Vaughan Williams - Symphones Nos. 7 & 8
Christopher Dowie (organ) & Lynda Russell (soprano)
Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kees Bakels
The Dutchman directs with intelligence and lucidity… Bakel's Eighth is very good too. —
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 7 'Sinfonia antartica'
- Lynda Russell (soprano), Christopher Dowie (organ)
- Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Kees Bakels
I. Prelude: Andante maestoso-Lento-Poco animato-Piu mosso-Tranquillo-Andante...- Largamente
II. Scherzo: Moderato
III. Landscape: Lento
IV. Intermezzo: Andante sostenuto-Allegretto-Pesante-Tempo primo tranquillo
V. Epilogue: Alla marcia, moderato (non troppo allegro) - Andante maestoso
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8 in D minor
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Kees Bakels
I. Fantasia: Moderato-Presto-Andante...-Allegretto-Andante...-Allegro...-Andante...-Largamente-Tempo I
II. Scherzo alla Marcia (per stromenti a fiato): Allegro alla marcia - Andante - Tempo primo
III. Cavatina (Per stromenti ad arco): Lento espressivo
IV. Toccata: Moderato maestoso
Vaughan Williams: Movement superscriptions for Sinfonia antartica
- David Timson (reader)
I. Prelude: 'To suffer woes which Hope thinks infinite' (Shelley: Prometheus Unbound)
II. Scherzo: 'There go the ships' (Book of Common Prayer, Psalm 104)
III. Landscape: 'Ye Ice Falls!' (Coleridge: Hymn before Sunrise, in the Vale of Chamouni)
IV. Intermezzo: 'Love, all alike' (Donne: The Sun Rising)
V. Epilogue: 'I do not regret this journey' (Captain Scott: Message to the Public)