The cycle of Vaughan Williams symphonies by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Andrew Manze has been widely praised, with superb sound from the Onyx label's engineers revealing the composer as a master orchestrator in bracing, rather unsentimental, but not unaffecting readings. The Symphony No. 5 in D major and Symphony No. 6 in E minor aren't the most frequently programmed of the composer's symphonies, but the rather mystically pastoral Fifth and the grim Sixth, which at times might be taken for ...
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The cycle of Vaughan Williams symphonies by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor Andrew Manze has been widely praised, with superb sound from the Onyx label's engineers revealing the composer as a master orchestrator in bracing, rather unsentimental, but not unaffecting readings. The Symphony No. 5 in D major and Symphony No. 6 in E minor aren't the most frequently programmed of the composer's symphonies, but the rather mystically pastoral Fifth and the grim Sixth, which at times might be taken for Shostakovich, make a fabulous pair, and this recording may serve as an excellent sample of the set. The Symphony No. 5 was written during World War II and its successor after the war's end, in 1948, but both may be considered wartime works. Most striking is the unrelieved somberness of the Sixth's finale, which listeners at the time suggested might have been intended to represent the aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse. Sample the Scherzo, with its scary marchlike rhythms, densely filled...
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Add this copy of Vaughan Williams Symphonies 5 & 6 to cart. $34.55, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2018 by Harmonia Mundi.
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