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Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)

Marche Caprice Three Small Tone Poems American Rhapsody The Walk to the Paradise Garden Two Pieces for Small Orchestra A Song before Sunrise Fantastic Dance 8.557143 Reviews by Gwyn Parry-Jones and Ian Lace

Sir George DYSON (1883-1964)

At the Tabard Inn – Overture (1943) Concerto da Chiesa for String Orchestra (1949) Symphony in G major (1937) 8.557720 Reviews by Christopher Howell, John Quinn and Rob Barnett

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

	Complete Symphonies 8.503187 (also available separately on 8.550634 [1], 8.550635 [2] & 8.554719 [3]) Review by Tim Perry
	Major Works Boxset Symphonies, Concertos, Marches, Enigma Variations and other orchestral works 8.505076 (released separately as 8.550489, 8.550634, 80550635, 8.550849 & 8.553564) Review by Rob Barnett
	Symphony 3 (sketches elaborated by A. Payne) 8.554719 Review by Paul Conway and Tim Perry (on 8.503187)
	The Wand of Youth: Suites 1 & 2, Op. 1 (1908) Dream Children, Op. 43 (1902) Nursery Suite 8.557166 Reviews by Terry Barfoot and Michael Cookson
	Coronation March, Op. 65 (1911) Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42: Funeral March (1901) Pomp and Circumstance Marches Op. 39: No. 1-5 Caractacus, Op. 35: March (1898) March of the Mogul Emperors, Op. 66 No. 4 (1912) Empire March (1924) Polonia, Op. 76 (1915) 8.557273 Reviews by Patrick Waller and Stephen Vasta
	Sacred Choral Music Ave Maria, Give unto the Lord, Te Deum & Benedictus and other short works 8.557288 Reviews by John Quinn and Jonathan Woolf
	Orchestral Miniatures Froissart Overture (1890), May Song (1901) Carissima (1913) Romance for bassoon and orchestra Op. 62 (1910) Three Characteristic Pieces Op. 10 (1882-4/1899) Chanson de Matin Op. 15 No. 2 (1889-90) Chanson de Nuit Op. 15 No. 1 (1889-90) Three Bavarian Dances (Op. 27) (1895-97) 8.557577 Review by William Kreindler and Gary Higginson
	Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82 (1918) Romance for violin and piano, Op. 1 (1878) Bizarrerie, Op. 13, No. 2 (1889) Pastourelle, Op. 4, No. 2 (1884) La Capricieuse, Op. 17 (1891) Virelai, Op. 4, No. 3 (c.1890) Mazurka Op. 10, No. 1 (1889) Idyll, Op. 4, No. 1 (1884) Chanson de nuit, Op. 15, No. 1 (1897) Chanson de matin, Op. 15, No. 2 (1897) Salut d'amour, Op. 12 ‘Liebesgrüss’ (1888) Offertoire - Andante religioso (1893) 8.557984 Reviews by Michael Cookson and Jonathan Woolf
	Piano Music Sonatina in G major (1887 rev. 1930) Dream Children Op.43 (1902 orchestral version) Une Idylle Op.4 No.1 (1884) Carissima (1913), May Song (1901) Douce Pensée (1882), Echo’s Dance (1916) Serenade Mauresque Op.10 (1899) Enigma Variations, Op.36 (1899) 8.570166 Reviews by John France, Jonathan Woolf and Patrick Waller
	Sea Pictures Op.37 (1899) The Music Makers Op.69 (1912) 8.557710 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and John Quinn
	Part Songs 8.570541 Review by Tony Haywood

John FIELD (1782-1837)

	Piano Music Volume 2 Nocturnes and Sonatas 8.550762 Review by Colin Clarke
	Piano Concerto 5 Piano Concerto 6 8.554221 Review by Roy Brewer

Gerald FINZI (1901-1956)

	Clarinet Concerto Five Bagatelles Three Soliloquies from "Love's Labour Lost" Severn Rhapsody Romance Introit 8.553566 Reviews by Ian Lace and Rob Barnett
	Cello Concerto (1955) Eclogue for piano and orchestra (1929) Grand Fantasia and Fugue for piano and orchestra (1953) 8.555766 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Terry Barfoot
	Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice and other choral works 8.555792 Review by Michael Cookson
	I Said to Love, Op. 19b Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 Before and After Summer, Op. 16 8.557644 Review by John Quinn and Anne Ozorio
	Intimations of Immortality op. 29 (1949-50) For Saint Cecilia op. 30 (1947) 8.557863 Reviews by Em Marshall, Anne Ozorio, Jonathan Woolf and Rob Barnett
	Earth and Air and Rain, op. 15 By Footpath and Stile, op. 2 To a Poet, op. 13a. 8.557963 Reviews by Anne Ozorio, Gwyn Parry-Jones, Michael Cookson, Em Marshall and Rob Barnett
	A Young Man’s Exhortation Op.14 (1926-29) Till Earth Outwears Op.19a (1927-56) Oh Fair to See Op.13b (1925-56) 8.570414 Review by Derek Warby
	Dies natalis (1925-1939), Farewell to Arms (1926-8, 1940s) Prelude for String Orchestra (1929) The Fall of the Leaf (1929), Two Sonnets (1928) Nocturne (1928, rev. 1940s) 8.570417 Reviews by Rob Barnett, Robert Hugill and Michael Cookson

John GARDNER (1917-)

Midsummer Ale overture Op.73 (1965) Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat major Op.34 (1956) Symphony No.1 in D minor Op.2 (1947) 8.570406 Review by Dominy Clements

Hamilton HARTY (1879-1941)

	An Irish Symphony (1904: revised 1915 & 1924) With the Wild Geese (1910) In Ireland (1915) 8.554732 Reviews by John France and Adrian Smith
	A Comedy Overture (1906) Fantasy Scenes (from an Eastern Romance) (1919) Piano Concerto in B minor (1922) 8.557731 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and Rob Barnett

Gustav HOLST (1874-1934)

	The Planets (with Colin Matthews’ Pluto, The Renewer) The Mystic Trumpeter 8.555776 Review by Colin Clarke
	Four Songs for voice and violin, op. 35 (1917) Six Songs, op. 16 (1904) Vedic Hymns, op. 24 (1908) Twelve Humbert Wolfe settings, op. 48 (1929) Margrete's Cradle Song, Op. 4 No. 2 (1896) The Heart Worships (1907) 8.557117 Review by Rob Barnett
	Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra Op.49 (1929) St Paul’s Suite Op. 29 No.2 (1913) Brook Green Suite (1933) A Song of the Night for Violin and Orchestra Op.19 No.1 Lyric Movement for Viola and Chamber Orchestra (1933) A Fugal Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Strings Op.40 (1922) 8.570339 Review by Jonathan Woolf

Herbert HOWELLS (1892-1983)

	Rhapsodic Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet (1919) Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1946) Prelude for Harp (1915) A Near-Minuet for Clarinet and Piano (1946) Sonata No. 3 in E minor for Violin and Piano* (1923) 8.557188 Reviews by Rob Barnett, Terry Barfoot and John Quinn
	Sir Patrick Spens, Op. 23 (1917) Hymnus Paradisi (1938/1949) 8.570352 Review by John Quinn

John IRELAND (1876-1962)

	String Quartet No. 1 in D minor (c. 1895-97) String Quartet No. 2 in C minor (1897) The Holy Boy (arr. 1941) 8.557777 Reviews by Michael Cookson and Em Marshall
	Songs 8.570467 Review by John France
	Piano Works Volume 3 (includes Piano Sonata (1918)) 8.570461 Review by John France

Nicholas JACKSON (1934-)

Nicholas Jackson Choral works 8.570959 Review by Robert Hugill

 

 

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