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Symphony No. 5 - William Alwyn

Information about Symphony No. 5 by William Alwyn, and the best recordings available on CD or for download.

Inspired by Sir Thomas Browne's elegiac discourse Hydriotaphia, written in 1658.

The work was written in 1973.

RECOMMENDED RECORDINGS

Lloyd-Jones (Naxos 8.557647)

8.557647

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by David Lloyd-Jones.

Naxos 8.557647

Coupled with Symphony No. 2

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