Rubbra - Smphonies Nos. 6 and 8; Soliloquy

Edmund RUBBRA (1901-1986)

Symphony No. 6, Op. 80 (1953/4)

Symphony No. 8, Op. 132, ‘Hommage à Teilhard de Chardin’ (1966-68) 

Soliloquy for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 57 (1947) 

Philharmonia Orchestra/Norman Del Mar (symphonies)

Rohan de Saram (cello); London Symphony Orchestra/Vernon Handley (Soliloquy).

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

Gordon Crosse - Concertos

Gordon CROSSE (b. 1937)

Elegy for small orchestra, Op. 1 (1960) [8:20]

Concerto for chamber orchestra, Op. 8 (1962) [11:41]

Concertino, Op. 16 (1965) [12:51]

Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 26 (1969) [34:44]

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar (Op. 1)

Budapest Symphony Orchestra/György Lehel (Op. 8)

Melos Ensemble (Op. 16)

Manoug Parikian (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Colin Davis (Op. 26)

rec. BBC Broadcast 9 September 1965 (op.1); BBC Broadcast 3 July 1968 (op.8); BBC Broadcast 26 October 1965 (op.16); BBC Broadcast 7 September 1970 (op.26)

E.J. Moeran - Violin and Cello Concertos and other works

Ernest John MOERAN (1894-1950)

 

Violin Concerto

  Dedicated to Arthur Catterall

  Lydia Mordkovitch violin

 

Lonely Waters

  For orchestra

  Dedicated to Ralph Vaughan Williams

 

Whythorne's Shadow

  For orchestra

  Dedicated to Anthony Bernard

 

Ulster Orchestra

  Vernon Handley

 

Cello Concerto

  Raphael Wallfisch cello

  Bournemouth Sinfonietta

  Norman Del Mar

Thea Musgrave - Concerto for Orchestra; Clarinet Conceto; Horn Concerto

Thea MUSGRAVE (b. 1928)

Concerto for Orchestra (1967) [20:26] *

Clarinet Concerto (1969) [23:38] ** Sample

Horn Concerto (1971) [22:06] *** Sample

Monologue, for solo piano (1960) [6:02]

Excursions, eight duets for piano, four hands (1965) [9:51]

Gervase de Peyer (clarinet); Barry Tuckwell (horn); Thea Musgrave (piano); Malcolm Williamson (piano)

*Scottish National Orchestra/Alexander Gibson

**London Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar

***Scottish National Orchestra/Thea Musgrave

rec. January 1974, City Hall, Glasgow (Concerto for Orchestra; Horn Concerto); January 1972, London Opera Center (Clarinet Concerto); September 1971, Kingsway Hall, London (Monologue; Excursions)

Alexander Goehr - Violin Concerto / Iain Hamilton - Violin Concerto, Sinfonia for Two Orchestras

Alexander GOEHR (b.1932)

Violin Concerto 

Iain HAMILTON (1922-2000)

Violin Concerto*

Sinfonia for Two Orchestras*

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

 Royal Scottish National Orchestra*

Norman Del Mar (Conductor), 

Alexander Gibson (Conductor)*