The British Symphonic Collection

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Album Summary

Performers

• Mette Ostergaard (Mezzo Soprano)
• Margaret Fingerhut (Piano)
• Jan Lund (Tenor)

Conductor

• Bostock, Douglas

Ensemble

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Composers

• Frederic H. Cowen (1852 - 1935)
• Arnold Bax (1883 - 1953)
• Alan Bush (1900 - 1995)
• Malcolm Arnold (1921 - 2006)
• John McCabe (Composer, Piano) (1939 - )
• Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (Composer) (1875 - 1912)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Arthur Butterworth (1923 - )
• Edward Gregson (1945 - )
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)
• Ruth Gipps (1921 - 1999)
• Alun Hoddinott (1929 - 2008)

Notes & Reviews:

Hardly any other European country has been more noted for the output of symphonic music than Great Britain - this boxed set features the genre's most important British representatives and includes works written by Elgar, Holst, Vaughan Williams, Bax and Arnold, among others. The collection features a variety of different orchestras, all of which are conducted by Douglas Bostock, one of the leading authorities on British symphonic music.

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Works Details

Elgar, Edward : The Crown of India, Op. 66 :: March

• Performer: Mette Ostergaard (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1912

Elgar, Edward : The Crown of India, Op. 66 :: Hail, Immemorial Ind!

• Performer: Mette Ostergaard (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 6 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1912

Elgar, Edward : The Crown of India, Op. 66 :: The Wind at Dawn

• Performer: Mette Ostergaard (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 3 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1912

Elgar, Edward : The Crown of India, Op. 66 :: The Empire March

• Performer: Mette Ostergaard (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 4 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1912

Elgar, Edward : Une voix dans le désert, for reciter & orchestra, Op. 77

• Performer: Mette Ostergaard (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 11 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1915

Elgar, Edward : Polonia, Op. 76

• Performer: Mette Ostergaard (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 12 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1915

Elgar, Edward : Piano Concerto, Op. 90 :: [Excerpt]

• Performer: Margaret Fingerhut (Piano)
• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 6 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: circa 1913-1932

Elgar, Edward : Suite :: The Spanish lady, for string orchestra, Op. 89 (edited by Percy Young)

• Performer: Mette Ostergaard (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 4 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1956

Elgar, Edward : Civic Fanfare, for orchestra (without violins) & organ

• Performer: Mette Ostergaard (Mezzo Soprano)
• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 1 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1923

Cowen, Frederic H. : Symphony no 6 in E major ("The Idyllic")

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 34 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel : Symphony in A minor

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 36 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Delius, Frederick : On the Mountains - Symphonic Poem :: [Excerpt]

• Performer: Jan Lund (Tenor)
• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 15 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1892

Delius, Frederick : Songs (7) from the Norwegian, for voice & piano, RT v/9

• Performer: Jan Lund (Tenor)
• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Notes: Composition written: 1890.
• Running Time: 18 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1890

Delius, Frederick : Paa Vidderne (On the Heights), melodrama for reciter & orchestra, RT iii/1

• Performer: Jan Lund (Tenor)
• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 39 min. sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1888

Bax, Arnold : Symphony no 6

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 38 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1934

Bax, Arnold : Tintagel, tone poem for orchestra

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 14 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1917-1919

Bax, Arnold : Overture to an Adventure

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 10 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Job

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 6 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1927-1930

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Prelude on an Old Carol Tune, for orchestra

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 6 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1953

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Variations for orchestra (arr. by G. Jacob from Variations for brass band)

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 12 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1960

Holst, Gustav : Symphony in F major ("The Cotswolds"), Op. 8, H. 47

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 26 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: circa 1899-1900

Holst, Gustav : Walt Whitman Overture, for orchestra, Op. 7, H. 42

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 7 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1899

Holst, Gustav : Suite no 2 in F

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 11 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1911

Holst, Gustav : The Perfect Fool, Op. 39

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1918-1922

Holst, Gustav : Scherzo, for orchestra, H. 192

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 5 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1933-1934

Bush, Alan : Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 32 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1940

Bush, Alan : Symphony no 2, Op. 33 ("The Nottingham")

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 38 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1949

Butterworth, Arthur : Symphony no 1, Op. 15

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 40 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1957

Gipps, Ruth : Symphony no 2, Op. 30

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 1 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral

Arnold, Malcolm : Symphony no 5, Op. 74

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 29 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1960

Arnold, Malcolm : Divertimento for orchestra no 2, Op. 75 (revised version of Op. 24)

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1961

Arnold, Malcolm : Machines, symphonic study for orchestra, Op. 30

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 6 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1951

Arnold, Malcolm : Solitaire, ballet for orchestra (arr. of "English Dances" plus a specially composed "Sarabande and P

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1956

Arnold, Malcolm : The Belles of St. Trinians, film score

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 1 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1954

Gregson, Edward : Contrasts :: a Concerto for Orchestra

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 20 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1983

Hoddinott, Alun : Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 127

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 19 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1986

McCabe, John : Concerto for orchestra

• Conductor: Douglas Bostock
• Running Time: 25 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1982