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Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 2 'A London Symphony'

The Building a Library recommended recording from yesterday's Record Review.

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59 minutes

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421: III. Menuetto e trio. Allegretto

    Ensemble: Quatuor Hermès.
    • Echoes of Vienna.
    • La Dolce Volta.
    • 3.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 2, 'A London Symphony'

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • HYPERION.

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  • Last Sunday20:00

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