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Lyrita Box Set 2 (Box)

4 CD / Lyrita / 2010-01-12

Works: Gordon Jacob: Symphony no 1; Daniel Jones: Dance Fantasy for orchestra; John Joubert: Symphony no 1, Op. 20; Constant Lambert: Music for Orchestra; Walter Leigh: Concertino for Harpsichord/Piano and ...
Performers: Ogdon, John; Pinnock, Trevor
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Downes, Edward; Davison, Arthur; Boult, Adrian; Pritchard, John; del Mar, Norman; Herrmann, Bernard; Goossens, Eugene, Sir...

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

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...

Premières & Encores - Pierson, Rawsthorne, etc

1 CD / Lyrita / 2008-03-11

Works: Henry Hugo Pierson: Macbeth, symphonic poem, Op.54; Alan Rawsthorne: Cortèges, fantasy overture for orchestra; David Morgan: Contrasts, for orchestra; Francis Chagrin: Helter Skelter, concert ov...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Handley, Vernon; Pritchard, John; Braithwaite, Nicholas
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

In the 'Britain, Scandinavia and the Netherlands' edition of the 'Twentieth Century Composers' series, Humphrey Searle commented on Alan Rawsthorne: "I feel that his contribution...continue...

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

Lambert: Pomona, Romeo & Juliet, Orchestral Works

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-11-13

Works: Constant Lambert: Romeo and Juliet, ballet in 2 tableaux; Pomona, ballet; Music for Orchestra; Summer's Last Will and Testament for baritone, chorus & orchestra
Conductors: del Mar, Norman; Wordsworth, Barry; Joly, Simon
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

New recordings and legendary performances on CD for the first time! Born in London, Constant Lambert (1905–1951) studied at the Royal College of Music with...continue...

Maconchy: Proud Thames, Music for Strings / Parikian

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-08-07

Works: Elizabeth Maconchy: Overture, Proud Thames; Symphony, for double string orchestra; Serenata Concertante, for violin and orchestra; Music for Strings
Performers: Parikian, Manoug
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Wordsworth, Barry

"On this Lyrita disc at least, Elizabeth Maconchy comes off like a genuinely great composer. The supple strength of her Overture, Proud Themes from 1952,...continue...

Jacob: Symphonies no 1 & 2 / Wordsworth, London PO

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-08-07

Works: Gordon Jacob: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2 in C major
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Gordon Jacob (1895-1984) was a pupil of Vaughan Wiliams and of Stanford at the Royal College of Music, which he attended from 1920 to 1924....continue...

Box of Delights - British Light Music Gems/ Wordsworth, Joly

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-06-12

Works: Phyllis Tate: London Fields, suite for orchestra; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Characteristic Waltzes (4) for orchestra, Op 22; Three-Fours, valse suite for piano, Op 71; Granville Bantock: Russian Scene...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Joly, Simon
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

A unique and utterly delightful program of rarely-heard orchestral works by rarely-heard British composers! Meet, for example, Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960), mentored by Ferruccio Busoni,...continue...

Benjamin: Overture, Cotillon, Symphony / Fredman, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-05-08

Works: Arthur Benjamin: Overture To an Italian Comedy; Cotillion Suite, for orchestra; North American Square Dance for orchestra, Nos 1-8, complete; Symphony no 1
Conductors: Fredman, Myer; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

"Much of the music is dark-hued and Benjamin's orchestration is often weighted towards the bass end of the orchestra. There's a telling use of percussion...continue...

Coates: Three Men, Dancing Nights, Rhapsodies / Wordsworth

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-04-10

Works: Eric Coates: The Man About Town (no 2, from The Three Men); Dancing Nights, valse; Symphonic Rhapsody on "I Pitch My Lonely Caravan at Night"; Symphonic Rhapsody on 'I Heard You Singing' And 'Bird So...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Composer Eric Coates (1886-1957) was known as "The King of British Light Music." His rhythmically irresistible pieces have delighted audiences and become classics of their...continue...

Bush: Yorick Overture, etc / Vernon Handley, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-03-13

Works: Geoffrey Bush: Overture, Yorick; Music for orchestra; Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2 (The Guildford)
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Another entry in Lyrita's incomparable catalog of definitive performances of works by the greatest British composers. "Bush's individuality lies in his sound, which is colourful,...continue...

Foulds: Le Cabaret, April-England, etc / Barry Wordsworth

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-02-13

Works: John Foulds: Le Cabaret, Op. 72a; April-England, Op. 48 no 1; Pasquinade Symphonique no 2, Op. 98; Hellas Suite, Op. 45; Mantras (3), Op. 61b
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

The wife of John Foulds was an expert on the music of India, and in 1935 he traveled there to collect folk music and pursue...continue...