Browse: Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 4 in F minor
This page lists all recordings of Symphony No. 4 in F minor by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958).
The Fourth Symphony marks a significant change of Vaughan Williams’ style from the preceding symphonies, with a harsher and more dissonant harmonic style. This new style does not detract from an overall boisterous and tempestuous mood.
As the symphony was completed in 1934, some commentators interpreted it as a reflection of an increasingly dangerous international situation, an interpretation which Vaughan Williams vigorously refuted.
It has been said that the symphony even contains elements of self-portraiture, with Vaughan Williams’ “outbursts of temper… his gusty humour and ribaldry” appearing between the formal processes and orchestral discords that he was experimenting with.
Offer, Vaughan Williams: The Complete Symphonies
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Ian Bostridge (tenor), Sarah Chang (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
This set presents RVW in a slightly heretical way that will appeal to those whose RVW tastes have become jaded or for those who have, for whatever reason, been put off by the mainstream cycles.... — More…
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Elder builds his climaxes carefully, and judges their relative effect with a sculptural objectivity that enhances rather than lessens the total impression…What moved me most, though, was the... — More…
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Please note: This set weighs around 2.5kg, so we need to charge extra postage for delivery outside of the UK. Please contact us for further details.
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
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Margaret Ritchie (soprano), John Gielgud (speaker), London Philharmonic Choir, Isobel Baillie (soprano), John Cameron (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, etc.
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London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox Singers, London Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox
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Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Andrew Manze’s approach, at once equable and gently intense, produces fine results in the first movement [of the Third]…[he] keeps a tight rein on all the eruptive orchestral happenings [of the... — More…
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Joan Rodgers (soprano) & Christopher Maltman (baritone), Paul Silverthorne (viola), Lynda Russell (soprano)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Ladies of the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel, Kees Bakels
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Offer, Vaughan Williams - The Symphonies
Sea Symphony: Amanda Roocroft (soprano) & Thomas Hampson (baritone); Sinfonia Antartica: Patricia Rozario (soprano), Glen Martin (saxophone), Tasmin Little (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Andrew Davis
Davis has the key to this symphony’s combination of mystery, menace and qualified optimism. — More…
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Vaughan Williams - Symphonies Nos. 4-6
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John Williams (oboe)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Constantin Silvestri, Paavo Berglund, Sir Alexander Gibson