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Vaughan Williams, Slatkin, Philharmonia Orch
Symphony 7 " Antartica "
Genres: Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Quick March-Sea Songs
2. Five Vars Of 'Dives And Lazarus': Theme (Adagio)
3. Five Vars Of 'Dives And Lazarus': Var I
4. Five Vars Of 'Dives And Lazarus': Var II
5. Five Vars Of 'Dives And Lazarus': Var III
6. Five Vars Of 'Dives And Lazarus': Var IV
7. Five Vars Of 'Dives And Lazarus': Var V
8. Sinf Antartica (Sym No.7): Prld (Andante Maestoso) - Linda Hohenfeld/Women Of The Philharmonia Chor
9. Sinf Antartica (Sym No.7): Scherzo (Moderato) - Linda Hohenfeld/Women Of The Philharmonia Chor
10. Sinf Antartica (Sym No.7): Landscape (Lento) - Linda Hohenfeld/Women Of The Philharmonia Chor/Leslie Pearson
11. Sinf Antartica (Sym No.7): Intermezzo (Andante Sostenuto) - Linda Hohenfeld/Women Of The Philharmonia Chor/John Anderson
12. Sinf Antartica (Sym No.7): Epilogue. Alla Marcia, Moderato (Non Troppo Allegro) - Linda Hohenfeld/Women Of The Philharmonia Chor

CD Details

All Artists: Vaughan Williams, Slatkin, Philharmonia Orch
Title: Symphony 7 " Antartica "
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: RCA
Release Date: 7/13/1993
Genres: Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Marches, Forms & Genres, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 090266119523

Synopsis

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Vaughan Williams's Seventh Symphony began life as a film score to Scott of the Antarctic (how the symphony lost the "c" in "Antarctic" not even the composer could fully explain). The movie describes Scott's ill-fated expedition in which everyone perishes during a blizzard, literally yards away from safety. To describe man's struggle against the hostile elements, the composer has recourse to a hefty battalion of percussion (including vibraphone), piano, organ, wind machine, and wordless female soloist and chorus. It's an incredible piece of writing, perhaps closest in spirit to Holst's The Planets--both pieces describe alien, hostile environments, after all. It sounds spectacular in this recording. --David Hurwitz

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CD Reviews

Slatkin is the best conductor since Reiner

Horst Meisterfluscher | 11/17/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"My only quibble is about the 5-note trumpet motif in the scherzo movement. Slatkin rushed it. I'm referring to the same motif that's later taken up by the loud organ in the LANDSCAPE section."