*SACD Hybrid Edition. Limited Edition
Limited edition of 800 sets. Limited to 800 sets.
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The latest mastering source in 2022 is used (SACD layer and CD layer are mastered separately). Mastering engineer: Mr. Kosei Fujita
Original jacket design is used (some of the other original jacket designs are used in the commentary).
Commentary: Mr. Fujino Shunsuke (new commentary. Commentary: Mr. Fujino Shunsuke (new commentary with song titles), total of 40 pages of commentary
Composition | 5 CDs
Edition | Remaster
Tracks
Leif Vaughan Williams: The Complete Symphonies
＜DISC1＞ 1.
1. symphony of the sea (symphony no.1)
(for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra on a poem by Walt Whitman)
Recorded:23-26.IX.1968, Kingsway Hall, London
Producer:Christopher Bishop, Balance engineer:Robert Gooch
＜DISC2> 2.
London Symphony (Symphony No.2)
Rural Symphony (Symphony No.3)
Recorded:1-2.III.1971(2),14-15.II.1968(3), Kingsway Hall, London
Producer:Christopher Bishop, Balance engineer:Christopher Parker
＜DISC3> 4.
Symphony No. 4 in F minor
Symphony No.6 in E minor
Recorded:22-23.I&12.II.1968(4 ), 27.II.&1.III.1967 (5),
No1 Studio ,Abbey Road, London
Producer:Christopher Bishop, Balance engineer:Christopher Parker(4), Neville Boyling (5)
＜DISC4> 6.
Symphony No.5 in D major
Symphony No.9 in E minor
Recorded:1-3.IV.1969, Wembley Town Hall, London(6)
Recorded:18,22&23.XII.1969, Kingsway Hall, London(7)
Producer:Christopher Bishop, Balance engineer:Christopher Parker(6), Robert Gooch(7)
＜DISC5> 8.
Antarctic Symphony(Symphony No.7)
Symphony No.8 in D minor
Recorded:18.19&21.XI.1969(8), 25.IX,23.XII&26.III, 1969(9), Kingsway Hall, London
Producer:Christopher Bishop, Balance engineer:Christopher Parker(8), Robert Gooch(9)
Performed by.
Shayla Armstrong(Soprano), John Carroll Keyes
John Carroll Keyes(Baritone), London Philharmonic Chorus
London Philharmonic Chorus (Chorus Conductor: Frederick Jackson) (1 above)
Margaret Price (soprano) (3)
Norma Burroughs, soprano
London Philharmonic Chorus (Chorus Conductor: John Aldiss) (8)
New Philharmonia Orchestra (3-5)
London Philharmonic Orchestra (1,2,6-9)
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
Original Label
Warner Classics (former EMI)
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