Wood, Haydn

Great British Composers, Vol. 1: Coates, Johnson, Wood, Curzon, Bliss, et al. / London Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Guild / 2012-11-13

Works: Eric Coates: London (London Every Day), suite for orchestra; Haydn Wood: Moods Suite; Frederic Curzon: Dance of the Ostracised Imp, for orchestra; Arthur Bliss: Things to Come; Richard Addinsell: Bli...
Conductors: Johnson, Eric; Williams, Charles; Curzon, Frederic; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Mathieson, Muir; Robinson, Stanford; Farnon, Robert; Torch, Sidney; Dumont, Cedric; Buchhold, Heinz; Liter, Monia

Guild begins a series within their series of The Golden Age of Light Music. This one features light music by great British composers....continue...

British Light Classics - works by Bayco, Coates, Curzon, Docker, Farnon, Grainger, Hartley, Ketelbey, Tomlinson et al. / Groves, Alwyn, Lanchbery et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Calling All Workers, march for orchestra; The Merrymakers, a miniature overture; Knightsbridge March; Oxford Street, march for orchest...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Kilbey, Reginald; Lanchbery, John; Vinter, Gilbert; Groves, Charles, Sir; Dunn, Vivian, Sir; Alwyn, Kenneth; Williams, Charles; Torch, Sidney; Martin, Ray; Weldon, George; Co...

From the Sleepy Lagoon to the Dam Busters, from Knightsbridge in a Jaunting Car to a Monastery Garden: all the classic tracks collected here are...continue...

Elgar: The Fringes of the Fleet

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: John Ansell: Plymouth Hoe (A Nautical Overture), for orchestra; Windjammer Overture, for pops orchestra; Edward Elgar: The Fringes of the Fleet, pieces (4) for baritone solo, 3 baritones & orchestra;...
Performers: Lester, Nicholas; Meikle, Laurence; Rock, Duncan; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Higgins, Tom

The major work on this recording is Elgar's The Fringes of the Fleet, here receiving its first fully professional orchestral recording in 92 years....continue...
Recording information: All Hallows Church, Gospel Oak, London NW3 (05/09/2009/05/10/2009)....continue...

Golden Age of Light Music: From the Vintage Vaults

1 CD / Guild / 2011-07-12

Works: Lionel Monckton: The Arcadians, overture to the musical for orchestra; Zez Confrey: Buffoon, novelty rag; Haydn Wood: Rondel / Mina, medley for pops orchestra (after Edward Elgar); Ernst Fischer: Arp...
Conductors: Wood, Arthur; Wood, Haydn; Gaden, Robert; Hartley, Fred; Weber, Marek; Raybould, Clarence; Geczy, Barnabas Von; Lorand, Edith; Wilbur, Jay; Campoli, Alfredo; Goehr, Walter; Sandler, Albert; Hylton, J...

This latest release in Guild's Light Music Series features famous composers of symphonies, marches, jazz and just about everything in-between. This varied selection, mainly from...continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Lightly Classical

1 CD / Guild / 2011-02-08

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Claude Debussy: Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Gustav Holst: St. Paul's Suite; William Walton: Façade Suite no 2; Peter DeRose: The Lamp Is ...
Conductors: Challet, Pierre; Morley, Angela; Walton, William; De Vol, Frank; Torch, Sidney; Gamba, Piero; Williams, Charles; Munro, Ronnie; Green, Philip; Jones, Leslie; Kostelanetz, André; Carroll, David; ...

The collection of music on this recording proves that the so-called boundaries between light and classical music are not insurmountable; that many composers had lighter...continue...

The Best Of British Light Music

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2010-07-27

Works: Ron Goodwin: 633 Squadron; Vivian Ellis: Coronation Scot, for orchestra; Robert Farnon: Westminster Waltz, for orchestra; Jumping Bean for orchestra; Eric Coates: London Suite; By the Sleepy Lagoon, ...
Performers: Handley, Vernon
Conductors: Handley, Vernon

Recording information: Blackheath Halls (04/16/1997/04/17/1997)....continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: A Trip to the Library

1 CD / Guild / 2010-07-13

Works: Harry Rabinowitz: Livin' It Up, for orchestra; Trevor Duncan: The Girl from Corsica; Paul Dubois: Jacarada Melody, for orchestra; Bruce Campbell: Popsy, for orchestra; Jack Beaver: Helicopter Journey...
Conductors: Dumont, Cedric; Farnon, Robert; van der Linden, Dolf; Rehfeld, Kurt; Warren, Walker; Roger, Roger; Arden, Theo; Devereaux, Georges; Collins, Walter; Torch, Sidney; Melachrino, George; Robinson, Stanf...
Ensemble: ; Hudson Ensemble

Lionel Sainsbury: Violin Concerto; Wood: Violin Concerto

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2010-05-11

Works: Lionel Sainsbury: Concerto for Violin Op. 14; Haydn Wood: Concerto for Violin in A minor; Adagio from Violin Concerto in B minor
Performers: McAslan, Lorraine
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Sutherland, Gavin

On this an indispensable program for all lovers of romantic violin concertos, violinist Lorraine McAslan plays gorgeous violin concertos by Haydn Wood and Lionel Sainsbury....continue...
Recording information: The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford....continue...

Haydn Wood

1 CD / Symposium / 2009-12-08

Works: Haydn Wood: A May-Day Overture; Mannin Veen; Homage March, for orchestra; Moods; Three Famous Pictures, for orchestra; Evening Song, An, for orchestra; London Landmarks Suite; Paris; The Quietest Thi...
Performers: Booth, Webster; Cochrane, Peggie; Foort, Reginald; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Schneider, Edwin; Wood, Haydn; Ziegler, Anne
Conductors: Wood, Haydn; Torch, Sidney; Somers, Debroy; Braithwaite, Warwick

This compilation was made in honor of the 50th anniversary of Haydn Wood's death. Wood wrote ballads and love songs for his wife and together...continue...

Sailing By

2 CD / Decca Import / 2009-08-18

Works: Ronald Binge: Sailing By, for orchestra (theme for BBC Radio 4's Late Night Shipping Forecast); The Watermill; Albert W. Ketèlbey: In a Monastery Garden for chorus & orchestra; In a Persian Ma...
Performers: Hulse, Gareth
Conductors: Heller, Walter; Rogers, Eric; Lewis, Paul [Composer]; Nabarro, Malcolm; Sutherland, Gavin; Fennell, Frederick; Wilson, John; Gerhardt, Charles; Wick, Denis

The World of Epoch

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-11-11

Works: Robert Farnon: Captain Horatio Hornblower, suite from the film score; David Dubery: Mrs Harris in Paris, for recorder & string orchestra; Haydn Wood: Suite of Four Edward Elgar Songs, transcriptions ...
Performers: Gibbs, Robert; McAslan, Lorraine; Mead, Steven; Owen, Martin; Scott, Ian; Trusler, Matthew; Turner, John; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wu, Mary; Young, Alistair
Conductors: Wilson, John; McKenzie, Philip; Lloyd-Jones, David; Vass, George; Handley, Vernon; Bell, Stephen; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Horovitz, Joseph; Wordsworth, Barry; Sutherland, Gavin; Drummond, David; Yat...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Ensemble

'The World of Epoch' is a mid-priced sampler containing twenty tracks that highlight the classical and light music repertoire featured in Dutton's Epoch series. Composers...continue...

Best of London - Sullivan, Elgar, Handel, Holst, Walton, etc

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-07-29

Works: Arthur Sullivan: Yeomen of the Guard; Eric Coates: London (London Every Day), suite for orchestra; London Calling, march; London Again, suite for orchestra; Haydn Wood: London Cameos; London Landmark...
Performers: Knowles, Martin; Larkin, Mathew; Lenehan, John [Piano]; Linell, Dorothy
Conductors: Penny, Andrew; Leaper, Adrian; Kingston, Geoffrey A.; Wordsworth, Barry; Sutherland, Gavin; Tomlinson, Ernest; Daniel, Paul; Griffiths, Howard; Summerly, Jeremy; Bakels, Kees; Edison, Noel

A rousing collection of music evoking Britain’s capital city in all its pomp and glory. CD 1 takes the listener on a nostalgic journey though...continue...

Marine Band Retrospective

1 CD / Altissimo / 2008-05-20

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Haydn Wood: Mannin Veen; Camille Saint-Saëns: Suite algérienne, Op...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy

As a new century in the history of the concert band begins, the United States Marine Band enjoys a more vast and diverse repertoire than...continue...
Recording information: Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax, (06/03/2002-06/07/2002)....continue...

British Light Music Classics / Corp, New London Orchestra

4 CD / Hyperion / 2006-11-14

Works: Eric Coates: Calling All Workers, march for orchestra; London (London Every Day), suite for orchestra; Music Everywhere (Rediffusion March); By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Geoffr...
Performers: Scott, Ruth
Conductors: Corp, Ronald [Composer]

77 tracks of golden nostalgia on 4 compact discs, including the music made famous as the signature tunes to Music While You Work, The Secret...continue...

Joyousness - The Music of Haydn Wood

1 CD / Guild / 2006-07-01

Works: Haydn Wood: London Landmarks Suite; Moods Suite; Three Famous Pictures, for orchestra; Longing, for orchestra; Roses of Picard (Song Intermezzo), for orchestra; Cities of Romance Suite, for orchestra...
Performers: Foort, Reginald; Gardner, Freddy; Wood, Haydn
Conductors: Preston, Robert; Wood, Haydn; Leon, Jack; Crean, Richard; Yorke, Peter; Shadwell, Charles; Williams, Charles; Farnon, Robert; Krish, Serge

For its first disc devoted to a single composer, Guild presents what could be called the "authentic performing editions" of this music. For many years,...continue...
Personnel: Freddy Gardner (saxophone); Reginald Foort (organ)....continue...

British Light Music Premieres Vol 2

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories Import / 2005-06-14

Works: Philip Lane: Overture on French Carols, for orchestra; Concertino for flute & small orchestra (after John Field); Haydn Wood: British Rhapsody, for orchestra; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Variations, for...
Performers: Anderson, John; Stinton, Jennifer
Conductors: Sutherland, Gavin; Thomson, Neil; Bigg, Julian

As witnessed by the perennial appeal of Proms concerts, the 'light music' tradition is still alive and well in Britain. This disc is the second...continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music - An Introduction

1 CD / Guild / 2004-06-01

Works: Robert Farnon: Gateway to the West; Sidney Torch: Going for a Ride; Richard Rodgers: Spring is Here; Jonny Heykens: Serenade; Warren: Martinique; Donald Phillips: Skyscraper Fantasy; David Rose: Danc...
Performers: , Charles Williams & His Concert Orchestra; Anderson, Leroy & His Pops Concert Orchestra; Danish State Radio Orchestra; Faith, Percy & His Orchestra; Farnon, Robert [Composer/Conductor]; Frank Chacks...
Conductors: Farnon, Robert; Torch, Sidney; Kostelanetz, André; Goodwin, Ron; Martin, Ray; Williams, Charles; Rose, David; Mantovani, The Orchestra; Deveraux, Georges; Collins, Walter; Green, Philip; Gould, ...

Personnel: Arthur Gleghorn (flute)....continue...

Elizabethan Serenade - The Best of British Light Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-09-30

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; London (London Every Day), suite for orchestra; The Dam Busters, march for the film score; Frederic Curzon: Robin Hood, suite for orch...
Conductors: Penny, Andrew; Leaper, Adrian; Tomlinson, Ernest; Carpenter, Gary

Richard Tauber in London

1 CD / Testament / 1996-01-10

Works: Cole Porter: Night and day, song (from The Gay Divorcee); Paul A. Rubens: I love the moon; Franz Lehár: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (You Are My Heart's Delight) (from "Das Land des Lächelns")...
Performers: Kahn, Percy; Laye, Evelyn; Tauber, Richard
Conductors: Walter, Gustav; Collinson, Frank