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Essential British Classics - Over 2 hours of rousing classical anthems

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Sarabande; Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Messiah; Music for the Royal Fireworks; Coronation Anthem; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Funeral Music for Queen Mary; Jere...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Brightman, Sarah; du Pre, Jacqueline; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Graham, Susan; Haim, ...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Briger, Alexander; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Boult, Adrian; Cleobury, Stephen; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Handley, Vernon; Trevor, Kirk; Jenkin...
Ensemble: ; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Lark Ascending Collection / Butterworth, Delius, Elgar, Holst, etc.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-03

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes (3) for Organ; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; English Folk Song Suite; Fantasia on...
Performers: Bean, Hugh
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; Dilkes, Neville; Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Previn, Andre; Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: ; Allegri String Quartet

With the sublime The Lark Ascending as its centerpiece, this collection illustrates the way that Vaughan Williams and his contemporaries expressed their national identity, drawing...continue...

English Classics: Elgar, Delius, Butterworth, Finzi, et al. / Elder

4 CD / Halle Records / 2011-11-08

Works: George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad; English Idylls (2); Banks of Green Willow; Frederick Delius: Irmelin; A Village Romeo and Juliet; Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Pieces (2) for small orchestr...
Performers: Fletcher, Lyn; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Taylor, Joseph
Conductors: Elder, Mark; Wilson, John
Ensemble: Halle Orchestra

This four-CD set is a collection of English classics, previously released on the Hallé label as single discs. On disc one, the orchestra plays some...continue...

20th Century Classics / Marriner

10 CD / Decca / 2011-05-24

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella, suite for orchestra; Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra; Capriccio, for piano & orchestra; Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings,...
Performers: Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Connah, Trevor; Ellis, Osian; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Holland, James; Laird, Michael; Loveday, Alan; Nicklin, Celia; Ogdon, John; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Pritchard, Eric;...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville

Over a period of 40 years Marriner and The Academy made over 300 recordings but it is the association with DECCA / ARGO that was...continue...

English String Classics

1 CD / Apex / 2010-10-19

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; George Butterworth: Banks of Green Willow; Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E ...

Best Of British / Addinsell, Arnold, Britten, Butterworth, et al.

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-28

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Tunes; English Folk So...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Becu, Wim; Beniston, Paul; Carewe, Mary [Soprano Vocal]; Chambers, Colin; Cohen, Robert [Cello]; Finch, Catrin; Johnston, Guy [Cello]; ...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Rattle, Simon, Sir; del Mar, Norman; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Davison, Arthur; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Dilke...
Ensemble: ; Virtuosi of England

Celebrate the United Kingdom's favorite classical music with this exclusive EMI Classics release - Best of British. Get your tea and crumpets ready as you...continue...

English Rhapsody - Delius & Butterworth / Elder, Hallé Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Halle Records / 2008-11-11

Works: George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad; English Idylls (2); Banks of Green Willow; Frederick Delius: Irmelin; A Village Romeo and Juliet; Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Percy Grainger: Brigg Fair; E...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Taylor, Joseph
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra Chorus

The folk song "Brigg Fair" was collected by Percy Grainger in Lincolnshire in 1905. In 1906, Frederick Delius heard Grainger's choral setting of the tune....continue...

Boult conducts Butterworth, Howells, Hadley, Warlock

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-08-07

Works: George Butterworth: English Idylls (2); Banks of Green Willow; A Shropshire Lad; Peter Warlock: An Old Song, for orchestra; Patrick Hadley: One Morning in Spring, for orchestra; Herbert Howells: Proc...
Performers: Bradley, Desmond; Cayzer, Albert; Downes, Herbert; Eastwood, Gillian; Jones, Norman
Conductors: Boult, Adrian

"If ever a performance could be termed "definitive", this is it. Sir Adrian is in top form all through this generous, varied anthology, whether he's...continue...

Pastoral Classics - Music for a Summer's Day

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-07-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Percy Grainger: Work(s); Shepherd's Hey; Country Gardens; Herbert Howells: Dances (...
Performers: Fleming, Colin; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; McCann, Phillip; Mordkovitch], Lydia; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Reilly, Tommy; Stephens, Alison
Conductors: Weller, Walter; Järvi, Neeme; Hickox, Richard; del Mar, Norman; Godwin, Anthony; Rothstein, Jack [Violin]; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; ; Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon; Newsome, Roy
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Johann Strauss Orche...

Various artists including Craig, Ogden, Lydia Mordkovich, BBC Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra, Tommy Reilly, and The Academy of St Martin in The fields ar eheard in...continue...

Bear Essentials - Great British Orchestral Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-09-20

Works: William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; Façade, Suite no 2, for orchestra; Coronation March "Crown Imperial"; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Gustav H...
Performers: Davis, Michael [Violin]; Kirshbaum, Ralph
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Thompson, Bryden; Hickox, Richard; del Mar, Norman; Latham-Koenig, Jan; Gamba, Rumon; Handley, Vernon; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Willcocks, David; Turovsky, Yuli; Garforth, David...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici de Montr&eacut...

Bear Essentials - Remembrance Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-11-09

Works: Eric Coates: The Dam Busters, march for the film score; William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; A Wartime Sketchbook, for orchestra (arranged by C.Palmer from film scores); Coronation March "Cr...
Performers: Addinall, Patrick; Austin, Michael [Organ]; Bott, Paula; Collins, Anne; Crabtree, Libby; Elms, Roderick; Scott, John; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gamba, Rumon; Willcocks, David; Newsome, Roy; Brand, Geoffrey; Evans, Alex; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Stobart, James; Hickox, Richard; Bamert, Matthias; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: ; Besses O' Th' Barn Band; Black Dyke Band; Cranwell Royal Air Force College Band; Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards

The British Music Collection - Butterworth: Six Songs, etc

1 CD / Decca Import / 2004-03-09

Works: George Butterworth: Songs (6) from "A Shropshire Lad", for voice & piano (or orchestra); Bredon Hill and Other Songs, songs (5) for voice & piano; A Shropshire Lad; English Idylls (2); Banks of Green...
Performers: Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Willison, David
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

"The orchestral rhapsody, A Shropshire Lad, with its yearning lyricism, represents the English folksong school at its most captivatingly atmospheric, and the other three works...continue...

For Your Life - For Book Lovers

1 CD / Decca / 2003-07-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Claude Debussy: Poèmes (7) de Banville; George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for Strings; ...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; BBC Concert Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; Cooper, Joseph; Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; ...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Judd, James; Wordsworth, Barry; Litton, Andrew; Barenboim, Daniel; Dorati, Antal; Chailly, Riccardo; Ottley, Jerold D.; Hanson, Howard; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; BBC Concert Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Minneapolis Symphon...

This selection features both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello); Joseph Cooper (piano)....continue...

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 2; Butterworth / Hickox

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-04-22

Works: George Butterworth: Banks of Green Willow; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version)
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: London Symphony; Butterworth / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-05-22

Works: George Butterworth: Banks of Green Willow; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version)
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Hidden within the archives of the British Museum was the original 1913 version of Ralph Vaughan Williams Second Symphony. Withdrawn by the composer after the...continue...

Seeds of Love

1 CD / Herald / 1998-11-30

Works: English Traditional: Hal an Tow; Lord Rendall, folk song; The Turtle Dove; Brigg Fair, folk song; Traditional: I sowed the seeds of love; Gypsy Laddie; The Coal-black Smith; Our Captain calls all han...

The Seeds of Love tells a story---taken from diaries, letters, and writings---of the early 20th-century collectors of English folk songs. The program begins with the...continue...

Butterworth, Parry, Bridge: Shropshire Lad / Boughton, ESO

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01

Works: Frank Bridge: Suite for String Orchestra, H 93; George Butterworth: Banks of Green Willow; English Idylls (2); A Shropshire Lad; Charles Hubert Parry: Lady Radnor's Suite
Conductors: Boughton, William
Ensemble: English String Orchestra

Fantasia On Greensleeves, etc / Neville Marriner, ASMF

2 CD / Decca / 1997-08-26

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; The lark ascending; English Folk Song Suite; Peter Warlock: Serenade for string orchestra; Capriol Suite; George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad; Engli...
Performers: Brown, Iona; Essex, Kenneth; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Keenlyside, Simon; Kraemer, Nicholas; Maguire, Hugh
Conductors:
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Banks of Green Willow - Music for England / Kenneth Page

1 CD / Meridian / 1996-12-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon, HWV 67; Frederick Delius: Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra; Edward Elgar: Chanson de nuit, Op. 15 no 1; Chanson de matin, Op. 15 no 2; Charles Hubert Parry: Lady Radno...
Conductors: Page, Kenneth
Ensemble: Da Camera Orchestra

Bridge, Butterworth, Bantock / Del Mar, Bournemouth Sinf

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1993-01-19

Works: Granville Bantock: Pierrot of the Minute, comedy overture for orchestra; Frank Bridge: Summer, tone poem for orchestra, H. 116; There Is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook, for orchestra, H. 173; Suite fo...
Conductors: del Mar, Norman