 
Celebrating 50 Years Devoted to British Music, Set One
SRCD.2337 (4 discs)
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Stereo
COMPILATION
Playing time: 73'53"/75'21"/74'28"/67'58" - TT 291'40"
Tracks: 14 + 16 + 16 + 17
Booklet pages: 28
© 1966-2007, 2009 Lyrita Recorded Edition
Reviewer: George Balcombe
Review of Celebrating 50 Years Devoted to British Music, Set One published on 16 February 2010
Listen: Geoffrey Bush: Yorick (CD2 track 13, 7:36-8:22)
CD1
William Alwyn (1905-1985):
1 Symphonic Prelude, The Magic Island (1952)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
William Alwyn, conductor
Malcolm Arnold (1921-2006)
English Dances Set 2 Op 33 (1951)
2 Allegro non troppo
3 Con brio
4 Grazioso
5 Giubiloso - Lento e maestoso
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Malcolm Arnold, conductor
J S Bach, orchestrated 1929 by Henry Wood (1869-1944)
6 Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor
Granville Bantock (1868-1948)
Russian Scenes (1899)
7 At the fair - Nijni Novgorod
8 Mazurka
9 Polka
10 Valse
11 Cossack Dance
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
Arnold Bax (1883-1953)
12 Northern Ballad No 1 (1927)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960)
13 Overture to an Italian Comedy (1936)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Myer Fredman, conductor
William Sterndale Bennett (1816-1875)
14 Caprice in E Op 22 (1838)
Malcolm Binns, piano
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor
CD2
Lennox Berkeley (1903-1989)
Serenade for Strings Op 12 (1939)
1 Vivace
2 Andantino
3 Allegro moderato
4 Lento
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Lennox Berkeley, conductor
Arthur Bliss (1891-1975)
Adam Zero, Suite (1946)
5 II Dance of Spring
6 IV Bridal Ceremony
7 V Dance of Summer
London Symphony Orchestra
Arthur Bliss, conductor
Frank Bridge (1879-1941)
Suite for String Orchestra (1908)
8 Prelude (Moderato)
9 Intermezzo (Allegretto grazioso)
10 Nocturne (Adagio molto)
11 Finale (Allegro vivo)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
William Busch (1901-1945)
Cello Concerto (1940/1)
12 Second movement: Allegretto (quasi andante) con dolcezza
Raphael Wallfisch, cello
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor
Geoffrey Bush (1920-1998)
13 Overture, Yorick (1949)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor
George Butterworth (1885-1916)
14 A 'Shropshire Lad' Rhapsody (1913)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
Eric Coates (1886-1957)
From Meadow to Mayfair Suite (1931)
15 (1) In the Country
16 (2) Evening in Town
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
CD3
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
1 Valse de la reine (Four Characteristic Waltzes) (1899)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
Arnold Cooke (1906-2005)
Jabez & The Devil - Suite from the Ballet (1959)
2 Introduction
3 The Devils Dance
4 Fiddle Polka
5 Waltz
6 Dance of Devils
7 Slow Dance
8 Percussion Dance
9 Finale
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor
Frederick Delius (1862-1934)
10 The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet, 1905)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Myer Fredman, conductor
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956)
11 Eclogue for piano and string orchestra Op 10 (1920s)
Peter Katin, piano
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Vernon Handley, conductor
John Foulds (1880-1939)
12 Mantra of Bliss (Three Mantras Op 61B, No 2) (1919-1930)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth, conductor
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs (1889-1960)
Fancy Dress, dance suite Op 82 (1935)
13 Hurly-Burly
14 Dance of the Mummers
15 Dusk (Waltz)
16 Pageantry (Processional)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Joly, conductor
CD4
Ruth Gipps (1921-1999)
Horn Concerto Op 58 (1969)
1 Con Moto - Tranquillo - Cadenza
2 Scherzo: Allegretto
3 Finale: Allegro ritmico - giocoso
David Pyatt, horn
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor
Patrick Hadley (1899-1973)
4 One Morning in Spring, Rhapsody for small orchestra (1942)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
Alun Hoddinott (1929-2008)
Welsh Dances Set 2, Op 64 (1969)
5 Maestoso-Moderato
6 Presto
7 Lento, ma non troppo e rubato
8 Allegro con brio
National Youth Orchestra of Wales
Arthur Davison, conductor
Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
Japanese Suite Op 33 (1915)
9 Prelude - Song of the Fisherman
10 Ceremonial Dance
11 Dance of the Marionette
12 Interlude - Song of the Fisherman
13 Dance under the Cherry Tree
14 Finale - Dance of the Wolves
London Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
Herbert Howells (1892-1983)
15 Merry-Eye (1920)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
William Hurlstone (1876-1906)
16 Variations on a Hungarian Air (1898)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor
John Ireland (1879-1962)
17 The Forgotten Rite, prelude (1918)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Adrian Boult, conductor
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