The F minor may well be Ralph Vaughan Williams' most dissonant work. But, let's face it, how dissonant is that? Vaughan Williams was no Berg or Bartók and, even at his most dissonant, he's still not all that dissonant. Because no matter how dissonant Vaughan Williams gets, he's never without his trusty key signature as a guide. So no matter how aggressive most of the earlier recordings of the F minor got, they always seem to be overstating their case, as if the angrier Vaughan Williams gets, the better Vaughan Williams gets ...
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The F minor may well be Ralph Vaughan Williams' most dissonant work. But, let's face it, how dissonant is that? Vaughan Williams was no Berg or Bartók and, even at his most dissonant, he's still not all that dissonant. Because no matter how dissonant Vaughan Williams gets, he's never without his trusty key signature as a guide. So no matter how aggressive most of the earlier recordings of the F minor got, they always seem to be overstating their case, as if the angrier Vaughan Williams gets, the better Vaughan Williams gets.In this recording of the F minor with the Bournemouth Symphony, Paul Daniel doesn't overstate the case for anger, but he doesn't understate it, either. The first movement's famous opening harmonic clash is as ferocious as ever, but the coda is more serene and sublime. The following slow and scherzo movement are as malevolent as ever, but the finale's blasting fugato is balanced by a transcendent and transforming central span. Daniel's control of the Bournemouth is complete, but he...
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