A Sea Symphony

Album by Ralph Vaughan Williams & Elizabeth Llewellyn & Marcus Farnsworth & BBC Symphony Orchestra & BBC Symphony Chorus & Martyn Brabbins

A Sea Symphony is a choral symphony by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, completed in 1909. Scored for orchestra, chorus and soloists, it combines expansive orchestral textures, modal harmonies and hymn-like choral writing in large-scale settings of seafaring and natural themes, and as Vaughan Williams's first symphony it marks his emergence as a symphonic voice in early 20th-century British music.
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  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 1 “A Sea Symphony”: A Song for All Seas, All Ships (Moderato maestoso)
    19:19
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 1 “A Sea Symphony”: On the Beach at Night Alone (Largo sostenuto)
    11:09
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 1 “A Sea Symphony”: Scherzo: The Waves (Allegro brillante)
    7:54
  4. 4.
    Symphony no. 1 “A Sea Symphony”: The Explorers (Grave e molto adagio – Andante con moto)
    29:18
  5. 5.
    Darest Thou Now, O Soul
    3:12

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