Symphony No. 5 in D major
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Bryden Thomson / London Symphony Orchestra
1987Top choice. 'Wonderful sound' and 'very atmospheric,' it 'brings home that feeling of tranquility' from the work. A 'very natural interpretation'.
Apple Music — Symphony No. 5 on an album with The Lark Ascending.Sir John Barbirolli / Hallé Orchestra
1944 Older recording, cleaned up on Dutton.A historical recording from Barbirolli. A 'more... passionate interpretation' than Thomson's. The third movement 'Romanza is very lovingly done'.
Apple Music — Vaughan Williams’s Symphony No. 5 on an album with Bax’s Symphony No. 3.