Research Catalog

Title

A sea symphony [sound recording] ; Hodie / Vaughan Williams.

Author

Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.

Publication

[Hayes, Middlesex, England] : EMI Classics, p2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
• Marshall, Margaret, 1949-
• Roberts, Stephen, 1949-
• Gale, Elizabeth, 1948-
• Tear, Robert.
• Hickox, Richard, 1948-2008.
• Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
• London Symphony Chorus. prf
• Philharmonia Orchestra (London, England) prf
• St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England). Choristers. prf
• London Symphony Orchestra. prf

Description

1 sound disc : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Series Statement

British composers

Uniform Title

• Vocal music. Selections
• British composers.

Alternative Title

Vocal music.

Subjects

• Cantatas, Sacred
• Christmas music
• Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra
• Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892 > Musical settings
• Symphonies

Note

• Title from container insert.
• EMI Classics: 50999 9 68934 2 5 (50999 9 68935 2 4 (CD 1); 50999 9 68937 2 2 (CD 2))
• Text of the first work by Walt Whitman.
• Compact disc.
• Program notes in English ([8] p.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded: All Saints', Tooting, Feb. 27-28, March 1-2, 1989 (1st & 3rd works); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, April 4-6, 1990 (2nd work)

Contents

CD 1. A sea symphony. A song for all seas, all ships ; On the beach at night, alone ; Scherzo : the waves ; The explorers (Margaret Marshall, soprano ; Stephen Roberts, baritone ; London Symphony Chorus ; Philharmonia Orchestra (63:50) -- CD 2. Fantasia on Christmas Carols : version with full orchestra (Stephen Roberts, baritone ; London Symphony Chorus) ; Hodie : a Christmas cantata (Elizabeth Gale, mezzo-soprano ; Robert Tear, tenor ; Stephen Roberts, baritone ; London Symphony Chorus ; Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral ; London Symphony Orchestra)

OCLC

• ocn549579058
• 549579058

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries