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The Solent: 50 Years of Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams

9/4/2013, 15 Tracks, 1:00:35

Featuring

  • Paul Daniel
  • Roland Wood
  • Andrew Kennedy
  • Nicholas Bootiman
  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

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Composition History

The Three Impressions for Orchestra, including "Burley Heath," "The Solent," and "Harnham Down," are receiving their world premiere recording on this album.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Vaughan Williams' music consistently explored life as a spiritual and personal journey, often using the sea as a metaphor for its perils.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Vaughan Williams aimed to create and sustain a 'true school of English music,' an ambition he shared with Gustav Holst, another English composer.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

Every CD released by Albion Records, including this one, features at least one world premiere recording.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

Albion Records, the label for this album, is the record label of The Ralph Vaughan Williams Society, a charity dedicated to raising the composer's profile.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Incidental Music to The Mayor of Casterbridge is also a world premiere recording on this album.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Paul Daniel, the conductor, received an Olivier Award for outstanding achievement in opera in 1998 and a Gramophone award in 1999 for his English music series.

Source: Booklet

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