Willison, David

The British Composers Guide to Britain

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Eric Coates: Knightsbridge March; London Suite; Edward Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town), concert overture, Op. 40; Severn Suite, Op. 87; Caractacus, Op. 35; Percy Grainger: Handel in the Strand; Bri...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bayl, Benjamin; Bell, David [Organ]; Benson, Garth; Bostridge, Ian; Brannigan, Owen; Bullard, Thomas; Harvey, Frederi...
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Barbirolli, John; del Mar, Norman; Ord, Boris; Previn, Andre; Layton, Stephen; Cleobury, Stephen; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Bishop, Christopher; Irving, Rober...
Ensemble: ; London Music Group; Polyphony (Vocal Ensemble)

This bright and breezy guide takes us in 50 stops from London, round Essex and East Anglia, up to Scotland, then - via Wales and...continue...

British Composers: A Celebration / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Edward Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite no 1, Op. 1a no 4; Symphony no 1 in A flat, Op. 55; Ave Maria, Op. 2 no 2; Quartet for Strings in E minor, Op. 83; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Falstaff; Dream Chil...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bowen, John; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Wilfred; Dilkes, Neville; Donohoe, Pete...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Willcocks, David; Boult, Adrian; Walton, William; Harding, Daniel; Robinson, Christopher; Wordsworth, Barry; Finzi, Christopher; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Goodall, Reginald; Davies, M...
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Britten String Quartet; London Music Group; The Band of the Royal Military School of Music Kne

Taking a panoramic view of British music between the ends of the 19th and 20th centuries, this fascinating collection features some 30 composers. From the...continue...

20th Century Classics: Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Wasps; The lark ascending; Flos campi; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Norfolk Rhapsody no 1 in E mino...
Performers: Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Balmer, Christopher; Bowen, Kenneth; Burrowes, Norma; Case, John Carol; Chang, Sarah; Dickerson, Bernard; Evans, Wynford; Hayward, Marie; Keyte, Chr...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Handley, Vernon; Haitink, Bernard; Willcocks, David; Boult, Adrian;
Ensemble: ; London Early Music Group

Vaughan Williams - The Collector's Edition / Willcocks, Boult, Bean, Barbirolli, et al

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Symphony no 8 in D minor; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Allen, Thomas; Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Aronowitz, Cecil; Asch, David van; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balmain, Ian; Barlo...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Silvestri, Constantin; Banks, Eric; Groves, Charles, Sir; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Hickox, Richard; O'Brien, Brendan; Davies, Meredith; Willcocks, Davi...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Madrigal Singers; London Music Group; London Philharmonic Orch...

This 30-CD budget boxed set contains all of the hits, as well as other gems such as 'A Sea Symphony', 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols', 'On...continue...

The Essential Vaughan Williams / Willcocks, Boult, Bean, Barbirolli, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Linden Lea; Fantasia on Greensleeves; House of life; English Folk Song Suite; The Vagabond ("Give to me the life I love"), song for voice & piano (or orche...
Performers: Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Asch, David van; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bayl, Benjamin; Bean, Hugh; Bostridge, Ian; Bowen, Kenneth; Burrowes, Norma; Case, John C...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Bishop, Christopher; Neary, Martin; Moore, Philip; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Music Group; London Symphony Orchestra; The Wallace Collection; Winchester Cathedral Choir; York Minster Choir

This essential collection presents 30 Vaughan Williams favorites on 2 CDs. It includes such classic recordings as 'The Lark Ascending' with Hugh Bean, the 'Tallis...continue...

Alwyn: Mirages, Fantasy-Waltzes, etc / Luxon, Willison, et al

2 CD / Lyrita / 2008-05-13

Works: William Alwyn: Mirages, song cycle for voice & piano; Divertimento for flute solo; Fantasy-Sonata for Flute and Harp "Naiades"; Fantasy-Waltzes (11) for piano; Sonata alla toccata, for piano
Performers: Hyde-Smith, Christopher; Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Randell, Sheila; Robles, Marisa [Harp]; Willison, David

America's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Universal Classics / 2004-05-11

Works: Irving Berlin: God Bless America; Samuel A. Ward: America the Beautiful; May H. Brahe: Bless This House, for chorus & keyboard; Henry Carey: America (My Country 'tis of Thee); American Traditional: S...
Performers: Band Of The Grenadier Guards; Bashford, Rodney; Black, Stanley; Boston Pops; Eastman Wind Ensemble; Fennell, Frederick [Conductor]; Hunsberger, Donald; Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Merrill, Robe...
Conductors: Black, Stanley; Ottley, Jerold D.; Williams, John; Bashford, Rodney; Pope, Douglas A.; Harris, Frederick J.; Fennell, Frederick; Hunsberger, Donald
Ensemble: ; Band of Coldstream Guards; Band of the Grenadier Guards; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Personnel: Benjamin Luxon , Robert Merrill (baritone); David Willison (piano)....continue...

The British Music Collection - Butterworth: Six Songs, etc

1 CD / Decca Import / 2004-03-09

Works: George Butterworth: Songs (6) from "A Shropshire Lad", for voice & piano (or orchestra); Bredon Hill and Other Songs, songs (5) for voice & piano; A Shropshire Lad; English Idylls (2); Banks of Green...
Performers: Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Willison, David
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

"The orchestral rhapsody, A Shropshire Lad, with its yearning lyricism, represents the English folksong school at its most captivatingly atmospheric, and the other three works...continue...

Enduring Freedom - America's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Decca / 2003-07-01

Works: John Stafford Smith: The Star-spangled Banner; Irving Berlin: God Bless America; Samuel Augustus Ward: America the Beautiful; George M. Cohan: You're a grand old flag; Woody Guthrie: This Land is You...
Performers: Horne, Marilyn; Luxon, Benjamin; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Willison, David
Conductors: Rogers, Eric; Williams, John [Composer]; Davis, Carl; Mantovani, Annuncio Paulo; Rudel, Julius; Bashford, Rodney; Hunsberger, Donald; Pope, Douglas A.; Fennell, Frederick
Ensemble: Annunzio Paolo Mantovani Chorus; Boston Pops; Eastman Wind Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra; Eric Rogers Chorale; Eric Rogers Orchestra; Grenadier Guards Band; Mantovani & His Orchestra; Mormon Ta...

Schubert: Schwanengesang / Benjamin Luxon, David Wilson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-02-25

Works: Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, D 957
Performers: Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Willison, David

Down by the Salley Gardens / Benjamin Luxon, David Willison

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-08-28

Works: English Traditional: The Jolly Miller, folk song; Drink to me only with thine eyes, folk song; The Foggy, Foggy Dew, folk song; The Isle of Cloy, folk song; Died for Love, folk song; Lovely Mollie, f...
Performers: Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Willison, David

This collection of British folk songs are performed in arrangements by great British composers and songwriters such as Benjamin Britten, Roger Quilter and Percy Grainger....continue...

Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel, etc / Luxon, Willison

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Tired, song for voice & piano (Last Songs no 2); In the Spring ("My love is the maid"), song for voice & piano; L...
Performers: Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Willison, David

Quilter: Songs / Benjamin Luxon, David Willison

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Roger Quilter: Love's Philosophy, for voice & piano, Op. 3/1; Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal for voice & piano, Op. 3/2; At the Close of Day; Shakespeare Songs (3) for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op....
Performers: Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Willison, David

Butterworth, Gurney: Songs / Benjamin Luxon, David Willison

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: George Butterworth: Songs (6) from "A Shropshire Lad", for voice & piano (or orchestra); Bredon Hill and Other Songs, songs (5) for voice & piano; Ivor Gurney: The Carol of the Skiddaw Yowes, for voi...
Performers: Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Willison, David