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Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)

Pro Arte Orchestra, Studio Two Concert Orchestra, Light Music Society Orchestra, English Sinfonia, Northern Sinfonia of England, Choir of King's College Cambridge, City of London Sinfonia, George Weldon, Reginald Kilbey, Vivian Dunn, Eric Coates, Richard Hickox,...

  • Release Date: 4th Jul 2011
  • Catalogue No: 0289892
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Series: British Composers
  • Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

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Contents

Coates, E: Springtime - Suite: III. Dance in the Twilight

Work length4:10
$1.30
$1.70
  • Pro Arte Orchestra
  • George Weldon
  • Recorded: 1963-02-19
  • Recording Venue: 18-19 February 1963/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Collins, A: Vanity Fair

Work length3:44
$1.30
$1.70
  • Pro Arte Orchestra
  • George Weldon
  • Recorded: 1963-02-19
  • Recording Venue: 18-19 February 1963/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Curzon: Punchinello - Miniature Overture

Work length2:44
$1.30
$1.70
  • Pro Arte Orchestra
  • George Weldon
  • Recorded: 1963-02-19
  • Recording Venue: 18-19 February 1963/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Tomlinson: Little Serenade

Work length3:23
$1.30
$1.70
  • Pro Arte Orchestra
  • George Weldon
  • Recorded: 1963-02-19
  • Recording Venue: 18-19 February 1963/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Binge: Miss Melanie

Work length2:25
$1.30
$1.70
  • Pro Arte Orchestra
  • George Weldon
  • Recorded: 1963-02-19
  • Recording Venue: 18-19 February 1963/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Langford, A: Waltz for string orchestra

Work length2:29
$1.30
$1.70
  • Pro Arte Orchestra
  • George Weldon
  • Recorded: 1963-02-19
  • Recording Venue: 18-19 February 1963/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Fredrico Bayco: Elizabethan Masque

Work length2:27
$1.30
$1.70
  • Pro Arte Orchestra
  • George Weldon
  • Recorded: 1963-02-19
  • Recording Venue: 18-19 February 1963/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Vinter: Portuguese Party

Work length3:03
$1.30
$1.70
  • Pro Arte Orchestra
  • George Weldon
  • Recorded: 1963-02-19
  • Recording Venue: 18-19 February 1963/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Dexter, H: Siciliano

Work length3:44
$1.30
$1.70
  • Pro Arte Orchestra
  • George Weldon
  • Recorded: 1963-02-19
  • Recording Venue: 18-19 February 1963/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Wood, Haydn: Moods - Suite: VI. Joyousness

Work length4:29
$1.30
$1.70
  • Pro Arte Orchestra
  • George Weldon
  • Recorded: 1963-02-19
  • Recording Venue: 18-19 February 1963/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Binge: Elizabethan Serenade

Work length3:34
$1.30
$1.70
  • Studio 2 Symphony Orchestra
  • Reginald Kilbey
  • Recorded: 1970-06-25
  • Recording Venue: 25 June 1970/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Wood, Haydn: Paris - Suite: III. Montmatre

Work length4:02
$1.30
$1.70
  • Studio 2 Concert Orchestra
  • Reginald Kilbey
  • Recorded: 1970-06-25
  • Recording Venue: 25 June 1970/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Osborne, L: Lullaby for Penelope

Work length3:46
$1.30
$1.70
  • Studio 2 Concert Orchestra
  • Reginald Kilbey
  • Recorded: 1970-06-25
  • Recording Venue: 25 June 1970/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Farnon: Portrait of a Flirt

Work length2:46
$1.30
$1.70
  • Studio 2 Concert Orchestra
  • Reginald Kilbey
  • Recorded: 1970-06-25
  • Recording Venue: 25 June 1970, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Hartley, F: Rouge et Noir

Work length2:29
$1.30
$1.70
  • Studio 2 Concert Orchestra
  • Reginald Kilbey
  • Recorded: 1970-06-25
  • Recording Venue: 25 June 1970/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Duncan, Trevor: A Little Suite: 3. March

Work length3:14
$1.30
$1.70
  • Light Music Society Orchestra
  • Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn
  • Recorded: 1969-10-14
  • Recording Venue: 14 October 1969/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Curzon: The Boulevardier

Work length3:37
$1.30
$1.70
  • Light Music Society Orchestra
  • Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn
  • Recorded: 1969-10-14
  • Recording Venue: 14 October 1969/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Binge: The Water Mill

Work length4:01
$1.30
$1.70
  • Light Music Society Orchestra
  • Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn
  • Recorded: 1969-10-14
  • Recording Venue: 14 October 1969/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Docker: Tabarinage

Work length3:18
$1.30
$1.70
  • Light Music Society Orchestra
  • Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn
  • Recorded: 1969-10-14
  • Recording Venue: 14 October 1969/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Hope, P: The Ring of Kerry: I. Jaunting Car

Work length2:47
$1.30
$1.70
  • Light Music Society Orchestra
  • Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn
  • Recorded: 1969-10-14
  • Recording Venue: 14 October 1969/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Coates, E: Impression of a Princess

Work length3:05
$1.30
$1.70
  • Eric Coates & His Concert Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1957-08-16
  • Recording Venue: 16 August 1957/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Coates, E: Wood Nymphs

Work length3:20
$1.30
$1.70
  • Eric Coates & His Concert Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1957-08-16
  • Recording Venue: 16 August 1957/No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Coates, E: Dam Busters March

Work length2:58
$1.30
$1.70
  • Eric Coates & His Concert Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1955-12-31
  • Recording Venue: 1955/London

Mayerl: Marigold, Op.78

Work length2:57
$1.30
$1.70
  • Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
  • Recorded: 1974-11-01
  • Recording Venue: November 1974. Hornsey Town Hall

Mayerl: Puppets Suite Op. 77: Punch

Work length2:33
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
  • Recorded: 1974-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip; Hornsey Town Hall (Mayerl)

Mayerl: Four Aces: Ace of Hearts

Work length3:05
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
  • Recorded: 1974-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip; Hornsey Town Hall (Mayerl)

Mayerl: Piano Exaggerations: Antiquary

Work length2:27
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
  • Recorded: 1974-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip; Hornsey Town Hall (Mayerl)

Mayerl: Shallow Waters

Work length2:43
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
  • Recorded: 1974-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip; Hornsey Town Hall (Mayerl)

Mayerl: 3 Syncopated Rambles: The Printer's Devil (Theme and Transcription)

Work length3:31
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
  • Recorded: 1974-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip; Hornsey Town Hall (Mayerl)

Mayerl: Piano Exaggerations: Sleepy Piano

Work length3:34
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
  • Recorded: 1974-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip; Hornsey Town Hall (Mayerl)

Mayerl: Railroad Rhythm

Work length3:14
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
  • Recorded: 1974-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip; Hornsey Town Hall (Mayerl)

Bliss: The Rout Trot

Work length1:46
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
  • Recorded: 1975-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip; Hornsey Town Hall (Mayerl)

Lambert, C: Elegiac Blues

Work length3:24
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
  • Recorded: 1975-01-01
  • Recording Venue: December 1975, Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip

Williams, Gerrard: Déjeuner dansant

Work length4:48
$2.60
$3.40
  • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
  • Recorded: 1975-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip; Hornsey Town Hall (Mayerl)

Valsette brute

Track length3:02
$1.30
$1.70

Raguette extra-sec

Track length1:46
$1.30
$1.70

Goossens: Folk-Tune

Work length2:43
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
  • Recorded: 1975-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip; Hornsey Town Hall (Mayerl)

Lambert, C: Elegy

Work length3:53
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
  • Recorded: 1975-01-01
  • Recording Venue: December 1975, Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip

Bliss: Bliss

Work length2:20
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
  • Recorded: 1975-01-01
  • Recording Venue: Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip; Hornsey Town Hall (Mayerl)

Walton: Old Sir Faulk

Work length1:58
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
  • Recorded: 1975-01-01
  • Recording Venue: December 1975, Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip

Lambert, C: Concerto for solo pianoforte and nine players

Work length27:10
$3.90
$5.10
  • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)
  • English Sinfonia
  • Neville Dilkes
  • Recorded: 1975-01-01
  • Recording Venue: December 1975, Winston Churchill Hall, Ruislip

I. Overture (Allegro)

Track length8:27
$1.30
$1.70

II. Intermède (Andante recitando)

Track length9:57
$1.30
$1.70

III. Finale (Lugubre)

Track length8:46
$1.30
$1.70

Gardiner, H B: Overture to a Comedy

Work length7:52
$1.30
$1.70
  • Northern Sinfonia
  • Richard Hickox
  • Recorded: 1989-05-15
  • Recording Venue: 14 & 15 May 1989, / All Saints' Church,Quayside, Newcastle on Tyne

Quilter: Three English Dances, Op. 11

Work length7:26
$3.90
$5.10
  • Northern Sinfonia
  • Richard Hickox
  • Recorded: 1989-05-15
  • Recording Venue: 14 & 15 May 1989 / All Saints' Church, Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne

1. Allegro giocoso

Track length2:51
$1.30
$1.70

2. Allegro scherzoso

Track length2:15
$1.30
$1.70

3. Allegro non troppo, ma con spirito

Track length2:20
$1.30
$1.70

Walton: Siesta

Work length6:11
$1.30
$1.70
  • Northern Sinfonia
  • Richard Hickox
  • Recorded: 1989-05-15
  • Recording Venue: 14 & 15 May 1989 / All Saints' Church,Quayside, Newcastle on Tyne

Goossens: By the Tarn, Op. 15 No. 1

Work length4:57
$1.30
$1.70
  • Northern Sinfonia
  • Richard Hickox
  • Recorded: 1989-05-15
  • Recording Venue: 14 & 15 May 1989 / All Saints' Church, Quayside, Newcastle on Tyne

Quilter: Where the Rainbow Ends - suite

Work length14:47
$6.50
$8.50
  • Northern Sinfonia
  • Richard Hickox
  • Recorded: 1989-05-15
  • Recording Venue: 14 & 15 May 1989 / All Saints' Church, Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne

1a. Rainbow Land

Track length3:24
$1.30
$1.70

1b. Will o' the Wisp

Track length3:38
$1.30
$1.70

2. Rosamund

Track length3:08
$1.30
$1.70

3. Fairy Frolic

Track length1:42
$1.30
$1.70

4. Goblin Forest

Track length2:55
$1.30
$1.70

Bax: Mediterranean

Work length4:29
$1.30
$1.70
  • Northern Sinfonia
  • Richard Hickox
  • Recorded: 1989-05-15
  • Recording Venue: 14 & 15 May 1989 / All Saints' Church, Quayside, Newcastle on Tyne

Warlock: An Old Song

Work length7:07
$1.30
$1.70
  • Northern Sinfonia
  • Richard Hickox
  • Recorded: 1989-05-15
  • Recording Venue: 14 & 15 May 1989 ? All Saints' Church, Quayside, Newcastle on Tyne

German: Henry VIII

Work length8:23
$3.90
$5.10
  • Northern Sinfonia
  • Richard Hickox
  • Recorded: 1989-05-15
  • Recording Venue: 14 & 15 May 1989, / All Saints' Church, Quayside, Newcastle on Tyne

Morris Dance (Act 4)

Track length2:26
$1.30
$1.70

Shepherd's Dance (Act 1)

Track length3:49
$1.30
$1.70

Torch Dance (Act 1)

Track length2:08
$1.30
$1.70

Wood, C: Hail, gladdening light (3rd-century Greek, trans. J. Keble)

Work length3:31
$1.30
$1.70
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1991-12-19
  • Recording Venue: 16-19 December 1991 / Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Bainton, E: And I saw a new heaven (Revelation 21: 1-4)

Work length5:29
$1.30
$1.70
  • Christopher Hughes (organ)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1991-12-19
  • Recording Venue: 16-19 December 1991/Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Ireland: Greater Love Hath No Man

Work length6:03
$1.30
$1.70
  • Christopher Hughes (organ), Michael Pearce (boy soprano), Paul Robinson (bass)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1991-12-19
  • Recording Venue: 16-19 December 1991/ Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Harris, W: Faire is the Heaven

Work length5:12
$1.30
$1.70
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1991-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 16-19 December 1991/Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Edward Naylor: Vox dicentis: Clama (Isaiah 40: 6-11)

Work length8:38
$1.30
$1.70
  • Robert Datnow (vocals), Thomas Rose (vocals)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1991-12-19
  • Recording Venue: 16-19 December 1991/ Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Howells: Like as the Hart

Work length6:44
$1.30
$1.70
  • Michael Pearce (treble vocals), Christopher Hughes (organ), Leonard Pearcey (vocals)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1991-12-19
  • Recording Venue: 16-19 December 1991/Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Walton: Set me as a seal upon thine heart

Work length3:43
$1.30
$1.70
  • Gautam Rangarajan (vocals)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1991-12-19
  • Recording Venue: 16-19 December 1991/Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Berkeley, L: The Lord is my Shepherd, Op. 91 No. 1

Work length4:42
$1.30
$1.70
  • Christopher Hughes (organ), Thomas Rose (vocals)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1991-12-19
  • Recording Venue: 16-19 December 1991, Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Britten: A Hymn of Saint Columba

Work length2:40
$1.30
$1.70
  • Christopher Hughes (organ)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1991-12-19
  • Recording Venue: 16-19 December 1991/Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Leighton: Let all the world in every corner sing (George Herbert)

Work length3:39
$1.30
$1.70
  • Christopher Hughes (organ)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1991-12-19
  • Recording Venue: 16-19 December 1991/Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Harvey, J: I love the Lord

Work length6:15
$1.30
$1.70
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1991-12-19
  • Recording Venue: 16-19 December 1991/Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Weir: Ascending Into Heaven

Work length7:39
$1.30
$1.70
  • Gautam Rangarajan (vocals), Christopher Hughes (vocals), Robert Rice (bass-baritone)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1991-12-19
  • Recording Venue: 16-19 December 1991/Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Maw, N: One foot in Eden still, I stand (Edwin Muir)

Work length7:19
$1.30
$1.70
  • Gautam Rangarajan (vocals), Michael Pearce (bass-baritone), Paul Robinson (bass-baritone), Robin Tyson (vocals), Thomas Rose (vocals), Leonard Pearcey (vocals)
  • Choir of King's College Cambridge
  • Stephen Cleobury
  • Recorded: 1991-12-19
  • Recording Venue: 16-19 December 1991/Chapel of King's College, Cambridge

Elgar: Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47

Work length14:00
Album only
Album only
  • City of London Sinfonia
  • Richard Hickox
  • Recorded: 1991-01-25
  • Recording Venue: 23-25 January 1991, St Augustine's Church, Kilburn

Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Work length15:20
Album only
Album only
  • City of London Sinfonia
  • Richard Hickox
  • Recorded: 1991-01-25
  • Recording Venue: 23-25 January 1991, St Augustine's Church, Kilburn

Walton: Sonata for String Orchestra

Work length26:53
$5.20
$6.80
  • City of London Sinfonia
  • Richard Hickox
  • Recorded: 1991-01-25
  • Recording Venue: 23-25 January 1991. St Augustine's Church, Kilburn

I. Allegro

Track length8:33
$1.30
$1.70

II. Presto

Track length4:22
$1.30
$1.70

III. Lento

Track length9:28
$1.30
$1.70

IV. Allegro molto

Track length4:30
$1.30
$1.70

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