Is it great music? By Gadfrey, yes, it is. Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 9 is great music, deep and strong and true and, above all, awestruck by vast immensity and immense humanity. Boult and the London Philharmonic, longtime friends to Vaughan Williams, recorded his Ninth six hours after the composer's death in 1958 and this disc contains that performance. It is technically virtuostic, blazingly passionate, and obviously inspired. Everest's original LP was of demonstration quality in its day and the transfer is superb: ...
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Is it great music? By Gadfrey, yes, it is. Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 9 is great music, deep and strong and true and, above all, awestruck by vast immensity and immense humanity. Boult and the London Philharmonic, longtime friends to Vaughan Williams, recorded his Ninth six hours after the composer's death in 1958 and this disc contains that performance. It is technically virtuostic, blazingly passionate, and obviously inspired. Everest's original LP was of demonstration quality in its day and the transfer is superb: clear, warm, and lucid.Is it great music? By Gadfrey, yes, it is. Malcolm Arnold's Symphony No. 3 is great music. With an opening Allegro of sinewy strength, a central Lento of solemn emotion, and a closing Allegro of ironic ferocity, Arnold's Third is great music and don't think the conductor doesn't know it because it is Malcolm Arnold himself who's leading the London Philharmonic in what was then the world-premiere recording of the work. And although the work has since been recorded...
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