From an Englishman Thank you for this performance, the more V.Ws work gets performed worldwide the better, get this great orchestra to perform his 5th symphony in my opion his best
R. V. Williams foi sem nenhuma dúvida, o mais importante compositor inglês do período romântico, e suas obras são de uma engenharia sonora absolutamente fantástica. Está nas estantes das mais importantes orquestras do mundo e, felizmente podemos ouvir e ver vídeos disponibilizados na internet via RU-vid, o que é realmente magnífico. Não há como deixar de agradecer por isso.
Ever since I heard the organ arrangement of the Lento being played in Ludlow, it has been my all time favourite piece, with Elgar's 'Nimrod' a close second. The Madrid Radio Orchestra did a wonderful job with this work.
Quite remarkable, a truly English atmospheric performance. Extremely well played and interpreted, on Par with any other rendition on the concert platform.Thank you.
tuned in just now. First time I purchased a VW Symphony was an LP with nr. 2. Wonderful. Of all his symphonies this ranks nr 2 in my book, after nr. 5.
Greetings and heartfelt thanks from London! You've no idea how it warms my heart to see people all around the world sharing in and enjoying this intimate portrait of my home. Of course, London today isn't exactly the same as London portrayed in RVW's symphony... but look closer... the city may be wearing different clothes today, but London's soul hasn't changed a bit. A city of contrasts; bustling trade, great beauty, nobility, mystery, all going on together under dreamy twilight. All of the world existing inside one city; the city that is awake and sleeping, loud and quiet, fast and slow, powerful and gentle. My friends, visit our city; London welcomes you with pride.
Gorgeous work, gorgeous city. Actually, RVW was already aware that the London of his youth was passing away as well, especially after WWI. The end of the scherzo and the cry of anguish at the beginning of the finale communicate that awareness. The music is already a memory.
Oh! How I wish this were true. The soul of London is now unrecognisable from this, V.W, time. It is now radically transformed and quite alien from that which V.W. so accurately portrayed.
@@plsignore3509 I really do not like London (I saw it for the first time in 1982. Perhaps that is why I do not warm to this particular symphony. I have myself composed a setting of Wordsworth's Composed upon Westminster Bridge, 3 September 1802.
Love this orchestra!!! Vaughn Williams #2 is a masterpiece and they played it like one. All of the soloists have gorgeous sounds. Conducted with impecible interpretation! Bravo!
Excelente juego... full of confident power, great sound, very well judged. Overall, the players did great justice to the nostalgic English sound of the symphony. I'd love to hear this orchestra live, they really go for it. The various solo passage hand-overs in the slow movement are splendidly played with considerable virtuosity. The nuanced emotional aspect of the interpretation is palpable.
Here in Spain we have good musicians and orchestras, despite the opinions of some morons (not many, certainly) who think that Spaniards are "musical ignorants". In the end, the business is all about ADVERTISING. You know some orchestras because they are all-present all over the world (for an example, Berliner Philharmoniker or RPO) and these ones can overshadow others as our ORTVE, and of course that doesn't mean that they can't offer us wonderful renditions as this.
Nice, lively tempo for the Scherzo, and great dynamics on those major 9th climbs. The principal flutist got a workout, and she enjoyed every moment of it. Great performance all around.
El músico inglés más eclectico y con mayor cantidad de obras, fue Vaughan Williams, y sin embargo, fuera de su país, es poco conocido, pese a sus 9 sinfonías, 5 óperas y ballets, música de cámara, poemas sinfónicos, transcripciones de antiguos músicos británicos. Esta sinfonía " De Londres", junto a la 7ª "Antártica", son las mas divulgadas.
Depuis qu'il avait été banni, la créature se demandait aveuglément si les brindilles sombres de la forêt, la lumière tachetée du soleil le guidant sur son chemin, il engloutissait chaque coup de soleil dans sa gorge chatoyante comme s'il n'avait jamais goûté ni vu une telle beauté. Car même avec les pieds sales, déchirés par des ronces errantes et un halo de cheveux qui s'est maintenant transformé en crinière, il a trouvé sa croyance dans le soleil couchant. Finalement, cependant, ce voyage a pris fin. Pas distinct, mais d'un seul souffle, l'aveugle sut que le monde immortel qu'il avait connu pendant toutes ses années s'était éloigné de son corps mortel. Les hommes des marais et leurs arbres décorés de pierres précieuses résonnaient dans la brise, les servantes éthérées de la terre chantaient des mélodies séduisantes, chaque chant d'oiseau auquel il était habitué avait cessé. Il était enfin parti dans l'autre monde. Il faisait noir ici, et ça sentait la vallée humide et ombragée 🌺🕊
Horn flub at about 23:21. Oh well. Happens even to the best musicians. Would probably never have noticed it if it hadn't been in the resolution of one of my favorite parts of this whole symphony.
A pleasant-sounding performance with many good solo spots. However, the camera production went a bit overboard (imo) in its peripatetic scrambles to stay in sync with the music - WAY TOO BUSY. I would recommend just listening to the music and minimizing the window.
They certainly are. In just this small sampling in fact. One opinion even considers this "very lively". Not only is there no accounting for taste. There simply is no pleasing some people.
Marvellous. Fascinating to hear a Spanish based orchestra play British music so well felt, down to the soul. Although that also says a lot of course about the music of Vaughan Williams which is absolutely brilliant.
Que música maravilhosa. Não a conhecia, mas estou completamente apaixonado pela temática tranquila e inebriante criada por Vaugham Williams. Uma obra para ser executada muitas vezes para fazer bem ao espírito humano, necessitado de coisas maravilhosas como esta.
Yes RVW deserves to be heard more often outside of the U.K. and U.S. where his works are quite regularly performed. I'm always torn between symphonies 5 and 8 as to which is his best but have to say that the final movement of No.5 is IMO one of the greatest symphonic movements ever written.
powerful in the 1st and 2nd movements where it needed to be, Nocturne sharp and precise, well rehearsed, an excellent rendition...... after listening to this so many times in the car, nice to see it performed with such great camera work...
Great performance. Carlos Kalmar has a great affinity with RVW hope he does more of the symphonies , there are 9 of them all different but just as great as this one.
This is a beatuiful performance. A rather different one from 1941 with Eugene Goossens and the Cincinnati Symphony is also on RU-vid and worth a listen. It's dubbed from 78s but in decent fidelity.
as music collector , collect this symphony on c/d , is great to see play , i wish could be they recorded , so excellent play, which unexpect european orchestra
Brilliant performance, deeply satisfying....and congratulations to the video direction for not spending half the time looking up the nose of the conductor. I appreciate conductors are important but surely most people want to watch the players as they produce the music, rather than the obsessive concentration some videos have on the sweat rolling down Gergiev's face or the grimaces of Semyon Bychkov. This video seemed to me to have the balance exactly right. Wonderful.
Me sorprendió esta música inglesa, ¡qué fuerza!. Desde Purcell los músicos ingleses fueron todos unos mediocres, hasta que surgieron Williams, Elgar y Britten. Y además, maravillosa interpretación de la orquesta de RTVE española y su director.
