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The British Composers Guide To Britain

Daniel Adni (piano), Baccholian Singers of London (vocal ensemble), Garth Benson (organ), Owen Brannigan (bass), Ernest Lush (piano), Polyphony (lead vocals), Stephen Layton (director), Teddy Layton (director), Ian Bostridge (vocals), Julius Drake (piano), Robert Tear (vocals, tenor), Philip Ledger...

  • Release Date: 4th Jul 2011
  • Catalogue No: 0290012
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Series: British Composers
  • Length: 2 hours 52 minutes

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Coates, E: Knightsbridge March from London Suite

Work length4:21
$1.30
$1.70
  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Charles Groves
  • Recorded: 1970-07-02
  • Recording Venue: 1 & 2 July 1970, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town'

Work length14:45
$1.30
$1.70
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Sir John Barbirolli
  • Recorded: 1962-08-27
  • Recording Venue: 27 August 1962 / Kingsway Hall, London

Grainger: Handel in the Strand

Work length2:46
$1.30
$1.70
  • Daniel Adni (piano)
  • Recorded: 1977-10-07
  • Recording Venue: 6 & 7 October 1975, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Holst: Brook Green Suite, H. 190: I. Prelude

Work length1:24
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bournemouth Sinfonietta
  • Norman Del Mar
  • Recorded: 1980-08-30
  • Recording Venue: 29 & 30 August 1980: Guildhall, Southampton

Vaughan Williams: Bushes and Briars

Work length3:02
$1.30
$1.70
  • Baccholian Singers of London (vocal ensemble)
  • Recorded: 1976-07-20
  • Recording Venue: 18-20 July 1976, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Howells: Magnificat 'Collegium Regale'

Work length4:30
$1.30
$1.70
  • Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Garth Benson (organ)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Boris Ord
  • Recorded: 1951-07-17
  • Recording Venue: 17 July 1951, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a: No. 1, Dawn

Work length3:44
$1.30
$1.70
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • André Previn
  • Recorded: 1974-10-28
  • Recording Venue: 27-28 October 1974: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London London

Warlock: Yarmouth Fair

Work length1:40
$1.30
$1.70
  • Ernest Lush (piano), Owen Brannigan (bass)
  • Recorded: 1994-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 1 December 1960, No. 3 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Traditional Lincolnshire: Brigg Fair

Work length2:34
$1.30
$1.70
  • Ian Bostridge (vocals), Julius Drake (musician), Julius Drake (piano), Polyphony (lead vocals), Stephen Layton (director), Teddy Layton (director)
  • Recorded: 1999-03-06
  • Recording Venue: 4 March 1999, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Britten: Folk Song Arrangement: The Lincolnshire Poacher

Work length1:58
$1.30
$1.70
  • Robert Tear (vocals), Philip Ledger (piano)
  • Recorded: 2000-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 19 & 21-24 March 2000, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Parry: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton)

Work length3:58
$1.30
$1.70
  • Tom Bullard, Benjamin Bayl (organ), Thomas Bullard (baritone)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1999-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 19 & 20 April 1975, Guildhall, Cambridge

Hadley, P: The Hills, I. The Hills in Spring: 'From Chinley Churn and Rushup Ridge' (chorus, soprano, tenor)

Work length1:36
$1.30
$1.70
  • Felicity Palmer (soprano), Robert Lloyd (bass), Robert Tear (vocals)
  • Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Philip Ledger
  • Recorded: 1992-01-01

Spoken Word: The Lass Of Richmond Hill

Work length1:53
$1.30
$1.70
  • Manuel Barrueco (musician), Manuel Barrueco (second vocals), Nancy Hadden (musician), Nancy Hadden (second vocals)
  • King's Singers
  • Recorded: 1978-12-12
  • Recording Venue: 12-16 December 1978. Chapel of King's College, Cambridge.

William Smith of Durham: Preces

Work length1:03
$1.30
$1.70
  • Philip Ledger (performed by)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Recorded: 2000-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 22 & 23 April 1974, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Britten: Folk Song Arrangement: Come you not from Newcastle?

Work length1:15
$1.30
$1.70
  • Robert Tear (vocals), Philip Ledger (piano)
  • Recorded: 2001-01-10
  • Recording Venue: 1975, Assembly Hall, Northwood College

Gurney: Black Stitchel

Work length2:10
$1.30
$1.70
  • Anthony Rolfe Johnson (vocals), David Willison (piano)
  • Recorded: 1968-04-24
  • Recording Venue: 23 & 24 April 1968, Usher Hall, Edinburgh

MacCunn: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood, Concert Overture in B Minor, Op. 3: (Allegro con moto - Poco meno Allegro più animando - Con brio)

Work length9:09
$1.30
$1.70
  • Scottish National Orchestra/Sir Alexander Gibson
  • Recorded: 1969-11-21
  • Recording Venue: 19-21 November 1969, Kingsway Hall, London

Vaughan Williams: Loch Lomond

Work length3:42
$1.30
$1.70
  • Ian Partridge (tenor)
  • London Madrigal Singers
  • Christopher Bishop
  • Recorded: 1957-06-18
  • Recording Venue: 18 June 1957, Kingsway Hall, London

Arnold: Scottish Dances Op. 59: 4. Con brio

Work length1:21
$1.30
$1.70
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • Robert Irving
  • Recorded: 1993-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 2 & 3 April 1975, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

trad.: Traditional / Arr Moffat: The Wee Cooper o' Fife

Work length1:50
$1.30
$1.70
  • Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Robert Tear (tenor), André Previn (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 15 & 16 July 1987, All Saints' Quayside Church, Newcastle upon Tyne

Vaughan Williams: Rhosymedre

Work length4:13
$1.30
$1.70
  • Northern Sinfonia
  • Richard Hickox
  • Recorded: 1985-06-01
  • Recording Venue: Huddersfield Town Hall

Britten: Folk Song Arrangement: The Ash Grove

Work length2:22
$1.30
$1.70
  • Robert Tear (vocals), Philip Ledger (piano)
  • Recorded: 1974-09-18
  • Recording Venue: 16-18 September 1974, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Charles Wesley, Joseph Parry: Jesu Lover of My Soul

Work length3:54
$1.30
$1.70
  • Huddersfield Choral Society, David Bell (instrumentation), David Bell (organ)
  • Owain Arwel Hughes
  • Recorded: 1962-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 29 October 1962, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Holst: Six Choral Folk Songs, H.136 (1995 - Remaster): 6. Swansea Town

Work length2:50
$1.30
$1.70
  • Baccholian Singers of London, Baccholian Singers
  • Recorded: 1989-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 2 & 3 June 1969, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Peel: In summertime on Bredon (orchestral accompaniment)

Work length3:09
$1.30
$1.70
  • Frederick Harvey (baritone)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • George Weldon
  • Recorded: 2001-01-10
  • Recording Venue: 1963, Abbey Road Studios, London

Elgar: Severn Suite, Op. 87: I. Introduction. Worcester Castle

Work length2:13
$1.30
$1.70
  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Charles Groves
  • Recorded: 1989-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 30 June & 1 July 1970, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Butterworth, G: Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad': I. Loveliest of trees

Work length2:51
$1.30
$1.70
  • Anthony Rolfe Johnson (vocals), David Willison (piano)
  • Recorded: 1987-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 24 & 25 January 1970, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Elgar: Woodland Interlude from Caractacus

Work length2:16
$1.30
$1.70
  • Brian Rayner Cook (baritone), Edmund Walters (director), Malcolm King (bass), Peter Glossop (baritone), Richard Suart (bass), Robert Tear (tenor), Sheila Armstrong (soprano)
  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
  • Sir Charles Groves
  • Recorded: 1951-01-01

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge: No. 6, Clun

Work length3:33
$1.30
$1.70
  • Ian Partridge (tenor)
  • Music Group of London
  • Recorded: 1968-07-30
  • Recording Venue: 30 July 1968, Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge

Wood, Arthur: Wood, Arthur: My Native Heath, Suite: IV. Barwick Green

Work length2:49
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sidney Torch
  • Recorded: 1995-03-22
  • Recording Venue: 19-22 March 1995 / St George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol

Vaughan Williams: An Oxford Elegy: That Sweet City & Come Let Me Read

Work length2:46
$1.30
$1.70
  • John Westbrook (narrator)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge, Jacques Orchestra
  • Sir David Willcocks
  • Recorded: 2000-03-24
  • Recording Venue: 19 & 21-24 March 2000, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Howells: String Quartet 'in Gloucestershire', No. 3: II. Fairly quick, but always rhythmical

Work length2:05
$1.30
$1.70
  • Britten Quartet
  • Recorded: 1970-08-08
  • Recording Venue: 8 August 1970, Kingsway Hall, London

Vaughan Williams: Come down, O Love divine (Down Ampney)

Work length3:43
$1.30
$1.70
  • Benjamin Bayl (organ), Sioned Williams (harp), Thomas Williamson (piano)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1994-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 7-9 July 1982, the Guildhall, Southampton

Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite: III. March. Folk Songs from Somerset

Work length3:03
$1.30
$1.70
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Adrian Boult
  • Recorded: 1965-12-28
  • Recording Venue: 28 December 1965. No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Britten: Folk Song Arrangement: The trees they grow so high

Work length3:13
$1.30
$1.70
  • Robert Tear (vocals), Philip Ledger (piano)
  • Recorded: 1968-02-01
  • Recording Venue: 31 January & 1 February 1968 / Lady Chapel, Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England

Stanford: Songs of the Sea Op. 91: III. Devon, O Devon, in Wind and Rain (Allegro con fuoco)

Work length1:45
$1.30
$1.70
  • Benjamin Luxon (bass-baritone)
  • Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Hughes
  • Norman Del Mar
  • Recorded: 2001-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 13 & 14 June 1972, De Montfort Hall, Leicester

Bax: Tintagel

Work length15:02
$1.30
$1.70
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir John Barbirolli
  • Recorded: 1962-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 29 October 1962, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

trad.: Sans Day Carol

Work length3:20
$1.30
$1.70
  • Clare College Singers, Clare College Orchestra, Jeremy Blandford (lead vocals), Clare College Orchestra, Cambridge (lead vocals), Clare College Singers & Orchestra (lead vocals)
  • John Rutter
  • Recorded: 1974-08-04
  • Recording Venue: 3 & 4 August 1974: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Arnold: 4 Cornish Dances, Op. 91: No. 3, Con moto e sempre senza parodia

Work length2:27
$1.30
$1.70
  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • Malcolm Arnold
  • Recorded: 1967-02-10
  • Recording Venue: 9 & 10 February 1967, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Wilfrid Sanderson: Devonshire Cream and Cider

Work length3:54
$1.30
$1.70
  • Frederick Harvey (baritone)
  • Philharmonia Orchestra
  • George Weldon
  • Recorded: 1973-06-05
  • Recording Venue: 1963, Abbey Road Studios

Holst: Egdon Heath, Op. 47 "Homage to Thomas Hardy"

Work length14:40
$1.30
$1.70
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • André Previn
  • Recorded: 1969-07-29
  • Recording Venue: 28 & 29 July 1969, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea

Work length2:54
$1.30
$1.70
  • Gerald Moore (piano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
  • Recorded: 1980-12-04
  • Recording Venue: 2-4 December 1980, Christchurch Priory, Hampshire

Walton: Portsmouth Point Overture

Work length5:28
$1.30
$1.70
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • André Previn
  • Recorded: 1993-04-07
  • Recording Venue: 5-7 April 1993 / St Augustine's, Kilburn, London

trad.: Traditional / Arr. Willcocks: "On Christmas night all Christians sing"

Work length1:53
$1.30
$1.70
  • John Wells (organ)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Sir David Willcocks
  • Recorded: 1970-05-21
  • Recording Venue: 19 & 21 May 1970, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Vaughan Williams: In Windsor Forest: IV. Wedding Chorus

Work length4:37
$1.30
$1.70
  • Bournemouth Symphony Chorus/Geoffrey Hughes/Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
  • Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Sinfonietta
  • Norman Del Mar
  • Recorded: 1970-07-02
  • Recording Venue: 1 & 2 July 1970, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Holst: St. Paul's Suite, Op. 29 No. 2, H. 118: IV. Finale (The Dargason)

Work length3:21
$1.30
$1.70
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Yehudi Menuhin
  • Recorded: 1992-01-01
  • Recording Venue: September 1992, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation studios, Berne

Vaughan Williams: Ten Blake Songs: No. 4, London, "I wander thro' each charter'd street" (In free time)

Work length1:35
$1.30
$1.70
  • Ian Partridge (vocals), Janet Craxton (oboe)
  • Recorded: 1994-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 11-14 July 1967: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Coates, E: Covent Garden (from London Suite of 1932)

Work length4:58
$1.30
$1.70
  • Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Sir Charles Groves
  • Recorded: 1970-07-02
  • Recording Venue: 1 & 2 July 1970, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Ireland: London Pieces: 2. Ragamuffin

Work length2:05
$1.30
$1.70
  • Desmond Wright (piano)
  • Recorded: 1992-01-01
  • Recording Venue: September 1992, Swiss Broadcasting Corporation studios, Berne

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 "A London Symphony": IV. Andante con moto - Epilogue

Work length4:44
$1.30
$1.70
  • Hallé Orchestra
  • Sir John Barbirolli
  • Recorded: 1994-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 11-14 July 1967: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

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