Vaughan Williams Live, Vol. 3 (Live) [2022 Remastered Version]

Featuring

Ralph Vaughan Williams
Renee Flynn
Roy Henderson
London Symphony Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Symphony Chorus

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Recording & Production

Kenneth Leech, an engineer and devoted music enthusiast, made many recordings of BBC broadcasts between 1934 and 1957, adapting his turntable to record at 64rpm to increase recording time.

Composition History

Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 5 incorporates material from his opera The Pilgrim's Progress, which he had been working on for some years and doubted his ability to finish.

Recording & Production

The 1943 premiere of Symphony No. 5, featured on this disc, was taken from the Kenneth Leech collection of recordings, captured from a BBC broadcast.

Recording & Production

This album features newly remastered recordings, including the 1943 world premiere of Symphony No. 5 and the 1946 performance of A London Symphony, both conducted by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Compositional Technique

Dona Nobis Pacem, a five-part plea for peace, uses words drawn from Walt Whitman's American Civil War poem Drum Taps for three of its movements, and also includes texts from the Bible and John Bright.

Recording & Production

Lani Spahr, the audio restoration engineer for this album, has received critical acclaim for his work, including an hour-long BBC Radio 3 documentary about his stereo reconstructions for Elgar Remastered.

Composer Biography

Ralph Vaughan Williams, the composer, was an experienced performer who directed a choral society as a student and founded nine choral societies, an orchestra, and a military band during World War I.