Kletzki & Szymanowski - Violin Concertos; Lutoslawski - Partita

Paul KLETZKI (1900-1973)

Violin Concerto (1928) 

Karol SZYMANOWSKI (1882-1937)

Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61 (1933) 

Witold LUTOSŁAWSKI (1913-1994)

Partita for violin and orchestra (1988)

Robert Davidovici (violin)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Grzegorz Nowak

Recorded Cadogan Hall, London, 2013

Georges Bizet & Charles Lecocq - Le docteur Miracle (Two Comic Operas in One Act)

Georges BIZET (1838-1875) 

Le docteur miracle, WD 2

Charles LECOCQ (1832-1918)

Le docteur miracle

Bernard Lefort (baritone)

Fanély Revoil (mezzo-soprano)

Claudine Collart (soprano)

Alexander Young (tenor)

Fanély Revoli (mezzo-soprano)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Stanford Robinson

The production was originally released at the BBC studios in London, featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and a distinguished French-speaking cast. Both operas were broadcast on British radio on February 7, 1954, and remained archived for decades until their careful remastering and commercial release on CD in 2019.

Edward Elgar - Symphony No.2; Sea Pictures / Mackerras

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

Symphony No.2, in E Flat Major, Op.63

Sea Pictures, Op.37

Della Jones (Mezzo soprano)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Charles Mackerras

rec. Walthamstow Assembly Hall, March 1993

George Dyson - St.Pauls's Voyage to Melita; Agincourt

George DYSON (1883-1964)

St Paul's Voyage to Melita, for tenor, chorus and orchestra (1933) 

Agincourt, for chorus and orchestra (1956) 

Nocturne from Quo Vadis, for tenor, solo viola, strings, harp and organ (1939) 

Neil Mackie (ten)

Osian Ellis (harp); Jane Watts (organ); RCM Chamber Choir

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir David Willcocks (Nocturne)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Vernon Handley (Agincourt; Melita)

rec. 1985-87, London (Nocturne); 

25-26 May 2002, Poole Arts Centre (Agincourt; Melita)

Music by Ketil Hvoslef

Ketil HVOSLEF (b.1939) 

Music By Ketil Hvoslef (Ketil Sæverud)

1-Mi-Fi-Li, Symphonic Poem (1971)

2-Kvartoni (1974)

3-Double Concerto For Flute, Guitar And String Orchestra (1977)

4-Sextet For Flute And Percussion (1986)

[1] Conductor – Per Dreier

Orchestra – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

[2] Guitar – Cecilia Peijel

Piano – Carl-Axel Dominique

Recorder [Descant] – Clas Pehrsson

Recorder [Tenor] – Clas Pehrsson

Soprano Vocals – Solveig Faringer

[3] Conductor – Ketil Hvoslef

Ensemble – Stockholm Chamber Ensemble

Flute – Gunilla von Bahr

Guitar – Diego Blanco (2)

[4] Ensemble – Kroumata Percussion Ensemble

Flute – Manuela Wiesler

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. 

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 ***

 

Stravinsky - The Rake's Progress

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)

The Rake's Progress (1948-1951)

Opera in Three Acts

John Reardon (Baritone), Regina Sarfaty (Mezzo Soprano), Jane Manning (Mezzo Soprano),

Kellis Miller (Tenor), Peter Tracey (Baritone), Judith Raskin (Soprano),

Colin Tilney (Harpsichord), Alexander Young (Tenor), Don Garrard (Bass)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sadler's Wells Opera Chorus

Igor Stravinsky

Date of Recording: 06/1964 

London, England 

Michael Tippett - A Child of Our Time

Michael TIPPETT (1905-1998)

A Child of Our Time (1944)

Sheila Armstrong, Felicity Palmer, Philip Langridge, John Shirley-Quirk

Brighton Festival Chorus

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Andre Previn

Recorded in EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London (July 5th & 6th. 1986)

Carl Davis - The World at War; Pride and Perjudice and Other Music for Film and TV

Carl DAVIS (*1936)

World at War

Far Pavillons

Pride and Perjudice

The French Lieutenant's Woman Concert Suite

Champions

Anne Franck Remembered

Variations on a Polish Beggar's Theme

Hollywood

Eagle of Destiny from "Napoleon"

Scandal

Waltz and Love Scene from "Flesh and the Devil"

Martin Roscoe (Piano)

Jonathan Carney (Violin)

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Carl Davis (Composer and Conductor)

Recorded at C.T.S. Studios, London, 1996

Bloch - Symphony in E-Flat Major, Macbeth, 3 Jewish Poems, In Memoriam

Ernest BLOCH (1880-1959)

Macbeth (1903-10): Two symphonic interludes (1939)

Symphony in E flat (1954-5)

In memoriam (1952)

Three Jewish Poems (1913)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Dalia Atlas

rec. St Barnabas Church, Mitcham, Surrey, 14-15 October 1996

William Busch - Piano and Cello Concertos

William BUSCH (1901-1945)

Cello Concerto (1940/1941) 

Piano Concerto (1937/1938) 

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)

Piers Lane (piano)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley

Chavez and Revueltas - Orchestral Works

Carlos Chavez & Silvestre Revueltas

Orchestral Works

Musica Mexicana Vol.8

Orquesta Filarmonica de la Ciudad de Mexico 

Enrique Batiz (Revueltas)  

London Philharmonic Orchestra, 

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 

Enrique Batiz (Chavez)

Grainville Bantock - Pagan Symphony; Fifine at the Fair; Two Heroic Ballads

Sir Granville Bantock (1868-1946)

Pagan Symphony

Pagan Symphony

Fifine at the fair

Two Heroic Ballads

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Vernon Handley

Walton - Symphonies Nos 1 and 2

William WALTON (1902-1983)

Symphonies 1 & 2

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Vladimir Ashkenazy

George Dyson - Hierusalem; Choral Works

George DYSON (1883-1964)

Hierusalem & other choral works

St Michael's Singers,
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,

Jonathan Rennert (conductor)

John Tavener - The Protecting Veil; Thrinos; Eternal Memory

 

JOHN TAVENER

The Protecting Veil, for cello and Orchestra
Thrinos for cello solo
Eternal Memory for cello and String Orchestra

Raphael Wallfisch (Cello)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Justin Brown

Rachmaninov - Symphony No.2

Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2

 André Previn 

 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 

Vaughan Williams - Hugh The Drover (Opera in Two Acts)

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

Hugh the Drover (or Love in the Stocks)
Opera in two acts

Robert Tear, Sheila Armstrong, Michael Rippon, Robert Lloyd, Helen Watts, Leslie Fyson, Oliver Broome, Sally Burgess, Terence Sharpe, David Johnson,

Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Charles Groves

rec. 1978, Kingsway Hall, London

First Recording

Carl Nielsen - Violin Concerto; Symphony No.4 "The Inextinguishable"

Carl Nielsen

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op.33

Symphony No.4 "The Inextinguishable"

Arve Tellefsen (Violin)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Yehudi Menuhin