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William ALWYN (1905-1985)

	Piano Concerto No. 1 (1930) Piano Concerto No. 2 (1960) Derby Day - overture (1960) Sonata alla Toccata (1947) 8.557590 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Tony Haywood
	Symphony No. 5 ('Hydriotaphia') (1973) Symphony No. 2 (1953) Lyra Angelica - concerto for harp and orchestra (1954) 8.557647 Review by Rob Barnett and David Blomenberg
	Symphony No. 1 (1949) Symphony No. 3 (1956) 8.557648 Reviews by Rob Barnett, Jonathan Woolf and John Quinn
	Symphony No. 4 (1959) Sinfonietta for Strings (1970) 8.557649 Reviews by John Quinn, Rob Barnett and Jonathan Woolf
	Elizabethan Dances (1956-57), Aphrodite in Aulis (1932) The Innumerable Dance - An English Overture (1933) Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Strings (1943-44) The Magic Island (1952), Festival March (1951) 8.570144 Reviews by Rob Barnett, Jonathan Woolf and Christopher Thomas
	Mirages (1970) Six Nocturnes (1973) Slum Song (1947) Seascapes (1980) Invocations (1977) 8.570201 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Rhapsody for Piano Quartet (1938) Sonata impromptu for violin and viola (1939) Ballade for viola and piano (1939) Two Songs for voice, violin and piano (1931) Three Songs to words by Trevor Blakemore (1940) Violin Sonatina (1933) Three Winter Poems for string quartet (1948) 8.570340 Reviews by Ewan McCormick, William Kreindler and Derek Warby
	Piano Music Volume 1 Sonata alla toccata (1945-46), Green Hills (1935) Cricketty Mill (1935), Haze of Noon (1925) Prelude and Fugue formed on an Indian Scale (1945) Harvest Home (1938), Fancy Free (1926) April Morn (1924-26), Fantasy Waltzes (1954-55) 8.570359 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Piano Music Volume 2 Twelve Preludes (1958), Hunter’s Moon (1932) Two Irish Pieces (1926), Contes Barbares (1930-33) Cinderella (1952), Water Lillies (1952) Night Thoughts (1939), Movements (1961) 8.570464 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	String Quartet No.1 in D minor (1953) String Quartet No.2 Spring Waters (1975) String Quartet No.3 (1984) Novelette (1938-9) 8.570560 Reviews by John France and Brian Wilson
	Overture to a Masque (1940), Concerto Grosso 1 (1943) Pastoral Fantasia (1939), Five Preludes (1927) Tragic Interlude (1936), Autumn Legend (1954) Suite of Scottish Dances (1946) 8.570704 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Jonathan Woolf

Malcolm ARNOLD (b. 1921)

	Symphonies 1-9 8.505178 Review by Rob Barnett
	Complete Symphonies 8.505221 Reviews by Brian Wilson and Derek Warby
	Symphony no 5, op 74 (1961) Symphony no 6, op 95 (1968) 8.552000 Review by Adrian Smith
	Symphony No. 7 (1973) Symphony No. 8 (1978) 8.552001 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Paul Serotsky
	English Dances Set 1, Op. 27; Set 2 Op. 33 (1950; 1951) Four Scottish Dances Op. 59 (1957) Four Cornish Dances Op. 91 (1966) Four Irish Dances Op. 126 (1986) Four Welsh Dances Op. 138 8.553526 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Colin Clarke
	String quartets 1 & 2, Phantasy 8.557762 Review by Michael Cookson
	Wind Quintet, Op.2 (1943) Duo for 2 clarinets, Op. 135, Divertimento (1988) Grand Fantasia for flute, clarinet and piano (1940) Suite Bourgeoise for flute, clarinet and piano (c. 1939) Divertimento for flute, oboe and clarinet, Op. 37 (c. 1952) 3 Shanties for wind quintet, Op. 4 (1943) & other short works 8.570294 Reviews by Michael Cookson and Christopher Howell
	Overture: Beckus the Dandipratt, op.12 (1945) Fantasy on a Theme of John Field, op.116 (1975) Concerto for two pianos (three hands) (‘Concerto for Cyril and Phyllis’), op.104 (1969) Concerto for piano duet and strings, op.32 (1951) 8.570531 Reviews by Bob Briggs and Brian Wilson

Samuel ARNOLD (1740-1802)

Six Overtures Op.8 (1771) Macbeth: Incidental Music (1778) Polly (Opera) – Overture (1777) 8.557484 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf, Glyn Pursglove and John France

Charles AVISON (1709/10–1770)

	Twelve Concertos Op.6 8.557553-54 Rewviews by Johan van Veen and Jonathan Woolf
	Six Concertos Op. 3 (1751) Eight Concertos Op. 4 (1755) 8.557905-6 Review by Robert Hugill

Granville BANTOCK (1868-1946)

Hebridean Symphony (1915) Old English Suite (1909) Russian Scenes (1899) 8.555473 Review by John France

Arnold BAX (1883-1953)

	Symphony No. 3 The Happy Forest 8.553608 Review by Christopher Webber
	Symphony No. 2 November Woods 8.554093 Reviews by Richard Adams, Rob Barnett and Ian Lace
	Symphony No. 5 (1932) The Tale the Pine Trees Knew (1931) 8.554509 Reviews by Rob Barnett, John Phillips and Ian Lace
	Overture, Elegy and Rondo (1927) Sinfonietta (1932) 8.555109 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Kevin Sutton
	String Quartet No. 1 (1918) String Quartet No. 2 (1925) 8.555282 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Terry Barfoot
	Symphony No. 4 (1931) Nympholept (1915) Overture to a Picaresque Comedy 8.555343 Review by Rob Barnett and Terry Barfoot
	String Quartet No. 3 (1936) Lyrical Interlude for string quintet (1908) Adagio ma non troppo Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan (1903) 8.555953 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Ian Lace
	Symphony No. 6 (1934) Into the Twilight (1908) Summer Music (1920) 8.557144 Reviews by Ian Lace and Rob Barnett
	Symphony No. 7 (1939) Tintagel (1919) 8.557145 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Ian Lace
	Piano Sonata No. 1 (1910) Piano Sonata No. 2 (1919) Dream in Exile - Intermezzo (1916) Burlesque (1920) Nereid (1919) In a Vodka Shop (1915) 8.557439 Reviews by Rob Barnett, Graham Parlett and John France
	Violin Sonata No.1 in E major (1910-15 revised 1920, 1945) Violin Sonata No.3 (1927) Original second and third movements of the First Sonata (1910) 8.557540 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and Michael Cookson
	Piano Sonata No.3 in G sharp minor (1926) Piano Sonata No.4 in G major (1934) Water Music Winter Waters (1915) Country Tune (1920) O Dame Get Up and Bake Your Pies (1945) 8.557592 Reviews by Colin Clarke and Tony Haywood
	Tintagel (1919) The Garden of Fand (1916) The Happy Forest (1921) The Tale the Pine Trees Knew (1931) November Woods (1917) 8.557599 Review by John Quinn
	Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in B flat (1946) Clarinet Sonata in D (1934) Folk-Tale for Cello and Piano (1918) Clarinet Sonata in E (1901) Romance for Clarinet and Piano (1901) Trio in One Movement for Piano, Violin and Clarinet (1906) 8.557698 Reviews by Tony Haywood and Em Marshall
	Viola Sonata (1922) Concert Piece for viola and piano (1904) Legend for viola and piano (1929) Trio in one movement for violin, viola and piano Op.4 (1906) 8.557784 Review by Em Marshall, Jonathan Woolf, Terry Barfoot and Michael Cookson
	Violin Sonata No. 2 (1915) Ballad for Violin and Piano (1916) Legend for Violin and Piano (1915) Sonata in G minor: Allegro appassionato (1901) Sonata in F major (1928) 8.570094 Reviews by Ian Lace and Michael Cookson
	Music for two pianos Festival Overture (1909), The Poisoned Fountain (1928) Moy Mell (1916), Sonata for two pianos (1929) The Devil That Tempted St. Anthony (1928) Red Autumn (1931), Hardanger (1927) 8.570413 Review by Dan Morgan and Bob Briggs
	Symphonic Variations (1916-18) Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) and Orchestra (1949) 8.570774 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Ian Lace

Lennox BERKELEY (1903-1989)

	Mont Juic Op.12/Op.9 (1937) (jointly composed with Benjamin Britten) 8.557198 Review by Hubert Culot
	Five Poems op.53 (1958) Night covers up the rigid land, op.14 no.2 Lay your sleeping head, my love, op.14 no.2b 8.557204 Review by Gwyn Parry-Jones
	Sacred Choral Music Crux Fidelis Op.43 (1955), Missa Brevis Op.57 (1960) Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Op.99 (1980), Three Latin Motets (1972), The Lord is my Shepherd Op.91 no.1 (1975), Mass for Five voices Op.64 (1964), Look up, sweet babe Op.43 no.2 (1955), A Festival Anthem Op.21 no.2 (1945), Toccata from Three pieces for organ Op.72 no.1 (1966-8) 8.557277 Reviews by Gary Higginson, Robert Hugill and John Quinn
	Sonatina for Violin and Piano Op.17 (1943) Five Short Pieces for Piano Op.4 (1937) Andantino for Cello and Piano Op.21 No.2a (1945) Three Pieces for Clarinet Solo (1939) Mazurka for Piano Op.101b (1982) Duo for Cello and Piano Op.81 No.1 (1971) Six Preludes for Piano Op.23 (1945) Concertino for Flute, Violin, Cello and Piano Op.49 (1955) 8.557324 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and Terry Barfoot
	String Quartet No.1 Op.6 (1935) String Quartet No.2 Op.15 (1941) String Quartet No.3 Op.76 (1970) 8.570415 Review by Hubert Culot

Judith BINGHAM (1952-)

Salt in the Blood (1995) The Darkness Is No Darkness (1993) First Light (2001) The Snows Descend (1997) The Secret Garden (2004) 8.570346 Reviews by John Quinn, Christopher Howell and Robert Hugill

Howard BLAKE (b. 1938)

Violin Sonata, op.586 (1973–2007) Penillion, op.571 (1975/2005) Piano Quartet, op.179 (1974) Jazz Dances, op.520a (1976/2008) 8.572083 Review by Bob Briggs

Sir Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)

	Piano Quartet (1915) Sonata for Viola and Piano (1933) Oboe Quintet (1927) 8.555931 Reviews by Kevin Sutton (Recording of the Month) and Neil Horner
	String Quartet No. 1 in B flat major Conversations for flute, oboe, violin, viola & cello String Quartet in A minor 8.557108 Reviews by Terry Barfoot and Neil Horner
	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in B flat major (1939) Sonata for Piano (1952) Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1950) 8.557146 Reviews by John Quinn, Ian Lace and Rob Barnett
	String Quartet No. 2 (1950) Clarinet Quintet (1932) 8.557394 Review by Patrick Waller
	Mêlée Fantasque (1921) Checkmate - complete ballet (1937) 8.557641 Reviews by John Quinn, Terry Barfoot and Ray Hall

William BOYCE (1711-1779)

Symphonies, op. 2 8.557278 Reviews by Johan van Veen and Jonathan Woolf

Havergal BRIAN (1876-1972)

	Symphony No. 1 The Gothic (1919-1927) 8.557418/9 Reviews by John France, Rob Barnett and Paul Serotsky
	Comedy Overture – The Jolly Miller (1962) Violin Concerto in C major (1934-35) Symphony No. 18 (1961) 8.557775 Reviews by John France and Jonathan Woolf
	Symphony No. 4, 'Das Siegeslied' (1932-33) Symphony No. 12 (1957) 8.570308 Review by Colin Clarke
	Symphony 2 (1930-31) Festival Fanfare (1967) 8.570506 Reviews by Colin Clarke and Derek Warby

Frank BRIDGE (1879-1941)

	Works for string quartet Phantasie Quartet (1905), Novelletten (1904) Three Idylls (1906), Sir Roger de Coverley (1922) An Irish Melody – The Londonderry Air (1908) Sally in Our Alley (1916), Cherry Ripe (1916) Three Pieces 8.553718 Review by Jonathan Woolf and Gary Higginson
	String Quartet No. 1 (1906) String Quartet No. 3 (1926) 8.557133 Review by Rob Barnett
	Enter Spring (Rhapsody) (1927) Summer (Tone Poem) (1914) Two Poems for orchestra (1915) The Sea - Suite (1911) 8.557167 Reviews by John France and Rob Barnett
	String Quartet No.2 in G minor (1914-15) Phantasy Piano Quartet in F sharp minor (1909-10) String Quartet No.4 (1937) 8.557283 Reviews by Tony Haywood and Terry Barfoot
	Piano Music Volume 1 The Fairy Tale (1917), The Hour Glass (1920) Three Poems (1915), Miniature Pastorals (set 1) (1917) Three Pieces (1912), In Autumn (1924) Three Lyrics (1921-4) 8.557842 Reviews by Christopher Howell and Em Marshall
	Piano Music Vol. 2 Piano Sonata (1921-24), Lament for Catherine (1915) Three Improvisations for the Left Hand (1917) Three Sketches (1906), Moderato (1903) Pensées fugitives I (1902), Scherzettino (1902) 8.557921 Review by William Kreindler
	Phantasie Trio (Piano Trio No.1) (1907) Piano Trio No.2 (1928-29) Nine Miniatures for Piano Trio (1908) 8.570792 Review by John France

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

	Rejoice in the Lamb Hymn to St. Cecilia Hymn to St Peter Hymn to the Virgin Missa Brevis and other choral works 8.554791 Review by Harry Downey
	Symphonic Suites: Gloriana, Op.52a (1953) Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia from Peter Grimes, Op.33 Sinfonia da Requiem, Op.20 8.557196 Review by Em Marshall
	Overture to Paul Bunyan (1939-42) (arr. Colin Matthews, 1977) Piano Concerto, op.13 (including both original and revised third movement) (1938) Johnson over Jordan Suite (1939) 8.557197 Review by Michael Cookson
	Canadian Carnival Op.19 (1939) Violin Concerto Op.15 (1939) Mont Juic Op.12/Op.9 (1937) (jointly composed with Lennox Berkeley) 8.557198 Review by Hubert Culot
	Serenade for tenor, horn and stings, Op. 31 (1943) Nocturne, Op. 60 (1958) Phaedra, Op. 93 (1975) 8.557199 Reviews by Em Marshall, Kevin Sutton, Colin Clarke and Stephen Hall
	Occasional Overture (1946) Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op.10 (1937) Prelude and Fugue for 18-part String Orchestra, Op.29: (1943) The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op.34 ‘Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Henry Purcell’ (1946) 8.557200 Reviews by Em Marshall and Kevin Sutton
	Canticle I– My Beloved is Mine, op.40 Canticle II– Abraham and Isaac, op.51 The Heart of the Matter Canticle III– Still Falls the Rain, op.55 Canticle IV– Journey of the Magi, op.86 Canticle V– The Death of Saint Narcissus, op. 89 8.557202 Reviews by Gwyn Parry-Jones and Bruce Hodges
	St. Nicolas, Op. 42 (1948) Christ’s Nativity (1931) Psalm 150, Op 67 (1962) 8.557203 Review by Kevin Sutton
	On This Island, op.11 (1937) Fish in the unruffled lakes (1938) Night covers up the rigid land (1937) To lie flat on the back (1937) The sun shines down (1937) What’s on your mind? (early 1940s) Underneath the abject willow (early 1940s) Cabaret Songs (1937-39) When you’re feeling like expressing your affection (1935?) Underneath the abject willow (1936) 8.557204 Review by Gwyn Parry-Jones
	Simple Symphony for Strings, op.4 (1934) Temporal Variations (1936) (orch. C. Matthews, 1993) A Charm of Lullabies, op.41 (1947) (arr. C Matthews, 1993) Lachrymae, op.48a (1976) Suite on English Folk Tunes, ‘A time there was….’ op.90 (1974) 8.557205 Review by Gwyn Parry-Jones
	Quatre Chansons Françaises, op.posth. (1928) Our Hunting Fathers, op.8 (1936) Les Illuminations, op.18 (1939) 8.557206 Review by Gwyn Parry-Jones
	Folksong Arrangements 1 Volumes 1-6 8.557220/1 Reviews by Evan Dickerson and Em Marshall
	Folksong Arrangements 2 Eight Folk Song Arrangements for High Voice and Harp Orchestral Arrangements 8.557222 Review by Em Marshall
	Albert Herring 8.660107/8 Reviews by William Hedley, John France and John Leeman

Rebecca CLARKE (1886-1979)

Viola Sonata (1919) Passacaglia (on an old English tune) for viola and piano (c.1941) Morpheus for viola and piano (c.1918) Untitled Piece for viola and piano (c.1918) Dumka for violin, viola and piano (c.1941) Prelude, Allegro and Pastorale for viola and clarinet (1941) 8.557934 Reviews by Hubert Culot, Michael Cookson and Jonathan Woolf

Collections

	English String Miniatures Works by John Rutter, C W Orr, George Melachrino, Peter Dodd, Armstrong Gibbs, Frank Cordell, David Lyon, Roy Douglas and Philip Lane 8.554186 Reviews by Ian Lace and Colin Scott-Sutherland
	English String Miniatures Vol. 2 Works by Frank Bridge, Sir Edward Elgar, Haydn Wood, John Ireland, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frederick Delius, Peter Warlock and Geoffrey Bush 8.555068 Reviews by John France and Adrian Smith
	English String Miniatures Vol. 3 Works by Carlo Martelli, Gerald Finzi, Gustav Holst, William Blezard, Michael Hurd, Haydn Wood and Bruce Montgomery 8.555069 Reviews by Rob Barnett & Terry Barfoot
	British Guitar Music William Walton - Five Bagatelles Peter Maxwell Davies - Farewell to Stromness Alan Rawsthorne - Elegy Lennox Berkeley - Sonatina for Guitar Richard Rodney Bennett -Five Impromptus 8.557040 Review by Göran Forsling
	British Piano Concertos Howard Ferguson (1951) Roberto Gerhard (1961) Alec Rowley (1938) Christian Darnton (1948) 8.557290 Reviews by Christopher Howell, Rob Barnett and John France
	Bethlehem Down Works by Rutter, Holst, Warlock, Britten, Haldey and others 8.557581 Reviews by William Hedley, Christopher Thomas and Em Marshall
	English String Miniatures Vol. 5 Works by Pamela Harrison, John Ireland, Francis Chagrin, Percy Fletcher, Paul Lewis, Albert Cabazon, Thomas Roseingrave and Humphrey Searle 8.557752 Review by Jonathan Woolf and Michael Cookson
	English String Miniatures Vol. 6 Works by Gustav Holst, Paul Carr, Adam Carse, Malcolm Lipkin, Peter Warlock, Paul Lewis, William Lloyd Webber and Lionel Sainsbury 8.557753 Reviews by Rob Barnett, Gwyn Parry-Jones and Raymond Walker
	British Tuba Concertos Edward Gregson - Tuba Concerto (1978) Roger Steptoe - Tuba Concerto (1983) Ralph Vaughan Williams - Tuba Concerto (1954) John Golland - Tuba Concerto Op. 46 (1980s) 8.557754 Reviews by Hubert Culot, Rob Barnett and Christopher Thomas
	The English Clarinet Works by Bliss, Finzi, Bax, Hurlstone, W Lloyd Webber, Patterson, German & Roxburgh 8.570539 Review by Michael Cookson
	The Best of British 8.570573/4 Review by John Sheppard
	Best of British Light Music 8.570575/6 Review by John Sheppard

 

 

 

 

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