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Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto, Oboe Concerto, Serenade to Music - Lortie, Jeffrey, Oundjian

Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto, Oboe Concerto, Serenade to Music - Lortie, Jeffrey, Oundjian

Chandos  CHSA 5201

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral


Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto, Oboe Concerto, Serenade to Music, Flos Campi

Louis Lortie (piano)
Sarah Jeffrey (oboe)
Teng Li (viola)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Peter Oundjian (conductor)


With this celebratory release completing his fourteen-year tenure as Music Director of the TSO, Peter Oundjian conducts an exquisite Vaughan Williams programme, supported by an all-Canadian cast of star soloists.

In the programme notes of the concert preceding the recording, Oundjian declared: ‘Ralph Vaughan Williams was possibly England’s most significant composer, and he is a personal favourite of mine. This [recording] presents some of his finest works, featuring soloists from the Orchestra as well as some of Canada's most notable solo artists, and the Elmer Iseler Singers. The lyrical and engaging Oboe Concerto is rarely heard, but it is one of his most inspired works. Serenade to Music showcases his exquisite vocal writing, which also figures prominently in the ravishingly beautiful Flos Campi, so surprisingly scored for solo viola, choir, and chamber orchestra. The Piano Concerto is more dramatic, with a juggernaut opening and a brilliant fugal finale.’

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Recorded 15 and 16 November, 2017 at the Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 24/192

Executive producer: Ralph Couzens

Recording producer: Blanton Alspaugh (Soundmirror Inc.)

Sound engineer: John Newton (Soundmirror Inc.)

Mixing engineer: Dirk Sobotka (Soundmirror Inc.)

Mastering engineer: Mark Donahue (Soundmirror Inc.)

Editor: Blanton Alspaugh (Soundmirror Inc.)

Chandos mastering: Rosanna Fish

Production manager: Chris Walroth (Toronto Symphony Orchestra)

A & R administrator: Sue Shortridge
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Comment by William Hecht - July 11, 2018 (1 of 1)

A collection of some of VW's most beautiful music, including my preferred solo version of the piano concerto in an absolutely gorgeous recording by Soundmirror.