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Essential British Classics - Over 2 hours of rousing classical anthems

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Sarabande; Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Messiah; Music for the Royal Fireworks; Coronation Anthem; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Funeral Music for Queen Mary; Jere...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Brightman, Sarah; du Pre, Jacqueline; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Graham, Susan; Haim, ...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Briger, Alexander; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Boult, Adrian; Cleobury, Stephen; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Handley, Vernon; Trevor, Kirk; Jenkin...
Ensemble: ; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant - works by Elgar, Holst, Walton, Coates, Grainger / London PO

1 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2012-06-26

Works: William Walton: Coronation March "Orb and Sceptre"; Henry V, suite; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Eric Coates: London Suite; The Dam Busters, march for the film score; Arthur Sull...
Conductors: Parry, David
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

This album is released to mark the London Philharmonic Orchestra's participation in the flotilla on the afternoon of Sunday June 3rd as part of the...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (1952-2012)....continue...

50 Best British Classics [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Messiah; Thomas Tallis: If ye love me; In manus tuas; John Goss: Hymn; Psalm 23; Charles Villiers Stanford: Beati quorum via; Hubert Parry: Dear Lord and F...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Bayl, Benjamin; Bean, Hugh; Bell, David [Organ]; Brett, Oliver; Bullard, Thomas; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; du Pré, Jacqueline; Stevens, Peter; Willcocks, David...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Handley, Vernon; Hughes, Owain Arwel; Groves, Charles, Sir; Kilbey, Reginald; Dunn, Vivi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

Journey Around the World / Classical Clubhouse

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Aaron Copland: Rodeo; Anonymous, Mexican: La Cucaracha; Isaac Albéniz: Suite española no 1, Op. 47; Arthur Benjamin: Jamaican Rumba; Sergey Rachmaninov: Two Pieces, Op. 2; Alexander Borod...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Byzantine, Julian; Lympany, Moura; Montero, Gabriela; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Robinson, Eric; Cluytens, André; Dunn, Vivian, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Marriner, Sir Neville; Barbirolli, John; Jansons, Mariss

Classical Music doesn't get much more exciting than this! With the help of wonderful music (some familiar, some new) this collection encourages children to experience...continue...

British Light Classics - works by Bayco, Coates, Curzon, Docker, Farnon, Grainger, Hartley, Ketelbey, Tomlinson et al. / Groves, Alwyn, Lanchbery et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Calling All Workers, march for orchestra; The Merrymakers, a miniature overture; Knightsbridge March; Oxford Street, march for orchest...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Kilbey, Reginald; Lanchbery, John; Vinter, Gilbert; Groves, Charles, Sir; Dunn, Vivian, Sir; Alwyn, Kenneth; Williams, Charles; Torch, Sidney; Martin, Ray; Weldon, George; Co...

From the Sleepy Lagoon to the Dam Busters, from Knightsbridge in a Jaunting Car to a Monastery Garden: all the classic tracks collected here are...continue...

British Light Music / The Archers, BBC Light Programme, Desert Island Discs, Dick Barton

1 CD / Regis Records / 2012-01-01

Works: Charles Williams: The Devil's Galop, for orchestra (theme for the radio series Dick Barton; Robert Farnon: Portrait of a Flirt, for orchestra; Ray Martin: Marching Strings, for orchestra; Arthur Wood...
Conductors: Williams, Charles; Torch, Sidney; Martin, Ray; Farnon, Robert; Goodwin, Ron; Siravo, George; Coates, Eric [Composer]; Fennell, Frederick

A popular selection of British Light Music including the theme music for the Archers, Dick Barton Special Agent, In Town Tonight, Top of the Form,...continue...

Springtime In The Park / EMI

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-03-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Petite Suite; Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt - Suite no 1, Op. 46; Elegiac Melodies (2) for Strings, Op. 34; Gabriel Fauré: Dolly Suite, Op. 56; Gusta...
Performers: Braley, Frank; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Fray, David; Lane, Piers; Little, Tasmin; Posch, Alois; Rigutto, Bruno
Conductors: Martinon, Jean; Slatkin, Felix; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Eschenbach, Christoph; Fray, David; Berglund, Paavo; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Brown, Iona; Chang, Sarah; ; Nézet-Séguin, Yan...
Ensemble: ; Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

Spring is a season of immense beauty and magnificence. Flowers bloom to their fullest, and the trees are laden with sweet, juicy fruit, ripe enough...continue...

100 Best Children's Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-01-11

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; The Snow Maiden; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell Overture; Ser...
Performers: Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer, Annie; Kok, Felix; Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; Lympany, M...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Mehta, Zubin; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Previn, Andre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Tortelier, Paul; Ozawa, Seiji; Lysy, Alberto; Jansons, Mariss; Jacquillat,...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Camerata Lysy Gstaad

Each CD included in this 6-CD set from EMI Classics is inspired by the wonders of childhood. The first CD, CARNIVAL, includes works by Camille...continue...

100 Best Children's Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-11-16

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan; Snow Maiden; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Gioachino Rossini: William Tell; Sergey Prokofiev: ...

British Music For Concert Band: Holst, Vaughan Williams, Grainger

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2010-06-08

Works: Gustav Holst: Suite for Military Band no 1 in E flat major, Op. 28 no 1; Suite no 2 in F; Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite; Sea Songs; Percy Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy; Molly on the S...
Conductors: Banks, Eric

' The RAF version of the Holst suites is extraordinarily successful. It has a great sense of style and conveys a marvelous projection of high...continue...

Percy Grainger: Tuneful Percussion

1 CD / Move / 2010-02-01

Works: Percy Grainger: Shepherd's Hey; Gamelan Anklung, arrangement for tuneful percussion (after traditional Balinese music); Irish Tune from County Derry (Londonderry Air), folk song for military band & o...
Performers: Anderson, Mary; Boerema, Kirsten; Clarke, Wendy; Hosking, Sylvia; Knoop, Mark; McAlley, Vaughan; Plumpton, Clifford
Conductors: Lichnovsky, Michael

Recording information: Move Records (05/1999-11/1999)....continue...

Sailing By

2 CD / Decca Import / 2009-08-18

Works: Ronald Binge: Sailing By, for orchestra (theme for BBC Radio 4's Late Night Shipping Forecast); The Watermill; Albert W. Ketèlbey: In a Monastery Garden for chorus & orchestra; In a Persian Ma...
Performers: Hulse, Gareth
Conductors: Heller, Walter; Rogers, Eric; Lewis, Paul [Composer]; Nabarro, Malcolm; Sutherland, Gavin; Fennell, Frederick; Wilson, John; Gerhardt, Charles; Wick, Denis

Wind Band Classics - Stamp: In this hid clearing...; Copland, Grainger, Gershwin, Jacob / O'Neal, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-05-26

Works: Gordon Jacob: Suite for symphonic wind band in B flat major; Jack Stamp: In This Hid Clearing..., for wind ensemble; Aaron Copland: Lincoln Portrait; Percy Grainger: Blithe Bells (Ramble on Bach's "S...
Performers: Fox, Derrick; Todd, Jo Ella
Conductors: O'Neal, Thomas J.
Ensemble: University of Missouri Wind Ensemble

This disc celebrates both the quality and variety of the internationally popular American wind band repertoire. Gershwin's 'Catfish Row' includes several hits as well as...continue...

Palm Court Encores / Ensemble Vivant

1 CD / Opening Day Recordings / 2009-05-04

Works: Joseph-Hector Fiocco: Allegro; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Joseph Lamb: Ethiopia; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 ...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Vivant

Stokowski - Percy Grainger Favorites

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Percy Grainger: Country Gardens; Mock Morris, for orchestra (elastic scoring) (RMTB 1); Early One Morning, folk song for string orchestra (edited by Peter Barry Ould; BFMS unnumbered); Shepherd's Hey...
Performers: Grainger, Percy
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Leopold Stokowski Orchestra

An Introduction to Percy Grainger

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-09-19

Works: Percy Grainger: Country Gardens; Irish Tune from County Derry (Londonderry Air), folk song for 10 strings with 2 horns ad lib. (BFMS; Green Bushes, passacaglia for 22 solo instruments or orchestra (B...
Performers: Archer, David; Thwaites, Penelope; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watkinson, Andrew
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Bamert, Matthias; Reynish, Timothy
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

This CD includes the cream of Grainger's vast output and the carefully planned compilation is both an ideal introduction to this extraordinary composer's music....continue...

Pastoral Classics - Music for a Summer's Day

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-07-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Percy Grainger: Work(s); Shepherd's Hey; Country Gardens; Herbert Howells: Dances (...
Performers: Fleming, Colin; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; McCann, Phillip; Mordkovitch], Lydia; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Reilly, Tommy; Stephens, Alison
Conductors: Weller, Walter; Järvi, Neeme; Hickox, Richard; del Mar, Norman; Godwin, Anthony; Rothstein, Jack [Violin]; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; ; Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon; Newsome, Roy
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Johann Strauss Orche...

Various artists including Craig, Ogden, Lydia Mordkovich, BBC Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra, Tommy Reilly, and The Academy of St Martin in The fields ar eheard in...continue...

Composer's Collection - Grainger / Corporon, North Texas

2 CD / GIA Publications / 2006-05-09

Works: Percy Grainger: Children's March (Over the Hills and Far Away), folk song for piano & military band (RMTB 4); Irish Tune from County Derry (Londonderry Air), folk song for military band & organ (BFMS...
Conductors: Corporon, Eugene
Ensemble: North Texas Wind Symphony

Percy Grainger, beloved English composer of light works, has been the subject of countless arrangements, from piano solo to wind band, and his witty tunes...continue...

Bandstand - A Musical Walk in the Park

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2005-02-01

Works: Lionel Monckton: Soldiers in the Park, march; Percy Grainger: Country Gardens; Irish Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Franz Schubert: Marc...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Corps of Royal Engineers Fanfare Trumpeters

A musical walk in the park. Strolling along on a Sunday afternoon, we can hear the band in the bandstand, playing favourite melodies and musical...continue...

Richard Hickox - CBE - A Celebration

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-11-26

Works: Herbert Howells: Pageantry, suite for brass band; Hymnus Paradisi for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra; Percy Grainger: Country Gardens; Scotch Strathspey and Reel, folk song for male chorus (or ma...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Harper, Heather; Little, Tasmin; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Rodgers, Joan; Tear, Robert; Terfel, Bryn; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Musicum 90; London Symphony Chorus; London Symp...

Shepherd's Hey - Grainger, Holst, etc / Paramount Brass

1 CD / Centaur / 2002-08-29

Works: Percy Grainger: Shepherd's Hey; Country Gardens; Lincolnshire Posy; Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite; Gustav Holst: A Moorside Suite, H 173; Suite for Military Band no 1 in E flat majo...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Paramount Brass

Grainger: The Power of Love / Keith Brion, Slovak Radio SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-04-16

Works: Percy Grainger: Danish Folk Music Suite, for orchestra (elastic scoring) (DFMS 1, 2, 9, 10); Colonial Song, for orchestra (elastic scoring) (Sentimental no 1); Country Gardens; Irish Tune from County...
Conductors: Brion, Keith
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Grainger Edition Vol 6 - Orchestral Works 2 / Hickox, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-01-20

Works: Percy Grainger: Youthful Suite; Molly on the Shore [British Folk Music Setting no 1] (based on two Cork reels); Irish Tune from County Derry (Londonderry Air), folk song for string orchestra with 2 h...
Performers: Edwards, Catherine; Janes, Paul; Osborne, Steven
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Hindmarsh, Paul
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"In 1949, Leopold Stokowski invited Percy Grainger to craft new orchestrations of a clutch of his favorites...Apparently, however, these moderately familiar recordings did not reflect...continue...

Grainger Edition Vol 4 - Works for Wind Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-05-20

Works: Percy Grainger: Hill Song no 2, for 23 or 24 wind instruments or band; Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon, folk song for brass or wind band (BFMS 22); Faeroe Island Dance (Let's Dance Gay in Green Mea...
Conductors: Rundell, Clark; Reynish, Timothy
Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

"...if you're looking for a single representation of Grainger's band music, this richly recorded new Chandos disc is the easy choice. Strongly recommended." -Rabinowitz, Fanfare...continue...

Grainger: Country Gardens & other piano favourites / Jones

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-03

Works: Percy Grainger: Handel in the Strand; Bridal Lullaby; Country Gardens; The Gum-Suckers' March; My Robin is to the greenwood gone; Molly on the Shore; Irish Tune from County Derry "Danny Boy"; Ramble ...
Performers: Jones, Martin; Martin, Philip; McMahon, Richard

The Music of Percy Grainger, Vol. 1

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 1992-07-22

Works: Percy Grainger: Molly on the Shore, folk song for military band (BFMS 23); Lincolnshire Posy; Colonial Song, for military band (Sentimental no 1); Blithe Bells (Ramble on Bach's "Sheep May Safely Gra...
Conductors: Green, Eddie; Marmolejo, Noe
Ensemble: University of Houston Wind Ensemble

Grainger: Famous Folk-Settings / Montgomery, Bournemouth Sin

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-09-01

Works: Percy Grainger: Youthful Suite; Blithe Bells (Ramble on Bach's "Sheep May Safely Graze"), for theater, small or massed orchestra (el; Spoon River, folk song for elastic scoring (3 instruments to orch...
Performers: Martin, Philip [Piano, Composer]; Welsh, Moray
Conductors: Montgomery, Kenneth
Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta

To the Fore! Percy Grainger's Great Symphonic Band Music

1 CD / Delos / 1990-01-01

Works: Percy Grainger: Molly on the Shore, folk song for military band (BFMS 23); Country Gardens; The Immovable Do (The Ciphering C), for wind band; Colonial Song, for military band (Sentimental no 1); The...
Conductors: Brion, Keith
Ensemble: Michigan State Symphony Band