Various: Byways of British Music (Chandos Audio CD)

Byways of British Music

William Walton (1902-1983)

1 Long Steel Grass from Façade 2:22
Susana Walton narrator
City of London Sinfonia members

Bernard Stevens (1916-1983)

2 Mark of Cain 3:19
arr. A. Williams (extract)
3 Resistance from 'A Symphony of Liberation' 3:49
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra


Benjamin Frankel (1906-1973)

4 1st Movement from Symphony No. 5 7:29
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Humphrey Searle (1915-1982)

5 1st Movement from Symphony No. 2 7:18
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Benjamin Frankel

6 Carriage and Pair 2:42
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

William Walton

7 Old Sir Faulk from 'Façade' 2:02
Susana Walton narrator
City of London Sinfonia members

8 Touch her soft lips and part from 'Henry V' 1:28
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

9 Gloria from 'Christopher Columbus' 2:35
Arthur Davies tenor
Westminster Singers
City of London Sinfonia

William Alwyn (1905-1985)

10 Adagio from 'Lyra Angelica' 8:02
Concerto for Harp & String Orchestra
Rachel Masters harp
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox

11 Prelude from 'Odd Man Out' 3:54
London Symphony Orchestra

Arthur Bliss (1891-1975)

12 The Pigeon Song from Pastoral 'Lie strewn the white flocks' 4:37
David Haslam flute
Phillip Joll baritone
Northern Sinfonia
Richard Hickox

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

13 The Lark Ascending 15:25
Michael Davis violin
London Symphony Orchestra *
Bryden Thomson

Kenneth Leighton (1929-1988)

14 Adagio molto from Symphony No. 3 'Laudes musicae', Op. 90 10:39
for Tenor Solo & Orchestra
Neil Mackie tenor
Royal Scottish National Orchestra *
Bryden Thomson *
73:50
Recorded in:
Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
7-8 September 1994 (tracks 2-6, 8)
Recorded in:
All Saints' Church, Tooting, London
19-21 March 1990 (tracks 1, 7), 11-12 October 1989 (track 9), 15-16 January 1993 (track 11) and 28-29 January 1990 (track 12)
Recorded in:
St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead, London
13-14 June 1991 (track 10) and 7-8 April 198 (track 13)
Recorded in:
Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow
23-24 January 1989 (track 14)
Producer(s)
Tim Oldham (Bliss)
Brian Couzens (other works)
Sound Engineer(s)
Richard Lee (Alwyn - Lyra Angelica)
Ralph Couzens (other works)
Format: DDD
Bit Rate: 24 Bit / 96K