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Discography & Review Listing - Orchestral Works


Aphrodite in Aulis (1932)
Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.570144 [review] [review] [review]

Autumn Legend (1955, English horn & orch.)
Geoffrey Browne/London PO/William Alwyn • Lyrita SRCD230 [review]
Nicholas Daniel/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9065 [review]
Rachel Pankhurst, Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.570704 [review]

Concerto Grosso No. 1 (1943)
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN8866 [review] [review]
Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.570704 [review]

Concerto Grosso No. 2 (1950)
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN8866 [review] [review]
London PO/William Alwyn • Lyrita SRCD230 [review]

Concerto Grosso No. 3 (1964)
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN8866 [review] [review]

Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Strings (1943-44)
Nicholas Daniel, Rachel Masters/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN8866 [review] [review]
Jonathan Small, Eleanor Hudson/Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.570144 [review] [review] [review]

Derby Day (1960)
Bournemouth SO/James Judd • Naxos 8.557590 [review] [review]
London PO/William Alwyn • Lyrita SRCD229 [review]
London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9093 [review] [review]

Elizabethan Dances (1957)
London PO/William Alwyn • Lyrita SRCD229 [review]
London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN8902 [review] [review] & CHAN9935
Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.570144 [review] [review] [review]

Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion (1948)
London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9093 [review] [review]

Festival March (1951)
London PO/William Alwyn • Lyrita SRCD229 [review]
London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN8902 [review] [review]
Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.570144 [review] [review] [review]

The Innumerable Dance (1933)
Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.570144 [review] [review] [review]

Lyra Angelica (1954, harp & orch.)
Osian Ellis/London PO/William Alwyn • Lyrita SRCD230 [review]
Rachel Masters/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9065 [review]
Suzanne Willison/Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.557647 [review] [review]

The Magic Island (1952)
London PO/William Alwyn • Lyrita SRCD229 [review]
London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9093 [review] [review]
Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.570144 [review] [review] [review]

The Moor of Venice (1956)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland • Whiteline CDWHL2137
Williams Fairey Band/Bryan Hurdley • Chandos CHAN4547 (arr. for brass band)

Overture to a Masque (1940)
London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9093 [review] [review] & CHAN9935
Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.570704 [review]

Pastoral Fantasia (1939, viola & str.)
Sarah-Jane Bradley/Orchestra Nova/George Vass • Dutton CDLX7186
Philip Dukes/Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.570704 [review]
Stephen Tees/City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9065 [review]

Piano Concerto No. 1 (1930)
Peter Donohoe/Bournemouth SO/James Judd • Naxos 8.557590 [review] [review]
Howard Shelley/London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9155 [review] [review] & CHAN9935

Piano Concerto No. 2 (1960)
Howard Shelley/London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9196 [review] [review] & CHAN9935
Peter Donohoe/Bournemouth SO/James Judd • Naxos 8.557590 [review] [review]

Five Preludes (1927)
Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.570704 [review]

Sinfonietta for Strings (1970)
London PO/William Alwyn • Lyrita SRCD229 [review]
London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9196 [review] [review] & CHAN9429 [review]
Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.557649 [review] [review] [review]

Suite of Scottish Dances (1946)
Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.570704
Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Gavin Sutherland • Whiteline CDWHL2113 • CDWHL2116 & Resonance CDRSB205

Symphony No. 1 (1949)
Hallé O/Sir John Barbirolli • Dutton CDSJB1029 [review]
London PO/William Alwyn • Lyrita SRCD227 [review]
London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9155 [review] [review] & CHAN9429 [review]
Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.557648 [review] [review] [review]

Symphony No. 2 (1953)
Hallé O/Sir John Barbirolli • Dutton CDSJB1029 [review]
London PO/William Alwyn • Lyrita SRCD228 [review]
London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9093 [review] [review] & CHAN9429 [review]
Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.557647 [review] [review]

Symphony No. 3 (1956)
London PO/William Alwyn • Lyrita SRCD228 [review]
BBC SO/Sir Thomas Beecham • Somm Beecham23
London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9187 [review] [review] & CHAN9429 [review]
Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.557648 [review] [review] [review]

Symphony No. 4 (1959)
London PO/William Alwyn • Lyrita SRCD227 [review]
London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN8902 [review] [review] & CHAN9429 [review]
Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.557649 [review] [review] [review]

Symphony No. 5 'Hydriotaphia' (1973)
London PO/William Alwyn • Lyrita SRCD228 [review]
London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9196 [review] [review] & CHAN9429 [review]
Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.557647 [review] [review]

Tragic Interlude (1936)
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9065 [review]
Royal Liverpool PO/David Lloyd-Jones • Naxos 8.570704 [review]

Violin Concerto (1939)
Lydia Mordkovitch/London SO/Richard Hickox • Chandos CHAN9187 [review] [review]

 

 

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