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SOMM celebrates the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ birth with definitive, newly remastered performances by Lani Spahr of his ever-popular The Wasps Overture and two symphonies – the startling Sixth and, in its world premiere performance, the valedictorian Ninth – with Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. As Simon Heffer comments in his authoritative booklet notes, this major new release is notable for containing historical performances (from 1957, 1958 and 1964), for Spahr’s meticulous restorations, and for offering “a clear indication of the genius of” Sargent.
From the 1957 BBC Proms, The Wasps Overture blends Ravelian influences with English folk songs to produce a vivaciously genial impression of RVW at his most distinctively infectious. Recorded in 1964 and again for the BBC Proms, the Sixth Symphony – a "war symphony" in all but name – is, as Heffer notes, "rich in orchestral experiment, more innovative than perhaps any other work in the composer’s canon, and whose enigmas and mysteries still remain to be deciphered".
RVW’s final, Ninth Symphony, “a work of beauty and grandeur, and a magisterial signing off”, says Heffer, is heard here in splendidly remastered audio in its very first performance in April 1958, four months before the composer’s death, by Sargent and the RPO. © SOMM Recordings
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The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Sir Malcolm Sargent, Artist, MainArtist - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Symphony No. 6 in E minor (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Sir Malcolm Sargent, Artist, MainArtist - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Sir Malcolm Sargent, Artist, MainArtist - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Sir Malcolm Sargent, Artist, MainArtist - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Sir Malcolm Sargent, Artist, MainArtist - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Symphony No. 9 in E minor (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Sir Malcolm Sargent, Artist, MainArtist - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Sir Malcolm Sargent, Artist, MainArtist - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Sir Malcolm Sargent, Artist, MainArtist - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Sir Malcolm Sargent, Artist, MainArtist - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
Album review
SOMM celebrates the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ birth with definitive, newly remastered performances by Lani Spahr of his ever-popular The Wasps Overture and two symphonies – the startling Sixth and, in its world premiere performance, the valedictorian Ninth – with Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. As Simon Heffer comments in his authoritative booklet notes, this major new release is notable for containing historical performances (from 1957, 1958 and 1964), for Spahr’s meticulous restorations, and for offering “a clear indication of the genius of” Sargent.
From the 1957 BBC Proms, The Wasps Overture blends Ravelian influences with English folk songs to produce a vivaciously genial impression of RVW at his most distinctively infectious. Recorded in 1964 and again for the BBC Proms, the Sixth Symphony – a "war symphony" in all but name – is, as Heffer notes, "rich in orchestral experiment, more innovative than perhaps any other work in the composer’s canon, and whose enigmas and mysteries still remain to be deciphered".
RVW’s final, Ninth Symphony, “a work of beauty and grandeur, and a magisterial signing off”, says Heffer, is heard here in splendidly remastered audio in its very first performance in April 1958, four months before the composer’s death, by Sargent and the RPO. © SOMM Recordings
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:35
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: The BBC Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Sir Malcolm Sargent
- Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Label: SOMM Recordings
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2022 SOMM Recordings (P) 2022 SOMM Recordings
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