VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: SYMPHONIES NOS.7 & 9

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Label
ONYX CLASSICS
Release Date
June 7, 2019
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
    • PERFORMER
      Andrew Manze
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 07, 2019
    • UPC
      880040419020
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ONXC4190.2
    • LABEL
      ONYX CLASSICS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prelude: Andante maestoso

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: female section Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Timothy West, Rowan Pierce, Graham Eccles

      Conductor: Andrew Manze

    2. II. Scherzo: Moderato

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Timothy West, Graham Eccles

      Conductor: Andrew Manze

    3. III. Landscape: Lento

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Timothy West, Graham Eccles

      Conductor: Andrew Manze

    4. IV. Intermezzo: Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Timothy West, Graham Eccles

      Conductor: Andrew Manze

    5. V. Epilogue: Alla marcia, moderato (non troppo allegro)

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: female section Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Timothy West, Rowan Pierce, Graham Eccles

      Conductor: Andrew Manze

    6. I. Moderato maestoso

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Manze

    7. II. Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Manze

    8. III. Scherzo: Allegro pesante

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Manze

    9. IV. Andante tranquillo

      Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams

      Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Andrew Manze


The final volume of Andrew Manze's Vaughan Williams symphony cycle with the the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra features Symphonies Nos.7 and 9. The seventh drew it's inspiration from music Vaughan Williams had composed for the film Scott of the Antarctic. The composer headed each movement with a literary quotation. They are narrated on this recording by distinguished actor Timothy West. Existing manuscripts of the ninth symphony support the idea that Vaughan Williams originally thought to compose a programmatic work based on Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbevilles. This work, dating from the composer's final years, bares no trace of creative decline.