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English Impressions / Lydia Jardon, Mireille Jardon

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2009-09-01

Works: Frank Bridge: Sonata for Violin and Piano, H 48; Benjamin Britten: Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6; Alan Rawsthorne: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Performers: Jardon, Lydia; Jardon, Mireille

A captivating, well-conceive and interpreted program the Jardon sisters go straight to the spirit and heart of these pages which they avidly and thoroughly explore...continue...

Northern Lights - Ireland, Bainton, Scott, Rawsthorne / Ferrand, Young

1 CD / Meridian Records / 2009-05-12

Works: John Ireland: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor; The Holy Boy; Edgar Bainton: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Cyril Scott: Ballade for Cello and Piano; Alan Rawsthorne: Sonata for Cello and Piano
Performers: Ferrand, Emma; Young, Jeremy

Meridian Records is thrilled to announce the release of 'Northern Lights', featuring English cello sonatas composed 1920-1950, expertly performed by cellist Emma Ferrand and pianist...continue...

Rawsthorne, Stevens: Piano Works / James Gibb

1 CD / Lyrita / 2009-03-10

Works: Alan Rawsthorne: Bagatelles (4) for Piano; Sonatina for Piano; Romantic Pieces (4) for Piano; Bernard Stevens: Inventions (5) for Piano, Op. 14; Ballad for Piano, Op. 17; Fantasia for Piano on "Giles...
Performers: Gibb, James

Though Alan Rawsthorne's most-often performed keyboard works are those he wrote for piano and other instruments, he produced a number of accomplished pieces for solo...continue...

Rawsthorne: Practical Cats, etc / Lloyd-Jones, Callow, Williams, et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories/Vocalion (UK) / 2008-05-13

Works: Alan Rawsthorne: Street Corner; Madame Chrysanthème; Practical Cats; Theme, Variations and Finale; Medieval Dyptich; Coronation Overture
Performers: Callow, Simon; Williams, Jeremy Huw
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

David Lloyd-Jones and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra are completely at home in Rawsthorne's repertoire, and in 'Practical Cats' renowned English actor Simon Callow brings...continue...

Chamber Music - Rawsthorne, Berkeley, Bush / Brymer, The Music Group of London, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2008-05-13

Works: Sir Lennox Berkeley: Sonatina for Violin and Piano, Op. 17; Sextet for Clarinet, Horn and Strings, Op. 47; Alan Bush: Concert Studies (3) for Piano, Violin and Cello; Ballads of the Sea (2), Op.50; S...
Performers: Bean, Hugh; Brymer, Jack; Bush, Alan; Civil, Alan; Croxford, Eileen; Humphreys, Sydney; Major, Margaret; Parkhouse, David; Routh, Frances; Simpson, Derek; Wellington, Christopher
Ensemble: Aeolian String Quartet Members; Music Group of London; Music Group of London Members

The Alpha Collection - Liverpool Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Priory Records / 2008-01-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Hymnal; Communion service in G minor; Sir F.A. Gore Ouseley: O Saviour of the world; Edwin Roxburgh: A passiontide carol; Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus; Ernest Pratt: Comm...
Performers: Rawsthorne, Noel; Tracey, Ian
Ensemble: Liverpool Cathedral Choir

Rawsthorne: Overture, Piano Concertos / Braithwaite, Binns

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-05-08

Works: Alan Rawsthorne: Symphonic Studies; Street Corner; Concerto for Piano no 1; Concerto for Piano no 2
Performers: Binns, Malcolm
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Alan Rawsthorne (1905-1971) is perhaps the only notable composer who started a career as a dentist. Tiring of teeth, he turned to music and had...continue...

Rawsthorne: Piano Concertos / Bamert, Tozer, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-03-27

Works: Alan Rawsthorne: Concerto for Piano no 1; Concerto for Piano no 2
Performers: Cislowska, Tamara Anna; Tozer, Geoffrey
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"This 1992 Chandos disc featuring pianist Geoffrey Tozer with pianist Tamara Anna Cislowska in the double concerto accompanied by Matthias Bamert leading the London Philharmonic...continue...

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Britten, etc / Leppard

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-03-20

Works: Alan Rawsthorne: Practical Cats; Sergei Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67; Benjamin Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
Performers: Baker, Richard [speaker]; Donat, Robert
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra; New Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Points North - Piano Duets / Swallow, WIlson

1 CD / Campion Records / 2007-02-01

Works: Sir William Walton: Portsmouth Point; Alan Rawsthorne: The Creel; Thomas Pitfield: Minors; Leonard Isaacs: Duets (2) for Piano 4 Hands based on Folktunes; Norman Cocker: Duets (8) for Piano 4 Hands; ...
Performers: Swallow, Keith; Wilson, John [piano]

Keith Swallow won a West Riding scholarship at the age of sixteen to study at the Royal Manchester College of Music, where he was awarded...continue...

Rawsthorne: Symphonies 1-3 / Pritchard, Del Mar, Braithwaite

1 CD / Lyrita / 2006-11-14

Works: Alan Rawsthorne: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 3
Performers: Chadwell, Tracey
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Alan Rawsthorne (1905-1971) is perhaps the only notable composer who started a career as a dentist. Tiring of teeth, he turned to music but didn't...continue...

Rawsthorne: String Quartets, etc / Maggini Quartet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Alan Rawsthorne: Theme and Variations for 2 Violins; Quartet for Strings no 1 "Theme and Variations"; Quartet for Strings no 2; Quartet for Strings no 3
Performers: Angel, David; Jackson, Laurence
Ensemble: Maggini String Quartet

"The Maggini Quartet's tireless exploration of the British string quartet repertoire continues in fine style with this indispensable anthology devoted to Alan Rawsthorne (1905 -71)....continue...

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 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 3
Performers: Ellet, Charlotte
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...

British Guitar Music - Walton, et al / Devine

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-01-18

Works: Sir William Walton: Bagatelles (5) for Guitar; Peter Maxwell Davies: The Yellow Cake Revue; Alan Rawsthorne: Elegy for Guitar; Sir Lennox Berkeley: Sonatina for Guitar, Op. 52 no 1; Theme and Variati...
Performers: Devine, Graham Anthony

The emergence of British guitar music during the second half of the twentieth century is due almost entirely to the great guitarist Julian Bream. It...continue...

My England - Timeless English Concertos

5 CD / ASV / 2004-09-21

Works: Gerald Finzi: Concerto for Clarinet in C minor, Op. 31; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Concerto for Oboe in A minor; Gustav Holst: A Fugal Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Strings, Op. 40 no 2/H 152; John Gardn...
Performers: Bolister, Ruth; Crowther, Jill; Edinger, Christiane; Elcombe, Keith; Harle, John; Hill, Kate; Johnson, Emma; Norris, David Owen; Salvage, Graham; Scott, Ian; Stinton, Jennifer; Turner, John [recorder...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Concert Orchestra; Elgar Chamber Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; English Northern Philharmonia; Fibonacci Sequence; Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Royal Philhar...

Tribute to Sir Fred - Messager, Liszt, et al / Wordsworth

2 CD / ASV / 2004-02-24

Works: André Messager: Les deux pigeons; Franz Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie"; Alan Rawsthorne: Madame Chrysanthème; François Couperin: Pi...
Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

Bear Essentials - British Film Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-08-26

Works: Ron Goodwin: The Trap; Battle of Britain; 633 Squadron; Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; Sir Arthur Bliss: Things to Come, F 131; Alan Rawsthorne: Uncle Silas; The Cruel Sea; Sir Willi...
Performers: Carewe, Mary [soprano]; Dukes, Philip; Roscoe, Martin; Wild, Earl
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Air Force Regiment Band; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

British Piano Concertos - Rawsthorne: Piano Concertos

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Alan Rawsthorne: Concerto for Piano no 1; Concerto for Piano no 2; Improvisations on a Theme of Constant Lambert
Performers: Donohoe, Peter
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

"This is their tenth disc of his music, as far as I know. It is also part of an ongoing project of the Brittish Piano...continue...

Barbirolli - Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 8; Elgar, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2002-08-13

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 8 in D minor; Anonymous: God save the King/Queen; Sir William Walton: Coronation March "Crown Imperial"; Sir Edward Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op. 44; Arnold Bax: Quin...
Performers: Ferrier, Kathleen; Rothwell, Evelyn
Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra; Royal Military School of Music Band

"These items are sort of trite, campy, corny, but - trust me - as performed here, they're thrilling beyond belief! The level is low, and...continue...

Stephen Hough's English Album - Elgar, Bantock, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-04-01

Works: Alan Rawsthorne: Bagatelles (4) for Piano; Stephen Reynolds: Poems (2) in Homage to Delius; Poems (2) in Homage to Fauré; Stephen Hough: Valse Enigmatique no 1; Valse Enigmatique no 2; Sir Edwar...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

"As Hough explains in his introduction, this disc was never meant to be a comprehensive look at English piano music but simply arrays some of...continue...

Cooke, Jacob, Rawsthorne: Clarinet Concertos / Thea King

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-03-01

Works: Arnold Cooke: Concerto for Clarinet no 1; Gordon Jacob: Mini-Concerto for Clarinet; Alan Rawsthorne: Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra
Performers: King, Thea
Ensemble: Northwest Chamber Orchestra Seattle

Star Preludes - Rawsthorne, McCabe / Sohn, Sheppard, et al

1 CD / Metier / 2001-11-06

Works: Alan Rawsthorne: Theme and Variations for 2 Violins; John McCabe: Star-Preludes; Maze Dances
Performers: Skaerved, Peter Sheppard; Sohn, Christine

Frederick Thurston Centenary Recording (1901-1953) / King

1 CD / Clarinet Classics / 2001-10-05

Works: Sir Arthur Bliss: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, F 20; Sir Charles V. Stanford: Sonata for Clarinet/Viola and Piano, Op. 129; Gordon Jacob: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in G minor; Alan Rawsth...
Performers: Foggin, Myers; King, Thea; Thurston, Frederick
Ensemble: Aeolian String Quartet; Griller String Quartet

Rawsthorne: Cello Concerto, etc / Baillie, Rancourt, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-01-01

Works: Alan Rawsthorne: Concerto for Cello; Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra; Symphonic Studies
Performers: Baillie, Alexander; Rancourt, Stephane
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

With the exception of the one other available recording of the Symphonic Studies, all of these works are new to the catalog. So fine are...continue...

British Light Music Discoveries 3 / Wordsworth, et al

1 CD / ASV / 2000-11-28

Works: Sir Malcolm Arnold: HRH the Duke of Cambridge, Op. 60; Constant Lambert: Elegiac Blues; Romeo and Juliet; Alan Rawsthorne: Overture for Farnham; Patric Standford: Celestial Fire
Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia

"None of this music is familiar, yet all are crisp, jaunty works typical of 20th Century British light music at its best...Barry Wordsworth conducts the...continue...
Includes dance(s) by ? Lyon. Ensemble: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland (Conductor)....continue...