Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring – The 5 Browns

Gustav Holst (1874-1934):
The Planets (arr. Anderson)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921):
Dance Macabre (arr. Anderson)
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
The Rite of Spring (arr. Shumway)

The 5 Browns

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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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Britten, Holst, Delius, V.Williams, Warlock – String Music – Richard Studt

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976):
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op.10
Gustav Holst (1874-1934):
St.Paul'ss Suite, op.29 no.2
Frederick Delius (1862-1934):
Two Aquarelles
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958):
5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus
Peter Warlock (1894-1930):
Capriol Suite

Bournemouth Sinfonietta Orchestra
Richard Studt - 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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Gustav Holst – Orchestral Music – Ross Pople

remembering Gustav Holst on his birthday

(21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934)

Gustav Holst (1874-1934):
St. Paul's Suite, op.29/2
Lyric Movement for Viola and Orchestra
Brook Green Suite
A Fugal Concerto for Flute and Oboe, op.40/2
Seven Scottish Airs for Piano and Orchestra
Six Morris Dance Tunes
In the Bleak Midwinter

Edward Beckett - flute
Malcolm Messiter - oboe
Rachel Bolt - viola
Michael Freyhan - piano
London Festival Orchestra
Ross Pople - conductor

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Holst – Choral Fantasia, Choral Symphony – Hilary Davan Wetton

remembering Gustav Holst on the anniversary of his death

(21 September 1874 – 25 May 1934)

Gustav Host (1874-1934):
A Choral Fantasia, for soprano solo, chorus, organ, strings, brass, percursion op.51
First Choral Symphony, for soprano solo, chorus and orchestra op.41

Lynne Dawson - soprano
Guilford Choral Society
John Birch - organ
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Hilary Davan Wetton - 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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Holst - The Planets - Gibson

Gustav Holst (1874-1934): The Planets op.32

Scottish National Orchestra
Sir Alexander Gibson - conductor

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