Retrospective Revival

Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 / Marriner

1 CD / Retrospective Revival / 2011-06-14

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5 in D major; Symphony no 6 in E minor
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville

Composed in the 1940s, these symphonies find Vaughan Williams at his creative zenith. The fifth draws on influences from the opera The Pilgrim's Progress whilst...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (05/1990)....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony / Simonov

1 CD / Retrospective Revival / 2011-06-14

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58
Performers: Elms, Rod
Conductors: Simonov, Yuri

Tchaikovsky's spectacular Manfred Symphony dates from 1885, composed between the fourth and fifth symphonies. The great Yuri Simonov conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in this...continue...

Sibelius: Symphony No. 2; Karelia Suite / Gibson

1 CD / Retrospective Revival / 2011-06-14

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43; Karelia Suite, Op. 11
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir

In a particularly welcome reissue, the great Sibelian Sir Alexander Gibson conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in an attractive coupling of the second symphony and...continue...

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Kodály: Concerto for Orchestra

1 CD / Retrospective Revival / 2011-06-14

Works: Zoltán Kodály: Concerto for orchestra; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae

By coincidence, Bartók and Kodály wrote works entitled Concerto for Orchestra. Both works are heard here performed by the great Rafael Frübeck de Burgos conducting...continue...

Elgar and Walton: Violin Concertos / Accardo

1 CD / Retrospective Revival / 2011-06-14

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61; William Walton: Concerto for Violin
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard

More English music is featured on Salvatore Accardo's disc of Elgar and Walton concertos accompanied by Richard Hickox and the London Symphony Orchestra....continue...
Recording information: Abbey Road Studios (12/1991)....continue...

Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves; Oboe Concerto; Lark Ascending / Haydon

1 CD / Retrospective Revival / 2011-06-14

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Concerto for Oboe in A minor; The lark ascending; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
Performers: Girdwood, Julia
Conductors: Clark, Robert Haydon
Ensemble: Consort of London

Vaughan Williams' Fantasias and the violin concerto The Lark Ascending are evergreen works of English music. His Oboe Concerto, written for the great Leon Goossens,...continue...
Recording information: St. John's, Smith Square, London (01/1990)....continue...

Brahms/Schoenberg: Piano Quartet Op. 25 / Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / Retrospective Revival / 2011-06-14

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Sergey Rachmaninov: Études-tableaux (5) for orchestra (orchestrated by O. Respighi, P. 160 in his catalogue)
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady

This truly fascinating recording pairs Arnold Schönberg's arrangement of the Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor with Ottorino Respighi's orchestration of Rachmaninov's Cinq Études-Tableaux. B...continue...
Recording information: St. Judes-on-the-Hill, London (03/1990)....continue...

Elgar: Symphony No. 1 'In the South' / Marriner

1 CD / Retrospective Revival / 2011-06-14

Works: Edward Elgar: In the South (Alassio), Concert Overture, Op. 50; Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville

Described by Hans Richter as, "the greatest symphony of modern times," Elgar's first has been established in the concert repertoire for over one hundred years....continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/1990)....continue...

Janácek: String Quartets 1 & 2; Dvorák: String Quartet No. 10

1 CD / Retrospective Revival / 2011-06-14

Works: Leos Janácek: Quartet for Strings no 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"; Quartet for Strings no 2 ("Listy duverné," "Intimate Letters"), JW 7/13; Antonin Dvorák: Quartet for Strings no 10 in E flat m...

In 1994, the Vanbrugh Quartet's Collins Classic recording of quartets by Janácek and Dvorák was highly praised by the critics. The group offers taut and...continue...