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Looking at it closely, Vaughan Williams' first symphony, A Sea Symphony, is his first major work; the composer, who was never in a hurry, was already thirty-six years old when he finished it, even though the writing process had taken him a good half a dozen years. Never in a hurry indeed... But this first great work was a masterpiece that propelled Vaughan Williams to the forefront of the musical world in that year of 1910, a position that he would never leave again. Quite the contrary in fact: masterpiece after masterpiece followed until the end of his life. His Symphony No.1 is the longest of his symphonies; there are four movements in which the choir appears like a soloist from start to finish alongside two real vocal soloists. The style is very modern - not too much in the wake of a Debussy, but truly at the basis of a complete renewal of English music in which Elgar also participated and which served as a foundation, for example, for Britten a few decades later. The album, which features the excellent conductor Andrew Manze at the head of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, closes with one of the composer's most famous works, The Lark Ascending for solo violin (James Ehnes here) and orchestra. It is a true wonder of poetry and invention. The composer limits the orchestra to strings and a few woodwinds, plus a triangle that plays a total of sixteen notes - what an invention! © SM/Qobuz
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Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Ensemble - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Walt Whitman, Composer - Andrew Manze, Conductor, MainArtist - Mark Stone, MainArtist - James Ehnes, MainArtist
(C) 2018 PM Classics Ltd (P) 2018 PM Classics
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Ensemble - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Walt Whitman, Composer - Andrew Manze, Conductor, MainArtist - Mark Stone, MainArtist
(C) 2018 PM Classics Ltd (P) 2018 PM Classics
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Ensemble - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Walt Whitman, Composer - Andrew Manze, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2018 PM Classics Ltd (P) 2018 PM Classics
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Ensemble - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Walt Whitman, Composer - Andrew Manze, Conductor, MainArtist - Mark Stone, MainArtist - James Ehnes, MainArtist
(C) 2018 PM Classics Ltd (P) 2018 PM Classics
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andrew Manze, Conductor, MainArtist - N/A, Composer - James Ehnes, MainArtist
(C) 2018 PM Classics Ltd (P) 2018 PM Classics
Album review
Looking at it closely, Vaughan Williams' first symphony, A Sea Symphony, is his first major work; the composer, who was never in a hurry, was already thirty-six years old when he finished it, even though the writing process had taken him a good half a dozen years. Never in a hurry indeed... But this first great work was a masterpiece that propelled Vaughan Williams to the forefront of the musical world in that year of 1910, a position that he would never leave again. Quite the contrary in fact: masterpiece after masterpiece followed until the end of his life. His Symphony No.1 is the longest of his symphonies; there are four movements in which the choir appears like a soloist from start to finish alongside two real vocal soloists. The style is very modern - not too much in the wake of a Debussy, but truly at the basis of a complete renewal of English music in which Elgar also participated and which served as a foundation, for example, for Britten a few decades later. The album, which features the excellent conductor Andrew Manze at the head of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, closes with one of the composer's most famous works, The Lark Ascending for solo violin (James Ehnes here) and orchestra. It is a true wonder of poetry and invention. The composer limits the orchestra to strings and a few woodwinds, plus a triangle that plays a total of sixteen notes - what an invention! © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 5 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:27
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Andrew Manze Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra James Ehnes
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Onyx Classics
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2018 PM Classics Ltd (P) 2018 PM Classics
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