| Description |
3 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Compact discs. |
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Previously released material. |
| Performer |
Various performers, including Dame Janet Baker, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Adrian Boult, Stephen Cleobury, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Neville Marriner, and Sir Simon Rattle. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The Lark ascending / Vaughan Williams (14:50) -- The planets. Jupiter / Holst (8:03) -- Cello concerto in E minor. Adagio / Elgar (5:03) -- Messiah. Hallelujah chorus / Handel (3:59) -- 'Enigma' variations. Nimrod / Elgar (3:52) -- Water music suite no. 1 in F. Air / Handel (4:09) -- The armed man: A mass for peace. Agnus dei / Jenkins (3:36) -- Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis / Vaughan Williams (14:41) -- Messiah. For unto us a child is born / Handel (4:16) -- Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' / Vaughan Williams (4:08) -- Pomp and circumstance march no. 4 in G / Elgar (4:44) -- The dream of Gerontius. The angel's farewell / Elgar (6:55). |
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Disc 2. Judas Maccabaeus. Thine be the glory / Handel (2:57) -- Five variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' / Vaughan Williams / 10:34) -- Zadok the Priest / Handel (10:34) -- The banks of Green Willow / Butterworth (6:04) -- A Gaelic blessing / Rutter (1:47) -- English dance no. 5 / Arnold (3:07) -- The dream of Gerontius. Praise to the holiest (concl.) / Elgar (8:13) -- Water music suite no. 1 in F. Bourrée / Handel (2:24) -- Rhosymedre / Vaughan Williams (4:09) -- Jerusalem / Parry; orch. Elgar (2:45) -- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba / Handel (3:23) -- Spem in alium / Tallis (10:15) -- Water music suite no. 2 in D. Hornpipe / Handel (3:17) -- Adiemus / Jenkins (3:56) -- Crown imperial / Walton (8:33). |
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Disc 3. English folk songs suite. March / Vaughan Williams (3:07) -- Requiem. Requiem aeternam / Rutter (5:34) -- Chanson de matin / Elgar (3:35) -- Water music suite no. 2 in D. Bourrée / Handel (1:29) -- The dam busters march / Coates (3:54) -- Requiem. In paradisum / Jenkins (5:21) -- Music for the royal fireworks. La réjouissance / Handel (2:09) -- Simple symphony. Sentimental saraband / Britten (7:06) -- Warsaw concerto / Addinsell (8:53) -- Serenade for strings. Larghetto / Elgar (5:19) -- Music for the royal fireworks. Minuets I & II / Handel (2:19) -- The armed man: A mass for peace. Benedictus / Jenkins (7:34) -- Salut d'amour / Elgar (3:46) -- On hearing the first cuckoo in spring / Delius (6:02) -- Façade. Popular song / Walton (2:14) -- Henry V. Touch her soft lips and part / Walton (1:50) -- Land of hope and glory (Coronation ode finale) / Elgar (4:32). |
| Subject |
Orchestral music -- Sound recordings.
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Orchestral music -- Great Britain -- Sound recordings.
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Composers -- Great Britain -- Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
Baker, Janet.
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Barbirolli, John, 1899-1970.
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Boult, Adrian, 1889-1983.
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Cleobury, Stephen.
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Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010.
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Marriner, Neville.
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Rattle, Simon, 1955-
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| Standard No. |
5099963160024 |
| Music No. |
6 31600 2 EMI |
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50999 6 310600 2 4 EMI |
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