Presto CD,
Titles from The British Collection added to Presto CD
The newest additions to our range of Presto CDs are taken from Decca's British Collection, and includes Benjamin Britten conducting Elgar, Grainger and his own music; Holst's Sāvitri conducted by Imogen Holst, plus Tippett's A Child of our Time conducted by Sir John Pritchard and Sir Georg Solti's account of Walton's Belshazzar's Feast.
Browse the latest additions below, or find our full Presto CD listings here.
David Hemmings (Sam), Jennifer Vyvyan (Rowan), Nancy Thomas (Miss Baggott), April Cantelo (Juliet Brook), Michael Ingram (Gay Brook), Marilyn Baker (Sophie Brook), Robin Fairhurst (John Crome), Gabrielle Soskin (Tina Crome), Lyn Vaughan (Hugh Crome), Trevor Anthony (Black Bob/Tom), Peter Pears (Clem/Alfred)
Choir of Alleyn's School, English Opera Group Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Available Format: Presto CD
Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Norma Procter (contralto), Helen Watts (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), Owen Brannigan (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus, Benjamin Britten, George Malcolm
Available Format: Presto CD
London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Britten, Richard Bonynge
Available Formats: Presto CD, MP3, FLAC
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Elgar Howarth, John Iveson, Howard Snell
Available Format: Presto CD
Yvonne Minton (mezzo), Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Available Format: 2 Presto CDs
London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Arthur Bliss, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Available Format: Presto CD
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Available Format: Presto CD
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Available Format: Presto CD
Kyung Wha Chung (violin), Phillip Moll (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Available Format: Presto CD
Philip Langridge (tenor), Norma Burrowes (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
Available Format: Presto CD
Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Viola Tunnard (piano)
English Chamber Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Benjamin Britten, Steuart Bedford
Available Format: Presto CD
Janet Baker (Sāvitri), Robert Tear (Satyavān), Thomas Helmsley (Death), Osian Ellis (harp)
The Purcell Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Imogen Holst
Available Format: Presto CD
English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Available Format: Presto CD
Elsie Morison (soprano), Pamela Bowden (contralto), Richard Lewis (tenor), Richard Standen (bass)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Sir John Pritchard
Available Format: Presto CD
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner
Available Format: Presto CD
Robert Tear (tenor), Philip Ledger (piano), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), David Willison (piano)
Available Format: Presto CD
Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Ralph Downes (organ)
London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti
Available Format: Presto CD