British Music Collection
Celebrating the music of British Composers.
This series contains many classic recordings of British Music which are currently unavailable, alongside critically acclaimed performances from the Universal Classics archive.
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Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 RecommendedMargaret Ritchie (soprano), John Gielgud (speaker), London Philharmonic Choir, Isobel Baillie (soprano), John Cameron (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult
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Building a Library, May 2005, Historic Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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British Music Collection - William Walton - The Centenary Edition RecommendedRobert Cohen (cello), Tasmin Little (violin), Paul Neubauer (viola), Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Decca's four-disc Walton Edition offers consistently fine versions of all the composer's most important orchestral works, some of them unsurpassed, in full, brilliant sound. Andrew Litton, the... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2002, Budget Choice
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Building a Library, October 2013, First Choice
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British Music Collection - Gerald Finzi RecommendedBryn Terfel, Philip Langridge, Donald Sweeney, Benjamin Luxon
Choir of Winchester Cathedral, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, David Hill, Richard Hickox, Edward Higginbottom, Neville Marriner
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Building a Library, December 2006, First Choice
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British Music Collection - Sir John Stainer - The Crucifixion
Richard Lewis (tenor), Owen Brannigan (bass), Brian Runnett (organ)
The Choir of St John's College Cambridge, The Choir of King's College Cambridge, George Guest, Stephen Cleobury
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British Music Collection - Gustav Holst Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Thomas Hemsley (baritone), Osian Ellis (harp)
Purcell Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, St Paul Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Imogen Holst, Christopher Hogwood, Adrian...
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British Music Collection - Tippett's Choral Works Jessye Norman, Janet Baker, Richard Cassilly, John Shirley-Quirk, Caryl Kelly, Kate Eckersley, Philip cave, Paul Cann
BBC Singers, BBC Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Schola Cantorum, Colin Davis, Nicholas Cleobury
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British Music Collection - Victorian & Edwardian Ballads Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Felicity Palmer (soprano), David Willison (piano), John Constable (piano)
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British Music Collection - Herbert Howells
RecommendedGregory Moore (cantor), Simon Williams (tenor), Peter Barley (organ)
Choir of King's College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury
Cleobury's Kings College singers are in their element, particularly so when singing music written specifically for them! Peter Barley's renditions of some of Howells' delightful organ works... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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British Music Collection - Michael Tippett
György Pauk, Nobuko Imai, Ralph Kirshbaum, Faye Robinson
London Symphony Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Sir Neville Marriner, Howard Snell, Nicholas Cleobury, Sir Georg Solti
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British Music Collection - Benjamin Britten - The Rarities
Norma Procter, Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Mstislav Rostropovich, András Schiff et al
