Tallis Fantasia (Vaughan Williams) BBCSO Sir Adrian Boult

[freethoughtmusic]

I so love how older recordings were not so ***ing rushed like modern classical recordings are. The music had time to grow, like hay and flowers in the Glouscestershire countryside that Vaughn Williams, like myself was fortunate enough to be born in. Thank you so much for uploading this jewel.

[keepitacrime]

love the pop and hiss t the ebeginning

[A60stock]

@keepitacrime Actually this is a quiet surface for an EMI Hayes pressing which were notoriously noisy, especially during WWII when good quality shellac was in short supply (it came from India).

[keepitacrime]

@A60stock oh wicked

[shnimmuc]

Beautiful, one of the great works for strings ever written. You should check out the video of American composer Robert Cummings` lacrymosa for the victims of 9/11

[eastindiaman]

I love the music, but this particular rendition is played far too fast and DOES lack the spirit and depth which usually comes across when ever I have heard it played before ...I must say Im not impressed with this recording, although the music itself is the most passionate and deep I know [along with Villa-Lobos]

[Romanticdance]

@eastindiaman Your absolute right.

Far to fast played even chaotic.

Nature should give it's splendour in more peacefull moments.

They create to much contrast as manierisms in art.

The pastoral images don't fit in this kind of conducting.

[RedFrankCook]

Very English I always think. Nice tune as well.

[Capt777harris]

Is it me, or is this piece lacking something?

[j0andc0]

Wonderful piece of music.

[billyguns2]

Boult was wonderful in this music, never more so than in his gorgeous stereo recording made in Vienna in the 1960s. I think you can still find it.

[SabraMagdalena]

I love this piece so much! My orchestra's performing it next week, and it's so beautiful... the recording does it some injustice, though- there's nothing better than to be in the middle of the orchestra- the music just swallows you up.

[otterhouse]

Thanks! Your cd's are a bit (too) expensive, that's why I am only buying about one per year. But great repertoire and good transfers...

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[prysmith37]

Anyone who loves the Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Tallis should hear George Steel's Mass on the same theme. It is extraordinarily moving.

[CaptainAhorn]

Any idea where to find a recording?

[prysmith37]

I don't believe it has ever been recorded, or, at least, not yet. You might consider writing Mr. Steele c/o The New York City Opera and asking him.

[wwlliiss]

Truly "musical stained glass windows"

I have a half dozen recordings of this piece and my favorite is still the Boult Vinyl

Westminster recording with the Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra. He captures the mystery and timelesness of the piece better for me than any other.

Someone once said that listening to this you aren't sure if you are hearing something very new or something very very old.

[buddmar]

I absolutely adore this music! Lovely photographic images as well ...

[A60stock]

Thanks. The poppy field was walking distance from my home as were the birds and the early morning and frost scenes. The rest were a short drive away, some taken from the top of a number 6 bus (Lincoln to Skegness) .

[cogidubnus1953]

Boult was a great friend of RVW and there was a huge two-way respect there...I think we can safely assume Boult had it played exactly the way RVW envisioned it...

[webrarian]

I love the Colston Hall acoustic which the engineers managed to capture, and the wonderful portamenti from the orchestra. There's a great feeling on onward movement in this performance which I find very powerful, all the more so knowing that Boult was at the helm.