Vaughan Williams's Veranda

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So do we. 

https://youtu.be/IRfluaMKoOY

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I consider Haitink's No. 1 perfection with no further reason to look elsewhere.  Would Spano/ASO make me reconsider?

I'd be curious to know what you think of Haitink's RVW cycle in general, relm1?

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Several recommendations of the "craggy" Violin Sonata in the polling thread caused me to YouTube it. I like it, very intense piece. Any recommendations for a recording?

I see it on both EMI and Hyperion, both with nearly identical programs of chamber music. Anyone preferences for one or the other?

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This is my favourite CD of VW's chamber music but the one recommended by John (MI) is excellent too. Also this one was my first encounter with the Violin Sonata on LP which probably influences my choice. It is available pretty cheaply second-hand on Amazon US and UK. The String Quartet 2 is excellent as well. I think that Vaughan Williams's chamber music is underrated.

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Got to love Hugh Bean. His Lark (w/ Boult) is still a highlight for me seven years later.

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Got to love Hugh Bean. His Lark (w/ Boult) is still a highlight for me seven years later.

Me too - it remains my favourite performance.

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Me too - it remains my favourite performance.

I'm listening to the John Shirley-Quirk/Willcocks performance of 5 Mystical Songs now and enjoying it immensely.

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I'm listening to the John Shirley-Quirk/Willcocks performance of 5 Mystical Songs now and enjoying it immensely.

Another greatest performance - clearly so I think, especially in 'Love bade me welcome...' And in the wonderfully inspiriting finale. It was one of my earliest contacts with the music of VW - my mother had an LP of music from King's College, Cambridge. When that track came on both my brother and I, from different rooms in my parent's flat (apartment) came rushing in to ask what the music was. I must have been about 15 or 16.

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Another greatest performance - clearly so I think, especially in 'Love bade me welcome...' And in the wonderfully inspiriting finale. It was one of my earliest contacts with the music of VW - my mother had an LP of music from King's College, Cambridge. When that track came on both my brother and I, from different rooms in my parent's flat (apartment) came rushing in to ask what the music was. I must have been about 15 or 16.

Yes! Love Bad Me Welcome is absolutely heart-rendering. That's a lovely story, btw. I would have come rushing into the room as well if I had heard it.

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Yes! Love Bad Me Welcome is absolutely heart-rendering. That's a lovely story, btw. I would have come rushing into the room as well if I had heard it.

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Another new RVW release:




https://www.amazon.co.uk/Piano-Music-Ralph-Vaughan-Williams/dp/B01NALGLYL/ref=sr_1_8?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1484842921&sr=1-8&keywords=vaughan+williams

I'm enjoying this CD of VW's piano music very much. The odd thing is that the beautiful 'Lake in the Mountains' is over a minute and a half longer than the version on Hyperion and the work only lasts about five minutes anyway. I found it most disconcerting but will listen to both versions tomorrow to see which one I prefer. The 'Introduction and Fugue' is very good - first recording.

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I've come to the conclusion that the Cecil Aronowitz/Willcocks/Jacques Orchestra performance of Flos Campi is the best one I've heard. There's an emotional honesty and depth in this performance that I find absolutely mesmerizing. This is a work that has always been of interest to me as it contains so many moods. Poetical, sumptuous, passionate, sensual are all adjectives that I'd use to describe this particular masterpiece.

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I've come to the conclusion that the Cecil Aronowitz/Willcocks/Jacques Orchestra performance of Flos Campi is the best one I've heard. There's an emotional honesty and depth in this performance that I find absolutely mesmerizing. This is a work that has always been of interest to me as it contains so many moods. Poetical, sumptuous, passionate, sensual are all adjectives that I'd use to describe this particular masterpiece.

I love that performance. The original LP featured Flos Campi, An Oxford Elegy and Five Variants on Dives and Lazarus - a wonderful disc! I asked my parents to get it for me one Christmas - happy memories. 

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(my ears are currently blocked with wax from swimming but I'm having them syringed out on Monday - too much information I know  )

See you later, irrigator.

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Hehe. Coincidentally I just returned from the nurse. I now have super-acute hearing - like having a superpower.

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Hehe. Coincidentally I just returned from the nurse. I now have super-acute hearing - like having a superpower.

The Master himself used a similar device:

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I consider Haitink's No. 1 perfection with no further reason to look elsewhere.  Would Spano/ASO make me reconsider?

I would say it could only ever be an 'alternative' version - but an interesting one.  It's taken quite a bit faster than I have heard elsewhere, and the chorus sings with a perceptible American twang - but when you think about it, that's not inappropriate.

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Hehe. Coincidentally I just returned from the nurse. I now have super-acute hearing - like having a superpower.

Success!

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The Master himself used a similar device:

Great photo!

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The Master himself used a similar device:

A second uncannily accurate photo today. That state of the art hearing device is exactly what the nurse gave me so that I could continue to listen to my VW collection. You must be psychic! 

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The Master himself used a similar device:

What is the gadget in his left ear?  Did he get stereo amplification?