Mimi Ezust wrote: >Harvard Radio (they are online and streaming at www.whrb.org) is doing >a chronological survey of Vaughan Williams. This program got a late >start, so they are only up to 1925 if you are following their online >program guide. > >I just heard for the first time, the violin concerto in d minor, Concerto >Academico, conducted by Previn and played beautifully by James Buswell. Bu an odd coincidence I've just finished listening to a Pearl disc of premiere recordings by the Boyd Neel Orchestra: Britten's Simple Symphony and Bridge Variations and RVW's Concerto Academico and Tallis Fantasia. This is close to being a desert island disc for me and I listen to it several times a week. Deryk