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Elgar: The Starlight Express / Sir Andrew Davis, Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Elin Thomas, soprano; Roderick Williams, baritone

2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Edward Elgar: Starlight Express, Op. 78; The Starlight Express, suite for 2 voices & orchestra (arranged by Andrew Davis); Clive Carey: Songs (3) from "The Starlight Express", for voice & orchestra
Performers: Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

This fairytale melodrama was adapted from a book by Algernon Blackwood, A Prisoner in Fairyland, for a West End theatre production staged during World War...continue...
Recording information: Studio 80a, BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, Lon (05/28/2012-05/30/2012); Usher Hall, Edinburgh (05/28/2012-05/30/2012); Studio 80a, BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Plac...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...

John Ireland: Orchestral Songs and Miniatures

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2010-05-11

Works: Peter Andrew Tranchell: Festive Overture, for orchestra; Herbert Murrill: Country Dances, for orchestra; Walter Collins: Prelude to Ecstasy, for orchestra; Lionel Sainsbury: Allegro risoluto, for str...
Performers: Mutter, Charles; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Wilson, John; Sutherland, Gavin; Murphy, Paul; Yates, Martin

Dutton's survey of works for voice and orchestra by John Ireland, including the last two unrecorded songs orchestrated by Ireland himself and sung here by...continue...

Elgar: Sea Pictures; Pageant of Empire

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2010-05-11

Works: Edward Elgar: Pageant of Empire, songs (8) for voice (or chorus) & orchestra; The Pipes of Pan, song for voice & piano; Op. 60; Sea Pictures, Op. 37; Ivor Gurney: Lights out; Michael Hurd: Shore Leav...
Performers: Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Yates, Martin

Listening to Elgar's beloved Sea Pictures sung by a male voice will be an eye-opening experience for all Elgarians, making one wonder why it had...continue...
Recording information: The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford (2009-10-06_2009-10-07&2009-)....continue...

The Floral Dance and Other Peter Dawson Favourites [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Katie Moss: The Floral Dance, for voice & piano; William Percy French: Phil the Fluter's Ball; Leslie Coward: Wandering the King's Highway, for voice & orchestra; Ernest Newton: The Drum Major; Wilfr...
Performers: Yurisich, Gregory
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing....continue...

British Music / Sir Simon Rattle

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42; Falstaff, symphonic study for orchestra in C minor, Op. 68; Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61; The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38; Pomp a...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Elms, Roderick; Hampson, Thomas; Harrell, Lynn; Heinen, Ulrich; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Mitchinson, John; Shirley-Qui...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Halsey, Simon;
Ensemble: Berliner Philharmoniker; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchest

This new 11CD box set in the Simon Rattle Edition contains many favorites from the English repertory including Elgar's Engma Variations and Violin Concerto, Walton's...continue...

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38 / Elder, Groves, Terfel, Coote, et al

2 CD / Halle Records / 2009-01-13

Works: Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Performers: Coote, Alice; Groves, Paul; Terfel, Bryn

Elgar's late masterpiece is an extraordinary work full of drama and passion alongside exquisite music of sublime delicacy. It is a moving expression of the...continue...

Elgar: The Collector's Edition

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Introduction and Allegro, for string quartet & string orchestra in G major, Op. 47; Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63; Elegy for Strings, Op. ...
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Ben-Tovim, Atarah; Borg, Kim; Bramma, Harry; Cahill, Teresa; Case, John Carol; Chapman, Michael; Cook, Brian R...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Groves, Charles, Sir; Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Collingwood, Lawrance; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Hickox, Richard; Robinson, Christopher; del Mar, Norman; Hal...
Ensemble: ; Allegri String Quartet

Following the releases of the Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert Collector's Edition Boxed sets, EMI Classics is now proud to present the Elgar Collector's Edition. To...continue...

The Floral Dance and other Peter Dawson Favorites

1 CD / Melba Recordings / 2006-08-01

Works: Katie Moss: Floral dance; William Percy French: Phil the Fluther's Ball; Leslie Coward: Wandering the King's Highway; Ernest Newton: Drum-Major; Wilfred Sanderson: Up from Somerset; Thomas Moore: She...
Performers: Yurisich, Gregory
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Here is a delightful tribute from two fine modern musicians to one of the most beloved (and extensively recorded) Australian bass-baritones of the early 20th...continue...

Elgar: The Apostles / Cooke, Philharmonia Orchestra, et al

2 CD / Quartz Records / 2006-05-09

Works: Edward Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49
Performers: Campbell, Colin; Leese, Anna; Poole, Louise; Rice, Robert W.; Staples, Andrew; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Flood, David; Cooke, Richard
Ensemble: Canterbury Choral Society

A rare and long-awaited new recording of Elgar's greatest and most important choral works. It is the only version recorded in a cathedral, as Elgar...continue...

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius / Hill, Kendall, Fryer, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-05-20

Works: Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Performers: Best, Matthew [Bass Vocals]; Fryer, Sarah; Kendall, William
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-10-28

Works: Edward Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49
Performers: Elms, Roderick; Hargan, Alison; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Rendall, David; Roberts, Stephen; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Hickox, Richard

If There Were Dreams to Sell / Varcoe, Hickox, London Sinf

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Roger Quilter: Shakespeare Songs (3) for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 6; George Butterworth: Love Blows as the Wind Blows, songs (4) for voice & string quartet (or orchestra); Songs (6) from "A ...
Performers: Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia