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Vaughan Williams - Symphonies
The robust, almost abrasive tone of some of Vaughan Williams 's inter-warworks came as a shock to many of his listeners but, as Donald Macleod discovers, they reflected a passionate, sometimes fiery nature hidden beneath the composer's English reserve.
Piano Concerto (lstmvt) Howard Shelley , London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bryden Thomson
Magnificat Catherine Wyn-Rogers
(mezzo), City of London Sinfonia, Corydon Singers, conductor Matthew Best Symphony No 4
Philharmonia, conductor Leonard Slatkin See BBC Orchestras 2pm

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Vaughan Williams
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Vaughan Williams
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Donald MacLeod
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Howard Shelley
Conductor:
Bryden Thomson
Conductor:
Magnificat Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Conductor:
Leonard Slatkin

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