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Symphony no. 7 ; Symphony no. 8 / Vaughan Williams.

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Format:
Sound recording
Author/Creator:
Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958, composer.
Contributor:
Ritchie, Margaret, 1903-1969, singer.
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000, narrator.
Parfitt, Harold, instrumentalist.
Boult, Adrian, 1889-1983, conductor.
London Philharmonic Choir, singer.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, instrumentalist.
Series:
Eloquence (New York, N.Y.)
Naxos Music Library.
Eloquence
Standardized Title:
Symphonies. Selections
Language:
Undetermined
Subjects (All):
Symphonies.
Genre:
Streaming audio.
Sound recordings.
Symphonies.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 audio file).
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : Decca, [2013]
System Details:
digital
audio file
Participant:
Margaret Ritchie, soprano, Sir John Gielgud, narrator, London Philharmonic Choir (No. 7) ; Harold Parfitt, violin (No. 8) ; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, conductor.
Notes:
No. 7 uses music from Vaughan Williams' film score for the 1947 film "Scott of the Antarctic"; the vocal parts are textless. This recording contains narration of the superscriptions for each movement from Shelley, Coleridge, Donne, Psalm 104 & Scott's Antarctic journal (the composer intended these to be read by the listener).
Recorded 1953 and 1956.
Editions recorded: Oxford University Press.
Hard copy version record.
Contains:
Container of: Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Symphonies, no. 7
Container of: Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Symphonies, no. 8, D minor
Other Format:
Source record: Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958. Symphonies, no. 7. Sinfonia antartica.
OCLC:
1005737811
Publisher Number:
GBF075310101
GBF075310102
GBF075310103
GBF075310104
GBF075310105
GBF075610141
GBF075610142
GBF075610143
GBF075610144
00028947860488 Decca
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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