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FredStembottom

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40. I was going to post Vaughn-Williams myself.

Tue Jan 24, 2012, 12:46 PM

Jan 2012

When I hear the 1st movement of his third symph (pastoral), I am overcome with a feeling that I am hearing the greatest movement of music ever written. Not a decision on my part so much as a composer finding a route to the emotions very nearly too direct.

It effects me so strongly I can only listen to this movement a couple times each year - it just disolves me into bliss.

I could only find 2 versions on YouTube. One is in mono. The other is in stereo but played waaaaay too fast. Here's the mono one - which is also about 2 BPM too fast

Seek out better recordings.

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