A Sea Symphony

Album by Ralph Vaughan Williams & BBC Symphony Orchestra & BBC Symphony Chorus & Sir Andrew Davis

A Sea Symphony is the first symphony by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, premiered in 1910. Scored for large orchestra, chorus and vocal soloists, it combines expansive, seascape-inspired orchestration with modal and pastoral harmonic language and marked Vaughan Williams's emergence as a symphonic composer within the early 20th-century English musical revival.
First released: February 1994

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Symphony No. 1 "A Sea Symphony": I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships
    19:02
  2. 2.
    Symphony No. 1 "A Sea Symphony": II. On the Beach at Night, Alone
    10:27
  3. 3.
    Symphony No. 1 "A Sea Symphony": III. Scherzo: The Waves
    7:53
  4. 4.
    Symphony No. 1 "A Sea Symphony": IV. The Explorers
    28:08

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