Walton, William > Marriner, Sir Neville

Time Traveller: Wartime Britain

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; Henry V; Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: Dusk, for voice & piano; Richard Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto; Walter Kent: The White Cliffs of Dover; Kenneth J. Alford: C...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Bowlly, Al; Coward, Noel; Hess, Myra; Lynn, Vera
Conductors: Walton, William; Dunn, Vivian; Alwyn, Kenneth; Osborne, Tony; Marriner, Sir Neville; Groves, Charles, Sir; Gibbons, Carroll; Barbirolli, John; Wallace, J.L.; Noble, Ray; Kilbey, Reginald

Britain's Finest Hour - and six years of cataclysm, stoicism and heroism - are recalled by this richly varied collection of music associated with the...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...

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...

Classics - Walton: Henry V / Marriner, Plummer, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-09-11

Works: William Walton: Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer); Giles Farnaby: Rosa Solis for keyboard; Anonymous, English: Watkin's Ale, song; Joseph Ca...
Performers: Nicklin, Celia; Watson, Ian
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Westminster Cathedral Choir

Stellar performance of this comprehensive representation of Walton's great film score, including noted Shakespearean actor Christopher Plummer who imparts presence and authority as speaker Available...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

Bear Essentials - British Film Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-08-26

Works: Ron Goodwin: The Trap; Battle of Britain; 633 Squadron; Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; Sir Arthur Bliss: Things to Come, F 131; Alan Rawsthorne: Uncle Silas; The Cruel Sea; William W...
Performers: Carewe, Mary [soprano]; Dukes, Philip; Roscoe, Martin; Wild, Earl
Conductors: Goodwin, Ron; Gamba, Rumon; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hickox, Richard; Stephens, D. S.; Horenstein, Jascha
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Air Force Regiment Band; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Walton: Battle of Britain Suite, etc / Marriner, ASMF

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; A Wartime Sketchbook, for orchestra (arranged by C.Palmer from film scores); Escape Me Never, suite from the film score for orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer)...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields