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Frederick Converse: American Sketches; Song of the Sea; Festival of Pan / Keith Lockhart

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2012-01-10

Works: Frederick Converse: Song of the Sea, tone poem after Whitman, for orchestra; Festival of Pan, for orchestra, Op. 9; American Sketches, symphonic suite for orchestra
Conductors: Lockhart, Keith
Ensemble: ; BBC Concert Orchestra

The American composer Frederick Shepherd Converse was a leading name in American music up to the Second World War. It was Converse who composed the...continue...
Recording information: Air Studios, Hampstead, London....continue...

Havergal Brian: Symphony No. 1 "Gothic" / Brabbins

2 CD / Hyperion / 2011-12-13

Works: Havergal Brian: Symphony no 1 in D minor for soloists, chorus, brass bands & orchestra, "The Gothic"; Recorded Sound: Applause
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

In July 2011, over 800 performers gathered in London's Royal Albert Hall to give a rare performance of Havergal Brian's Symphony No.1 in D minor...continue...
Recording information: BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London, England (07/17/2011)....continue...

Delius: Hiawatha, Double concerto, etc / Philippe Graffin, Sarah-Jane Bradley, et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2009-09-08

Works: Frederick Delius: Hiawatha; Suite for Violin and Orchestra; Légende for Violin and Orchestra; Concerto for Violin and Cello; Caprice and Elegy for Cello and Orchestra
Performers: Bradley, Sarah-Jane; Graffin, Philippe
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Dutton presents a selection of rare and unrecorded Delius with the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by David Lloyd-Jones. It includes the early tone poem Hiawatha...continue...

Epoch - German: Symphony no 2, etc / John Wilson, BBC Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-07-08

Works: Edward German: March-Rhapsody; Symphonic Suite in D minor ("The 'Leeds' Suite"); Symphony no 2 in A minor ("Norwich")
Performers: McGill, Howard
Conductors: Wilson, John
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Dutton Epoch's mini-cycle of Sir Edward German's symphonies concludes with the release of this second disc, containing the 1893 "Norwich" Symphony coupled with the quasi-symphonic...continue...

American Classics - Anderson: Orchestral Music Vol 2 / Leonard Slatkin, BBC Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-04-29

Works: Leroy Anderson: Woodbury Fanfare; A Harvard Festival; Forgotten Dreams; Whistling Kettle; Horse and Buggy; The Waltzing Cat; Home Stretch; Girl in Satin; March of the Two Left Feet; Waltz Around the ...
Performers: McCallum, David; Young, Alistair
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Leroy Anderson etched out his own unique place in American music – a composer rigorously trained in the classical tradition whose records topped the pop...continue...

American Classics - Leroy Anderson: Orchestral Music, Vol 1

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-01-29

Works: Leroy Anderson: Bugler's Holiday; Blue Tango; The First Day of Spring, for orchestra; Belle of the Ball, for orchestra; Governor Bradford March, for orchestra; Clarinet Candy; The Captains and the Ki...
Performers: Biegel, Jeffrey; Blackshaw, John; Graham, Neville; McCallum, David; McLaren, Jenny; Moore, Catherine
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

"Among the smaller pieces you'll find familiar favorites... but also some lesser-known but no less delicious surprises. There's The First Day of Spring, a gorgeous...continue...

The Film Music of John Addison / Gamba, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-06-26

Works: John Mervin Addison: I was Monty's Double; Centennial; Swashbuckler; A Bridge Too Far; The Maggie; Reach for the Sky; Strange Invaders; The Man Between; Tom Jones; The Charge of the Light Brigade; Br...
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

"Addison stepped in at the last minute to composer 'Torn Curtain' for Hitchcock, writing a turbulent main theme, scored in dark colours, stamping a less...continue...

Master Works II - for Organ and Orchestra / Filsell, et al

1 CD / Guild / 1997-09-01

Works: Marcel Dupré: Symphony for organ & orchestra in G minor, Op. 25; Cortège et litanie, Op. 19; Joseph Gilles: Symphony for organ in E major; Jeanne Demessieux: Poeme, for organ & orchestra,...
Performers: Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Sullivan: Irish Symphony, Imperial March, etc / Hughes, BBC

1 CD / CPO / 1994-11-01

Works: Arthur Sullivan: Symphony in E major ("Irish"); Imperial March, for orchestra (also arr. for piano); Victoria and Merrie England, suite from the ballet; Overture (In Memoriam), for orchestra in C maj...
Performers: Harris, Linden
Conductors: Hughes, Owain Arwel
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra