Re: Vaughn Williams (was: Re: Mailbag)

[tynor%prism@gatech.edu (Steve Tynor)]

In article <1989Sep18.013007.14002@paris.ics.uci.edu> Love-Hounds@GAFFA.MIT.EDU writes:
>Really-From: David Shapiro <david@PARIS.ICS.UCI.EDU>
...
>Ooh, synchronicity!  I just got my first Vaughn Williams (Thomas
>Tallis and Greensleeves).  The only other V. W. I've ever heard
>is the English Folk Song Suite (for which I am still looking for
>a good CD version).
>
>Can anyone recommend, from a LoveHound's point-of-view, other Vaughn
>Williams pieces?  Any specific recordings or artists to keep an eye
>open for (especially on CD)?
>
>Thanks bunches!

Definitely check out "The Lark Ascending". It's one of my favorite violin
concerti. The violin solo evokes nature, peace, serenity, and 'birdness'(?)
like no other piece of music I've ever heard.  (My recording (CD) is by
Marriner and the Academy of St.  Martins in the Fields).

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