Bargain over at iTMS

Now I don't know if this is a mistake or what, but I just spotted that you can download all nine of Ralph Vaughan Williams' symphonies from the iTunes UK music store for the princely sum of £7.99 - that's 7.5 hours at about £1 per hour!

If you've never heard his music, it's worth giving it a go. My favourites: The first symphony is a huge setting of Walt Whitman poetry, the second a marvellous requiem for London before the Great War, and the first movement of the sixth has one of the most famous musical openings ever. The seventh symphony is based on the music RVW composed for the film Scott of the Antarctic. The 2nd and 5th are probably the most accessible but at this price, take a gamble - one of Britain's greatest composers.

Also included are the beautiful 'Tallis Fantasia' and 'The Lark Ascending'

Highly recommended: iTunes UK link





(NB There's an error in the track listing on iTunes if you do download this - they list 'Symphony No. 6 in E Minor twice. In fact, the second listing - the one with five movements - is Symphony No. 7 'Sinfonia Antarctica'. The movement titles are correct).