Sir Charles Groves: British Music | Warner 2564614724

Sir Charles Groves: British Music

Label: Warner

Cat No: 2564614724

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 24

Release Date: 9th March 2015

Contents

Works

Alford, Kenneth

On the Quarter-Deck

Arne, Thomas

Rule, Britannia! (arr. Malcolm Sargent)
The British Grenadiers (arr. Stanford Robinson)

Arnold, Malcolm

English Dances Set I, op.27
English Dances Set II, op.33
Symphony no.2, op.40

Bliss, Arthur

A Colour Symphony
Morning Heroes
Processional
Things to Come: Suite
» I Ballet for children
» II Attack
» VI March
Things to Come
» Attack on the Moon Gun
» Epilogue
» Prologue (orch. Christopher Palmer)
» The building of the New World
» The world in ruins (orch. Christopher Palmer)

Brian, Havergal

Symphony no.8 in B flat minor
Symphony no.9 in A minor

Bridge, Frank

Cherry Ripe
Enter Spring
Lament
Summer
The Sea

Britten, Benjamin

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34

Coates, Eric

By the Sleepy Lagoon
Cinderella: An Orchestral Phantasy
From Meadow to Mayfair: Suite
London Again Suite
London Suite
Music Everywhere 'Rediffusion March'
Saxo-Rhapsody
Summer Days Suite
» III At the dance
The Dam Busters March
The Three Bears: An Orchestral Phantasy
The Three Elizabeths Suite
» Springtime in Angus (Elizabeth of Glamis)
Wood Nymphs

Davies, Henry Walford

Royal Air Force March Past

Delius, Frederick

A Mass of Life
A Song of Summer
A Song of the High Hills
An Arabesque
Cynara
Dance Rhapsody no.1
Eventyr 'Once upon a Time'
Koanga
Lebenstanz
North Country Sketches
Paris: The Song of a Great City
Sea Drift
Songs of Sunset (8)

Elgar, Edward

Caractacus, op.35
Coronation March, op.65
Enigma Variations, op.36
Grania and Diarmid, op.42: Funeral March
Imperial March in B flat major, op.32
Nursery Suite
Part-Songs (2), op.26
Pomp and Circumstance March no.1 in D major, op.39 no.1
Pomp and Circumstance March no.4 in G major, op.39 no.4
Severn Suite, op.87
Spanish Serenade, op.23
The Black Knight, op.25
The Crown of India: Suite, op.66
The Light of Life, op.29 'Lux Christi'
Violin Concerto in B minor, op.61

Holst, Gustav

Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, op.26: 2nd Group, H98
Marching Song, op.22 no.2
Ode to death, op.38
Short Festival Te Deum, H145
Songs without Words (2), op.22
The Hymn of Jesus, op.37

Sullivan, Arthur

HMS Pinafore
» Overture
Iolanthe
» Overture
Overture di Ballo
Patience
» Overture
Symphony in E major 'Irish'
The Gondoliers
» Overture
The Mikado
» Overture
The Yeomen of the Guard
» Overture

Vaughan Williams, Ralph

Hugh the Drover

Walton, William

Capriccio Burlesco
Crown Imperial
Hamlet: Funeral March
Hamlet and Ophelia
Henry V: Suite
Johannesburg Festival Overture
Orb and Sceptre
Richard III: A Shakespeare Suite
Richard III: Prelude
Scapino: A comedy overture
Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

Wood, Henry

Fantasia on British Sea Songs
» V Hornpipe

Artists

Margaret Marshall (soprano)
Robin Leggate (tenor)
Peter Glossop (baritone)
Bryan Rayner Cook (baritone)
Malcolm King (bass)
Richard Suart (bass)
Hugh Bean (violin)
John Noble (baritone)
John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Heather Harper (soprano)
Helen Watts (contralto)
Robert Tear (tenor)
Benjamin Luxon (baritone)
Eugene Holmes (baritone)
Claudia Lindsey (soprano)
Raimund Herincx (bass)
Keith Erwen (tenor)
Jean Allister (contralto)
Simon Estes (bass)
Elaine Barry (soprano)
Pamela Smith (soprano)
Eleanor Capp (soprano)
Valerie Hill (soprano)
Doreen Walker (contralto)
Jean Temperley (contralto)
Lesley Reid (contralto)
Patricia Hogan (contralto)
John Dudley (tenor)
William Mason (baritone)
Miriam Bowen (soprano)
Peter Bingham (tenor)
Sheila Armstrong (soprano)
Michael Rippon (bass-baritone)
Robert Lloyd (bass)
Leslie Fyson (baritone)
Oliver Broome (bass)
Sally Burgess (mezzo-soprano)
Terence Sharpe (baritone)
David Johnston (tenor)
Lynda Richardson (soprano)
Shirley Minty (contralto)
Neil Jenkins (tenor)
Bruce Ogston (bass)
John Fryatt (tenor)
Steve Davies (baritone)
David Reed (bass)
Henry Newman (baritone)
Anne Collins (contralto)
Jack Brymer (saxophone)
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
John Alldis Choir
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Charles Groves

Works

Alford, Kenneth

On the Quarter-Deck

Arne, Thomas

Rule, Britannia! (arr. Malcolm Sargent)
The British Grenadiers (arr. Stanford Robinson)

Arnold, Malcolm

English Dances Set I, op.27
English Dances Set II, op.33
Symphony no.2, op.40

Bliss, Arthur

A Colour Symphony
Morning Heroes
Processional
Things to Come: Suite
» I Ballet for children
» II Attack
» VI March
Things to Come
» Attack on the Moon Gun
» Epilogue
» Prologue (orch. Christopher Palmer)
» The building of the New World
» The world in ruins (orch. Christopher Palmer)

Brian, Havergal

Symphony no.8 in B flat minor
Symphony no.9 in A minor

Bridge, Frank

Cherry Ripe
Enter Spring
Lament
Summer
The Sea

Britten, Benjamin

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op.34

Coates, Eric

By the Sleepy Lagoon
Cinderella: An Orchestral Phantasy
From Meadow to Mayfair: Suite
London Again Suite
London Suite
Music Everywhere 'Rediffusion March'
Saxo-Rhapsody
Summer Days Suite
» III At the dance
The Dam Busters March
The Three Bears: An Orchestral Phantasy
The Three Elizabeths Suite
» Springtime in Angus (Elizabeth of Glamis)
Wood Nymphs

Davies, Henry Walford

Royal Air Force March Past

Delius, Frederick

A Mass of Life
A Song of Summer
A Song of the High Hills
An Arabesque
Cynara
Dance Rhapsody no.1
Eventyr 'Once upon a Time'
Koanga
Lebenstanz
North Country Sketches
Paris: The Song of a Great City
Sea Drift
Songs of Sunset (8)

Elgar, Edward

Caractacus, op.35
Coronation March, op.65
Enigma Variations, op.36
Grania and Diarmid, op.42: Funeral March
Imperial March in B flat major, op.32
Nursery Suite
Part-Songs (2), op.26
Pomp and Circumstance March no.1 in D major, op.39 no.1
Pomp and Circumstance March no.4 in G major, op.39 no.4
Severn Suite, op.87
Spanish Serenade, op.23
The Black Knight, op.25
The Crown of India: Suite, op.66
The Light of Life, op.29 'Lux Christi'
Violin Concerto in B minor, op.61

Holst, Gustav

Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, op.26: 2nd Group, H98
Marching Song, op.22 no.2
Ode to death, op.38
Short Festival Te Deum, H145
Songs without Words (2), op.22
The Hymn of Jesus, op.37

Sullivan, Arthur

HMS Pinafore
» Overture
Iolanthe
» Overture
Overture di Ballo
Patience
» Overture
Symphony in E major 'Irish'
The Gondoliers
» Overture
The Mikado
» Overture
The Yeomen of the Guard
» Overture

Vaughan Williams, Ralph

Hugh the Drover

Walton, William

Capriccio Burlesco
Crown Imperial
Hamlet: Funeral March
Hamlet and Ophelia
Henry V: Suite
Johannesburg Festival Overture
Orb and Sceptre
Richard III: A Shakespeare Suite
Richard III: Prelude
Scapino: A comedy overture
Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

Wood, Henry

Fantasia on British Sea Songs
» V Hornpipe

Artists

Margaret Marshall (soprano)
Robin Leggate (tenor)
Peter Glossop (baritone)
Bryan Rayner Cook (baritone)
Malcolm King (bass)
Richard Suart (bass)
Hugh Bean (violin)
John Noble (baritone)
John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Heather Harper (soprano)
Helen Watts (contralto)
Robert Tear (tenor)
Benjamin Luxon (baritone)
Eugene Holmes (baritone)
Claudia Lindsey (soprano)
Raimund Herincx (bass)
Keith Erwen (tenor)
Jean Allister (contralto)
Simon Estes (bass)
Elaine Barry (soprano)
Pamela Smith (soprano)
Eleanor Capp (soprano)
Valerie Hill (soprano)
Doreen Walker (contralto)
Jean Temperley (contralto)
Lesley Reid (contralto)
Patricia Hogan (contralto)
John Dudley (tenor)
William Mason (baritone)
Miriam Bowen (soprano)
Peter Bingham (tenor)
Sheila Armstrong (soprano)
Michael Rippon (bass-baritone)
Robert Lloyd (bass)
Leslie Fyson (baritone)
Oliver Broome (bass)
Sally Burgess (mezzo-soprano)
Terence Sharpe (baritone)
David Johnston (tenor)
Lynda Richardson (soprano)
Shirley Minty (contralto)
Neil Jenkins (tenor)
Bruce Ogston (bass)
John Fryatt (tenor)
Steve Davies (baritone)
David Reed (bass)
Henry Newman (baritone)
Anne Collins (contralto)
Jack Brymer (saxophone)
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
John Alldis Choir
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
London Symphony Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Charles Groves

About

The eminent English conductor Sir Charles Groves is today remembered not so much for his breadth of repertoire as for his immense contribution to British music, which he continuously promoted, performed and recorded throughout his professional career.

Featuring a wide variety of genres – from symphonies and operas to popular marches and film music excerpts – this special 24-CD compilation pays tribute to Groves’ remarkable achievement, bringing together works by many of the composers who were at the heart of the conductor’s commitment in a selection of authoritative recordings that survey over 100 years of glorious British composition.

Charles Groves was too young to have known Elgar, Holst and Delius personally, but when he was growing up, a chorister at St Paul’s Cathedral and a pupil at the Cathedral School, they were the dominant names in British music. Although Groves’ training and temperament helped to form his character as an all-round musician, British music was always important to him, and British composers featured strongly in his friendships and professional relationships. He’d played percussion in a performance of Hugh the Drover whilst a student at the Royal College of Music, and a later photograph of him together with Vaughan Williams was proudly displayed in his home: he liked to get close to composers, and considered it a privilege to know and to work with them.

He gave the premiere of the Second Symphony by Malcolm Arnold in 1953, and they became close friends, with Groves always championing Arnold’s music. In later life he fought for the Ninth Symphony, whose sparse texture and unremittingly gloomy outlook had led it to be scorned initially. Groves’ attitude was that, if that was what Arnold had written, that was what he meant: this was part and parcel of his reverence for the composer’s art.

It wasn’t just established composers either: he was keenly interested in the music of the younger generation, and gave early performances of works by the Manchester School - Alexander Goehr, Peter Maxwell Davies and Harrison Birtwistle.

The young Simon Rattle was a regular attendee at Groves’ concerts during his time as principal conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, and recalled “If a wonderful new piece arrived like, for instance - 1970 I think it was - Birtwistle’s Triumph of Time, Charlie heard about it and that would be the beginning for the next season.” This was a constant in his life: in 1987 he conducted the premiere of a RLPO commission by the nineteen-year-old Kenneth Hesketh. When he took the RLPO on tours of Germany and Switzerland in 1966 and 1968, and Poland in 1970, and when he was invited worldwide as a guest conductor in the last decade of his life, he always offered British music.

He was especially noted as a conductor of large-scale works: after sharing a BBC SO tour of Japan with Pierre Boulez in 1975 (where he included music by Walton, Delius, Tippett and Britten), he was invited back to give the Japanese premiere of Delius’s 'Mass of Life'. He had been very anxious in advance about the Japanese orchestra, choir and soloists, but it turned out that they were all wonderful, and that the choir had spent two years learning the work.

He was particularly moved to conduct 'The Dream of Gerontius' in Düsseldorf with the choir that had sung a performance there in 1901, not long after the premiere in Birmingham. And, at a performance of 'A Child of Our Time' in Houston, he was presented with a “Turn on to Tippett” T-shirt - ironic for someone who’d known the composer since the 1950s.

Contents:
CD 1

Sir Edward Elgar
- Nursery Suite (1931)
- Funeral March from “Grania and Diarmid”, Op.42
- Severn Suite, Op.87
Recorded: 1969, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

- Meditation from “The Light of Life”, Op.29
Noel Rawsthorne (organ)
- Woodland Interlude (Introduction to Scene III) from “Caractacus”, Op.35
- Suite from “The Crown of India”, Op.66
Recorded: 1970, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

CD 2
Sir Edward Elgar
- The Black Knight, Op.25 (The poem by Uhland, translated by Longfellow)
- Spanish Serenade, Op.23
- The Snow, Op.26 No.1
- Fly, Singing Bird, Op.26 No.2
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1984, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/DDD

- Imperial March, Op.32 
- Triumphal March from “Caractacus”, Op.35
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1970, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

CD 3
Sir Edward Elgar
- The Light of Life (Lux Christi), Op.29
Cast:
- Mother of the Blind Man: Margaret Marshall (soprano)
- Narrator: Helen Watts (contralto)
- The Blind Man: Robin Leggate (tenor)
- Jesus: John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1980, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

CD 4/5 
Sir Edward Elgar
- Caractacus, Op.35 (words by H A Acworth)
Cast
- Caractacus: Peter Glossop (baritone)
- Eigen: Sheila Armstrong (soprano)
- Orbin: Robert Tear (tenor)
- Arch-Druid: Bryan Rayner Cook (baritone)
- Claudius: Malcolm King (bass)
- A Bard: Richard Suart (bass)
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1976, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

Sir Edward Elgar
- Coronation March, Op.65
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1970, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

- Variations on an Original Theme (“Enigma”), Op.36
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1977, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London
STEREO/ADD

CD 6
Sir Edward Elgar
- Violin Concerto in B minor, Op.61
Hugh Bean (violin), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1972, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

Pomp & Circumstance Marches Nos 1-5, Op.39
- No.1 in D
- No.4 in G
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1976, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

CD 7 
Frederick Delius
- A Song of Summer
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1974, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London
STEREO/ADD

- Eventyr (Once upon a time)
- Dance Rhapsody No.1 
- Paris: The Song of a great City
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1971, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

CD 8
Frederick Delius
- Lebenstanz (Life’s Dance)
- North Country Sketches
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1974, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London
STEREO/ADD

- Sea Drift (Whitman)
John Noble (baritone), Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1973, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

- Cynara (Dowson)
John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1968; Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

CD 9
Frederick Delius
- Songs of Sunset (Dowson)
- An Arabesque (Jacobsen)
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1968, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

Frederick Delius
- A Mass of Life (from Nietzsche: Also sprach Zarathustra) - Part I
Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone)
London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1971, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD

CD 10
Frederick Delius
- A Mass of Life (from Nietzsche: Also sprach Zarathustra) - Part II
Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone)
London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1971, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD

CD 11/12
Frederick Delius
- Koanga, Opera in three acts with prologue and epilogue
Cast:
- Koanga (an African prince and Voodoo priest): Eugene Holmes (baritone)
- Palmyra (a quadroon, half-sister to Clotilda): Claudia Lindsey (soprano)
- Don José Martinez (a planter): Raimund Herincx (bass)
- Simon Perez (Don José’s overseer): Keith Erwen (tenor)
- Clotilda (Don José’s wife): Jean Allister (contralto)
- Rangwan (a Voodoo priest)/Uncle Joe (an old slave): Simon Estes (bass)
- Planters’ daughters: Elaine Barry (soprano), Pamela Smith (soprano), Eleanor Capp (soprano), Valerie Hill (soprano), Doreen Walker (contralto), Jean Temperley (contralto), Lesley Reid (contralto), Patricia Hogan (contralto)
- Negro I: John Dudley (tenor)
- Negro II: William Mason (baritone)
John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 1973, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD

Frederick Delius
- The Song of the High Hills (wordless)
Miriam Bowen (soprano), Peter Bingham (tenor)
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1973, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

CD 13/14
Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Hugh the Drover or Love in the Stocks
Cast:
- Hugh the Drover: Robert Tear (tenor)
- Mary (the Constable’s daughter): Sheila Armstrong (soprano)
- John (the Butcher): Michael Rippon (bass-baritone)
- The Constable: Robert Lloyd (bass)
- Aunt Jane (the Constable’s sister): Helen Watts (contralto)
- A Cheap Jack: Leslie Fyson (baritone)
- A Shell-Fish Seller: Oliver Broome (bass)
- A Primrose Seller: Sally Burgess (mezzo-soprano)
- A Showman: Terence Sharpe (baritone)
- A Ballad Seller: David Johnston (tenor)
- Susan: Lynda Richardson (soprano)
- Nancy: Shirley Minty (contralto)
- William: Neil Jenkins (tenor)
- Robert: Bruce Ogston (bass)
- The Turnkey: John Fryatt (tenor)
- A Fool: Steve Davies (baritone)
- An Innkeeper: David Reed (bass)
- A Sergeant: Henry Newman (baritone)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1978, Kingsway Hall, London
STEREO/ADD

CD 15
Gustav Holst
- The Hymn of Jesus, Op.37/H140 (Apocryphal Acts of St John, trans. Holst)
Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral Choir
Recorded: 1977, Kingsway Hall, London

- Short Festival Te Deum, H145
Recorded: 1977, Kingsway Hall, London

- Hymns from the Rig Veda – 2nd Group, Op.26 No.2/H98
London Symphony Chorus, women’s voices
Recorded: 1977, Kingsway Hall, London

- Ode to Death, Op.38/H144 (Whitman)
Recorded: 1977, Kingsway Hall, London
London Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra
STEREO/ADD

- Marching Song, H88 (No.2 of “Two Songs Without Words”, Op.22)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
- Dawn Patrol from “Coastal Command” (arr. Mathieson)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1976, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

CD 16
Havergal Brian
- Symphony No.8 in B flat minor
- Symphony No.9 in A minor
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1977, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London
STEREO/ADD

CD 17
Frank Bridge
- The Sea
- Summer: Tone Poem
- Cherry Ripe
- Enter Spring: Rhapsody
- Lament
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1975, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

CD 18
Sir Arthur Bliss
- Morning Heroes: A Symphony for Orator, Chorus and Orchestra
John Westbrook (orator), Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1974, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

- Processional (1953)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1976, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

CD 19
Sir Arthur Bliss
- A Colour Symphony
Things to Come: Music from the film
- Prologue (orch. Christopher Palmer)
- Ballet for Children (from the concert suite)
- Attack (from the concert suite)
- March (from the concert suite)
- The World in Ruins (orch. Christopher Palmer)
- The Building of the New World
- Attack on the Moon Gun
- Epilogue
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1976, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London
STEREO/ADD

Benjamin Britten
- The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1977, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road Studios, London
STEREO/ADD

CD 20  
Sir William Walton
- ‘Spitfire’ Prelude and Fugue
- Scapino: Comedy Overture
- Coronation March (1937): Crown Imperial
- Coronation March (1953): Orb and Sceptre
- Johannesburg Festival Overture
- Capriccio burlesco
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1969, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

- Hamlet: Funeral March (arr. Muir Mathieson)
- Richard III: Prelude (arr. Muir Mathieson) 
- Richard III: A Shakespeare Suite (arr. Muir Mathieson)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1983, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/DDD

CD 21  
Sir William Walton
- Hamlet and Ophelia: A Poem for Orchestra
- Henry V: Suite (arr. Muir Mathieson)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1983, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/DDD

Kenneth Alford
- On the Quarter Deck: March
Henry Walford Davies
- March Past of the Royal Air Force
Trad. arr. Sir Henry Wood
- Hornpipe from “Fantasia on British Sea Songs”
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1976, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

Trad (Thomas Arne)
- The British Grenadiers (arr. Stanford Robinson)
- Rule Britannia (arr. Sir Malcolm Sargent)
Anne Collins (contralto), Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
Eric Coates
- The Dam Busters March
Anne Collins (contralto), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1976, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

Eric Coates
- The Three Bears Phantasy
- Cinderella Phantasy 
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1970, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

CD 22
Eric Coates
- By the Sleepy Lagoon Valse serenade
- From Meadow to Mayfair Suite
- Springtime in Angus (Elizabeth of Glamis) from 'The Three Elizabeths Suite'
- The Dam Busters March 
- Wood Nymphs Valsette 
- Music Everywhere (Rediffusion March)
- Saxo-Rhapsody
- At the Dance from 'Summer Days' Suite
Jack Brymer (saxophone), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1968, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

- London Suite
- London Again Suite
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1970, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

CD 23
Sir Arthur Sullivan
- Symphony in E 'Irish'
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1968, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

OVERTURES
- HMS Pinafore
- Patience
- Iolanthe
- The Mikado
- The Yeoman of the Guard
- The Gondoliers
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1972, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

CD 24
Sir Arthur Sullivan
- Overture di Ballo
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1968, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

Sir Malcolm Arnold
English Dances
- Set 1, Op.27
- Set II, Op.33
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 1976, Guildhall, Southampton
STEREO/ADD

Sir Malcolm Arnold
- Symphony No.2, Op.40
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 1976, Guildhall, Southampton
STEREO/ADD

Sir William Walton
Henry V: Suite (arr. Muir Mathieson)
- Touch her soft lips and part
- Agincourt Song
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Recorded: 1976, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
STEREO/ADD

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