A London Symphony

Album by Ralph Vaughan Williams & London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Hickox

A London Symphony is the second symphony by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, composed in 1913–14 and first performed in 1914. The work employs broad orchestral textures, folk-inflected melodies and urban soundscapes to evoke scenes of London, and it marks an early symphonic statement that helped shape Vaughan Williams's mature orchestral voice within British music history.

A London Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams - album cover

First released: 1st April 2001

Classical

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1.
The Banks of Green Willow: Idyll
6:20
2.
Symphony no. 2 in G major "A London Symphony": I. Lento - Allegro risoluto
15:07
3.
Symphony no. 2 in G major "A London Symphony": II. Lento
16:16
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Symphony no. 2 in G major "A London Symphony": III. Scherzo (Nocturne): Allegro vivace - Andantino
11:05
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Symphony no. 2 in G major "A London Symphony": IV. Andante con moto - Maestoso alla marcia (quasi lento) - Allegro - Andantino ma sostenuto - Tempo primo - Allegro - Lento - Epilogue: Andante sostenuto - Lento
18:50