Great British Orchestral Classics
WILLIAM WALTON
1.
'Spitfire' Prelude
4:25
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner
CHAN 8870 Walton: Battle of Britain Suite etc
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner
CHAN 8870 Walton: Battle of Britain Suite etc
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
3.
The Lark Ascending
15:28
Michael Davis/London Symphony Orchestra/Bryden Thomson
CHAN 9775 Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody etc
GUSTAV HOLST
4.
'Jig' from St Paul's Suite
3:09
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
CHAN 9270 Holst: St Paul's Suite etc.
GEORGE BUTTERWORTH
5.
The Banks of Green Willow
6:10
London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox
CHAN 9902 Vaugha Williams: A London Symphony etc.
SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
CHAN 6544 Elgar Favourites
WILLIAM WALTON
7.
'Popular Song' from Façade: Suite No. 2
2:21
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Jan Latham-Koenig
CHAN 9148 Walton: Façade Suites etc
RON GOODWIN
BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba
CHAN 10262 The Film Music of Ron Goodwin
ERIC COATES
9.
'March' from The Dam Busters
4:00
BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba
CHAN 9869 The Symphonic Eric Coates
SIR MALCOLM ARNOLD
BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba
CHAN 10293 Malcolm Arnold: Overtures
SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
CHAN 241-4 Elgar
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
12.
Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'
4:28
London Symphony Orchestra/Bryden Thomson
CHAN 9775 Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody etc.
FREDERICK DELIUS
13.
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
6:07
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley
CHAN 10174 X Vaughan Williams/Delius: Orchestral Works
GUSTAV HOLST
14.
'Jupiter' from the Planets
7:27
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Alexander Gibson
CHAN 6633 Holst: The Planets
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
15.
'Fugue' from Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
2:51
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox
CHAN 9221 Britten: Young Person's Guide etc
WILLIAM WALTON
1.
Crown Imperial (Coronation March)
6:38
Philharmonia Orchestra/David Willcocks
CHAN 241-10 Walton: Symphony No. 1 etc
SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)
2.
Cello Concerto, Mvt. I
8:47
Ralph Kirshbaum/Scottish National Orchestra/Alexander Gibson
CHAN 6607 Elgar: Cello Concerto etc.
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
3.
'Playful Pizzicato' from Simple Symphony
2:54
I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
CHAN 241-2 Britten: Orchestral Works
JOHN IRELAND
English Chamber Orchestra/David Garforth
CHAN 8390 Music of John Ireland and Frank Bridge
SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)
5.
'Nimrod' from 'Enigma' Variations
3:26
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Alexander Gibson
CHAN 241-4 Elgar
FRANK BRIDGE
6.
'Seascape' from The Sea
6:53
Ulster Orchestra/Vernon Handley
CHAN 8473 Britten/Bridge/Bax: Four Sea Interludes etc.
PETER WARLOCK
7.
'Basse-Danse' from Capriol Suite
1:26
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst
CHAN 8375 English Music for Strings
SIR HAMILTON HARTY
8.
The Londonderry Air
5:26
Ulster Orchestra/Bryden Thomson
CHAN 6583 Harty: John Field/Water Music Suites
SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)
9.
'Allegro piacevole' from Serenade in E minor
3:20
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst
CHAN 8375 English Music for Strings
FREDERICK DELIUS
10.
Summer Night on the River
6:55
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley
CHAN 10174 X Vaughan Williams/Delius: Orchestral Works
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
11.
'Dawn' from Four Sea Interludes
3:43
Ulster Orchestra/Vernon Handley
CHAN 8473 Britten/Bridge/Bax: Four Sea Interludes etc.
SIR ARNOLD BAX
Ulster Orchestra/Bryden Thomson
CHAN 10156 X Bax: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3
SIR ARTHUR BLISS
13.
'March' from Things to Come
3:36
BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba
CHAN 9896 The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss
SIR EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)
14.
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1
6:05
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Alexander Gibson
CHAN 241-4 Elgar