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100 Best British Classics

Tom Williamson (organ, piano), Sir David Willcocks (organ), Thomas Bullard (baritone), Benjamin Bayl (organ), Sioned Williams (harp), Peter Stevens (organ), Oliver Brett (organ), Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Hugh Bean (violin), David Bell (organ), Gerald Moore (piano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano),...

100 Best British Classics

100 Best British Classics

Tom Williamson (organ, piano), Sir David Willcocks (organ), Thomas Bullard (baritone), Benjamin Bayl (organ), Sioned Williams (harp), Peter Stevens (organ), Oliver Brett (organ), Jacqueline du Pré (cello), Hugh Bean (violin), David Bell (organ), Gerald Moore (piano), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano),...

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Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV258 'Zadok the Priest'
Work length5:21
Tallis: If ye love me
Work length2:29
Goss, J: Praise my soul, the King of Heaven
Work length2:55
Stanford: 3 Motets, Op. 38: No. 3, Beati quorum via
Work length3:10
Goss, J: Psalm XXIII. The Lord Is My Shepherd
Work length2:14
Parry: Dear Lord and Father of Mankind (Repton)
Work length3:58
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Chorus. "Hallelujah"
Work length4:26
Byrd: Ave verum Corpus
Work length4:42
Vaughan Williams: Come down, O Love divine (Down Ampney)
Work length3:43
Rutter: Requiem: Requiem aeternam
Work length5:41
Purcell: Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z15
Work length2:11
Monk, W H: Abide with Me (Arr. Cleobury)
Work length4:52
Byrd: Justorum animae
Work length2:54
Bairstow: Psalm LXVII: God Be Merciful unto Us, and Bless Us
Work length2:07
Tavener: Song for Athene
Work length6:35
Louis Bourgeois: All People That on Earth Do Dwell "Old 100th" (Arr. Vaughan Williams and Douglas for Choir, Brass and Organ)
Work length4:56
Tallis: O nata lux de lumine
Work length1:58
Scholefield: The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended (Arr. Rutter)
Work length3:23
Harris, W: Faire is the Heaven
Work length5:12
Parry: I was glad
Work length6:47
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 - 1st movement
Work length7:58
Delius: Koanga: La Calinda
Work length4:33
Holst: Jupiter (from The Planets)
Work length7:59
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Work length14:42
This work is only available as an album download.
Walton: Crown Imperial
Work length8:33
Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Variation IX 'Nimrod'
Work length3:57
Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Theme & Fugue
Work length4:36
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Work length16:19
This work is only available as an album download.
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39 No. 1
Work length6:05
Parry: Jerusalem
Work length2:48
Vaughan Williams: The Wasps, an Aristophanic Suite: Overture
Work length9:06
Walton: Façade, Suite No. 2 for Orchestra: V. Popular Song
Work length2:17
Britten: Simple Symphony: Playful Pizzicato
Work length3:09
Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major, Op. 39 No. 4
Work length4:45
Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea
Work length2:54
Delius: On hearing the first cuckoo in spring (1992 Remastered Version)
Work length7:23
Holst: Nunc dimittis, H127
Work length3:21
Elgar: Serenade for Strings, Op. 20: II. Larghetto
Work length6:02
Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet - Music drama in six scenes from Gottfried Keller's novel (1973 Remastered Version), Scene V. The Fair: The Walk to the Paradise Garden (orchestra)
Work length8:58
Elgar: Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2
Work length3:37
Ireland: Sea Fever (1993 Remastered Version)
Work length1:51
  • Nina Walker (piano), Robert Lloyd (bass)
  • Recorded: 1977-09-08
  • Recording Venue: 6-8 September 1977 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Butterworth, G: The Banks of Green Willow
Work length5:47
Vaughan Williams: 3 Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes: No. 2, Rhosymedre (Arr. Foster for String Orchestra)
Work length3:59
Arnold: English Dances - Set II Op. 33 (1998 Remastered Version): 5. Allegro non troppo
Work length3:09
Walton: Touch her soft lips and part (from Henry V)
Work length1:46
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: "Softly and Gently" (Angel, Chorus)
Work length6:59
Coates, E: Dam Busters March
Work length3:55
Binge: Elizabethan Serenade, "The Man in the Street"
Work length3:34
  • Studio 2 Symphony Orchestra
  • Reginald Kilbey
  • Recorded: 1970-06-25
  • Recording Venue: 25 June 1970/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Coates, E: Calling All Workers
Work length3:10
Gibbs, C A: Fancy Dress, Op. 82: III. Dusk (Orch. Wilbur)
Work length3:32
  • Light Music Society Orchestra
  • Sir Vivian Dunn
  • Recorded: 1969-12-03
  • Recording Venue: 3 December 1969 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Grainger: Country Gardens (Orch. Artok)
Work length2:16
  • Sir Vivian Dunn
  • Light Music Society Orchestra
  • Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn
  • Recorded: 1969-12-03
  • Recording Venue: 3 December 1969, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto (Excerpt)
Work length3:30
Duncan, Trevor: Little Suite: I. March
Work length3:14
  • Sir Vivian Dunn
  • Light Music Society Orchestra
  • Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn
  • Recorded: 1969-10-14
  • Recording Venue: 14 October 1969/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Sullivan, A: HMS Pinafore or The Lass that Loved a Sailor: Overture (Allegro - Allegro vivace)
Work length4:28
  • Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent
  • Recorded: 1958-04-18
  • Recording Venue: 15-18 April 1958, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Grainger: Shepherd's Hey
Work length2:13
  • Sir Vivian Dunn
  • Light Music Society Orchestra
  • Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn
  • Recorded: 1969-12-03
  • Recording Venue: 3 December 1969, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Williams, Charles: The Dream of Olwen
Work length4:02
Coates, E: Knightsbridge March from London Suite
Work length4:21
Ketèlbey: In a Monastery Garden
Work length5:38
Bennett, R R: Murder on the Orient Express: Waltz (1995 Remastered Version)
Work length2:31
Binge: The Water Mill
Work length4:01
  • Sir Vivian Dunn
  • Light Music Society Orchestra
  • Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn
  • Recorded: 1969-10-14
  • Recording Venue: 14 October 1969/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue (1994 Remastered Version)
Work length7:58
Coates, E: By the Sleepy Lagoon
Work length3:07
Sullivan, A: The Yeomen of the Guard (or, The Merryman and his Maid) (1987 Remastered Version): Overture
Work length5:31
Wood, Arthur: My Native Heath, Suite: IV. Barwick Green
Work length2:49
  • Sidney Torch
  • Recorded: 1951-01-01
Williams, Charles: Williams, Charles: Devil's Galop (Signature Music for the BBC Thriller ''Dick Barton, Special Agent'')
Work length2:50
  • The Charles Williams Orchestra
  • Charles Williams and his Concert Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1948-01-01
Binge: Sailing By
Work length3:00
  • John Scott Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1965-08-19
  • Recording Venue: 19 August 1965 / No. 2 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Tallis: Spem in alium
Work length10:18
This work is only available as an album download.
Byrd: Haec dies a 5 (Gradualia II, 1607) (2004 Remastered Version)
Work length2:37
Tallis: Mass 'Puer natus est nobis' a 7 (1995 Remastered Version): Agnus Dei (conclusion)
Work length3:42
Gibbons, O: Hosanna to the son of David
Work length3:12
Byrd: Mass for 4 voices with Propers from the Feast of St Peter and St Paul from Gradualia 1607: Agnus Dei
Work length3:35
Gibbons, O: O clap your hands by Orlando Gibbons (Psalm 47 & Doxology) (1994 Remastered Version)
Work length5:20
Purcell: Funeral Sentences: Thou Know'st, Lord, Z. 58C
Work length7:17
Purcell: King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song. "Fairest Isle"
Work length2:37
Purcell: Abdelazer, Z. 570: II. Rondeau
Work length1:36
  • Taverner Players
  • Andrew Parrott
  • Recorded: 1987-06-30
  • Recording Venue: April & June1987 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London
Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 2, Aria and Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away" - No. 3, Duet. "Sound the Trumpet" & No. 4, Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away"
Work length6:26
Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: V. Air
Work length3:34
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Chorus. "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"
Work length4:09
  • Dame Emma Kirkby/Emily Van Evera/Margaret Cable/James Bowman/Joseph Cornwell/David Thomas/Taverner Choir/Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott
  • Taverner Choir, Taverner Players
  • Andrew Parrott
  • Recorded: 1989-05-31
  • Recording Venue: April 1988 & May 1989 / No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV351: La Réjouissance
Work length2:08
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: Aria. "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"
Work length6:34
Handel: Water Music Suite No. 2 in D major, HWV 349: No. 2, Alla Hornpipe
Work length3:12
Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 2: Aria. "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Almirena)
Work length4:23
  • Jane Gilchrist (soprano)
  • Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Kirk Trevor
  • Recorded: 2004-07-08
  • Recording Venue: 5-7 June (Concert Studio, Slovak Radio, Bratislava) and 5-8 July (Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk) 2004
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: V. Menuets I & II
Work length3:29
Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite
Work length11:19
  • Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Wing Commander Eric Banks
  • Central Band of the Royal Air Force
  • Eric Banks
  • Recorded: 1984-04-13
  • Recording Venue: 13 April 1984, Watford Town Hall
I. March. Seventeen Come Sunday
Track length3:18
II. Intermezzo. My Bonny Boy
Track length4:19
III. March. Folk Songs from Somerset
Track length3:42
Vaughan Williams: Bushes and Briars
Work length2:55
  • London Madrigal Singers
  • Christopher Bishop
  • Recorded: 1984-04-13
  • Recording Venue: 13 April 1984 / Watford Town Hall
Vaughan Williams: Loch Lomond
Work length3:42
  • Ian Partridge (tenor)
  • London Madrigal Singers
  • Christopher Bishop
  • Recorded: 2000-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 22 & 23 April 1974, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Vaughan Williams: The Turtle Dove
Work length3:22
  • Christopher Keyte (bass)
  • London Madrigal Singers
  • Christopher Bishop
  • Recorded: 1987-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 15 & 16 July 1987, All Saints' Quayside Church, Newcastle upon Tyne
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves
Work length4:39
Holst: Suite No. 1 for Military Band in E flat major, Op. 28 No. 1, H105
Work length10:05
  • Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Wing Commander Eric Banks, The Band Of The Royal Air Force Germany (lead vocals)
  • Wing Commander Eric Banks, Eric Banks
I. Chaconne
Track length4:02
II. Intermezzo
Track length2:55
III. March
Track length3:08
Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 5, The Foggy, Foggy Dew
Work length2:24
Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 1 "British Isles": No. 1, The Salley Gardens
Work length2:28
Britten: Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 1, The Plough Boy
Work length1:50
Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus'
Work length10:36
This work is only available as an album download.
trad.: National Airs of Great Britain: Rule, Britannia! (Arne arr. Retford) - Heart of Oak (Boyce arr. Pope) - The Minstrel Boy (arr. Pope) - Men of Harlech (arr. F. L. Statham) - Isle of Beauty (arr. Richardson) - David of the White Rock (arr. Linstead)
Work length8:32
Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Song. "When I Am Laid in Earth" (Arr. Davies)
Work length2:46
Harry Williams, Jack Judge, Kenneth J. Alford: March Past: It's a long way to Tipperary (Judge & Williams) - Pack up your troubles (Powell arr. Ord-Hume) - There'll always be an England (Parker & Charles arr. Wright) - Colonel Bogey (Alford)
Work length6:47
  • Band Of Irish Guards (lead vocals), Band Of The Irish Guards (vocals), Band of HM Royal Marines (performed by), Band of the Royal Marines (lead vocals)
  • C. H. Jaeger, Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn, C.H. Jaeger, Sir Vivian Dunn
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