BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH CONCERTOS: FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT

JOHANN BAPTIST CRAMER
(1771-1858)

Born in Mannheim, Germany, he was brought to England as an infant. He studied initially with his father who was an accomplished violinist and then with Muzio Clementi and C.F. Abel. His musical career began as a concert pianist and he became well known both in England and the Continent. He later became an important pedagogue of the piano in Munich and Paris and was deeply involved in musical publishing. His compositional output naturally centered around the piano and included 9 Piano Concertos, 50 Piano Sonatas and many other works for the piano that ranged from the salon to the pedagogic. He was a friend of Beethoven.

Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 16 (1797)

Howard Shelley (piano and Conductor)/London Mozart Players
( + Piano Concertos Nos. 7 and 8)
CHANDOS CHAN 10005 (2002)

Piano Concerto No. 5 in C minor, Op. 48 (1811)

Akiko Sagara (piano)/Pierre Cao/Luxembourg Radio Orchestra
( + Clementi: Piano Concerto, Hummel: Piano Concertino, Field: Piano Concerto No. 2, Czerny: Divertissement and Ries: Piano Concerto No. 2)
VOX BOX CDX5111 (1996)
(original US LP release: TURNABOUT TVS 34608) (1969)

Piano Concerto No. 7 in E major, Op. 56 (1816)

Howard Shelley (piano and Conductor)/London Mozart Players
( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 8)
CHANDOS CHAN 10005 (2002)

Piano Concerto No. 8 in D minor, Op. 70 (1825)

Howard Shelley (piano and Conductor)/London Mozart Players
( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 7)
CHANDOS CHAN 10005 (2002)

Jeffrey Shumway (piano)/Kory Katseanes/Brigham Young University Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Mendelssohn: 2 Piano Concero in E)
DESERET CD 77916 (2006)

WILLIAM CROTCH
(1775-1847)

Born in Norwich. He was a child prodigy whose first public appearance was at the age of three and a half. His musical education was at Oxford where he was later appointed a professor and he also taught at the Royal Academy of Music. He was best known as an organist and pedagogue, but his compositions received many performances in his lifetime, especially his choral works. In addition to the Concerto listed here, his mature orchestral output also includes 2 Symphonies (one of which was unfinished) and 2 other Organ Concertos.

Organ Concerto No. 2 in A flat major (c. 1805)

Andrew Lumsden (organ)/Hilary Davan Wetton/Milton Keynes Chamber Orchestra
( + Symphony in F major, Symphony in E flat major and Overture in G major)
UNICORN-KANCHANA DKPCD 9126 (1992)

JOHN FIELD
(1782-1837)

Born in Dublin. He came from a musical family and received his first training from them as well as some professional lessons while still in Dublin. At the age of eleven he went to London to study with Muzio Clementi (who also gave him employment as a piano salesman) and embarked upon a performing career that took him around Europe, eventually settling temporarily in Russia where he taught as well as performed. He wrote almost exclusively for the piano and was the first to write piano pieces called "nocturnes."

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat major (1799)

Sondra Bianca (piano)/Randolph Jones/Philharmonia Orchestra of Hamburg
( + Nocturnes Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5 and 12)
MGM E3476 (LP) (1957)

Felicja Blumental (piano)/Helmuth Froschauer/Vienna Chamber Orchestra
( + Hummel: Rondo Brilliant on Russian Themes)
UNICORN UNS227 (LP) (1971)

Benjamin Frith (piano)/David Haslam/Northern Sinfonia
( + Piano Concerto No. 3)
NAXOS 8553770 (1998)

Frank Merrick/Malcolm Duncan/Damon Orchestra
( + Air Russe, Nocturne Pastorale and Fantasia on Martini's Andante)
RARE RECORDED EDITIONS SRRE 122 (LP) (197 )

John O'Conor (piano)/János Fürst/New Irish Chamber Orchestra
( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7)
ONYX CD101/103 (3 CDs)(1993)
(original LP release: TOL CSM 55/58 {3 LPs}) (1982)

Míceál O'Rourke (piano)/Matthias Bamert/London Mozart Players
( + Piano Concerto No. 2)
CHANDOS CHAN 9368 (1995)

Paolo Restani (piano)/Marco Guidarini/Nice Philharmonic Orchestra

( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7)

BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93783 (4 CDs) (2009)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in A flat major (1811)

Benjamin Frith (piano)/David Haslam/Northern Sinfonia
( + Piano Concerto No. 4)
NAXOS 8553771(1999)

Rena Kyriakou (piano)/Carl-August Bünte/Berlin Symphony Orchestra
( + Clementi: Piano Concerto, Hummel: Piano Concertino, Cramer: Piano Concerto No. 5, Czerny: Divertissement and Ries: Piano Concerto No. 2)
VOX BOX CDX5111 (1996)
(original LP release: VOX STGBY625 (1969)

Frank Merrick/John Foster/Beckenham Orchestra
RARE RECORDED EDITIONS SRRE 128 (LP) (1968)

John O'Conor (piano)/János Fürst/New Irish Chamber Orchestra
( + Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7)
ONYX CD101/103 (3 CDs)(1993)
(original LP release: TOL CSM 55/58 {3 LPs}) (1982)

John O'Conor (piano)/Sir Charles Mackerras/Scottish Chamber Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 3)
TELARC CD80370 (1994)

Míceál O'Rourke (piano)/Matthias Bamert/London Mozart Players
( + Piano Concerto No. 1)
CHANDOS CHAN 9368 (1995)

Paolo Restani (piano)/Marco Guidarini/Nice Philharmonic Orchestra

( + Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7)

BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93783 (4 CDs) (2009)

Andreas Staier (piano)/David Stern/Concerto Cologne
( + Piano Concerto No. 3)
ELATUS 0927496102 (2003)
(original CD release: TELDEC 3984214752) (1999)

Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major (1811)

Felicja Blumental (piano)/Helmuth Froschauer/Vienna Chamber Orchestra
( + Czerny:Piano Concerto No. 1)
TURNABOUT TV34389S (LP) (1972)

Benjamin Frith (piano)/David Haslam/Northern Sinfonia
( + Piano Concerto No. 1)
NAXOS 8553770 (1998)

Frank Merrick/John Foster/anonymous orchestra
RARE RECORDED EDITIONS SRRE 116 (LP) (1968)

John O'Conor (piano)/János Fürst/New Irish Chamber Orchestra
( + Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7)
ONYX CD101/103 (3 CDs)(1993)
(original LP release: TOL CSM 55/58 {3 LPs}) (1982)

John O'Conor (piano)/Sir Charles Mackerras/Scottish Chamber Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 2)
TELARC CD80370 (1994)

Míceál O'Rourke (piano)/Matthias Bamert/London Mozart Players
( + Piano Concerto No. 5)
CHANDOS CHAN 9495 (1996)

Paolo Restani (piano)/Marco Guidarini/Nice Philharmonic Orchestra

( + Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7)

BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93783 (4 CDs) (2009)

Andreas Staier (piano)/David Stern/Concerto Cologne
( + Piano Concerto No. 2)
ELATUS 0927496102 (2003)
(original CD release: TELDEC 3984214752) (1999)

Piano Concerto No. 4 in E flat major (1814, rev. 1819)

Benjamin Frith (piano)/David Haslam/Northern Sinfonia
( + Piano Concerto No. 2)
NAXOS 8553771(1999)

Frank Merrick/Graham Nash/Bexley Pro Musica
( + Chopin: Berceuse)
RARE RECORDED EDITIONS SRRE 136 (LP) (1968)

John O'Conor (piano)/János Fürst/New Irish Chamber Orchestra
( + Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7)
ONYX CD101/103 (3 CDs)(1993)
(original LP release: TOL CSM 55/58 {3 LPs}) (1982)

Míceál O'Rourke (piano)/Matthias Bamert/London Mozart Players
( + Piano Concerto No. 6)
CHANDOS CHAN 9442 (1996)

Paolo Restani (piano)/Marco Guidarini/Nice Philharmonic Orchestra

( + Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7)

BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93783 (4 CDs) (2009)

Piano Concerto No. 5 in C major "L’Incendie par l'Orage" (1817)

Benjamin Frith (piano)/David Haslam/Northern Sinfonia
( + Piano Concerto No. 6)
NAXOS 8554221 (2001)

Frank Merrick/Malcolm Duncan/Damon Orchestra
( + Introduction and Rondo)
RARE RECORDED EDITIONS SRRE 123 (LP) (1968)

John O'Conor (piano)/János Fürst/New Irish Chamber Orchestra
( + Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7)
ONYX CD101/103 (3 CDs)(1993)
(original LP release: TOL CSM 55/58 {3 LPs}) (1982)

Míceál O'Rourke (piano)/Matthias Bamert/London Mozart Players
( + Piano Concerto No. 3)
CHANDOS CHAN 9495 (1996)

Paolo Restani (piano)/Marco Guidarini/Nice Philharmonic Orchestra

( + Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7)

BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93783 (4 CDs) (2009)

Piano Concerto No. 6 in C major (1819, rev. 1822)

Benjamin Frith (piano)/David Haslam/Northern Sinfonia
( + Piano Concerto No. 5)
NAXOS 8554221 (2001)

Frank Merrick/John Foster/anonymous orchestra
( + Clementi: Sonata No. 4)
RARE RECORDED EDITIONS SRRE 139 (LP) (1968)

John O'Conor (piano)/János Fürst/New Irish Chamber Orchestra
( + Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)
ONYX CD101/103 (3 CDs)(1993)
(original LP release: TOL CSM 55/58 {3 LPs}) (1982)

Míceál O'Rourke (piano)/Matthias Bamert/London Mozart Players
( + Piano Concerto No. 4)
CHANDOS CHAN 9442 (1996)

Paolo Restani (piano)/Marco Guidarini/Nice Philharmonic Orchestra

( + Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7)

BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93783 (4 CDs) (2009)

Piano Concerto No. 7 in C minor (1822, rev.1822-32)

Frank Merrick/Malcolm Damon/Damon Orchestra
( + Waltz).
RARE RECORDED EDITIONS SRRE 138 (LP) (1968)

John O'Conor (piano)/János Fürst/New Irish Chamber Orchestra
( + Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)
ONYX CD101/103 (3 CDs)(1993)
(original LP release: TOL CSM 55/58 {3 LPs}) (1982)

Míceál O'Rourke (piano)/Matthias Bamert/London Mozart Players
( + Divertissements Nos.1 and 2, Rondeau, Nocturne No.16 and Quintetto)
CHANDOS CHAN 9537 (1997)

Paolo Restani (piano)/Marco Guidarini/Nice Philharmonic Orchestra

( + Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6)

BRILLIANT CLASSICS 93783 (4 CDs) (2009)

Divertissement for Piano and Strings No. 1 in E major (c. 1810)

Míceál O'Rourke (piano)/Matthias Bamert/London Mozart Players
( + Piano Concerto No. 7, Divertissement No. 2, Rondeau, Nocturne No.16 and Quintetto)
CHANDOS CHAN 9537 (1997)

Divertissement for Piano and Strings No. 2 in A major (c. 1811)

Míceál O'Rourke (piano)/Matthias Bamert/London Mozart Players
( + Piano Concerto No. 7, Divertissement No. 1, Rondeau, Nocturne No.16 and Quintetto)
CHANDOS CHAN 9537 (1997)

Rondeau for Piano and Strings in A flat major (before 1799)

Míceál O'Rourke (piano)/Matthias Bamert/London Mozart Players
( + Piano Concerto No. 7, Divertissements Nos. 1 and 2, Nocturne No.16 and Quintetto)
CHANDOS CHAN 9537 (1997)

Eckart Sellheim (piano)/Collegium Aureum
( + Boccherini: Piano Concerto and Schobert: Piano Concerto)
EDITIO CLASSICO 77005-2 (1990)

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SIR JULIUS BENEDICT
(1804-1885)

Born in Stuttgart. He studied with J.C.L. Abeille in Stuttgart and Johann Nepomuk Hummel in Weimar and had private lessons with Carl Maria von Weber. He moved to London in 1835 remaining there for the rest of his life. There he had a brilliant career as a conductor of both opera and popular concerts. In addition to his 2 Piano Concertos, he composed operas, oratorios, cantatas, 2 Symphonies and other instrumental works.

Piano Concerto in C minor, Op. 45 (1849)

Howard Shelley (piano and conductor)/Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto in E flat and W. Macfarren: Concertstück)
HYPERION CDA67720 (2009)

Piano Concerto in E flat major, Op. 89 (1867)

Howard Shelley (piano and conductor)/Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto in C minor and W. Macfarren: Concertstück)
HYPERION CDA67720 (2009)

ELIAS PARISH-ALVARS
(1808-1849)

Born in Teignmouth, Devon. As a teenager he studied the harp with François-Joseph Dizi and Nicholas-Charles Bochsa and was also taught by Théodore Labarre. While pursuing a career as a harp (and piano) recitalist all ever Europe with a base in Vienna he also composed works for his instrument (at least 2 additional concertos) as well as 2 Piano Concertos and a Symphony in E minor.

Harp Concerto in G minor, Op. 81 "Grand" (1845)

Elizabeth Hainen (harp)/Rossen Milanov/Bulgarian National Radio Orchestra
( + Albrechtsberger: Harp Concerto and Saint-Saëns: Morceau de Concert)
AVIE AV2221 (2011)

Marielle Nordmann (harp)/Jean-Pierre Rampal/Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra
( + Boieldieu: Harp Concerto and Viotti: Harp Concerto)
SONY 58919 (1995)

Nicanor Zabaleta (harp)/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos/Spanish National Orchestra
( + Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez {arr. for harp and orchestra})
HMV ASD 3034 (LP) (1974)

Concerto for 2 Harps and Orchestra in D minor, Op. 91 (c. 1847)

Xavier de Maistre and Emmanuel Ceysson (harps)/Hannu Lintu/Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic
( + Reinecke: Harp Concerto and Zabel: Harp Concerto)
CLAVES 50-2607 (2006)

Harp Concerto in E flat, Op. 98 (1849)

Marielle Nordmann (harp)/Theodor Guschlbauer/Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Harp Concertino and Fantaisie)
FNAC MUSIC 592266 (1993)

SIR WILLIAM STERNDALE BENNETT
(1816-1875)

Born in Sheffield. He studied with Charles Lucas, William Henry Holmes (1812-1885, composed a Symphony in B minor and several others) and William Crotch at the Royal Academy of Music and went to Germany in 1833 where he was championed by Mendelssohn and Schumann. He conducted and taught at Cambridge and the Royal Academy of which he became Principal. In addition to the Piano Concertos, he wrote 5 Symphonies while still a student and an additional one later on as well as several concert overtures.

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 1 (1832)

Malcolm Binns (piano)/Nicholas Braithwaite/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 3 and Caprice)
LYRITA SRCD. 204 (1990)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 4 (1833)

Malcolm Binns (piano)/Nicholas Braithwaite/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 5 and Adagio)
LYRITA SRCD. 205 (1990)

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 9 (1834)

Malcolm Binns (piano)/Nicholas Braithwaite/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 1 and Caprice)
LYRITA SRCD. 204 (1990)

Piano Concerto No. 4 in F minor (1838)

Malcolm Binns (piano)/Hilary Davan Wetton/Milton Keynes Chamber Orchestra
( + Symphony (No. 5) in G minor and Fantasy)
UNICORN-KANCHANA UKCD 2032 (1999)
(original LP release: MILTON KEYNES MUSIC SERIES MKM 861) (1986)

Howard Shelley (piano and conductor)/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Caprice and Bache: Piano Concerto)
HYPERION CDA67595 (2007)

Piano Concerto No. 5 in F minor (1836)

Malcolm Binns (piano)/Nicholas Braithwaite/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 2 and Adagio)
LYRITA SRCD. 205 (1990)

Caprice in E major for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 22 (1840-1)

Malcolm Binns (piano)/Nicholas Braithwaite/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 3)
LYRITA SRCD. 204 (1990)

Adagio for Piano and Orchestra (c. 1837)

Malcolm Binns (piano)/Nicholas Braithwaite/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto Nos. 2 and 5)
LYRITA SRCD. 205 (1990)

HENRY CHARLES LITOLFF
(1818-1891)

Born in London. He was musically precocious, studied with Ignaz Moscheles and made his debut in London at the age of fourteen. Within a few years he was on the Continent where he became famous as a piano virtuoso and music publisher. In addition to his 5 Concertos Symphoniques ( No. I is lost), he composed a Violin Concerto, several concert overtures, operas and oratorios. The Scherzo movement of the 4^th Concerto Symphonique has had a life on its own and has kept the composer’s name alive.

Concerto Symphonique No. 2 in B minor, Op. 22 (1844)

Peter Donohoe (pno)/Andrew Litton/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Concerto Symphonique No. 4)
HYPERION CDA66889 (1997)

Concerto Symphonique No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 45 "Concerto National Hollandais" (1846)

Peter Donohoe (pno)/Andrew Litton/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Concerto Symphonique No. 5)
HYPERION CDA67210 (2001)

Michael Ponti (piano)/Volker Schmidt-Gertenbach/Berlin Symphony Orchestra
( + Hiller: Piano Concerto, Mendelssohn: Capriccio Brilliant, Moscheles: Piano Concerto in G, Reinecke: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Josef Rheinberger: Piano)
VOX CDX 5065 (2 CDs) (2001)
(original LP release: CANDIDE QCE 31112) (1979)

Concerto Symphonique No. 4 in D minor, Op. 102 (1851-2)

Peter Donohoe (pno)/Andrew Litton/ Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Concerto Symphonique No. 2)
HYPERION CDA66889 (1997)

Gerald Robbins (piano)/Edouard van Remoortel/Monte- Carlo Opera Orchestra
( + Piano Trio in D minor)
GENESIS GCD 101 (1989)
(original LP release: GENESIS GS 1035) (1973)

Concerto Symphonique No. 5 in C minor, Op. 123 (1870)

Peter Donohoe (pno)/Andrew Litton/ BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Concerto Symphonique No. 3 )
HYPERION CDA67210 (2001)

WALTER MACFARREN
(1826-1905)

Born in London. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music with William Henry Holmes for piano and Cipriani Potter and his brother, George, Macfarren, for composition. He then became a professor at this school where he also conducted the orchestra. He composed a Symphony, Piano Concerto and a series of concert overtures as well as instrumental and vocal music.

Concertstück in E minor for Piano and Orchestra (1880)

Howard Shelley (piano and conductor)/Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
( + Benedicxt: Piano Concertos in E flat and C minor)
HYPERION CDA67720 (2009)

FRANCIS EDWARD BACHE
(1833-1858)

Born in Birmingham. He had a thorough musical education at first with Sterndale Bennett in London and then with Louis Plaidy, Moritz Hauptmann and Johann Schneider on the Continent. His brief lifetime included the twin careers of performer and composer and he managed to write operas as well as works for orchestra and solo instruments.

Piano Concerto in E major, Op. 18 (1852)

Howard Shelley (piano and conductor)/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concerto No. 4 and Caprice)
HYPERION CDA67595 (2007)

SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN
(1842-1900)

Born in London. The son of a bandmaster, he studied with William Sterndale Bennett, Arthur O’Leary and John Goss at the Royal Academy and went to Leipzig for further study with Ignaz Moscheles, Julius Rietz and Ferdinand David. In addition to composing, he had great success as a conductor and was also a teacher and organist. He gained immortality for his operas written with W.S.Gilbert. His other orchestral works include a Symphony, 6 concert overtures and several marches.

Cello Concerto in D major (1866)

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)/Sir Charles Mackerras/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony in E major, Overture di Ballo and Elgar: Romance for Cello and Orchestra)
EMI CLASSICS CDM 7 64726 2 (1993)
(original CD release: EMI CDC 7 47622-2) (1987)

Martin Ostertag (cello)/Klaus Arp/Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra
( + Gulda: Cello Concerto)
AMATI 9703 (1999)

Paul Watkins (cello)/Sir Charles Mackerras/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Macbeth Overture and Te Deum)
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE MM 203 (2001)

SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL MACKENZIE
(1847-1935)

Born in Edinburgh. As a child he was sent to Germany to study with K. W. Ulrich and Eduard Stein. Returning to England he completed his studies at the Royal Academy of Music under Prosper Sainton, Frederick Jewson and Charles Lucas. He later became Principal of that institution, a post he held for 36 years while also pursuing a career as a conductor and composer. He composed prolifically in many genres ranging from opera to solo instrumental works. His other works for orchestra include 3 Scottish Rhapsodies, Highland Ballad for Violin and Orchestra and Larghetto and Allegro for Cello and Orchestra.

Scottish Concerto in G major, Op. 55 (1897)

Steven Osborne (piano)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Donald Tovey: Piano Concerto)
HYPERION CDA67023 (1998)

Violin Concerto in C sharp minor, Op. 32 (1884-5)

Malcolm Stewart (violin)/Vernon Handley/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
( + Pibroch Suite)
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55343 (2009)
(original LP release: HYPERION CDA66975) (1998)

Pibroch Suite for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 42 (1889)

Rachel Barton Pine (violin)/Alexander Platt/Scottish Chamber Orchestra
( + Bruch: Scottish Fantasy, McEwen: Scottish Rhapsody, Sarasate: Airs Ecossaises and Barton Fine: Medley of Scots Tunes)
CEDILLE RECORDS CDR90000083 (2 CDs) (2005)

Malcolm Stewart (vioin)/Vernon Handley/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto)
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55343 (2009)
(original LP release: HYPERION CDA66975) (1998)

SIR (CHARLES) HUBERT H. PARRY
(1848-1918)

Born in Bournemouth. He studied with Henry Hugo Pierson in Stuttgart and William Sterndale Bennett and George Macfarren at the Royal Academy of Music and became one of the leading composers of his time. At the Royal College of Music, together with Stanford, Parry taught a long list of prominent British composers. His musical catalogue is vast and is particularly dominated by choral works. Among his other major orchestral works are a 5 Symphonies, Symphonic Variations and the symphonic poem, "From Death to Life." His setting of William Blake’s "Jerusalem" is practically a second national anthem.

Piano Concerto in F sharp major (1880)

Piers Lane (piano)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Stanford: Piano Concerto No. 1)
HYPERION CDA66820 (1995)

SIR FREDERIC HYMEN COWEN
(1852-1935)

Born in Kingston, Jamaica but came to England in early childhood. As a child prodigy he had instructions from Julius Benedict (1804-1885, composed 2 Symphonies) and John Goss. He completed his musical education in Germany with Ignaz Moscheles, Moritz Hauptmann and Carl Reinecke. He wrote 6 Symphonies (the first 2 are not extant) that had great popularity in their time. He composed 5 Symphonies and a a Sinfonietta and other works for orchestra.

Concertstuck, A Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra (written for and played by Paderewski) (1900)

Martin Roscoe (piano)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Somervell: Symphonic Variations "Normandy" and Piano Concerto)
HYPERION CDA67837 (2011)

SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
(1852-1924)

Born in Dublin. After private studies with Arthur O’Leary and Robert P. Stewart as well as additional lessons at Cambridge, Stanford had further training in Germany by the eminent composers Carl Reinecke and Friedrich Kiel. He was one of the twin pillars of the Royal College of Music (along with Parry) responsible for the teaching of almost an entire generation of important British composers. Besides the Concertos, Stanford’s orchestral works include 7 Symphonies, 4 other Irish Rhapsodies and an Irish Concertino for Violin, Cello and Orchestra.

Piano Concerto No. 1 in G major, Op. 59 (1894)

Piers Lane (piano)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Parry: Piano Concerto)
HYPERION CDA66820 (1995)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 126 (1911)

Malcolm Binns (piano)/Nicholas Braithwaite/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Irish Rhapsody No. 4 and Becket: Funeral March)
LYRITA SRCD.219 (1992)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.102) (1985)

Finghin Collins/Kenneth Montgomery/ RTE National Symphony Orchestra
( + Concert Variations upon an English Theme "Down Among the Dead Men")
CLAVES 501101 (2011)

Margaret Fingerhut (piano)/Vernon Handley/Ulster Orchestra
( + Concert Variations upon an English Theme "Down Among the Dead Men" and Irish Rhapsodies Nos. 1 – 6)
CHANDOS CLASSICS CHAN 10116 (2 CDs) (2004)
(original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 8736) (1989)

Andreas Jetter (piano)/Dmitri Vassiliev/Rostov Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Schumann: Introduction and Allegro Appassionato)
ANTES 9186 (2003)

Piano Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 171 (1919, orch. by Geoffrey Bush)

Malcolm Binns (piano)/Nicholas Braithwaite/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Cello Concerto)
LYRITA SRCD.321 (2007)

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 74 (1899)

Anthony Marwood (violin)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Suite for Violin and Orchestra)
HYPERION CDA67208 (2000)

Cello Concerto in D minor (1879-80)

Alexander Baillie (cello)/Nicholas Braithwaite/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 3)
LYRITA SRCD.321 (2007)

Gemma Rosefield (cello)/Andrew Manze/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
( + Rondo in F major, Ballata and Ballabile and Irish Rhapsody No. 3)

HYPERION CDA67859 (2011)

Clarinet Concerto in A minor, Op. 80 (1902)

Michael Collins (clarinet and conductor)/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Finzi: Clarinet Concerto and Arnold: Clarinet Concerto No. 2)
CHANDOS CHAN 10739 (2012)

Janet Hilton (clarinet)/Vernon Handley/Ulster Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 2)
CHANDOS CHAN 8991 (1991)

Emma Johnson (clarinet)/Sir Charles Groves/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + 3 Intermezzi and Finzi: Clarinet Concerto and 5 Bagatelles)
ASV 787 (1993)

Robert Plane (clarinet)/David Lloyd-Jones/ Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 1)
NAXOS 8.570356 (2008)

Dame Thea King (clarinet)/Alun Francis/Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Finzi: Clarinet Concerto)
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55101 (2001)
(original LP release: HYPERION A66001) (1980)

Frederick Thurston (clarinet)/Stanford Robinson/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1952)
( + Fibich: Moods, Impressions and Reminiscences {excerpts},Quintet and Ireland: Fantasy Sonata)
SYMPOSIUM 1259 (2003)

Concert Variations upon an English Theme "Down Among the Dead Men" Op. 71 (1898)

Finghin Collins/Kenneth Montgomery/ RTE National Symphony Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 2)
CLAVES 501101 (2011)

Margaret Fingerhut (piano)/Vernon Handley/Ulster Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 2 and Irish Rhapsodies Nos. 1 – 6)
CHANDOS CLASSICS CHAN 10116 (2 CDs) (2004)
(original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 8736) (1989)

Suite for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 32 (1888)

Anthony Marwood (violin)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto)
HYPERION CDA67208 (2000)

Concert Piece for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 181

Gillian Weir (organ)/Vernon Handley/Ulster Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 7 and Irish Rhapsody No. 3)
CHANDOS CHAN 8861 (1990)

Rondo in F major for Cello and Orchestra (1869)

Gemma Rosefield (cello)/Andrew Manze/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
( + Cello Concerto, Ballata and Ballabile and Irish Rhapsody No. 3)

HYPERION CDA67859 (2011)

Ballata and Ballabile for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 160 (1918)

Gemma Rosefield (cello)/Andrew Manze/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
( + Cello Concerto, Rondo in F major and Irish Rhapsody No. 3)

HYPERION CDA67859 (2011)

Irish Rhapsody No. 3 for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 137 (c. 1915)

Gemma Rosefield (cello)/Andrew Manze/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,
( + Rondo in F major, Ballata and Ballabile and Cello Concerto

HYPERION CDA67859 (2011)

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)/Vernon Handley/Ulster Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 7 and Concert Piece for Organ and Orchestra)
CHANDOS CHAN 8861 (1990)

Irish Rhapsody No. 6 for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 191 (c. 1923)

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)/Vernon Handley/Ulster Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 4 and Oedipus Rex: Prelude)
CHANDOS CHAN 8884 (1990)

FREDERIC CLIFFE
(1857-1931)

Born in Bradford, Yorkshire. Studied with Arthur Sullivan, Ebenezer Prout, John Stainer and Frederick Taylor. He taught at both the Royal Academy and the Royal College of Music. He also composed 2 Symphonies.

Violin Concerto in D minor (1896)

Philippe Graffin (violin)/ David Lloyd-Jones/BBC National Orchestra of Wales
( + d' Erlanger: Violin Concerto and Poëme for Violin and Orchestra
HYPERION CDA67838 (2011)

SIR EDWARD ELGAR
(1857-1934)

Born in Broadheath, Worcestershire, Elgar was the son of a music shop owner and received only private musical instruction. Despite this he is arguably England’s greatest composer some of whose orchestral music has traveled around the world more than any of his compatriots. In addition to the Conceros, his 3 Symphonies and Enigma Variations are his other orchestral masterpieces. His many other works for orchestra, including the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Falstaff and Cockaigne Overture have been recorded numerous times. He was appointed Master of the King’s Musick in 1924.

Piano Concerto (arranged by Robert Walker from sketches, drafts and recordings) (1913/2004)

David Owen Norris (piano)/David Lloyd-Jones/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Four Songs {orch. Haydn Wood}, Adieu, So Many True Princesses, Spanish Serenade, The Immortal Legions and Collins: Elegy in Memory of Edward Elgar)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7148 (2005)

Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 (1909-10)

Salvatore Accardo (violin)/Richard Hickox/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Walton: Violin Concerto)
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 9173 (2010)
(original CD release: COLLINS CLASSICS COL 1338-2) (1992)

Hugh Bean (violin)/Sir Charles Groves/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Violin Sonata, Piano Quintet, String Quartet, Concert Allegro and Serenade)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CDCFP 585908-2 (2 CDs) (2004)
(original LP release: HMV ASD2883) (1973)

Marat Bisengaliev (violin)/Bundit Ungrangsee/West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Serenade for Strings, Violin Sonata, Fugue for Violin and Oboe and violin solo miniatures: Romance, Mazurka, Bizarrerie, Serenade, Idylle, Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit, La Capricieuse, Gavotte, Salut d’Amour, Etude-Caprice, May Song, Virelai, In Hammersbach, Carissima, Adieu, Etudes Caractéristiques, Elévation, Pastourelle, Bavarian Dances Nos. 1 and 3, Sospiri, Petite Reine – Berceuse, Polonaise in D minor, Dreaming, Mot d’amour, Valse on Themes by Elgar, Reminiscences, Interlude from ‘The Crown of India’ and Allegretto: Duet on a theme of GEDGE)
NAXOS 8.572643-45 (3 CDs) (2011)

Alfredo Campoli (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Cello Concerto)
HERITAGE HTGCD245 (2012)
(original LP release: DECCA LXT5014) (1955)

Leland Chen (violin)/Sir Yehudi Menuhin/Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1)
UPBEAT CLASSICS URCD115 (1995)

Kyung-Wha Chung (violin)/Sir Georg Solti/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Cello Concerto, Enigma Variations and Cockaigne Overture)
DECCA BRITISH MUSIC 473085-2 (2 CDs) (2002)
(original LP release: DECCA SXL6842) (1977)

James Ehnes/ Sir Andrew Davis/Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Serenade for Strings)
ONYX 4025 (2007)

Philippe Graffin (violin)/Vernon Handley/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (original version)
( + Chausson: Poème)
AVIE AV2091 (2006)

Ilya Grubert(violin)/Vladimir Ziva/Moscow Symphony Orchestra
( + In the South Overture and Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1)
VISTA VERA WCD00048 (2004)

Ida Haendel (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + J.S. Bach: Partita No. 2)
TESTAMENT SBT1146 (1998)
(original LP release: HMV ASD 3598 (1978)

Ida Haendel (violin)/Sir John Pritchard/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1986)
( + Polonia)
CARLTON BBC RADIO CLASSICS 15656 9194-2 (1997)

Ida Haendel (violin)/Sir Simon Rattle/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1984)
( + Sibelius: Violin Concerto)
TESTAMENT SBT 1444 (2009)

Hilary Hahn (violin)/ Sir Colin Davis/ London Symphony Orchestra
( + Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 504-2 (2004)

Marie Hall (violin)/ Sir Edward Elgar/anonymous orchestra (abridged) (rec. 1916)
( + Symphony No 2, Cello Concerto, Enigma Variations, Bavarian Dances, Cockaigne Overture, Carissima, Chanson de Nuit, In the South Overture, Polonia, Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos.1 and 4, Salut d'Amour, The Wand of Youth Suites Nos. 1 and 2, Carillon, The Dream of Gerontius, Fringes of the Fleet. Scenes from The Saga of King Olaf, A Little Bird in the Air The Light of Life-Meditation, Sea Pictures, The Sanguine Fan, The Starlight Express {excerpts}, Handel/Elgar: Overture in D minor, Bach/Elgar: Fantasia and Fugue)
PEARL Pavilion GEMM CDS9951/5 (5 CDs) (1992)
(original LP release: PEARL GEM 112) (1970)

Jascha Heifetz (violin)/Sir Malcolm Sargent/London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1941)
( + Walton: Violin Concerto)
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110939 (2000)
(original LP release: HMV ALP1014) (1952)

Dong-Suk Kang (violin)/Adrian Leaper/Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
( + Cockaigne Overture)
NAXOS 8.550489 (1992)

Nigel Kennedy (violin)/Vernon Handley/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Introduction and Allegro)
EMI GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY 345792-2 (2006)
(original LP release: EMI EMX412058-1) (1984)

Nigel Kennedy (violin)/Sir Simon Rattle/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
( + Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending)
EMI 5034172 (2007)
(original CD release: EMI CDC 556413-2) (1997)

Tasmin Little (violin)/Sir Andrew Davis/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
( + Interlude from The Crown of India and Polonia)
CHANDOS CHSA 5083 (2010)

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)/Sir Edward Elgar/London Symphony Orchestra (rec 1932)
( + Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1)
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8110902 (1999)
(original LP release: HMV ALP1456) (1957)

Sir Yehudi Menuhin (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/LondonPhilharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1965)
( + Introduction and Allegro and Grania and Diarmid: Funeral March)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL41702 (2006)

Sir Yehudi Menuhin (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/New Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Delius: Violin Concerto)
EMI CLASSICS CDM 64725-2 (1994)
(original LP release: HMV ASD2559) (1966)

Sir Yehudi Menuhin (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/LondonPhilharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1969)
AS DISC AS534 ▼

Igor Oistrakh (violin)/Valentin Zhuk/Moscow Symphony Orchestra
( + Britten: Violin Concerto)
OLYMPIA OCD242 (1989)
(original LP release: MELODIYA A10 00123 002) (c. 1984)

Itzhak Perlman (violin)/Daniel Barenboim/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
( + Chausson: Poème)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON ORIGINALS 4777113 (2007)
(original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2532 036) (1982)

Albert Sammons (violin)/Sir Henry Wood/New Queen’s Hall Orchestra (rec. 1929)
( + Delius: Violin Concerto)
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110951 (2002)
(original LP release: HMV HLM7011) (1972)

Gil Shaham (violin)/David Zinman/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
CANARY CLASSICS CC06 (2008)

Dmitri Sitkovetsky (violin)/Sir Yehudi Menuhin/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Cello Concerto and Sea Pictures)
VIRGIN DE VIRGIN 562425-2 (2 CDs) (2004)
(original CD release: VIRGIN CLASSICS VC 545065-2) (1994)

Kyoko Takezawa (violin)/Sir Colin Davis/Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
( + Introduction and Allegro)
RCA RED SEAL 09026-61612-2 (1994)

Thomas Zehetmair(violin)/Sir Mark Elder/Hallé Orchestra
( + The Kingdom: Prelude and Prelude and The Dream of Gerontius: Prelude and Angel`s Farewell)
HALLÉ CDHLL 7521

Nikolaj Znaider (violin)/Sir Colin Davis/Dresden Staatskapelle
RCA RED SEAL 8869760588-2 (2010)

Pinchas Zuckerman (violin)/Daniel Barenboim/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Cockaigne Overture)
RETROSPECTIVE RET009 (2002)
(original LP release: CBS 76528 (1976)

Pinchas Zuckerman (violin)/Zubin Mehta/Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 2006)
( + J.S. Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1)
HELICON HEL 029655 (2012)

Pinchas Zuckerman (violin)/Leonard Slatkin/St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Cello Concerto, Enigma Variations, Overtures: Cockaigne, Froissart and In the South, Salut d’Amour and Serenade for Strings)
RCA RED SEAL 660389-2 (4 CDs) (2004)
(original CD release: RCA RED SEAL 09026-61672-2) (1994)

Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (1919)

Alexander Baillie (cello)/Sir Edward Downes/BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Enigma Variations)
CONIFER CDF507 (1993)

Erling Blöndal Bengtsson (cello)/Jean-Pierre Jacquillat/Iceland Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1973)
( + Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata and Solo Cello Pieces by Corelli, Chopin, Weber, Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov and Saint-Saëns)
DANACORD DACOCD724 (2012)

Julius Berger (cello)/Andrzej Staszynski/Polish National Radio Orchestra
( + Dvořák: Silent Woods, Rondo for Cello and Orchestra and R. Strauss: Romance for Cello and Orchestra)
EBS 6059 (1988)

Colin Carr (cello)/Yan Pascal Tortelier/BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
( + G. Lloyd: Symphony No. 9)
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE MM 111 (1992)

Pablo Casals (cello)/Sir Adrian Boult/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1945)
( + Dvoák: Cello Concerto and Bruch: Kol Nidrei)
EMI GREAT ARTISTS OF THE CENTURY 562952-2 (2005)
( + Violin Concerto)
HERITAGE HTGCD245 (2012)
(original LP release: WORLD RECORD CLUB SH121) (1969)

Natalie Clein (cello)/Vernon Handley/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + In Moonlight, Sospiri, Chanson de Matin, Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra, Salut d’Amour, La Capricieuse {arr. for cello and orchestra})
EMI 5014092 (2007)

Robert Cohen (cello)/Norman Del Mar/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Dvořák: Cello Concerto)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CDCFP 574879-2 (2001)
(original LP release: Classics for Pleasure CFP 40342) (1980)

Robert Cohen (cello)/Sir Charles Mackerras/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Enigma Variations and Froissart Overture)
ARGO 436 545-2ZH (1993)

Jacqueline du Pré (cello)/Sir John Barbirolli/ BBC Symphony Orchestra
(rec. 1967)
( + J.S. Bach: Suites for Cello Solo Nos. 1 and 2)
TESTAMENT SBT 1388 (2006)

Jacqueline du Pré (cello)/Sir John Barbirolli/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Sea Pictures and Cockaigne Overture)
EMI GREAT RECORDINGS OF THE CENTURY 586 597-2  (2004)
(original LP release: HMV ASD655) (1965)

Jacqueline du Pré (cello)/Daniel Barenboim/Philadelphia Orchestra (rec. 1970)
( + Enigma Variations and Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1 and 4)
SONY 78737 (2006)
(original LP release: CBS 76529) (1976)

Jacqueline du Pré (cello)/Sir Malcolm Sargent/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1964)
( + Rainier: Cello Concerto and Rubbra: Cello Sonata)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 42442 (2008)

Jacqueline du Pré (cello)/Sir Malcolm Sargent/BBC Symphony Orchestra
(rec. 1963)
( + The Music Makers)
INTAGLIO INCD 7351 ▼

Pierre Fournier (cello)/Paul Kletzki/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1959)
( + Walton: Cello Concerto)
ARLECCHINO ARL-A66 (1998)

Pierre Fournier (cello)/Hans Rosbaud/Baden-Baden Radio Orchestra (rec. 1955)
( + Boccherini: Cello Concerto and Schumann: Cello Concerto)
ARCHIPEL ARPCD 0410 (2008)

Pierre Fourner (cello)/Hans Rosbaud/Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester (rec. 1955)
+ Dvořák: Cello Concerto and Beethoven: 12 Variations on the theme Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen)
MEDICI MASTERS MM0282 (2008)

Pierre Fournier (cello)/Alfred Wallenstein/Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 2, Enigma Variations, Introduction and Allegro, Salut d’Amour, Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 and La Capricieuse)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 469136 (2 CDs) (2001)
(original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON (1967)

Michaela Fukačová (cello)/Libor Pešek/Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme and Pezzo Capriccioso)
SUPRAPHON 110390-2 (1989)

Sol Gabetta (cello)/Mario Venzago/Danish National Symphony Orchestra
( + Sospiri, Salut d'Amour, La Capricieuse, Dvorák: Silent Woods, Rondo, Respighi: Adagio and Variations, Vasks: Marcatissimo and Dolcissimo)
RCA RED SEAL 8869763081-2 (2 CDs) (2010)

Anne Gastinel (cello)/Justin Brown/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
( + Barber: Cello Concerto)
NAÏVE V4961 (2004)

Karine Georgiane (cello)/Konstantin Krimetz/Moscow Symphony Orchestra
( + Dvořák: Cello Concerto)
AMADIS 7149 (2000)

Leonid Gorokhov (cello)/Andrew Constantine/Bardi Orchestra
RABID RR 1001 (1996)

Lynn Harrell (cello)/Loren Maazel/Cleveland Orchestra
( + Enigma Variations)
DECCA ELOQUENCE 450021 (2002)
(original LP release: DECCA SXL6965) (1981)

Beatrice Harrison (cello)/Sir Edward Elgar/New Symphony Orchestra
(rec. 1928)
( + Falstaff and Nursery Suite)
DUTTON CDBP9776 (2007)
(original LP release: WORLD RECORD CLUB SH175) (1973)

Beatrice Harrison (cello)/Sir Edward Elgar/symphony orchestra (rec. 1919-20)
( + Symphony No 2, Violin Concerto, Enigma Variations, Bavarian Dances, Cockaigne Overture, Carissima, Chanson de Nuit, In the South Overture, Polonia, Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos.1 and 4, Salut d'Amour, The Wand of Youth Suites Nos. 1 and 2, Carillon, The Dream of Gerontius, Fringes of the Fleet. Scenes from The Saga of King Olaf, A Little Bird in the Air The Light of Life-Meditation, Sea Pictures, The Sanguine Fan, The Starlight Express {excerpts}, Handel/Elgar: Overture in D minor, Bach/Elgar: Fantasia and Fugue)
PEARL Pavilion GEMM CDS9951/5 (5 CDs) (1992)
(original LP release: PEARL GEM 113) (1970)

Steven Isserlis (cello)/Richard Hickox/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto and Sea Pictures)
VIRGIN DE VIRGIN 562425-2 (2 CDs) (2004)
(original CD release: VIRGIN CLASSICS VC 790735-2) (1989)

Ralph Kirshbaum (cello)/Sir Alexander Gibson/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
( + Falstaff)
CHANDOS COLLECT CHAN 6607 (1994)
(original LP release: CHANDOS ABRD 1007) (1979)

Maria Kliegel (cello)/Michael Halasz/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Dvořák: Cello Concerto)
NAXOS 8.550503 (1994)

Kalina Krusteva (cello)/Milen Natchev/Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra
( + Schumann: Cello Concerto)
GEGA NEW 115 (1999)

Yoohang Lee (cello)/Sir Yehudi Menuhin/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Nursery Suite, Chanson de Matin and Chanson de Nuit)
TRING INTERNATIONAL TRP 061 (1995)

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)/Sir Yehudi Menuhin/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Romance for Cello and Orchestra and Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1, Allegro Appassionata and Fauré: Élégie)
PHILIPS ELOQUENCE 468181-2 (2001)
(original CD release: PHILIPS 416 354-2PH) (1986)

Yo-Yo Ma (cello)/André Previn/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Walton: Cello Concerto)
SONY THETA SMK 89712 (2001)
(original CD release: CBS MASTERWORKS IM 39541 (1985)

Mischa Maisky (cello)/Giuseppe Sinopoli/Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Enigma Variations and Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1 and 4)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON VIRTUOSO 4783619 (2012)
(original CD release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 431685-2) (1991)

Antonio Meneses (cello)/Claudio Cruz/Northern Sinfonia
( + Gál: Cello Concerto)
AVIE AV2237 (2012)

Truls Mørk (cello)/Sir Simon Rattle/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
( + Britten: Cello Symphony)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 686353-2 (2009)
(original CD release: VIRGIN CLASSICS 545356-2 (1999)

Truls Mørk (cello)/Michel Tabachnik/Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Schumann: Cello Concerto)
LYRINX 100 (1990)

Daniel Müller-Schott (cello)/André Previn/Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Walton: Cello Concerto)
ORFEO 621061 (2006)

André Navarra (cello)/Sir John Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra
( + Dvořák: Cello Concerto)
TESTAMENT 1204 (2001)
(original LP release: PYE CCL30103) (1957)

Zara Nelsova (cello)/Sir Charles Groves/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1969)
( + Britten: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Vaughan Williams: In the Fen Country and Purcell: Abdelazer Suite)
CARLTON BBC RADIO CLASSICS BBCRD 9111 (1995)

Arto Noras (cello)/Jukka-Pekka Saraste/Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
( + Dvořák: Cello Concerto and Bartók: Rhapsody)
APEX 0927406-00-2 (2002)
(original CD release: FINLANDIA 4509-95768-2) (1994)

Vladimir Orloff (cello)/Sir John Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra (rec. 1968)
( + Schumann: Cello Concerto, Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1, Shostakovich: Cello Concero No. 1, Khachaturian: Cello Concerto, Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1, Anatol Vieru: Cello Concerto No. 1, Brahms: Double Concerto and Sonatas by Boccherini and Locatelli)
DOREMI RECORDS 7711 (3 CDs) (2006)

Anthony Pini (cello)/Eduard van Beinum/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Cockaigne Overture, Wand of Youth Suites Nos. 1 and 2 and Elegy for Strings)
DECCA ELOQUENCE 4804249 (2011)
(original LP release: DECCA LX 3023) (1950)

Shauna Rolston (cello)/Mario Bernardi/Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1, Tchaikovsky: Andante Cantabile, Glazunov: Chant du Ménestrel and David Popper: Hungarian Rhapsody)
CBC SMCD 5153 (2001)

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)/Natan Rakhlin/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1958)
( + Britten: Cello Symphony)
RUSSIAN REVELATION RV 1010 (1998)

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)/Gennady Rozhdestvensky/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1964)
( + Respighi: Adagio and Variations and Milhaud: Cello Concerto No. 1)
RUSSIAN DISC RRCD 11104 (1994)

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)/Gennady Rozhdestvensky/London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1965)
( + Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 and Haydn: Cello Concero No. 1)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 41982 (2006)

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)/Gennady Rozhdestvensky/London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1967)
( + Prokofiev: Cello Concertino and Tchaikovsky: Pezzo Capriccioso)
INTAGLIO INCD 7301 (c. 1993) ▼

Heinrich Schiff (cello)/Mark Elder/Hallé Orchestra
( + Falstaff, Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra and Smoking Cantata)
HALLÉ CDHLL7505 (2004)

Heinrich Schiff (cello)/Sir Neville Marriner/Dresden Staatskapelle
( + Dvořák: Cello Concerto)
PHILIPS 412 880-2PH (1986)
(original LP release: PHILIPS 6514 316) (1983)

Felix Schmidt (cello)/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Fantasia on Greensleeves)
IMP CLASSICS IMP PCD930 (1990)

William Henry Squire (cello)/Sir Hamilton Harty/Hallé Orchestra (rec.1929-30)
( + Violin Concerto {Albert Sammons – violin} and Dream Children)
PEARL PAVILLION GEM0050 (1999)
(original LP release: CAMBRIDGE RECORDS IMP 1) (1982)

Janos Starker (cello)/Leonard Slatkin/Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Violin Concerto Enigma Variations, Overtures: Cockaigne, Froissart and In the South, Salut d’Amour and Serenade for Strings)
RCA RED SEAL 82876 660389-2 (4 CDs) (2004)
(original CD release: RCA RED SEAL 09026 61695) (1997)

Torleif Thedéen (cello)/Lev Markiz/Malmö Symphony Orchestra
( + Schumann: Cello Concerto)
BIS CD486 (1992)

Paul Tortelier (cello)/Sir Adrian Boult/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1972)
( + Brahms: Double Concerto and Debussy: Cello Sonata)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL 42362 (2008)

Paul Tortelier (cello)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Falstaff and Bach and Handel as arranged by Elgar)
EMI 585152-2 (2004)
(original LP release: HMV ASD2906) (1973)

Paul Tortelier (cello)/Sir Charles Groves/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Serenade for Strings and Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations and Dvořák: Rondo)
REGIS RRC 1150 (2003)
(original CD release: RPO CDRPO8012) (1989)

Paul Tortelier (cello)/Sir Charles Groves/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Serenade for Strings and Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations and Dvořák: Rondo)
REGIS RRC 1150 (2003)
(original CD release: RPO CDRPO8012) (1989)

Paul Tortelier (cello)/Sir Malcolm Sargent/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Dream of Gerontius)
TESTAMENT SBT 2025 (2 CDs) (1994)
(original LP release: HMV BLP1043) (1954)

István Várdai(cello)/Simon Gaudenz/Geneva Chamber Orchestra
( + Janácek: The Tale and Prokofiev: Cello Sonata Op. 119)
NASCOR NS06 (2010)

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

Jamie Walton (cello)/Alexander Briger/Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Miaskovsky: Cello Concerto)
SIGNUM UK SIGCD 116 (2008)

Jian Wang (cello)/Vladimir Ashkenazy/Sydney Symphony Orchestra
( + The Dream of Gerontius)
ABC CLASSICS ABC4764297 (2CDs) (2012)

Paul Watkins (cello)/Jiři Bělohlávek/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Knussen: Violin Concerto, Tippett: Triple Concerto, Britten: Peter Grimes-4 Sea Interludes, Delius: Song of Summer, R.R. Bennett: 4 Poems of Thomas Campion and Walton: Portsmouth Point Overture)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 735-2 (2 CDs) (2007)

Paul Watkins (cello)/Sir Andrew Davis/BBC Philharmonic
( + Introduction and Allegro, Elegy for Strings and Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5)
CHANDOS CHAN 10709 (2012)

Li Wei (cello)/Nicholas Braithwaite/Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
( + Sea Pictures and Prelude to The Kingdom)
ABC CLASSICS ABC4767966 (2005)

Alisa Weilerstein (cello)/Daniel Barenboim/Berlin Staatskapelle
( + Carter: Cello Concerto)
DECCA CLASSICS 001759202 (2012)

Pieter Wispelwey (cello)/Jac van Steen/Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Lutosławski: Cello Concerto)
CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS12998 (1999)

Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (1919) (arranged for Viola and Orchestra by Lionel Tertis, 1929)

Mark Braunstein (viola)/Richard Stamp/Academy of London
( + Enigma Variations)
VIRGIN CLASSICS VJ 791455-2 (1991)

David Aaron Carpenter (viola)/Christoph Eschenbach/Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Schnittke: Viola Concerto)
ONDINE ODE 11532 (2009)

Rivka Golani (viola)/Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + 3 Characteristic Pieces and Bax: Phantasy for Viola and Orchestra)
CONIFER CDCF 171 (1989)

Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra, Op. 62 (1909)

Michael Chapman (bassoon)/Sir Neville Marinner/Northern Sinfonia
( + Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit, Beau Brummel:Minuet, The Starlight Express: O children open your arms to me / My Old Tunes, The Wand of Youth: Sun Dance, Dream Children, Salut d'Amour, Minuet, May Song, Rosemary, Sevillana, Serenade Lyrique, Mazurka, Serenade Mauresque, Contrasts, Carissima and Mina)
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS CDM565593-2 (2002)
(original LP release: HMV ASD2638) (1970)

Natalie Clein (cello)/Vernon Handley/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Cello Concerto and In Moonlight, Sospiri, Chanson de Matin, Salut d’Amour, La Capricieuse {arr. for cello and orchestra})
EMI 5014092 (2007)

Martin Gatt (bassoon)/Daniel Barenboim/English Chamber Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 1 and Cockaigne Overture)
Sony Essential Classics SBK 53510 (1994)
(original LP release: CBS 76423) (1975)

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)/Sir Charles Mackerras/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Sullivan: Symphony in E major, Overture di Ballo and Cello Concerto)
EMI CLASSICS CDM 7 64726 2 (1993)
(original CD release: EMI CDC 7 47622-2) (1987)

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)/Sir Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
( + Holst: Invocation, Delius: Caprice and Elegy and arrangements for cello and orchestra of works by Elgar, Dyson, Grainger, Davies, Vaughan Williams, Ireland and Scott)
PHILIPS 442530 (1995)

Lawrence Perkins (bassoon)/Ronald Corp/New London Orchestra
( + arrangements for bassoon and orchestra of works by Vaughan Williams, Ravel, Vinter, Fauré, Gounod, Fučik, Ganglberger, Senaille, Godfrey, Hume, Ashlyn and traditional melodies)
HYPERION CDA67453 (2004)

Julie Price (bassoon)/Paul Goodwin/English Chamber Orchestra
( + Dream Children, Elegy for Strings, In the South, 'Alassio',Op. 50 - Canto Popolare, Nursery Suite, Serenade for Strings and Sospiri)
Harmonia Mundi HMU90 7258 (2001)

Graham Salvage (bassoon)/Mark Elder/Hallé Orchestra
( + Falstaff, Cello Concerto and Orchestra and Smoking Cantata)
Hallé CDHLL7505 (2004)

Graham Sheen (bassoon)/Sir Andrew Davis/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Falstaff op.68. Froissart - concert overture op.19. Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra op.62. Incidental Music and Funeral March from Grania and Diarmid op.42)
APEX 2564622002 (2005)
(original CD release: TELDEC 4509984362) (1998)

Klaus Thunemann (bassoon)/Sir Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
( + Berwald: Concert Piece, Kalliwoda: Variations and Rondo, Ferdinand David: Bassoon Concertino, Kreutzer: Variations and Vrusell: Bassoon Concertino)
PHILIPS 446 096-2 (1997)

Preman Tilson (bassoon)/James Judd/New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
( + Froissart Overture, May Song. Carissima, Mazurka, Minuet, Serenade Mauresque, Contrasts, The Gavotte, Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit and 3 Bavarian Dances)
NAXOS 8.557577 (2006)

Soliloquy for Oboe and Orchestra (1930, orch. Gordon Jacob)

Ruth Bolister (oboe)/Stephen Bell/Elgar Chamber Orchestra
( + Goossens: Oboe Concerto, Jacob: Concerto for Oboe and Strings, Holst: Fugal Concerto and Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto)
ASV CDDCA1173 (2004)

Leon Goossens (oboe)/Norman Del Mar/Bournemouth Sinfonietta
( + Enigma Variations, Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1 – 5, Salut d’Amour, Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit, Serenade Lyrique, Dream Children. Contrasts, Three Bavarian Dances, Sospiri, Beau Brummel: Minuet, Caractacus: Woodland. Interlude, Falstaff, The Spanish Lady: Burlesco, Adieu. The Starlight Express: Waltz and Sursum Corda)
CHANDOS CHAN 2414 (2 CDs) (1999)
(original LP release: RCA RED SEAL LRL1 5133) (1976)

Concert Allegro, Op.41 for Piano and Orchestra (arr. I. Farrington, 1901/2007)

Iain Farrington (piano)/George Vass/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 2 arr. for piano and Two Piano Improvisations )
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7259 (2010)

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DAME ETHEL SMYTH
(1858-1944)

Born in Foots Cray, Kent. She went for studies at the Leipzig Conservatory with Saloman Jadassohn and Carl Reinecke but soon left that institution to study privately with Heinrich von Herzogenberg. She gained fame as a composer but even greater notoriety as a leader in the fight for women’s rights. She composed in all forms and her opera "The Wreckers" was highly acclaimed. Her other works for orchestra are few but she did write a Choral Symphony with the title "The Prison."

Concerto for Violin, Horn and Orchestra (1927)

Sophie Langdon (violin)/Richard Watkins (horn)/Odaline de la Martinez/BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Serenade in D major)
CHANDOS CHAN 9449 (1996)

FREDERICK DELIUS
(1862-1934)

Born in to German parents. His family had not destined him for a musical career but due to the persuasion of Edvard Grieg his father allowed him to attend the Leipzig Conservatory where he was a pupil of Hans Sitt and Carl Reinecke. His true musical education, however, came from his exposure to the music of African-American workers in Florida as well as the influences of Grieg, Wagner and the French impressionists. His Concertos and other pieces in classical forms are not his typical works and he is best known for his nature-inspired short orchestral works. He also wrote operas that have yielded orchestral preludes and intermezzos in his most characteristic style. Sir Thomas Beecham was his great champion both during Delius’ lifetime and after his death.

Piano Concerto (1897-1904, rev. 1907)

Sir Clifford Curzon (piano)/Sir John Pritchard/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1981)
( + Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 and Beethoven: Choral Fantasy)
BBC LEGENDS BBCL41812 (2006)

Betty Humby-Beecham (piano)/Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1946)
( + Violin Concerto {Jean Pougnet – violin}, Eventyr, Summer Evening, Summer Night on the River and A Song before Sunrise)
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111006 (2006)
(original LP release: HMV ALP1890) (1962)

Philip Fowke (piano)/Norman Del Mar/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(included in collection: "The Delius Collection")
HERITAGE HTGCD 700 (7 CDs) (2012)
(original CD release: UNICORN-KANCHANA DKPCD9108) (1992)

Jean-Rodolphe Kars (piano)/Sir Alexander Gibson/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto {Tasmin Little – violin}, Brigg Fair, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and 2 Pieces for Cello & Piano)
DECCA BRITISH MUSIC 4701902 (2001)
(original LP release: DECCA SXL6435) (1970)

Piers Lane (piano)/Vernon Handley/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto and Finzi: Eclogue)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 575983-2 (2003)
(original CD release: EMI EMINENCE EMX2239) (1994)

Piers Lane (piano)/David Lloyd-Jones/Ulster Orchestra (original version in 3 movements)
( + Ireland: Piano Concerto and Legend)
HYPERION CDA67296 (2006)

Marjorie Mitchell (piano)/William Strickland/NDR Symphony Orchestra
( + Barber: Piano Sonata)
DECCA GOLD LABEL DL 710136 (LP) (1966)

Benno Moiseiwitsch (piano)/Constant Lambert/Philharmonia Orchestra
(rec. 1946)
( + Violin Concerto {Albert Sammons – violin}, Caprice & Elegy, La Calinda, Hassan (excerpts), On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and Légende)
TESTAMENT SBT1014 (1993)
(original LP release: WORLD RECORDS SH 224) (1975)

Benno Moiseiwitsch (piano)/Sir Malcolm Sargent/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1955)
( + Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini)
GUILD HISTORICAL GHCD2326 (2007)
( + Sea Drift and Poem of Life and Love)
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE BBCMM 345 (2012)

Howard Shelley (piano)/Sir Andrew Davis/Royal Scottish National Orchestra (original version in 3 movements)
( + Brigg Fair, Paris and Idylle de Printemps)
CHANDOS CHAN 10742 (2012)

Violin Concerto (1916)

Philippe Djokic (violin)/Georg Tintner/Nova Scotia Symphony Orchestra
(rec. 1991)
( + La Calinda, Irmelin: Prelude, Walk to the Paradise Garden, Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo, Sleigh Ride, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and Summer Night on the River)
NAXOS 8.557242 (2004)

Robert Gerle (violin)/Robert Zeller/Vienna State Opera Orrchestra
( + Barber: Violin Concerto)
WESTMINSTER WST-17045 (LP) (1964)

May Harrison (violin)/Richard Austin/Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra
(rec. 1937)
( + Violin Sonata and Bax: Violin Sonata, Moeran: Violin Sonata, Warlock: Away to Twiver and May Harrison: May Song)
SYMPOSIUM 1075 (1994)

Ralph Holmes (violin)/Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(included in collection: "The Delius Collection")
HERITAGE HTGCD 700 (7 CDs) (2012)
(original CD release: UNICORN-KANCHANA DKPCD9040) (1985)

Tasmin Little (violin)/Sir Andrew Davis/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Cello Concerto and Double Concerto)
CHANDOS CHSA 5094 (2011)

Tasmin Little (violin)/Sir Charles Mackerras/Welsh National Opera Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto {Jean-Rodolphe Kars – violin}, Brigg Fair, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and 2 Pieces for Cello & Piano)
DECCA 4701902
(original CD release: ARGO 433 704-2ZH (1992)

Sir Yehudi Menuhin (violin)/Meredith Davies/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Elgar: Violin Concerto)
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS CDM7 64725-2 (1993)
(original LP release: HMV ASD3343) (1977)

Jean Pougnet (violin)/Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(rec. 1949)
( + Piano Concerto {Betty Humby-Beecham – violin}, Eventyr, Summer Evening, Summer Night on the River and A Song before Sunrise)
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111006 (2006)
(original LP release: HMV ALP1890) (1962)

Albert Sammons (violin)/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1944)
( + Elgar: Violin Concerto)
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110951 (2002)
(original LP release: WORLD RECORDS SH 224) (1975)

Cello Concerto (1921)

Jacqueline du Pré (cello)/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Dvořák: Cello Concerto and Silent Woods, Elgar: Cello Concerto, Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Boccherini: Cello Concerto No. 9, Schumann: Cello Concerto, Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1, Monn: Cello Concerto and Strauss: Don Quixote)
EMI CLASSICS CDC 67341(4 CDs) (2000)
(original LP release: HMV ASD644) (1965)

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)/Vernon Handley/Philharmonia Orchestra
( +Lalo: Cello Concerto and Rodrigo: Concierto in Modo Galante)
SONY ESSENTIAL MASTERWORKS 8869757002-2 (2009)
(original LP release: RCA RED SEAL RS9010) (1983)

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)/Sir Charles Mackerras/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Double Concerto {Tasmin Little - violin and Raphael Wallfisch – cello) and Paris)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 575803-2 (2002)
(original CD release: EMI EMINENCE EMX 2185) (1991)

Paul Watkins (cello)/Sir Andrew Davis/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + DoubleConcerto and Violin Concerto)
CHANDOS CHSA 5094 (2011)

Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (1915-6)

Raymond Cohen (violin), Gerald Warburg (cello)/Norman Del Mar/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Alan Bush: Variations, Nocturne & Finale on an Old English Sea Song)
PRT PVCD8372 (1987)
(original LP release: PYE GOLDEN GUINEA GSGC14073) (1966)

Philippe Graffin (violin)/Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola)/David Lloyd-Jones/BBC Concert Orchestra (arr. for viola by L. Tertis)
( + Hiawatha, Suite for Violin and Orchestra, Légende for Violin and Orchestra and Caprice and Elegy for Viola and Orchestra)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7226 (2009)

Tasmin Little (violin)/Paul Watkins (cello)/Sir Andrew Davis/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Cello Concerto and Violin Concerto)
CHANDOS CHSA 5094 (2011)

Tasmin Little (violin)/Raphael Wallfisch (cello)/Sir Charles Mackerras/ Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Cello Concerto { Raphael Wallfisch – cello} and Paris)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 575803-2 (2002)
(original CD release: EMI EMINENCE EMX 2185) (1991)

Sir Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Paul Tortelier (cello)/Meredith Davies/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Brahms: Double Concerto)
EMI CDM 7 63022 2
(original LP release:HMV ASD3343) (1977)

Suite for Violin and Orchestra (1888)

Philippe Graffin (violin)/David Lloyd-Jones/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Hiawatha, Double Concerto, Légende for Violin and Orchestra and Caprice and Elegy for Viola and Orchestra)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7226 (2009)

Ralph Holmes (violin)/Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(included in collection: "The Delius Collection")
HERITAGE HTGCD 700 (7 CDs) (2012)
(original CD release: UNICORN-KANCHANA DKPCD9040) (1985)

Légende for Violin & Orchestra (1895)

Philippe Graffin (violin)/David Lloyd-Jones/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Hiawatha, Suite for Violin and Orchestra, Double Concerto and Caprice and Elegy for Viola and Orchestra)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7226 (2009)

Ralph Holmes (violin)/Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(included in collection: "The Delius Collection")
HERITAGE HTGCD 700 (7 CDs) (2012)
(original CD release: UNICORN-KANCHANA DKPCD9040) (1985)

Caprice and Elegy for Cello and Orchestra (1930)

Elizabeth Aller (cello)/Felix Slatkin/Concert Arts Orchestra
( + On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and Summer Night on the River, Hassan: Intermezzo & Serenade and Irmelin: Prelude)
CAPITOL P-8182 (LP) (1953)

Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola)/David Lloyd-Jones/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Hiawatha, Suite for Violin and Orchestra, Légende for Violin and Orchestra and Double Concerto)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7226 (2009)

Beatrice Harrison (cello)/Eric Fenby/Chamber Orchestra (rec. 1930)
( + Violin Concerto, Piano Concerto, La Calinda, Hassan (excerpts), On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring and Légende)
TESTAMENT SBT1014 (1993)

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)/Sir Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
( + Holst: Invocation, Elgar: Romance and Elegy and arrangements for cello and orchestra of works by Elgar, Dyson, Grainger, Davies, Vaughan Williams, Ireland and Scott)
PHILIPS 442530 (1995)

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)/Eric Fenby/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Cynara, 2 Aquarelles, Légende, Life’s Dance and Songs of Farewell)
UNICORN-KANCHANA UKCD2077 (1995)
(included in collection: "The Delius Collection")
HERITAGE HTGCD 700 (7 CDs) (2012)
(original LP release: UNICORN DKP 9008-9 (2 LPs) (1981)

Janos Starker (vello)/Leonard Slatkin/Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Elgar: Cello Concerto and Walton:Cello Concerto)
RCA RED SEAL 61695 (1997)

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SIR ARTHUR SOMERVELL
(1863-1937)

Born in Windermere, Cumbria. After initial studies with Stanford at Cambridge, he went to Berlin for training under Friedrich Kiel and Woldemar Bargiel. He then returned to England to finish his education at the Royal College of Music with Stamford and privately with Parry. He taught at this institution and later became Inspector of Music for England, Scotland and Wales. His musical output was substantial and covered most categories but he is best known for his songs. His other major orchestral work is his Symphony in D "Thalassa".

Piano Concerto in A minor 'Highland' (1920)

Martin Roscoe (piano)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphonic Variations "Normandy" and Cowen: Concertstuck)
HYPERION CDA67837 (2011)

Violin Concerto in G minor (1930)

Anthony Marwood (violin)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto)
HYPERION CDA67420 (2005)

Symphonic Variations "Normandy" (1911)

Martin Roscoe (piano)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto and Cowen: Concertstuck)
HYPERION CDA67837 (2011)

EUGÈNE D’ALBERT
(1865-1932)

Born in Glasgow. He studied at the National Training School in London with John Stainer, Arthur Sullivan and Ebenezer Prout. He went to Vienna for further study with Franz Liszt. He spent the rest of his life as a German opera composer who repudiated his British origins. His other major orchestral work is a Symphony in F.

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B minor, Op. 2 (1884)

Joseph Banowetz (piano)/Dmitri Yablonsky/Moscow Symphony Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 2 and Esther Overture))
NAXOS 8.553728 (1998)

Piers Lane (piano)/Alun Francis/ BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 2)
HYPERION CDA66747 (1994)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in E major, Op. 12 (1893)

Joseph Banowetz (piano)/Dmitri Yablonsky/Moscow Symphony Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 1 and Esther Overture))
NAXOS 8.553728 (1998)

Piers Lane (piano)/Alun Francis/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 1)
HYPERION CDA66747 (1994)

Michael Ponti (piano)/Pierre Cao/Luxembourg RTV Symphony Orchestra
( + Raff: Piano Concerto, Stavenhagen: Piano Concerto No. 1, Bronsart: Piano Concerto, Mosonyi: Piano Concerto and Liszt: Malédiction)
VOX BOX CDX5067 (2 CDs) (1992)
(original US LP release: CANDIDE CE 31073) (1973)

Siegfried Stockigt (piano)/Günther Herbig/Berlin Symphony Orchestra
( + Cello Concerto)
BERLIN CLASSICS 0782124917920 (1996)
(original LP release: ETERNA 8-27-986) (1986)

Cello Concerto in C major, Op. 20 (1899)

Alban Gerhardt (cello)/Carlos Kalmar/ BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Enescu: Symphonie Concertante and Dohnányi: Konzertstück)
HYPERION CDA67544 (2005)

Christoph Henckel (cello)/Jiři Stárek/Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
( + Volkmann: Cello Concerto)
KOCH SCHWANN 31205-2 (1994)
(original LP release: SCHWANN VMS 1628) (1984)

Catalin Ilea (cello)/Werner Andreas Albert/Philharmonia Hungarica
( + Enescu: Symphonie Concertante)
ARCOBALENO AAOC 9390 (1996)

Antonio Meneses (cello)/Ronald Zollman/Basel Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony in F major)
PAN CLASSICS 510 066 (1993)

Jurnjakob Timm (cello)/Claus Peter Flor/Berlin Symphony Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 2)
BERLIN CLASSICS 0782124917920 (1996)
(original LP release: ETERNA 8-27-986) (1986)

PERCY SHERWOOD
(1866-1939)

Born in Dresden to an English father and German mother. He studied with Felix Draeseke, Heinrich Schulz-Beuthen and Theodor Kirchner at the Dresden Conservatory and afterwards joined the faculty of that school. After settling in England in 1911, he continued to compose and give private lessons in piano, harmony and counterpoint. His compositions include 5 Symphonies (2 lost), Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor (1887), a Violin Concerto in F (1902), Cello Concertos Nos. 1 (1890, rev. 1893) and 2 in D minor (1902) as well as a Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (1908).

Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat major (1932-3)

Hiroaki Takenouchi (piano)/Martin Yates/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
( + Catoire: Piano Concerto)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7287 (2012)

SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
(1868-1946)

Born in London. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Frederick Corder. He was an enormously prolific composer whose orchestral output also includes 4 programmatic Symphonies and an early (incomplete) Symphony in C major and 6 large-scale tone poems. He also wrote 4 choral symphonies (unaccompanied) with the titles "Christus," "Atalanta in Calydon," "Vanity of Vanities" and "A Pageant of Human Life."

Sapphic Poem for Cello and Orchestra (1909)

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)/Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Sappho – Prelude and 9 Fragments)
HYPERION CDA66899 (1997)

FRÉDÉRIC D' ERLANGER
(1868-1943)

Born in Paris to a German father and an American mother. He studied music in Paris with Anselm Ehmant. In his early twenties he moved permanently to London. He composed operas, ballets, orchestral and chamber works. Another major work is his Concerto Symphonique for Piano and Orchestra (1921).

Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 17 (1903)

Philippe Graffin (violin)/ David Lloyd-Jones/BBC National Orchestra of Wales
( + Poëme for Violin and Orchestra and Cliffe: Violin Concerto)
HYPERION CDA67838 (2011)

SIR JOHN BLACKWOOD McEWEN
(1868-1948)

Born in Hawick, Scotland. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Frederick Corder, Tobias Matthay and Ebenezer Prout and later became that institution’s principal. He wrote 5 Symphonies as well as other orchestral works including a 4 suites and 3 Border Ballads.

Viola Concerto (1901)

Lawrence Power (viola)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC National Orchestra of Wales
( + Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi and Suite for Viola and Orchestra)
HYPERION CDA67839 (2011)

CECIL FORSYTH
(1870-1941)

Born in Greenwich. He was a student of Stamford and Parry at the Royal College of Music and then embarked on a career as a violist and had positions with various orchestras. In addition to his Viola Concerto, he composed a Chant Celtique for Viola and Orchestra as well as songs and solo instrumental pieces. He also wrote technical books for practicing musicians.

Viola Concerto in G minor (1903)

Lubomír Malý (viola)/Miloš Konvalinka/Prague Symphony Orchestra
( + Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi and Hindemith: Trauermusik)
PANTON PANORAMA 81 1306 (1994)
(original LP release: PANTON 81 0757) (1988)

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

ALFRED HILL
(1870-1960)

Born in Melbourne, Australia. Studied with Gustav Schreck, Oscar Paul and Hans Sitt at the Leipzig Conservatory. He was active in both New Zealand and Australia as composer, conductor and teacher. He wrote 13 Symphonies of which only No. 1 in B flat major "The Maori" was an original work for orchestra the others being adaptations of previously composed string quartets.

Piano Concerto in A major (1940)

David Bollard (piano)/Georg Tintner/West Australian Symphony Orchestra
( + Lovelock: Flute Concerto and Penberthy: Saxophone Concerto)
FESTIVAL FC 80026 (LP) (1972)

Violin Concerto in E minor (1932)

Alwyn Elliot (violin)/Joseph Post/Sydney Symphony Orchestra
( + Trumpet Concerto {Donald Johnson – Trumpet} and Serenade)
HMV (Australia) OASD 75556 (LP) (1969)

Viola Concerto (1940)

Robert Pikler (viola)/Henry Krips/Sydney Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 3)
HMV (Australia) OALP7524 (LP) (1960)

Robert Pikler (viola)/Sir Bernard Heinze/Sydney Symphony Orchestra
( + Antill: Harmonica Concerto {Lionel Easton – harmonica})
RCA (Australia) SL16372 (LP) (1967)

Trumpet Concerto (1915)

Donald Johnson (trumpet)/Thomas Mayer/West Australian Symphony Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto {Alwyn Elliot – violin} and Serenade)
HMV (Australia) OASD 75556 (LP) (1969)

FREDERIC AUSTIN
(1872-1952)

Born in London. He studied privately with his mother and uncle and began his musical career as an organist, singer and teacher. He became one of the leading baritones of his day on both the operatic and recital stage. His compositional career was naturally overshadowed by his vocal fame but he also produced a Symphony in E, the symphonic rhapsody "Spring," the overture "The Sea Venturers" and several sets of incidental music.

Piano Concertino (1944) (ed. D. Ellis)

Mark Bebbington (piano)/Howard Williams/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
( + Rawsthorne: Piano Concerto No. 1, Finzi: Eclogue and Ferguson: Piano Concerto)
SOMM SOMM 241 (2009)

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
(1872-1958)

Born in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire. Generally acknowledged as England’s greatest nationalist composer, Vaughan Williams was taught at the Royal College of Music by Hubert Parry and Charles Stanford and received his musical doctorate at Cambridge. He had additional lessons from Max Bruch and Maurice Ravel. During his long life he prolifically produced music in all forms from chamber music to operas. His 9 Symphonies represent the peak of a large orchestral output that includes, in addition to the works listed below such ever-popular favorites as his Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, English Folksong Suite and Serenade to Music.

Piano Concerto in C major (1926-31, also arranged for Two Pianos and Orchestra, 1944)

Victor Babin and Vitya Bronsky (pianos)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Job)
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS CDM 567220-2 (1999)
(original LP release: HMV ASD2469 (1969)

Kenneth Broadway and Ralph Markham (pianos)/Sir Yehudi Menuhin/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 5 and Nielsen: Symphony No. 4 and Violin Concerto {Arve Tellefsen – violin})
VIRGIN 561925-2 (2 CDs) (2001)
(original CD release: VIRGIN CLASSICS CDZ 61105) (1989)

Piers Lane (piano)/Vernon Handley/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto and Finzi: Eclogue)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 575983-2 (2003)
(original CD release: EMI EMINENCE EMX2239) (1994)

Beatrice Long and Christina Long (pianos)/Patrick Souillot/Eskisehir Greater Municipality Symphony Orchestra
( + Suesse: 2 Piano Concerto and McDonald: 2 Piano Concerto)
DORIAN DSL92129 (2011)

Howard Shelley (piano)/Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Foulds: Dynamic Triptych)
LYRITA SRCD.211 (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.130) (1984)

Howard Shelley (piano)/Bryden Thomson/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 9)
CHANDOS CHAN 8941 (1992)

Ashley Wass (piano)/James Judd/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + The Wasps: Suite and English Folk Song Suite)
NAXOS 8.572304 (2009)

Arthur Whittimore and Jack Lowe (pianos)/Vladimr Golschmann/Robin Hood Dell Orchestra
RCA VICTOR LM135 (LP) (1950)

Joan Yarborough and Robert Cowan (pianos)/Paul Freeman/Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra
( + Britten: Scottish Ballad and Introduction and Rondo alla Burlesca)
CENTAUR CRC 2095 (1993)

Concerto Accademico in D minor for Violin and Orchestra (1925)

James Oliver Buswell IV (violin)/André Previn/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 2 and Wasps Overture)
RCA GOLD SEAL 60581-2 (1990)
(original LP release: RCA SB6801) (1969)

Bradley Creswick (violin)/Richard Hickox/Northern Sinfonia of England
( + Oboe Concerto {Roger Winfield – oboe}, The Lark Ascending, Poisoned Kiss Overture, Old King Cole, 49^th Parallel: Prelude, 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus, 2 Hymn-Tune Preludes, Fantasia on Greensleeves, 5 Mystical Songs, Serenade to Music, 2 Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes, Prelude on an Old Carol Tune and The Running Set)
EMI CLASSICS CZS 573986-2 (2 CDs) (2000)
(original CD release: EMI CDC7 49745-2) (1988)

Joseph Fuchs (violin)/Zimbler Sinfonietta
( + Tansman: Triptych for String Orchestra
DECCA (US) DL 9625 or BRUNSWICK AXTL 1006 (UK) (LP) (1952)

Frederick Grinke (violin)/Boyd Neel/Boyd Neel Orchestra (rec. 1938)
( + Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Simple Symphony and Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis)
DUTTON LABORATORIES  CDAX8007 (1994)

Nora Grumlíková (violin)/Peter Maag/Prague Symphony Orchestra
( + Britten: Violin Concerto)
SUPRAPHON SUA ST 50959 (LP) (1968)

Annie Jodry (violin)/Jean-Jacques Werner/orchestra
( + Grieg: 2 Elegiac Melodies, Sibelius: Humoresques Nos. 4 – 6 and Tchaikovsky: Sérénade Mélancolique)
ARION ARN38208 (LP) (1974)

Louis Kaufman (violin)/Clemens Dahinden/Winterthur String Orchestra ( + Barber: Violin Concerto and Larsson: Violin Concerto)
MUSIC & ARTS CD4667 (1991)
(original US LP release: Concert Hall 1253) (1951)

Sir Yehudi Menuhin (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1952)
( + Flos Campi and Walton: Viola Concerto {William Primrose – viola} and Sinfonia Concertante {Phyllis Sellick – piano})
EMI CDH 7 63828-2 (1991)

Zina Schiff (violin)/ Dalia Atlas/Israel Philharmonic
( + Charterhouse Suite, The Lark Ascending and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis)
STRADIVARIUS SCD8011 (1990)

Kenneth Sillito (violin)/Bryden Thomson/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 4)
CHANDOS CHAN 8633 (1992)

Concerto for Oboe and Strings in A minor (1944)

Neil Black (oboe)/Daniel Barenboim/English Chamber Orchestra
( + Fantasia on Greensleeves and The Lark ascending + Delius: 2 Aquarelles, Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Summer Night on the River and Walton: Henry V -The Death of Falstaff and Touch Her Soft Lips and Part)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 439 529-2GGA (1994)
(original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530 908 (1978)

Robert Bloom (oboe)/Keith Wilson/Norfolk Festival Orchestra (rec. 1963)
( + Vivaldi: 2 Oboe Concerto. Barlow: The Winter’s Past, Stravinsky: Pastorale, Cimarosa: Siciliana, Boom: Narrative and Marcello: Adagio)
BOSTON RECORDS 1032 (2001)

Ruth Bolister (oboe)/Stephen Bell/Elgar Chamber Orchestra
( + Goossens: Oboe Concerto, Jacob: Concerto for Oboe and Strings, Holst: Fugal Concerto and Elgar: Soliloquy)
ASV CDDCA1173 (2004)

Maurice Bourgue(oboe)/William Boughton/English String Orchestra
( + The Wasps Overture, Concerto Grosso, The Lark Ascending, Fantasia on Greensleeves, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus)
NIMBUS NI7013 (1994)
(original CD release: NIMBUS NI 5019) (1984)

Robin Canter (oboe)/James Judd/London Symphony Orchestra
( + 6 Studies on English Folksongs and Strauss: Oboe Concerto)
CARLTON CLASSICS MCD 59 (1993)

Julia Girdwood (oboe)/Consort of London/Robert Haydon Clark
( + Fantasia on Greensleeves, The Lark Ascending and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis)
RETOSPECTIVE REVIVAL RETR 0004 (2011)
(original CD release: COLLINS CLASSICS COL 1140-2) (1991)

Leon Goossens (oboe)/Walter Susskind/Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Bach-Tovey: Oboe Concerto)
HMV CLP 1656 (LP) (1963)

Thomas Indermühle (oboe)/Claude Schnitzler/Brittany Symphony Orchestra
( + Martinů: Oboe Concerto, Strauss: Oboe Concerto and B.A. Zimmermann: Oboe Concerto)
CAMERATA 20029 (2007)
(original CD release: CAMERATA 30 CM 346) (1994)

Nancy Ambrose King (oboe)/Jeremy Swerling/Ostrava Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Goossens: Oboe Concerto, Martinů: Oboe Concerto and Mozart: Oboe Concerto)
CALA RECORDS 1035 (2004)

Lajos Lencses (oboe)/Bela Banfalvi/Budapest Strings
( + 10 Blake Songs, Household Music and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis)
CAPRICCIO C5035 (2009)

Humbert Lucarelli (oboe)/Donald Spieth/Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra
( + Strauss: Oboe Concerto, Wolf-Ferrari: Idillio Concertino and Barber: Canzonetta)
KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS KIC 7023 (1995)

Albrecht Mayer (oboe)/Daniel Stabrawa/Capella Bydgostiensis
( + Strauss: Oboe Concerto and Wolf-Ferrari: Idillio Concertino)
CAVALLI 408 (2000)

Mitchell Miller (oboe)/Daniel Saidenberg/ Saidenberg Little Symphony
( + Cimarosa-Benjamin: Oboe Concerto and Milan: Pavana & Giga)
MERCURY 10003 (LP) (1949)

Celia Nicklin (oboe)/Sir Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
( + Concerto Grosso, Fantasia on Greensleeves, The Lark Ascending, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1, In the Fen Country, Partita, 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus and English Folksong Suite)
DECCA DOUBLE DECCA 460357 (2CDs) (1999)
(original LP release: ARGO ZRG881) (1979)

Emily Pailthorpe (oboe)/Benjamin Wallfisch/English Chamber Orchestra
( + Patterson: Phoenix Concerto and Howells: Oboe Sonata)
CHAMPS HILL RECORDS CHRCD025 (2011)

Stéphane Rancourt (oboe)/Sir Mark Elder/Hallé Orchestra
( + Oboe Concerto)

HALLÉ CDHLL 7529 (2011)

Dame Evelyn Rothwell (oboe)/Sir John Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra (rec. 1955)
( + R. Strauss: Oboe Concerto, G. Bush: Concertofor Oboe and Strings, Martinů: Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra, Mozart: Oboe Concerto, Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto da Camera, Rubbra: Sonata for Oboe and Piano and Wordsworth: Quartet for Oboe and Strings)
BARBIROLLI SOCIETY SJB104546 (2 CDs) (2011)

Dame Evelyn Rothwell (oboe)/Sir John Barbirolli/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 7, Tuba Concerto {Philip Catelinet – Tuba, Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, The Wasps Overture and Fantasia on Greensleeves + Elgar: Serenade, Introduction and Allegro and Cockaigne Overture)
EMI 566543-2 (2CD’s) (1998)
(original LP release: HMV BLP1078) (1956)

Jonathan Small (oboe)/Vernon Handley/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 5 and Flos Campi)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CFP 5753112 (2002)
(original CD release: EMI EMINENCE CD-EMX 2179) (1995)

David Theodore (oboe)/Bryden Thomson/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 3)
CHANDOS CHAN 8594 (1988)

John Williams (oboe)/Paavo Berglund/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphonies Nos. 4, 5 and 6, The Wasps Overture and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis)
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS 2161462 (2 CDs) (2008)
(original LP release: HMV ASD3127) (1975)

Roger Winfield (oboe)/Richard Hickox/Northern Sinfonia of England
( + Concerto Accademico {Bradley Creswick – violin}, The Lark Ascending, Poisoned Kiss Overture, Old King Cole, 49^th Parallel: Prelude, 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus, 2 Hymn-Tune Preludes, Fantasia on Greensleeves, 5 Mystical Songs, Serenade to Music, 2 Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes, Prelude on an Old Carol Tune and The Running Set)
EMI CLASSICS CZS 573986-2 (2 CDs) (2000)
(original CD release: EMI CDC7 49745-2) (1988)

Bass Tuba Concerto in F minor (1954)

Philip Catelinet (tuba)/Sir John Barbirolli/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 8, The Wasps Overture, 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus and Fantasia on Greensleeves)
BARBIROLLI SOCIETY SJB1055 (2011)
(original LP release: HMV BLP1078) (1956)

Eugene Dowling (tuba)/Paul Freeman/London Symphony Orchestra
( + 6 Studies in English Foksongs and Arnold: Fantasy, Elgar: Romance, Handel: The Harmonious Blacksmith and Jacob: Tuba Suite)
PRO ARTE/FANFARE CDD 595 (1995)

John Fletcher (tuba)/André Previn/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 5 and 3 Portaits from "The England of Elizaberth")
RCA GOLD SEAL 60586-2 (1990)
(original LP release: RCA SB6861) (1972)

James Gourlay (tuba)/Gavin Sutherland/Royal Ballet Sinfonia
(Golland: Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra, Gregson Concerto for Tuba and Brass Band and Steptoe: Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra)
NAXOS 8.557754 (2006)

Patrick Harrild (tuba)/Bryden Thomson/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 6)
CHANDOS CHAN 8740 (1989)

Walter Hilgers (tuba and conductor)//Brandenburg State Orchestra, Frankfurt
( + Sea Songs and Symphony No. 5)

GENUIN GEN 86064 (2005)

Arnold Jacobs (tuba)/Daniel Barenboim/Chicago Symphony Orchestra
( + Haydn: Trumpet Concerto, Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3, Oboe Concerto, Bassoon Concerto, Schumann: Konzertstück, Ravel: Bolero and Britten: Serenade)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 472 798-2 (2 CDs) (2003)
(original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530 906) (1978)

Michael Lind (tuba)/Leif Segerstam/Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Danielsson: Capriccio da Camera, Jacobsson: Concerto for Tuba, Lundqvist: Landscape and Nilsson:Bass)
CAPRICE CAP 21493 (1996)
(original LP release: CAPRICE 1143) (1979)

Richard Nahatzki (tuba)/Hans Zimmer/Berlin Deutsche Symphony Orchestra
( + Arutiunian: Trumpet Concerto, Piston: Fantasy, Françaix: Quadruple Concerto, Martin: Ballade, Villa-Lobos: Viranda des Sete Notas and Waxman: Athaneal the Trumpeter)
CAPRICCIO CC10522 (1999)

Peter Whish-Wilson (tuba)/David Stanhope/Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
( + Lovelock: Tuba Concerto, Wilder: Tuba Suite No. 1, Kenny: Tuba Concerto and Danielsson: Concertante)
ABC CLASSICS ABC4765251 (2006)

Concerto Grosso For Strings (1950)

William Boughton/English String Orchestra
( + Oboe Concerto {Maurice Bourgue – oboe},The Wasps Overture, The Lark Ascending, Fantasia on Greensleeves, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus)
NIMBUS NI7013 (1994)
(original CD release: NIMBUS NI 5019) (1984)

Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Partita, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, The Lark Ascending, Dona Nobis Pacem, Magnificat, Fantasia on the Old 104th Psalm, Romance for Harmonica and Toward the Unknown Region)
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS 574782-2 (2 CDs) (2001)
( original LP release: HMV ASD3286) (1976)

Norman Del Mar/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Wasps: Aristophanic Suite, Delius: Air and Dance, Warlock Serenade for Frederick Delius, Holst: Somerset Rhapsody and Brook Green Suite)
EMI CDC 7 47812-2 (1987)
( original LP release: HMV ASD2351) (1968)

James Judd/New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
( + Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1, In the Fen Country and Fantasia on Greensleeves)
NAXOS 8.555867 (2003)

Sir Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
( + Oboe Concerto {Celia Nicklin – oboe}, Fantasia on Greensleeves, The Lark Ascending, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1, In the Fen Country, Partita, 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus and English Folksong Suite)
DECCA DOUBLE DECCA 460357 (2CDs) (1999)
(original LP release: ARGO ZRG881) (1979)

Bryden Thomson/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 2)
CHANDOS CHAN8629 (1992)

Suite for Viola and Orchestra (1934)

Melvin Berger (viola)/John Snashall/English Chamber Orchestra
( + Robert Starer: Concerto for Viola, Strings and Percussion)
PYE COLLECTOR SERIES GSGC 14049 (LP) (1966)

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

Roger Chase (viola)/Stephen Bell/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Bax: Phantasy, T. Holland: Ellingham Marshes and R. Harvey: Reflections)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7295 (2012)

Lawrence Power (viola)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC National Orchestra of Wales
( + Flos Campi and McEwen: Viola Concerto)
HYPERION CDA67839 (2011)

Frederick Riddle (viola)/Norman Dela Mar/Bournemouth Sinfonietta
( + Flos Campi, Serenade to Music, Fantasia on Greensleeves, The Wasps: Overture, 6 Studies in English Folksong, Romance for Harmonica, Linden Lea, The Poisoned Kiss: Overture, The Running Set, Sea Songs, 2 Hymn Tune Preludes and the House of Life)
CHANDOS CHAN 2409 (2 CDs) (1999)
(original LP release: RCA RL25137) (1978)

Yizhak Schotten (viola)/Kirk Trevor/Slovak Radio Orchestra
( + Michael Colgrass: Variations, J.S. Bach: Fantasia and W.F. Bach: Sonata)
CRYSTAL CD 837 (2005)

Flos Campi, Suite for Viola, Chorus and Orchestra (1925)

Cecil Aronowitz (viola)/Sir David Willcocks/Cambridge King's College Choir/ Jacques Orchestra
( + Sancta Civitas, An Oxford Elegy and Whitsunday Hymn)
EMI CDM 567221-2 (1999)
(original LP release: HMV ASD2487) (1980)

Christopher Balmer (viola)/Vernon Handley/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 5 and Oboe Concerto)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 5753112 (2002)
(original CD release: EMI EMINENCE CD-EMX9512) (1988)

Roger Benedict (viola)/Cantillation/Mark Wigglesworth/Sydney Symphony Orchestra
( + Vaugjhan Williams: The Lark Ascending, On Wenlock Edge and Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem(\))
MELBA MR301131 (2011)

Roger Best (viola)/Stephen Darlington/Christ Church Cathedral Choir/English String Orchestra
( + The Wasps Overture, Fantasia on A Theme by Thomas Tallis, Fantasia on Greensleeves, The Lark Ascending, Oboe Concerto, String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2, Phantasy Quintet, O Clap your Hands, Te Deum, Mass in G minor, 3 Shakespeare Songs , An Oxford Elegy, 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus, Old Hundredth Psalm Tune, etc.)
NIMBUS NI1754 (4 CDs) (1999)
(original CD release: NIMBUS NI5166) (1989)

Philip Dukes (viola)/Richard Hickox/Sinfonia Chorus/Northern Sinfonia
( + Riders to the Sea and Household Music)
CHANDOS CHAN 9382 (1995)

Nobuko Imai (viola)/Matthew Best/Corydon Singers/English Chamber Orchestra
( + Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Serenade to Music and 5 Mystical Songs)
HYPERION CDA66420 (1993)

Jerzy Kosmala (Viola) Szymon Kawalla/ Cracow Polish Radio/TV Chorus/ Cracow Polish Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra
( + Bloch: Suite for Viola and Orchestra)
CENTAUR CRC 2094 (1993)

Sally Peck Lentz (viola)/Maurice Abravanel/University of Utah Chamber Choir/Utah Symphony Orchestra
( + Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis, Fantasia on Greensleeves and 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus)
VANGUARD CLASSICS 1507 (2004)
(original US LP release: VANGUARD VSD-71159) (1966)

Lubomír Malý (viola)/Miloš Konvalinka/Prague Symphony Orchestra
( + Forsyth: Viola Concerto and Hindemith: Trauermusik)
PANTON PANORAMA 81 1306 (1994)
(original LP release: PANTON 81 0757) (1988)

Lawrence Power (viola)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC National Orchestra of Wales
( + Suite for Viola and Orchestra and McEwen: Viola Concerto)
HYPERION CDA67839 (2011)

William Primrose (viola)/Sir Adrian Boult/BBC Chorus/London Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1947)
( + Concerto Accademico {Yehudi Menuhin – violin} and Walton: Viola Concerto {William Primrose – viola} and Sinfonia Concertante {Phyllis Sellick – piano})
EMI CDH 7 63828-2 (1991)
(original LP release: HMV TREASURY EH291276-1) (1987)

Frederick Riddle (viola)/Norman Del Mar/Bournemouth Sinfonietta
( + The Poisoned Kiss Overture, Two Hymn-tune Preludes, The Running Set, Suite for Viola and Orchestra, Sea Songs: Quick March, The Wasps Overture, 3 Songs from House of Life, 6 Studies in English Folksong,Romance for Harmonica, Linden Lea, Fantasia on Greensleeves and Serenade to Music)
CHANDOS CHAN 241-9 (2 CDs) (1999)
(original LP release: RCA RL25137) (1978)

Paul Silverthorne (viola)/Paul Daniel/Bournemouth Chorus/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 4 and Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1)
NAXOS 8.557276 (2004)

Francis Tursi (viola)/Robert Hull/Cornell A Capella Chorus/Concert Hall Chamber Orchestra
( + Hunter Johnson: Letter to the World)
CONCERT HALL 1151 (LP) (1952)

Andrew Williams (viola)/Richard Hickox/Northern Sinfonia Chorus/Northern Sinfonia of England
( + Serenade to Music, Poisoned Kiss Overture and Old King Cole)
EMI EL 270060-1 (LP) (1984)

The Lark Ascending, Romance for Violin and Orchestra (1914, rev. 1920)

Hugh Bean (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/New Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Serenade to Music, Fantasia on Greensleeves, English Folk Song Suite, In the Fen Country and Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1)
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS CDM 764022-2 (1991)
(original LP release: HMV ASD2329 (1967)

Nicola Benedetti (violin)/Andrew Litton/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + John Tavener: Lalishri, Dhayana and Song for Athene)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 47666198 (2007)

Michael Bochmann (violin)/William Boughton/Englsh Symphony Orchestra
( + The Wasps Overture, Concerto Grosso, Oboe Concerto, Fantasia on Greensleeves, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus)
NIMBUS NI7013 (1994)
(original CD release: NIMBUS NI5208) (1990)

Iona Brown (violin)/Sir Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
( + Concerto Grosso, Fantasia on Greensleeves, Oboe Concerto, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1, In the Fen Country, Partita, 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus and English Folksong Suite)
DECCA DOUBLE DECCA 460357 (2CDs) (1999)
(original LP release: ARGO ZRG696) (1972)

Iona Brown (violin)/Sir Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
( + English Folk Song Suite, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Six Studies in English Folk Song, Three Vocalises and Partita)
ASV PLATINUM PLT8520 (2002)
(original LP release: ASV DCA518) (1983)

Jonathan Carney (violin)/Christopher Seaman/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + English Folk Song Suite. Fantasia on Greensleeves, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and The Wasps – Overture, Entr'acte and March Past of the Kitchen Utensils)
MEMBRAN 222887 (2004)
(original CD release: TRING INTERNATIONAL TRP 031 (1996)

Sarah Chang (violin)/Bernard Haitink/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Symphonies Nos. 1 – 9, In the Fen Country, Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and On Wenlock Edge)
EMI 586 026-2 (7 CDs) (2004)
(original CD release: EMI CDC5 55487-2) (1995)

Oscar Chausow (violin)/Maurice Abravanel/Utah Symphony Orchestra
( + Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast)
VOX STGBY658 (LP) (1972)

James Clark (violin)/John Wilson/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + English Folksong Suite, Bax: The Happy Forest, Butterworth: Two English Idylls, Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden, German:Nell Gwyn- Overture, Elgar: Salut d'Amour and Walton: Scapino Overture)
AVIE AV2194 (2011)

Bradley Creswick (violin)/Richard Hickox/Northern Sinfonia of England
( + Concerto Accademico, Poisoned Kiss Overture, Old King Cole, 49^th Parallel: Prelude, 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus, 2 Hymn-Tune Preludes, Fantasia on Greensleeves, 5 Mystical Songs, Serenade to Music, 2 Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes, Prelude on an Old Carol Tune and The Running Set)
EMI CLASSICS CZS 573986-2 (2 CDs) (2000)
(original LP release: EMI EL270305-1) (1985)

Michael Dauth (violin)/Mark Wigglesworth/Sydney Symphony Orchestra
( + Vaugjhan Williams: Flos Campi, On Wenlock Edge and Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem)
MELBA MR301131 (2011)

Michael Davis (violin)/Bryden Thomson/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 5)
CHANDOS CHAN 8554 (1988)

Raphael Druian (violin)/Louis Lane/Cleveland Sinfonietta
( + Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Fantasia on Greensleeves and Delius: Brigg Fair, In a Summer Garden and On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring)
SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS SBK-62645 (1998)
(original US LP release: EPIC BC-1275) (1964)

Julia Fischer (violin)/Yakov Kreizberg/Monte Carlo Philharmonic
( + Respighi: Poema Autunnale, Suk: Fantasy and Chausson: Poeme)
DECCA 4782684 (2011)

Lyn Fletcher (violin)/Mark Elder/Hallé Orchestra
( + Norfolk Rhapsody No.1 and Bax:Tintagel, Delius: On Hearing The First Cuckoo in Spring, Summer Night on the River, Finzi:Fall of the Leaf, Elgar: As Torrents in Summer and Ireland: The Hills)
HALLÉ CDHLL7512 (2006)

Richard Friedman (violin)/Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra
( ₊ Fantasia on Greensleeves, In the Fen Country, Partita and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis)
ASV CDDCA779 (1993)

José-Luis Garcia (violin)/Sir Yehudi Menuhin/English Chamber Orchestra
( + 5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus, Fantasia on Greensleeves and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis)
ARABESQUE Z6568 (1988)

David Greed (violin)/David Lloyd-Jones/English Northern Sinfonia
( + Job)
NAXOS 8.553955 (1997)

Barry Griffiths (violin)/André Previn/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 2)
TELARC CD80138 (1987)

Barry Griffiths (violin)/Paavo Berglund/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 4)
HMV ASD3904 (LP) (1981)

Dimitri Hall (violin)/Anthony Walker/Sinfonia Australia
( + 5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus, Partita, Symphony No. 5 (exc.),Fantasia on Greensleeves and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
ABC CLASSICS 472 984-2 (2003)

Hillary Hahn (violin)/ Sir Colin Davis/ London Symphony Orchestra
( + Elgar: Violin Concerto)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 474 504-2 (2004)

Gwen Hoebig (violin)/Bramwell Tovey/Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
( + Coates London Suite – Knightsbridge March, Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Holst: Egdon Heath, and Walton Façade - Suites Nos. 1 & 2)
CBC SMCD5176 (1998)

Ik-Hwan Bae (violin)/Glen Barton Cortese/Manhattan Chamber Sinfonia
( + Holst: Savitri and Britten: Sinfonietta)
PHOENIX PHCD 145 (2000)

Janine Jansen (violin)/Barry Wordsworth/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + John Williams: Schindler's List – Theme, Khachaturian: Masquerade – Nocturne, Ravel: Tzigane, Saint-Saëns: Havanaise and Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Shostakovich: The Gadfly - Romance and Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake - Pas de Six)
DECCA 475 011-2DH (2003)

David Juritz (violin)/ Consort of London/Robert Haydon Clark
( + Fantasia on Greensleeves, Oboe Concerto and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis)
RETOSPECTIVE REVIVAL RETR 0004 (2011)
(original CD release: COLLINS CLASSICS COL 1140-2) (1991)

Nigel Kennedy (violin)/Sir Simon Rattle/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
( + Elgar: Violin Concerto)
EMI CDS 556413-2 (1997)

Tasmin Little (violin)/Sir Andrew Davis/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 6 and Fantasy on a Them by Thomas Tallis)
APEX 0927495842 (2006)
(original CD release: TELDEC 9031-731272 (1990)

Pauline Lowbury (violin)/Nicholas Cleobury/Britten Sinfonietta
( + Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Fantasia on Greensleeves, Elgar: Elegy for Strings, Chanson de Matin, Chanson de Nuit, Delius: On Hearing the Firdt Cuckoo in Spring and Summer Night on the River)
CLASSIC FM 75605 57037-2 (1999)

Anne Akiko Meyers (violin)/Andrew Litton/Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Elgar: Salut d’Amour, Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Massenet: Meditation from "Thaïs," Yamada: Red Dragonfly, Paradis: Sicilienne and excerpts from works by J.S. Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Falla and Messiaen)
RCA VICTOR 163676 (2000)

David Nolan (violin)/Vernon Handley/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis, Fantasia on Greensleeves and Elgar: Enigma Variations and Serenade for Strings)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE CFP 574880-2 (2002)
(original CD release: EMI EMINENCE CDEMX 9508) (1984)

Jean Pougnet (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Toward the Unknown Region , Dona Nobis, Fantasia on the Old 104^th Psalm Tune, Magnificat, Partita, Concerto Grosso, Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis and Romance for Harmonica)
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS CZS 5 74782 2 (2 CDs) (2001)
(original LP release: PARLOPHONE PMB 1003) (1953)

Zina Schiff (vioilin)/ Dalia Atlas/Israel Philharmonic
( + Charterhouse Suite, Concerto Accademico and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis)
STRADIVARIUS SCD8011 (1990)

Hagai Shaham (violin)/Barry Wordsworth/New Queen’s Hall Orchestra
( + 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus, Fantasia on Greensleeves, In the Fen Country, Norfolk Rhapsody No 1 and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis) 
ARGO 440 116-2ZH (1994)

Christopher Warren-Green (violin and conductor)/London Chamber Orchestra
( + Fantasia on Greensleeves, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and Elgar: Introduction and Allegro and Serenade for Strings)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 759546-2 (1989)

Camilla Wicks (violin)/Karsten Andersen/Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1985)
( + Glazunov: Violin Concerto, Brahms. Violin Sonata No.1, Brustad: Suite No, 1 for Solo Violin and Sarasate: Malaguena)
SIMAX PSC1832 (2008)

David Wise (violin)/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
(rec. 1947)
( + Harty: John Field Suite, Ireland: London Overture, Balfour Gardiner: Shepherd Fennel’s Dance, Holst: Hymn of Jesus and Coleridge-Taylor: Song of Hiawatha – Onaway, Awake Beloved)
DUTTON LABORATORIES CDAX 8001 (1995)

Pinchas Zuckerman (violin)/Daniel Barenboim/English Chamber Orchestra
( + Fantasia on Greensleeves and Oboe Concerto + Delius: 2 Aquarelles, Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Summer Night on the River and Walton: Henry V -The Death of Falstaff and Touch Her Soft Lips and Part)
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 439 529-2GGA (1994)
(original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530 505 (1975)

Dark Passage for Cello and Orchestra (1942-3) (compl. and orch. by by D. Matthews, 2009)

Martin Yates/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
( + Folk Songs of the Four Seasons, Dark Pastoral and Serenade in A)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7289 (2012)

Fantasia on Sussex Folk Tunes for Cello and Orchestra (1930)

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)/Vernon Handley/Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Delius: Cello Concerto, Holst: Invocation, Lalo: Cello Concerto, Rodrigo: Concierto como un Divertimento, Bruch: Kol Nidrei and encores by Delius, Fauré, Villa-Lobos, Saint-Saëns, J.S. Bach, Canteloube, Popper and Bridge)
BMG 74321 84112 2 (2 CDs) (2002)
(original LP release: RCA RED SEAL RS9010) (1983)

Fantasia (Quasi Variazione) on the "Old 104^th" Psalm Tune for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra (1949)

J. Hunt (piano)/Robert Hull/Cornell A Capella Chorus/Rochester Chamber Orchestra
( + 3 Sea Chantys and Robert Palmer: Chamber Concerto)
CONCERT HALL CHS-1190 (c. 1955)

Peter Katin (piano)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Choir/ London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Flos campi - Magnificat - An Oxford Elegy)
EMI EMI  CDM7 69962-2 (1989)
(original LP release: HMV ASD2581 (1970)

Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra (1896, rev 1904)

Mark Bebbington (piano)/George Vass/Ulster Orchestra
( + Mathias: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2)
SOMM SOMM246 (2011)

Romance in D flat major for Harmonica and String Orchestra (1951)

Larry Adler (harmonica)/Sir Malcolm Sargent/BBC Symphony Orchestra
(rec. 1952)
( + Dona Nobis Pacem, Fantasia on the Old 104^th, Magnificat, Toward the Unknown Region, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, The Lark Ascending, Concerto Grosso. and Partita)
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS CZS 5747822 (2 CDs) (2001)
(original LP release: COLUMBIA S1023) (1954)

Larry Adler (harmonica)/Morton Gould/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Arnold: Harmonica Concerto, Benjamin: Harmonica Concerto, Milhaud: Suite and Gershwin: Merry Andrew, etc.)
RCA RED SEAL LSC 3078/ RCA RED SEAL GL 42747 (LP) (1969)

Tommy Reilly (harmonica)/Sir Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
( + Jacob: 5 Pieces, Moody: Little Suite and Tausky: Concertino)
CHANDOS CHAN 8617 (1992)
(original LP release: ARGO ZRG856 (1977)

Romance for Viola and Orchestra (orch. R. Chase) (publ. 1962/2007)

Roger Chase (viola)/Stephen Bell/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Bate: Viola Concerto and W.H. Bell: Viola Concerto)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7216 (2008)

Six Studies in English Folk Song for Clarinet and Orchestra (1926, orch. 1957)

Ian Scott (clarinet)/Barry Wordsworth/Royal Ballet Sinfonia
( + Carmichael: Fêtes Champêtres, Proctor-Gregg: Clarinet Concerto and Lucas: Clarinet Concerto)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7153 (2005)

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WILLIAM HENRY BELL
(1873-1946)

Born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Charles Steggall, Alfred Izard, Alfred Burnett and Frederick Corder. He emigrated to Cape Town, South Africa in 1912 to become director of the South African College of Music. He remained there for the rest of his and composed works for both the stage and concert hall. He wrote 5 Symphonies: the 1st,"Walt Whitman" while still in England in 1899 and the remaining 4 in South Africa between 1918 and 1932. Other major orchestral works include 5 symphonic poems.

Concerto for Viola and Orchestra "Rosa Mystica" (1916)

Roger Chase (viola)/Stephen Bell/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Bate: Viola Concerto and Vaughan Williams: Romance for Viola and Orchestra)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7216 (2008)

FRITZ BENNICKE HART
(1874-1949)

Born in Bromley, Kent. He studied at the Royal College of Music where his teachers included Hubert Parry and Charles Stanford. He emigrated to Australia in 1908 and became principal of the Melbourne Conservatory of Music. In 1937 he relocated to Honolulu where he spent the rest of his life. He had a distinguished career as conductor, teacher and administrator and still found the time to write music (primarily operas and songs), poetry and prose. In addition to "The Bush" he wrote another Symphony (Op. 107) in 1934 and a number of smaller orchestral works.

Idyll for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 169 (1949)

Ronald Woodcock (violin)/Graham Abbott/Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1994)
( + The Bush)
ANTHOLOGY OF AUSTRALIAN MUSIC CSM 38 (2003)

Symphonic Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra, Op.131 (1939)

Robert Cooper (violin)/Richard Divall/Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
( + Goossens: Fantaisies and Lovelock: Saxophone Concerto)
ABC AC 1050 (non-commercial LP) (c. 1980)

GUSTAV HOLST
(1874-1934)

Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire of Swedish ancestry. Attended the Royal College of Music where his teachers were Charles Stanford and William Rockstro. Started his musical career as a trombonist but spent the remainder of his life as a composer, teacher and administrator. He achieved great fame for his symphonic suite "The Planets." He composed in all genres and began his orchestral output with a Symphony in C minor in 1894. At the end of his life he started a Symphony of which only the Scherzo remains as well as an unfinished Second Choral Symphony. His other works for orchestra and band have been extensively recorded.

A Fugal Concerto for Flute, Oboe and String Orchestra, Op. 40/No. 2 (1923)

Richard Adeney (flute), Peter Graeme (oboe)/Imogen Holst/English Chamber Orchestra (rec. 1969)
( + Egdon Heath and Bridge: The Sea, Enter Spring and Britten: The Building of the House)
BBC LEGENDS BBCB8007-2 (1999)

Edward Beckett (flute), Malcolm Messiter (oboe)/Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra (rec. 1995)
( + 6 Morris Dance Tunes, In the Bleak Midwinter, Lyric Movement, Brook Green Suite, 7 Scottish Airs and St. Paul’s Suite)
ARTE NOVA ANO 340220 (2006)

William Bennett (flute), Peter Graeme (oboe)/Imogen Holst/English Chamber Orchestra
( + Double Concerto, Two Songs Without Words, Lyric Movement, Brook Green Suite, Golden Goose: Ballet Music, Nocturne and Capriccio)
LYRITA SRCD.223 (1992)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.34) (1967)

Julia Bogorad (flute), Kathryn Greenbank (oboe)/Christopher Hogwood/Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
( + The Planets, The Perfect Fool: Ballet Music, Egdon Heath, A Moorside Suite, Suites Nos. 1 and 2 and St Paul's Suite)
DECCA ELOQUENCE 4802323 (2011)
(original CD release: DECCA 440 376-2) (1994)

Ruth Bolister (oboe). Kate Hill (flute)/Stephen Bell/Elgar Chamber Orchestra
( + Goossens: Oboe Concerto, Jacob: Concerto for Oboe and Strings, Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto and Elgar: Soliloquy)
ASV CDDCA1173 (2004)

Duke Dobing (flute), Christopher Hooker (oboe)/ Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
( + Double Concerto, Two Songs Without Words, Lyric Movement, Brook Green Suite and St. Paul’s Suite)
CHANDOS CHAN 9270 (1994)

Philip Harmer (oboe), Anna Pyne (flute)/Howard Griffiths/English Sinfonia
( + Double Concerto, Lyric Movement, Brook Green Suite, Song of the Night and St. Paul’s Suite)
NAXOS 8.570339 (2007)

Jaroslav Harvan (flute), Michal Šintal (oboe)/Geoffrey Brand/European Winds
(arranged for band)
( + Hammersmith and Jacob: Symphony AD 78, Ireland: Downland Suite and Franck: Choral No. 2)
ALBANY TROY 120 (1995)

Jonathan Snowden, David Theodore (oboe)/Sir Yehudi Menuhin/English Chamber Orchestra
( + St. Paul's Suite, Brook Green Suite, The Perfect Fool: Ballet Music, Somerset Rhapsody and A Dirge for Two Veterans)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 575981-2 (2003)
(original CD release: EMI EMINENCE CD-EMX 2227) (1994)

Alexa Still (flute), Stephen Popperwell (oboe)/Nicholas Braithwaite/New Zealand Chamber Orchestra
( + Morris Dance Tunes, Lyric Movement, Brook Green Suite and St. Paul’s Suite)
KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS 3-7058-2 (1991)

Double Concerto for Two Violins and Small Orchestra, Op. 49 (1929)

Janice Graham and Sarah Ewins (violins)/Howard Griffiths/English Sinfonia
( + Fugal Concerto, Lyric Movement, Brook Green Suite, Song of the Night and St. Paul’s Suite)
NAXOS 8.570339 (2007)

Emmanuel Hurwitz and Kenneth Sillito (violins)/Imogen Holst/English Chamber Orchestra
( + A Fugal Concerto, Two Songs Without Words, Lyric Movement, Brook Green Suite, Golden Goose: Ballet Music, Nocturne and Capriccio)
LYRITA SRCD.223 (1992)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.44) (1970)

Andrew Watkinson and Nicholas Ward (violins)/Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
( + A Fugal Concerto, Two Songs Without Words, Lyric Movement, Brook Green Suite and St. Paul’s Suite)
CHANDOS CHAN 9270 (1994)

A Song of the Night for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 19 No. 1 (1905)

Janice Graham (violin)/Howard Griffiths/English Sinfonia
( + Double ConcertoFugal Concerto, Lyric Movement, Brook Green Suite and St. Paul’s Suite)
NAXOS 8.570339 (2007)

Lorraine McAslan (violin)/David Atherton/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + A Winter Idyll, Elegy , Indra, Sita: Interlude, Invocation, The Lure: Ballet Music and Morning of the Year: Dances)
LYRITA SRCD.209 (1993)

Invocation for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 19 No. 2 (1911)

Alexander Baillie (cello)/David Atherton/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + A Winter Idyll, Elegy , Indra, Sita: Interlude, A Song of the Night, The Lure: Ballet Music and Morning of the Year: Dances)
LYRITA SRCD.209 (1993)

Tim Hugh (cello)/David Lloyd-Jones/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
( + Somerset Rhapsody, Beni Mora, Fugal Overture, Egdon Heath and Hammersmith)
NAXOS 8, 553696 (1998)

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)/Vernon Handley/Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Sussex Folk Themes, Delius: Cello Concerto, Lalo: Cello Concerto, Rodrigo: Concierto como un Divertimento, Bruch: Kol Nidrei and encores by Delius, Fauré, Villa-Lobos, Saint-Saëns, J.S. Bach, Canteloube, Popper and Bridge)
BMG 74321 84112 2 (2 CDs) (2002)
(original LP release: RCA RED SEAL RS9010) (1983)

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)/Sir Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
( + Elgar: Romance, Delius: Caprice and Elegy and arrangements for cello and orchestra of works by Elgar, Dyson, Grainger, Davies, Vaughan Williams, Ireland and Scott)
PHILIPS 442530 (1995)

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

Paul Watkins (cello)/Sir Andrew Davis/BBC Symphony Orchestra
(included in compendium "The British Cello Phenomenon")
CELLO CLASSICS CC1010 (2 CDs) (2004)

Lyric Movement for Viola and Small Orchestra (1933)

Cecil Aronowitz (viola)/Imogen Holst/English Chamber Orchestra
( + A Fugal Concerto, Double Concerto, 2 Songs Without Words, Brook Green Suite, Golden Goose: Ballet Music, Nocturne and Capriccio)
LYRITA SRCD.223 (1992)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.44) (1970)

Rachel Bolt (viola)/Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra (rec. 1995)
( + Fugal Concerto, 6 Morris Dance Tunes, In the Bleak Midwinter, Brook Green Suite, 7 Scottish Airs and St. Paul’s Suite)
ARTE NOVA ANO 340220 (2006)

Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola)/George Vass/Orchestra Nova
( + McCabe: Concerto Funèbre, Alwyn: Pastoral Fantasia, Maconchy: Romance and Matthews: Winter Remembered)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7186 (2007)

Tim Pooley (viola)/Mark Elder/Hallé Orchestra
( + The Planets and Matthews: Pluto
HYPERION CDA67270 (2002)

Stephen Tees (viola)/Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
( + A Fugal Concerto, Double Concerto, 2 Songs Without Words, Brook Green Suite and St. Paul’s Suite)
CHANDOS CHAN 9270 (1994)

Andriy Viytovych (viola)/Howard Griffiths/English Sinfonia
( + Double ConcertoFugal Concerto, Lyric Movement, Brook Green Suite and St. Paul’s Suite)
NAXOS 8.570339 (2007)

Vyvyan Yendoll (viola)/Nicholas Braithwaite/New Zealand Chamber Orchestra
( + Morris Dance Tunes, Fugal Concerto, Brook Green Suite and St. Paul’s Suite)
KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS 3-7058-2 (1991)

Seven Scottish Airs for Piano and Orchestra (1908)

Michael Freyhan (piano)/Ross Pople/London Festival Orchestra (rec. 1995)
( + St. Paul’s Suite, Brook Green Suite, A Fugal Concerto, 6 Morris Dance Tunes and In the Bleak Midwinter)
ARTE NOVA ANO 340220 (2006)

SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR
(1875-1912)

Born in Holborn, London to an English mother and a father from Sierra Leone. Studied at the Royal College of Music with Charles Stanford. Embarked upon a career as composer, conductor and teacher and achieved fame with his choral setting of Longfellow’s "Song of Hiawatha." Beyond the Violin Concerto, his orchestral output was mostly on a smaller scale with the exception of an early Symphony and the Symphonic Variations on an African Air.

Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 80 (1911)

Philippe Graffin (violin)/Michael Hankinson/Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Dvořák: Violin Concerto)
AVIE AV044 (2004)

Anthony Marwood (violin)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Somervell: Violin Concerto)
HYPERION CDA67420 (2005)

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

Legend (Concertstück) for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 14 (1897)

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

Romance in G major for Violin and Orchestra,
Op. 39 "Prairie Lillies" (1899)

Rachel Barton Pine (Violin)/Daniel Hege/Encore Chamber Orchestra
( + White: Violin Concerto, Saint-Georges: Violin Concerto No. 2 and Meude-Monpas: Violin Concerto No. 4)
CEDILLE 9000 035 (1999)

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

CYRIL ROOTHAM
(1875-1938)

Born in Bristol. Studied with his father, at Cambridge and at the Royal College of Music under Charles Stanford, Walter Parratt and Marmaduke Barton. He was a teacher and conductor and composed vocal, chamber and orchestral music. He wrote 2 Symphonies. The Second Symphony with chorus in 1936 was was finished by Patrick Hadley and was performed posthumously in 1939. He also wrote two rhapsodies, suites suites and a concert overture.

Miniature Suite for Piano and String Orchestra (1921)

Alan Fearon (piano)/Richard Hickox/Northern Sinfonia of England
( + For the Fallen, The Stolen Child, City in the West and The Psalm of Adonis)
EMI CDC 7 49021 2 (1987)

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

SIR DONALD FRANCIS TOVEY
(1875-1940)

Born in Eton. He studied privately with Hubert Parry and Walter Parratt. More generally known for his distinguished career as a writer on music, teacher and conductor, Tovey also composed a number of large-scale works. These include, besides the Concertos a Symphony in D.

Piano Concerto in A major, Op. 15 (1903)

Steven Osborne (piano)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Alexander Mackenzie: Scottish Concerto)
HYPERION CDA67023 (1998)

Cello Concerto, Op. 40

Alice Neary (cello)/George Vass/Ulster Orchestra
( + Elegiac Variations and Air for Strings)
TOCCATA CLASSICS TOCC0038 (2007)

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)

Lorraine McAslan (violin)/Martyn Brabbins/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 13, English Suite No. 4 and The Tinker’s Wedding)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7296 (2012)

Cello Concerto (1964)

Raphael Wallfisch/(cello)/Martin Yates/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Bowen: Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra and A. Bush: Concert Suite for Cello and Orchestra)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7263 (2 CDs) (2011)

Concerto for Orchestra (1964)

Martyn Brabbins/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
( + Symphonies Nos. 10 and 30 and English Suite No. 3)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7267 (2011)

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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)

Cello Concerto Op.103 "Cambrian" (1936)

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)/George Vass/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 4, Pandora and The Pit and the Pendulum)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7251 (2010)

Saxophone Concerto in B flat major, Op.88 (1927)

Amy Dickson (alto & soprano saxophone)/George Vass/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
( + Aucassin and Nicolette and Richard Rodney Bennett: Seven Country Dances)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7277 (2011)

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THEODORE HOLLAND
(1878-1947)

He was educated at Westminster School before moving to the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied with Frederick Corder. He went on for further study with Joseph Joachim at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. In 1927, he was appointed Professor of Harmony and Counterpoint at the Royal Academy of Music and remained there until the end of his life. He composed music for the stage as well as orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works.

Ellingham Marshes for Viola and Orchestra (1940)

Roger Chase (viola)/Stephen Bell/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra, Bax: Phantasy and R. Harvey: Reflections)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7295 (2012)

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)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7223 (2009)
(original CD release: CONIFER CDCF 175) (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)

Mark Bebbington (piano)/David Curti/Orchestra of the Swan
( + Bax: Piano Concertino)

SOMM 093 (2009)

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)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1949)

( + The Forgotten Rite and These Things Shall Be)

LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA LPO 0041 (2009)

Eileen Joyce (piano)/Leslie Heward/Hallé Orchestra (rec. 1942)
( + Moeran: Symphony in G minor)
DUTTON LABORATORIES CDBP 9807 (2011)
(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)

John Lenehan (piano)/John Wilson/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Legend, First Rhapsody, Pastoral, Indian Summer, A Sea Idyll and Three Dances)
NAXOS 8572598 (2011)

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)/Sir Andrew Davis/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1993)
( + Epic March, Walton: Viola Concerto and Puw: Onyt Agoraf y Drws)
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE MM295 (2008)

Kathryn Stott (piano)/ Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Bridge: Phantasm and Walton: Sinfonia Concertante)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7223 (2009)
(original CD release: CONIFER CDCF 175) (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)

John Lenehan (piano)/John Wilson/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto, First Rhapsody, Pastoral, Indian Summer, A Sea Idyll and Three Dances)
NAXOS 8572598 (2011)

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)

Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra (1946)

Jonathan Small (oboe)/Martin Yates/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Armstrong Gibbs: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, C. Wright: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra and Pehkonen: Amor Vincit Omnia)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7249 (2010)

Harpsichord Concerto (1937)

Michael Laus (harpsichord and conductor)/Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Howell: Piano Concerto, Elkrington: Out of the Mist and Jadassohn: Serenade No. 3)
CAMEO CLASSICS CC9041CD (2012)

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.

Cello Concerto in G major op.17 (1908-9)

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)/Martin Yates/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Sainsbury: Cello Concerto)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7284 (2012)

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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EDGAR LESLIE BAINTON

(1880-1956)

Born in London. Studied at Royal College of Music with Charles Stanford, Henry Walford Davies and Charles Wood. Worked as a pianist, teacher and administrator. He settled permanently in Sydney, Australia in 1933 where he became director of the State Conservatorium of Music. He produced 3 numbered Symphonies, an early Symphony in B flat major in with the title "A Phantasy of Life and Progress," a Concerto-Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra and a number of shorter works for orchestra.

Concert Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra (1917-20)

Margaret Fingerhut (piano)/Paul Daniel/BBC Philharmonic
( + 3 Pieces, The Golden River and Pavane, Idyll and Bacchanale)
CHANDOS CHAN 10460 (2008)

FREDERICK S. KELLY
(1881-1916)

Born in Sydney. He went to England for his education at Eton and Oxford and had additional training in Frankfurt with Iwan Knorr. As an accomplished pianist he was active as a chamber musician and also served as an adviser to the London-based Classical Concert Society. His early death in action cut short a very promising career. In addition to the Elegy he composed a Serenade for Flute and Orchestra and a number of chamber, instrumental and vocal works.

Serenade for Flute and Strings, Op. 7 (1911)

Rebecca Hall (flute)/Michael Laus/Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Blower: Horn Concerto, Eclogue for Horn and Strings, Cooper: Oboe Concertino and Milford: Suite for Oboe)
CAMEO CLASSICS CC9032CD (2011)

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)

Violin Concerto in A minor (1928)

Lorraine McAslan (violin)/Gavin Sutherland/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Adagio from Violin Concerto in B minor and Sainsbury: Violin Concerto)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7245 (2010)


Violin Concerto in B minor (Adagio only) (1905)

Lorraine McAslan (violin)/Gavin Sutherland/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto in A minor and Sainsbury: Violin Concerto)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7245 (2010)

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)

Ashley Wass (piano)/James Judd/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphonic Variations)
NAXOS 8.570774 (2009)

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)

Piano Concertino (orch. G. Parlett) (1939/2009)

Mark Bebbington (piano)/David Curti/Orchestra of the Swan
( + Ireland: Piano Concerto)

SOMM 093 (2009)

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)

Ashley Wass (piano)/James Judd/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Concertante for Piano Left Hand and Orchestra)
NAXOS 8.570774 (2009)

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)

Ashley Wass (piano)/James Judd/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Morning Song and Saga Fragment)
NAXOS 8.572597 (2011)

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)

Ashley Wass (piano)/James Judd/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Morning Song and Winter Legends)
NAXOS 8.572597 (2011)

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)

Ashley Wass (piano)/James Judd/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Saga Fragment and Winter Legends)
NAXOS 8.572597 (2011)

Phantasy for Viola and Orchestra (1920)

Roger Chase (viola)/Stephen Bell/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola and Small Orchestra, T. Holland: Ellingham Marshes and R. Harvey: Reflections)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7295 (2012)

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 CDA67659 (2008)

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

Piano Concerto No. 4 in A minor, Op 88

Danny Driver (piano)/Martyn Brabbins/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 3)
HYPERION CDA67659 (2008)

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)

Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 74 (c. 1924)

Raphael Wallfisch/(cello)/Martin Yates/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Brian: Cello Concerto and A. Bush: Concert Suite for Cello and Orchestra)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7263 (2 CDs) (2011)

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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

Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor (1907)

David Owen Norris (piano)/Gavin Sutherland/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 2 and Hely-Hutchinson: The Young Idea)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7206 (2008)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in E major, Op. 32 (1919)

David Owen Norris (piano)/Gavin Sutherland/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 1 and Hely-Hutchinson: The Young Idea)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7206 (2008)

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)

Margarete Babinsky (piano)/ Roger Epple/Rundfunk Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin
( + Violin Concerto)
CAPRICCIO CAP 5027 (2010)

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)

David Frühwirth (violin)/Roger Epple/Rundfunk Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin
( + Piano Concerto)
CAPRICCIO CAP 5027 (2010)

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.

Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra, Op. .48 (1923)

Jonathan Small (oboe)/Martin Yates/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Scott: Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra, C. Wright: Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra and Pehkonen: Amor Vincit Omnia)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7249 (2010)

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 GÁL
(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.

Concerto for Violin and Small Orchestra, Op.39 (1932)

Annette-Barbara Vogel (violin)/Kenneth Woods/Northern Sinfonia /
( + Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra and Triptych for Orchestra)
AVIE AV2146 (2010)


Cello Concerto, Op. 67 (1944-9)

Antonio Meneses (cello)/Claudio Cruz/Northern Sinfonia
( + Elgar: Cello Concerto)
AVIE AV2237 (2012)

Concertino for Violin and StringOrchestra, Op. 52 (1939)

Annette-Barbara Vogel (violin)/Kenneth Woods/Northern Sinfonia /
( + Concerto for Violin and Small Orchestra and Triptych for Orchestra)
AVIE AV2146 (2010)

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, Paganini/Kreisler Concerto in D major and solo pieces by Hummel, Debussy, Bazzini and Hubay)
BEULAH 6PD10 (2009)
(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 Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Introduction and Allegro, Meditation on a Theme by John Blow, Antiphonal Fanfare "Greetings to a City", Fanfare for the Lord Mayor of London, Things to Come: Suite. Welcome to the Queen and Theme and Cadenza)
DECCA 470186-2 (2 CDs) (2001)
(original CD release: ARGO 443170-2) (1994)

Timothy Hugh (cello)/David Lloyd-Jones/English Northern Philharmonia
( + Music for Strings and 2 Studies)
NAXOS 8.553383 (1997)

Arto Noras (cello)/Paavo Berglund/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Colour Symphony, Things to Come: Suite, 2 Piano Concerto, Adam Zero: Ballet, Discourse and Christopher Columbus: Suite)
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS 586589-2 (2 CDs) (2005)
(original LP release: HMV ASD 3342) (1977)

Shauna Rolston (cello)/Uri Mayer/Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
( + Fauré: Élégie, Bruch: Kol Nidrei, Dvořák: Silent Woods and Morawetz: Memorial to Martin Luther King)
CBC SMC 5105 (1991)

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)/Benjamin Britten/English Chamber Orchestra (rec. 1970)
( + Britten: Cello Symphony)
INTAGLIO INCD 7151 (1992) ▼

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)/Vernon Handley/Ulster Orchestra
( + Colour Symphony and The Enchantrss)
CHANDOS CHAN 10221 (2004)
(original CD release: Chandos CHAN 8818 (1991)

Baraza for Piano, Orchestra and Men’s Voices (from the film "Men of Two Worlds") (1945)

Eileen Joyce (piano)/Muir Mathieson/National Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1946)
( + Colour Symphony, Introduction & Allegro and Things to Come: Suite)
DUTTON CDLXT 2501 (1995)

Silvia Cápová (piano)/Adriano/Slovak Philharmonic Male Choir/Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra
( + suites from the films: Christopher Columbus, Seven Waves Away and Men of Two Worlds)
MARCO POLO 8.223315 (1990)

Theme and Cadenza (Memorial Concert) for Violin and Orchestra (1949)

Alfredo Campoli (violin)/Sir Arthur Bliss/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Theme & Cadenza, Paganini/Kreisler Concerto in D major and solo pieces by Hummel, Debussy, Bazzini and Hubay)
BEULAH 6PD10 (2009)
(original LP release: DECCA LXT 5166) (1956)

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CLAUDE CHAMPAGNE
(1891-1965)

Born in Montreal. He received his musical education at the Dominion College of Music and the Conservatoire National de Montréal and went for further studies in Paris with André Gedalge, Charles Koechlin and Raoul Laparra. Served for many years as teacher and director in Montreal training a long list of incipient composers. His other major works for orchestra include Symphonie Gaspésienne, Altitudes and the early symphonic poem "Hercule et Omphale."

Piano Concerto (1950)

Neil Chotem (piano)/Roland Leduc/CBC Radio Orchestra (Montreal) (rec. 1950)
( + Adaskin: Suite for Orchestra)
RADIO CANADA INTERNATIONAL RCI 17 (LP)

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ARTHUR BENJAMIN
(1893-1960)

Born in Sydney. He went to England in 1911 to study with Charles Stanford at the Royal College of Music and also had lessons with Thomas Dunhill (1877-1946, composer of a Symphony in A minor) and Frederic Cliffe. After World War I he taught and conducted in Australia, England, Canada and the USA. He settled permanently in England after World War II. He excelled in light orchestral music but also composed, in addition to the works listed below a Symphony and a Violin Concerto. nd

Piano Concerto "Quasi una fantasia" (1949)

Lamar Crowson (piano)/Arthur Benjamin/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Piano Concertino)
EVEREST EVC9029 (1996)
(original LP release: EVEREST 3020) (1959)

Violin Concerto (1931)

Lorraine McAslan (violin)/John Gibbons/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
( + Elegy, Waltz and Toccata and Romantic Fantasy)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7279 (2011)

Piano Concertino (1927)

Lamar Crowson (piano)/Arthur Benjamin/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Piano Concero)
EVEREST EVC9029 (1996)
(original LP release: EVEREST 3020) (1959)

Elegy, Waltz and Toccata (Viola Concerto) for Viola and Orchestra (1943)

Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola)/John Gibbons/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto and Romantic Fantasy)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7279 (2011)

Romantic Fantasy for Violin, Viola and Orchestra (1938)

Jascha Heifetz (violin), William Primrose (viola)/Izler Solomon/RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
( + Stravinsky: Suite Italienne and encores by Glière, Wieniawski, Falla, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Sgambatti and Brahms)
RCA GOLD SEAL 90266176229 (1997)
(original US LP release: RCA LM-2149) (1956)

Lorraine McAslan (violin)/Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola)/John Gibbons/Royal Scottish National Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto and Elegy, Waltz and Toccata)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7279 (2011)

Benjamin Schmid (Violin)/Daniel Raiskin (Viola)/Lior Shambadal/Berlin Symphony Orchestra
( + Britten: Concerto for Violin and Viola and Bruch: Concerto for Clarinet and Viola)
ARTE NOVA 898260 (2007)

Harmonica Concerto (1953)

Larry Adler (harmonica)/Basil Cameron/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Jamaican Rumba and Vaughan Williams: Romance, Chagrin: Roumanian Fantasy and other works arranged for harmonica and orchestra)
EMI CDM 764134-2 (1991)
(original LP release: COLUMBIA S1023) (1954)

Larry Adler (harmonica)/Morton Gould/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Arnold: Harmonica Concerto, Vaughan Williams: Romance, Milhaud: Suite and Gershwin: Merry Andrew, etc.)
RCA RED SEAL GL42747 (LP) (1969)

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SIR EUGENE GOOSSENS
(1893-1981)

Born in London into a distinguished musical family of Belgian descent. Had training at music schools in Bruges and Liverpool before attending the Royal College of Music where his teachers of composition were Charles Stanford and Charles Wood. He had a distinguished career as a conductor in England, Australia and America. He composed a number of works for orchestra including 2 Symphonies, Sinfonietta and Concertos for Piano and Violin (both entitled "Phantasy Concerto")

Phantasy Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 60 (1944)

Richard Hickox/Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 1)
CHANDOD CHSA 5068 (2009)

Oboe Concerto, Op. 45 (1927)

Ruth Bolister (oboe)/Stephen Bell/Elgar Chamber Orchestra
( + Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto, Jacob: Concerto for Oboe and Strings, Holst: Fugal Concerto and Elgar: Soliloquy)
ASV CDDCA1173 (2004)

Leon Goossens (oboe)/Walter Susskind/Philharmonia Orchestra (rec. 1948)
( + Elgar: Soliloquy, Cimarosa: Oboe Concerto, Handel: Oboe Concerto No. 1, Mozart: Quartetfor Oboe & Strings and encores by J.S. Bach, Franck and Kreisler)
PEARL GEMM 9281 (1997)
(original LP release: UNICORN RHS 348) (1977)

Guy Henderson (oboe)/Robert Pikler/Sydney Symphony Orchestra
( + Williamson Sinfonietta and Vaughan Williams: 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus)
RCA GOLD SEAL GL 40542 (LP) (1971)

Nancy Ambrose King (oboe)/Jeremy Swerling/Ostrava Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto, Martinů: Oboe Concerto and Mozart: Oboe Concerto)
CALA RECORDS 1035 (2004)

Joel Marangella (oboe)/Vernon Handley/West Australian Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 1, Tam O’Shanter and Concert Piece)
ABC CLASSICS 462 014-2 (1998)

Concert Piece for 2 Harps, Oboe, Cor Anglais and Orchestra, Op. 65 (1958)

Joel Marangella (oboe and cor anglais)/ Jane Geeson & Sebastien Lipman (harps)/Vernon Handley/West Australian Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 1, Tam O’Shanter and Oboe Concerto)
ABC CLASSICS 462 014-2 (1998)

Concertino for Double String Orchestra, Op. 47 (1928)

Vernon Handley/Sydney Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 1 and Fantasia for 9 Wind Instruments)
ABC CLASSICS 8.770013 (1993)

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HERBERT HOWELLS
(1892-1983)

Born in Lyndley, Gloucestershire. After stydying locally with Herbert Brewer, he attended the Royal College of Musicwhere his instructors were Stanford, Parry, Walter Parrat, Walford Davies and Charles Wood. He was appointed to that school as a teacher of composition and held this post for more than 40 years. He also became music director of the St. Paul’s Girls’ School (succedding Holst) and professor of music at the University of London. His best-known composition is "Hymnus Paradisi" for chorus and orchestra but he wrote much else in various genres including other large-scale choral works and pieces for orchestra, chamber groups and solo instruments and he is well represented on recordings.

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 4 (1914, completed by John Rutter)

Howard Shelley (piano)/Richard Hickox/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 2 and Penguinski)
CHANDOS CHAN 9874 (2000)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C major, Op. 39 (1925)

Howard Shelley (piano)/Richard Hickox/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 1 and Penguinski)
CHANDOS CHAN 9874 (2000)

Kathryn Stott (piano)/Vernon Handley/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Concerto for Strings and 3 Dances for Violin & Orchestra)
HYPERION CDA66610 (1992)

Elegy for Solo Viola, String Quartet and String Orchestra, Op. 15 (1917)

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

Herbert Downes (viola)/Sir Adrian Boult/New Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Merry Eye, Music for a Prince, Procession and George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad. The Banks of Greenwillow, 2 English Idylls and Warlock: An Old Song and Hadley: One Morning in Spring)
LYRITA SRCD.245 (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.69) (1975)

Matthew Souter (viola)/Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
( + Concerto for String Orchestra and Serenade for String Orchestra)
CHANDOS CHAN 9161 (1993)

Concerto for String Orchestra (1938)

Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Hymnus Paradisi)
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS CDM 567119-2 (1999)
(original LP release: HMV ASD3020) (1974)

Vernon Handley/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 2 and 3 Dances for Violin & Orchestra)
HYPERION CDA66610 (1992)

Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
( + Elegy and Serenade for String Orchestra)
CHANDOS CHAN 9161 (1993)

Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra (1937)

Alexander Baillie (cello)/Norman del Mar/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1982)
( + Hymnus Paradisi)
CARLTON BBC Radio Classics 5691982 (1997)

Moray Welsh (cello)/Richard Hickox/London Symphony Orchestra
( + King’s Herald, Paradise Rondel, Threnody, Pastoral Rhapsody and Procession)
CHANDOS CHAN 9410 (1995)

Threnody for Cello and Orchestra (1930’s, orch. Christopher Palmer, 1992)

Moray Welsh (cello)/Richard Hickox/London Symphony Orchestra
( + King’s Herald, Paradise Rondel, Fantasia, Pastoral Rhapsody and Procession)
CHANDOS CHAN 9410 (1995)

Three Dances for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 7 (1915)

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)/Richard Hickox/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Suite for Orchestra "The B’s" and In Green Ways)
CHANDOS CHAN 9557 (1997)

Malcolm Stewart (violin)/Vernon Handley/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 2 and Concerto for String Orchestra)
HYPERION CDA66610 (1992)

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FRANK HUTCHENS
(1892-1965)

Born in Christchurch, New Zealand. He went to England for training at the Royal Academy of Music with Frederick Corder and Tobias Matthay and stayed on as an instructor for several years. He then went to Sydney where he was appointed a professor at the New South Wales Conservatory of Music. He was also a conductor and half of a piano duo with his fellow composer Lindley Evans. Most of his output consists of small-scale works for solo instruments or voice but there is also a Ballade for Orchestra and Airmail Palestine for voice and orchestra.

Phantasy Concerto in D-flat for 2 Pianos and Orchestra (1940-43)

Wendy Pomeroy and Stephen Dornan (pianos)/Thomas Mayer/West Australian Symphony Orchestra
( + Evans: Idyll and Antill: The Unknown Land)
ABC RRCS-381 (non-commercial LP) (1975)

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ALEC ROWLEY
(1892-1958)

Born in London. He studied composition with Frederick Corder at the Royal Academy of Music. He was a concert pianist specializing in duets and taught at the Trinity College of Music. He wrote a series of miniature concertos for piano, violin, cello and organ with amateur or educational purposes in mind but also wrote a 2^nd Piano Concerto, Oboe Concerto, Rhapsody for Viola and Orchestra and 3 Idylls for Piano and Orchestra as well as chamber and solo instrumental pieces .

Concerto (No. 1) in D major for Piano, Strings and Percussion, Op. 49 (1938)

Peter Donohoe (piano & conductor)/Northern Sinfonia
( + Darnton: Piano Concertino, Gerhard: Piano Concerto and Ferguson: Piano Concerto)
NAXOS 8.557290 (2005)

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CHARLES WILLIAMS
(1893-1978)

Born in London (as Isaac Cozerbreit).He began his musical career as a freelance violinist playing with various types of orchestras and then went on to study at the Royal Academy of Music with Norman O’Neill. He became one of the premiere composers and conductors of light orchestral music and scored many motion pictures and radio shows.

The Dream of Olwen (from the movie "While I Live") (1947)

Daniel Adni (piano)/Kenneth Alwyn/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto, Bath: Cornish Rhapsody, 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)

Arthur Dulay (piano)/Charles Williams and His Concert Orchestra (rec. 1947)
( + Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto, Bath: Cornish Rhapsody, RÓZSA: spellbound Concerto, Bliss: Things to Come: Suite and other film score excerpts by Morey and Brodszky)
NAXOS NOSTALGIA 8.120597 (2002)

Isador Goodman (piano)/Patrick Thomas/Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
( + Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto, Bath: Cornish Rhapsody, 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)

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

Leo Litwin (piano)/Arthur Fiedler/Boston Pops Orchestra
( + Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto, Bath: Cornish Rhapsody 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
( + Rózsa : Spellbound Concerto and encores by Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Sinding and Rachmaninoff)
CAPITOL SP-8494 (LP) (1959)

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MAURICE BLOWER
(1894-1982)

Born in Surrey. He studied at the RAF School of Music with Sir Walford Davies and received his musical doctorate at Oxford under Harold Darke. He was associated with the Petersfield Music Festival for 40 years and founded the Rake Choir. The bulk of his compositional output consisted of works for choirs and part songs and a number of works for string orchestra.

Concerto for Horn and Strings (1953)

José Garcia Gutierrez(horn)/ Michael Laus/Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Eclogue for Horn and Strings, Cooper: Oboe Concertino, F. Kelly: Serenade for Flute and Strings and Scott: Harpsichord Concerto)
CAMEO CLASSICS CC9032CD (2011)

Eclogue for Horn and Strings

José Garcia Gutierrez(horn)/ Michael Laus/Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Horn Concerto, Cooper: Oboe Concertino, F. Kelly: Serenade for Flute and Strings and Scott: Harpsichord Concerto)
CAMEO CLASSICS CC9032CD (2011)

ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
(1894-1950)

Born in Heston, Middlesex. Studied at the Royal College of Music with Charles Stanford and John Ireland. He was strongly influenced by English folksong as well as by the music of Vaughan Williams and Delius. In addition to the Concertos his major orchestral works are his Symphony in G minor, Sinfonietta and Serenade. He began a 2^nd Symphony in E flat major in 1945 but only fragments of that score still exist.

Violin Concerto (1941)

Alfredo Campoli (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1954)
( + D. Coates: Violin Concerto)
DIVINE ART 27806 (2006)

John Georgiadis (violin)/Vernon Handley/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Rhapsody for Piano & Orchestra and Rhapsody No. 2)
LYRITA SRCD.248 (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.105) (1979)

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)/Vernon Handley/Ulster Orchestra
( + Cello Concerto, Whythorne’s Shadow and Lonely Waters)
CHANDOS CHAN 10168 (2004)
(original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 8807) (1990)

Albert Sammons (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1946)
( + Serenade in G and Fantasy Quartet)
SYMPOSIUM 1201 (1999)

Cello Concerto (1945)

Piers Coetmore (cello)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Cello Sonata and Prelude)
LYRITA SRCD.299 (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.) (1971)

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)/Norman Del Mar/Bournemouth Sinfonietta
( + Violin Concerto, Whythorne’s Shadow and Lonely Waters)
CHANDOS CHAN 10168 (2004)
(original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 8456) (1986)

Rhapsody in F sharp major for Piano and Orchestra (1943)

Margaret Fingerhut (piano)/Vernon Handley/Ulster Orchestra
( + Symphony and G minor and Overture to a Masque)
CHANDOS CHAN 10169 (2004)
(original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 8639 (1989)

John McCabe (piano)/Nicholas Braithwaite/New Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto and Rhapsody No. 2)
LYRITA SRCD.248 (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.91) (1977)

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WALTER THOMAS GAZE COOPER
(1895-1981)

Born in Long Eaton in Derbyshire. He studied with Frederick Moore and Benjamin Dale. At the Royal Academy of Music, he was a pupil of Arthur Eaglefield-Hull and Frederick Dawson. He founded and conducted the orchestra that eventually became the Nottingham Symphony Orchestra and he taught at the Midland Conservatory of Music. A prolific composer, his output included nine symphonies, four piano concertos, concertos for violin, oboe, horn, double bass, bassoon and viola, two ballets, overtures and other orchestral works, an opera, chamber music. and songs

Concertino for Oboe and Strings, Op. 78 (1956)

John McDonaugh (oboe)/ Michael Laus/Malta Philharmonic Orchestra
( + F. Kelly: Serenade for Flute and Strings, Milford: Suite for Oboe and Strings, Blower: Horn Concerto and Eclogue for Horn and Strings)
CAMEO CLASSICS CC9032CD (2011)

LINDLEY EVANS
(1895-1982)

Born in Cape Town, South Africa. After initial musical studies there, he moved to Australia where he studied under Frank Hutchens at the New South Wales Conservatorium of Music. He then formed a piano duet with his teacher that lasted for 40 years. He also studied with Tobias Mathay in London. His compositions encompass various genres ranging from the large-scale "An Australian Symphony" for chorus and orchestra to instrumental miniatures and songs.

Idyll (Concerto) in E for 2 Pianos and Orchestra (1943)

Isador Goodman (piano)/Patrick Thomas/Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
(arr. for piano and Orchestra by Isador Goodman)
( + Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto, Bath: Cornish Rhapsody, Williams: Dream of Olwen, Rózsa: Spellbound Concerto, Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Goodman: New Guinea Fantasy, Litolff: Scherzo and Rachmaninoff: excerpts from Piano Concerto No. 2 and Paganini Rhapsody)
PHILIPS (Australia) 476 7333 (2005)
(original CD release: ABC CLASSICS 464 055-2) (1990)

Wendy Pomeroy and Stephen Dornan (pianos)/Thomas Mayer/West Australian Symphony Orchestra
( + Hutchens: Phantasy Concerto and Antill: The Unknown Land)
ABC RRCS-381 (non-commercial LP) (1975)

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GORDON JACOB
(1895-1984)

Born in Norwood, London. He was a student of Charles Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Herbert Howells..and Charles Wood at the Royal College of Music. He later joined the staff of that institution and stayed for 40 years. He was an enormously prolific composer but seems to have gained greater fame as an arranger and orchestrator. He wrote 2 numbered Symphonies and a Symphony for Strings (1943), York Symphony for Brass (1970), Sinfonia Brevis (1974), and 3 Sinfoniettas (1943, 1950 and 1954) as well as many Concertos for almost all instruments.

Viola Concerto No.1 in C minor (1925 rev. 1976)

Helen Callus (viola)/Stephen Bell/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Viola Concerto No. 2, Concert Piece for Viola and Orchestra, 3 Pieces for Viola and Orchestra and Passacaglia Stereophonica)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7258 (2011)

Viola Concerto No.2 with String Orchestra) (1979)

Helen Callus (viola)/Stephen Bell/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Viola Concerto No. 1, Concert Piece for Viola and Orchestra, 3 Pieces for Viola and Orchestra and Passacaglia Stereophonica)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7258 (2011)

Piano Concertino (1954)

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

Concerto for Flute and Strings (1951)

Alexa Still (flute)/Nicholas Braithwaite/New Zealand Chamber Orchestra
( + Arnold: Flute Concerto No. 1 and Musgrave: Orfeo II)
KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS KIC 7140 (1995) 

Concerto for Horn and Strings (1951)

Sören Hermansson (horn)/Edvard Tjivzjel/Umeå Sinfonietta
( + Atterberg: Horn Concerto, Larsson: Horn Concertino, Seiber:Notturno and Reger: Scherzino)
BIS CD-376 (1993)

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

Concerto No. 1 for Oboe and Strings (1933)

Ruth Bolister (oboe)/Stephen Bell/Elgar Chamber Orchestra
( + Goossens: Oboe Concerto, Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Oboe and Strings, Holst: Fugal Concerto and Elgar: Soliloquy)
ASV CDDCA1173 (2004)

Concerto for Bassoon and Strings (1947)

Robert Thompson (bassoon)/Geoffrey Simon/English Chamber Orchestra
( + J. Andriessen: Bassoon Concertino and Downey: The Edge of Space)
CHANDOS CHAN 9278 (1994)
(original LP release: CHANDOS ABRD 1033) (1981)

Concerto for Three Hands on One Piano (1969)

Phyllis Sellick and Cyril Smith (pianos)/Sir Malcolm Arnold/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
( + Arnold: Concerto for Phyllis and Cyril and Bliss: Two Piano Concerto)
HMV GREENSLEEVES ESD 7065 LP) (1970)

Trombone Concerto (1955)

Christian Lindberg (trombone)/Grant Llwelyn/BBC National Orchestra of Wales
( + Howarth: Trombone Concerto and Orchestra and Bourgeois: Trombone Concerto)
BIS CD-658 (1995)

Warwick Tyrell (trombone)/Patrick Thomas/Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
( + Wagenseil: Trombone Concerto, Bracanin: Trombone Concerto and Currie: Tumbling Strain)
ABC CLASSICS ABC4764234 (2011)
(original CD release: ABC CLASSICS 438825 (1993)

Little Concerto for Double Bass and Strings (1973)

Leon Bosch (double bass)/Susanna Candlin/I Musicanti
( + works for double bass and piano by L. Berkeley, A.Bush, D. Ellis, E. Lutyens, E. Maconchy, J. McCabe, Thomas Pitfield, A. Reynolds and John Walton)

MERIDIAN CDE 84550 (2008)

Mini-Concerto for Clarinet (1980)

Dame Thea King (clarinet)/Alun Francis/Northwest Chamber Orchestra Seattle
( + Cooke: Clarinet Concerto and Rawsthorne: Clarinet Concerto)
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55069 (2002)
(original LP release: HYPERION A66031 (1982)

Concert Piece for Viola and Orchestra (ed. by J. White) (1977)

Helen Callus (viola)/Stephen Bell/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Viola Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, 3 Pieces for Viola and Orchestra and Passacaglia Stereophonica)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7258 (2011)

Three Pieces for Viola and Orchestra (orch. by G. Parlett) (1930/2010)

Helen Callus (viola)/Stephen Bell/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Viola Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Concert Piece for Viola and Orchestra and Passacaglia Stereophonica)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7258 (2011)

Suite for Recorder and Strings (1959)

Michala Petri (recorder)/Kennrth Sillito/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
( + Babell: Recorder Concerto, Baston: Recorder Concerto No. 2 and Handel: Organ Concerto, Op. 4 No. 6 (transcribed for recorder)
PHILIPS 340102 (2004)  
(original LP release: PHILIPS 411 056-2) (1983)

Michala Petri (recorder)/Jean Thorel/City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong
( Arnold: Recorder Concerto and Concerto Incantato)
OUR RECORDINGS SACD 6220606 (2012)

Passacaglia Stereophonica (1960)

Helen Callus (viola)/Stephen Bell/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Viola Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, Concert Piece for Viola and Orchestra and 3 Pieces for Viola and Orchestra)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7258 (2011)

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HUMPHREY PROCTER-GREGG
(1895-1980)

Born in Kirkby Lonsdale, Cumbria. After initial studies at King William’s College and Cambridge, he attended the Royal College of Music where he was taught by Stanford, Charles Wood and Julius Harrison. Most of his musical career was devoted to administration of opera companies and teaching but he also composed, in addition to the Clarinet Concerto, piano music, sonatas for violin, oboe and clarinet and songs.

Clarinet Concerto (c.1940)

Ian Scott (clarinet)/Barry Wordsworth/Royal Ballet Sinfonia
( + Carmichael: Fêtes Champêtres, Lucas: Clarinet Concerto and Vaughan Williams: 6 Studies in English Folk Song)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7153 (2005)

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ROBERTO GERHARD
(1896-1970)

Born in Valls, Catalonia, Spain. Studied in Barcelona with Enrique Granados and Felipe Pedrell and later took master classes with Arnold Schoenberg in Vienna. He settled in England at the end of the Spanish Civil War (1939) and remained there for the rest of his life. He wrote 4 Symphonies and left a 5^th unfinished as well as other works for orchestra besides the Concertos.

Concerto for Piano and Strings (1950)

Peter Donohoe (piano & conductor)/Northern Sinfonia
( + Darnton: Piano Concertino, Rowley: Piano Concerto and Ferguson: Piano Concerto)
NAXOS 8.557290 (2005)

Geoffrey Tozer (piano)/Matthias Bamert/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 3 and Epithalamion))
CHANDOS CHAN 9556 (1997)

Violin Concerto (1942-3, rev. 1945, 1949)

Olivier Charlier (violin)Matthias Bamert/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 1)
CHANDOS CHAN 9599 (1998)

Yfrah Neaman (violin)/Sir Colin Davis/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 4)
LYRITA SRCD.274 (2008)
(original LP release: ARGO ZRG 701) (1972)

Harpsichord Concerto (1956)

Geoffrey Tozer (harpsichord)/Matthias Bamert/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony "Homenaje a Pedrell")
CHANDOS CHAN 9693 (1998)

Concerto for Orchestra (1965)

Matthias Bamert/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 2)
CHANDOS CHAN 9694 (1999)

Concertino for Strings, Op. 12 (1927)

Jürgen Bruns/Berlin Chamber Symphony
( + Weill: Symphony No. 2 and Goldschmidt: Suite)
EDA 18 (2003)

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MARGARET SUTHERLAND
(1897-1984)

Born in Adelaide. She studied composition with Fritz Hart at the Marshall-Hall Conservatorium of Music in Melbourne and continued her musical education at home as well as in London (with Arnold Bax) and Vienna. She gained significant fame as a pianist, teacher and composer. Her catalogue contains operas, ballets, incidental music and works for orchestra, solo instruments and an especially large amount of chamber music. A Piano Concertino (1940), a Concertante for Oboe, Strings and Percussion (1961) and a Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra (1962) are her other concerto works that have not been recorded.

Violin Concerto (1954)

Leonard Dommett (violin)/Patrick Thomas/Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
( + Concerto for Strings, Concerto Grosso and Haunted Hills)
ABC CLASSICS 4657342 (2006)
(original LP release: FESTIVAL SFC-80020) (1976)

Concerto for Strings (1949)

Patrick Thomas/Queensland Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1972)
( + Violin Concerto, Concerto Grosso and Haunted Hills)
ABC CLASSICS 4657342 (2006)
(original non-commercial LP release: ABC AC 1008) (1975)

Concerto Grosso for Violin, Viola, Keyboard Instrument and String Orchestra (1958)

Sybil Copeland (violin)/John Glickman (viola)/Max Cooke (harpsichord)/John Hopkins/Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto, Concerto for Strings and Haunted Hills)
ABC CLASSICS 4657342 (2006)
(original non-commercial LP release: ABC RRCS-387) (1975)

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DOUGLAS COATES
(1898-1974)

Born in Rotherham, Yorkshire. He was self-taught in composition and pursued a career as an organist and choirmaster but earned his living working for a bank. The failure of his compositions to make an impact caused him to destroy his work (including the Violin Concerto) and give up composing completely. His other compositions were works for chorus, orchestra, organ, piano, military and brass band.

Violin Concerto in D major (1934)

Colin Sauer (violin)/Sir Charles Groves/BBC Northern Orchestra (rec. 1951)
( + Moeran: Violin Concerto)
DIVINE ART 27806 (2006)

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DOROTHY HOWELL
(1898-1992)

Piano Concerto in D Minor (1923)

Valentina Seferinova (piano)/Toby Purser/Orion Symphony Orchestra
( + Scott: Harpsichord Concerto, Elkrington: Out of the Mist and Jadassohn: Serenade No. 3)
CAMEO CLASSICS CC9041CD (2012)

SOPHIE-CARMEN ECKHARDT-GRAMMATÉ
(1899-1974)

Born in Moscow. Her earliest musical training came from her mother who was a pupil of Anton Rubinstein. She later studied at the Paris Conservatory where her teachers included Vincent d’Indy and Alfred Brun. She pursued a career as a violin virtuoso and studied composition in Berlin with Max Trapp before settling in Canada in 1953. She wrote 3 Symphonies and 2 other Piano Concertos, a Concerto for Orchestra and a Triple Concerto for Trumpet, Clarinet and Bassoon.

Piano Concerto No. 3 (Symphony-Concerto) (1967)

Anton Kuerti (piano)/Alexander Brott/CBC Festival Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 1: Andante, Piano Concerto No. 2, Triple Concerto, Piano Sonata No. 5, Weinachtslieder and Molto Sostenuto)
ECKHARDT-GRAMMATÉ FOUNDATION PBM 303 (2 CDs) (1999)
(original LP release: RCA RED SEAL LSC-3175) (1968)

Triple Concerto for Trumpet, Clarinet, Bassoon and Strings and Timpani (1949)

Philip Collins (trumpet)/James Morton (clarinet)/Richard Corey (bassoon)/Mario Bernardi/National Arts Centre Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto No. 1: Andante, Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3, Piano Sonata No. 5, Weinachtslieder and Molto Sostenuto)
ECKHARDT-GRAMMATÉ FOUNDATION PBM 303 (2 CDs) (1999)
(original LP release: CBC: SM 272) (1976)

Markantes Stück for 2 Pianos and Orchestra) (1946-50)

S.C. Eckhardt-Grammaté and Hans Weber (pianos)/Wilhelm Schüchter/Vienna Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1952)
( + Piano Concerto No. 1: Andante, Piano Concerto No. 3, Triple Concerto, Piano Sonata No. 5, Weinachtslieder and Molto Sostenuto)
ECKHARDT-GRAMMATÉ FOUNDATION PBM 303 (2 CDs) (1999)

Basson Concerto (1950)

Vincent Ellin (bassoon)/Simon Streatfield/Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
( + MacDonald: Violin Concerto and Matthews: Between the Wings of the Earth)
BIS CD-698 (1998)

Capriccio Concertante (1940)

Kazuhiro Koizumi/Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
( + Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 1 and Glinka: Kamarinskaya)
CBC SMCD 5089 (1990)

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WILLIAM LOVELOCK
(1899-1986)

Born in London. Studied there at the Trinity School of Music and became a member of its faculty. He came to Australia in 1956 to become director of the Queensland State Conservatorium of Music. He composed a Symphony, Sinfonietta, Sinfonia Concertante for Organ and Orchestra and Concertos for a variety of instruments.

Saxophone Concerto No. 1 (1963)

Kevin Murphy (saxophone)/Joseph Post/Sydney Symphony Orchestra
(rec. 1972)
( + Saxophone Concerto No. 2, Bass Tuba Concerto, Horn Concerto, Trombone Concertino, Viola Concerto and Rhapsody Concerto for Harp and Orchestra)
HERITAGE 17 (2 non-commercial CDs) (1994)

Saxophone Concerto No. 2 (1973)

Peter Clinch (saxophone)/George Logie-Smith Astra Chamber Orchestra( + Penberthy: Saxophone Concerto, Barnard: Saxophone Sonata, Gross: Saxophone Quintet and D'Ombrain & Clinch: Introspections)
DIVERSIONS 24120 (2006)
(original LP release: W&G BS5667) (1975)

Peter Clinch (saxophone)/Verdon Williams/Strings of West Australian Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1974)
( + Saxophone Concerto No. 1, Bass Tuba Concerto, Horn Concerto, Trombone Concertino, Viola Concerto and Rhapsody Concerto for Harp and Orchestra)
HERITAGE 17 (2 non-commercial CDs) (1994)

Bass Tuba Concerto (1967)

Vincent Fryer (bass tuba)/Patrick Thomas/Queensland Symphony Orchestra
(rec. 1977)
( + Saxophone Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Horn Concerto, Trombone Concertino, Viola Concerto and Rhapsody Concerto for Harp and Orchestra)
HERITAGE 17 (2 non-commercial CDs) (1994)

Peter Whish-Wilson (tuba)/David Stanhope/Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
( + Vaughan Williams: Tuba Concerto, Wilder: Tuba Suite No. 1, Kenny: Tuba Concerto and Danielsson: Concertante)
ABC CLASSICS ABC 4765251 (2006)

Flute Concerto (1961)

Vernon Hill (flute)/Leonard Dommett/Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
( + A. Hill: Piano Concerto and Penberthy: Saxophone Concerto)
FESTIVAL FC 80026 (LP) (1972)

Horn Concerto

Stanley Fry (horn)/Myer Fredman/Adelaide Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1978)
( + Saxophone Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Bass Tuba Concerto, Trombone Concertino, Viola Concerto and Rhapsody Concerto for Harp and Orchestra)
HERITAGE 17 (2 non-commercial CDs) (1994)

Trumpet Concerto (1968)

Geoffrey Payne (trumpet)/John Hopkins/Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
( + Trumpet Concertos by Tomasi, Mills, Arutyunyan, Bellini, Haydn, Hummel, Cimarosa. Weber and Arban {some transcribed from other instruments})
ABC CLASSICS 982 6976 (2 CDs) (2005)

John Robertson (trumpet)/Joseph Post/Sydney Symphony Orchestra
( + R. Hanson: Trumpet Concerto)
RCA (Australia) SL16371 (LP) (1968)

Trombone Concertino (1965)

Ian Hanckey (trombone)/Patrick Thomas/Queensland Symphony Orchestra
( + Suite for Wind and Percussion aand R. Hanson: Trombone Concerto)
ABC AC 1007 (non-commercial LP) (1976)

Jason Redman (trombone)/Wilfred Lehmann/Strings of Queensland Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1991)
( + Saxophone Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Horn Concerto, Bass Tuba Concerto, Viola Concerto and Rhapsody Concerto for Harp and Orchestra)
HERITAGE 17 (2 non-commercial CDs) (1994)

Viola Concerto (c.1979)

László Vidak (viola)/Patrick Thomas/Queensland Symphony Orchestra
(rec. 1979)
( + Saxophone Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Horn Concerto, Trombone Concertino, Bass Tuba Concerto and Rhapsody Concerto for Harp and Orchestra)
HERITAGE 17 (2 non-commercial CDs) (1994)

Rhapsody Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (1981)

Una Morgan (harp)/John Curro/Queensland Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1983)
( + Saxophone Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Horn Concerto, Trombone Concertino, Viola Concerto and Bass Tuba Concerto)
HERITAGE 17 (2 non-commercial CDs) (1994)

Sinfonia Concertante for Organ and Orchestra (1968)

Robert Broughen (organ)/Patrick Thomas/Sydney Symphony Orchestra
( + Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1)
RCA (Australia) VRL 1-0129 (LP) (1976)

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ALAN BUSH
(1900-1995)

Born in Dulwich, London. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Frederick Corder and Tobias Matthay and had private lessons with John Ireland. Taught for 30 years at the Royal Academy and was very active in social causes. He composed 4 Symphonies. His other major orchestral works are a Piano Concerto (with baritone and male choir), Concert Suite for Cello and Orchestra and "Africa" for piano and orchestra.

Violin Concerto (1948)

Manoug Parikian (violin)/Norman Del Mar/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + 6 Short Pieces and Dialectic)
CLAUDIO CB5151-2 (2002)
(original LP release: HYPERION A66138) (1985)

Variations, Nocturne and Finale on an English Sea-Song for Piano and Orchestra (1962)

David Wilde (piano)/John Snashall/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Delius: Double Concerto)
PRT PVCD8372 (1987)
(original LP release: PYE GOLDEN GUINEA GSGC14073) (1966)

Concert Suite for Cello and Orchestra (1952)

Raphael Wallfisch/(cello)/Martin Yates/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Brian: Cello Concerto and Bowen: Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7263 (2 CDs) (2011)

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COLIN McPHEE
(1900-1964)

Born in Toronto. Studied at the Peabody Conservatory (Baltimore, Maryland) with Harold Randolph and Gustav Strube and had further lessons with Paul Le Flem in Paris and Edgard Varèse in New York. Spent the 1930’s in Bali and utilized its gamelan music in his own compositions with "Tabuh-Tabuhan" becoming his most famous work. His 1^st Symphony is not extant and his 3^rd Symphony was not completed. There were also 2 early Piano Concerto but neither of these survives.

Concerto for Piano and 8 Winds (1929)

Stephen Drury (piano)/Dennis Russel Davies/Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 2, Balinese Ceremonial Music and Nocturne)
MUSIC MASTERS 01612-67159-2 (1996)

Grant Johannesen (piano)/wind ensemble
( + Sessions:Quartet No. 2)
COLUMBIA ML-5105 (LP) (c. 1955)

Concerto for Wind Orchestra (1960)

Alex Pauk/Esprit Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 2, Tabuh-Tabahan, Transitions and Nocturne)
CBC SM 5181 (1998)

Tabuh-Tabuhan – Toccata for Two Pianos, Orchestra and Exotic Percussion (1936)

John Alley and Elizabeth Burley (pianos)/Leonard Slatkin/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Balinese Ceremonial Music and Britten: Prince of the Pagoda: Suite)
CHANDOS CHAN 10111 (2003)

Peter Basquin and Christopher Oldfeather (pianos)/Dennis Russel Davies/Amedrican Composers’ Orchestra
( + Harrison: Suite and Ung: Inner Voices)
ARGO 444560-2

anonymous pianists/Howard Hanson/Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
( + Sessions: The Black Maskers and Thomson: Symphony No. 1 and Feast of Love)
MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 434310-2 (1992)
(original LP release: MERCURY SR 90103) (c. 1960)

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WILLIAM BUSCH
(1901-1945)

Born in London, the son of German immigrants. He went to New York for studies and then to Germany where his composition teacher was Hugo Leichtentritt. He finished his musical education in London with Mabel Lander for piano and with Alan Bush, John Ireland and Bernard Van Dieren for composition. His professional career was basically divided between teaching at the Highgate School in London and working as a pianist. Illness gave him more time for composition towards the end of his life and he left an unfinished Violin Concerto as well as songs, chamber and instrumental works.

Piano Concerto in F major (1939)

Piers Lane (piano)/Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Cello Concerto)
LYRITA SRCD.320 (2007)

Cello Concerto (1940-1)

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)/Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Piano Concerto)
LYRITA SRCD.320 (2007)

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GERALD FINZI
(1901-1956)

Born in London. As a teenager he studied privately with Ernest Farrar and Edward Bairstow and then in his next decade took counterpoint with R.O. Morris. He joined the staff of the Royal Academy of Music but kept this post only for 3 years before relocating to Berkshire where he devoted most of the rest of his life to composing. He was the founder and conductor of the Newbury String Players. His catalogue is made up of choral, vocal and orchestral works that have become very popular in recent years. He is considered one of England’s greatest composers of art songs. Other large-scale orchestra works such as a Symphony and Piano Concerto were started but never completed.

Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 40 (1951-5)

Tim Hugh (cello)/Howard Griffiths/Northern Sinfonia
( + Eclogue and Grand Fantasia & Toccata)
NAXOS 8.555766 (2001)

Yo-Yo Ma (cello)/Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Clarinet Concerto)
LYRITA SRCD.236 (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.112) (1979)

Rafael Wallfisch (cello)/Vernon Handley/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto)
CHANDOS CLASSICS CHAN 10425 (2007)
(original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 8471) (1986)

Concerto for Clarinet and Strings in C minor, Op. 31 (1948-9)

David Campbell (clarinet)/Nick Collon/Aurora Orchestra
( + C. Davis: Concerto Hungarica and Fitkin: Agnostic)
CLARINET CLASSICS CC0057 (2008)

James Campbell (clarinet)/Simon Streatfield/Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
( + Dies Natalis, Let us Now Garlands Bring and Romance)
CBC SM-5204 (2000)

Michael Collins (clarinet and conductor)/BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Stanford: Clarinet Concerto and Arnold: Clarinet Concerto No. 2)
CHANDOS CHAN 10739 (2012)

Michael Collins (clarinet)/Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
( + Dies Natalis and Farewell To Arms)
VIRGIN CLASSICS 790718-2 (1989)

John Denman (clarinet)/Vernon Handley/New Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Cello Concerto)
LYRITA SRCD.236 (2007)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.92) (1977)

Margaret Donaghue (clarinet)/Thomas M. Sleeper/Russe (Bulgaria)Philarmonic Symphony Orchestra
( + Brahms: Clarinet Sonata and R. Strauss: Romance)
CENTAUR 2453 (2000)

Alan Hacker (clarinet)/William Boughton/English String Orchestra
( + Love’s Labours Lost: Suite, Eclogue, Romance and Prelude)
NIMBUS NI5665 (2001)
(original CD release: NIMBUS NI5101) (1987)

Janet Hilton (clarinet)/Bryden Thomson /BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1978)
( + Introit and Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow, Leigh: Harpsichord Concertino and Warlock: Capriol Suite)
CARLTON BBC RADIO CLASSICS BBCRD 9119 (1997)

Emma Johnson (clarinet)/Sir Charles Groves/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + 5 Bagatelles and Stanford: Clarinet Concerto and 3 Intermezzi)
ASV 787 (1993)

Dame Thea King (clarinet)/Alun Francis/Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Stanford: Clarinet Concerto)
HYPERION HELIOS CDH55101 (2001)
(original LP release: HYPERION A66001) (1980)

Andrew Marriner (clarinet)/Sir Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
( + Eclogue and Nocturne)
DECCA 4737192 (2003)
(original CD release: PHILIPS 454438) (1997)

George MacDonald (clarinet)/ Steuart Bedford/Northern Sinfonia
( + Copland: Clarinet Concerto and Mourant: The Pied Piper)
ASV LIVING ERA CDDCA 787 (1993)

Robert Plane (clarinet)/Howard Griffiths/Northern Sinfonia
( + Love’s Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies, 5 Bagatelles, Romance, Introit and Severn Rhapsody)
NAXOS 8.553556 (1998)

Richard Stoltzman (clarinet)/Robert Salter (leader)/Guildhall String Ensemble
( + 5 Bagatelles and Ashmore: Four Seasons and Greensleeves)
RCA RED SEAL 60437-2-RC (1991)

Sarah Williamson (clarinet)/Alan Curtis /Orchestra of the Swan
( + Romance for Strings, Copland: Clarinet Concerto and Appalachian Spring)
SOMM SOMM 244 (2010)

Concerto for Small Orchestra and Solo Violin (1925-7)

Tasmin Little (violin)/Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
( + Cello Concerto)
CHANDOS CLASSICS CHAN 10425 (2007)
(original CD release: CHANDOS CHAN 9888) (2001)

Introit in F major for Small Orchestra and Solo Violin, Op. 6 (originally slow movement of above work, 1925, rev. 1942)

Rodney Friend (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Eclogue, Grand Fantasia and Toccata, Severn Rhapsody, Love’s Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies, Nocturne, Romance, Prelude and Fall of the Leaf)
LYRITA SRCD.239 (2007)
(original LP release: Lyrita SRCS.84) (1978)

Leslie Hatfield (violin)/Howard Griffiths/Northern Sinfonia
( + Clarinet Concerto, Love’s Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies, 5 Bagatelles, Romance and Severn Rhapsody)
NAXOS 8.553556 (1998)

Gerald Jarvis (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra
(rec. 1969)
( + Clarinet Concerto and Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow, Leigh: Harpsichord Concertino and Warlock: Capriol Suite)
CARLTON BBC RADIO CLASSICS BBCRD 9119 (1997)

Simon Standage (violin)/Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
( + In Terra Pax, Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice and Magnificat)
ARGO ZRG909 (LP) (1979)

Eclogue in F major for Piano and Strings, Op. 10 (1920s, rev. 1940s)

Mark Bebbington (piano)/Howard Williams/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (orig. version)
( + Ferguson: Piano Concerto, Rawsthorne: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Austin: Piano Concertino)
SOMM SOMM 241 (2009)

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

Peter Donohoe (piano)/Howard Griffiths/Northern Sinfonia
( + Cello Concerto and Grand Fantasia & Toccata)
NAXOS 8.555766 (2001)

Martin Jones (piano)/ William Boughton/English String Orchestra
( + Clarinet Concerto, Love’s Labours Lost: Suite, Romance and Prelude)
NIMBUS NI5665 (2001)
(original CD release: NIMBUS NI5101) (1987)

Peter Katin (piano)/Vernon Handley/New Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Introit, Grand Fantasia and Toccata, Severn Rhapsody, Love’s Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies, Nocturne, Romance, Prelude and Fall of the Leaf)
LYRITA SRCD.239 (2007)
(original LP release: Lyrita SRCS.92) (1977)

Piers Lane (piano)/Vernon Handley/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto and Delius: Piano Concerto)
CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 575983-2 (2003)
(original CD release: EMI EMINENCE EMX2239) (1994)

Piers Lane (piano)/Nicholas Daniel/English Chamber Orchestra
( + Clarinet Concerto and Nocturne)
DECCA 4737192 (2003)

Joshua Pierce (piano)/Kirk Trevor/Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
( + Britten:Young Apollo, Milhaud: Le Carnaval d'Aix and R. Strauss: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: Suite)
KLEOS KL5137 (2006)

Howard Shelley (piano)/Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia
( + Ferguson: Piano Concerto and Amore Langueo)
EMI CDM 7 64738 2 (2001)
(original CD release: EMI CDC 7 49627 2) (1987)

Grand Fantasia and Toccata for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 38 (c. 1928, rev. 1953)

Peter Donohoe (piano)/Howard Griffiths/Northern Sinfonia
( + Cello Concerto and Eclogue)
NAXOS 8.555766 (2001)

Philip Fowke (piano)/Richard Hickox/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Intimations of Immortality)
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS CDM 7 64720 2 (1993)
(original CD release: EMI CDC 7 49913 2) (1989)

Peter Katin (piano)/Vernon Handley/New Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Introit, Eclogue, Severn Rhapsody, Love’s Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies, Nocturne, Romance, Prelude and Fall of the Leaf)
LYRITA SRCD.239 (2007)
(original LP release: Lyrita SRCS.92) (1977)

Five Bagatelles for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 23a (arr. Lawrence Ashmore)

Robert Plane (clarinet)/Howard Griffiths/Northern Sinfonia
( + Love’s Labours Lost: 3 Soliloquies, Clarinet Concerto, Romance, Introit and Severn Rhapsody)
NAXOS 8.553556 (1998)

Richard Stoltzman (clarinet)/Robert Salter (leader)/Guildhall String Ensemble
( + Clarinet Concerto and Ashmore: Four Seasons and Greensleeves)
RCA RED SEAL 60437-2-RC (1991)

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VICTOR HELY-HUTCHINSON
(1901-1947)

Born in Cape Town, South Africa. He received his musical education at Oxford and the Royal College of Music where Adrian Boult was his conducting teacher. He taught in both England and South Africa and later became an administrator at
the BBC. His fame rests solely on the Carol Symphony but he wrote a considerable amount of other music during his brief life. Most of his orchestral music is of the short and light variety but there is also the more substantial Symphony for Small Orchestra from 1947, South African Suite and Variations, Intermezzo and Finale.

The Young Idea (rhapsody for piano and orchestra) (1928)

David Owen Norris (piano)/Gavin Sutherland/BBC Concert Orchestra
( + Phillips: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2)
DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7206 (2008)

EDMUND RUBBRA
(1901-1986)

Born in Northampton, Northamptonshire. His musical education started at Reading University and then he went to the Royal College of Music where Gustav Holst and R.O. Morris were among his teachers. He also received some instruction from Ralph Vaughan Williams. He composed prolifically in various genres with an emphasis on Symphonies and choral music. In addition, he was a chamber musician and teacher. His 11 Symphonies are his most important orchestral works and there is also a Sinfonietta.

Piano Concerto in G major, Op. 85 (1956)

Malcolm Binns (piano)/Vernon Handley/ London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1976)
( + Symphony No. 5 and Soliloquy)
CARLTON BBC Radio Classics 15656 91932 (1997)

Denis Matthews (piano)/Sir Malcolm Sargent/ BBC Symphony Orchestra
( + Britten: Piano Concerto and Prelude and Fugue)
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS  CDM 574781 (2001) 
(original LP release: HMV CLP1164) (1958) 

Violin Concerto, Op. 103 (1959)

Tasmin Little (violin)/Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Viola Concerto)
CONIFER CDCF 225 (1994)

Krysia Osostowicz (violin)/Takuo Yuasa/Ulster Orchestra
( + Improvisation for Violin and Orchestra)
NAXOS 8.557591 (2005)

Carl Pini (violin)/David Measham/Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
( + Ireland: Piano Concerto)
Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD9056 (1986)

Viola Concerto in A major, Op. 75 (1952)

Rivka Golani (viola)/Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto)
CONIFER CDCF 225 (1994)

Lawrence Power (viola)/Ilan Volkov/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn and Walton: Viola Concerto)
HYPERION CDA67587 (2007)

Sinfonia Concertante for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 38 (1936)

Howard Shelley (piano)/Richard Hickox/BBC National Orchestra of Wales
( + Symphony No. 1 and A Tribute)
CHANDOS CHAN 9538 (1997)

Improvisation for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 89 (1956)

Sidney Harth (violin)/Robert Whitney/Louisville Orchestra
( + Bliss:Discourse for Orchestra, Arnold: Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra and Addison: Trumpet Concerto)
FIRST EDITION FECD 1904 (2005)
(original LP release: LOUISVILLE 57-6) (1957)

Krysia Osostowicz (violin)/Takuo Yuasa/Ulster Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto)
NAXOS 8.557591 (2005)

Soliloquy for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 57
(1943-4)

Rohan de Saram (cello)/Vernon Handley/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphonies Nos. 6 and 8)
LYRITA SRCD.234 (1992)
(original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.119 (1980)

Jacqueline du Pré (cello)/Christopher Finzi/ Newbury String Players
(included in compendium "The British Cello Phenomenon")
CELLO CLASSICS CC1010 (2 CDs) (2004)

Raphael Sommer (cello)/Vernon Handley/London Symphony Orchestra
(rec. 1976)
( + Symphony No. 5 and Piano Concerto)
CARLTON BBC Radio Classics 15656 91932 (1997)

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

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SIR WILLIAM WALTON
(1902-1983)

Born in Oldham, Lancashire. Studied at Oxford but was basically self-taught in composition. Had the patronage of the highly influential Sitwell family and achieved early fame with his settings of Edith Sitwell’s "Façade." His early unconventionality of style later turned conservative and he developed into one of the leading composers in the accepted British tradition. In addition to the Concertos, he wrote 2 Symphonies and a number of shorter works for orchestra. He also wrote marches for the coronations of George VI and Elizabeth II that were worthy successors to the marches of Elgar and brilliant scores for the Shakespearean films of Sir Laurence Olivier.

Violin Concerto (1938-9)

Salvatore Accardo (violin)/Richard Hickox/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Elgar: Violin Concerto)
BRILLIANT CLASSICS 9173 (2010)
( + Symphony No. 1)
ALTO ALC1130 (2011)
(original CD release: COLLINS CLASSICS COL 1338 (1992)

Sergej Azizian (violin)/Giordano Bellincampi/Copenhagen Philharmonic
( + Britten: Violin Concerto)
CLASSICO CLASSCD233 (1999)

Joshua Bell (violin)/David Zinman/Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
( + Barber: Violin Concerto and Bloch: Baal Shem)
DECCA ORIGINALS 4757710 (2006)
(original CD release: DECCA 452 851-2) (1997)

Thomas Bowes (violin)/Joseph Swensen/Malmö Opera Orchestra
( + Henry V-2 Pieces for Strings, Barber: Violin Concerto and Adagio for Strings)
SIGNUM SIGCD 238(2011)

Iona Brown (violin)/Sir Edward Downes/London Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1967)
( + Viola Concerto)
CARLTON BBC RADIO CLASSICS IMP 15656 917132 (1997)

Kyung-Wha Chung (violin)/André Previn/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Cello Concerto and Viola Concerto)
DECCA DOUBLE DECCA 4784606 (2 CDs) (2012)
(original LP release: DECCA SXL6601 (1973)

James Ehnes (violin)/Bramwell Tovey/Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
( + Barber: Violin Concerto and Korngold: Violin Concerto)
ONYX CLASSICS ONYX4016 (2007)

Zino Francescatti (violin)/Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra
( + Façade Suite No. 1, Johannesburg Festival Orchestra and Capriccio Burlesco)
SONY ESSENTIAL CLASSICS SBK 62749 (1996)
(original US LP release: COLUMBIA MS-6201) (1959)

Ida Haendel (violin)/Paavo Berglund/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Britten: Violin Concerto)
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS 7642022 (1992)
(original LP release: HMV ASD3483 (1978)

Jascha Heifetz (violin)/Sir Eugene Goossens/Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1941)
( + Elgar: Violin Concerto)
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110939 (2000)

Jascha Heifetz (violin)/Sir William Walton/Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Castelnuovo Tedesco: Violin Concerto No. 2, Saint-Saens: Havanaise and Sinding: Suite)
NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.111367 (2011)
(original US LP release: RCA LM 1121) (1950)

Dong-Suk Kang (violin)/Paul Daniel/English NorthernPhilharmonia
( + Cello Concerto)
NAXOS 8.554325 (1999)

Nigel Kennedy (violin)/André Previn/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Viola Concerto and Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending)
EMI GREAT ARTISTS OF THE CENTURY 5628132 (2004)
(original CD release: EMI CDC 49628 (1987)

Tasmin Little (violin)/Andrew Litton/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 2 and Scapino)
DECCA 444114-2 (1996)

Sir Yehudi Menuhin (violin)/Sir William Walton/New Philharmonia Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 1, Viola Concerto and Belshazzar's Feast)
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS 968944-2 (2 CDs) (2009)
(original LP release: HMV ASD2542 (1970)

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)/Jan Latham-Koenig/London Philharmoni Orchestra
( + Violin Sonata and 2 Pieces for Violin and Orchestra)
CHANDOS CHAN 9073 (1992)

Kurt Nikkanen (violin)/William Boughton/New Haven Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 1)
NIMBUS NI 6119 (2010)

Aaron Rosand (violin)/James Judd/Florida Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Capriccio Burlesco, Henry V: Suite and Spitfire: Prelude and Fugue)
HARMONIA MUNDI USA HMU907070 (1992)

Berl Senofsky (violin)/Sir William Walton/New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1964)
( + Partita for Orchestra, Symphony No.1 and Henry V: Touch her soft lips …. and The Death of Falstaff)
BRIDGE 9193 (2 CDs) (2003)

Akiko Suwanai (violin)/Sakari Oramo/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
( + Sibelius: Violin Concerto)
PHILIPS 4706222 (2003)

Camilla Wicks (violin)/Yuri Simonov/Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1985)
( + Brustad: Violin Concerto No. 4)
SIMAX PSC1185 (2000)

Gigory Zhislin (violin)/Vladimir Fedoseyev/Moscow Radui Television Symphony Orchestra

( + Auric: Overture)
MELODIYA C10-17527 (LP) (1983)

Viola Concerto (1928-9, rev. 1961)

Yuri Bashmet (viola)/André Previn/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Bruch: Concerto for Clarinet & Viola, Romance and Kol Nidrei)
RCA RED SEAL 63292 (2001)

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

Paul Doktor (viola)/Sir Edward Downes/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher)
CBS 72677 (LP) (1968)

Karen Dreyfus (viola)/Jerzy Swoboda/Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
( + McKinley: Viola Concerto No. 3)
MMC RECORDINGS 2047 (1997)

Nobuko Imai (viola)/Jan Latham-Koenig/London Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Sonata for Strings and Variations on a Theme by Hindemith)
CHANDOS CHAN 9106 (1993)

Nobuko Imai (viola)/Tadaaki Otaka/BBC National Orchestra of Wales rec. 1994)

( + Ireland: Piano Concerto, Epic March and Puw: Onyt Agoraf y Drws)
BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE MM295 (2008)

Nigel Kennedy (viola)/André Previn/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Violin Concerto and Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending)
EMI GREAT ARTISTS OF THE CENTURY 5628132 (2004)
(original CD release: EMI CDC 49628 (1987)

Tatjana Masurenko (viola)/Gary Walker/NDR Radio Philharmonic
( + Britten: Lachrymae and Beamish: Viola Concerto)
COVIELLO COV 30507 (2006)

Sir Yehudi Menuhin (viola)/Sir William Walton/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 1, Violin Concerto and Belshazzar's Feast)
EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS 968944-2 (2 CDs) (2009)
(original LP release: HMV ASD2542 (1970)

Paul Neubauer (viola)/Andrew Litton/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Cello Concerto and Violin Concerto)
DECCA DOUBLE DECCA 4784606 (2 CDs) (2012)
(original release: DECCA DOUBLE DECCA 4756534 {2 CDs}) (2005)

Lawrence Power (viola)/Ilan Volkov/BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
( + Rubbra: Viola Concerto and Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn)
HYPERION CDA67587 (2007)

William Primrose (viola)/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
( + Hindemith: Der Schwanendreher)
PHILIPS ABL 3045 (LP) (1954)

William Primrose (viola)/Sir William Walton/Philharmonia Orchestra
(rec. 1946)
( + Violin Concerto and Sinfonia Concertante)
AVID AMSC604 (2004)

Frederick Riddle (viola)/Sir William Walton/London Symphony Orchestra
(rec. 1937)
( + Façade: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 and Belshazzar’s Feast)
PEARL GEM 0171 (2002)

Peter Schidlof (viola)/Sir Colin Davis/BBC Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1972)
( + Violin Concerto)
CARLTON BBC RADIO CLASSICS IMP 15656 917132 (1997)

Lars Anders Tomter (viola)/Paul Daniel/English NorthernPhilharmonia
( + Symphony No. 2 and Johannesburg Festival Orchestra)
NAXOS 8.553402 (1996)

Maxim Vengerov (viola)/Mstislav Rostropovich/London Symphony Orchestra
( + Britten: Violin Concerto)
EMI 557510-2 (2003)

Cello Concerto (1956)

Robert Cohen (cello)/Andrew Litton/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2, Violin Concerto and Viola Concerto)
DECCA DOUBLE DECCA 4756534 (2 CDs) (2005)
(original CD release: DECCA 443 450-2) (1993)

Pierre Fournier (cello)/Sir William Walton/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(rec. 1959)
( + Coronation Te Deum, Façade: Suites Nos. 1 and 2 (excerpts) and The Twelve)
BBC LEGENDS 4098-2 (2002)

Lynn Harrell (cello)/Sir Simon Rattle/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
( + Symphony No. 1)
EMI CDS 7 54572 2 (1992)