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ALWYN / ARNOLD / BAX / BERKELEY / DELIUS / FOULDS / HODDINOTT / IRELAND / etc
Celebrating 50 Years Devoted To British Music - Set 1 Malcolm Binns (piano) David Pyatt (horn) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Philharmonic / London Symphony / London Philharmonic [ Lyrita / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2009 ] "The idea is to offer a single substantial orchestral track for the majority of composers represented in the Lyrita catalogue. You can sometimes argue with the selection but overall the right note has been struck - right and bold" (MusicWeb Oct 2009) |
ERIC COATES
The Merrymakers Overture / Summer Days Suite / From Meadow to Mayfair Suite / The Three Elizabeths Suite / The Three Bears Phantasy / etc New Philharmonia Orchestra / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] “This is one of those albums for when one is depressed. It cannot help but lift the spirits and bring a smile to the face. What made Boult’s conducting so convincing in lighter English music is that he was affectionate but not sentimental. He always... |
ARNOLD BAX
Symphony No. 6 / Irish Landscape / Overtures New Philharmonia Orchestra, Norman Del Mar / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "Bax’s violent and phantasmal Sixth Symphony is the central work here and is also essential Bax in performance and recording terms...The Del Mar/Lyrita Bax 6 is violent and phantasmal - essential Bax in performance and recording terms. The other... |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Concerto Grosso No.2 / Autumn Legend / Lyra Angelica Osian Ellis (harp) Geoffrey Browne (cor anglais) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / William Alwyn (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "Following up the welcome reissue of all five of Alwyn’s symphonies, come these two discs of shorter pieces, again with the composer a most persuasive interpreter. Alwyn himself with fair justice counted [Lyra Angelica] his most beautiful work … and... |
GEORGE LLOYD
Symphony No. 4, 5 & 8 (rec 1982/84) Philharmonia Orchestra / Edward Downes [ Lyrita / 3 CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "Three late romantic symphonies by a romantic master. The merits are accentuated by the excellent notes, the glories of analogue engineering, by Downes' grip on the Fourth Symphony and by the thoughtfully attractive price" (MusicWeb Aug 2007) |
CYRIL ROOTHAM
Symphony No. 1 in C minor (1932) (with works by Granville Bantock & Josef Holbrooke) Philharmonia Orchestra Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley, conductor [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] "All in all a fine release which makes a signal virtue of variety." (MusicWeb June 2007) |
GERALD FINZI
Grand Fantasia & Toccata / Eclogue / Nocturne / etc. Rodney Friend (solo violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult (conductor, Peter Katin (piano) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Vernon Handley (co [ Lyrita / CD - released 12/Apr/2007 ] "Superb sound and Diana McVeagh's astute notes cap a mandatory purchase for lovers of the English muse, and of course for Finzi lovers in particular." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Oct 2007) |
ARTHUR BENJAMIN
Symphony / North American Square Dance Suite / etc. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Myer Fredman / London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth [ Lyrita / CD - released 12/Apr/2007 ] "Benjamin's light and serious sides generously represented in vivid performances and with recording to match" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb March 2007) |
DANIEL JONES
Symphonies Nos 4, 7 & 8 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Groves / BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Lyrita / CD - released 12/Oct/2007 ] "A good introduction to a distinctive Welsh voice" (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
JACOB / LEIGH / LLOYD / LAMBERT / MATHAIS / PARRY / STANFORD / WORDSWORTH / etc
Celebrating 50 Years Devoted To British Music - Set 2 Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) John Ogdon (piano) / BBC Symphony / London Symphony / London Philharmonic [ Lyrita / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2009 ] "The idea is to offer a single substantial orchestral track for the majority of composers represented in the Lyrita catalogue. You can sometimes argue with the selection but overall the right note has been struck - right and bold" (MusicWeb Oct 2009) |
