London Symphony No 2 - $16.95

Vaughan Williams' London Symphony with its dissonances and darknesses capture Edwardian London with affection but without sentimentality: this is the London of Dickensian poverty as much as of metropolitan splendour. Not a second of the "extra" fourteen minutes in this recording is superfluous. And what a performance this is, - blazing with committment and conviction but also with subtlety and insight. Its may be the best thing ever heard from Hickox and showcases his potential as well as his achievement. The LSO is on top form, and their love of this most London of symphonies is totally apparent.