CD 1:
A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1)

CD 2:
A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2)

CD 3:
Pastoral Symphony (Symphony No. 3)
Symphony No. 4 in F minor

CD 4:
Symphony No. 5 in D major
Symphony No. 6 in E minor

CD 5:
Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No. 7)
Symphony No. 9 in E minor

CD 6:
Symphony No. 8 in D minor
Ralph Vaughan Williams reminisces (Lecture broadcast on 17 November 1955)
Barbara Hooper interviews Sir John Barbirolli
Robert Layton interviews Sir Adrian Boult
Ursula Vaughan Williams reminisces

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vaughan Williams, we are proud to reissue this outstanding symphony cycle. Started in 1999 by Richard Hickox and the London Symphony Orchestra, this was the first Vaughan Williams symphony cycle to be recorded in Surround Sound and released on Hybrid SACD. Tragically, Richard Hickox died before he was able to complete the project – a task that was undertaken by Sir Andrew Davis and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.

This reissue is priced at 6 discs for the price of 2, and features almost an hour of bonus material – broadcast interviews with Sir Adrian Boult and Sir John Barbirolli, and reminiscences from both Ursula Vaughan Williams and the composer himself.

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Recording: Barbican Centre, London: 3 and 4 June 2006 (No. 1); All Saints’ Church, Tooting, London: 18 and 19 December 2000 (No. 2), 16 – 18 January 2002 (No. 3), 8 and 9 January 2001 (No. 4), 28 October 1997 (No. 5) & 22 January 2003 (Nos 6 and 8).