it's superb, full of atmosphere, evocative landscapes, icy bleakness and chilling orchestral effects. Hearing the whole score in its complete version is a revelation...The recording has tremendous weight as well as detail - every listen has you marvelling at yet another detail in Vaughan Williams's score

Rumon Gamba secures exemplary results from his assembled forces…and the recording is spectacularly truthful to
match. I’m already impatiently awaiting Volume 2

Vaughan Williams was quite active as a composer of film music and soundtracks, and his output in this area should not be dismissed as somehow less 'worthy' than his works for the concert-hall; the film Scott of the Antarctic is perhaps his most famous achievement for the screen (and much of the music found its way into the Sinfonia antartica). Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic perform with gusto.