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50 greatest British classics
- Additional Titles
- Fifty greatest British classics
- Published
- [London, England] : Decca, [2012?]
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (1 sound file).
- Additional Creators
- Decca Record Company
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- Language Note
- Vocal selections sung in English.
- Contents
- English dances, set 1, op. 27. Allegro risoluto ; English dances, set 2, op. 33. Allegro non troppo / Malcolm Arnold (London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Adrian Boult, conductor) -- Simple symphony, op. 4. Playful pizzicato (English Chamber Orchestra ; Benjamin Britten, conductor) ; Peter Grimes, 4 sea interludes, op. 33a. Moonlight ; Storm (Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra ; Benjamin Britten, conductor) / Benjamin Britten -- The banks of green willow ; A Shropshire lad / George Butterworth (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor) -- The dambusters march (Philip Jones Brass Ensemble ; Elgar Howarth, conductor) ; Knightsbridge march (BBC Concert Orchestra ; Barry Wordsworth, conductor) / Eric Coates -- On hearing the first cuckoo in spring ; The walk to the paradise garden ; La calinda / Frederick Delius (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor)., Elgar. Pomp and circumstance no. 1 in D major ; Pomp and circumstance no. 4 in G major (London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Georg Solti, conductor) -- Serenade in E minor, op. 20. Larghetto (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor) -- Cello concerto in E minor, op. 85. Adagio/Moderato (Julian Lloyd Webber, cello ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Yehudi Menuhin, conductor) -- Chanson de matin, op. 15, no. 2 (BBC Concert Orchestra ; Barry Wordsworth, conductor) -- The wand of youth suite no. 2, op. 1b. March (Welsh National Opera Orchestra ; Charles Mackerras, conductor) -- Sea pictures, op. 37. Where corals lie (Della Jones, mezzo-soprano ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Charles Mackerras, conductor) -- Elegy, op. 58 ; Introduction and allegro, op. 47 (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor) -- Variations on an original theme, op. 36, "Enigma." Nimrod (BBC Concert Orchestra ; Barry Wordsworth, conductor) -- Cockaigne, op. 40, "In London town" (London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Georg Solti, conductor) -- Sospiri, op. 70 (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor) -- Enfants d'un reve. Allegretto piacevole (Welsh National Opera Orchestra ; Charles Mackerras, conductor) -- Symphony no. 1 in A-flat major, op. 55 (London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Georg Solti, conductor) -- Violin concerto in B minor, op. 61. Andante (Kyung-Wha Chung, violin ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Georg Solti, conductor)., Romance in E-flat major, op. 11 (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor) ; Eclogue, op. 10 (Piers Lane, piano ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Nicholas Daniel, conductor) / Gerald Finzi -- The planets, op. 32. Mars ; Jupiter ; Uranus (Le Choeur des Femmes de L'Orchestre de Montreal ; Montreal Symphony Orchestra ; Charles Dutoit, conductor) ; St. Paul's suite, op. 29, no. 2. Finale (St. Paul Chamber Orchestra ; Christopher Hogwood, conductor) / Gustav Holst -- Abdelazar, Z. 570, "The moor's revenge." Rondeau / Henry Purcell (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor) -- Concerto for double string orchestra. Adagio cantabile / Michael Tippett (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor) -- Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis / Ralph Vaughan Williams (Iona Brown, Trevor Connah, violins ; Stephen Shingles, viola ; Kenneth Heath, cello ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor) -- Fantasia on Greensleeves / Ralph Vaughan Williams ; arranged by Ralph Greaves (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor) -- The lark ascending (Iona Brown, violin ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor) ; 5 variants of dives and Lazarus (Skaila Kanga, harp ; Iona Brown, violin ; Kenneth Heath, cello ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor) / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- English folk song suite. March / Ralph Vaughan Williams ; arranged by Gordon Jacob (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor)., and Symphony no. 2, "A London symphony." Lento (London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Roger Norrington, conductor) ; English folk song suite. March ; The wasps, Aristophanic suite. Overture (Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor) ; Serenade to music (Felicity Lott, Lisa Milne, Yvonne Kenny, sopranos ; Rosa Mannion, Della Jones, Ann Murray, Diana Montague, mezzo-sopranos ; Catherine Wyn-Rogers, contralto ; Toby Spence, John Mark Ainsley, Timothy Robinson, Anthony Johnson, tenors ; Robert Lloyd, Michael George, Stephen Roberts, Christopher Maltman, basses ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Roger Norrington, conductor) / Ralph Vaughan Williams -- Crown imperial (BBC Concert Orchestra ; Barry Wordsworth, conductor) ; Orb and sceptre (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ; David Hill, conductor) ; Henry V. Touch her soft lips and part ; Facade suite no. 2. Popular song (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra ; Andrew Litton, conductor) / William Walton -- Capriol suite. Pied-en-l'air / Peter Warlock (Nicholas Kraemer, harpsichord ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra ; Neville Marriner, conductor) -- Fantasia on British sea songs / Henry Wood (BBC Concert Orchestra ; Barry Wordsworth, conductor).
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