Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphonie Nr.4 on CD
Symphonie Nr.4
Conventional CD, playable with all CD players and computer drives, but also with most SACD or multiplayers.
+Norfolk Rhapsody Nr. 1; Flos Campi-Suite
- Artists:
- Silverthorne, Bournemouth SO & Chorus, Paul Daniel
- Label:
- Naxos
- Year of recording ca.:
- 2003
- Item number:
- 3382171
- UPC/EAN:
- 0747313227624
- Release date:
- 25.10.2004
The Fourth Symphony is one of Vaughan Williams' most dissonant symphonies, and yet one of his most frequently-performed works. Vaughan Williams is normally thought of as a 'pastoral' composer - modal, melodic, and inspired by folk-song - but this symphony marks a high-point for British modernism. William Walton, at that time having troubles completing his own symphony and having been to the rehearsals of Vaughan Williams's 4th, reported glumly to a friend, 'You are about to hear the greatest symphony since Beethoven'. In contrast Flos Campi conjures delicate pastoral images with wonderfully atmospheric music ranging from a first section, depicting the poet languishing for love, to life-affirming ecstasy in the finale.
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Tracklisting
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Contributors
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
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1 Symphony No. 4 in F minor: I. Allegro
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2 Symphony No. 4 in F minor: II. Andante moderato
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3 Symphony No. 4 in F minor: III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
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4 Symphony No. 4 in F minor: IV. Finale con epilogo fugato: Allegro molto
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5 Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 in E minor
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6 Flos campi: Lento: As the lily among the thorns
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7 Flos campi: Andante con moto: For, lo, the winter is past
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8 Flos campi: Lento: I sought him whom my soul loveth
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9 Flos campi: Moderato all marcia: Behold his bed, which is Solomon's
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10 Flos campi: Andante quasi lento: Return, return, O Shulamite
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11 Flos campi: Moderato tranquillo: Set me as a seal upon this heart
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