Vaughan Williams - Symphony No. 5 in D major
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Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6
RecommendedRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Manze earns himself a large plus-point for taking the Fifth Symphony’s Scherzo second movement closer to Vaughan Williams’s ‘Presto’ tempo marking than usually happens…the music’s quicksilver... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 7th April 2018, Recording of the Week
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Vaughan Williams: The Complete Symphonies
RecommendedIan 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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Gramophone Awards, 1986, Winner - Orchestral
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Gramophone Awards, 1990, Winner - Orchestral
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Building A Library, May 2022, Recommended Recording
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Vaughan Williams: Valiant for Truth, Symphony No. 5, The Pilgrim Pavement & other works
RecommendedCarys Lane (soprano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox Singers, Richard Hickox
This is an exceptionally powerful yet deeply moving account of the Fifth. Aided by glowing, wide-ranging engineering, Hickox's is an urgently communicative reading. The first and third movements... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2003, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Elder's way with Vaughan Williams' Fifth Symphony is one of those interpretations that grows with repeated hearings. As expected from the current Halle vintage, it's finely played in every department,... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 25th February 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2013, Editor's Choice
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5 & Scenes adapted from Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), Christopher Bowen (tenor), Tom Raskin (tenor), Andrew Rupp (bass), Jamie W Hall (bass), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), Georgina Wheatley (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Martyn Brabbins
Brabbins and his musicians generally give a glowing and contemplative account of the Fifth Symphony (1943), its colours well captured in producer Andrew Keener’s fine recording. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 & Dona nobis pacem
RecommendedRenee Flynn and Roy Henderson
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vaughan Williams
…the fervour, radiant warmth and sense of the symphony as a great journey - a 'passionate pilgrimage' - make this a uniquely compelling experience. …Dona Nobis Pacem ('Grant us peace'), It's... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th September 2008
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Winner - Historic Archive
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Ralph Vaughan Williams: Complete Symphonies
Susan Gritton (soprano), Gerald Finley (bass-baritone), Rebecca Evans (soprano), Mari Eriksmoen, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Sir Andrew Davis
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
RecommendedMargaret Ritchie (soprano), John Gielgud (speaker), London Philharmonic Choir, Isobel Baillie (soprano), John Cameron (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
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Building a Library, May 2005, Historic Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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New. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D major, etc.
RecommendedChristopher Balmer, Jonathan Small
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Vernon Handley
Vernon Handley's RLPO are on top form here, and the intensity of that slow movement's climax is wonderful. — More…
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Building a Library, April 2003, Budget Choice
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The acoustic of the cathedral gives Rupert MarshallLuck’s playing a sheen, particularly in the slow outer sections. — More…
