Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orch / Manze, Andrew Vaughan Williams Symphonies Nos.7 & 9 – COMPACT DISCS

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Title: Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos.7 & 9
Artist: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orch / Manze, Andrew
Label: Onyx Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 880040419020
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019-06-07
Number of Discs: 1
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.
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