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Symphony No. 5 in D major

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performers: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Rumon Gamba
Recording date: 14 May 1999
Date of broadcast: 17 March 2000

After shocking audiences with his 'furious' Fourth, Vaughan Williams returned to hope, gentleness and rural tranquillity with the Fifth. Though, with bombs still falling, this composition maybe refutes - or denies - the reality of that time.

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Performers: 91热爆 Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Rumon Gamba
Recording date: 14 May 1999
Date of broadcast: 17 March 2000

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