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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...

Holst: St Paul's Suite op. 29 no 2; Warlock: Capriol Suite, etc / Sir Adrian Boult, Vernon Handley, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2008-03-11

Works: Michael William Balfe: Bohemian Girl; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Frederick Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet; Percy Grainger: Shepherd's Hey; Immovab...
Conductors: Braithwaite, Nicholas; Davis, Andrew; Fredman, Myer; Handley, Vernon; Holst, Imogen; Boult, Adrian

Ralph Vaughan Williams evolved a highly personal sound derived in varying degrees from impressionism, folk song modality, Tudor church music and a very personal response...continue...

Vaughan Williams: The Sons of Light; Holst, Parry

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-09-04

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Sons of Light; Gustav Holst: The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18; Hubert Parry: Ode on the Nativity
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Cahill, Teresa
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Atherton, David
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

Legendary performances on CD for the first time! The Sons of Light was commissioned for the Schools Music Association. The composer's wife wrote the text,...continue...

Boult conducts Coates / Boult, London PO, New Philharmonia

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-04-10

Works: Eric Coates: The Merrymakers, a miniature overture; At The Dance (no 3, from Summer Days); From Meadow to Mayfair, suite for orchestra; The 3 Elizabeths; The Three Bears, phantasy for orchestra; The ...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

"This is one of those albums for when one is depressed. It cannot help but lift the spirits and bring a smile to the face....continue...

Holst: Walt Whitman Overture, Ballet Suite / Braithwaite

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-04-10

Works: Gustav Holst: Walt Whitman Overture, for orchestra, Op. 7, H. 42; Suite de ballet, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 10, H. 43; Suite for Military Band no 1 in E flat major, Op. 28 no 1; Suite no 2 ...
Conductors: Braithwaite, Nicholas
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"This is not a release for casual listeners but absolutely essential to those who want to understand genius in a realistic way... Quite simply, buy...continue...

Holst: Works / Imogen Holst, William Bennett, Peter Graeme

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-02-13

Works: Gustav Holst: Songs (2) Without Words for chamber orchestra, Op. 22, H. 88; A Fugal Concerto, for flute, oboe & string orchestra, Op. 40/2, H. 152; The Golden Goose, choral ballet, Op. 45/1, H. 163; ...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Bennett, William; Graeme, Peter; Hurwitz, Emanuel; Sillito, Kenneth
Conductors: Holst, Imogen
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

Imogen Holst (1907-1984), the composer's daughter, was a fine musician herself, an excellent conductor and naturally a persuasive exponent of her father's works. "Another splendid...continue...

Holst: A Winter Idyll, Elegy, Indra, etc / Atherton

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-02-13

Works: Gustav Holst: A Winter Idyll, H 31; Elegy (In Memoriam William Morris), for orchestra, Op. 8, H. 47 (from unpublished "The Cotswolds" Sy; Indra, Op. 13/H 66; A Song of the Night, Op. 19 no 1/H 74; Si...
Performers: Baillie, Alexander; McAslan, Lorraine
Conductors: Atherton, David
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Distinguished British conductor David Atherton founded the London Sinfonietta in 1967, and most recently served as music director of the Hong kong Philharmonic. "A fascinating...continue...

Boult conducts Holst - Fugal Overture, Scherzo, Beni Mora, etc

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-01-09

Works: Gustav Holst: A Fugal Overture, Op. 40 no 1/H 151; A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21 no 2/H 87; Beni Mora, oriental suite for orchestra, Op. 29/1, H. 107; Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 52/H 178 "Hammersmith"; S...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

"Adrian Boult brought tremendous authority to any recording he made of 20th century British works, having known the composers and often having conducted the premiere...continue...