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HAVERGAL BRIAN
(1876-1972)

Born in Dresden, Staffordshire. Except for some instrumental lessons by local teachers, Britain’s most prolific symphonist was basically self-taught. He composed incessantly throughout his long life but only saw his music discovered when he was in his eighties. Prior to the 32 numbered Symphonies he wrote a "Fantastic Symphony" in 1907 that was later broken up to become "Fantastic Variations on an Old Rhyme" and "Festal Dance." For orchestra his other works include a Cello Concerto, 5 English Suites (one is lost) and 3 Comedy Overtures.

Violin Concerto (1934-5)

Marat Bisengaliev (violin)/Lionel Friend/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 18 and Jolly Miller Overture)
NAXOS 8.557775 (2005)
(original CD release: MARCO POLO 8.223479) (1994)

Ralph Holmes (violin)/Stanley Pope/New Philharmonia Orchestra (rec. 1969)
{attributed to: "Emil Leibowitz (violin)/Horst Werner/Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra"}
( + Symphony No. 28)
ARIES 1607 (LP) ▼

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WILLIAM HURLSTONE
(1876-1906)

Born in Richmond Gardens, London. He studied at the Royal College of Music with Charles Stanford, Algernon Ashton and Edward Dannreuther. After graduation he conducted various orchestras and taught at the Croydon Conservatoire of Music and later very briefly at the RCM. He composed mostly for chamber groups leaving only several works for orchestra including a fairy tale suite "The Magic Mirror," Variations on an Original Theme and Variations on a Hungarian Air.

Piano Concerto in D major (1896)

Eric Parkin (piano)/Nicholas Braithwaite/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Fantaisie-Variations on a Swedish Air, Piano Trio and Piano Quartet)
LYRITA SRCD.2286 (2 CDs) (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.100) (1979)

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RUTLAND BOUGHTON
(1878-1960)

Born in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Studied at the Royal College of Music with Charles Stanford and Henry Walford Davies (1869-1941, composed a Symphony in G major and a Children’s Symphony). In addition to teaching, his musical career basically revolved around the composition and performances of his operas. His attempt to establish an English operatic cycle similar to Wagner was unsuccessful. He also wrote a 2^nd Oboe Concerto, 3 Symphonies and symphonic poems.

Concerto for Oboe and Strings No. 1 in C major (1936)

Sarah Francis (oboe)/Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 3)
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55019 (1999)
(original CD release: HYPERION CDA66343) (1989)

Concerto in D major for Flute and Strings (1937)

Emily Beynon (flute)/Ronald Corp/The New London Orchestra
( + Concerto for Strings, Aylesbury Games and 3 Folk Dances)
HYPERION CDA67185 (2000)

Concerto for Strings (1937)

Ronald Corp/The New London Orchestra
( + Concerto for Flute and Strings, Aylesbury Games and 3 Folk Dances)
HYPERION CDA67185 (2000)

Trumpet Concerto (1943)

John Wallace (trumpet)/Simon Wright/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Carmichael: Trumpet Concerto, Hamilton: Jazz Trumpet Concerto and Hewitt-Jones: Concerto for Trumpet and Strings)
ASV WHITE LINE WHL2159 (2006)

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JOSEF HOLBROOKE
(1878-1958)

Born in Croydon. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Frederick Westlake and Frederick Corder. His musical career began with time spent in music halls as a pianist and conductor and he supplemented his income as a music critic. He eventually had success as a conductor and pianist but his compositions never really made a breakthrough. His catalogue was vast and included operas, symphonies, large-scale symphonic poems based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe and much else in all genres. He wrote several other Concertos: Piano Concerto no. 2 (1928), Violin Concerto (1917), Cello Concerto (1936), Saxophone Concerto (1927) and 2 later Concertos for various combinations of instruments.

Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 52 "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd" (1905-8)

Philip Challis (piano)/Geoffrey Heald-Smith/City of Hull Youth Orchestra
( + Bantock: Sapphic Poem and Mackenzie: The Little Minister Overture)
GOUGH & DAVY GD 2003 (1978)

Hamish Milne (piano)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Haydn Wood: Piano Concerto)
HYPERION CDA67127 (2000)

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FRANK BRIDGE
(1879-1941)

Born in Brighton. Studied with Charles Stanford at the Royal College of Music. Bridge was probably the most qualified British composer who never wrote a symphony. When he finally started one it was too late. The fragment listed below was arranged by Anthony Pople in 1979. Bridge had a successful career as a conductor and teacher and composed much music of the highest quality. His major works for orchestra include the suite "The Sea," Dance Rhapsody, Dance Poem, the tone poems "Isabella" and "Summer" and the rhapsody "Enter Spring."

Oration (Concerto Elegiaco) for Cello and Orchestra (1930)

Alexander Baillie (cello)/John Carewe/Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra
( + Enter Spring)
PEARL SHECD9601 (1987)

Alban Gerhardt (cello)/Richard Hickox/BBC National Orchestra of Wales
( + Rebus, Allegro Moderato, Lament and A Prayer)
CHANDOS CHAN 10188 (2004)

Steven Isserlis (cello)/Richard Hickox /City of London Sinfonia
( + Britten: Cello Symphony)
EMI CDC7 49716-2 (1992)

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)/Nicholas Braithwaite/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Phantasm)
LYRITA SRCD.244 (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.104) (1979)

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)/Richard Dickens/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Elgar: Cello Concerto and Holst: Invocation)
NIMBUS N15763 (2006)

Phantasm (Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra) (1931)

Howard Shelley (piano)/Richard Hickox/BBC National Orchestra of Wales
( + Summer, Coronation March, There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook, Vignettes de Danse and Sir Roger de Coverley)
CHANDOS CHAN 10112 (2003)

Kathryn Stott (piano)/ Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Ireland: Piano Concerto and Walton: Sinfonia Concertante)
Conifer CDCF175 (1990)

Peter Wallfisch (piano)/Nicholas Braithwaite/ London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Oration)
LYRITA SRCD.244 (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.91) (1977)

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JOHN IRELAND
(1879-1962)

Born in Bowdon, Cheshire. He studied at the Royal College of Music with Stanford and simultaneously worked as a professional organist. He continued his career as an organist after graduation and also held a teaching position at the Royal College. Being also an excellent pianist he composed a lot of solo works for this instrument but in addition to the Piano Concerto he is best known for his for his orchestral pieces, especially the London Overture, and several choral works.

Piano Concerto in E flat major (1930)

Colin Horsley (piano)/Basil Cameron/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS 352279-2 (2 CDs) (2006)
(original LP release: HMV CLP1182) (1958)

Eileen Joyce (piano)/Leslie Heward/Hallé Orchestra (rec. 1942)
( + Moeran: Symphony in G minor)
DUTTON LABORATORIES CDAX 8001 (1993)
(original LP release: HMV TREASURY EM290462-3 {2 LPs}) (1985)

Piers Lane (piano)/David Lloyd-Jones/Ulster Orchestra
( + Legend and Delius: Piano Concerto)
HYPERION CDA67296 (2006)

Eric Parkin (piano)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + These Things Shall Be, Legend, Satyricon Overture and 2 Symphonic Studies)
LYRITA SRCD.241 (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.36 (1968)

Eric Parkin (piano)/Bryden Thomson/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Legend and Mai-Dun)
CHANDOS CHAN 8461 (1986)

Kathryn Stott (piano)/ Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Bridge: Phantasm and Walton: Sinfonia Concertante)
CONIFER CDCF175 (1990)

David Strong (piano)/Douglas Bostock/Aalborg Symphony Orchestr
( + Britten: Piano Concerto)
CLASSICO CLASSCD704 (2007)

Geoffrey Tozer (piano)/David Measham/Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
( + Rubbra: Violin Concerto {Carl Pini –violin})
Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD9056 (1986)

Legend for Piano and Orchestra (1933)

Jane Coop (piano)/Mario Bernardi/CBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Rawsthorne: Piano Concerto No. 1, Britten: Piano Concerto and Finzi: Eclogue)
CBC SM 5208 (2001)

Piers Lane (piano)/David Lloyd-Jones/Ulster Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto and Delius: Piano Concerto)
HYPERION CDA67296 (2006)

Eric Parkin (piano)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic
( + Piano Concerto, These Things Shall Be, Satyricon Overture and 2 Symphonic Studies)
LYRITA SRCD.241 (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.32 (1966)

Eric Parkin (piano)/Bryden Thomson/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto and Mai-Dun)
CHANDOS CHAN 8461 (1986)

Concertino Pastorale for String Orchestra (1939)

Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + The Holy Boy, Downland Suite: Elegy & Minuet and Bridge: Suite for Strings, Lament, 2 Old English Songs and Sir Roger de Coverley)
LYRITA SRCD.242 (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.31) (1966)

John Farrer/English Sinfonia
( + Downland Suite: Elegy & Minuet, The Holy Boy and Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, Fantasia on Greensleev and Partita)
CARLTON CLASSICS 30366 0060-2 (1997)

Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
( + A Downland Suite, Orchestral Poem in A minor an 2 Symphonic Studies)
CHANDOS CHAN 9376 (1995)

George Hurst/Bournemouth Sinfonietta
( + Holst: St Paul's Suite for Strings, Elgar: Serenade for Strings and Warlock: Capriol Suite)
CHANDOS CHAN 8375 (1992)
(original LP release: RCA RL25071) (1977)

Colin Mawby/Westminster Cathedral String Orchestra
( + L. Berkeley: Antiphon and M, Berkeley: Meditations)
UNICORN UNS260 (LP)(1980)

Izler Solomon/MGM String Orchestra
( + Britten: Simple Symphony)
MGM 3074 (LP)

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SIR HAMILTON HARTY
(1879-1951)

Born in Hillsborough, County Down, Ireland. His musical education was obtained from his father and he went on to have great success as a piano accompanist and conductor. He moved to England in 1901. His major works for orchestra include an Irish Symphony, A John Field Suite and the symphonic poem, "With the Wild Geese."

Piano Concerto in B minor (1922)

Malcolm Binns (piano)/Bryden Thomson/Ulster Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto {Ralph Holmes – violin})
CHANDOS 7032 (1996)
(original LP release: CHANDOS ABRD 1084) (1983)

Peter Donohoe (piano)/Takuo Yuasa/Ulster Orchestra
( + Comedy Overture and Fantasy Scenes)
NAXOS 8.557731 (2006)

Violin Concerto in D minor (1908)

Ralph Holmes (violin)/Bryden Thomson/Ulster Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto {Malcolm Binns - piano})
CHANDOS 7032 (1996)
(original LP release: CHANDOS DBR 2001) {2 LPs}) (1979)

In Ireland, Fantasy for Flute, Harp and Orchestra (1935)

Colin Fleming (flute)/Denise Kelly (harp)/Bryden Thomson/Ulster Orchestra
( + John Field Suite, Londonderry Air and Handel: Water Music {arr, Harty})
CHANDOS COLLECT CHAN 6583 (1994)
(original LP release: CHANDOS ABRD 1084) (1983)

Chris Norman (flute)/Marjorie Hartzell (harp)/Fernando Hasaj/Camerata Bariloche
( + Packham: Cape Breton Concerto and South American Suite and McGuire: The Gaelic Flute)
DORIAN DOR-90250 (1997)

Variations on a Dublin Air for Violin and Orchestra (1912)

Ralph Holmes (violin)/Bryden Thomson/Ulster Orchestra
( + Children of Lir, Ode to a Nightingale and Londonderry Air)
CHANDOS CHAN 7033 (1996)
(original LP release: CHANDOS DBR 2001) {2 LPs}) (1979)

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CYRIL SCOTT
(1879-1970)

Born in Oxton, Cheshire. Went to Frankfurt am Main at the age of 12 to study with Engelbert Humperdinck and Lazarro Uzielli and returned there for further study with Iwan Knorr. He composed prolifically in all genres during his long life and had great success at an early stage. This did not last and his music is only starting to be revived at the present time after many decades of obscurity. He wrote 4 Symphonies, a Sinfonietta for Strings, Organ and Harp and a Sinfonietta for Strings, Concertos for Cello and Harpsichord and other works for orchestra.

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major (1913-14)

John Ogdon (piano)/Bernard Herrmann/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 2 and Early One Morning)
LYRITA SRCD.251 (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.81) (1975)

Howard Shelley (piano)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Philharmonic
( + Symphony No. 4 and Early one Morning)
CHANDOS CHAN 10376 (2006)

Piano Concerto No. 2 (1958)

John Ogdon (piano)/Bernard Herrmann/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 1 and Early One Morning)
LYRITA SRCD.251 (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.82) (1977)

Howard Shelley (piano)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Philharmonic
( + Symphony No. 3 and Neptune)
CHANDOS CHAN 10211 (2004)

Violin Concerto (c. 1925)

Olivier Charlier (violin)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Philharmonic
( + Festival Overture, Aubade and 3 Symphonic Dances)
CHANDOS CHAN 10407 (2007)

Cello Concerto (1931)

Paul Watkins (cello}/Martin Brabbins/BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 1)
CHANDOS CHAN 10452 (2008)

Early One Morning, Poem for Piano and Orchestra (1931)

John Ogden (piano)/Bernard Herrmann/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2)
LYRITA SRCD.251 (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.82) (1977)

Howard Shelley (piano)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Philharmonic
( + Symphony No. 4 and Piano Concerto No. 1-)
CHANDOS CHAN 10376 (2006)

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JOHN FOULDS
(1880-1939)

Born in Manchester. He learned the piano and cello at a very young age and used these skills to earn a living in theater orchestras before joining the Hallé Orchestra at the age of 20. He held various musical director posts in London before going to India in 1935 where he immersed himself in the study of Indian folk music while still engaged as a conductor. His music has recently emerged from obscurity and he is found to have been a serious composer far ahead of his own time and not just a creator of light music. Much of his extensive catalogue has been lost but his 1st Cello Concerto (1911), a number of still unrecorded orchestral works and a World Requiem are still extant.

Dynamic Triptych for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 88 (1927-29)

Peter Donohoe (piano)/Sakari Oromo/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
( + April-England, Music-Pictures Group III, The Song of Ram Dass and Keltic Lament)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 62999-2 (2006)

Howard Shelley (piano)/Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto)
LYRITA SRCD.211 (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.130) (1984)

Apotheosis (Elegy), Music Poem No, 4 for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 18 (1909)

Daniel Hope (violin)/Sakari Oramo/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
( + 3 Mantras, Lyra Celtica and Mirage)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61525-2 (2001)

Lyra Celtica, Concerto for Voice and Orchestra, Op. 50 (c. 1925)

Susan Bickley (mezzo)/ Sakari Oramo/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
( + 3 Mantras, Apotheosis and Mirage)
WARNER CLASSICS 2564 61525-2 (2001)

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HEALY WILLAN
(1880-1968)

Born in Balham, Surrey. He received most of his musical training at St. Saviour’s Choir School in Eastbourne and then had further organ studies with William Stevenson Hoyte. He emigrated to Toronto, Canada in 1913 and established himself as an organist and teacher. He specialized in liturgical and organ music but composed in most other genres as well. He wrote 2 Symphonies and several shorter works for orchestra.

Piano Concerto in C minor (1944)

Sheila Henig (piano)/John Avison/CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra
( + Schumann: Overture, Scherzo and Finale)
CBC SM 205 (LP) (1973)

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HAYDN WOOD
(1882-1959)

Born in Slaithwaite, Yorkshire. He was taught the violin by his brother and went to the Royal College of Music where Stanford was one of his teachers. He was enormously successful as a composer of light orchestral music and popular songs. He spent some years on the Isle of Man and wrote several works that reflect the folk music of the place. His other major serious orchestral works are a Violin Concerto in B minor (1932) and a Symphony in D minor (1908). The latter work is presumably lost.

Piano Concerto in D minor (1909)

Hamish Milne (piano)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Holbrooke: Piano Concerto No. 1)
HYPERION CDA67127 (2000)

Fantasy-Concerto in F major for Strings (1905, rev. 1949)

David Lloyd-Jones/English Northern Philharmonia
( + Bridge: Sally in Our Alley, Cherry Ripe and Sir Roger de Coverley, Geoffrey Bush: Consort Music, Delius: Air and Dance, Elgar: Sospiri, Ireland: The Holy Boy,Vaughan Williams: Charterhouse Suite and Warlock: Serenade for Frederick Delius)
NAXOS 8.555068 (2001)

Philharmonic Variations for Cello and Orchestra (1939)

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)/Vernon Handley/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Murrill: Cello Concerto No. 2, Rubbra: Soliloquy and Dyson: Prelude, Fantasy and Chaconne)
WHITE LINE CDWHL 2153 (2004)

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HUBERT BATH
(1883-1945)

Born in Barnstaple, Devon. After training in composition at the Royal Academy of Musicunder Frederick Corder, he had careers as a conductor, teacher (at the Guildhall School of Music) and composer. His specialty was light opera but he composed in many other genres. He achieved considerable fame very late in life as a result of the work listed below.

Cornish Rhapsody (from the movie "Love Story") (1944)

Daniel Adni (piano)/Kenneth Alwyn/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto, Williams : The Dream of Olwen, Rózsa : Spellbound Concerto, Cornish Rhapsody, Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue and R.R.Bennett:Murder on the Orient -excerpts)
Classics for Pleasure 3523922 (2006)
(original LP release: HMV ASD3862) (1980)

Harriet Cohen (piano)/Hubert Bath/London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1944)
( + Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto, Williams: The Dream of Olwen, Rózsa: Spellbound Concerto, Bliss: Things to Come: Suite and other film score excerpts by Morey and Brodszky)
NAXOS NOSTALGIA 8.120597 (2002)

Roderick Elms (piano)/Barry Wordsworth/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + light orchestral works by Vivian Ellis, Haydn Wood, Eric Coates, Robert Farnon, Trevor Duncan, Charles Williams, Arthur Benjamin), Edward White, Anthony Collins and Edward Elgar).
WARNER CLASSICS 2564614382 (2004)

Philip Fowke (piano)/Proinnsias O'Duinn/RTE Concert Orchestra
( + Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto, Williams : The Dream of Olwen, Rózsa : Spellbound Concerto, Cornish Rhapsody, Herrmann: Concerto Macabre, Rota: Legend of the Glass Mountain, Beaver: Portrait of Isla, Pennario: Midnight on the Cliffs and R.R.Bennett:Murder on the Orient Express- excerpts)
NAXOS 8.554323 (1998)

Isador Goodman (piano)/Patrick Thomas/Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
( + Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto, Williams: Dream of Olwen, Rózsa: Spellbound Concerto, Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Evans: Idyll, Goodman: New Guinea Fantasy, Litolff: Scherzo and Rachmaninoff: excerpts from Piano Concerto No. 2 and Paganini Rhapsody)
PHILIPS (Australia) 476 7333 (2005)
(? original LP release: DG MUSIKFEST 413 259-1)

Leo Litwin (piano)/Arthur Fiedler/Boston Pops Orchestra
( + Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto, Williams : Dream of Olwen and excerpts from film scores by Rózsa, Raksin, Tiomkin, North, Miller, Auric and Provost)
RCA VICTOR 60392-2 (1990)
(original LP release: RCA RED SEAL LSC-2380) (1960)

Leonard Pennario (piano)/Miklos Rózsa/Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
( + Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto, Wildman (Mattes): Swedish Rhapsody, Litolff: Scherzo and encores by Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Sinding amd Rachmaninoff)
EMI CLASSICS CDM 7 63661 2 (1995)
(original US LP release: CAPITOL SP-8326) (1959)

Santiago Rodriguez (piano)/William Hudson/Fairfax Symphony Orchestra
( + Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto, Rosza: Spellbound Concerto, Wildman {Mattes}: Swedish Rhapsody, Stevens: Piano Concerto, Ward: Piano Concerto, Gershwin: Delicious and Myers: Deer Hunter-Cavatina)
ELAN ELN 82268 (1996)

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SIR ARNOLD BAX
(1883-1953)

Born in London. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Frederick Corder and Tobias Matthay. Coming from a wealthy background, Bax needed no musical employment to be able to pursue his creativity in both music and literature. Beyond the Concertos, he composed a large amount of works for orchestra including 7 numbered Symphonies and the early Symphony "Spring Fire" as well as a series of tone poems from which "Tintagel," "The Garden of Fand" and "November Woods" are the most popular. He was appointed Master of the King’s Musick in 1942.

Violin Concerto (1938)

Eda Kersey (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1944)
( + Symphony No. 3)
DUTTON CDLX 7111 (2001)

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)/Bryden Thomson/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Cello Concerto {Raphael Wallfisch –cello} and Morning Song)
CHANDOS CHAN 10154 (2003)
(original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 9003) (1991)

Cello Concerto (1932)

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)/Bryden Thomson/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto { Lydia Mordkovitch – violin} and Morning Song)
CHANDOS CHAN 10154 (2003)
(original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 8494) (1987)

Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra (1949)

Margaret Fingerhut (piano)/Vernon Handley/BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
( + In Memoriam and The Bard of the Dimbovitza)
CHANDOS CHAN 9715 (1999)

Concertante for Three Wind Instruments and Orchestra (1948)

Gillian Callow (cor anglais), John Bradbury (clarinet), Jonathan Goodall (horn)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
( + London Pageant, Tamara Suite and Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan)
CHANDOS CHAN 9879 (2001)

Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra (1918)

Margaret Fingerhut (piano)/Bryden Thomson/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Winter Legends)
CHANDOS CHAN 10209 (2 CDs) (2004)
(original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 8516) (1987)

Joyce Hatto (piano)/Vernon Handley/Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra
CONCERT ARTIST CACD 9021-2 (2003)
(original LP release: REVOLUTION RCF 001) (1970)

Winter Legends for Piano and Orchestra (1930)

Harriet Cohen (piano)/Clarence Raybould/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1954)
( + Viola Sonata, A Mountain Mood and A Hill Tune)
DUTTON CDBP 9751 (2005)

Margaret Fingerhut (piano)/Bryden Thomson/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Symphonic Variations)
CHANDOS CHAN 10209 (2 CDs) (2004)
(original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 8484) (1992)

Saga Fragment for Piano and Small Orchestra (1933)

Margaret Fingerhut (piano)/Bryden Thomson/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Russian Suite, Golden Eagle, Romantic Overture and Songs)
CHANDOS CLASSICS CHAN 10159 (2003)
(original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 8484) (1992)

Morning Song "Maytime in Sussex" for Piano and Orchestra (c. 1946)

Margaret Fingerhut (piano)/Bryden Thomson/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto and Cello Concerto)
CHANDOS CHAN 10154 (2003)
(original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 8516) (1987)

Phantasy for Viola and Orchestra (1920)

Rivka Golani (viola)/Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Elgar: Cello Concerto {arr. for viola} and 3 Characteristic Pieces)
CONIFER CDCF 171 (1989)

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SIR GEORGE DYSON
(1883-1964)

Born in Halifax, Yorkshire. Studied with Charles Stanford at the Royal College of Music (he later became director of that institution) and traveled to Germany and Italy on A Mendelssohn Scholarship. The choral work "The Canterbury Pilgrims" is considered his masterpiece. His only other major work for orchestra is his Symphony in G.

Violin Concerto in E flat major (1942)

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)/Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
( + Children’s Suite)
CHANDOS CHAN 9369 (1995)

Concerto Leggiero for Piano and Strings (1951)

Eric Parkin (piano)/Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
( + Concerto da Camera and Concerto da Chiesa)
CHANDOS CHAN 9076 (1992)

Concerto da Camera for Strings (c. 1949)

Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
( + Concerto Leggiero and Concerto da Chiesa)
CHANDOS CHAN 9076 (1992)

Concerto da Chiesa for Strings (c. 1949)

Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
( + Concerto da Camera and Concerto Leggiero)
CHANDOS CHAN 9076 (1992)

David Lloyd-Jones/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony in G and At the Tabard Inn)
NAXOS 8.5557720 (2005)

Prelude, Fantasy and Chaconne for Cello and Orchestra (1936)

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)/Vernon Handley/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Murrill: Cello Concerto No. 2, Rubbra: Soliloquy and Haydn Wood: Philharmonic Variations)
WHITE LINE CDWHL 2153 (2004)

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YORK BOWEN
(1884-1961)

Born in London. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Tobias Matthay, Frederick Corder and Walter Haynes and taught at that institution upon graduation. He achieved great fame as a concert pianist. Among the other orchestral works of his prolific output are 4 Symphonies ( No. 4 not extant), Sinfonietta Concertante for Brass and Orchestra, Piano Concertos No. 4, Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra and several symphonic poems.

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, op.11 (1903)

Michael Dussek (piano)/Vernon Handley/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto {Lorraine McAslan – violin})
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7169 (2005)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor op.17 "Concertstück" (1905)

Michael Dussek (piano)/Vernon Handley/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No 3 and Symphonic Fantasia)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7187 (2007)

Piano Concerto No. 3 in G minor op.23 "Fantasia" (1907)

Danny Driver (piano)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 4)
HYPERION (in preparation)

Michael Dussek (piano)/Vernon Handley/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No 2 and Symphonic Fantasia)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7187 (2007)

Piano Concerto No. 4

Danny Driver (piano)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 3)
HYPERION (in preparation)

Violin Concerto in E minor, op.33 (1913)

Lorraine McAslan (violin)/Vernon Handley/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No 1 { Michael Dussek – piano})
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7169 (2005)

Viola Concerto in C minor, Op. 25 (1908)

Helen Callus (viola)/Mark Taddei/New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
(Group 1 only)
( + Walton: Viola Concerto, Vaughan Williams: Suite and Howells: Elegy)
ASV CDDCA1181 (2006)

Doris Lederer (viola)/Paul Polivnik/Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra
( + Viola Sonata and Melody for the C String)
CENTAUR CRC2786 (2006)

Lawrence Power (viola)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Forsyth: Viola Concerto)
HYPERION CDA67546 (2005)

Concerto for Horn, String Orchestra and Timpani, Op. 150 (1956)

David Pyatt (horn)/Nicholas Braithwaite/London Philharmonic Orchestra
(Rec. 1994)
( + Jacob: Horn Concerto, Arnold: Horn Concerto No. 2, Gipps: Horn Concerto and Vinter: Hunter’s Moon)
LYRITA SRCD.316 (2007)

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ERNEST FARRAR
(1885-1918)

Born in Blackheath, London. He studied at the Royal College of Music under Stanford and Walter Parratt. In addition to composing, he held posts as an organist in Germany and England, conducted and taught. His most notable pupil was Gerald Finzi. Farrar’s very promising career was cut short by his death in the last days of World War I. He produced a substantial body of choral, orchestral, chamber, vocal and instrumental works. His symphonic poem, "The Forsaken Merman," is his most extended orchestral piece.

Variations for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 25 (1915)

Howard Shelley (piano)/Alasdair Mitchell/Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Rhapsody No. 1, The Forsaken Merman, Heroic Elegy and English Pastoral Impressions)
CHANDOS CHAN 9586 (1997)

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MONTAGUE PHILLIPS
(1885-1969)

Born in Tottenham, London. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Frederick Corder. Had long-term careers as teacher and church organist. Best known for his light orchestral music and songs but also composed in larger forms including a Symphony, Sinfonietta and 2 Piano Concertos

Phantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 16 (1912, rev. 1947)

Matthew Trusler (violin)/Gavin Sutherland/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Charles II Overture, Hillside Melody, Hampton Court, Festival Overture, In Old Verona, In May Time and Festival March)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7158 (2005)

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EGON WELLESZ
(1885-1974)

Born in Vienna. Studied at the University of Vienna and received further private training from Arnold Schoenberg. The advent of Nazism brought about his emigration to Oxford in 1938 where he became a lecturer and continued his illustrious career as a musicologist. He composed prolifically and among his other orchestral works are 9 Symphonies and the symphonic poem, “Vorfrűhling.”

Piano Concerto, Op. 49 (1931)

Karl-Andreas Kolly (piano)/Howard Griffiths/Lucerne Symphony Orchestra
( + Divertimento, Drei Skizzen, Eklogen and Triptychon)
PAN CLASSICS 510104 (1999)

Violin Concerto, Op. 84 (1961)

Andrea Duka-Lowenstein (violin)/Gerd Albrecht/Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
( + Prosperos Beschworungen)
ORFEO C478981A (1998)

Eduard Melkus (violin)/Winfried/Zillig/Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra
( + 3 movements from String Quartet No. 8)
AMADEO AVRS 5022 (LP) (c. 1965)

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ERIC COATES
(1886-1957)

Born in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. He was taught at the Royal Academy of Music by Frederick Corder, Lionel Tertis and Hartley Braithwaite. He was an accomplished violist and conductor and became very famous as one of England’s most popular composers of light orchestral music and songs. His suites, waltzes, fairy tale ballets and marches have maintained their places in the recorded repertoire to this day. The London Suite is probably his most characteristic and often-played work.

Saxo-Rhapsody (1937)

Jack Brymer (saxophone)/Sir Charles Groves/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CFP 3523562 (2006)
( + London Suite, Calling All Workers, The Merrymakers, Wood Nymphs, At the Dance, The Three Elizabeths, By the Sleepy Lagoon, Music Everywhere. From Meadow to Mayfair Suite, Cinderella Phantasy, The Dam Busters March, The Man from the Sea, The Three Bears Phantasy and London Again Suite)
(original LP release: Columbia STUDIO 2 TWO226) (1969)

Kenneth Edge (saxophone)/Andrew Penny/Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
( + By the Sleepy Lagoon, Springtime Suite, Footlights Waltz, Four-Ways Suite, 8th Army March, Lazy Night, High Flight March and Last Love)
MARCO POLO 8223521 (1998)

Sigurd Rascher (saxophone)/Eric Coates/Orchestra (rec. 1937)
( + London Suite, London Again Suite, The Three Elizabeths, The Four Centuries, The Three Bears Phantasy, Cinderella Phantasy, etc.)
LIVING ERA AJD2013 (2 CDs) (2007)

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JULIUS HARRISON
(1886-1960)

Born in Stourport, Worcestershire. He studied with Granville Bantock at the Birmingham and Midland Institute of Music. He worked as a piano accompanist and conductor and taught at the Royal College of Music and at several other schools. Deafness caused his retirement and enabled him to devote his last productive years exclusively to composition. He composed a substantial amount of music of all types but destroyed much of his early output. His surviving orchestral output is basically of small-scale pieces though he did compose a Cello Concerto.

Bredon Hill, Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra (1941)

Lorraine McAslan (violin)/Nicholas Braithwaite/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Coleridge Taylor: Violin Concerto, Romance and Legend): Bredon Hill)
LYRITA SRCD.317 (2007)

Matthew Trusler (violin)/Barry Wordsworth/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Worcestershire Suite, Troubadour Suite, Romance : A Song of Adoration, Prelude-Music, Widdicombe Fair and Clifford: Serenade for Strings)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7174 (2006)

Prelude-Music for Harp and String Orchestra (1912)

Andrew Knight (harp)/Barry Wordsworth/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Bredon Hill Rhapsody, Worcestershire Suite, Troubadour Suite, Romance : A Song of Adoration, Widdicombe Fair and Clifford: Serenade for Strings)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7174 (2006)

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FRANK MERRICK
(1886-1981)

Born in Clifton, Bristol. He was taught composition by his father and went to Vienna for piano with Theodor Leschetizky. He toured as a recitalist before taking a teaching position at the Royal Manchester College of Music. His later posts were at the Royal College of Music and Trinity College of Music in London. Over the years as a performer he championed the music of British composers. His own compositions beyond the Piano Concertos include a Symphony ( that finished Schubert’s "Unfinished") and other works for orchestra, chamber groups, piano and voice.

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat major (1905)

Frank Merrick (piano)/Oliver Broome/Orchestra
( + Tomlinson: An English Suite)
RARE RECORDED EDITIONS SRRE 156 (LP) (c. 1975)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in E minor (1936)

Frank Merrick (piano)/John Foster/Beckenham Orchestra
RARE RECORDED EDITIONS SRRE 128 (LP) (c. 1975)

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CECIL ARMSTRONG GIBBS
(1889-1960)

Born in Great Baddow, Essex. Studied at Cambridge with E.J. Dent and Charles Wood and then at the Royal College of music under Adrian Boult and Ralph Vaughan Williams. He taught at the latter school for almost two decades. He composed in all genres though he is best remembered for his songs. His 2^nd Symphony, Op. 90 (1938) is a large choral work with the title "Odysseus." His other works for orchestra include several suites for string or small orchestra and various shorter pieces.

Concertino for Piano and String Orchestra, Op. 103 (1942)

Martin Roscoe (piano)/Robert Salter/Guildhall Strings
( + Peacock Pie and Rootham: Miniature Suite, Jacob: Piano Concertino, , Milford: Piano Concertino and Dring: Festival Scherzo)
HYPERION CDA67316 (2002)

Peacock Pie, Suite for String Orchestra and Piano (1933)

Martin Roscoe (piano)/Robert Salter/Guildhall Strings
( + Piano Concertino and Rootham: Miniature Suite, Jacob: Piano Concertino, Milford: Piano Concertino and Dring: Festival Scherzo)
HYPERION CDA67316 (2002)

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HANS GAL
(1890-1987)

Born in Brunn, Austria. Studied at the University of Vienna with Eusebius Mandyczewski and Guido Adler. Nazism compelled him to flee to Ediburgh in 1938 where he took employment at the University as a lecturer, a post he held until 1965. He composed many works in various genres. His major works for orchestra include 4 Symphonies and Concertos for Violin, Cello and Piano.

Concertino for Recorder and String Orchestra (1961)

John Turner (recorder)/Philip McKenzie/Camerata Ensemble
( + Parrott: Sinfonia Concertante, Hope: Birthday Concerto, Ellis: Divertimento Elegiaco, Beck: Flûte-à-Beck and Dubery: Mrs. Harris in Paris)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7154 (2004)

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SIR ARTHUR BLISS
(1891-1975)

Born in London. Studied first with Charles Wood at Cambridge and then at the Royal College of Music with Charles Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst. He taught in the United States before returning to England where he became director of the BBC and succeeded Bax as Master of the Queen’s Musick in 1953. In addition to the Concertos, his major orchestral works include A Colour Symphony, the choral symphony "Morning Heroes," and Metamorphic Variations, Meditaions on a Theme of John Blow and the suite from the film "Things to Come."

Piano Concerto in B flat major (1938)

Trevor Barnard (piano)/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Philharmonia Orchestra
DIVINE ART 24106 (2006)
(original LP release: HMV ASD 499 (1962)

Peter Donohoe (piano)/David Lloyd-Jones/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
( + 2 Piano Concerto and Piano Sonata)
NAXOS 8.557146 (2004)

Philip Fowke (piano)/David Atherton/ Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Homage March and Welcome the Queen)
Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD 2029 (1990)
(original LP release: UNICORN DKP 9006) (1981)

Noel Mewton-Wood (piano)/Walter Goehr/Utrecht Symphony Orchestra
( + Stravinsky: Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments and Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1)
British Music Society BMS101 (2003)
(original LP release: NIXA CLP1167) (1952)

Solomon (piano)/Sir Adrian Boult/New York Philharmonic (rec. 1943)
( + Adam Zero)
APR APR5627 (2003)

Solomon (piano)/Sir Adrian Boult/Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
(rec. 1948)
( + Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3)
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110682 (2002)
(original LP release: WORLD RECORD CLUB SH125) (1970)

Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1924, rev. 1950)

Peter Donohoe and Martin Roscoe (pianos)/David Lloyd-Jones/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto and Piano Sonata)
NAXOS 8.557146 (2004)

Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick (pianos)/Sir Malcolm Sargent/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (arr. for 3 hands, 1968)
( + Colour Symphony, Things to Come: Suite, Cello Concerto, Adam Zero: Ballet, Discourse and Christopher Columbus: Suite)
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS 586589-2 (2 CDs) (2005)
(original LP release: HMV ASD 2612) (1970)

Violin Concerto (1955)

Alfredo Campoli (violin)/Sir Arthur Bliss/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Theme & Cadenza and Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto)
Beulah 3PD10 (1995)
(original LP release: DECCA LXT 5166 (1956)

Alfredo Campoli (violin)/Sir Arthur Bliss/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1968)
( + The Lady of Shalott)
CARLTON BBC RADIO CLASSICS 15656 91842 (1996)

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)/Richard Hickox/BBC National Orchestra of Wales
( + Colour Symphony)
CHANDOS CHAN 10380 (2006)

Cello Concerto (1970)

Robert Cohen (cello)/Barry Wordsworth/Royal