Best of British Composers

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Best of British Composers
Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury / Pro Arte Orchestra, George Weldon / Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox / etc.

[ EMI Classics / 5 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Monday 1 August 2011

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The very best of British music, featuring contributions from the finest British artists, including: Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, the late Richard Hickox and of course, the Choir of King's College, Cambridge.

Tracks:

CD1
1. Eric Coates: Springtime - Suite: III. Dance in the Twilight - Pro Arte Orchestra/George Weldon
2. Anthony Collins: Vanity Fair - Pro Arte Orchestra/George Weldon
3. Frederic Curzon: Punchinello - Miniature Overture - Pro Arte Orchestra/George Weldon
4. Ernest Tomlinson: Little Serenade - Pro Arte Orchestra/George Weldon
5. Ronald Binge: Miss Melanie - Pro Arte Orchestra/George Weldon
6. Alan Langford: Waltz for string orchestra - Pro Arte Orchestra/George Weldon
7. Fredric Bayco: Elizabethan Masque - Pro Arte Orchestra/George Weldon
8. Gilbert Vinter: Portuguese Party - Pro Arte Orchestra/George Weldon
9. Harry Dexter: Siciliano - Pro Arte Orchestra/George Weldon
10. Haydn Wood: Moods - Suite - VI. Joyousness - Pro Arte Orchestra/George Weldon
11. Ronald Binge: Elizabethan Serenade - Reginald Kilbey/Studio 2 Symphony Orchestra
12. Haydn Wood: Paris - Suite - III. Montmatre - Studio 2 Concert Orchestra/Reginald Kilbey
13. leslie Osborne: Lullaby for Penelope - Studio 2 Concert Orchestra/Reginald Kilbey
14. Robert Farnon: Portrait of a Flirt - Studio 2 Concert Orchestra/Reginald Kilbey
15. Fred Hartley: Rouge et noir - Studio 2 Concert Orchestra/Reginald Kilbey
16. Trevor Duncan: A Little Suite - 3. March - Light Music Society Orchestra/Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn
17. Frederic Curzon: The Boulevardier - Light Music Society Orchestra/Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn
18. Ronald Binge: The Watermill - Light Music Society Orchestra/Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn
19. Robert Docker: Tabarinage - Light Music Society Orchestra/Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn
20. Peter Hope: The Ring of Kerry - I. Jaunting Car - Light Music Society Orchestra/Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn
21. Eric Coates: Impression of a Princess - Eric Coates and his Concert Orchestra
22. Eric Coates: Wood Nymphs - Valsette - Eric Coates and his Concert Orchestra
23. Eric Coates: The Dam Busters - Eric Coates and his Concert Orchestra

CD2
Billy Mayerl:
1. Marigold, Op.78
2. Puppets Suite Op. 77 - Punch
3. Four Aces -Ace of Hearts
4. Piano Exaggerations - Antiquary
5. Shallow waters
6. 3 Syncopated Rambles - The Printer's Devil (Theme and Transcription)
7. Sleepy Piano
8. Railroad rhythm
Sir Arthur Bliss:
9. The Rout Trot T42
Constant Lambert:
10. Elegiac Blues
Gerrard Williams:
Nos 11-12Déjeuner dansant
Valsette brute
Raguette extra-sec
Sir Eugene Goossens:
13. Folk-Tune
Lambert:
14. Elegy
Bliss:
15. Bliss
Sir William Walton:
16. Old Sir Faulk
(all Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, piano)
Constant Lambert:
17. Concerto for solo pianoforte and nine players
I. Overture (Allegro) - Sir Richard Rodney Bennett/English Sinfonia/Neville Dilkes
II. Intermède (Andante recitando) - Sir Richard Rodney Bennett/English Sinfonia/Neville Dilkes
III. Finale (Lugubre)
(Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (piano)/English Sinfonia/Neville Dilkes)

CD3
English Miniatures
Balfour Gardiner:
1. Overture to a Comedy

Roger Quilter:
2-4. Three English Dances Op. 11
1. Allegro giocoso
2. Allegro scherzoso
3. Allegro non troppo, ma con spirito

Sir William Walton:
5. Siesta

Sir Eugene Goossens:
6. By the Tarn Op. 15 No. 1

Roger Quilter:
7.-11. Where the Rainbow Ends - Suite
1a. Rainbow Land
1b. Will o' the Wisp
2. Rosamund
3. Fairy Frolic
4. Goblin Forest

Sir Arnold Bax:
12. Mediterranean

Peter Warlock:
13. An Old Song

Sir Edward German:
14.-16. Henry VIII
Morris Dance (Act 4)
Shepherd's Dance (Act 1)
Torch Dance (Act 1)
(all Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox)

CD4
English Anthems
Charles Wood:
1. Hail, gladdening light (3rd-century Greek, trans. J. Keble)
Edgar Bainton:
2. And I saw a new heaven (Revelation 21: 1-4)
John Ireland:
3. Greater love hath no man
William Harris:
4. Faire is the heaven (Spenser)
Edward Naylor:
5. Vox dicentis: Clama (Isaiah 40: 6-11)
Herbert Howells:
6. Like as the hart (Psalm 42: 1-3)
William Walton:
7. Set me as a seal upon thine heart (Song of Solomon 8: 6-7)
Lennox Berkeley:
8. The Lord is my shepherd Op. 91 No. 1
Benjamin Britten:
9. A Hymn of St Columba (Regis regum rectissimi) (attrib. St. Columba)
Kenneth Leighton:
10. Let all the world in every corner sing (George Herbert)
Jonathan Harvey:
11. I love the Lord (Psalm 116: 1-4 & 7-9)
Judith Weir:
12. Ascending into Heaven (Me receptet Sion illa) (Hildebert of Lavardin)
Nicholas Maw:
13. One foot in Eden still, I stand (Edwin Muir)
(all Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Christopher Hughes/Stephen Cleobury)

CD5
Edward Elgar:
1. Introduction and Allegro for string quartet and string orchestra Op. 47
Vaughan Williams:
2. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Sir William Walton:
3.-6. Sonata for strings
I. Allegro
II. Presto
III. Lento
IV. Allegro molto
(all Richard Hickox/City of London Sinfonia)