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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | The Lark Ascending Collection
With the sublime The Lark Ascending as its centrepiece, this collection illustrates the way that Vaughan Williams and his contemporaries expressed their national identity, drawing inspiration from folk song, landscape, poetry and the rich history of British music. With favourites by Elgar, Delius, Butterworth and Walton––including Elgar’s unforgettable Introduction and Allegro and Delius’s Summer Night on the River––the works gathered here are romantic, nostalgic and quintessentially British. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Barbirolli English Music Album
anon.: | The Irish Ho Hoane arr: John Barbirolli | Barbirolli: | An Elizabethan Suite | Bax: | The Garden of Fand recorded 21 June 1956, Free Trade Hall, Manchester | Bull, J: | The King's Hunt arr: John Barbirolli | Butterworth, G: | A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody recorded 20 June 1956, Free Trade Hall, Manchester | Byrd: | Pavana "The Earle of Salisbury" arr: John Barbirolli | Elgar: | Enigma Variations, Op. 36 Recorded 12 May 1947 Houldsworth Hall, Manchester HMV previously unpublished Bavarian Dance No. 2 Recorded 30 May 1947 Kingsway Hall, London HMV unpublished take | Farnaby, G: | A Toye arr: John Barbirolli Giles Farnaby’s Dreame arr: John Barbirolli | Ireland: | The Forgotten Rite - Prelude recorded 31 May 1949, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Mai-Dun recorded 31 May 1949, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London These Things Shall be recorded 1 May 1948, Houldsworth Hall, Manchester with Parry Jones (tenor) Hallé Choir | Purcell: | Suite for strings, woodwind and horns arr: John Barbirolli | Vaughan Williams: | Fantasia on Greensleeves recorded 26 February 1948 Houldsworth Hall, Manchester Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis recorded 6 June 1946 Houldsworth Hall, Manchester |
This BARBIROLLI ENGLISH MUSIC ALBUM contains something of a scoop in that the recording of Elgar’s Enigma Variations was made on 12 May 1947, the first time Barbirolli recorded the work. For some undiscoverable reason, the discs were never issued and the work was re-recorded on 23 October of the same year (also issued on CD by the Barbirolli Society on SJB1017). His affection for this inexhaustible masterpiece shone through every performance of it he gave as he gloried in the piquancy of the illustration of Elgar’s “friends pictured within” — and he liked to remind Michael Kennedy that the Variations and JB were born in the same year, 1899. Elgar’s genius was to weld his series of vignettes into a large-scale composite portrait — of himself. This gift for writing a miniature which was a microcosm of a big work is illustrated also in the second (the exquisite Lullaby) of the Three Bavarian Dances, a previously unpublished take, recorded on 30 May 1947. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | British Music Collection - George Butterworth
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| |  | Boult conducts ...
Butterworth, G: | Two English Idylls The Banks of Green Willow A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody | Hadley, P: | One Morning in Spring - sketch for orchestra | Howells: | Procession, Op. 36 Merry-eye Herbert Downes (viola), Desmond Bradley & Gillian Eastwood (violins), Albert Cayzer (viola) & Norman Jones (cello) New Philharmonia Orchestra Elegy For Viola, String Quartet And String Orchestra Herbert Downes (viola), Desmond Bradley & Gillian Eastwood (violins), Albert Cayzer (viola) & Norman Jones (cello) New Philharmonia Orchestra Music for a Prince Herbert Downes (viola), Desmond Bradley & Gillian Eastwood (violins), Albert Cayzer (viola) & Norman Jones (cello) New Philharmonia Orchestra Corydon’s Dance Scherzo in Arden | Warlock: | An Old Song for small orchestra |
“…sympathetic accounts… Butterworth's Two English Idylls, The Banks of Freen Willow and the sublime Shropshire Lad rhapsody. Tension levels rise markedly for exceptionally insightful readings of Howells's Procession, Merry-Eye Elegy (an extraordinarily rapt display) and lively 1949 diptych Music for a Prince (these last three with the NPO). Warlock's An Old Song and Patrick Hadley's gorgeous One Morning in Spring (written in 1942 for Vaughan Williams's 70th birthday) complete the feast.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2008 “a welcome sample of the work of a highly discriminating composer. Merry-Eye offers some lively and attractive invention...Supreme performances and recording, with an outstanding coupling of Butterworth's items” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | English Rhapsody - Delius & Butterworth
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| |  | Bax, Butterworth & Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works
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| |  | On the Banks of the Green Willow
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| |  | English Orchestral Works
“the Delius items...are lovely performances, warm, tender and eloquent. They are superbly played and recorded in a splendid acoustic. The recording is beautifully balanced - the distant cuckoo is highly evocative.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Butterworth, Bridge and Parry: Works for Strings
“One listen to this gem will tell you why it's on almost everyone's 'best' list.” Digital Audio “What a delightful disc this is...Beautifully played and recorded, this disc of English music offers fine performances of sympathy and expression...This winning Nimbus CD should be in the collection of every lover of English music.” MusicWeb International, July 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Sir Adrian Boult conducts English Music
“Essential discs for the orchestra lover and collector of important recordings... Boult elicits the finest playing, unforced, full of depth and color and a steely strength...you can almost see the mist rising above the morning dew on an English river bank” Classic CD | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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