this visceral account of No. 6. First performed in 1948, contemporary reports had visions of World War Three in mind as the likely scenario. With its mute, other-worldly "epilogue" finale, it's easy to read these assumptions into the music, although the overall emotional range is far wider and more personal than the analogy suggests. The opening movement features one of VW's most striking melodies--too good to leave stranded in a film score, while the bleak second movement and harsh scherzo bring the spirit if not the substance of "1984" readily to mind. Davis gets playing of real intensity from the BBCSO, with a detailed yet spacious recording to match. After this onslaught, the powerful calm of the Tallis Fantasia, and pastoral nostalgia of The Lark Ascending--Tasmin Little the poetic soloist--make for a much-needed contrast. The VW symphonies are the chronicle of a life's work, and this excellent CD is as good an entry-point as you'll find. --Richard Whitehouse

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5.0 out of 5 stars Dark but radiant - a marvellous disc, 24 Sep 2004
By P. SIMPSON "nucaleena" (North Yorkshire, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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I dont know how many performances of the Tallis Fantasia and the Lark Ascending are around at the moment, but these two are among the very best. The Tallis is possibly the finest since Barbirolli (but maybe not quite so overwhelming) and Tasmin Little's Lark probably the loveliest since Hugh Bean's. So even if you have other versions, don't hesitate. Both are warmly recorded.

The sixth is also a very fine performance. Its a dark, angry work for three of its four movements (with only the one "big tune") but a more mystical, visionary, questioning epilogue. Davis, the BBC SO and the Teldec engineers rightly give the symphony a taut and urgent performance and recording, which works particularly well in the epilogue though you may find it too analytical in the earlier movements.

All three works are distinctively performed and recorded and their juxtaposition makes this a disc which is even more than the sum of its very good parts.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A compelling issue, but not (in part) for the faint hearted., 26 Mar 2001
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Vaughan Williams' Sixth Symphony may or may not have been intended as a 'War Symphony', but it certainly suggests a reaction to the materialistic world and mankind's unbounded capacity for destruction. The mood is relentlessly dark, progressing via savagery and grotesqueness to the utter devastation of the slow final movement, vividly recalling images of Hiroshima after the bomb. Even the 'big tune' statement at the end of the first movement sounds heroic rather than optimistic. Among the peaks of the symphonic repertoire, only the Sibelius Fourth is so consistently bleak. Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC SO do not spare our sensibilities; they mercilessly deliver the work's agenda. The recording is exceptionally vivid and detailed - the bass drum thwacks at several points have a bodily impact. The other two works on the disc could not offer greater contrast and they sound ravishingly beautiful here. A compelling issue.
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