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Vaughan Williams: The Complete Symphonies / Rodgers, Maltman, Russell, Silverthorne, Bournemouth SO, et al

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); The wasps; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"); Symphony no ...
Performers: Dowie, Christopher; Green, Stuart; Maltman, Christopher; O'Brien, Brendan; Rodgers, Joan; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Russell, Lynda; Silverthorne, Paul
Conductors: Daniel, Paul; Bakels, Kees
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Waynflete Singers

Classics - Tippett: The Symphonies / Hickox, Bournemouth SO

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-10-18

Works: Michael Tippett: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 3 for soprano & orchestra; Symphony no 4; New Year Suite, suite from the opera for orchestra
Performers: Bush, Melanie; Holmes, Tim; Horch, Kyle; Millett, Robert; Robinson, Faye; Smith, Steve; Taylor, S. Alan
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

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This is Tippett firing on all cylinders, with a performance and recording to match.
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Rawsthorne: Symphony no 1 - 3 / Lloyd-Jones, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Alan Rawsthorne: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2 ("A Pastoral Symphony"); Symphony no 3
Performers: Ellet, Charlotte
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

By the time his eagerly awaited 'First Symphony' appeared in 1950, Alan Rawsthorne had already established a singular compositional voice. The 'First Symphony' is an...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A Sea Symphony"

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"
Performers: Maltman, Christopher; Rodgers, Joan
Conductors: Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: Bournemouth Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

American Classics - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Leonard Bernstein: On the Waterfront; Chichester Psalms; Dance Episodes (3) from "On the Town", for orchestra
Performers: Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Charrier, Paul; Franklin-Kitchen, Elisabeth; Kelly, Thomas
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"Alsop displays a special sympathy for this score's intimate undertow, investing softer music with a tingling atmosphere and lyrical poetry that consistently ignite the imagination,...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 7 & 8 / Bakels, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-06-30

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 7 for soprano, small female chorus & orchestra with narrator ad lib ("Sinfonia Antarti; Symphony no 8 in D minor; Percy Bysshe Shelley: Prometheus Unbound; Anonym...
Performers: Dowie, Christopher; Russell, Lynda
Conductors: Bakels, Kees
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Waynflete Singers

"Mr. Bakels is clearly one of the most talented conductors on the scene today and a potential treasure for the Naxos label. Critics' Choice 1998"...continue...

Delius: A Mass of Life, Requiem / Hickox, Bournemouth SO

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-03-18

Works: Frederick Delius: Requiem, for soprano, baritone, double chorus & orchestra, RT ii/8; A Mass of Life (Eine Messe des Lebens), for soloists, chorus & orchestra, RT ii/4
Performers: Coleman-Wright, Peter; Evans, Rebecca; Rigby, Jean; Robson, Nigel; Rodgers, Joan; Waynflete Singers
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Waynflete Singers

"The Mass can be a problematic work, but Hickox proved in his 1996 recording, here reissued, that given a sumptuous recording, sensitive orchestral playing and...continue...