Lyrita Recorded Edition CDs


LYRITA RECORDED EDITION CDs

 

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Artist/Composer   Description Number
       

George Lloyd

 

 

 

George LLOYD (1913-1998)
Symphonies 6 and 7 (Proserine)

BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
Edward Downes

BBC recordings

REAM 1135

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Daniel Jones

 

August 2017

 

Daniel JONES (1912-1993)
Symphony No.2 (1950) [43:23]
Symphony No.11 ‘In Memoriam George Froom Tyler’ (1983) [18:44]
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra/Bryden Thomson
rec. BBC Studio, 19 January 1990; 30 March 1990. ADD stereo.
Reviewed as lossless press preview.
LYRITA SRCD.364 [62:08]

SRCD364

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Michael Hurd

 

June 2017

 

Michael HURD (1928-2006)
Choral Music - Volume 1

A Secular Anthem (1987) [7:54]
Genesis (1987) [6:07]
Five Spiritual Songs (1996) [9:55]
Rejoice with us (1987) [3:00]
Night Songs of Edward Thomas (1994) [20:14]
Missa Brevis (1966) [11:14]
Merciles Beaute (1980) [5:39]
A Parley of Owls (1987) [3:38]
Praise Ye the Lord (1966) [2:53]

SRCD363

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Peterkin Songs

 

June 2017

September 2017

 

Norman PETERKIN (1886-1982)
Songs

Charlotte de Rothschild (soprano)
Adrian Farmer (piano)

SRCD362

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Twentieth Century Music for violin

 

May 2017

 

Franz REIZENSTEIN (1911-1968)
Violin Sonata in G sharp, Op.20 (1945) [37:56]
Geoffrey BUSH (1920-1998)
Violin Sonata (1945) [18:23]
John IRELAND (1879-1962)
Violin Sonata No.2 in A minor (1917) [22:18]
Steinberg Duo: Louisa Stonehill (violin), Nicholas Burns (piano)
rec. January 2016, Françoys-Bernier Concert Hall, Domaine Forget, Saint-Irénée, Quebec
LYRITA SRCD.360 [68:05]

SRCD360

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Twentieth Century Music for violin

 

March 2017

Feb 2017

 

Twentieth Century Music for violin

Doreen CARWITHEN (1922-2003)
Violin Sonata (c.1951) [19:01]
C.W. ORR (1893-1976)
Sarabande (after 1930)
[5:55], Minuet (after 1930) [3:44]
Lennox BERKELEY (1903-89)
Elegy and Toccata op.33 No.2 & 3 (1951) [5:18]
Cyril SCOTT (1879-1970)
Two Sonnets (1914/15) [8:34]
Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)
Légende in E flat (c.1892-5) [8:03]
Thomas PITFIELD (1903-99)
Sonata No.1 in A (1939) [15:07]
Percy M. YOUNG (1912-2004)
Passacaglia (1931) [3:02]
John IRELAND (1879-1962)
Berceuse (1902) [3:59], Bagatelle (1911) [2:50]

SRCD359

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Francis Shaw

 

Mar 2017

 

Daniel JONES (1912-1993)
Symphony No. 1 (1947) [50:17]
Symphony No. 10 (1981) [19:27]
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra/Bryden Thomson
rec. BBC studio, 12 January 1990 (1); 16 March 1990 (10)
LYRITA SRCD358 [69:44]

SRCD358

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Bernard Van Dieren

 

October 2016 (JQ)

October 2016 (JF)

January 2017 (SGr)

March 2017 (JWo)

 

Symphony No. 1 (Chinese)
For soloists, mixed choir and orchestra

Rebecca Evans, soprano
Catherine Wyn-Rogers, contralto
Nathan Vale, tenor • Morgan Pearse, baritone
David Soar, bass

Introit to Topers’ Tropes
‘Les Propos des Beuveurs’ after Rabelais (1921)

Elegie für orchester mit violoncello principale (1908)
Raphael Wallfisch, cello

BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales
Conducted by William Boughton

A NEW Recording

SRCD357

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Francis Shaw

 

October 2016

October 2016

 

Piano Concerto No 1

Piano Concerto No 2

Martin Jones - Piano
Slovak National Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Francis Shaw

A NEW Recording

SRCD356

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Geoffrey Bush

 

Feb 2017 [PCG]

Feb 2017 [JF]

 

Geoffrey BUSH (1920-1998)
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime (1972) [53.20]
David Johnson (tenor) – Lord Arthur Savile: Lynne Dawson (soprano) – Miss Sibyl Merton: Alan Watt (baritone) – Mr Septimus Podgers: Donald Maxwell (baritone) – The Anarchist: Anne Pashley (soprano) – Lady Windermere: Eirian James (mezzo-soprano) – Lady Flora: Anne Collins (contralto) – Duchess of Paisley: John Winfield (tenor) – Lane: Philip Riley (baritone) – Merriman: Geoffrey Moses (bass) – Sir Thomas, Police Sergeant
Musicians of London/Simon Joly
rec. location not stated, broadcast 27 July 1986
Concerto for trumpet, piano and orchestra (1962) [20.45]
Patrick Addinsell (trumpet), Hamish Milne (piano)
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra/Bryden Thomson
rec. location not stated, broadcast 8 May 1986

REAM1131

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Humphrey Searle

 

May 2017

October 2016

 

Symphony No 3
BBCSO Pritchard (1971)
Symphony No 5
Hallé Leonard (1966)

Zodiac Variations
Orchestra Nova of London Foster (1970)
Labyrinth for Orchestra
CBSO Fremaux (1971)

A BBC Recording

REAM1130
MONO

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British Symphonies

Drawn from the Stereo back catalogue, not BBC recordings

 

August 2016

September 2016

 

W.S. Bennett Symphony in G minor
Rootham Symphony 1
Moeran Sinfonietta
Bax Symphony 1
Rubbra Symphony 4
Rawsthorne Symphonic Studies
Berkeley Symphony 3
Alwyn Symphony 5
Grace Williams Symphony 2
Arnold Sinfonietta 1
Wordsworth Symphony 3
Searle Symphony 2
Joubert Symphony 1

SRCD2355
4CDs

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Lennox Berkeley

 

August 2016

 

Sacred Choral Music

Stabat Mater
Cantata 'Batter my Heart Three Person'd God'
Magnificat

Sourced from BBC broadcasts


REAM.1129
MONO

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Rebecca Clarke

 

 

August 2016

Music for cello and piano

Rhapsody
I'll bid my heart be still
Sonata
Passacaglia
JOHN YORK Dialogue with Rebecca Clarke
Epilogue

Raphael Wallfisch - cello
John York - piano

A NEW Recording

SRCD354

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Granville Bantock

July 2016

August 2016

 

 

Granville Bantock (1868-1946)
The complete Omar Khayyam

(Discs 1-3)
Sarah Walker, Anthony Rolfe Johnson Brian Raynor Cook
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Norman del Mar
BBC Broadcast 26 March 1979 (Stereo)
Fifine at the Fair (mono 1968)
Sappho for Mezzo-Soprano and Orchestra - Johanna Peters (abridged)
Pierrot of the Minute
(mono 1968)

REAM2128
4CDs

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Arthur Butterworth

 

August 2016

May 2016

 

Arthur Butterworth
Symphony 1*
BBC Scottish/Arthur Butterworth
Broadcast 2 December 1976 (mono)
Symphony 2
BBC Scottish/Christopher Adey
Broadcast 20 January 1975 (mono)
Symphony 4
BBC Northern/Bryden Thomson
Broadcast 8 May 1986 (stereo)

* This tape required significant restoration. It is a unique, but imperfect recording - see footnote on the review

REAM.1127
MONO/STEREO
2 CDs

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Edmund Rubbra

 

May 2016

July 2016

 

Edmund Rubbra
Complete Chamber Music & Songs with Harp

Sir Lennox Berkeley
Nocturne for Harp

Herbert Howells
Prelude No1. for harp

SRCD353

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Iain Hamilton

 

 

May 2016

Iain Hamilton
The Bermudas for Baritone Chorus and Orchestra

Piano Concerto No 1

Cantos for Horn, tuba, harp and orchestra


REAM.1126
MONO

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Anthony Milner

 

March 2016

 

 

Anthony Milner
The Water and the Fire 1977 stereo)

The song of Akhenaten (1973 mono)

BBC Orchestras Meredith Davies


REAM.1125
MONO/STEREO

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Peter Racine Fricker

 

 

April 2016

March 2016

Feb 2016

 

Peter Racine Fricker
The Vision of Judgement for soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra (stereo)
Jane Manning, Robert Tear, RLPO/Groves (1980)

Symphony No 5 for organ and orchestra (mono)
Gillian Weir
BBCSO Colin Davis (1976)


REAM.1124
MONO/STEREO

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Arnold Cooke

 

April 2016

March 2016

Feb 2016

Arnold Cooke
Symphonies 4 & 5

BBC Symphony Orchestra

REAM.1123
MONO/STEREO

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William Wordsworth

 

May 2017

April 2016

March 2016

William Wordsworth
Overture Conflict (1971 mono)
Symphony 1 (1968 mono)
Symphony 5 (1979 stereo)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
James Loughran, Stewart Robinson (symph. 5)


REAM.1121
MONO/STEREO

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Vaughan Williams

 

 

March 2016

 

February 2016

Sir John in Love

Heddle Nash (Shallow), Parry Jones (Sir Hugh Evans), Gerald Davies (Slender), Andrew Gold (Peter Simple), Denis Dowling (Page), Roderick Jones (Sir John Falstaff), John Kentish (Bardolph), Denis Catlin (Nym), Forbes Robinson (Pistol), April Cantelo (Anne Page), Laelia Finneberg (Mrs Page), Marion Lowe (Mrs Ford), James Johnston (Fenton), Francis Loring (Dr. Caius), Ronald Lewis (Rugby), Pamela Bowden (Mrs Quickly)

Sadler's Wells 1946

 

REAM.2122
MONO

2CDs

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Dec 2015

Nicolai Malko (1927-1997)
BBC Symphony Orchestra (1957-1960)

Works by Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Haydn, Rimsky-Korsakov, Bruckner, Kodaly.

REAM2120
4CDs
MONO

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December 2015

 

WILFRED JOSEPHS (1927-1997)
DISC ONE
1-4 Symphony No.5 ‘Pastoral’ Op.75 (1971) 35.09
5-14 Variations on a Theme of Beethoven 21.53
Op.68 (1969)
DISC TWO
1-10 Requiem Op.39 (1963)

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
conducted by David Measham

SRCD2352
2CDs

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The Boyd Neel Orchestra

 

 

March 2016

Arthur Benjamin
Ballade for String Orchestra
Bernard Stevens
Sinfonietta for Strings
Andrezej Panuknik
Lullaby Kolysanka
Arnold Bax
Faure variations

REAM.1117
MONO

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Phyllis Tate

 

 

October 2015

Jan 2016

The Lodger

Owen Brannigan (George Bunting), Johanna Peters (Emma, his wife), Marion Studholme (Daisy, their daughter), Joseph Ward (The Lodger), Alexander Young (Joe Chandler, a young detective), John Thornley (A paper-boy), Ranken Bushby (A policeman), Trevor Anthony (A cockney), Rachel Paine (A cockney Woman), Geoffrey Clifton (A cockney Man)
BBC Northern Singers & Orchestra, Charles Groves

 

REAM.2119
MONO

2CDs

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Cyril Rootham

 

 

July 2015

August 2015

Symphony 2
Ode on the morning of Christ's

Scottish Philharmonic singers
BBC symphony Orchestra Vernon Handley

Nativity

Teresa Cahill (sop) Philip Langridge (tenor) Michael Rippon (bass-baritone)
BBC Concert Orchestra Vernon Handley

REAM.2118
MONO

2CDs

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Walter Leigh

 

 

June 2015

July 2015

 

Jolly Roger
or the Admiral's daughter

 

Comic Opera in three acts

REAM.2116
MONO

2CDs

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Sir Arthur Bliss

 

April 2015

May 2015

 

Madam Noy: A Witchery Song for soprano and instrumental ensemble
Rout
for Soprano and Chamber Ensemble
Jennifer Vyvyan
The Enchatress:
scena for Contralto and orchestra Pame;la Bowden
The Beatitudes
Heather Harper, Gerald English

BBC recordings

REAM.1115
MONO

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July 2015

Michael Hurd

Two Chamber Operas

The Aspern Papers

The Night of the Wedding

SRCD.2350
2 CDs

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British String Concertos

Sept 2014

Nov 2014

Dec 2014

FULL DETAILS

SRCD2346

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British Piano Concertos

Sept 2014

Nov 2014

 

FULL DETAILS

SRCD2345

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Franz REIZENSTEIN (1911-1968)

 

Nov 2014

Dec 2014

 


CD 1
Suite Op.6 (1936) [15:40]
Impromptu Op.14 (1939) [6:11]
Scherzo in A - Concert Piece for piano Op.20 (1947) [6:23]
Intermezzo Op.17 (1941) [3:26]
Sonata No.1 in B Op.19 (1944) [31:05]
Legend Op.24 (1949) [5:12]
Scherzo Fantastique Op.26 (1950) [9:44]
CD 2
Twelve Preludes and Fugues Op.32 (1953/54) [65:56]
Variations on 'The Lambeth Walk' (c.1958) [13:22]
CD 3
Zodiac - piano suite Op.41 (1964) [23:20]
Five Modern Pieces for Piano (1960) [9:05]
Sonata No.2 in A flat Op.40 (1964) [26:48]
Malcolm ARNOLD 'English Dances' Set 1 and Set 2 (1950/1) arr. for piano duet (c. 1958) [18:27]
Martin Jones (piano); Adrian Farmer (piano, Arnold Dances)
rec. Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, May, December 2012; March, June 2013

LYRITA SRCD.2342 [3 CDs: 77:41+79:28+77:40]

SRCD2342

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January 2016 (JW)

January 2016 (MC)

November 2015

SIR ARNOLD BAX (1883-1953)
Concerto for cello and orchestra (1934)

STANLEY BATE (1911-1959)
Concerto for cello and orchestra (1953)

Lionel Handy, cello
Royal Scottish National Orchest

SRCD.351

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May 2015

July 2014

Malcolm Lipkin Symphonies 1-3

BBC recordings (stereo)

SRCD.349

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April 2015

May 2015

Nov 2015

Mátyás Seiber
Ulysses
Elegy for Solo viola and Small Orchestra
Three fragments from 'A portrait of the artist as a young man'

SRCD.348

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all premiere recordings

Nov 2014

Jan 2015

British Cello Concertos

John Joubert
Concerto in two movements for cello and chamber Orchestra Op.171
Robert Simpson
Concerto for cello and Orchestra
Christopher Wright
Concerto for violoncello and orchestra

 

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
William Boughton

SRCD.344

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Geoffrey Bush

 

Review

Review

Works for Chamber Orchestra

Concerto for light orchestra
Natus est Immanuel
Matthew Locke suite Psyche
Sinfonietta Concertante
Two miniatures for String Orchestra
Finale for s concert for string orchestra
John Ireland 'Holy Boy' arr cello and piano

 

Northern Chamber Orchestra
Nicholas Ward conductor
Raphael Wallfisch cello

SRCD.341

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Alun Hoddinott

Review [GH][RB]

 

The Sun, the great luminary of the Universe***
Night Music for Orchestra**
Variants for Orchestra*
Sinfoniettas 1** & 3***

London Symphony Orchestra* / Del Mar
New Philharmonia Orchestra**, LSO*** Atherton

First time on CD

SRCD.333

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Joubert
Mathias

 

Review [RB]
Review [MG]
Review [NB]

John Joubert
Symphony 1
London Philharmonic/ Vernon Handley (rec.2007 Lyrita)
William Mathias
Symphony No 1
Royal Philharmonic/ Charles Groves
(rec. 1970 EMI)

SRCD.340

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British violin and cello concertos

 

Review [DC]


Arthur BENJAMIN
(1893-1960)
Violin Concerto (1930) [25:08]
Derek Collier (violin), BBC Northern Orchestra/Stanford Robinson.
BBC broadcast, 30 September 1961
E.J. MOERAN (1894-1950)
Violin Concerto (1942) [31:55]
Alfredo Campoli (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Rudolf Schwarz
BBC broadcast, 23 October 1959
Arnold BAX (1833-1953)
Violin Concerto (1938) [31:24]
André Gertler (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
BBC broadcast, 6 February 1957
William WALTON (1902-1983)
Cello Concerto (1956) [30:50]
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
BBC broadcast, 13 February 1957
CD 1: venues not given; CD 2: Royal Festival Hall
LYRITA RECORD EDITION REAM.2114 [57:03 + 62:24]

REAM 2114
MONO 2CDs

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French and Brazilian Piano Music

Review [BBr]

Review [JW]

 

Francis Poulenc
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Frutuosa Vianna
Francisco Mignone

Elizabeth Powell (piano)

REAM 2111
MONO 2CDs

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Review [JF]

Geoffrey BUSH (1920-1998)
Four Songs from Herrick's 'Hesperides' (1949) [8:05]
Seven Greek Love Songs (Meleager transl. Dudley Fitts) (1964) [13:25]
Five Spring Songs (1944) [9:27]
Stevie Smith Songs (1981) [3:33]
Three Songs of Ben Jonson (1952) [6:00]
The End of Love (Kathleen Raine) (1954) [13:28]
Merciless Beauty (1987) [2:19]
Five Medieval Lyrics (1970) [11:04]
O, the Month of May (1950) [2:45]
Simon Wallfisch (baritone); Edward Rushton (piano)
rec. Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, UK, 17-19 December 2013.
LYRITA SRCD.343 [70:00]

SRCD.343

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Welsh Dances

Review [JF]

Review [RB]

Review [JW]

[reviews have sound clips]

Alun HODDINOTT (1929-2008)
Four Welsh Dances Op.15 (1958)
Overture, Jack Straw Op. 35 (1964)
Concerto Grosso No. 2 Op.46 (1966)
Investiture Dances Op. 66 (1966)
Welsh Dances, Set 2 Op.64 (1969)
William MATHIAS (1934-1992)
Celtic Dances Op.60 (1972)
Daniel JONES (1912-1993)
Dance Fantasy (1976)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra /Charles Groves
Philharmonia Orchestra /Charles Groves
National Youth Orchestra of Wales /Arthur Davison
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra /Bryden Thomson ADD/DDD[64.31]

SRCD.334

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John Tavener

Review [RB]

Review [DC]

Canciones Españolas (1972)
Requiem for Father Malachy (1973)

James Bowman (counter-tenor); Kevin Smith (piano) (Canciones); The King’s Singers; The Nash Ensemble (Requiem)

SRCD.311

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June 2009      
Edward MacDowell
Paul Hindemith

 

Review [RB]

Edward MacDowell
Sonata No. 1 'Tragica'
Sonata No.4 'Keltic'

Paul Hindemith
Sonatas 2 & 3
Tanzstucke

Sheila Randell (piano)

REAM 2110
MONO 2CDs

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April 2009      

John Tavener

Review [RB]

Review [DC]

Canciones Españolas (1972)
Requiem for Father Malachy (1973)

James Bowman (counter-tenor); Kevin Smith (piano) (Canciones); The King’s Singers; The Nash Ensemble (Requiem)

SRCD.311

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March 2009      

Robert Still

Humphrey Searle

Review [RB]

Review [JW]

RobertStill:
Symphony No. 3
(1960)
LSO/Goossens
Symphony No 4
RPO/Fredman
Humphrey Searle
Symphony 2

LPO/Krips

SRCD.285

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January 2009      
Anthology

Review

Review

250 years of English Song

SRCD.2309

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Hugh Wood
Priaulx Ranier
Lennox Berkeley
P{eter Racine Fricker
Martin Dalby
John McCabe

 

Reviews

Wood: String Quartets 1&2, The Horses, The Rider Victory
Rainier: Quanta, String Trio
L Berkeley: Duo for Cello and Piano
Fricker: Sonmata for cello and piano
Dalby: Variations for cello & piano
McCabe: Partita solo cello

SRCD.304

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November 2008      
Alan Rawsthorne
Bernard Stevens

 

 

Review [JW]

Alan Rawsthorne
Bagatelles (1938)
Sonatina (1949)
Four Romantic Pieces (1953)
Bernard Stevens
Five Inventions Op. 14 (1950)
Ballad Op. 17 (1951)
Fantasia on “Giles Farnaby’s Dreame” Op. 22 (1953)
Sonata in One Movement Op. 25 (1954)
James Gibb - piano

REAM.1107
MONO

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August 2008      
John White
Alun Hoddinott

 

Review [BBr]

Review [HC]

 

 

CD 1
John White (b.1936)
Piano Sonata No. 1 (1956)
Piano Sonata No. 5 (1959)
Piano Sonata No. 4 (1959)
Piano Sonata No. 9 (1960)
Colin Kingsley - piano

CD 2
Alun Hoddinott (1929-2008)
Piano Sonata No. 1 Op. 17 (1959)
Nocturne No. 2 Op. 16 No. 1 (1959)
Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 27 (1962)
Nocturne No. 1 Op. 9 (1956)
Elegy Op. 18 No. 3 (1959)
Valerie Tryon - piano

REAM.2108
MONO

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Arnold Bax

 

Review [JF]

 

ARNOLD BAX (1883 -1953)
The Piano Music
CD 1
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp Minor
Concert Waltz in E-flat
Two Russian Tone Pictures
Toccata
The Princess's Rose Garden
In a Vodka Shop
The Maiden with the Daffodil
Apple Blossom Time
Sleepy-Head
A Mountain Mood
Winter Waters
CD 2
Dream in Exile (Intermezzo)
Nereid
On a May Evening
A Romance
Whirligig
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G
The Slave Girl
What the Minstrel Told Us (Ballad)
Ceremonial Dance
Serpent Dance
CD 3
Water Music
Lullaby
Burlesque
Country-Tune
A Hill-Tune
Mediterranean
Piano Sonata No. 3 in G-sharp Minor
Piano Sonata No. 4 in G
O Dame get up and bake your Pies

Iris Loveridge - piano

REAM.3113
MONO

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July 2008      
Lennox Berkeley
Arthur Benjamin

 

Review [RB]

Oct 2008 [JF]

CD 1
Lennox BERKELEY (1903-1989)
Piano Sonata in A Major Op.20 (1945)
Six Preludes Op.23 (1944)
Scherzo in D Major Op. 32 No. 2 (1949)
Impromptu in G Minor Op. 7 No. 1
Concert Study in E-flat Op.48 No. 2 (1955)
Four Concert Studies Op. 14 (1940)
Colin Horsley (piano)
CD 2
Arthur BENJAMIN (1893 -1960)
Pastorale, Arioso and Finale (1943)
Scherzino (1936)
Etudes Improvisées
Siciliana (1936)
Lamar Crowson (piano)

REAM.2109
MONO

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Margaret Kitchin (piano)

 

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Review [JW]

 

CD 1
Michael TIPPETT (1905 -1998)
Piano Sonata No. 1 (1937 rev.1954)
Iain HAMILTON (1922 -2000)
Piano Sonata Op. 13 (1951)
CD 2
William WORDSWORTH (1908 -1988)
Piano Sonata in D Minor Op. 13 (1939)
Cheesecombe Suite Op. 27 (1945)
Ballade Op. 41 (1949)
Margaret Kitchin (piano)

REAM.2106
MONO

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York BOWEN
Franz REIZENSTEIN

 

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Reviews [JW][JF]

 

York BOWEN (1884-1961)
CD 1
Ten Preludes from the Set Op. 102 (pub.1950)
Partita Op. 156 (1960)
Berceuse Op. 83 (1928)
Moto Perpetuo (1915)
Toccata in A minor Op. 155 (1957)
York Bowen (piano)
Franz REIZENSTEIN (1911-1968)
CD 2
Piano Sonata in B Op. 19 (1944)
Legend Op. 24 (1949)
Scherzo Fantastique Op. 26 (1950)
Impromptu Op. 14 (1939)
Scherzo in A Op. 21 (1945)
Franz Reizenstein (piano)

REAM.2105
MONO

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June 2008      
Arnold Bax
Gordon Jacob

 

Review [RB]

Review [JF]

Arnold BAX (1883-1953)
CD 1
Folk-Tale (1918)
Sonata for Cello and Piano (1923)
Sonatina
CD 2
Legend-Sonata
Gordon JACOB (1895-1984)
Divertimento for solo cello (1955)
Elegy for cello and piano (1959)
Florence Hooton (cello)
Wilfred Parry (piano)
rec. ADD
Mid Price Double
LYRITA REAM.2104

 

REAM.2104
MONO

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David Wynne
Ian Parrott
David Harries

 

Review [RB]

David WYNNE (1900-1983)
Piano Sonata No. 2 (1957)
String Quartet No. 3 (1966)
Ian PARROTT (b.1916)
String Quartet No. 4 (1963)
David HARRIES (1933-2003)
Piano Quintet Op. 20 (1964)
Eric Harrison (piano); Alfredo Wang (violin); James Barton (violin); Frederick
Riddle (viola); George Isaac (cello)
rec. ADD

 

SRCD 284

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Justin Connolly

 

Review [RB]

Justin CONNOLLY (b.1933)
Verse op. 7b for eight soloists (SSAATTBB) (1969)
John Alldis Choir
Triad III op. 8 for oboe, viola and cello (1966)
Vesuvius Ensemble
Cinquepaces op. 5 for brass quintet (1965)
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Poems of Wallace Stevens I op. 9 for soprano and seven instruments (1967)
Jane Manning (soprano)
Nash Ensemble/Justin Connolly
rec. ADD
LYRITA SRCD.305

 

SRCD 305

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May 2008      
E. J. Moeran
Gordon Jacob

 

Review [RB]

Review [JW]

E.J.Moeran
Irish Love Song
Theme and Variations
On a May Morning

Three Fancies
Summer Valley
Three Piano pieces

Gordon Jacob
Piano Sonata

Iris Loveridge (Piano)

 

REAM 1103
MONO

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Goehr

 

Review [RB]

Review [EMc]

Alexander Goehr
Little Symphony Op.15
LSO/Del Mar
String Quartet No. 2 Op.23
Allegri Quartet
Piano Trio Op.20
Orion Trio

 

SRCD 264

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Birtwistle

 

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Harrison Birtwistle
The Fields of Sorrow
for 2 sopranos, chorus and 16 players

Verses for Ensembles
for 5 woodwind, 5 brass and 3 percussion

Nenia: The Death of Orpheus
a dramatic scene for soprano, 3 bass clarinets, clarinet, piano, prepared piano and crotales

Jane Manning, soprano
Alan Hacker,
clarinet
The Matrix,
bass clarinets
London Sinfonietta and Chorus
David Atherton

 

SRCD 306

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April 2008      
Maw
Gardner
Dodgson
Addison

 

Review [RB]

Review [BBr]

Maw
Sinfonia*
Addison
Divertimento for brass quartet
Gardner
Theme and variations for brass quartet
Dodgson
Sonata for brass Quintet

* ECOP/Del Mar
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

 

SRCD 307

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Elgar Review [BW]

Review [RB]

RECORDING OF THE MONTH (June)

Elgar
Falstaff
Enigma Variations
Pomp and Circumstance March No 5
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Andrew Davis

 

SRCD 301

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John Ireland  

John Ireland
Piano Music
Alan Rowlands

Disc One: London Pieces, Greenaways, Sonatina, Soliloquy, Equinox, Sarnia, Two pieces
Disc Two: Ballade, Two pieces, Piano Sonata, The Towing-path, The Darkened Valley, Rhapsody, Month's Mind, Decorations
Disc Three: Two pieces, In Those Days, Four Preludes, The Almond Trees, Summer Evening, Prelude in E-flat, Columbine, Merry Andrew, Three Pastels, Spring will not wait, Ballade of London Nights, Sea Idyll

REAM 3112
MONO
3 Discs

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March 2008      
Lutyens
Bedford
Review [RB]

Elisabeth Lutyens
Quincunx*
And Suddenly it's Evening**
David Bedford
Music for Albion Moonlight***

*Josephine Nendick, John Shirley-Quirk
BBCSO, Norman del Mar
**BBCSO, Herbert Handt
***Jane Manning
BBCSO, John Carewe

 

SRCD 265

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Moeran

Review [RB]

Review [JF]

Review [EMc]

E.J.Moeran
Cello Concerto
Cello Sonata in A minor
Prelude for cello and piano

Peers Coetmore, cello
Eric Parkin, piano
LPO Sir Adrian Boult

SRCD 299

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Hoddinott
Searle
Banks
Maw

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Review [BBr]

Alun Hoddinott
Horn Concerto*
Humphrey Searle
Aubade for Horn and Strings**
Don Banks
Horn Concerto**
Nicholas Maw
Sonata for strings and 2 horns***
Barry Tuckwell (horn)
*RPO Andrew Davis
**NPO Norman Del Mar
*** Alan Civil and Ian Harper (horns)
ECO Norman Del Mar

SRCD 335

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February 2008      
Don Banks
David Morgan
Peter Racine Fricker

Review [RB]

Review [JF]
Don Banks
Violin Concerto
Yfrah Neaman vn
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Norman Del Mar
David Morgan
Violin Concerto Sound Sample Presto
Erich Gruenberg vn
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley
Peter Racine Fricker
Violin Concerto
Yfrah Neaman vn
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Norman Del Mar

SRCD 276

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Havergal Brian
Arnold Cooke

 

Review [RB]

RECORDING OF THE MONTH

Havergal Brian
Symphony 6 'Sinfonia Tragica'
Symphony 16

Arnold Cooke
Symphony 3

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Myer Fredman (Brian)
Nicholas Braithwaite (Cooke)

SRCD 295

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Gordon Crosse Review [RB]

Gordon Crosse
Purgatory
(Opera in one act)

Peter Bodenham
Glenville Hargreaves
Orch & Chor Royal Northern College of Music
Michael Lankester

SRCD 313

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January 2008      
Arnold BAX

Review [RB]
RECORDING OF THE MONTH Feb 2008

Review [IL]

Review [BW]

SIR ARNOLD BAX
Symphony No. 2
Symphony No. 5

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Myer Fredman, Raymond Leppard

SRCD 233

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Lennox BERKELEY
Alan BUSH
Alan RAWSTHORNE

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Review [MC]

Review [JW]

RAWSTHORNE
Quartet for Clarinet
BERKELEY
Sonatina for Violin and Piano
BUSH
Three Concert Studies.
The Music Group of London, Aeolian Quartet.

SRCD 256

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ROBERTO GERHARD

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Review [PBW]

ROBERTO GERHARD
Symphony No. 4 ‘New York’
Violin Concerto
Yfrah Neaman - Violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra / Colin Davis

SRCD 274

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Sound Sample

WILLIAM ALWYN

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Review [JF]

WILLIAM ALWYN
CD1
Mirages, A Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano
Divertimento for Solo Flute
Naiades, Fantasy-Sonata for Flute and Harp
CD2
Fantasy-Waltzes (mono recording)
Sonata Alla Toccata (mono recording)
Benjamin Luxon - Baritone
David Willison - Piano
Christopher Hyde-Smith - Flute
Marisa Robles - Harp
Sheila Randell - Piano

2cds for the price of one

SRCD 293

Includes the first mono re-releases

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December 2007      
Arthur BLISS

Review [MC]

Review [JQ]

Arthur Bliss
Music for Strings
Meditations on a Theme by John Blow

CBSO/Rignold
A Prayer to the Infant Jesus for unaccompanied women's voices
Ambrosian Singers/Ledger

SRCD 254

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Herbert HOWELLS

Review [JQ]

Review [EM]

Herbert Howells
Piano Quartet in A minor

Richards piano Quartet

Fantasy String Quartet
Rhapsodic Quintet for clarinet, 2 violins, viola and cello

Richards Ensemble

SRCD 292

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Premières & Encores

 

Review [RB]

Review [JF]

RECORDING OF THE MONTH Dec 2008

Review [EMc]

Henry Hugo Pierson (1815-1873)
Macbeth, Symphonic Poem Op. 54 (1859)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth
Alan Rawsthorne (1905-1971)
Fantasy Overture. Cortèges (1945)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth
David Morgan (B.1933)
Contrasts (1974)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley
Francis Chagrin (1905-1972)
Concert Overture. Helter Skelter (1949)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / John Pritchard
Peter Warlock (1894-1930)
Serenade for Strings (1922)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
Comedy Overture. Beckus the Dandipratt (1943)
London Symphony Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite

SRCD 318

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Lyrita Classics

review [RB]

review [JF]

review [JQ]

Michael Balfe - The Bohemian Girl: Galop
Philharmonia Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite
Sir Edward Elgar
Variations on an Original Theme ‘Enigma’
Op. 36 : X. Dorabella
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 in C Op. 39
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Andrew Davis
Frederick Delius
A Village Romeo and Juliet : The Walk to the Paradise Garden
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Myer Fredman
Percy Grainger
Shepherd’s Hey, The Immovable Do

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite
Sir Hamilton Harty
An Irish Symphony: The Fair-Day
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Vernon Handley
Peter Warlock - Capriol, Suite for full orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite
 

SRCD 336

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November 2007      
William BAINES
E.J.Moeran

 Review [RF]

 Review [RB]

Review [JW]

William BAINES
Silverpoints
Paradise Gardens
Coloured Leaves
Twilight Pieces
Tides
Seven Preludes
E. J. MOERAN (1894-1950)
Stalham River
The White Mountain
Toccata
Prelude
Berceuse
Bank Holiday
Two Legends
Eric Parkin (piano).
[79.26]

SRCD.266

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Malcolm WILLIAMSON

 Review [RB]

 Review [EMc]

Overture 'Santiago de Espada'
Elevamini - Symphony No. 1
Sinfonia Concertante for three trumpets, piano and strings (1958/61) *
Piano Sonata No. 2 (1957 rev.1971) **
Martin Jones (piano) *
Malcolm Williamson (piano) **
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves
[72.43]

SRCD.281

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Gerald FINZI

 Review [RB]

Review [JQ]

CD 1
Before and After Summer ten songs for baritone and piano (Op. 16 (Childhood among the ferns (1947/8?); Before and after summer; The Self-Unseeing (1949); Overlooking the River before (1940); Channel Firing (1940); In the Mind's Eye; The Too Short Time (1949); Epeisodia; Amabel (1932); He abjures love (1931))
Till Earth Outwears seven songs for tenor and piano Op. 19a (Let me enjoy the earth before (1936); In years defaced (1936); The Market-Girl (1927, revised (1940); I look into my glass (1937?); It never looks like summer here (1956); At a lunar eclipse (1929, revised (1941); Life laughs onward (1955))
I said to Love six songs for baritone and piano Op. 19b (I need not go before (1936); At Middle-Field Gate in February (1956); Two Lips (1928); In five-score summers (1956); For life I had never cared greatly); I said to Love (1956))
John Carol Case (baritone)
Robert Tear (tenor)
Howard Ferguson (piano)
CD 2
A young Man's Exhortation ten songs for tenor and piano Op. 14 (A Young Man's Exhortation (1926?); Ditty (1925); Budmouth Dears (1929); Her Temple (1927); The Comet at Yell'ham (1927); Shortening Days (1928); The Sigh (1928); Former Beauties (1927); Transformations (1929); The Dance Continued) Part I - Mane floreat, et transeat. Ps. 89
Part II - Vespere decidat, induret, et arescat. Ps. 89
Earth and Air and Rain - ten songs for baritone and piano Op. 15 (Summer Schemes; When I set out for Lyonesse; Waiting Both (1929); The Phantom (1932); So I have fared (1928); Rollicum-rorum; To Lizbie Browne; The Clock of the Years; In a Churchyard (1932); Proud Songsters (1929/1932))
Neil Jenkins (tenor)
John Carol Case (baritone)
Howard Ferguson (piano)
2 discs for the price of 1
[1 hr 59 mins]

LYRITA SRCD.282

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Frank BRIDGE

 

Review [EMc]

Review [JF]

CD 1
String Quartet No. 3 (1926)
String Quartet No. 4 (1937)
Allegri Quartet (Hugh Maguire (violin); David Roth (violin); Patrick Ireland (viola); Bruno Schrecker (cello)
CD 2
Piano Trio No. 2 (1929)
Phantasy Piano Quartet (1910)
Miniatures for Piano Trio (Set 3) (1907 pub.1915)
Tunnell Trio (John Tunnell (violin); Charles Tunnell (cello); Susan Tunnell (piano)); Brian Hawkins (viola)
2 discs for the price of 1
[1 hr 44 mins]

SRCD.302

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William BUSCH

 Review [BBr]

Review [JW]

Cello Concerto (1940/1)
Piano Concerto (1937/8)
Raphael Wallfisch (cello)
Piers Lane (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley
World Premiere Recordings
.[51.51]

SRCD.320

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August 2007      

Gordon Crosse

Review [RB]

Review [DC]

 

Ariadne Op. 31 (1972)
Concertante for solo oboe and twelve players
Sarah Francis, oboe
London Symphony Orchestra ensemble / Michael Lankester

Changes Op. 17 (1966)
A nocturnal cycle - for soprano and baritone soloists, mixed chorus, and orchestra
Jennifer Vyvyan - soprano, John Shirley-Quirk - baritone, Orpington Junior Singers
Highgate School for Boys Choir, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus / Norman Del Mar

SRCD.259

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Richard Rodney BENNETT


Review

 

Piano Concerto (1968) *
Five Studies for Piano (1962-4) **
Capriccio for Piano Duet (1968) ***
Commedia IV
(2 trumpets, horn, trombone & tuba) (1973) ****

* Stephen Kovacevich, piano
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson
** Richard Rodney Bennett, piano
*** Richard Rodney Bennett & Thea Musgrave, piano
**** Philip Jones Brass Ensemble


SRCD.275

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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Review [RB]

 Review [JF]

Review [EM]

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Legende (Concertstucke) OP14 (1897)
Romance in G Op.39 (1899)
Violin Concerto in G Minor Op. 80 (1912),

Julius Harrison
Bredon Hill.- a rhapsody for violin and orchestra (1941)
Lorraine McAslan, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite


SRCD.317

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Alun Hoddinott

 

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review [RB]

review [HC]

Concerto for Clarinet & String Orchestra Op. 3, Harp Concerto Op. 11, Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2.
PO / Sir Charles Groves, LSO / David Atherton.


SRCD.330

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John Ireland

 

review [RB]

review [JW]

review [GH]

John Ireland
The Piano Music

Decorations. The Almond Trees. Four Preludes. Prelude in E flat. Rhapsody. The Towing-Path. Merry Andrew. London Pieces. Summer Evening. Piano Sonata. Two Pieces : For Remembrance / Amberley Wild Brooks. The Darkened Valley. Equinox. On a Birthday Morning. Soliloquy. Two Pieces : April / Bergomask. Sonatina. Ballade. Two Pieces : February's Child / Aubade. Month's Mind. Greenways - Three Lyric Pieces. Sarnia - An Island Sequence.
Eric Parkin - piano

SRCD.2277

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William Hurlstone

Review [RB]

Review [EM]

 

Piano Concerto
Variations on a Swedish Air
Piano Quartet
Piano Trio

Tunnell Piano Quartet

SRCD.2286

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July 2007
     

Malcolm Williamson

Review [BW]

Review [RB]

Review [JS]

Orchestral Works
Concerto for Organ and Orchestra *
Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat **
Sonata for Two Pianos ***

* Malcolm Williamson - organ
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult
** Malcolm Williamson - piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Leonard Dommett
*** Malcolm Williamson and Richard Rodney Bennett - pianos

SRCD.280

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Constant Lambert

Review [RB]

Review [IL]

Review [DW]

 

Orchestral Works
Pomona
Music for Orchestra
Romeo and Juliet
King Pest

ECO/Del Mar
RPO/JOLY
LPO/Wordsworth

SRCD.215

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Tippett
Britten
Arnold
Berkeley
Rawsthorne

Review [RB]

Review [MG]

DIVERTIMENTOS SINFONIETTAS

Michael Tippett: Divertimento for Chamber Orchestra “Sellinger’s Round”
Alan Rawsthorne: Divertimento for Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Britten: Sinfonietta Op. 1
Lennox Berkeley: Sinfonietta Op. 34
Malcolm Arnold: Sinfonietta No. 1 Op. 48 *

English Chamber Orchestra / Norman Del Mar
London Symphony Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite

SRCD.257

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Frank Bridge

Review [RB]

Review [IL]

Review [WK]

FRANK BRIDGE

Oration
Concerto elegiaco for Cello and Orchestra
Phantasm
Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra

Julian Lloyd Webber - cello
Peter Wallfisch - piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite

SRCD.244

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John Joubert

Review [RB]

Review [HC]

 

John Joubert

Symphony 1 Op.20

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley

SRCD.322

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Sir Henry Wood

Review [RB]

Review [JS]

ORCHESTRATIONS BY SIR HENRY WOOD

J.S. Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor (BWV 565)
Chopin: Marche funèbre
(from Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor)
Scharwenka: Polish Dance (Op. 3 No. 1)
Granados: Spanish Dance (No. 5 Andaluza)
Grieg: Funeral March
Debussy: La Cathédrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1 No. 10)
Rachmaninov: Prelude in C sharp minor Op. 3 No. 2
Moussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite

SRCD.216

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John Ireland

Review [RB]

Review [JF]

Review [TB]

 

John Ireland
The Songs
CD 1
Songs of a Wayfarer
When Lights go rolling round the sky
Hope the Hornblower
Sea Fever
Marigold
Five Poems by Thomas Hardy
Three Songs
We’ll to the Woods no more

CD 2
Two Songs
Songs Sacred & Profane
Five XVIth Century Songs
Blow out you Bugles
If there were Dreams to sell
I have twelve Oxen
Spring Sorrow
The Bells of San Marie
The Journey
The merry month of May
Vagabond
When I am dead my dearest
Santa Chiara
Great Things
If we must part
Tutto e sciolto

CD 3
Songs for Tenor: The Heart’s desire
The sacred flame
Remember
Hawthorne Time
The East Riding
Love is a sickness full of woes
The Land of Lost Content
Two Songs
Songs for Contralto: The three Ravens
Bed in Summer
Mother & Child
Earth’s Call
Three Arthur Symons Songs
What art thou thinking of?
Three Thomas Hardy Songs

Alfreda Hodgson, Benjamin Luxon, John Mitchinson, Alan Rowlands

SRCD.2261

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June 2007
     

John Ireland

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John Ireland
Phantasie Trio
Trio No. 2
Trio No. 3
Sextet for Clarinet, Horn and String Quartet
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Fantasy Sonata for Clarinet and Pino
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2

SRCD.2271

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George Lloyd

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George Lloyd
Symphonies 4,5 & 8
Philarmonia/Downes

SRCD.2258

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Charles Villiers Stanford

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Charles Villiers Stanford
Cello concerto
Piano Concerto No.3

Alexander Baillie, cello
Malcolm Binns, piano
RPO Braithwaite

SRCD.321

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Sir Arnold Bax

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Sound Extract 1st Movement

Sir Arnold Bax
Symphony No 6
Irish Landscape
Rogues Comedy Overture
Overture to Adventure
Overture: Work in Progress

NPO del Mar
RPO Handley

SRCD.296

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Walter Leigh

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Walter Leigh
Overture, Agincourt*
Concertino for Harpsichord and String Orchestra< Music for String Orchestra< A Midsummer Night's Dream - Suite
The Frogs
Jolly Roger - Overture*

Trevor Pinnock, harpsichord
LPO, *NPO Nicholas Braithwaite

SRCD.289

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Thea Musgrave

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Clarinet Concerto,
Sample
Horn Concerto,
Sample

Thea Musgrave
Concerto for Orchestra*
Clarinet Concerto**
Horn Concerto ***
Monologue, for solo piano
Excursions, eight duets for piano, four hands

Gervase de Peyer, clarinet Barry Tuckwell, horn Thea Musgrave, piano Malcolm Williamson, piano
*SNO, Gibson
** LSO del Mar
*** SNO, Musgrave

SRCD.253

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May 2007      

Sir Granville Bantock

Josef Holbrooke

Cyril Rootham

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BANTOCK, GRANVILLE
Overture to a Greek Tragedy* JOSEF HOLBROOKE
The Birds of Rhiannon Op. 87
CYRIL ROOTHAM Symphony No. 1 in C minor.
*Philharmonia Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley.

SRCD.269

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William Sterndale Bennett

 

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BENNETT, WILLIAM STERNDALE
Ov. The May Queen,
Ov. The Wood-nymphs,
Symphony in G minor Op. 43, Ov. The Naiades*,
Ov. Parisina.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra* / Nicholas Braithwaite.

SRCD.206

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Gerald Finzi

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Gerald FINZI
Love's Labour's Lost, Let us Garlands bring, Farewell to Arms
In Terra Pax
RPO, John Carol Case, Partridge, Manning, Noble, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/New Philharmonia Orch / Handley.

SRCD.237

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Daniel Jones

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JONES, DANIEL
Symphonies 4, 7, 8.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Groves, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra / Bryden Thomson.

SRCD.329

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Nicholas Maw

Anthony Milner

 

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MAW, NICHOLAS
Scenes and Arias†
ANTHONY MILNER
Salutatio Angelica*
Roman Spring **.
† Jane Manning, soprano
Anne Howells, mezzo-soprano
Norma Proctor, contralto
BBC Symphony Orchestra / Norman Del Mar
* Alfreda Hodgson, contralto
** Felicity Palmer, soprano
Robert Tear, tenor
London Sinfonietta & London Sinfonietta Chorus

conducted by David Atherton

SRCD.267

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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Gustav Holst
Hubert Parry

 

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RECORDING OF THE MONTH

Sound Sample
Excerpt The Sons of Light

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Sons of Light, A Cantata for Chorus and Orchestra *
HOLST The Mystic Trumpeter Op. 18, Scena for Soprano and Orchestra **
PARRY Ode on the Nativity.* *Teresa Cahill, The Bach Choir, LPO / Willcocks,
** Sheila Armstrong, LSO / Atherton.

SRCD.270

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April 2007      
Edward ELGAR

 

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Edward ELGAR
Symphony No 1
Symphony No 2

LPO/Boult

(2CDs for the price of one)

SRCD.221

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BOULT Conducts


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John IRELAND
Concertino pastorale for string orchestra
The Holy Boy for string orchestra
A Downland suite for string orchestra
Frank BRIDGE
Rosemary
Suite for string orchestra
Sally in our Alley
Cherry Ripe
Lament for String Orchestra
Sir Roger de Coverley

LPO/Boult

SRCD.242

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BOULT Conducts


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George BUTTERWORTH
Two English Idylls
The Banks of Green Willow
A 'Shropshire Lad' rhapsody
Peter WARLOCK
An Old Song for small orchestra
Patrick HADLEY
One Morning in Spring
-rhapsody for small orchestra
Herbert HOWELLS
Procession
Merry-eye
Elegy for viola, string quartet *string orchestra
Music for a Prince
Corydon's Dance
Scherzo in Arden

LPO/NPO Boult

SRCD.245

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Lennox BERKELEY

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Lennox BERKELEY
Piano concerto in B flat*
Concerto for two pianos and Orchestra**

*David Wilde (piano) NPO/Braithwaite
** Garth Beckett and Boyd McDonald (pianos) LPO/del Mar

SRCD.250

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Elizabeth MACONCHY

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Elizabeth MACONCHY
Overture, Proud Thames*
Symphony for Double String Orchestra**
Serenata concertante for violin and orchestra (with Manoug Parikian, vn)**
Music for Strings***

*LPO/Handley **LSO/Handley ***LPO/Wordsworth

SRCD.288

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Gordon JACOB

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Gordon Jacob
Symphonies 1& 2
LPO/Barry Wordsworth

(New Recordings)

SRCD.315

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March 2007      
Arnold COOKE

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Arnold COOKE
Symphony No. 1,
Concerto in D for string orch.
Jabez and the Devil - Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor

SRCD.203

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Box of Delights
British Light Music Gems

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Phyllis Tate London Fields; Coleridge Taylor Characteristic Waltz No.3; Three Fours No.2; Three Fours No.5;
Bantock Russian Scenes (LPO/Wordsworth)
Armstrong Gibbs Fancy Dress Suite;
Lutyens En Voyage (RPO/Joly)

SRCD.214

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Gerald FINZI

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RECORDING OF THE MONTH

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Gerald Finzi
Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra Op. 31
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Op.40
John Denman, clarinet, New Philharmonia Orchestra
Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor


SRCD.236

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Frank BRIDGE


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Frank Bridge
Dance Rhapsody
Dance Poem
Two Poems
Overture Rebus
Allegro Moderato for string orchestra
LPO/Braithwaite


SRCD.243

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E J MOERAN

 

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E J Moeran
Rhapsody no.2
Violin Concerto
Rhapsody in F sharp for piano and orchestra LPO/Boult Georgiadis/LSO/Handley McCabe/New Philharmonia/Braithwaite



SRCD.248

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Lennox BERKELEY

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L Berkeley
Symphony No 1
LPO Norman Del Mar

Symphony No 2
LPO Nicholas Braithwaite



SRCD.249

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Gordon JACOB
Malcolm ARNOLD
York BOWEN
Ruth GIPPS
Gilbert VINTER

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BRITISH HORN CONCERTOS
Gordon Jacob: Concerto for Horn and Strings
Malcolm Arnold: Concerto no.2 for Horn and Strings, Op.58
York Bowen: Concerto for Horn, string orchestra and timpani, Op.150
Ruth Gipps: Concerto Horn Concerto, Op.58
Gilbert Vinter: Hunter's Moon
David Pyatt, horn
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite

SRCD.316

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ARTHUR BENJAMIN
RECORDING OF THE MONTH

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Arthur Benjamin
1. Overture to an Italian Comedy * (previously on SRCS.47)
2. Cotillon, A Suite of Dance Tunes ** (previously on SRCS.115)
3. North American Square Dance Suite ***
4. Symphony ***
Total playing time 76.00
* Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Myer Fredman
** London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite
*** London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth

SRCD.314

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GERALD FINZI

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RECORDING OF THE MONTH

Gerald Finzi
1. Severn Rhapsody *
2. Nocturne *
3. Three Soliloquies (Love's Labours Lost) *
4. Romance *
5. Prelude *
6. Fall of the Leaf *
7. Introit (Rodney Friend, violin) *
8. Eclogue (Peter Katin, piano) **
9. Grand Fantasia and Toccata (Peter Katin, piano) **
Total playing time 79.00
*London Philharmonic Orchestra **New Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

SRCD.239

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JOHN IRELAND

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John Ireland
1. Legend for piano (Eric Parkin, piano)
2. Overture 'Satyricon'
3. Concerto for piano (Eric Parkin, piano)
4. These things shall be (John Carol Case, baritone)
5. Two symphonic studies (arr. Bush)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

SRCD.241

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E J MOERAN

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RECORDING OF THE MONTH

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E J Moeran
1. Overture for a Masque
2. Sinfonietta
3. Symphony in G minor *
Total playing time 78.55
London Philharmonic Orchestra *New Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

SRCD.247

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Alan RAWSTHORNE


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Alan Rawsthorne
1. Overture Street Corner*
2. Concerto for piano no.1**
3. Concerto for piano no.2**
4. Symphonic Studies***
Total playing time 76.00
Malcolm Binns, piano
*London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Pritchard
**London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite
***London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Pritchard

SRCD.255

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January 2007      
GUSTAV HOLST

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Walt Whitman Op.7 (1899)
Suite de Ballet in E flat Op. 10 (1899)
Suite in E flat Op.28 No.1 (1909)
A Hampshire Suite )p 28 No.2 (1911) orch. Gordon Jacob

A Moorside Suite (1928) orch. Godon Jacob
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite

SRCD210

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ERIC COATES

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Suite: The Three Men (1935)
Concert Valse: Dancing Nights (1932)
Two Symphonic Rhapsodies (1933)
   i.Pitch my caravan
   ii.Birdsong at Eventide/I heard you singing
Idyll:Summer Afternoon
Ballet: The Enchanted Garden (1946)
Concert Valse: Footlights (1939)
Suite 4 Centuries (1942)
iv. 20th Century Rhythm
March: London Bridge March (1934)

LPO/ Barry Wordsworth

SRCD213

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PATRICK HADLEY

GERALD FINZI

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RECORDING OF THE MONTH

The Trees so High: Symphonic Ballad in A minor

Intimations of Immortality - Ode fopr tenor solo, chorus and Orchestra

Thomas Allen, Ian Partridge,
New Philharmonia Orchsestra
Guildford Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra
Vernon Handley

SRCD238

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JOHN IRELAND

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BOULT CONDUCTS IRELAND
Tritons: symphonic prelude (c1905)
The Forgotten Rite, prelude (1913)
Mai-Dun, symphonic rhapsody (1920/1)
A London Overture (1936)
Epic March (1942)
Themes from Julius Caesar (arr Geofrey Bush) (1942)
'The Overlanders', suite (1946-7)
(ed. Charles Mackerras)

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult

SRCD240

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ERIC COATES

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BOULT CONDUCTS COATES
Eric Coates Merrymakers Overture; Summer days Suite; Queen Elizabeth; Three Bears Phantasy; In the Country; Evening in Town; March The Dam Busters
Vaughan Williams The Wasps: March past of the kitchen utensils
Delius March Caprice
Rossini/Britten Soirées Musicales March
Grainger Children’s March 'Over the Hills and Far Away'
Walton Funeral March (Hamlet)
Holst/Jacob Suite No.1 March

New Philharmonia Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra

Adrian Boult

SRCD246

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CYRIL SCOTT

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

Early One Morning: Poem for Piano and Orchestra (1931, rev 1962)

Piano Concerto No 2 (c1958)

John Ogdon
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Herrmann

SRCD251

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Artist/Composer   Description Number
WILLIAM ALWYN


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Review

 

Miss Julie. Opera in 2 Acts. Jill Gomez. Benjamin Luxon. Della Jones. John Mitchinson. Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Vilem Tausky.

SRCD2218
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WILLIAM ALWYN Review Concerto Grosso No.2 in G for string orchestra. Autumn Legend for cor anglais & string orch.. 'Lyra Angelica' conc. for harp & string orch. (LPO). Osian Ellis (harp), Geoffrey Brown(cor anglais). Conducted by William Alwyn.

SRCD230

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WILLIAM ALWYN

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Review

Symphony No.2. Symphony No.3. Symphony No.5 (Hydriotaphia). London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conducted by William Alwyn.

SRCD228

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WILLIAM ALWYN

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Review

Overture, Derby Day. Symphonic prelude, The Magic Island & Elizabethan Dances. Sinfonietta for strings. Festival March. London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by William Alwyn

SRCD229

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WILLIAM ALWYN

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Review

Symphony No.1. Symphony No.4 London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conducted by William Alwyn.

SRCD227

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MALCOLM ARNOLD

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Review

English Dances. Set 1 Op.27. Set 2 Op.33. Sarabande. Irish Dances Op.126. Scottish Dances Op.59. Cornish Dances Op.91. Polka. London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Malcolm Arnold.

SRCD201

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MALCOLM ARNOLD

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Symphony No.4 Op.71 London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conducted by Malcolm Arnold.

SRCD200

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ARNOLD BAX

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Review

Symphony No.1. in E flat. Symphony No.7* London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Myer Fredman *Raymond Leppard.

SRCD232

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ARNOLD BAX

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Northern Ballad No.1. Mediterranean. Symphonic poem, the Garden of Fand. Symphonic poem, Tintagel. Symphonic poem, November woods. London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

SRCD231

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WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT Review Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor. Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor. Caprice. Malcolm Binns (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite

SRCD204

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WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT Review Piano Concerto No.2 in E flat. Piano Concerto No.5 in F minor. Adagio. Malcolm Binns (Piano) Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite

SRCD205

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LENNOX BERKELEY

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Review

Mont Juic. Serenade for Strings. Divertimento in B flat. Partita for chamber orchestra. Canzonette. Symphony No.3 in one movement/ London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conducted by Sir Lennox Berkeley.

SRCD226

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ARTHUR BLISS

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Review

Melee Fantasque. Rout for orchestra and soprano. Adam Zero-suite. Hymn to Apollo. Serenade for orchestra and baritone (Brian Priestman). The world is charged with the grandeur of God. (Philip Ledger). Conducted by Sir Arthur Bliss

SRCD225

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GEOFFREY BUSH

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Review

Overture, Yorick. Music (1967) for Orchestra. Symphonies 1 & 2. New Philharmonia Orch. London Phil. Orch. London Symphony Orch. Royal Phil. Orch. Vernon Handley. Nicholas Braithwaite. Barry Wordsworth.

SRCD252

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JOHN FOULDS

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Review

Le Cabaret, overture. April-England. Pasquinade Symphonique No.2. Hellas, a suite of ancient Greece. Three mantras. London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Barry Wordsworth

SRCD212

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ALUN HODDINOTT

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Review

Dives & Lazarus. Viola Concertino. Nocturnes & Cadenzas. Sinfonia Fidei. F. Palmer (Soprano). C. Erdelyi (Viola). T. Allen (Baritone). M. Welsh (Cello). New Philharmonia Orch. (David Atherton). Philharmonia Orch. (Sir Charles Groves).

SRCD332

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ALUN HODDINOTT

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Symphonies 2, 3 & 5. London Symphony Orchestra (Norman Del Mar, David Atherton). Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Andrew Davis).

SRCD331

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GUSTAV HOLST

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Review

Fugal Overture. A Somerset Rhapsody. Beni Mora-Oriental Suite. Hammersmith-A prelude & scherzo. Scherzo. Japanese suite. (London SO) London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

SRCD222

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GUSTAV HOLST

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Review

2 Songs without Words. Fugal Concerto. Ballet music from Golden Goose. Double Concerto for 2 violins. Lyric Movement for Viola. Capriccio for Orchestra. Conducted by Imogen Holst.

SRCD223

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GUSTAV HOLST

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Review

Winter Idyll. Elegy(in memoriam William Morris). Indra, Symphonic poem. Song of the Night for violin and orchestra). Invocation(For cello and orchestra). etc London Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Conducted by David Atherton

SRCD209

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WILLIAM HURLSTONE

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Review

Variations on an Original Theme. Magic Mirror, suite. Variations on an Hungarian Air. London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite

SRCD208

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DANIEL JONES Review Symphonies 6&9. The Country Beyond the Stars. Welsh National Opera Chorus. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Sir Charles Groves). BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra (Bryden Thompson).

SRCD326

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WILLIAM MATHIAS Review

Dance Overture. Divertimento. Invocation and Dance. Prelude, Aria & Finale. Sinfonietta. Laudi. Vistas. LSO. New Phil Orch. Eng Chamber Orch. NYO of Wales. Conducted by David Atherton, Arthur Davison.

see also Mathias Symphonies

SRCD328

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WILLIAM MATHIAS Review

Clarinet concerto (New Philharmonia Orch.). Harp concerto. Piano concerto No.3. (London Symphony Orchestra). Conducted by David Atherton.

see also Mathias Symphonies

SRCD325

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WILLIAM MATHIAS Review

Ave Rex, A Carol Sequence. Elegy for A Prince. This Worlde's Joie. London Symphony Orchestra. New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conducted by David Atherton, David Willcocks.

see also Mathias Symphonies

SRCD322

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HUBERT PARRY

Review

Review

Overture to an unwritten Tragedy. An English Suite. Bridal March (the Birds)(London PO). Lady Radnor's Suite. Symphonic variations. London SO Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

SRCD220

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ALAN RAWSTHORNE

Review

Review

Symphonies 1,2 & 3. London Philharmonic Orchestra. BBC Symphony Orchestra. Sir John Pritchard. Nicholas Braithwaite. Norman Del Mar. Tracey Chadwell (soprano).

SRCD291

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EDMUND RUBBRA

 

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Review

Symphony No.2. Festival Overture. Symphony No.7* New Philharmonia Orchestra. *London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conducted by Vernon Handley. *Sir Adrian Boult.

SRCD235

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EDMUND RUBBRA

Review

Review

Review

Symphony No.6. Symphony No.8. Soliloquy for cello & orch.* Philharmonia Orchestra. *London Symphony Orchestra. *Rohan De Saram(Cello). Conducted by Norman Del Mar *Vernon Handley.

SRCD234

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EDMUND RUBBRA

Review

Review

Symphony No.3. A tribute. Overture Resurgam. Symphony No.4. Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted by Norman Del Mar

SRCD202

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CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD Review Irish Rhapsody No.4 (London PO).Braithwaite. Funeral March 'The Martydom' (from becket)Sir Adrian Boult Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor London SO.

SRCD219

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MICHAEL TIPPETT

Review

Review

The Midsummer Marriage. Opera in 3 Acts. A. Remedios. J. Carlyle. R. Herincx. E. Harwood. S. Burrows. H. Watts. S. Dean. E. Bainbridge. Chorus & Orch of ROH Covent Garden (Sir Colin Davis). 2CDs

SRCD2217

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WILLIAM WALTON

Review

Review

'Portsmouth Point' Overture. (LSO). Siesta. Music for Children. Suite-The Quest. Sinfonia concertante for orchestra with piano obbligato. Scapino, A comedy overture. Capriccio Burlesco. (LPO) Conducted by Sir William Walton.

SRCD222

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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

JOHN FOULDS

Review RVW Piano Concerto in C JOHN FOULDS Dynamic Triptych for Piano and Orchestra Howard Shelley (Piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Vernon Handley

SRCD211

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GRACE WILLIAMS

Review

Review

Ballads. Fairest of Stars. Symphony No.2. BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra.(Vernon Handley. London Symphony Orchestra (Sir Charles Groves). Janet Price (Soprano).

SRCD327

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GRACE WILLIAMS Review Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes. Carillons. Penillion. Trumpet Concerto. Sea Sketches. Anthony Camden,Howard Snell (LSO). Sir Charles Groves (Royal PO). David Atherton (English CO).

SRCD323

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WILLIAM WORDSWORTH Review Symphony No.2 in D Symphony No.3 in C London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite

SRCD207

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