Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis PART 2 of 2

PART 2. This is in my very humble opinion, THE most beautiful perfomance of the Tallis Fantasia that I've ever heard. Recorded in Gloucester Cathedral on 28th September 1998. Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis.

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Music

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• vaughan
• williams;
• tallis
• fantasia;
• bbc
• symphony
• orchestra;
• andrew
• davis

[topliff12345]

the images in my mind this wonderful music inspires.....thankyou, x.

[deviantrake]

You're welcome, although I think RVW deserves all of the credit! There's just something about this, the acoustics give it an ethereal quality, it's really something special.

[patillo75]

Creo que es una de las obras más maravillosas que se han escrito para orquesta de cuerdas y sin duda una de las más hermosas del genial Don Ralph. El entorno de la grabación, nada menos que la Catedral de Gloucester, le da además una sonoridad impactante, casi irreal. Gracias por subir el video

[deviantrake]

De nada!

[languagegeek7]

When I hear this, I do not think of people. I can only think of soft, green earth, rolling hills, skies, and sunrays. There is no humanity here, there is only peace.

[ing4trainz]

Try this on headphones, good headphones, with no other sounds around you - completely beautiful.

[lyricaltones]

Entrancing.

[MrJamest3333]

@ing4trainz I did try it on my top of the range Sennheiser headphones magic.

[raberger46]

As great as this audio is I encourage those who really appreciate Williams' work, to hear this work performed live. I did so last weekendin St. Louis. The orchestra was divided with an octet of strings sitting at the rear of the main where the horns would normally be. This produced a subtle distant effect on those parts in which the octet played. The principals in each string section played as a quartet with solos by the principal viola and concert master. On the whole it was quite amazing.

[llamamcelvis]

The first time I listened to this piece of music I got nervous. I got emotional. It was so perfectly amazing. This is the single most beautiful piece of music ever written.

[tbirdwagonman]

Your humble opinion is correct it IS an amazing performance of this piece.

Thanks for posting this.

[photoeditingchicken]

How awful if I were the composer of this, and seeking to better my composing missed out on such exquisite beauty as I searched for faults amongst perfection!

[photoeditingchicken]

@DjRozon Chills. =)

[kansantill18]

I agree, I think this is one of the best performances of this piece. Thank you SO much for posting it!

[weewatto]

Caught this on Classic FM today....it actually gave me palpitations. Haven't had that since Barber's Agnus Dei. Sublime stuff.