Vaughan Williams
The Great Forgotten Danish Violinist Henry Holst (Danacord)
Fascinating concerto survivors from Henry Holst’s British days [JW]
Vaughan Williams, Debussy & Dvorak (Pristine Audio)
Godfrey, the precisian, refreshes in these spick and span transfers [RB]
Phantasy: Piatti Quartet (Rubicon)
Some dynamic and poetic playing of gems for string quartet and guests [PRJ]
Vaughan Williams: String Quartets, Phantasy Quintet (Nimbus Records)
(Déjà Review) A popular grouping of RVW’s chamber works played with emotional fervour [RB]
Vaughan Williams: Rise, Heart (Albion Records)
A deeply moving exploration of Vaughan Williams’s more intimate side [JF]
Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth: Songs (Nimbus Records)
(Déjà Review) English songs meet a thoughtful and highly sympathetic exponent with an unmistakable voice [RB]
Vaughan Williams: Landscapes (NoMadMusic)
A fine, extensive survey; the listening pleasure will depend on one’s response to the tenor’s very particular singing style [NB]
Vaughan Williams: Rise, Heart (Albion Records)
Effortlessly impressive performances typify another fine Albion release [NB]
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde & Vaughan Willams: Fantasia (Pristine Audio)
The frequent coughing and only intermittently satisfactory soloists make this a bit of a trial [RMo]
Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Pristine Audio)
A discographic first – Dan Godfrey’s 1925 recording of ‘A London Symphony’ [JW]
Vaughan Williams: Rise Heart (Albion Records)
An important disc for Vaughan Williams devotees [JQ]
Mendelssohn & Bruch: Violin Concertos (BIS)
Two frequently coupled Romantic violin concertos alongside a real discovery [WH]
Sir Adrian Boult: Complete Warner Stereo Recordings (Warner Classics)
79 CDs of Warner’s Boult stereo legacy offering the known and the overlooked alike [JW]
Sir Adrian Boult: Complete Warner Stereo Recordings (Warner Classics)
A cornucopia of patrician music-making that has rarely been rivalled [RMo]
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 2, 5, 7 & 8 (Pristine Audio)
Hallé, Barbirolli and HMV all in one place [RB]
Hymns by Vaughan Williams and others (Albion Records)
A fascinating album, which sheds light on Vaughan Williams’s association with hymnody [JQ]
Vaughan Williams: Mantegna – Hymnody and Beyond (Albion Records)
This enterprising, scholarly release of Vaughan Williams’s Hymn Tunes and their arrangements should reveal new byways into his œuvre [EJW]
Vaughan Williams: Mantegna (Albion Records)
A skilfully planned and beautifully executed programme reaps unexpected rewards [NB]
Sir Adrian Boult: The Warner Classics Edition (Warner Classics)
A 36-CD remastered box that restores (almost) all Boult’s mono legacy for the Warner umbrella of labels [JW]
Vaughan Williams: Mantegna – Hymnody and Beyond (Albion Records)
Hymns reimagined, Vaughan Williams gloriously illuminated [JF]
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 5 & 9 (LSO Live)
The notorious Barbican acoustic has been noticeably tamed in this compelling disc of two iconic symphonies in superb performances [EJW]
Transatlantic: Onyx Brass (Chandos)
As always, the playing of Onyx Brass is near perfect, and so is the recording [WK]
Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 5 & 9 (LSO Live)
An exceptionally fine disc [JQ}
I Have Lived & Loved (Albion Records)
Continuity and change in British lyric song tradition [JF]
