Since you are interested in Aucassin & Nicolette ballet music / Saxophone Concerto, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
WILLIAM ALWYN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Alwyn: Prelude / Blackdown / Peter Pan Suite / Ad Infinitum / etc (with music by Vaughan Williams, York Bowen & Hubert Parry) BBC Concert Orchestra, John Wilson [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] "This is a wonderful collection of little-known, long-forgotten British music. But what approachable, melodic, evocative, dramatic works they are." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Dec 2009) |
RICHARD ARNELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnell: Ballet Music: The Great Detective & The Angels BBC Concert Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "... there's no lack of energy and swagger here ... Yates and his musicians have the full measure of both works and Dutton provides a fine, spacious, and colorful audio environment for the record, too. Highly recommended." Fanfare |
ROBERT FARNON / SIDNEY TORCH / STANLEY BLACK / RON GOODWIN / etc
Showtime: 25 years of BBC Concert Orchestra favourites BBC Concert Orchestra / Roderick Dunk (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] Recorded: The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford, 29-30 September 2009 |
MONTAGUE PHILLIPS
Revelry Overture / Symphony in C minor / Sinfonietta in C minor / etc BBC Concert Orchestra / Gavin Sutherland (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 23/Jun/2006 ] “Filed under ‘light’ this may be, but this neglected music has true symphonic stature...Now here really is something!...Phillips’s voice, so eloquently served here by fine performances and recording, deserves to be heard not just as light music but... |
EDWARD GERMAN
Symphony No. 2 in A minor (The ËœNorwich) / The ËœLeeds Suite / etc BBC Concert Orchestra / John Wilson [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 26/Apr/2008 ] Dutton Epoch's series of Edward German Symphonies is now completed by this disc...This is tuneful music of some stature, and the BBC Concert Orchestra and their conductor John Wilson make a terrific case for scores that were once popular favourites. |
EDWARD GERMAN
Symphony no.1 in E minor / Overture “ The Tempter / Hamlet “ Symphonic Poem / etc BBC Concert Orchestra / John Wilson [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "Under the exceptionally talented and versatile young conductor John Wilson, the always-reliable BBC Concert Orchestra provides rich and resonant realizations of these lovely gems of Edwardian ethos - all premiere recordings - which one hopes will... |
ROBERT FARNON
Symphony No.2 / Captain Horatio Hornblower / etc BBC Concert Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Feb/2007 ] Recorded at The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford 1-2 June 2006 |
ANTHONY COLLINS
Vanity Fair and other orchestral favourites BBC Concert Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 25/Apr/2006 ] Rosette Recording - Penguin Stereo Guide |
FREDERICK CONVERSE
Song of the Seas / Festival of Pan / AmericanSketches BBC Concert Orchestra, Keith Lockhart [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] The American composer Frederick Shepherd Converse was a leading name in American music up to the Second World War. It was Converse who composed the first American opera, performed at the Met in New York. Yet despite being widely heard in his day,... |
JOHN FOULDS
Orchestral Music Vol 1: Keltic Suite / Suite Fantastique BBC Concert Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 30/Aug/2010 ] "Outstanding? Abosolutely!" International Record Review pick of the month (Oct 2010) |