Vaughan Williams conducts: Symphony No 5 in D
This recording (SommCD071) was made off-air by a sound engineer called Eric Spain, using state-of-the-art recording equipment for the time which used rare and expensive long-playing acetate disks. The symphony was first performed in June 1943 (at the height of the blitz) but this recording captures a later performance in September 1952. There are four movements:
Preludio 0:00
Scherzo 11:40
Romanza 16:40
Passacaglia 26:42
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