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
“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
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
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