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Vaughan Williams’s Concerto for Oboe and Strings: a guide to the best recordings

David Threasher
Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Vaughan Williams’s 1944 Concerto for oboe and strings is one of few such works to maintain a foothold in the repertoire. David Threasher listens to a selection of the available recordings

Ralph Vaughan Williams revisited the lyrical and nostalgic tone of the Fifth Symphony in his Concerto for Oboe and Strings (photography: Vaughan Williams Foundation)
Ralph Vaughan Williams revisited the lyrical and nostalgic tone of the Fifth Symphony in his Concerto for Oboe and Strings (photography: Vaughan Williams Foundation)

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