Richard Hickox - Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony

The original 1913 version of Symphony No. 2

Released for the first time on vinyl!

Released for the first time on 12-inch vinyl, Richard Hickox and the London Symphony Orchestra perform on this classic recording of Vaughan Williams's A London Symphony, the only one available of the symphony in its original 1913 version. Also featured is The Banks of Green Willow by George Butterworth, to whom A London Symphony was dedicated.

Side 1

George Butterworth (1885-1916)

The Banks of Green Willow

Idyll

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2)

Original 1913 version

I. Lento – Allegro risoluto

II. Lento

Side 2

A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2)

III. Scherzo [Nocturne]: Allegro vivace – Andantino

IV. Andante con moto – Maestoso alla Marcia [quasi lento] – Allegro – Andantino ma sostenuto – Tempo Primo – Allegro – Lento – Epilogue: Andante sostenuto - Lento

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