Vaughan Williams: Scott of the Antarctic – complete score - Dutton: CDLX7340 - SACD

Yates conducts with appropriate majesty, his slow tempos very close to Ernest Irvin’s in the film. The RSNO and chorus are in powerful form, and Ilona Domnich contributes a strikingly eerie... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 5th May 2017
Catalogue No: CDLX7340
Label: Dutton
Series: Epoch

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Vaughan Williams: Scott of the Antarctic – complete score

Ilona Domnich (soprano), Christopher Nickol (organ), Women of the Scottish National Orchestra Chorus (chorus)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Martin Yates

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It is a revelation to hear every note that Vaughan Williams wrote, late in 1947, for the then unmade film Scott of the Antarctic. There have been previous attempts to revisit some of the unused music he sketched for the film, but now conductor Martin Yates, with the support of the composer’s estate, has transcribed from the original manuscripts all the music, comprising some 41 beautifully rounded numbers. Vaughan Williams subsequently reworked some of this material in the Sinfonia Antartica, but on this recording we are able to hear for the first time his vivid reaction to the story, before the film was even shot. Standing independently beside the Sinfonia Antartica, this is a gripping symphonic experience in its own right.

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Christmas 2017

Yates conducts with appropriate majesty, his slow tempos very close to Ernest Irvin’s in the film. The RSNO and chorus are in powerful form, and Ilona Domnich contributes a strikingly eerie soprano vocalise.

Vaughan Williams: Scott of the Antarctic – complete score

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