(The) Best of British Composers

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Title: (The) Best of British Composers

Composer: E(rnest) J(ohn) Moeran (1894 - 1950); Walter Leigh (1905 - 1942); Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934); Sir Arthur (Seymour) Sullivan (1842 - 1900); Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937); Malcolm (Henry) Arnold (1921-2006); (Stuart) Oliver Knussen (b 1952); Dame Ethel (Mary) Smyth (1858 - 1944); Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958); Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)

Main Performer: Neville Dilkes (Harpsichord); Harry Bramma (Organ); Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor); David Willison (Piano); Lisa Saffer (Soprano)

Orchestra / Ensemble(s): English Sinfonia Orchestra; Worcester Cathedral Choir; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Date of Release: 06/10/2003

Label / Distributor: EMI / EMI

Pieces in Set: 1

Running Time: 1 hour 18 minutes

Genre(s): Orchestral, Vocal and choral, Stage works, Instrumental

Stereo: Stereo

EAN: 724358515626

Catalogue Number: 585156

Work 1

Work Title: Symphony in G minor

Excerpt(s): 1. Allegro

Composer: E(rnest) J(ohn) Moeran (1894 - 1950)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1924-37

Conductor: Neville Dilkes

Orchestra / Ensemble: English Sinfonia Orchestra

Work 2

Work Title: Concertino for piano/harpsichord and strings

Excerpt(s): 1. Concertino for piano/harpsichord and strings

Composer: Walter Leigh (1905 - 1942)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1936

Conductor: Neville Dilkes

Orchestra / Ensemble: English Sinfonia Orchestra

Main Performer: Neville Dilkes (Harpsichord)

Opera Part(s): Neville Dilkes

Work 3

Work Title: Ave verum corpus, Op. 2/1

Excerpt(s): 1. Ave verum corpus, Op. 2/1

Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1887

Conductor: Christopher Robinson

Orchestra / Ensemble: Worcester Cathedral Choir

Main Performer: Harry Bramma (Organ)

Work 6

Genre: Orchestral

Work 3

Opera Part(s): Harry Bramma

Work 4

Work Title: Pineapple Poll

Excerpt(s): 1. SCENE 3 - Belaye's Solo and Sailors' Dance

Composer: Sir Arthur (Seymour) Sullivan (1842 - 1900)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1951

Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 5

Work Title: Down by the Salley Gardens

Excerpt(s): 1. Down by the Salley Gardens

Composer: Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1921

Main Performer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), David Willison (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Anthony Rolfe Johnson, David Willison

Work 6

Work Title: (4) Cornish Dances, Op. 91

Excerpt(s): 1. Allegro ma non troppo

Composer: Malcolm (Henry) Arnold (1921-2006)

Date Written: 1966

Conductor: Sir Malcolm Arnold

Orchestra / Ensemble: City of Birmingham Orchestra

Work 7

Work Title: Hums and songs of Winnie-the-Pooh, Op. 6

Excerpt(s): 1. The Hundred Acre Wood

Composer: (Stuart) Oliver Knussen (b 1952)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1970 Revised 1983

Conductor: Oliver Knussen

Orchestra / Ensemble: Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society Choir

Main Performer: Lisa Saffer (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Lisa Saffer

Work 8

Work Title: Hums and songs of Winnie-the-Pooh, Op. 6

Excerpt(s): 1. Piglet meets a Heffalump

Composer: (Stuart) Oliver Knussen (b 1952)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1970 Revised 1983

Conductor: Oliver Knussen

Orchestra / Ensemble: Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society Choir

Main Performer: Lisa Saffer (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Lisa Saffer

Work 9

Work Title: (The) March of the Women

Excerpt(s): 1. (The) March of the Women

Composer: Dame Ethel (Mary) Smyth (1858 - 1944)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1911

Conductor: Philip Brunelle

Orchestra / Ensemble: Plymouth Music Series Chorus

Orchestra / Ensemble: Plymouth Music Series Orchestra

Main Performer: Eiddwen Harrhy (Soprano)

Opera Part(s): Eiddwen Harrhy

Work 10

Work Title: Job

Excerpt(s): 1. Dance of Job's Comforters
2. Elihu's Dance of Youth and Beauty
3. Pavane of the Sons of the Morning

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1931

Conductor: Adrian Boult

Orchestra / Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Work 11

Work Title: (3) Motets, Op. 38

Excerpt(s): 2. Coelus ascendit

Composer: Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: Published 1905

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury

Orchestra / Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge

Work 12

Work Title: Falstaff, Op. 68

Excerpt(s): 2. Interlude I - Jack Falstaff, Page to the Duke of Norfolk (Dr

Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1913

Conductor: Sir Edward Elgar

Orchestra / Ensemble: New Symphony Orchestra

Work 13

Work Title: Henry V

Excerpt(s): 2. This day is called the Feast of Crispian

Composer: William (Turner) Walton (1902 - 1983)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1943-44

Conductor: Sir William Walton

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Work 14

Work Title: (5) Poems, Op. 53

Excerpt(s): 2. Carry her over the water

Composer: Sir Lennox (Randall Francis) Berkeley (1903 - 1989)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1958

Main Performer: Ernest Lush (Piano), Thomas Hemsley (Baritone)

Opera Part(s): Ernest Lush, Thomas Hemsley

Work 15

Work Title: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17

Excerpt(s): 2. Overture

Composer: (Edward) Benjamin (Lord Britten of Aldeburgh) Britten (1913 - 1976)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1941

Conductor: Philip Brunelle

Orchestra / Ensemble: Plymouth Music Series Chorus

Orchestra / Ensemble: Plymouth Music Series Orchestra

Work 16

Work Title: On Wenlock Edge

Excerpt(s): 2. Oh, when I was in love with you

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1908 orch 1921-23

Orchestra / Ensemble: Britten Quartet Choir

Main Performer: Philip Langridge (Tenor)

Opera Part(s): Philip Langridge

Work 17

Work Title: Portrait of a Flirt

Excerpt(s): 2. Portrait of a Flirt

Composer: Robert Farnon (b 1917)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1947

Conductor: Reginald Kilbey

Orchestra / Ensemble: Studio Two Concert Orchestra

Work 18

Work Title: Kai

Excerpt(s): 2. Kai

Composer: Mark-Anthony Turnage (b 1960)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1989-90

Conductor: Simon Rattle

Orchestra / Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group Orchestra

Main Performer: Ulrich Heinen (Cello)

Opera Part(s): Ulrich Heinen

Work 19

Work Title: (3) Early Songs

Excerpt(s): 2. O that I had ne'er been married (wds. Burns)

Composer: (Edward) Benjamin (Lord Britten of Aldeburgh) Britten (1913 - 1976)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1922-26 rev 1968 pub 1985

Main Performer: Neil Mackie (Tenor), Roger Vignoles (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Neil Mackie, Roger Vignoles

Work 20

Work Title: (The) Perfect Fool, H150 (Op. 39)

Excerpt(s): 2. Dance of Spirits of Fire (Allegro moderato)

Composer: Gustav(us Theodore von) Holst (1874 - 1934)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1923

Conductor: André Previn

Orchestra / Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Work 21

Work Title: Lo, the full, final sacrifice, Op. 26

Excerpt(s): 2. Amen

Composer: Gerald (Raphael) Finzi (1901 - 1956)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1946 orch 1947

Conductor: Stephen Cleobury

Orchestra / Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge

Work 22

Work Title: Dream Children, Op. 43

Excerpt(s): 2. Dream Children, Op. 43

Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Genre: Instrumental

Date Written: 1902

Conductor: Adrian Boult

Orchestra / Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 23

Work Title: Hodie

Excerpt(s): 3. Prologue: Nowell! Nowell!
4. Narration: Now is the birth of Jesus Christ
5. Song: It was the winter wild
6. Narration: And it came to pass in those days
7. Choral: The blessed son of God
8. Narration: And there were in the same country
9. Song (The Oxen): Christmas Eve, and twelve of the clock
10. Narration: And the shepherds returned
11. Pastoral: The shepherds sing
12. Narration: But Mary kept all these things
13. Lullaby: Sweet was the song the Virgin sang
14. Hymn: Bright portals of the sky
15. Narration: And when Jesus was born
16. The March of the Three Kings: From kingdoms of wisdom
17. Choral: No sad thought his soul affright
18. Epilogue: In the beginning was the Word

Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1953-54

Conductor: David Willcocks

Orchestra / Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra / Ensemble: Bach Choir

Main Performer: Janet Baker (Mezzo soprano)

Opera Part(s): Janet Baker

Work 24

Work Title: Diversions, Op. 21

Excerpt(s): 2. Diversions, Op. 21

Composer: (Edward) Benjamin (Lord Britten of Aldeburgh) Britten (1913 - 1976)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1940 rev 1954

Conductor: Simon Rattle

Orchestra / Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Main Performer: Peter Donohoe (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Peter Donohoe

Work 25

Work Title: (The) Curlew

Work 27

Composer: Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953)

Work 25

Excerpt(s): 3. He reproves the curlew (O curlew, cry no more)
4. The lover mourns for the loss of love (Pale brows, still hands)
5. The withering of the boughs (I cried when the moon)
6. He hears the cry of the sedge (I wander by the edge)

Composer: Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1920-22

Orchestra / Ensemble: Music Group of London Choir

Main Performer: Ian Partridge (Tenor)

Opera Part(s): Ian Partridge

Work 26

Work Title: Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

Excerpt(s): 2. Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

Composer: William (Turner) Walton (1902 - 1983)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1942

Conductor: Sir Charles Groves

Orchestra / Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Work 27

Work Title: (5) Shakespeare Songs, Op. 23

Excerpt(s): 2. It was a lover and his lass

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1919-21

Main Performer: Ann Murray (Mezzo soprano), Dame Felicity Lott (Soprano), Graham Johnson (Piano)

Opera Part(s): Ann Murray, Dame Felicity Lott, Graham Johnson

Work 28

Work Title: Variations on an Original Theme, 'Enigma', Op. 36

Excerpt(s): 2. Dorabella

Composer: Sir Edward (William) Elgar (1857 - 1934)

Genre: Orchestral

Date Written: 1898-99

Conductor: Sir John Barbirolli

Orchestra / Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Work 29

Work Title: I was glad

Excerpt(s): 2. I was glad

Composer: (Charles) Hubert (Hastings) Parry (1848 - 1918)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1902

Conductor: Sir Philip Ledger

Orchestra / Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

Orchestra / Ensemble: King's College Choir, Cambridge

Orchestra / Ensemble: Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus

Work 30

Work Title: (A) Village Romeo and Juliet, RTI/6

Excerpt(s): 2. Interlude_The Walk to the Paradise Garden

Composer: Frederick (Theodore Albert) Delius (1862 - 1934)

Genre: Stage works

Date Written: 1907

Conductor: Richard Hickox

Orchestra / Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Work 31

Work Title: (A) Shropshire Lad

Excerpt(s): 2. The lads in their hundreds

Composer: George (Sainton Kaye) Butterworth (1885 - 1916)

Genre: Vocal & Choral

Date Written: 1911

Main Performer: Geoffrey Parsons (Piano), Thomas Allen (Baritone)

Opera Part(s): Geoffrey Parsons, Thomas Allen

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