Paul Silverthorne, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Paul Daniel - Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 4 / Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 / Flos Campi (2004) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor: I. Allegro
02. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor: II. Andante moderato
03. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
04. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor: IV. Finale con epilogo fugato: Allegro molto
05. Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1
06. Flos campi: I. Sicut Lilium inter spinas (as the lily among thorns)
07. Flos campi: II. Jam enim hiems transiit (for, lo, the winter Is past)
08. Flos campi: III. Quaesivi quem diligit anima mea (I sought him whom my soul loveth)
09. Flos campi: IV. En lectulum Salomonis sexaginta fortes ambiunt… (Behold his bed, which Is Solomon's)
10. Flos campi: V. Revertere, revertere Sulamitis! (Return, return, O Shulamite)
11. Flos campi: VI. Pone me ut signaculum super cor tuum (Set me as a seal upon thine heart)


The Fourth Symphony is one of Vaughan Williams’ most dissonant symphonies, and yet one of his most frequently-performed works. Vaughan Williams is normally thought of as a ‘pastoral’ composer – modal, melodic, and inspired by folk-song – but this symphony marks a high-point for British modernism. William Walton, at that time having troubles completing his own symphony and having been to the rehearsals of Vaughan Williams’s 4th, reported glumly to a friend, ‘You are about to hear the greatest symphony since Beethoven’. In contrast Flos Campi conjures delicate pastoral images with wonderfully atmospheric music ranging from a first section, depicting the poet languishing for love, to life-affirming ecstasy in the finale.

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