now playing

start of Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony "Symphony No. 2" (1920 Version)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vJE0wuDMtM&list=OLAK5uy_m8USPxtyKWnphHs_180B_D8BB3sPfaeAQ&index=2

Vaughan Williams: Sound Sleep
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvwGomGr710&list=OLAK5uy_m8USPxtyKWnphHs_180B_D8BB3sPfaeAQ&index=6

Vaughan Williams: Orpheus with His Lute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pInvEzvOZIU&list=OLAK5uy_m8USPxtyKWnphHs_180B_D8BB3sPfaeAQ&index=7

Vaughan Williams: Variations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipBucTTihAM&list=OLAK5uy_m8USPxtyKWnphHs_180B_D8BB3sPfaeAQ&index=7

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m8USPxtyKWnphHs_180B_D8BB3sPfaeAQ

Tired of the old-school sets of Vaughan Williams' symphonies, so I'm gonna revisit the two of the more recent quality ones: Andrew Manze/Royal Liverpool and Martyn Brabbins/BBC, from which I'm listening now. There's also the recent one by Sir Mark Elder but, as per usual with Elder and his genteel Englishman ways, that one is a snoozefest, a bland, reticent affair stripped of all passion and fire, like performing the entire cycle as a pastoral. I'll probably revisit that one eventually too, provided I can make it through without falling asleep, as I've done on many occasion.

>>127445281
well, not that other anon, but I wanna say I appreciate your knowledgeable and informative contribution to the discussion and general.