British Composers - A Celebration

Album

British Composers - A Celebration

by Various Artists

201163 tracks218 min

Tracklist

1

Elgar: The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 1, Op. 1a: IV. Sun Dance

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

2:39
2

Marigold, Op. 78 (1996 Remastered Version)

Richard Rodney Bennett

2:57
3

Britten: Saint Nicolas, Op. 42: II. The Birth of Nicolas

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:37
4

Howells: String Quartet No. 3 "In Gloucestershire": II. Fairly Quick, but Always Rhythmical

Britten Quartet

2:05
5

Elgar: Symphony No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 55: II. Allegro molto

London Philharmonic Orchestra

7:14
6

Walton: Troilus and Cressida, Act 2: "From isle to isle chill waters" (Cressida, Troilus)

Sir William Walton

2:43
7

Maw: Dance Scenes: IV. Molto allegro

Philharmonia Orchestra

4:52
8

Elgar: 3 Motets, Op. 2: No. 2, Ave Maria

Worcester Cathedral Choir

2:45
9

Berners: Suite from The Triumph of Neptune: VII. Hornpipe. Allegro molto

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

1:38
10

Dies natalis, Op. 8: 2. Rhapsody (Recitativo stromentato) (1990 Remaster)

Wilfred Brown

6:30
11

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D Major: III. Romanza. Lento

Philharmonia Orchestra

12:10
12

Blest Pair of Sirens (1987 Remaster)

London Philharmonic Choir

2:36
13

Checkmate, Ballet Suite: VI. Finale - Checkmate (1993 Digital Remaster)

Sinfonia of London

2:39
14

Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33, Act 2, Scene 2: "In Dreams I've Built Myself" (Peter)

Sir Peter Pears

2:54
15

Delius: Violin Concerto: II. Slower

Meredith Davies

1:39
16

The Planets: IV. Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity

Andrew Davis

2:19
17

Vaughan Williams: Loch Lomond

London Madrigal Singers

3:42
18

Britten: Canadian Carnival, Op. 19

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

14:08
19

Holst: At the Boar's Head, Op. 42: "We Two Saw You Four" (Prince, Poins, Falstaff, Hostess)

David Atherton

3:45
20

Tippett: Divertimento on "Sellinger's Round": III. Presto

Sir Neville Marriner

1:50
21

Ireland: Greater Love Hath no man

Michael Pearce

6:03
22

English Dances, Op. 33: V. Allegro non troppo (1996 Remaster)

Philharmonia Orchestra

3:00
23

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge: No. 2, From Far, from Eve and Morning

Ian Partridge

2:05
24

Sinfonietta, I. Allegro con brio: II. Tema con variazioni:

Northern Sinfonia of England

0:57
25

Bax: Mater ora Filium

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:26
26

Violin Sonata, II. Variazioni: Var. 6 (Scherzando) (1996 Digital Remaster)

Yehudi Menuhin

0:35
27

Sullivan: Cello Concerto in D Major: II. Andante espressivo (Orch. Mackie & Mackerras)

Julian Lloyd Webber

6:56
28

Turnage: Three Screaming Popes

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

15:46
29

Arnold: Concerto for Piano Three-Hands, Op. 104 "For Phyllis and Cyril": III. Allegro

Cyril Smith

3:13
30

Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Fugue. Allegro molto

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

2:53
31

Elgar: String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 83: II. Piacevole. Poco andante

Chilingirian Quartet

1:44
32

Warlock: The Lady's Birthday: "Four and twenty drummers all in a row" (Briskly)

Jennifer Partridge

2:44
33

Walton: Crown Imperial - Coronation March

London Philharmonic Orchestra

8:36
34

Symphony in G Minor: I. Allegro (opening) (1973 Remastered Version)

English Sinfonia

2:29
35

Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad': V. The lads in their hundreds

Thomas Allen

2:12
36

Leigh: Concertino for Harpsichord and String Orchestra: III. Allegro vivace

Neville Dilkes

2:04
37

Ave verum corpus Op. 2 No. 1

Worcester Cathedral Choir

2:37
38

Sullivan & Mackerras: Pineapple Poll, Scene 3: Belaye's Solo & Sailors' Drill

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

3:27
39

Down by the Salley Gardens (2001 Remastered Version)

Anthony Rolfe Johnson

2:35
40

Arnold: 4 Cornish Dances, Op. 91: No. 4, Allegro ma non troppo

Malcolm Arnold

2:31
41

Hums and Songs of Winnie-the-Pooh Op. 6, I. Aphorisms: 3. The Hundred Acre Wood - Piglet meets a Heffalump (Nocturne) (1970/1983)

Lisa Saffer

1:19
42

The March of the Women (last two verses)

Eiddwen Harrhy

1:42
43

Vaughan Williams: Job, a Masque for Dancing, Scene 7: Pavane of the Sons of the Morning

London Symphony Orchestra

2:14
44

Stanford: 3 Motets, Op. 38: II. Coelos ascendit hodie (Chorus a cappella)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:10
45

Elgar: Falstaff, Op. 68: Dream Interlude

Edward Elgar

2:10
46

Henry V - Scenes from the film: 'This day is called the Feast of Crispian' (King Henry) (1994 Digital Remaster)

Laurence Olivier

2:49
47

Five Poems by W. H. Auden Op. 58: 5. Carry her over the water (2003 - Remaster)

Thomas Hemsley

1:28
48

Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17, Prologue: "It Isn't Very Often the Conservatives Are Wrong" (Wild Geese)

Soloists of the Plymouth Series, Minnesota

1:34
49

Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge: No. 4, Oh When I Was in Love with You

Britten Quartet

0:45
50

Portrait of a Flirt

Studio 2 Concert Orchestra

2:46
51

Kai - conclusion

Ulrich Heinen

1:59
52

Britten: Beware! Three Early Songs: No. 3, Epitaph. The Clerk

Neil Mackie

1:26
53

Holst: The Perfect Fool, Op. 39, Ballet Music: IV. Dance of Spirits of Fire. Allegro moderato

André Previn

3:19
54

Lo, the full, final Sacrifice Op. 26 - conclusion (from O soft self-wounding Pelican!)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

4:37
55

Elgar: Dream Children, Op. 43: I. Andante

Sir Adrian Boult

2:45
56

Vaughan Williams: Hodie: III. Song. "It Was the Winter Wild"

David Willcocks

2:20
57

Britten: Diversions, Op. 21: Variation XI. Tarantella

Peter Donohoe

2:33
58

Warlock: The Curlew, on Poems by William Butler Yeats: II. The lover mourns for the loss of love, "Pale brows, still hands and dim

Ian Partridge

1:41
59

Walton: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue: Fugue (Excerpt)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

2:23
60

Quilter: 5 Shakespeare Songs, Set No. 2, Op. 23: No. 3, It Was a Lover and His Lass

Felicity Lott

2:36
61

Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation X. Dorabella

Philharmonia Orchestra

2:24
62

I was glad (orchestral version) [conclusion, from O pray for the peace] (1988 Remastered Version)

Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:16
63

A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden (arr. Beecham)

Richard Hickox

10:16

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