The Symphonies

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

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Disc 1

  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

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony no. 2 “A London Symphony”: I. Lento - Allegro risoluto
    15:01
  2. 3.
    Symphony no. 2 “A London Symphony”: II. Lento
    10:58
  3. 4.
    Symphony no. 2 “A London Symphony”: III. Scherzo (Nocturne): Allegro vivace
    8:24
  4. 5.
    Symphony no. 2 “A London Symphony”: IV. Andante con moto - Maestoso alla marcia - Epilogue: Andante sostenuto
    14:25
  5. 6.
    Symphony no. 8 in D minor: I. Fantasia (Variazioni Senza Tema)
    10:46
  6. 7.
    Symphony no. 8 in D minor: II. Scherzo alla marcia (for wind instruments)
    3:35
  7. 8.
    Symphony no. 8 in D minor: III. Cavatina (for strings)
    8:26
  8. 9.
    Symphony no. 8 in D minor: IV. Toccata
    5:15

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Symphony no. 4 in F minor: I. Allegro
    9:47
  2. 4.
    Symphony no. 4 in F minor: II. Andante moderato
    10:04
  3. 5.
    Symphony no. 4 in F minor: III. Allegro molto
    5:40
  4. 6.
    Symphony no. 4 in F minor: IV. Finale con epilogo fugato - allegro molto
    9:47
  5. 7.
    Symphony no. 5 in D major: I. Preludio. Moderato
    12:44
  6. 8.
    Symphony no. 5 in D major: II. Scherzo. Allegro
    5:04
  7. 9.
    Symphony no. 5 in D major: III. Romanza. Lento
    12:51
  8. 10.
    Symphony no. 5 in D major: IV. Passacaglia. Moderato
    10:28

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Symphony no. 6 in E minor: I. Allegro
    7:25
  2. 5.
    Symphony no. 6 in E minor: II. Moderato
    8:55
  3. 6.
    Symphony no. 6 in E minor: III. Scherzo
    5:58
  4. 7.
    Symphony no. 6 in E minor: IV. Epilogue
    9:48
  5. 8.
    Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
    15:46
  6. 9.
    The Lark Ascending
    14:23
  7. 10.
    Fantasia on Greensleeves
    4:35
  8. 11.
    The Wasps - Overture
    9:26

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Sinfonia Antarctica (Symphony no. 7) I. Prelude
    10:11
  2. 6.
    Sinfonia Antarctica (Symphony no. 7) II. Scherzo
    6:28
  3. 7.
    Sinfonia Antarctica (Symphony no. 7) III. Landscape
    11:10
  4. 8.
    Sinfonia Antarctica (Symphony no. 7) IV. Intermezzo
    5:53
  5. 9.
    Sinfonia Antarctica (Symphony no. 7) V. Epilogue
    9:26
  6. 10.
    A Pastoral Symphony (Symphony no. 3) I. Molto moderato
    9:33
  7. 11.
    A Pastoral Symphony (Symphony no. 3) II. Lento moderato
    7:52
  8. 12.
    A Pastoral Symphony (Symphony no. 3) III. Moderato pesante - Presto
    6:07
  9. 13.
    A Pastoral Symphony (Symphony no. 3) IV. Lento - Moderato maestoso - Lento
    10:43

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Symphony no. 9 in E minor I. Moderato maestoso
    8:46
  2. 7.
    Symphony no. 9 in E minor II. Andante sostenuto
    8:39
  3. 8.
    Symphony no. 9 in E minor III. Scherzo. Allegro pesante
    5:18
  4. 9.
    Symphony no. 9 in E minor IV. Andante tranquillo - Poco animato
    11:28
  5. 10.
    Job: Scene I. Introduction
    6:05
  6. 11.
    Saraband of the Sons of God
    4:20
  7. 12.
    Job: Scene II. Satan’s Dance of Triumph
    3:18
  8. 13.
    Job: Scene III. Minuet of the Sons of Job and Their Wives
    3:36
  9. 14.
    Job: Scene IV. Job’s Dream
    4:01
  10. 15.
    Job: Scene V. Dance of the Three Messengers
    4:58
  11. 16.
    Job: Scene VI. Dance of Job’s Comforters
    4:32
  12. 17.
    Job: Scene VII. Elihu’s Dance of Youth and Beauty
    4:12
  13. 18.
    Pavane of the Sons of the Morning
    1:42
  14. 19.
    Job: Scene VIII. Galliard of the Sons of the Morning
    2:21
  15. 20.
    Altar Dance
    2:20
  16. 21.
    Job: Scene IX. Epilogue
    3:28

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