Malcolm Williamson - Organ Concerto; Piano Concerto No.3; Sonata for Two Pianos

Malcolm WILLIAMSON (1931-2003)

Concerto for Organ and Orchestra * (1961) 

Piano Concerto No.3 in E flat ** (1962) ]

Sonata for Two Pianos *** (1967) 

 * Malcolm Williamson (organ)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Adrian Boult

** Malcolm Williamson (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Leonard Dommett

*** Malcolm Williamson and Richard Rodney Bennett, (pianos)

rec. January 1974, Guildford Cathedral (organ); February 1974, Kingsway Hall (piano)

Edmund Rubbra - Symphonies Nos.2 and 4

Edmund RUBBRA (1901-1986)

Symphony No. 2, Op 45 (1938, rev 1946)

Symphony No. 4, Op 53 (1942) 

Edmund Rubbra introduces his fourth Symphony 

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sir Adrian Boult (2) 

Edmund Rubbra (4)

rec. live, Royal Albert Hall, London 14 August 1942 (4 - first performance), Maida Vale Studios, London 8 October 1954 (2)

Introductory talk broadcast on BBC Radio 9 August 1942

ADD Mono

Edward Elgar - The Kingdom; Coronation Ode

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

The Kingdom Op.51

Margaret Price (Soprano)

Yvonne Minton (Contralto)

Alexander Young (Tenor)

John Shirley-Quirk (Bass)

London Philharmonic Choir

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Adrian Boult

Coronation Ode Op.44*

Felicity Lott (soprano)

Alfreda Hodgson (Contralto)

Richard Morton (Tenor)

Stephen Roberts (bass)

Cambridge University Musical Society

Choir of King's College, cambridge

New Phiharmonia Orchestra

Band of the Royal Military School of Music

Phillip Ledger

Recorded 1969 and * 1977

Edward Elgar - The Apostoles Op.49

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

The Apostoles Op.49

Meditation from The Light of Life*

Sheila Armstrong (Soprano)

Helen Watts (Contralto)

Robert Tear (Tenor)

Benjamin Luxon (Bass)

Clifford Grant (Bass)

John Carol Case (Bass)

Choir of Downe House School

London Philharmonic Choir

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Adrian Boult

Recorded in Kingsway Hall, London 23, 29 and 30 Oct, 5 and 7 Nov and 31 Dec 1973 and 2 July 1974, *No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, Feb 1974

Elgar - Symphonies Nos.1 and 2 /London PO; Boult

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

Symphonies Nos.1 and 2

Disc 1

Symphony No. 1 in A flat Op.55 (1908)

Disc 2

Symphony No. 2 in E flat Op. 63 (1911)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Adrian Boult

rec. 1968. ADD

E.J.Moeran - Symphony in G minor; Sinfonietta

 

Ernest John MOERAN (1894-1950)

Sinfonietta (1944) 

Symphony in G minor (1934-7)

Overture for a Masque (1944) 

London Philharmonic Orchestra (Sinfonietta and Overture for a Masque)

New Philharmonia Orchestra (Symphony in G minor)

Sir Adrian Boult

Originally recorded 1968, 1975, 1970. 2007. ADD

 

E.J. Moeran - Cello Concerto; Cello Sonata; Prelude

 

Ernest John MOERAN (1894-1950)

Cello Concerto (1945) 

Cello Sonata in A minor (1948) 

Prelude for cello and piano (1944)

Peers Coetmore (cello)

Eric Parkin (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Adrian Boult

rec. February 1969, Walthamstow Assembly Hall (concerto); January 1969, Decca Studio 3, London (sonata and prelude). ADD. originally issued on LP as SRCS42 (cello and piano); SRCS43 (Cello Concerto) with Rhapsody No. 2 and Overture for a Masque

Boult conducts Ireland

John IRELAND (1879-1962)

Tritons, symphonic prelude (c.1905) [10:29]
The Forgotten Rite, prelude (1913) [7:07]
Mai-Dun, symphonic rhapsody (1920-21) [11:23]
A London Overture (1936) [11:57]
Epic March (1942) [8:12]
Themes from Julius Caesar (arr. Geoffrey Bush) (Scherzo; Cortège) (1942) [6:45]
The Overlanders, suite (ed. Charles Mackerras) (Scorched Earth; Mary & Sailor; Open Country; The Brumbies; Night Stampede) (1946-47) [20:07]

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Adrian Boult

rec. 1960s. ADD
recordings originally made in association with John Ireland Trust

Vaughan Williams - Music for Strings

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

String Music:

Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis

Concerto grosso

Partita for Double String Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra- Sir Adrian Boult

Vaughan-Williams - The Pilgrim's Progress

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS

With a Rehearsal Scene

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult

Peter Racine Fricker, Robert Simpson and Robin Orr - Symphonies

Peter Racine FRICKER (1920-1990)

Symphony No.2 Op.14 (1951)

Robert SIMPSON (1921-1997)

Symphony No.1 (1951)

Robin ORR (b.1909)

Symphony in One Movement (1960-63)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir John Pritchard (Fricker)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Adrian Boult (Simpson)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Sir Alexander Gibson (Orr)

Recorded in Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, 13 and 14 August, 1954 (Fricker)*

No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 24 and 27 January, 1956 (Simpson)*

City Hall, Glasgow, Summer 1965 (Orr)

*Mono ADD

Charles H. Parry - Symphony No.5; Blest Pair of Sirens; Elegy for Brahms

Charles Hubert PARRY (1848-1918)

Symphony No 5

Elegy for Brahms

Blest Pair of Sirens

  Adrian Boult
  London Philharmonic Orchestra