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Bax: Phantasy; Theodore Holland: Ellingham Marches; Vaughan Williams: Suite for Viola; Richard Harvey: Reflections

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2013-01-08

Works: Arnold Bax: Phantasy, for viola & orchestra in D minor; Theodore Holland: Ellingham Marshes, for viola & orchestra; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Suite for viola & small orchestra; Richard Harvey: Reflecti...
Performers: Chase, Roger
Conductors: Bell, Stephen; Harvey, Richard [Gryphon]
Ensemble: ; BBC Concert Orchestra

Celebrated violist Roger Chase again presents repertoire associated with the great Lionel Tertis, played on Tertis's own Montagnana viola. The Bax Phantasy is the highlight,...continue...
Recording information: The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford (04/16/2012-04/18/2012)....continue...

Christopher Wright: Concerto for Violin 'And then there was Silence ...'; Momentum: Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 / Fenella Humphreys, violin

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2012-05-08

Works: Christopher Wright: Momentum, for orchestra; Concerto for Violin ("And then there was silence"); Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5 in D major
Performers: Humphreys, Fenella
Conductors: Yates, Martin
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

This disc presents the world premiere recording of Peter Horton's new edition of Vaughan Williams' fifth symphony. Horton's version addresses many of the textural problems...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Heroic Elegy & Triumphal Epilogue; Alwyn: Prelude - Blackdown; Etc.

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2010-02-09

Works: William Alwyn: Overture in the Form of a Serenade, for voice, choir & orchestra; Prelude, for orchestra; Blackdown, a tone poem from the Surrey Hills, for orchestra; Peter Pan Suite, for orchestra; A...
Performers: Elms, Roderick; Haslam, Micaela
Conductors: Wilson, John

Dutton's world premiere recording of Vaughan Williams' 'Heroic Elegy & Triumphal Epilogue' is a terrific discovery. Much more than an interesting early work, it is...continue...
Recording information: The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford (07/12/2009-07/14/2009)....continue...

The Tertis Tradition - Music for Viola & Piano / Roger Chase, Michiko Otaki

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-09-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Romance for viola & piano; Arnold Bax: Concert Piece; York Bowen: Melody for the C String, Op. 51; Melody for the G string, Op. 47; Edmund Rubbra: Meditations on a Byzantine H...
Performers: Chase, Roger; Otaki, Michiko

Violist Roger Chase and pianist Michiko Otaki follow Chase's pioneering Dutton recording of viola concertos by Stanley Bate and WH Bell by celebrating the Tertis...continue...

From Vaughan Williams attic / Boult, Irving, Wood, London PO, et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-03-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Old King Cole, ballet for chorus & orchestra; Flourish for a Coronation, for chorus & orchestra; Serenade to music; A Song of Thanksgiving for soprano, speaker, cho...
Performers: Allen, Stiles; Allin, Norman; Baillie, Isobel; Balfour, Margaret; Brunskill, Muriel; Desmond, Astra; Easton, Robert; Henderson, Roy; Jarred, Mary; Jones, Parry; Nash, Heddle [Tenor Vocals]; Ritchie, ...
Conductors: Vaughan Williams, Ralph; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Wood, Henry J.; Irving, Ernest
Ensemble: ; Aeolian Orchestra

This fascinating and important release features recordings of Vaughan Williams works, remastered from the composer's personal collection of 78-rpm discs. Works include the film score...continue...

Epoch - Bate, Vaughan Williams, Bell: Viola Concertos / Chase, Bell, BBC Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-01-13

Works: Stanley Bate: Concerto for Viola Op. 46; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Romance for viola & piano; William Henry Bell: Concerto for Viola ("Rosa Mystica")
Performers: Chase, Roger
Conductors: Bell, Stephen

This gorgeous program of viola concertos features music that has been unjustly neglected. Played by celebrated British violist Roger Chase, the Stanley Bate and W.H....continue...

Music from the Movies - Alwyn, Vaughan Williams, Walton, etc

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-11-11

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Forty-Ninth Parallel; The Loves of Joanna Gooden; William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; John Ireland: Overlanders; William Alwyn: The Rake's Progress; The Cure for Love

This release celebrates the wonderful music written for British films during the 1930s, '40s and '50s by composers better-known for their works in the classical...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong; et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2005-10-11

Works: John Carmichael: Fêtes Champêtres, for clarinet & orchestra; Leighton Lucas: Concerto for Clarinet; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Studies (6) in English Folksong; Humphrey Procter-Gregg: Concerto...
Performers: Scott, Ian
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

The lead work here is by a familiar name - Vaughan Williams Six studies in English folk song. Other works include concertos by Leighton Lucas,...continue...

Vaughan Williams conducts Vaughan Williams

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2002-09-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4 in F minor; Symphony no 5 in D major
Conductors: Vaughan Williams, Ralph; Barbirolli, John
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
No performance on record of Vaughan Williams's Fourth Symphony has ever quite matched this very first one, recorded under the composer's baton...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, etc / Wood, BBC SO

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2001-08-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Serenade to music; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Fantasia on Greensleeves
Performers: Allin, Norman; Baillie, Isobel; Balfour, Margaret; Brunskill, Muriel; Desmond, Astra; Easton, Robert; Henderson, Roy; Jarred, Mary; Jones, Parry; Nash, Heddle [Tenor Vocals]; Suddaby, Elsie; Titterto...
Conductors: Wood, Henry J.

"[This recording] brings a most striking discrepancy of pace with modern performances. The first movement alone takes over three minutes less than in most latter-day...continue...