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Review Listing - Symphonies


A Sea Symphony
Arman/MDR: Dec11
Boult/Decca: Feb03
Boult/Eloquence: May02
Boult/EMI: June13
Daniel/Naxos: Nov 03 Feb04 Aug05
Davis/Warner: Feb05
Handley/CFP: Jul02
Handley/EMI: Nov10
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Previn/BMG: Jul04

A London Symphony
Barbirolli/Dutton: Apr 02
Boult/Decca: Feb 03
Boult/Eloquence: May 02
Boult/EMI: June13
Davis/Warner: Feb05
Elder/Halle: Oct11 Nov11
Handley/CFP: Sep02
Handley/EMI: Nov10
Hickox/Chandos: May 01 Jun01 Apr11 (original)
Hughes/Divine Art: Apr09
Hughes/Resonance: Sep06 (II)
Previn/BMG: Jul04
Previn/Telarc: Apr09
Seaman/ABC: Feb06
Thomson/Chandos: Sep06 Apr11

A Pastoral Symphony
Boult/Decca: Feb 03
Boult/Eloquence: May 02
Boult/EMI: June13
Davis/Warner: Feb05
Handley/CFP: Aug 02
Handley/EMI: Nov10
Hickox/Chandos: Nov02 Apr11
Previn/BMG: Jul04

Symphony No. 4
Barbirolli/Barbirolli Soc: Jan13
Berglund/EMI: Jul08 Aug08
Boult/Decca: Feb 03
Boult/Eloquence: May 02
Boult/EMI: June13
Daniel/Naxos: Nov04 Dec04 Jan05
Davis/Warner: Feb05
Handley/CFP: Aug02
Handley/EMI: Nov10
Hickox/Chandos: May02 Apr11
Kalmar/Pentatone: July12
Mitropoulos/Music & Arts: Jan09
Previn/BMG: Jul04
Sargent/BBC: Jun08
Stokowski/Cala: Dec 00 Apr02
Vaughan Williams/Naxos: Oct06 Nov06

Symphony No. 5
Bakels/Naxos: Apr 99
Boult/Decca: Feb 03
Boult/Eloquence: May 02
Boult/EMI: June13
Davis/Warner: Feb05
Gibson/EMI: Jul08 Aug08
Elder/Halle: Feb13 Mar13 Apr13
Haitink/LPO: Oct13
Handley/CFP: Sep02
Handley/EMI: Nov10
Hickox/Chandos: Feb 99 Jun 99 Apr11
Kalmar/Pentatone: Apr13
Koussevitzky/Guild: Oct07
Previn/EMI: Jun04 Nov07
Previn/BMG: Jul04
Previn/Telarc: Apr09
Sargent/EMI: Jul08
Spano/Telarc: Aug07
Vaughan Williams/Somm: Feb08

Symphony No. 6
Abravanel/Vanguard: Nov 00
Abravanel/Silverline: Jul04
Berglund/EMI: Jul08 Aug08
Boult/Decca: Feb 03
Boult/Pearl: Apr02
Boult/Eloquence: May 02
Boult/EMI: June13
Boult/Documents: Aug13
Boult/Dutton: Aug02
Boult/Pristine: July07
A Davis/Warner: Feb05
C Davis/BR Klassik: Jan11
Handley/CFP: Jul02
Handley/EMI: Nov10
Haitink/EMI: Feb99
Hickox/Chandos: Apr11
Previn/BMG: Jul04
Stokowski/Cala: Apr04 May04 Jun04

Sinfonia Antartica
Bakels/Naxos: Jan99
Barbirolli/EMI: Feb 03
Boult/Decca: Feb 03
Boult/Eloquence: May 02
Boult/EMI: June13
Boult/CD41: Oct11
Cox/Burg: Feb05
Davis/Warner: Feb05
Haitink/LPO: Oct13
Handley/CFP: Jul02
Handley/EMI: Nov10
JuddPangaea: Sep04
Previn/BMG: Jul04
Thomson/Chandos: Apr11

Symphony No. 8
Bakels/Naxos: Jan 99
Barbirolli/Dutton: Apr02
Barbirolli/Aura: Aug 02 Oct 02 Feb03
Barbirolli/BBC: Sep 02 Sep 02 Sep02
Barbirolli/West Hill: Oct10 Dec10
Boult/Decca: Feb 03
Boult/Eloquence: May 02
Boult/EMI: Apr06 May06 June13
Davis/Warner: Feb05
Elder/Halle: Feb13 Mar13 Apr13 May13 Dec13
Haitink/EMI: May01
Handley/CFP: Sep02
Handley/EMI: Nov10
Hickox/Chandos: Apr11
Munch/Pristine: July13
Previn/BMG: Jul04
Stokowski/BBC: Feb05 Oct05 Dec11

Symphony No. 9
Bakels/Naxos: Apr 99
Boult/Decca: Feb 03
Boult/EMI: June13
Boult/Everest: Nov00
Davis/Warner: Feb05
Haitink/EMI: May 01
Handley/CFP: Jul02
Handley/EMI: Nov10
Previn/BMG: Jul04
Stokowski/Cala: Sep04 Oct04 Nov07

 

 


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