James Judd, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra - Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis; Concerto Grosso (2003)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 245 Mb | Total time: 60:20 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | # 8.555867 | Recorded: 2001
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) may not have begun the trend toward English pastoral music in the early twentieth century, but he was certainly one of the movement’s leading practitioners. Starting as early as 1900 with his aptly named Bucolic Suite, the man continued to produce charming, serene, idyllic tunes for full orchestra, strings, and chorus right up until the time of his death. In this Naxos collection, English conductor James Judd leads the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra in some of the composer’s most famous short works.