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From a richly stocked Vaughan Williams discography, dominated naturally by British performers but...
Fifty years after his death, Ralph Vaughan Williams's star shines more brightly than ever, and the intervening decades have witnessed a veritable torrent of activity on the recording front that would have doubtless left the old boy dumbstruck with amazement and gratitude. The torch borne so...
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Working with Vaughan Williams Roy Douglas, now 100, recalls his years as RVW's arranger
I was 35 when I first met Vaughan Williams, exactly half his age. It was 1942. He was the foremost composer of the day, and I was a humble composer and arranger of other people's music. "Did you attend the Royal College of Music, or the Royal Academy?" he asked me. I nervously and somewhat...
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