A Sea Symphony
Album by Ralph Vaughan Williams & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir & Vernon Handley
A Sea Symphony is a choral symphony by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, completed in 1909. The work combines large-scale orchestral and choral forces with expansive modal melodies and maritime imagery, representing an early major statement in Vaughan Williams's career that helped shape the course of twentieth-century English symphonic writing.
First released: 1988
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- 1.A Sea Symphony: I. A Song for all Seas, all Ships19:52
- 2.A Sea Symphony: II. On the Beach at Night Alone11:44
- 3.A Sea Symphony: III. (Scherzo) The Waves8:17
- 4.A Sea Symphony: IV. The Explorers29:49
