Vaughan Williams Live Vol. 4 New York Philharmonic & Dimitri Mitropoulos, Hallé Orchestra & Sir John Barbirolli

• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958): Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis:
• 1Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis17:26
• Concerto in C Major for Two Pianos and Orchestra:
• 2Williams: Concerto in C Major for Two Pianos and Orchestra: I. Toccata. Allegro moderato06:17
• 3Williams: Concerto in C Major for Two Pianos and Orchestra: Ii. Romanza. Lento08:15
• 4Williams: Concerto in C Major for Two Pianos and Orchestra: Iii. Fuga chromatica con Finale alla tedesca12:07
• Symphony No.8 in D Minor:
• 5Williams: Symphony No.8 in D Minor: I. Fantasia (Variazione senza Tema): Moderato10:45
• 6Williams: Symphony No.8 in D Minor: Ii. Scherzo alla marcia (per stromenti a fiato): Allegro alla marcia03:33
• 7Williams: Symphony No.8 in D Minor: Iii. Cavatina (per stromenti ad arco): Lento espressivo07:53
• 8Williams: Symphony No.8 in D Minor: Iv. Toccata. Moderato maestoso05:20
• Total Runtime01:11:36

Info for Vaughan Williams Live Vol. 4

SOMM RECORDINGS continues its acclaimed Vaughan Williams Live series celebrating the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ birth with Volume 4 featuring his signature Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, the Concerto for Two Pianos and Eighth Symphony in recordings conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos and Sir John Barbirolli. The Tallis Fantasia is a live recording from Carnegie Hall in 1943 with Mitropoulos, a committed advocate for Vaughan Williams’ music, conducting the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra. They are also heard in the Concerto for Two Pianos, again from Carnegie Hall in 1952, when the soloists were Arthur Whittemore and Jack Lowe, who forged a widely popular and critically acclaimed piano duo partnership in America in the middle of the last century. Recorded in Manchester’s Free Trade Hall in 1964, the Symphony No.8 is blazingly conducted by its dedicatee, Sir John Barbirolli, leading the Hallé Orchestra.

New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra (Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis)
Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra (Concerto in C major for Two Pianos and Orchestra)
Arthur Whittemore, piano
Jack Lowe, piano
Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor
Hallé Orchestra (Symphony No. 8 in D minor)
Sir John Barbirolli, conductor

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