Lyrita
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Cooke: Concerto in D, Symphony No. 1 & Jabez and the Devil Suite
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
The first of Arnold Cooke's five symphonies was completed in 1947 and premiered under Sir Adrian Boult in a BBC broadcast two years later.
At first glance both the home tonality and formal plan... — -
Moeran - Cello Concerto
Peers Coetmore (cello) & Eric Parkin (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
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Assembled from three of Boult's four Lyrita LPs devoted to Ireland, this generous programme launches with the red-blooded symphonic prelude Tritons (a student offering from 1899). Boult and... —
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Box of Delights
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, Simon Joly
The title says it all: light music rarities revived in spry and sympathetic fashion. Undemanding, consistently enjoyable listening… The recorded sound has the amplitude, warmth and realism... —
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Special offer. Alwyn: Miss Julie
Jill Gomez, Benjamin Luxon, Della Jones, John Mitchinson
Philharmonia Orchestra, Vilem Tausky
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British Violin & Cello Concertos
André Gertler (violin), Derek Collier (violin), Alfredo Campoli (violin), Gregor Piatigorsky (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Northern Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Stanford Robinson, Rudolf Schwartz
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Bantock: Overture to a Greek Tragedy, Holbrooke: The Birds of Rhiannon
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Nicholas Braithwaite
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Alwyn: Mirages, Divertimento, Naiades, Fantasy-Waltzes & Sonata
Benjamin Luxon (baritone), David Willison (piano), Christopher Hyde-Smith (flute), Marisa Robles (harp) & Sheila Randell (piano)
Alwyn's modern Romanticism produced a powerful, troubled statement in the song-cycle Mirages. Naiades offers exquisite sounds. —
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It's hard to imagine more persuasive advocacy for Ireland's Concertino pastorale, The Holy Boy and the Minuet and Elegy from A Downland Suite, with Boult drawing a radiant response from the... —
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There is more to Holst than just The Planets and, from the 1970s, Lyrita led the way in showing us his orchestral range...As with other records in this Lyrita series, the first-class analogue... —
