I have only two recordings of this glorious music - Vernon Handley and the Liverpool Philharmonic and Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martins in the Fields. Both very good but a trifle old. Does anyone have a favourite recording that they would recommend? I ask only that it sounds good. I don’t want a recording that requires the ear of faith to discern Vaughan Williams many felicities.
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Here's an alternative, an "aggressive" Tallis from the TrondheimSolistene. It is coupled with the Frank Bridge Variations and Apollon Musagète. The lushness is impressive, not dissimilar to Karajan's Philharmonia strings; and it has more vivid sound (although very aggressively pushed like most 2L recordings) than Karajan's 1953 mono sound. It is also relatively fast at under 15 mins, like the Ormandy, the recent LSO String Ensemble, and the surprisingly fast account from Karajan.
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