℗ 2023 SOMM Recordings
| Released | February 3, 2023 |
| Duration | 1h 11m 36s |
| Record Label | SOMM Recordings |
| Catalogue No. | ARIADNE5020 |
| Genre | Classical |
Vaughan Williams Live Vol. 4
Various Artists
Available in 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
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1.1
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Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Ralph Vaughan Williams; New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Dimitri Mitropoulos |
17:26 | |||
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Concerto in C Major for Two Pianos and Orchestra
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1.2
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I. Toccata. Allegro moderato
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Arthur Whittemore; Jack Lowe pianos; New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Dimitri Mitropoulos |
6:17 | |||
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1.3
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Ii. Romanza. Lento
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Arthur Whittemore; Jack Lowe; New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Dimitri Mitropoulos |
8:15 | |||
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1.4
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Iii. Fuga chromatica con Finale alla tedesca
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Arthur Whittemore; Jack Lowe; New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Dimitri Mitropoulos |
12:07 | |||
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Symphony No.8 in D Minor
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1.5
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I. Fantasia (Variazione senza Tema): Moderato
Ralph Vaughan Williams; The Hallé Orchestra; Sir John Barbirolli |
10:45 | |||
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1.6
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Ii. Scherzo alla marcia (per stromenti a fiato): Allegro alla marcia
Ralph Vaughan Williams; The Hallé Orchestra; Sir John Barbirolli |
3:33 | |||
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1.7
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Iii. Cavatina (per stromenti ad arco): Lento espressivo
Ralph Vaughan Williams; The Hallé Orchestra; Sir John Barbirolli |
7:53 | |||
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1.8
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Iv. Toccata. Moderato maestoso
Ralph Vaughan Williams; The Hallé Orchestra; Sir John Barbirolli |
5:20 | |||
SOMM Recordings continues its acclaimed Vaughan Williams Live series celebrating the 150th anniversary of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ birth with Volume 4 featuring his signature Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, the Concerto for Two Pianos and Eighth Symphony in recordings conducted by Dimitri Mitropoulos and Sir John Barbirolli. The Tallis Fantasia is a live recording from Carnegie Hall in 1943 with Mitropoulos, a committed advocate for Vaughan Williams’ music, conducting the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra. They are also heard in the Concerto for Two Pianos, again from Carnegie Hall in 1952, when the soloists were Arthur Whittemore and Jack Lowe, who forged a widely popular and critically acclaimed piano duo partnership in America in the middle of the last century. Recorded in Manchester’s Free Trade Hall in 1964, the Symphony No.8 is blazingly conducted by its dedicatee, Sir John Barbirolli, leading the Hallé Orchestra.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – SOMM Recordings Studio Masters
Tracks 1-8 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-8 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.75 -5.85 to -0.76 | -22.78 -27.60 to -18.52 | -18.49 -23.80 to -14.80 | 12 10 to 15 | |
| 1 | Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis | -4.92 | -24.48 | -19.9 | 11 |
| 2 | I. Toccata. Allegro moderato | -0.92 | -22.56 | -18.6 | 14 |
| 3 | Ii. Romanza. Lento | -5.85 | -27.60 | -23.8 | 13 |
| 4 | Iii. Fuga chromatica con Finale alla tedesca | -0.76 | -23.53 | -17.9 | 15 |
| 5 | I. Fantasia (Variazione senza Tema): Moderato | -1.17 | -20.50 | -16.5 | 12 |
| 6 | Ii. Scherzo alla marcia (per stromenti a fiato): Allegro alla marcia | -3.57 | -22.12 | -17.4 | 10 |
| 7 | Iii. Cavatina (per stromenti ad arco): Lento espressivo | -3.04 | -22.94 | -19.0 | 12 |
| 8 | Iv. Toccata. Moderato maestoso | -1.81 | -18.52 | -14.8 | 11 |