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British Light Music Premieres, Vol. 6 - works by Lane; Blyton; Gedges; Hoddinott; Addinsell et al.

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2012-05-08

Works: Anthony Hedges: Saturday Market, overture for orchestra; Alun Hoddinott: Welsh Nursery Tunes (2) for orchestra; Philip Lane: Lyric Dances for orchestra; Carey Blyton: Cinque Port, suite for orchestra...
Conductors: Sutherland, Gavin; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: ; BBC Concert Orchestra; Royal Ballet Sinfonia

The sixth volume in Dutton's British Light Music Premieres ranges from Anthony Hedges' bustling evocation of market day at the Yorkshire town of Beverley to...continue...
Recording information: Angel Studios, London (02/27/2006); BBC Studios, Maida Vale, London (02/27/2006); Angel Studios, London (2008-01-07&2008-09-08&2009-); BBC Studios, Maida Vale, London (2008-01-0...continue...

Music for a Royal Celebration

1 CD / Quartz Records / 2011-11-08

Works: William Walton: Henry V; George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 3 in G major; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major; Gerald Finzi: Romance for String Orchestra i...
Performers: Hunt, Gordon [Oboe]; Judd, Roger; Semenchuk, Ekaterina
Conductors: Warren-Green, Christopher

Recording information: Fairfield Hall, Croydon (02/20/2006); Henry Wood Hall, London (02/20/2006); Fairfield Hall, Croydon (12/11/2005/12/12/2005); Henry Wood Hall, London (12/11/2005/12/12/2005)....continue...

The British Symphonic Collection

10 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-08-30

Works: Edward Elgar: The Crown of India, Op. 66; Une voix dans le désert, for reciter & orchestra, Op. 77; Polonia, Op. 76; Piano Concerto, Op. 90; Suite; Civic Fanfare, for orchestra (without violin...
Performers: Fingerhut, Margaret; Lund, Jan; Ostergaard, Mette Christina
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas

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...continue...

Alun Hoddinott: Variants; Night Music; Sinfoniettas 1 & 3; The Sun

1 CD / Lyrita / 2010-09-14

Works: Alun Hoddinott: Variants, for orchestra, Op. 47; Night Music, for orchestra, Op. 48; Sinfonietta no 1, for orchestra, Op. 56; Sinfonietta no 3, for orchestra, Op. 71; The Sun, The Great Luminary of t...
Conductors: del Mar, Norman; Atherton, David

"One point to emphasize is the quality of sound that Richard Itter always insisted on. Ambitiously he employed some of the finest engineers in the...continue...

Arbitrio: Music for Oboe, Bassoon & Piano

1 CD / Centaur / 2010-03-04

Works: Zae Munn: Libero Arbitrio; Short Rhapsodies (7), for oboe & bassoon; Alun Hoddinott: Masks (Five Theatre Abstracts), Op. 109; Christopher Weait: Ten by Three, Folksongs from Quebec; Charles Lipp: Twe...
Performers: Haag, Bradley; Spaniol, Doug; Tait, Alicia Cordoba

Lyrita Box Set (Box)

4 CD / Lyrita / 2010-01-12

Works: William Alwyn: Magic Island, symphonic prelude for orchestra; Malcolm Arnold: English Dances Set 2, for orchestra, Op. 33; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Gran...
Performers: Binns, Malcolm; Pyatt, David [Horn]; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Alwyn, William; Arnold, Malcolm, Sir; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Wordsworth, Barry; Boult, Adrian; Fredman, Myer; Berkeley, Lennox; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Handley, Vernon; Joly, Simon; Davison, Arthur

A box set celebrating Lyrita's 50-year devotion to British music!...continue...

Welsh Dances / Groves, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2009-10-13

Works: Alun Hoddinott: Welsh Dances (4), Op. 15; Jack Straw Overture, Op. 35; Concerto Grosso no 2, Op. 46; Investiture Dances, for orchestra, Op. 66; Welsh Dances, Set 2, Op. 64; William Mathias: Celtic Da...
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Davison, Arthur; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: BBC Welsh Symphony; National Youth Orchestra of Wales; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"This is not Hoddinott the dour and dissonant; this is Hoddinott the dance celebrant, whether in virile Chaucerian exuberance or in liquid poetry... Mathias was...continue...

White, Hoddinott: Piano Works / Colin Kingsley, Valerie Tryon

2 CD / Lyrita / 2009-01-13

Works: John White: Sonata for Piano no 1; Sonata for Piano no 5; Sonata for Piano no 4; Sonata for Piano no 9; Alun Hoddinott: Sonata for Piano no 1, Op.17; Nocturne no 2, Op. 16/1; Sonata for Piano no 2, O...
Performers: Kingsley, Colin; Tryon, Valerie

Hoddinott, Banks: Horn Concerto; Searle; Maw / Tuckwell, Harper, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2008-07-08

Works: Alun Hoddinott: Concerto for Horn, Op. 65; Humphrey Searle: Aubade, for horn & strings, Op. 28; Don Banks: Concerto for Horn; Nicholas Maw: Sonata for 2 horns & strings
Performers: Civil, Alan; Harper, Ian; Tuckwell, Barry [French Horn]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; del Mar, Norman

Rostropovich plays Cello Works

9 CD / Erato / 2008-03-25

Works: Gaspar Cassadó: Toccata "by Frescobaldi," for cello & piano; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D minor after Alessandro Marcello, BWV 974; Ach, was ist doch unser Leben, BWV 743; Vater unser im...
Performers: Brown, Christopher; Emanuelle, Jean; Howard, Peter; James, Layton; Lemoine, Micheline; Primetemps, Edmond; Quatrocchi, Robert; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Seenan, Hugh; Tachezi, Herbert; Vishnevskaya, Ga...
Conductors: Wolff, Hugh; Ozawa, Seiji; Halffter, Cristobal; Jolivet, André; Sacher, Paul; Nagano, Kent; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Landowski, Marcel; Scribner, Norman
Ensemble: ; Boston Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Cathedral Lower School Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Zurich Collegium Musicum

Hoddinott:Concertos for Piano, for Clarinet, and for Harp

1 CD / Lyrita / 2008-01-08

Works: Alun Hoddinott: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra, Op. 3; Harp Concerto, Op. 11; Concerto for Piano no 1, Op. 19; Concerto for Piano no 2, Op. 21
Performers: de Peyer, Gervase; Ellis, Osian; Fowke, Philip; Jones, Martin [Piano]
Conductors: Atherton, David; Wordsworth, Barry; Davis, Andrew

Hoddinott: Dives and Lazarus, Viola Concertino, etc

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-02-13

Works: Alun Hoddinott: Dives and Lazarus, Op 39, cantata; Concertino for viola and small orchesta, Op 14; Nocturnes and Cadenzas for cello and orchestra, Op.62; Sinfonia Fidei for soprano, tenor, chorus & o...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Burrows, Stuart; Erdelyi, Csaba; Gomez, Jill; Palmer, Felicity; Welsh, Moray
Conductors: Atherton, David; Groves, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

Alun Hoddinott (b. 1929) has been called the greatest living Welsh composer. Essentially chromatic, his music often shows a dark Celtic intensity, manifested in his...continue...

Hoddinott: Symphonies no 2, 3 & 5 / Andrew Davis, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-01-09

Works: Alun Hoddinott: Symphony no 2 Op. 29; Symphony no 3 Op. 61; Symphony no 5 Op. 81
Conductors: del Mar, Norman; Atherton, David; Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

"Alun Hoddinott is one of the best and most resourceful of living British symphonists, and the return to the catalogue of three demonstrations of that...continue...

Elgar; Hoddinott / Hughes, Wales National Youth Orchestra

1 CD / Divine Art / 2006-11-21

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63; Alun Hoddinott: Investiture Dances, for orchestra, Op. 66
Conductors: Hughes, Owain Arwel
Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Wales

How gratifying is it that when there are cutbacks in funding for the arts and seemingly little interest in "serious" music among young people, we...continue...

Hoddinott: Piano Sonatas no 1-10 / Jones

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2005-08-09

Works: Alun Hoddinott: Sonata for Piano no 1, Op.17; Sonata for Piano no 2, Op. 27; Sonata for Piano no 3, Op.40; Sonata for Piano no 4, Op.49; Sonata for Piano no 5, Op.57; Sonata for Piano no 6, Op. 78 no...
Performers: Jones, Martin [Piano]

This 2-CD set repackage has been previously available as two separate discs, and is the only complete set of Hoddinott piano sonatas available. Now aged...continue...

Gregson, Hoddinott, McCabe: Concertos for Orchestra /Bostock

1 CD / Classico (Denmark) / 2002-05-08

Works: Edward Gregson: Contrasts; Alun Hoddinott: Concerto for Orchestra, Op. 127; John McCabe: Concerto for Orchestra
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

"Even if there's nothing here that challenges the masterpieces of the genre by Bartok, Lutoslawski, Petrassi, or Gerhard, there's still no doubt that orchestral writing...continue...

Themes & Variations / Jac Van Steen, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-06-03

Works: Imogen Holst: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme; Arthur Oldham: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme; Michael Tippett: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme; Braint (Severn Bridge Variations; Lennox Berk...
Conductors: Steen, Jac van

"...Performances are superb. Sound in the string-orchestra 'Variations on an Elizabethan Theme' is good but a little dry; the two sets for full orchestra are...continue...

Spectrum & Spectrum 2 / Thalia Myers

2 CD / NMC Classics / 1999-06-24

Works: Eleanor Alberga: If the Silver Bird could speak for piano; Only a wish away for piano; David Bedford: Toccata for piano; Sunset over Stac Pollaidh for piano; Diana Burrell: Constellations 1 & 2 for p...
Performers: Myers, Thalia

"The idea was marvelous: to commission short piano pieces from 50 prominent British composers, each in the format of a Beethoven bagatelle. The results are...continue...

The Sound of St. John's - Tippett, Howells, Orr, etc / Guest

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Jean Langlais: Beatus vir; Robin Orr: Songs of Zion; Michael Tippett: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis "Evening canticles"; Herbert Howells: Requiem; Sequence for St Michael; Evening Service in G major; ...
Conductors: Guest, George
Ensemble: St. John's College Choir, Cambridge

Hoddinott: The Heaventree of Stars, etc / Otaka, BBC Welsh

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Alun Hoddinott: Passagio, Op. 94; Heaventree of stars, Op. 102; Doubles, Op. 106; Star children, Op. 135
Performers: Armstrong, Rosalie; Cowley, David; Kun, Hu
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC Welsh Symphony

Caneuon Cymru: Welsh songs, hymns & anthems

1 CD / Herald /

Works: Mervyn Burtch: Nonsense Verse; Sleep, my gentle child; As I went to Towyn; Dilys Elwyn Edwards: What do you see in Tre-saith?; Mansel Thomas: Cennin Aur (Daffodils); A love song; Llifon Hughes Jones:...