Ralph Vaughan Williams
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: 5th symphony/Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress (Hyperion)
Symphonies to give you hope and vision
Britten, Hindemith, RVW, Martinu (Claves)
The 1934 suite by Ralph Vaughan Williams demands a sympathy for the rolling contours of the English countryside
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