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Special offer. Vaughan Williams - A Sea Symphony & Hodie

Margaret Marshall, Stephen Roberts, Elizabeth Gale & Robert Tear

London Symphony Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Vaughan Williams - A Sea Symphony & Hodie
Early performances by this much-missed conductor, the Sea Symphony splendidly vivid and boisterous but marred by the underpowered baritone and shrill soprano.

BBC Music Magazine, March 20104 out of 5 stars

Special offer. Vaughan Williams - A Sea Symphony & Hodie

Margaret Marshall, Stephen Roberts, Elizabeth Gale & Robert Tear

London Symphony Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

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Early performances by this much-missed conductor, the Sea Symphony splendidly vivid and boisterous but marred by the underpowered baritone and shrill soprano.

BBC Music Magazine, March 20104 out of 5 stars

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Contents and tracklist

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 1 'A Sea Symphony'
Work length1:03:42
I. (a) A Song for All Seas, All Ships. "Behold the Sea Itself"
Track length3:00
I. (b) A Song for All Seas, All Ships. "Today a Rude Brief Recitative"
Track length4:26
I. (c) A Song for All Seas, All Ships. "Flaunt out, O Sea, Your Separate Flags"
Track length2:24
I. (d) A Song for All Seas, All Ships. "Token of All Brave Captains"
Track length4:43
I. (e) A Song for All Seas, All Ships. "A Pennant Universal"
Track length3:36
II. (a) On the Beach at Night, Alone. "On the Beach at Night Alone"
Track length3:44
II. (b) On the Beach at Night, Alone. "A Vast Similitude Interlocks All"
Track length7:21
III. Scherzo. The Waves
Track length7:26
IV. (a) The Explorers. "O Vast Rondure, Swimming in Space"
Track length4:19
IV. (b) The Explorers. "Down from the Gardens of Asia Descending"
Track length6:28
IV. (b) The Explorers. "O We Can Wait No Longer"
Track length5:03
IV. (b) The Explorers. "O Thou Transcendent"
Track length3:17
IV. (e) The Explorers. "Greater Than Stars or Suns"
Track length1:26
IV. (f) The Explorers. "Sail Forth"
Track length2:05
IV. (g) The Explorers. "O My Brave Soul"
Track length4:24
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Work length11:31
This Is the Truth Sent from Above
Track length4:33
Come All You Worthy Gentlemen
Track length2:12
On Christmas Night All Christians Sing
Track length1:27
God Bless the Ruler of This House
Track length3:19
Vaughan Williams: Hodie, a Christmas Cantata
Work length57:46
I. Prologue. "Nowell! Nowell!"
Track length3:46
II. Narration. "Now the Birth of Jesus Christ"
Track length4:50
III. Song. "It Was the Winter Wild"
Track length4:24
IV. Narration. "And it Came to Pass in Those Days"
Track length1:49
V. Choral. "The Blessed Son of God"
Track length2:42
VI. Narration. "And there Were in the Same Country"
Track length6:57
VII. Song. "Christmas Eve, and Twelve of the Clock"
Track length3:20
VIII. Narration. "And the Shepherds Returned"
Track length1:03
IX. Pastoral. "The Shepherds Sing"
Track length2:44
X. Narration. "But Mary Kept All These Things"
Track length0:37
XI. Lullaby. "Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sang"
Track length2:38
XII. Hymn. "Bright Portals of the Sky"
Track length3:15
XIII. Narration. "Now When Jesus Was Born"
Track length2:48
XIV. The March of the Three Kings. "From Kingdoms of Wisdom"
Track length7:50
XV. Choral. "No Sad Thought His Soul Affright"
Track length2:26
XVI. Epilogue. "In the Beginning Was the Word"
Track length6:37

Awards and reviews

March 2010

Early performances by this much-missed conductor, the Sea Symphony splendidly vivid and boisterous but marred by the underpowered baritone and shrill soprano.
4 out of 5 stars
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