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British Composers: A Celebration
Richard Rodney Bennett (piano), Ian Hare (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown...
British Composers: A Celebration
Richard Rodney Bennett (piano), Ian Hare (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown...
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A 2CD bargain collection featuring a broad selection of music from the critically acclaimed EMI British Composers series.
Artists
Richard Rodney Bennett (piano), Ian Hare (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Wilfred Brown (vocals), Tom Culbert (vocals), Peter Pears (vocals), Herbert Dawson (organ), Joan Cross (soprano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Ian Partridge (vocals), Wesley Warren (trumpet), Philip Langridge (vocals), Richard Suart (vocals), John Tomlinson (vocals), Peter Hall (vocals), Michael George (vocals), David Wilson-Johnson (vocals), Elise Ross (vocals), Felicity Palmer (vocals), Men's voices of the Liverpool Philharmonic Choir (vocals), David Atherton (vocals), Paul Robinson (bass-baritone), Michael Pearce (bass-baritone), Christopher Hughes (organ), Leonard Pearcey (vocals), Louis Kentner (piano), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Phyllis Sellick (piano), Cyril Smith (piano), Chilingirian Quartet (string quartet), Jennifer Partridge (piano), Baccholian Singers of London (vocal ensemble), David Bell (organ), Thomas Allen (bass-baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Ronald Thomas (director), Neville Dilkes (harpsichord), Harry Bramma (organ), David Willison (piano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (vocals), Lisa Saffer (soprano), Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), Sir Adrian Boult (director), Laurence Olivier (vocals), Thomas Hemsley (bass-baritone), Ernest Lush (piano), Soloists of the Plymouth Series, Howard Shelley (piano), Ulrich Heinen (cello), Neil Mackie (tenor), Roger Vignoles (piano), Richard Farnes (organ), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Bach Choir (vocals), Peter Donohoe (piano), Janet Craxton (cor anglais), Hugh Bean (violin), Frances Mason (violin), David Butt (flute), Eileen Croxford (cello), Christopher Wellington (viola), Graham Johnson (piano), Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus (vocals), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Cambridge Girls' Choir, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Britten Quartet, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Worcester Cathedral Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Sinfonia of London, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, BBC Theatre Chorus, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Children's Chorus, London Madrigal Singers, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Music Group Of London, Northern Sinfonia, London Symphony Orchestra, English Sinfonia, Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center, Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series, Minnesota, Chorus of the Plymouth Music Series, New Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Studio 2 Concert Orchestra, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Band of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Lawrance Collingwood, Sir David Willcocks, Sir William Walton, Daniel Harding, Christopher Robinson, Barry Wordsworth, Christopher Finzi, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Arthur Bliss, Sir Reginald Goodall, Meredith Davies, Christopher Bishop, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Neville Marriner, Stephen Cleobury, Robert Irving, Richard Hickox, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Malcolm Arnold, Malcolm Arnold, Oliver Knussen, Philip Brunelle, Sir Edward Elgar, Reginald Kilbey, André Previn, Sir Charles Groves, Philip Ledger
Contents and tracklist
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Lawrance Collingwood
- Recorded: 1964-03-16
- Recording Venue: 13 & 16 March 1964, EMI Studio No. 1
- Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
- Recorded: 1974-11-01
- Recording Venue: November 1974. Hornsey Town Hall
- Ian Hare (piano), Robert Tear (vocals), Sir Andrew Davis (piano), Bruce Russell (vocals), Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Cambridge Girls' Choir, Choir of King's College Cambridge
- Sir David Willcocks
- Recorded: 1970-07-10
- Recording Venue: 8-10 July 1970, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge
- Britten Quartet
- Recorded: 1995-03-22
- Recording Venue: 19-22 March 1995 / St George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
- London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Sir Adrian Boult
- Recorded: 1976-10-10
- Recording Venue: 20 & 25 Sept 1976, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, and (finale) 10 Oct 1976, Kingsway Hall, London
- Richard Lewis (vocals), Monica Sinclair (vocals), Lewis Thomas (vocals), Geoffrey Walls (baritone), John Hauxwell (bass-baritone), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Sir William Walton
- Recorded: 1955-05-16
- Recording Venue: 18-20 April & 16 May 1955 / Kingsway Hall, London
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Daniel Harding
- Recorded: 1995-10-26
- Recording Venue: 26 October 1995, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Worcester Cathedral Choir
- Christopher Robinson
- Recorded: 1969-03-08
- Recording Venue: 6-8 March 1969: Worcester Cathedral
- Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- Barry Wordsworth
- Recorded: 1986-05-29
- Recording Venue: 28 & 29 May 1986 / Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
- Wilfred Brown (vocals)
- English Chamber Orchestra
- Christopher Finzi
- Recorded: 1963-09-26
- Recording Venue: 26 September 1963, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Sir John Barbirolli
- Recorded: 1962-05-09
- Recording Venue: 8 & 9 May 1962. Kingsway Hall, London
- London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir
- Sir Adrian Boult
- Recorded: 1966-12-23
- Recording Venue: 23 December 1966. No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Sinfonia of London
- Sir Arthur Bliss
- Recorded: 1960-02-04
- Recording Venue: 4 February 1960 / Kingsway Hall, London
- Tom Culbert (vocals), Peter Pears (vocals), Herbert Dawson (organ), Joan Cross (soprano)
- Royal Opera House Covent Garden, BBC Theatre Chorus
- Sir Reginald Goodall
- Recorded: 1993-12-31
- Recording Venue: 12,14,16-17 July 1948: Studio No.1, Abbey Road
- Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Meredith Davies
- Recorded: 1976-06-10
- Recording Venue: 10 June 1976: No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London