Your favourite Vaughan Williams Symphonies?

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What are your favourite RVW symphonies?

Symphony No.1, 'Sea Symphony'
14 (23.3%)
Symphony No.2, 'London Symphony'
24 (40%)
Symphony No.3, 'Pastoral'
29 (48.3%)
Symphony No.4
19 (31.7%)
Symphony No.5
42 (70%)
Symphony No.6
35 (58.3%)
Symphony No.7, 'Sinfonia Antarctica'
17 (28.3%)
Symphony No.8
13 (21.7%)
Symphony No.9
18 (30%)

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Karl Henning

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April 28, 2014, 07:43:17 AM
I've not heard Berglund's recording of the Sixth, but the live performance here in Boston has been a lingering memory.
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#241
April 28, 2014, 09:04:21 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on April 28, 2014, 07:43:17 AM
I've not heard Berglund's recording of the Sixth, but the live performance here in Boston has been a lingering memory.

Berglund's 6th is excellent, Karl. He also conducts an equally great 4th.

vandermolen

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April 28, 2014, 01:31:17 PM
Quote from: AnthonyAthletic on April 28, 2014, 07:35:57 AM
Mine are 5, 7 & 9 and in that order.  All of his works are very special.

I have recently re discovered after shying away from it, the Sea Symphony...stunning.  Took me years to appreciate this masterpiece.

Me too.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

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April 28, 2014, 01:36:56 PM
I agree that Bernstein's version of No. 4 is excellent too as is Berglund's sibelian version of No. 6 and No. 4.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).
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