Artist: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Manze Title: Vaughan Williams: Symphonies No.3 & No.4 Year Of Release: 2017 Label: PM Classics - Onyx Genre: Classical, Orchestral Quality: flac lossless flac 24bits - 96.0kHz + booklet Total Time: 01:08:47 Total Size: 252 mb / 1.11 gb Tracklist 01. Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony": I. Molto moderato 02. Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony": II. Lento moderato 03. Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony": III. Moderato pesante 04. Symphony No. 3 "A Pastoral Symphony": IV. Lento-Moderato maestoso-Lento 05. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor: I. Allegro 06. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor: II. Andante moderato 07. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto 08. Symphony No. 4 in F Minor: IV. Finale con epilogo fugato. Allegro molto Composer Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958) Andrew Manze’s interpretations of Vaughan Williams’ Symphonies have met with acclaim from audiences and critics alike. This second volume in the cycle from the RLPO and Andrew Manze feature Nos 3 & 4: two works heavily influenced by the Great War and its aftermath. A repressed seething rage and sorrow at the futility of the war pervades No.3, "It is really wartime music - a great deal of it originated when I used to go up night after night in the ambulance wagon at Ecoivres" said the composer. The 3rd has been called RVW’s ‘War Requiem’. The 4th is a violent and turbulent work, reflecting the post Great War world and the political turmoil of the 1930s. The audience was perplexed by the nature of the music "I don’t know if I like it, but it’s what I meant" he said after the premiere