Williams, Grace

Lyrita Box Set 2 (Box)

4 CD / Lyrita / 2010-01-12

Works: Gordon Jacob: Symphony no 1; Daniel Jones: Dance Fantasy for orchestra; John Joubert: Symphony no 1, Op. 20; Constant Lambert: Music for Orchestra; Walter Leigh: Concertino for Harpsichord/Piano and ...
Performers: Ogdon, John; Pinnock, Trevor
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Downes, Edward; Davison, Arthur; Boult, Adrian; Pritchard, John; del Mar, Norman; Herrmann, Bernard; Goossens, Eugene, Sir...

A box set celebrating Lyrita's 50-year devotion to British music!...continue...

Hiraeth: Celtic Guitar Music from Wales

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-12-29

Works: Welsh Traditional: Tros y garreg (Crossing the Stone), folk song; Gwahoddiad (I Hear Thy Welcome Voice), song; Dafydd y garreg wen (David of the White Rock), folk song; Gerard Cousins: Fantasia on "A...
Performers: Cousins, Gerard

Recording information: St. Cynidir & St. Mary's Church, Cantref, Cymru (2009)....continue...

Williams: Ballads for Orchestra, Fairest of Stars, etc

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-02-13

Works: Grace Williams: Ballads for orchestra; Fairest of Stars, for soprano & orchestra; Symphony no 2
Performers: Price, Janet
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Groves, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Welsh Symphony; London Symphony Orchestra

Grace Williams (1906-1977) may be considered one of the finest women composers of the twentieth century, but her work has been cruelly neglected. "The orchestral...continue...

Grace Williams: Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes, Sea Sketches

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-01-09

Works: Grace Williams: Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes; Carillons for oboe & orchestra; Penillion; Concerto for trumpet & orchestra; Sea Sketches for string orchestra
Performers: Allan, Ray; Camden, Anthony; Snell, Howard
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Atherton, David
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Grace Williams, one of the finest women composers of the twentieth century, but her work has been cruelly neglected. A pupil of Egon Wellesz and...continue...

Themes & Variations / Jac Van Steen, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-06-03

Works: Imogen Holst: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme; Arthur Oldham: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme; Michael Tippett: Variations on an Elizabethan Theme; Braint (Severn Bridge Variations; Lennox Berk...
Conductors: Steen, Jac van

"...Performances are superb. Sound in the string-orchestra 'Variations on an Elizabethan Theme' is good but a little dry; the two sets for full orchestra are...continue...

Prime Cuts

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2000-09-01

Works: Grace Williams: Severn Bridge Variations; Brian Elias: Songs (5) to Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya; Judith Weir: A Night At The Chinese Opera, opera; Jonathan Harvey: Haiku for piano; Philip Cashian: C...

Caneuon Cymru: Welsh songs, hymns & anthems

1 CD / Herald /

Works: Mervyn Burtch: Nonsense Verse; Sleep, my gentle child; As I went to Towyn; Dilys Elwyn Edwards: What do you see in Tre-saith?; Mansel Thomas: Cennin Aur (Daffodils); A love song; Llifon Hughes Jones:...