Vaughn Williams Sacred Choral Music

Vaughn Williams Sacred Choral Music, performed by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge ★★
This set of songs was adequately performed but lacked brilliance and charm. It is typical of Vaughn Williams to have very predictable music so that if one has heard one Vaughn Williams piece, you’ve heard them all. There is nothing about these choral pieces to excite the soul or transcend the realm of the ennui. I purchased this CD hoping to find in VW and British music some charm—but, British music, like British food, tends to be bland and uninteresting. The Brits have failed to produced good composers, outside of Purcell and the Beatles. The more I listen to VW, I realize that it is not a matter of missing something in the music that is subtle or complex, such as learning to appreciate the music of Wagner. The music of VW is just plain boring and uncreative.