Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica – Andrew Davis

Symphony No. 7 ‘Sinfonia antartica’
Piano Concerto in C for two pianos
Four Last Songs

Mari Eriksmoen, Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier, Roderick Williams, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

Format: 1 SACD Hybrid
Release date: 13/10/2017
SKU: 0095115518625 Categorieën: , ,

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   in Piano International (May, 2018)
Vaughan Williams may not have cared much for it as an instrument but he could certainly write effectively for the piano – as Mark Bebbington and Rebecca Omordia showed last year (SOMMCD 0164, reviewed in IP Jul/ Aug 2017). Chandos’ new disc encapsulates VW’s ambivalence with its main works featuring the piano either as colouristic effect (Sinfonia Antartica) or in a two-for-one reworking (Concerto in C). The Four Last Songs (1954-58) – sung radiantly by the wonderful Roderick Williams – omits the piano entirely in Anthony Payne’s 2013 orchestration!

I first got to know the concerto (1926-31, rev 1933-35) in HMV’s marvellous recording by Vitya Vronsky and Victor Babin with …

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