Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 & 9; Oboe Concerto

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Symphonies: 7 (Op.113), 8 (Op. 124), 9 (Op. 128)

Concerto for Oboe and Strings (Op. 39)

Jennifer Galloway (oboe) 

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Rumon Gamba

recorded Studio 7, NBH Manchester, Jan. 2001

Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies Nos.5 & 6

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Symphony No. 5 Op.74 (1961) 

Symphony No. 6 Op.95 (1968)

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox

Recorded February 6-7, 1995

Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Symphony No. 3 Op.63 (1954-57) 

Symphony No. 4 Op.71 (1960)

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox 

Recorded in All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, November 22-23, 1993.

Malcolm Arnold - Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Symphony No.1, Op. 22

Symphony No.2, Op.40

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox 

Recorded in All Saints' Church, Tooting, London, April 25-6, 1994.

Arthur Butterworth - Symphony No.1; Ruth Gipps - Symphony No.2; Malcolm Arnold - Organ Concerto

Arthur BUTTERWORTH (1934-2014)

Symphony No.1 Op.15 

Ruth GIPPS (1921-99)

Symphony No. 2 Op.30 

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Concerto for Organ and Orchestra Op.47

Ulrik Spang-Hanssen (organ)

Münchner Symphoniker, 

Royal Aarhus Academy Symphony Orchestra

Douglas Bostock

rec. 1998/2001, Arco Studios, München; Gellerup Church, Aarhus, Denmark

Homages for Wnd (Arnold, Gorb, Hesketh, McCabe, Orr)

Homages for Wind

Adam GORB (b. 1958)

Awayday (1996) 

Kenneth HESKETH (b. 1968)

Diaghilev Dances (2002) 

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Water Music, Op. 82 (1964) 

John McCABE (1939-2015)

Canyons (1990-91) 

Buxton ORR (1924-1997)

A John Gay Suite (1972-73) 

Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

Clark Rundell

rec. 18-19 March 2006, Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester

 

Malcolm Arnold - Clarinet Concerto and other Orchestral Works

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Commonwealth Christmas Overture Op.64 (1957)

Clarinet Concerto No.1 Op.20 (1948)

Divertimento No.2 Op.24/75 (1950)

Larch Trees Op.3 (1943)

Philharmonic Concerto Op.120 (1976)

The Padstow Lifeboat Op.94a (1967, orch. Philip Lane,2000)

Michael Collins (clarinet)

BBC Philharmonic

Rumon Gamba

rec. 2019/22, MediaCity UK Salford, Manchester

Malcolm Arnold - Ballet Music

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Ballet Music

Homage to the Queen - suite op. 42 (1953) 

Rinaldo and Armida - dance-drama in one act op. 49 (1954)

Sweeney Todd - concert suite op. 68a (1959) (prepared 1984, David Ellis with composer) 

Electra - ballet in one act op. 79 (1963) 

BBC Philharmonic

Rumon Gamba

rec. Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, 9-10, December 2008

Malcolm Arnold - Dances

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Dances

English Dances

First Set, Op.27

Second Set, Op.53

Four Scottish Dances, Op.59

Four Cornish Dances, Op.91

Four Irish Dances, Op.126

From the Ballet Solitaire

Sarabande and Polka

The Phiharmonia

Bryden Thomson

Malcolm Arnold - The Dancing Master Op.34 (Opera in One Act)

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

The Dancing Master, Op. 34 (1952)

Eleanor Dennis (soprano)

Catherine Carby (mezzo-soprano)

Fiona Kimm (mezzo-soprano)

Ed Lyon (tenor)

Mark Wilde (tenor)

Graeme Broadbent (bass-baritone)

BBC Concert Orchestra

John Andrews 

British Horn Concertos - Jacob; Arnold; Bowen; Gipps; Vinter

British Horn Concertos

Gordon JACOB (1895-1984)

Concerto for Horn and Strings (1950s) 

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Concerto No. 2 for Horn and Strings, Op. 58 (1956) 

York BOWEN (1884-1961)

Concerto for Horn, string orchestra and timpani (1956) 

Ruth GIPPS (1921-1999)

Horn Concerto, Op. 58 (1968) 

Gilbert VINTER (1909-1969)

Hunter’s Moon (1943)

David Pyatt (horn)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Nicholas Braithwaite

rec. Watford Town Hall, 10-21 Jan 1994 (Jacob, Bowen, Arnold); Henry Wood Hall, London, 8-9 Feb 1994 (Gipps, Vinter). DDD

British Clarinet Concertos - Stanford, Finzi, Arnold

 

British Clarinet Concertos

Charles Villiers STANFORD (1852-1924)

Clarinet Concerto Op.80 (1902)   

Gerald FINZI (1901-1956)

Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra Op.31 (1948-9) 

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Clarinet Concerto No.2 Op.115 (1974) [16:00]

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Michael Collins (clarinet, conductor)

rec. Blackheath Concert Halls, London, England, 5-6 January 2012 (Arnold; Finzi); Watford Colosseum, England, 4 April 2012 (Stanford)

 

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Malcolm Arnold - Orchestral Works

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

Cello Concerto, Op. 136 (perf. edition David Ellis) (1988/2000)

Concertino for Flute and Strings, Op. 19a (orch. David Ellis (Flute Sonatina)) (1948/2000)

Fantasy for Recorder and String Quartet, Op. 140 (1990/2001) (rev. perf. edition David Ellis) 

Saxophone Concerto (arr. orch. David Ellis (Piano Sonata)) (1942/1994)

Symphony for Strings, Op. 13 (1946) 

Raphael Wallfisch (cello);

Esther Ingham (flute);

John Turner (recorder);

Carl Raven (alto saxophone)

Northern Chamber Orchestra

Nicholas Ward

Manchester Sinfonia

Richard Howarth (Symphony; Cello Concerto)

rec. Withington Girls’ School, Manchester, 21 Feb 2011 (Cello Concerto); Alderley Edge Methodist Church, Cheshire, 23 Jan 2006 (Concertino, Saxophone Concerto),

Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall, Manchester University, Sept 2003 (Fantasy); St Thomas’ Church Stockport, 9 Oct 2006 (Symphony). DDD

**world première recordings of the Concertos and Concertino

Malcolm Arnold - The Complete Brass Chamber Music

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)

The Complete Brass Chamber Music

Fanfare for Louis (1970)

Brass Quintet No. 1, Op. 73 (1961)

Fantasy for B flat Trumpet, Op. 100 (1969)

Little Suite for Brass No. 1, Op. 80 (1963)

Fantasy for Horn, Op. 88 (1967)

Little Suite for Brass No. 2, Op. 93 (1967)

Fantasy for Trombone, Op. 101 (1969

Little Suite for Brass No. 3, Op. 131 (1987)

Fantasy for Tuba, Op. 102 (1969)

Brass Quintet No. 2, Op. 132 (1987)

Symphony for Brass, Op. 123 (1978

Fine Arts Brass Quintet

Stephen Roberts with Bryan Allen and Andy Culshaw (trumpets) (Symphony), Simon Hogg, Kevin Pitt, and Lyndon Meredith (trombones) (Symphony); Simon Lenton and Angela Whelan (trumpets); Tim Thorpe (horn); Katy Price (trombone); Sam Elliott (tuba)

rec. Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, UK, 2 April 2006 (Symphony); Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, UK, 6-7 June 2006 (Quintets and Fantasies). DDD

British Divertimentos & Sinfoniettas

Michael TIPPETT (1905-1998)
Divertimento for Chamber Orchestra "Sellinger’s Round" (1953) 

Alan RAWSTHORNE (1905-1971)
Divertimento for Chamber Orchestra (1961-62)

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)
Sinfonietta Op.1 (1932) 

Lennox BERKELEY (1903-1976)
Sinfonietta Op.34 (1950) 

Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)
Sinfonietta No.1 Op.48 * (1955)

English Chamber Orchestra/Norman Del Mar
* London Symphony Orchestra/Nicholas Braithwaite
rec. March 1977, Kingsway Hall (Tippett, Rawsthorne, Britten, Berkeley);
6 September 1978, Watford Town Hall (Arnold). ADD

Favourite Music for Wind Quintet - Works by Arnold; Farkas; Ibert and Nielsen

Favourite Music for Wind Quintet

Arnold:

Sea Shanties for Wind Quintet, Op. 4

Farkas:

Antique Hungarian Dances

Ibert:

Pièces brèves (3) for wind quintet

Nielsen:

Wind Quintet, Op. 43 (FS 100)

Frosunda Wind Quintet

English Guitar Concertos - Walton, Arnold and Berkeley

ENGLISH GUITAR CONCERTOS

Sir William WALTON
Five Bagatelles for Guitar and Chamber Orchestra (adapted by Patrick Russ)

Sir Malcolm ARNOLD
Serenade for guitar and Strings, Op.50

Sir Lennox BERKELEY
Guitar Concerto, Op.88

Sir Malcolm ARNOLD
Guitar Concerto, Op.67

Craig Ogden – Guitar
Northern Sinfonia  / Richard Hickox

Malcolm Arnold - The Film Music Vol.1

 

 The Film Music of Sir Malcolm Arnold, Vol. 1

London Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox

Malcolm Arnold - Concerto for Two Pianos; Concerto for Piano Duet

 Malcolm ARNOLD (1921–2006)

Beckus the Dandipratt, Op. 5

Fantasy on a Theme of John Field, Op. 116

Concerto for 2 Pianos 3 Hands, Op. 104

Concerto for Piano Duet, Op. 32

Ulster Orchestra

Esa Heikkila

Phillip Dyson; Kevin Sargent  (Pianos)

Malcolm Arnold - Chamber Music Vol.3

Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)

Chamber Music, Vol. 3

The Nash Ensemble