Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra & BBC Symphony Chorus, Martyn Brabbins
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, Editor's Choice
The BBC Symphony Orchestra makes its own vividly virtuosic contribution, not least in the scherzo movement, ‘The waves’; credit is due also to Martyn Brabbins, in expert control of the work’s...
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
Marcus Farnsworth (baritone), Elizabeth Llewellyn (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra & BBC Symphony Chorus, Martyn Brabbins
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2018, Editor's Choice
The BBC Symphony Orchestra makes its own vividly virtuosic contribution, not least in the scherzo movement, ‘The waves’; credit is due also to Martyn Brabbins, in expert control of the work’s...
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One of the mightiest of first symphonies, Vaughan Williams’s setting of Walt Whitman creates a very special sense of occasion. The coupling is more Whitman: RVW’s later, virtually unknown Darest thou now, O soul for chorus and strings.
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineOctober 2018Editor's Choice
November 2018
The BBC Symphony Orchestra makes its own vividly virtuosic contribution, not least in the scherzo movement, ‘The waves’; credit is due also to Martyn Brabbins, in expert control of the work’s internal balance and its dramatic pacing, and to the production team in Blackheath Concert Halls.
October 2018
His is a painstakingly prepared and intelligently paced conception, combining a perceptive awareness of the grander scheme (climaxes are built and resolved with unerring authority), exemplary attention to detail and mastery of texture...the BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra respond with thrilling accomplishment and unflagging enthusiasm.
23rd September 2018
The choral singing is magnificent throughout, and the BBCSO vividly capture VW’s tangy, salty orchestration — especially in the scherzo.
New Classics November 2018
One of the mightiest of first symphonies, this setting of Walt Whitman creates a very special sense of occasion.
