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Kenneth LEIGHTON (1929-1988)

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis ‘Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense’ (1959), Give me the wings of faith (1962) An Easter Sequence (1969), Veni Creator Spiritus (1987) What love is this of thine? (1985) Crucifixus pro nobis (1961) Rockingham: Chorale Prelude on ‘When I survey the wondrous Cross’ (1975) Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (The Second Service) (1971) 8.555795 Review by John Quinn

Peter MAXWELL DAVIES (b. 1934)

	Naxos Quartet No. 1 (2002) Naxos Quartet No. 2 (2003) 8.557396 Review by Colin Clarke
	Naxos Quartet No. 3 (2003) Naxos Quartet No. 4 ‘Children’s Games (2004) 8.557397 Review by Colin Clarke
	Naxos Quartet No. 5 'Lighthouses of Orkney and Shetland' (2004) Naxos Quartet No. 6 (2004/5) 8.557398 Reviews by Colin Clarke, Hubert Culot and William Hedley

Ernest MOERAN (1894-1950)

	String Quartet in E flat major String Quartet in A minor (1921) String Trio (1931) 8.554079 Review by Neil Horner
	Symphony in G minor (1937) Sinfonietta (1940) 8.557837 Reviews by Rob Barnett, Neil Horner and Jonathan Woolf

Robert PARSONS (c.1530-1572)

Responds for the Dead First Great Service 8.570451 Reviews by Mark Sealey and Robert Hugill

Thomas PITFIELD (1903-1999)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor (1947) Piano Concerto No. 2 (1960) Studies on an English Dance-Tune (1961) Arietta and Finale (1932) Toccata (1953) Xylophone Sonata (1987) 8.557291 Reviews by Patrick Waller and Rob Barnett

Roger QUILTER (1877-1953)

Complete Folk-Song Arrangements Complete Part-Songs for Women's Voices 8.557495 Review by Ian Lace

Alan RAWSTHORNE (1905-1971)

	Concerto for string orchestra Concertante pastorale for flute, horn and strings Light music for strings Suite for recorder and string orchestra Elegiac rhapsody for string orchestra Divertimento for chamber orchestra 8.553567 Reviews by Andrew Achenbach, Len Mulllenger and Sybil Pentith
	Violin Concerto 1 Violin Concerto 2 Fantasy Overture: Cortèges 8.554240 Review by John Belcher
	Piano Quintet Piano Trio Cello Sonata Concertante for violin and piano Viola Sonata 8.554352 Reviews by David Wright and John Belcher
	Symphonic Studies Oboe Concerto Cello Concerto 8.554763 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Paul Conway
	Piano Concerto No.1 (1939, 1942) Piano Concerto No 2 (1951) Improvisations on a Theme by Constant Lambert. (1960) 8.555959 Reviews by John France, Colin Clarke and Tony Haywood
	Symphony No. 1 (1950) Symphony No. 2 ('A Pastoral Symphony') (1959) Symphony No. 3 (1964) 8.557480 Review by Em Marshall and Gwyn Parry-Jones
	Theme and Variations for Two Violins (1937) String Quartet No. 1 (1939) String Quartet No. 2 (1954) String Quartet No. 3 (1965) 8.570136 Review by Paul Cook

Edmund RUBBRA (1901-1986)

	Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Op.65 Missa in Honorem Sancti Dominici Op.66 Tenebrae Nocturnes Op.72 Missa Cantuariensis Op.59 Prelude and fugue on a theme of Cyril Scott for organ Op.69 Meditation for Organ Op.79 8.555255 Reviews by Gary Higginson and Paul Conway
	Improvisation for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 89 (1956) Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby (1938-39) Violin Concerto (1959) 8.557591 Reviews by Rob Barnett, Jonathan Woolf, Kevin Sutton and Gary Higginson

John RUTTER (b. 1945)

	Requiem (1985) ‘Arise, shine’ (1999) ‘Come down, O Love Divine’ (1998) ‘Musica Dei Donum’ (1998) ‘A Clare Benediction’ (1998) ‘Go forth into the world in peace’ (1988) Toccata in 7 (1974) Variations on an Easter Theme (1983) 8.557130 Review by John Quinn
	Mass of the Children (2002) Shadows (1979) Wedding Canticle (2004) 8.557922 Reviews by John Quinn and Kevin Sutton

 

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