Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphonies No. 2 & No. 8 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrew Manze

• 1 I. Lento – Allegro risoluto (molto pesante) 14:29
• 2 II. Lento 10:59
• 3 III. Scherzo (Nocturne) - Allegro vivace 07:55
• 4 IV. Andante con moto – Maestoso alla Marcia (quasi lento) – Allegro – Maestoso alla Marcia (alla I) – Epilogue (Andante sostenuto) 13:19
• 5 I. Fantasia (Variazioni senza tema) 10:47
• 6 II. Scherzo alla marcia (per strumenti a fiato). Allegro alla marcia 03:50
• 7 III. Cavatina (per strumenti ad arco). Lento espressivo 09:03
• 8 IV. Toccata. Moderato maestoso 05:06
• Total Runtime 01:15:28

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Andrew Manze’s interpretations of Vaughan Williams’ Symphonies have met with acclaim from audiences and critics alike.

This first album in a complete symphony cycle with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra contains „A London Symphony“ and the kaleidoscopically brilliant 8th.

Inspired to write a purely orchestral symphony by his composer friend George Butterworth in 1912, the composer suggested it was ‘a symphony by a Londoner’. The 8th Symphony, scored for ‘all the ’phones and ’spiels known to the composer’, is a highly inventive work from the end of his life of which he said the opening movement was ‘seven variations in search of a theme’.

„Manze’s Vaughan Williams [Symphony No.8] was beautifully imagined from the first gleaming pools of vibraphone and celesta to the carnivalesque scherzo for wind and the tender cavatina for strings.“ (The Times)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Manze, conductor

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