Vaughan Williams's Symphony No.5 in Building a Library with Kate Kennedy and Gillian Moore
Gillian Moore is joined by conductor Alice Farnham to assess some of the week's new releases, and Kate Kennedy picks her favourite recording of Vaughan Williams's Symphony No.5.
Gillian Moore with the best new recordings of classical music.
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Conductor Alice Farnham joins Gillian for a look at some of the week's new releases.
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Building a Library
Kate Kennedy picks her favourite recording of Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 5.
Premiered at the Proms in June 1943, Vaughan Williams's fifth symphony calls for the smallest orchestra of any of his symphonies, and its mellowness is in stark contrast to the angry violence of its immediate predecessor. From the gentle horn calls and string cantibile of the opening, through the delicate scherzo, poignant romanza and passacaglia finale, the work is infused with a sense of deep peace - balm from the horrors of the Second World War.
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