BaL 10.03.12 Vaughan Williams' Symphony no. 4 in F minor

[Brassbandmaestro]

We do have another thread about this!!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I shall still go ahead and buy.

- I think Berglund's is a performance all lovers of the work should have access to. The only "serious" quibble I have with it is at the start of the Second Movement: the 'cello/Bass pizzicati are marked p ma pesante (to contrast with the p cantabile of the violin melody): they're far too quiet (barely audible) in this recording.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

We do have another thread about this!!

Thank you. I've merged them.

[euthynicus]

No idea what it's like but I'm keen to hear it

Slower than many - I don't have a score, so can't refer to MMs - but incredibly gutsy and terror-struck in the outer movements. Very much in the mould of Barbirolli's recording of that other great F minor Fourth symphony, by Tchaikovsky. Tension accumulated more through pressure than expulsion of energy.

Wiki's list of symphonies in F minor, which I just consulted on a whim, opens any number of interesting doors. Weigl's Fourth, anyone? Meredith Wilson's First?

[Pabmusic]

...Meredith Wilson's First?

It needs an orchestra with 76 trombones.

[PJPJ]

Wiki's list of symphonies in F minor, which I just consulted on a whim, opens any number of interesting doors. Weigl's Fourth, anyone? Meredith Wilson's First?

Willson - on Naxos, very enjoyable indeed. I have Weigl 5 and 6 and they're worth exploring, too.