Vaughan Williams : Serenade in A minor for orchestra (1898) 

I hear you .who else wont hear of it. I dont understand this.

The tallis fantasia was groundbreaking though with the acoustics he got from the placement of the performers in the Gloucester Cathedral+ the mix of having a very old tune and the latest hyper-chromatic haromonics. Before WW1 he was considered modern, he just stuck to his late victorian/edwardian style for his remaining 40 years (thankfully!).

Only not ground-breaking in the sense that he rejected atonalism. I would consider, say, the 8th symphony as ground breaking with its use of a different instrumental cluster for each movement, and its last movement, if not ground-breaking, is certainly very "modern" (as for that matter were the 4th and 6th symphonies). I don't think VW ever got left behind. He liked the modern tonal form, hence his eagerness to get film score assignments. To me atonalism is an aberration and really not worth considering. It's gone up the dead-end of musical history, and rightly so.

@@pp312 A recent book by John Maucieri addresses this. How atonalism was a rather unfortunate byproduct of the Nazi regime/WW2.

@@bgccallahan4116Sounds interesting, but didn't Atonalism begin in the early part of the 20th Century with composers like Schonberg?

@@pp312 It did, and was reinforced in pre WW2 Europe, due to Hitler's demonizing of "decadent" music. Gad, can't locate reference to most recent book by John Maucieri on this topic.

Maybe because it's early work? I heard it for the first time only a few years ago despite the fact I very like music of Vaughan Williams. This piece isn't frequently recorded or performed (sadly!).

@@anitrabn2110 Until about 20 years ago it was forbidden to perform any of Vaughan Williams's music written before 1904. This embargo was eventually lifted and many lovely pieces have been revealed.

@@271250cl Why was that?

Yes yes yes.

If you haven't already found it, check out the upload of the Romance segment by David Harris. It has paintings which complement the music beautifully. "Ralph Vaughan Wiliams:Serenade in A Minor: Romance. George Cole, George Vicat Cole: Paintings".

@@anselman3156 This work has really been getting under my spiritual skin this year., like having my Thomas Tallis fix from 1968 back all over again, but more subtle.

@@anselman3156 Now it's 2022 and this music is just as powerful as it was in 2019. Why do the "cognoscenti' condemn this as "Merely early Vaughan Williams", just fast forward to Thomas Tallis Fantasia, do not pass GO". GAD!!!

or they're Australian. Big up my Ozzy mates.

@@samuelstalder9522 What! I'm Australian and I thought this was exquisite. We're not all footy-loving, pie-munching drongos, you know.

@@pp312 Haha, don't worry, I've been there enough to know that :)). I was referring to the meme about Australians living upside down so they mistake the dislike button for a like button.

@@samuelstalder9522 Oh, I must have missed that meme. Sounds a bit subtle for the likes of me anyway. :)

@@pp312 Did Melbourne ever host the Summer Olympics?

Extremely impressed with this album, cannot find a record store anywhere that happens to carry these gems. I have searched in Archiv for music I have heard here on this site, but, bupkis. I haven't become conversant with Amazon or similar sites, guess this ole music biddy will have to gal up and do so!

@@amn91459 Thank you! Hope i can track this down.

Folk of these isles?