The steersman ; The future ; Flourish for Glorious John, Fantasia (SACD) (2024)

"This is a release which will be of great interest to all VW devotees, containing as it does first recordings of two early scores, The Steersman and The Future which were left incomplete by the composer and which have been prepared for performance by Martin Yates. Hugh Cobbe’s notes provide valuable background on all the compositions and I’ve drawn on them in the course of this review. (...) The recorded sound is very good indeed and Dutton have provided good documentation. This is a disc which sheds fresh light on Vaughan Williams’ composing activities around the turn of the twentieth century. As such, it will be of considerable interest to anyone interested in the music of this great composer." (musicwebinternational.com)