Great British Orchestral Classics


COMPACT DISC ONE

William Walton

1 'Spitfire' Prelude 4:25
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner
CHAN 8870 Walton: Battle of Britain Suite etc

William Walton

2 'Spitfire' Fugue 4:13
Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Neville Marriner
CHAN 8870 Walton: Battle of Britain Suite etc

Ralph Vaughan Williams

3 The Lark Ascending 15:28
Michael Davis/London Symphony Orchestra/Bryden Thomson
CHAN 9775 Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody etc

Gustav Holst

4 'Jig' from St Paul's Suite 3:09
City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox
CHAN 9270 Holst: St Paul's Suite etc.

George Butterworth

5 The Banks of Green Willow 6:10
London Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox
CHAN 9902 Vaugha Williams: A London Symphony etc.

Edward Elgar

6 Chanson de matin 2:50
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
CHAN 6544 Elgar Favourites

William Walton

7 'Popular Song' from Façade: Suite No. 2 2:21
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Jan Latham-Koenig
CHAN 9148 Walton: Façade Suites etc

Ron Goodwin

8 633 Squadron 2:55
BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba
CHAN 10262 The Film Music of Ron Goodwin

Eric Coates

9 'March' from The Dam Busters 4:00
BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba
CHAN 9869 The Symphonic Eric Coates

Malcolm Arnold

10 Tam o' Shanter 8:15
BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba
CHAN 10293 Malcolm Arnold: Overtures

Edward Elgar

11 Salut d'amour 3:20
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman Del Mar
CHAN 241-4 Elgar

Ralph Vaughan Williams

12 Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' 4:28
London Symphony Orchestra/Bryden Thomson
CHAN 9775 Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody etc.

Frederick Delius

13 On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring 6:07
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley
CHAN 10174 X Vaughan Williams/Delius: Orchestral Works

Gustav Holst

14 'Jupiter' from the Planets 7:27
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Alexander Gibson
CHAN 6633 Holst: The Planets

Benjamin Britten

15 'Fugue' from Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra 2:51
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Richard Hickox
CHAN 9221 Britten: Young Person's Guide etc

COMPACT DISC TWO

William Walton

1 Crown Imperial (Coronation March) 6:38
Philharmonia Orchestra/David Willcocks
CHAN 241-10 Walton: Symphony No. 1 etc

Edward Elgar

2 Cello Concerto, Mvt. I 8:47
Ralph Kirshbaum/Scottish National Orchestra/Alexander Gibson
CHAN 6607 Elgar: Cello Concerto etc.

Benjamin Britten

3 'Playful Pizzicato' from Simple Symphony 2:54
I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
CHAN 241-2 Britten: Orchestral Works

John Ireland

4 The Holy Boy 2:46
English Chamber Orchestra/David Garforth
CHAN 8390 Music of John Ireland and Frank Bridge

Edward Elgar

5 'Nimrod' from 'Enigma' Variations 3:26
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Alexander Gibson
CHAN 241-4 Elgar

Frank Bridge

6 'Seascape' from The Sea 6:53
Ulster Orchestra/Vernon Handley
CHAN 8473 Britten/Bridge/Bax: Four Sea Interludes etc.

Peter Warlock

7 'Basse-Danse' from Capriol Suite 1:26
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst
CHAN 8375 English Music for Strings

Hamilton Harty

8 The Londonderry Air 5:26
Ulster Orchestra/Bryden Thomson
CHAN 6583 Harty: John Field/Water Music Suites

Edward Elgar

9 'Allegro piacevole' from Serenade in E minor 3:20
Bournemouth Sinfonietta/George Hurst
CHAN 8375 English Music for Strings

Frederick Delius

10 Summer Night on the River 6:55
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley
CHAN 10174 X Vaughan Williams/Delius: Orchestral Works

Benjamin Britten

11 'Dawn' from Four Sea Interludes 3:43
Ulster Orchestra/Vernon Handley
CHAN 8473 Britten/Bridge/Bax: Four Sea Interludes etc.

Arnold Bax

12 Tintagel 14:56
Ulster Orchestra/Bryden Thomson
CHAN 10156 X Bax: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3

Arthur Bliss

13 'March' from Things to Come 3:36
BBC Philharmonic/Rumon Gamba
CHAN 9896 The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss

Edward Elgar

14 Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 6:05
Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Alexander Gibson
CHAN 241-4 Elgar
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