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| Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on | 
 enlarge | Creators: Edward Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Barbirolli, Allegri String Quartet, City Of London Sinfonia, London Sinfonia, Sinfonia Of London
Label: EMI Classics
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (21 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7904
Format: Original Recording Reissued
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.2
MPN: 67264
UPC: 724356726420
EAN: 0724356726420
ASIN: B00004R95R
Release Date: March 14, 2000
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Wonderful! January 11, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This CD is a must have if you are an Elgar and Vaughan Williams fan, particularly the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, which is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. This particular 1966 recording with the Sinfonia of London, Allegri String Quartet and the New Philharmonia Orc. under the baton of Sir John Barbirolli is unsurpassed and Wonderful.
Still the best after 40 years! October 29, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I can't believe that it is nearly 40 years since I first bought this record on LP!
I was a teenager and it was a revelation. I have never been without it and it has been one of my favorite discs ever since.
The newer CD has some extra music from the LP and the new transfer is even better than before.
I had the pleasure of seeing and listening to Barbirolli talk about music when I was at school and I feel that his achievements sometimes are relatively neglected. This disc though should dispel any doubts that he was a great conductor of English music. (Of course he was "glorious" in other composers too)!
If you have just one disc of English String Music - get this disc - you won't regret it!
Barbirolli at his most warm-hearted and passionate July 12, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
In some ways the greatness of Sir John Barbirolli was masked by his devotion to the Halle Orchestra, an ensemble that was in a shambles when he arrived in WW II and was raised to the level of pretty decent. Despite their love affair, the Halle wasn't worthy of Barbirolli's talents, and on the rare occasions when he recorded with other orhestras--especially his late-life engagements in Berlin--the veil dropped away.
That's certainly true in this transcendent recording of string music by Elgar and Vaughan Williams, which features the rich sound of a group I associate only with this CD, the City of London Sinfonia. They are very able musicians, and when joined by the highly expressive Allegri Qt. for Elgar's Introduction and Allegro, the results are superlative. EMI's remastering has removed hints of glare and edginess in the upper registers, allowing Barbirolli's uniquely passionate conducting to shine through. This is very warm-hearted, often measured musicmaking, at times almost too itense and breathless in the Tallis Fantasia. But it's undeniably great, and I've listened to it with deep admiration for forty years.
Desert Island Disc October 8, 2005
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
If I were stuck on a desert island and could only have 1 disc, this would be it. Sublime. Words won't do justice.
Music to break your heart September 5, 2004
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I was able to attend several of Sir John Barbirolli's concerts in the last ten years of his life and particularly remember his Verdi's "Requiem" and Schubert's Ninth Symphony. He was, however, most noted for his Elgar. On this disc Elgar's already heartbreaking music is invested additionally with Barbirolli's own sense of "the tearfulness of things". His interpretation of Vaughan-Williams' "Variations on a Theme of Thomas Tallis" is sublime. These performances go beyond what is on the page and become transcendental. Anyone not moved by this disc truly has a heart of stone.
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