Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony

2017

One of the mightiest of first symphonies, Vaughan Williams’s setting of Walt Whitman creates a very special sense of occasion. This recording features Elizabeth Llewellyn as solo soprano with Marcus Farnsworth, the BBC Symphony Chorus and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins.

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January 1, 2017

Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony

One of the mightiest of first symphonies, Vaughan Williams’s setting of Walt Whitman creates a very special sense of occasion. This recording features Elizabeth Llewellyn as solo soprano with Marcus Farnsworth, the BBC Symphony Chorus and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins.


“Elizabeth Llewellyn is outstanding, movingly lyrical and expressive when called for and positively thrilling at her great entrance ‘Token of all brave captains’, which has the electrifying impact the music demands—without in any way disturbing the underlying flow.”
- John Alexander, Classical Source

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January 1, 2017

Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony


“Elizabeth Llewellyn is outstanding, movingly lyrical and expressive when called for and positively thrilling at her great entrance ‘Token of all brave captains’, which has the electrifying impact the music demands—without in any way disturbing the underlying flow.”
- John Alexander, Classical Source

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January 1, 2017

Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony

One of the mightiest of first symphonies, Vaughan Williams’s setting of Walt Whitman creates a very special sense of occasion. This recording features Elizabeth Llewellyn as solo soprano with Marcus Farnsworth, the BBC Symphony Chorus and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins.


“Elizabeth Llewellyn is outstanding, movingly lyrical and expressive when called for and positively thrilling at her great entrance ‘Token of all brave captains’, which has the electrifying impact the music demands—without in any way disturbing the underlying flow.”
- John Alexander, Classical Source

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Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony

January 1, 2017

One of the mightiest of first symphonies, Vaughan Williams’s setting of Walt Whitman creates a very special sense of occasion. This recording features Elizabeth Llewellyn as solo soprano with Marcus Farnsworth, the BBC Symphony Chorus and the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins.

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“Elizabeth Llewellyn is outstanding, movingly lyrical and expressive when called for and positively thrilling at her great entrance ‘Token of all brave captains’, which has the electrifying impact the music demands—without in any way disturbing the underlying flow.”
- John Alexander, Classical Source

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