A London Symphony
Album by Ralph Vaughan Williams & Elizabeth Watts & Mary Bevan & Kitty Whately & Royal College of Music Brass Ensemble & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Martyn Brabbins
A London Symphony is the second symphony by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, completed in 1913 and first performed in 1914. The four-movement orchestral work combines expansive late-Romantic textures with modal harmonies and folk-influenced melodic material to evoke both pastoral and urban aspects of London, and it represents an early statement of Vaughan Williams's English orchestral style.
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- 1.Symphony no. 2 in G major “A London Symphony”: Lento – Allegro risoluto14:50
- 2.Symphony no. 2 in G major “A London Symphony”: Lento13:00
- 3.Symphony no. 2 in G major “A London Symphony”: Scherzo: Nocturne – Allegro vivace8:08
- 4.Symphony no. 2 in G major “A London Symphony”: Finale: Andante con moto – Maestoso alla marcia – Allegro – Epilogue15:52
- 5.Sound Sleep5:28
- 6.Orpheus With His Lute2:36
- 7.Variations for Brass Band12:27
