Rutland Boughton - Love and Spring op.23 / Troilus & Cressida (Thou & I) op.17 / A Summer Night op.5 / Edgar Bainton - Paracelsus op.8 / Pompilia op.11 / Prometheus op.19
Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Martin Yates
Violin Concerto no.1 op.31 / Oboe Concerto op.57 / Violin Concerto no.2 op.74 / After Sunrise op.82 - Moderato con moto
Philippe Graffin, violin / Nicholas Daniel, oboe / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Orchestra Nova - George Vass
Music-Pictures Group VI op.81 - Gaelic Melodies / The Florida Spiritual op.71 no.1 / La belle Pierrette / Intermezzo Impromptu / Darby and Joan op.42 no.1 / An Old English Idyll / Music-Pictures Group IV op.55 - Suite for String Orchestra / Strophes from an Antique Song / Indian Suite / Henry VIII Suite op.87 - music to Shakespeare’s play / Suite Française op.22
Concert Allegro op.41 – for piano and orchestra / Symphony no.2 in E flat major op.63 – for piano solo / Two Piano Improvisations / Improvisation no.2 in G minor / Improvisation no.5 in D minor
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - George Vass / Iain Farrington, piano
Violin Concerto op.72 / Viola Concerto op.101 / Cello Concerto op.90
Tamás András, violin / Sarah-Jane Bradley, viola / Alice Neary, cello / Orchestra Nova - Alexandra Wood / Martin Smith / George Vass
Stanley Bate - Symphony no.4 / Richard Arnell - Symphony no.7 ‘Mandela’ op.201
Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Martin Yates
A music-drama based on the play by Thomas Hardy
New London Orchestra; Members of The London Chorus - Ronald Corp / Philip Tebb (Watchman) / Patricia Orr (Brangwain) / Neal Davies (King Mark) / Heather Shipp (Queen Iseult) / Peter Wilman (Sir Andret) / Jacques Imbrailo (Sir Tristram) / Joan Rodgers CBE (Iseult of Brittany, the Whitehanded) / Elizabeth Weisberg (Damsel)
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor op.64Colonne Concerts Orchestra - George Enescu / Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Dvorák - Violin Concerto in A minor op.53 Paris Conservatoire Orchestra - George Enescu / Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Wieniawski - Légende in G minor op.17 Colonne Concerts Orchestra - George Enescu / Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Bach - Double Violin Concerto in D minor BWV1043Paris Symphony Orchestra - Pierre Monteux / George Enescu, violin / Yehudi Menuhin, violin
Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor op.18 Philadelphia Orchestra - Leopold Stokowski / Sergei Rachmaninov, piano
/ Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor op.30 Philadelphia Orchestra - Eugene Ormandy / Sergei Rachmaninov, piano
Schumann - Piano Concerto in A minor op.54 London Philharmonic Orchestra - Sir Landon Ronald / Alfred Cortot, piano
Chopin - Piano Concerto no.2 in F minor op.21 Orchestra - John Barbirolli / Alfred Cortot, piano
Ravel - Piano Concerto for the Left Hand Paris Conservatoire Orchestra - Charles Munch / Alfred Cortot, piano
Boccherini - Concerto in B flat major London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Landon Ronald/ Pablo Casals, cello
Bruch - Kol Nidrei op.47 London Symphony Orchestra - Sir Landon Ronald/ Pablo Casals, cello
Elgar - Concerto in E minor op.85 BBC Symphony Orchestra - Sir Adrian Boult/ Pablo Casals, cello
Dvorák - Songs my mother taught me Rimsky-Korsakov arr Strimer - The flight of the bumble beeMendelssohn - Song without words in D op.109 Blas-Net, piano/ Pablo Casals, cello
Haydn arr Piatti -Menuet Blas-Net, piano/ Pablo Casals, cello
Quintet for string quartet & piano (1904-05 rev. 1912) / Three Sketches for piano (1906) / Phantasie in F minor for string quartet (1905) / Pensiero for viola & piano (1905 rev. 1908) / Allegro Appassionato for viola & piano (1908) / Sonata for violin & piano (1904 completed 1996) completed by Paul Hindmarsh / Spring Song for cello & piano (1912)
London Bridge Ensemble
Symphony no.5 op.115 (2001-02) / Three Nocturnes: ‘Northern Summer Nights’ op.18 (1958) / The Quiet Tarn op.21 (1960) / The Green Wind op.22 (1960) / Coruscations op.127 (2007) / Gigues op.42 (1969)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra - Arthur Butterworth
Keltic Overture op.28 (1930) / Keltic Suite op.29 (1911) / Sicilian Aubade (1927) / Isles of Greece op.48 no.2 (‘Impressions of time and place’ no.2) (1927) / Holiday Sketches op.16 (1908) / An Arabian Night (1936-37) / Suite Fantastique op.72 (from the music to a French Pierrot play) (1924)
Katharine Wood, cello solo / Cynthia Fleming, violin solo / Roderick Elms, organ / BBC Concert Orchestra - Ronald Corp
The Pit and the Pendulum: Fantasie for Orchestra op.126 (1929) / Symphony no.4 in B minor op.95 ‘Homage to Schubert’ (1928) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - George Vass
Cello Concerto op.103 ‘Cambrian’ (1936) Royal Scottish National Orchestra - George Vass / Raphael Wallfisch, cello
Frederick Delius - Violin Sonata no.2 (1922-23 arr. 1929) / Violin Sonata no.3 (1930 arr. 1932) / John Ireland - Cello Sonata (1923 arr. 1941) / Violin Sonata no.2 (1915-17 arr. 1918)
Roger Chase, viola / Michiko Otaki, piano
C. Armstrong Gibbs - Concerto for Oboe & Orchestra op.48 (1923)/ Cyril Scott -Concerto for Oboe & String Orchestra (1946)/ Christopher Wright -Concerto for Oboe & String Orchestra (2009)/ Elis Pehkonen -Amor Vincit Omnia for Oboe d’amore & Double String Orchestra (1994)
Jonathan Small, oboe/oboe d’amore / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Martin Yates
Edmund Rubbra - Sonata no.2 for Violin & Piano op.31 (1932) Frederick Grinke, violin / Edmund Rubbra, piano Lennox Berkeley- Sonatina for Violin & Piano (1942) Frederick Grinke, violin / Lennox Berkeley, piano
Theme and Variations for Solo Violin (1950) Frederick Grinke, violin Franz Reizenstein - Prologue, Variations and Finale for Violin & Piano op.12 (1937) Max Rostal, violin / Franz Reizenstein, pianoThree Pieces for Violin & Piano op.7 no.1 Max Rostal, violin / Franz Reizenstein, piano
Mozart - Violin Concerto no.5 in A K219 Berlin Deutsches Opernhaus Orchestra - Artur Rother / Georg Kulenkampff, violin
Spohr - Violin Concerto no.8 in A minor op.47 (‘Gesangsscene’) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt / Georg Kulenkampff, violin
Bruch - Violin Concerto no.1 in G minor op.26 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Joseph Keilberth / Georg Kulenkampff, violin
J S Bach - Toccata and Fugue in D minor Tchaikovsky - Nutcracker Suite op.71a Dvorák - Symphony no.9 in E minor op.95 (‘From the New World’) Leopold Stokowski and his Symphony Orchestra / Mitchell Miller, Cor Anglais
Mozart - The Magic Flute “O Isis and Osiris”; “Within this hallowed dwelling” Norman Allin
Rossini - The Barber of Seville “Can it be? Dare I believe thee?” Miriam Licette & Dennis Noble
Gounod - The Queen of Sheba “Lend me your aid” ”Frank Mullings
Meyerbeer - L’Africana “O paradise”; Donizetti L’elisir d’amore “Down her soft cheek a pearly tear” Heddle Nash
Wagner - Lohengrin “In distant lands”; Die Meistersinger “Morning was gleaming” Prize song Joseph Hislop
William Wallace - Highlights from Maritana Miriam Licette, Dennis Noble, Clara Serena, Heddle Nash
Sibelius - Symphony No.5 in E flat major op.82 The Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra - Erik Tuxen
Sibelius - String Quartet in D minor op.56 ‘Voces Intimae’ The Griller Quartet
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D op.35 Berlin Deutsches Opernhaus Orchestra - Artur Rother / Georg Kulenkampff, violin
Mendelssohn - Violin Concerto in E minor op.64 Bach - Suite no.3 in D BWV1068 – Air (arranged Wilhelmj) Schumann - Abendlied op.85 no.12 (‘Aftonsång’)Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (conductor) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra - Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt / Georg Kulenkampff, violin
The lent lily / Ladslove / Goal and wicket / The vain desire / The encounter (‘The street sounds to the soldiers’ tread’) / Epilogue / Amberley wild brooks / The undertone (no.1 of ‘Four Preludes’) / Ragamuffin (no.2 of ‘London Pieces’) / Soho forenoons (no.3 of ‘London Pieces’) John Ireland, piano
The advent / Hymn for a child / My fair / The salley gardens / The soldier’s return / The scapegoat / Hawthorn time (‘’Tis time I think by Wenlock town’) / I have twelve oxen / The trellis Peter Pears, tenor
Sonata in G minor for Cello & Piano Antoni Sala, cello
The Land of Lost Content Peter Pears, tenor
Fantasy Sonata for Clarinet & Piano Frederick Thurston, clarinet
Havergal Brian - Dr Merryheart – a comedy overture for orchestra (1912)London Symphony Orchestra - Harry Newstone
Symphony no.9 in A minor (1951) London Symphony Orchestra - Norman Del Mar
Symphony no.11 (1954) First performance London Symphony Orchestra - Harry Newstone
Handel - Acis and Galatea “Love sounds the alarm” / “Love in her eyes sits playing” / Jephtha “Deeper and deeper still” / “Waft her angels” Walter Widdop
Handel - Alexander’s Feast “Revenge! Timotheus cries” Trevor Anthony
Purcell - The Blessed Virgin’s Expostulation Isobel Baillie
Purcell - The Tempest “See! the heavens smile”; “Arise, ye subterranean winds” Norman Allin
Haydn - The Creation “With verdure clad” Bishop - “Should he upbraid” Dora Labette
Handel - Messiah “He shall feed his flock” Mendelssohn - Elijah “O rest in the Lord” Dame Clara Butt
Mendelssohn - St. Paul “But the Lord is mindful” Gluck - Orfeo ed Euridice “Che farò”Edith Furmedge
Mozart - Don Giovanni “Mi tradi quell’ alma ingrata”; “Non mi dir” Evelyn Scotney
World premiere recordings
BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Jac Van Steen
Essay no.1 (1980): Allegro deciso / Essay no.2 (1981): Vivace ma non troppo / Essay no.3 (1982): Largo e sostenuto / Essay no.4 (1984): Songful, but with movement / Essay no.5 (1985): Allegro
World premiere recordings
Royal Scottish National Orchestra - David Lloyd-Jones
Edward Elgar - Pageant of Empire (1924) / Sea Pictures op.37 (1899) / The Pipes of Pan (1899 orch. 1902) / The River op.60 no.1 (1910 orch. 1912)/ Ivor Gurney - Lights Out (1918-25) / Michael Hurd - Shore Leave (1962)
Roderick Williams, baritone / BBC Concert Orchestra - Martin Yates
Arnold Bax - Variations on the name 'Gabriel Fauré' for string orchestra and harp (1945 orch. 1949) / Symphonic Serenade for string orchestra (c.1911 real. 2009) realised by Graham Parlett / Stephen Dodgson - Essay no.7 (1992): Calmo e sostenuto / Richard Arnell - Classical Variations in C for strings op.1 (1939) / Norman Del Mar - Allegro Concertante for horn and string orchestra op.15 (1944): Allegro molto marcato
Stephen Bell, solo horn / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Martin Yates / BBC Concert Orchestra - Martin Yates
Lionel Sainsbury - Violin Concerto op.14 (1989) / Haydn Wood - Violin Concerto in A minor (1928) / Violin Concerto in B minor (1905) - Adagio
Lorraine McAslan, violin / BBC Concert Orchestra - Barry Wordsworth, Gavin Sutherland
Peter Tranchell - Festive Overture (1966) / Herbert Murrill - Country Dances (1945) / Walter Collins - Prelude to Ecstasy (1948) / Lionel Sainsbury - Allegro Risoluto for string orchestra op.10 (1985) / Edward Elgar - Follow the Colours (1907) / A War Song (1884 orch. 1903) / Elis Pehkonen - Sunset and Evening Star (2004) / John Ireland - The Towing Path (1918 orch. 2009) orch. Martin Yates / Soliloquy (1922 orch. 2009) orch. Graham Parlett / Annabel Lee (1910 orch. 2009) orch. Roderick Williams / Berceuse (1903 orch. 2009) orch. Martin Yates / The Holy Boy (1913 orch. 1941) / In Praise of Neptune (1911) / Here’s to the Ships (1911 orch. 1912) / Psalm 23 (1958)
Roderick Williams, baritone, recitation / Charles Mutter, solo violin / BBC Concert Orchestra - John Wilson, Martin Yates / Royal Ballet Sinfonia - Gavin Sutherland, Paul Murphy
Piano Sonata no.1 (1938) / Flute Quartet (1936) / Piano Sonata no.2 (1965) / Three Songs of Innocence for soprano, clarinet & piano (1957) / Rondo in B flat for horn & piano (1950) - Allegro giocoso / Nocturnes – a cycle of five songs for voice, horn & piano (1956)
Raphael Terroni, piano / Melanie Lodge, soprano / Jonathan Jaggard, horn / Patrick Williams, flute / Lorraine Schulman, clarinet / Warren Zielinski, violin / Morgan Goff, viola / Justin Pearson, cello
Piano Sonata no.4 in D minor op.164 (publ. 1925) / Vier Clavierstücke op.72 (publ. 1892) / Sonata no.8 in F major op.174 (publ. 1926) / Sonata no.6 in A minor op.170 (publ. 1925) / Nocturne und Menuet op.39 (publ. 1888) / Sonata no.5 in F sharp major op.168 (publ. 1925)
Leslie De’Ath, piano
String Quartet no.2 in E flat op.73 / String Quartet no.4 op.150 / Lyric Movement for String Quartet & Piano op.24 / Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn O Quando in Cruce op.117a / String Quartet no.1 in F minor op.35 / String Quartet no.3 op.112 / Improvisation for unaccompanied Cello op.124 / Sonata in G minor for Cello & Piano op.60
Michael Dussek, piano / Dante Quartet