Frank Bridge - Dance Rhapsody; Dance Poem; Overture 'Rebus'; Two Poems

Frank BRIDGE (1879-1941)

Dance Rhapsody, H.84 (1908)

Dance Poem, H.111 (1913) 

Two Poems by Richard Jefferies, H.119 (1916): 

I - The Open Air

II - The Story of My Heart

Overture "Rebus", H.191 (1940)

Allegro Moderato for string orchestra, H.192 (1941)

 

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Nicholas Braithwaite

Released 1979

Gustav Holst - Orchestral Works

Gustav HOLST (1874-1934)

Walt Whitman Op.7 (1899) 

Suite de Ballet in E flat Op.10 (1899)

Suite in E flat Op.28 No.1 orch. Gordon Jacob (1909) 

A Hampshire Suite Op. 28 No.2 orch. Gordon Jacob (1911) 

A Moorside Suite orch. Gordon Jacob (1928) 

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Nicholas Braithwaite

Recorded: Watford Town Hall, 14 Jan 1988 (Whitman); July and 23 August 1993 (Suite E flat); 

26 August 1993 (Hampshire, Moorside); 

Kingsway Hall, 7 March 1980 (Suite de Ballet)

 

Arnold Cooke - Symphony No.1; Concerto for String Orchestra; Jabez and the Devil

Arnold COOKE (1906-2005)

Concerto in D for String Orchestra (1948) 

Symphony No. 1 (1947) 

Jabez and the Devil - Suite (1959)

 

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Nicholas Braithwaite

rec. 1970, 1979, 1977.

Galina Ustvolskaya - Symphonies Nos. 1-5

Galina USTVOLSKAYA (1919-2006)

Symphony No. 1 for two boys’ voices and orchestra (1955-1956)

Symphony No, 2 True and Eternal Bliss for male reciter and small orchestra (1979)

Symphony No. 3 Jesus Messiah, save us!  for male reciter and small orchestra (1983)

Symphony No. 4 Prayer for contralto, piano, trumpet and tamtam (1985-1986)

Symphony No, 5 for male reciter, oboe, trumpet, tuba, violin and percussion (wooden cube)

Oliver Barlow and Arlo Murray (boy trebles), 

Barbara Kozelj (contralto), 

Sergej Merkusjev (reciter), 

Joonas Ahonen (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Christian Karlsen

rec. 2023, Henry Wood Hall, London, UK

Antonin Dvorak - Requiem Op.89

Antoni DVORAK (1841-1904)

Requiem Op.89 (1890)

Lisa Milne (soprano)

Karen Cargil (mezzo soprano)

Pater Auty (tenor)

Peter Rose (bass)

London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir

Neeme Jarvi

Recorded live: 2009, Southbank Centre, London – Royal Festival Hall

Havergal Brian - Symphonies Nos.6 & 16; Arnold Cooke - Symphony No.3

Havergal BRIAN (1876-1972)

Symphony No.6 "Sinfonia Tragica" (1948)

Symphony No.16 (1960)

Arnold COOKE (1906-2005)

Symphony No.3 (1967) *

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Myer Fredman

Nicholas Braithwaite *

Recorded in Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London;  

on 10 April 1973 (Brian), and 7 January 1974 (Cooke)

Peter Boyer - Symphony No.1; Three Olympians; Silver Fanfare

Peter BOYER (b.1970)

Silver Fanfare for orchestra (2004) 

Festivities for orchestra (2011) 

Three Olympians for string orchestra (2000)

Celebration Overture for orchestra (1997 rev. 2001) 

Symphony No. 1 for orchestra (2012-13) 

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Peter Boyer

rec. Abbey Road Studios, London, 17 June 2013

Victor de Sabata - Orchestral Music

Victor DE SABATA (1892-1967) 

La notte di Plàton

Gethsemani

Juventus  

  

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Aldo Ceccato 

Recorded in Walthamstow Assembly Halls, London on 18-20 December 2000

Cyril Scott - Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2; Early One Morning

Cyril SCOTT (1879-1970)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C (1913-14) 

Early One Morning - Poem for Piano and Orchestra (1931, rev.1962) 

Piano Concerto No. 2 (1958) 

John Ogdon (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Bernard Herrmann

rec. 1970s. 

Nikolai Medtner - The Three Piano Concertos; Sonate-Ballade Op. 27

Nikolai MEDTNER (1880-1951)

The Three Piano Concertos; Sonate-Ballade Op. 27

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 33

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 50

Piano Concerto No. 3 in E minor, Op. 60 'Ballade'

Sonata-Ballada in F sharp major, Op. 27

Geoffrey Tozer (piano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Neeme  Järvi

Release Date: June 2005 (Compilation)

Originally recorded in March 1991

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor - Legend; Romance; Violin Concerto, Op.80

Samuel COLERIDGE-TAYLOR (1875-1912)

Legend (Concertstück) Op. 14 (1897)

Romance in G Op. 39 (1899) 

Violin Concerto in G minor Op. 80 (1912) 

Julius HARRISON (1885-1963)

Bredon Hill - a rhapsody for violin and orchestra (1941) 

Lorraine McAslan (violin)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Nicholas Braithwaite

rec. Watford Town Hall, 10-12 January 1994, (Legend, Concerto, Bredon Hill); 

20 January 1994 (Romance)

 

Box of Delights - British Light Music Gems

Box of Delights - British Light Music Gems

Phyllis TATE (1911-1985) 

London Fields suite (1958) 

Samuel COLERIDGE TAYLOR (1875-1912) 

Characteristic Waltz No.3 (from Four Characteristic Waltzes op. 22) – Valse de la Reine (1899); 

Three Fours – valse suite op. 71 (1909): Three Fours No.2 - Andante; Three Fours No.5 – Andante molto 

Granville BANTOCK (1868-1946) 

Russian Scenes (1899) 

Cecil Armstrong GIBBS (1889-1960) 

Fancy Dress Suite

Elisabeth LUTYENS (1906-1983) 

En Voyage – suite for full orchestra (1944) 

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth (Bantock; Tate; Coleridge Taylor); 

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Simon Joly (Gipps, Lutyens)

rec. 1980s. 

John Joubert - Symphony No.1 (1955)

John JOUBERT (1927-2019)

Symphony No. 1 op. 20 (1955) [31:17]

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Vernon Handley

rec. 1990s, DDD 

(CD single issued for composer's 80th birthday)

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

Eric Coates - Orchestral Works

Eric COATES (1886-1957)

Suite: The Three Men (The Man from the Country; The Man-about-Town; The Man from the Sea) (1935)

Concert Valse: Dancing Night (1932) 

Two Symphonic Rhapsodies: I Pitch my Lonely Caravan; Birdsongs at Eventide/I Heard You Singing (1933)

Idyll: Summer Afternoon (1924)

Ballet: The Enchanted Garden (1946) 

Concert Valse: Footlights (1939) 

Suite: Four Centuries - IV Rhythm (20th Century) (1942) 

March: London Bridge (1934)

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Barry Wordsworth

Robert Still - Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4; Humphrey Searle - Symphony No.2

Robert STILL (1910-1971)

Symphony No. 3 (1960) *

Symphony No. 4 (1964) **

Humphrey SEARLE (1915-1982)

Symphony No. 2 op. 33 (1957)***

 

London Symphony Orchestra/Eugene Goossens * 

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Myer Fredman **

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Josef Krips***

rec. Walthamstow Assembly Hall, 

19 May 1962* 

6 January 1974 ** 

18 September 1972 ***

 

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; Overture for a Masque

 

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

 

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