Symphony No 2 'London' [Original Version] (with Butterworth - Banks of Green Willow)

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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No 2 'London' [Original Version] (with Butterworth - Banks of Green Willow)
London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox

[ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD ]

Release Date: Thursday 20 March 2003

This item is only available to us via Special Import.

'Hickox and the LSO respond with an unquenchable spirit, generous flexibility and tender affection that suit VW's admirably ambitious inspiration to a T, and Chandos' sound is big and bold to match. Quite simply, an essential purchase for anyone remotely interested in British music.'
(Gramophone)

Tracks:

George Butterworth (1885-1916)
1 The Banks of Green Willow 6:15
Idyll

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
world premiere recording
A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2) 61:21
Original 1913 version
2 I Lento - Allegro risoluto 15:03
3 II Lento 16:14
4 III Scherzo (Nocturne): Allegro vivace - Andantino 11:04
5 IV Andante con moto - Maestoso alla marcia (quasi lento) - Allegro - Andantino ma sostenuto - Tempo primo - Allegro - Lento - Epilogue: Andante sostenuto - Lento 18:51