VC – British Light Music Classics - 2 – Ronald Corp

British Light Music Classics (Vol.2)

Eric Coates (1886-1957):
Knightsbridge
Percy Fletcher (1879-1932):
Bal masqué
Ernest Bucalossi (1832-1918):
The Grasshoper's Dance
Arthur Wood (1875-1953):
Barwick Green
Fred Hartley (1905-1980):
Rouge et Noir
Robert Farnon (1917-2005):
The Peanut Polka
Benjamin Frankel (1906-1973):
Carriage and Pair
Haydn Wood (1882-1952):
The Horse Guards, Whitehall
Trevor Duncan (1924-2005):
March
Ronald Binge (1910-1979):
Sailing by
Gilbert Vinter (1909-1969):
Portuguese Party
Clive Richardson (1909-2014):
Beachcomber
Herman Finck (1872-1939):
In the Shadows
Robert Docker (1918-1992):
Tabarinage
Albert Ketèlbey (1875-1959):
Sanctuary of the Heart
Robert Farnon (1917-2005):
The Westminster Waltz
Edward Elgar (1854-1937):
Carissima
Charles Williams (1893-1978):
Girls in Grey
Edward White (1910-1994):
The Runaway Rocking-Horse
Frederic Curzon (1899-1973):
March of the Bowmen

The New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp - conductor

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Dvořák, Elgar – Cello Concertos – Pierre Fournier

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104 *
Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85 +

Pierre Fournier - cello
Berliner Philharmoniker
George Szell - conductor *
Alfred Wallenstein - conductor +

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Elgar – Variations on an Original theme 'Enigma', Pomp and Circunstance Marches – Sinopoli

Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Variations on and Original Theme ("Enigma"), op.36
Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches nos.1 & 4
Concert Overture

Philharmonia Orchestra
Giuseppe Sinopoli - conductor

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Bach – Transcriptions – Leonard Slatkin

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Passacaglia and Fuge in C minor BWV 582 (orch.: Ottorino Respighi)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 (orch.: Sir Granville Bantock)
Preludium and Fuge in C major BWV 545 (orch.: Arthur Honegger)
O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß, BWV 622 (orch.: Max Reger)
Fantasia and Fuge in C minor BWV 537 (orch.: Sir Edward Elgar)
Die 'große' Fuge (Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, BWV 680) (orch.: Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Chaconne from Partita Nr. 2 in D minor BWV 1004 (orch.: Joseph Joachim Raff)
'Fuge a la Gigue' in G major BWV 577 (orch.: Gustav Holst)
Preludium und Fuge in E flat major 'St Anne', BWV 552 (orch.: Arnold Schoenberg)

BBC Philharmonic
Leonard Slatkin - conductor

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Dvořák – Violin Concerto; Elgar – Violin Sonata – Maxim Vengerov

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Violin Concerto in A minor, op.53
Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor, op.82

Maxim Vengerov - violin
Revital Chachamov - piano
New York Philharmonic
Kurt Masur - conductor

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Elgar – Introduction and Allegro, Serenade for Strings, Suite – Ross Pople

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Introduction and Allegro, op.47
Serenade for Strings in E minor, op.20
Chanson de matin, op.15 no.2
Chanson de nuit, op.15 no.1
Mot d'amour, op.13 no.1
Salut d'amour, op.12
Minuet, op.21
Elegy, op.58
Suite from "The Spanish Lady"

London Festival Orchestra
Ross Pople - conductor

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Dvořák, Elgar – Cello Concertos – Maria Kliegel

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85

Maria Kliegel - cello
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Halász - conductor

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Various Composers – Great Heroic Pieces for Brass and Organ – Concert Arban

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907):
Funeral March
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Feierlicher Einzug
Franz Liszt (1811-1886):
Libera me
Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Pomp & Circumstance March
César Franck (1822-1890):
Panis Angelicus
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Pavane
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936):
Fanfare from Raymonda
Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933):
Triumphal March

Concert Arban
Francis Petit - percussion
François-Henri Houbart - organ

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Elgar – Coronation Ode, The Spirit of England – Sir Alexander Gibson

remembering Sir Alexander Gibson on his birthday

(11 February 1926 – 14 January 1995)

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Coronation Ode, op.44
The Spirit of England, op.80

Teresa Cahill - soprano
Anne Collins - contralto
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson - tenor
Gwynne Howell - bass
Scottish National Chorus
Scottish National Orchestra
Sir Alexander Gibson - conductor

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Elgar, Vaughan Williams – Symphonic Works – Christopher Warren-Green

Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Introduction and Allegro for Strings op.47
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):
The Lark Ascending - romance for Violin and Orchestra
Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Serenade for String Orchestra op.20
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):
Fantasia on "Greensleeves"
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

London Chamber Orchestra
Christopher Warren-Green - violin & conductor

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Libor Pešek – The Gold Collection – Debussy, Suk, Ravl, Elgar, Scriabin, Bruckner

CD 1:
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
La Mer
Josef Suk (1874-1935):
A Summer's Tale, op.29

CD 2:
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Boléro
Daphnis et Chloé
Josef Suk (1874-1935):
Serenade in E flat major, op.6

CD 3:
Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85 *
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20 +

CD 4:
Josef Suk (1874-1935):
Fairy Tale, op.16 (extracts)
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No.7 in E major


Michaela Fukačová - cello *
Garrick Ohlsson - piano +
Kühn Mixed Chorus
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Libor Pešek - conductor

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Chabrier, Massenet, Elgar, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glinka – Spanish Festival – Keith Clark

Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894):
España
Jules Massenet (1842-1912):
Le Cid - ballet music
Don César de Bazan - sevillana
Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Sevillana
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908):
Capriccio espagnol
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Summer Night in Madrid
Capriccio brillante on Jota Aragonesa

CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Keith Clark - conductor

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Sir Colin Davis - The Philips Years edition

remembering Sir Colin Davis on his birthday

(25 September 1927 – 14 April 2013)

CD 1:
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Piano Concerto No.1
Piano Concerto No.2
Piano Concerto No.3

Stephen Kovacevich - piano


CD 2:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Symphony No.5 in C minor, op.67
Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, op.73 "Emperor" *

Claudio Arrau - piano *


CD 3:
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Symphonie fantastique
Modest Mussorgsky (1829-1881):
Night on the Bare Mountain (arr.Rimsky-Korsakov)


CD 4 / CD 5:
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869):
Requiem (Grande Messe des morts)
Te Deum *

Nicholas Kynaston - organ *
Wandsworth School Boys Choir
LondonSymphony Chorus


CD 6:
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Symphony No.7 in D minor, op.70
Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95 "From the New World"


CD 7:
Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Variations on an Original Theme, op.36 "Enigma" *
Gustav Holst (1874-1934):
The Planets

Frauenchor des Rundfunkchores Berlin/DDR *


CD 8:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Symphony No.94 in G major, Hob.I:94 "Surprise"
Symphony No.101 in D major, Hob.I:101 "The Clock"
Symphony No.104 in D major, Hob.I:104 "London"


CD 9:
Max Reger (1873-1916):
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Mozart, op.132
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963):
Symphonic Methamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Symphony in Three Movements


CD 10:
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Das Lied von der Erde

Jessye Norman - soprano
Jon Vickers - tenor


CD 11:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Symphony No.25 in G minor, K 183
Symphony No.32 in G major K 318 (Overture)
Piano Concerto No.15 in B flat major, K 450 *
Symphony No.40 in G minor, K 550

Ingrid Haebler - piano *


CD 12:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339
Kyrie in D minor, K 341/368a
Ave verum corpus, K 618
Exsultate jubilate, K 165/158a
"Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben" from "Zaïde", K 344
"Ach, ich fühl's" from "Die Zauberflöte", K 620
"Ei parte... Senti... Per pietà, ben mio, perdona" from "Cosi fan tutte"

Kiri Te Kanawa - soprano
Elisabeth Bainbridge - contralto
Ryland Davies - tenor
Gwynne Howell - bass
London Symphony Chorus


CD 13:
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957):
Symphony No.1 in E minor, op.39
Finlandia, op.26 no.7
Pohjola's Daughter, op.49
Tapiola, op.112


CD 14:
Sir Micahel Tippett (1905-1998):
The Knot Garden

with:
Raimund Herincx
Yvonne Minton
Jill Gomez
Josephine Barstow
Thomas Carey
Robert Tear
Thomas Hemsley


CD 15:
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
L'Oiseau de feu
Orpheus


BBC Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Concertgebouw Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Staatskapelle Dresden
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Berliner Philarmoniker


Sir Colin Davis - conductor

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Mozart, Poulenc, Françaix, Alwyn, Elgar, Crusell – Chamber music with Oboe – Fibonacci Sequence

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Quartet for oboe, violin, viola & cello in F major, K. 370 (K. 368b)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963):
Trio for oboe, bassoon & piano, FP 43
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Adagio for English horn, Violin, Viola and Cello in C major (fragment), K. Anh. 94 (K. 580a)
Jean Françaix (1912-1997):
Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet & bassoon
William Alwyn (1905-1985):
Suite for oboe & harp
Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Salut d'Amour for oboe and harp
Bernhard Crusell (1775-1838):
Divertimento for oboe & strings in C, Op 9

Christopher O'Neal - oboe
The Fibonacci Sequence

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Elgar, Walton – Cello Concertos – Daniel Müller-Schott

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Cello Concerto op.85
Sir William Walton (1902-1983):
Cello Concerto op.68

Daniel Müller-Schott - cello
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
André Previn - conductor

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Elgar – The Music Makers – Andrew Davis

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
The Music Makers - ode for mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra, op.69
Dream Children - two pieces for small orchestra, op.43
Elegy - for strings, op.58
Sursum corda - for brass, organ and strings, op.11
Sospiri - for strings, piano and organ, op.70
Chanson de matin, op.15 no.2
Chanson de nuit, op.15 no.1
Salut d'amour, op.12

Jean Rigby - mezzo-soprano
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis - conductor

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Elgar – Enigma Variations, Falstaff – Sir John Barbirolli

Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Variations on an original theme ("Enigma"), op.36 *
"Falstaff": Symphonic study in C minor, op.68 +

Philharmonia Orchestra *
Hallé Orchestra +
Sir John Barbirolli - conductor

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Delius, Elgar, Holst – Choral Music – VA

Frederick Delius (1862-1934):
Sea Drift *
Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
The Dream of Gerontius, op.38 +
Gustav Holst (1874-1934):
The Hymn of Jesus, op.37  #

John Shirley-Quirck - baritone * +
Yvonne Minton - mezzo-soprano +
Peter Pears - tenor +
London Symphony Chorus * +
BBC Chorus #
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra *
London Symphony Orchestra +
BBC Symphony Orchestra #
Richard Hickox - conductor *
Benjamin Britten - conductor +
Sir Adrian Boult - conductor #

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Les introuvables de Jacqueline Du Pré (Vol.1)

CD 1:
Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934):
Cello concerto in E minor *
Frederick Delius (1862-1934):
Cello concerto +
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Cello concerto No.1 in A minor #

London Symphony Orchestra *
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra +
The New Philharmonia Orchestra #
Sir John Barbirolli - conductor *
Sir Malcolm Sargent - conductor +
Daniel Barenboim - conductor #


CD 2:
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Cello concerto in B minor, op.104 *
Waldesruhe for Cello and orchestra, op.68 *
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Cello concerto in A minor, op.129 +

Chicago Symphony Orchestra *
New Philharmonia Orchestra +
Daniel Barenboim - conductor


CD 3:
Georg Matthias Monn (1717-1750) :
Cello concerto in G major *
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Cello concerto in D major *
Cello concerto in C major +

London Symphony Orchestra *
English Chamber Orchestra +
Sir John Barbirolli - conductor *
Daniel Barenboim - conductor +


Jacqueline Du Pré - cello

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Jacqueline du Pré - The Complete EMI Recordings

CD1
Edward Elgar (1857-1937):
Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85 *
Frederick Delius (1862-1934):
Cello Concerto +
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, op.33 #

Jacqueline du Pré - cello
London Symphony Orchestra *
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra +
New Philharmonia #
Sir John Barbirolli - conductor *
Sir Malcolm Sargent - conductor +
Daniel Barenboim - conductor #

CD2
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104 *
Silent Woods, op.68 no.5 *
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129 +

Jacqueline du Pré - cello
Chicago Symphony Orchestra *
New Philharmonia Orchestra +
Daniel Barenboim - conductor * +

CD3
Matthias Georg Monn (1717-1750):
Cello Concerto in G minor *
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809):
Cello Concerto No.1 in C major, Hob.VIIb1 +
Cello Concerto No.2 in D major, Hob.VIIb2 *

Jacqueline du Pré - cello
London Symphony Orchestra *
English Chamber Orchestra +
Sir John Barbirolli - conductor *
Daniel Barenboim - conductor +

CD4
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Cello Sonata in G minor, op.65 *
César Franck (1822-1890):
Cello Sonata in A major (arr. Delsart) *
Max Bruch (1838-1920):
Kol Nidrei, op.47 +

Jacqueline du Pré - cello
Daniel Barenboim - piano *
Gerald Moore - piano +

CD5
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV 1007
Cello Suite No.2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Georg Friederich Handel (1685-1759):
Sonata in G minor, HWV 287 (arr. J.Starker) *

Jacqueline du Pré - cello
Ernest Lush - piano *

CD6
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Cello Sonata No.1 in F major, op.5 no.1
Cello Sonata No.2 in G major, op.5 no.2
Cello Sonata No.3 in A major, op.69

CD7
Cello Sonata No.4 in C major, op.102 no.1
Cello Sonata No.5 in D major, op.102 no.2
12 Variations in G major WoO 45 on theme from Handel's Judas Maccabaeus
7 Variations in E flat major WoO 46 on theme from Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte"
12 Variations in F major, op.66 on theme from Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte"

Jacqueline du Pré - cello
Daniel Barenboim - piano

CD8
Piano Trio No.1 in E flat major, op.1 no.1
Piano Trio No.2 in G major, op.1 no.2
14 Variations in E flat major, op.44

CD9
Piano Trio No.3 in C minor, op.1 no.3
Piano Trio No.6 in B flat major, op.97 "Archduke"
Allegretto in B flat major WoO 39
Allegretto in E flat major Hess 84

CD10
Piano Trio No.4 in D major, op.70 no.1 "The Ghost"
Piano Trio No.5 in E flat major, op.70 no.2
10 Variations on Müller's song "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu", op.121a

CD11
Piano Trio in E flat major WoO 38
Clarinet Trio in B flat major, op.11 *
François Couperin (1668-1733):
Les Goûts réunis - Concert No.13 in G +

Pinchas Zukerman - violin
Jacqueline du Pré - cello
Daniel Barenboim - piano
Gervase de Peyer - clarinet *
William Pleeth - cello +

CD12
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
Don Quixote, op.35 *
Edouard Lalo (1823-1892)
Cello Concerto in D minor +

Jacqueline du Pré - cello
New Philharmonia *
Cleveland Orchestra +
Sir Adrian Boult - conductor *
Daniel Barenboim - conductor +

CD13
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, op.38 *
Cello Sonata No.2 in F major, op.99 *
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805):
Cello Concerto in B flat major +

Jacqueline du Pré - cello
Daniel Barenboim - piano *
English Chamber Orchestra +
Daniel Barenboim - conductor +

CD14
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Cello Sonata No.3 in A major, op.69 *
Cello Sonata No.5 in D major, op.102 no.2 *
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946):
Suite polulaire espagnole (arr. Maurice Maréchal) +

Jacqueline du Pré - cello
Stepehn Kovacevich - piano *
Ernest Lush - piano +

CD15
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, op.38 *
Cello Sonata No.2 in F major, op.99 *
Max Bruch (1838-1920):
Kol Nidrei, op.47 +

Jacqueline du Pré - cello
Daniel Barenboim - piano *
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra +
Daniel Barenboim - conductor +

CD16
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Cello Sonata No.2 in F major, op.99 *
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Piano Trio in A major, op.50 +

Jacqueline du Pré - cello
Pinchas Zukerman - violin +
Ernst Lush - piano *
Daniel Barenboim - piano +

CD17
Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824):
Sicilienne (arr. Dushkin) *
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Fantasiestücke, op.73 *
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Song without wordsin D major, op.109 *
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Elégie in C minor, op.24 *
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, BWV 564 - adagio +
Sonata No.2 in D major, BWV 1028- adagio, allegro #
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Le cygne (Le carnaval des animaux) §
Manuel de Falla (1876-1946):
Jota (suite populaire espagnole) ∆
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976):
Cello Sonata in C major, op.65 - II. Scherzo: Pizzicato; IV. Marcia ∂
Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824):
Sicilienne (arr. Dushkin) *
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Fantasiestücke, op.73 *

Jacqueline du Pré - cello
Gerald Moore - piano *
Roy Jesson - organ +
Ronald Kinloch Anderson - harpsichord #
Osian Ellis - harp §
John Williams - guitar ∆
Stepehn Kovacevich - piano ∂

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