Scott Of The Antarctic (Complete) (Ralph Vaughan Williams)

AKA:
Epopeia Trágica (Brazil)
Expedição Antártida (Brazil) (reissue title)
Scott of the Antarctic (Canada) (English title)
L'aventure sans retour (France)
La tragedia del capitano Scott (Italy)
Scotts letzte Fahrt (West Germany)

Scott of the Antarctic: the complete score (1947-48 ed 2016)
Including numbers excluded from the final cut of the film
Transcribed and edited from the original manuscripts by Martin Yates (2016)

It is a revelation to hear every note that Vaughan Williams wrote, late in 1947, for the then unmade film Scott of the Antarctic. There have been previous attempts to revisit some of the unused music he sketched for the film, but now conductor Martin Yates, with the support of the composer's estate, has transcribed from the original manuscripts all the music, comprising some 41 beautifully rounded numbers. Vaughan Williams subsequently reworked some of this material in the Sinfonia Antartica, but on this recording we are able to hear for the first time his vivid reaction to the story, before the film was even shot. Standing independently beside the Sinfonia Antartica, this is a gripping symphonic experience in its own right.


- Dutton Vocalion