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CLASSICAL AUDIO
· For this monumental four-disc release, Lyrita has chosen
the most influential and best loved symphonies by British
composers, taken from previous Lyrita recordings.
·
The best English ensembles are all included on this
release, including the London Philharmonic Orchestra,
Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra,
and the London Symphony Orchestra. All are conducted by
the most respected interpreters of British music, such as
Nicholas Braithwaite, Vernon Handley, Sir Adrian Boult, Myer
Fredman, Sir Lennox Berkeley, and more.
·
Over five hours of music is included in this box set. The
booklet contains fascinating and detailed liner notes by
Paul Conway which give a brief biography of each of these
composers, as well as a detailed history of their featured
work. This release is a must have for any aficionado of
British symphonic music.
DISC 1
01-04. Bennett: Symphony in G Minor
05-08. Rootham: Symphony No. 1 in C Minor
09-11. Moeran: Sinfonietta
DISC 2
01-03. Bax: Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat
04-07. Rubbra: Symphony No. 4
08-12. Rawsthorne: Symphonic Studies
DISC 3
01. Berkeley: Symphony No. 3 in One Movement
02. Alwyn: Symphony No. 5 "Hydriotaphia"
03-06. Williams: Symphony No. 2
07-09. Arnold: Sinfonietta No. 1
DISC 4
01-03. Wordsworth: Symphony No. 3 in C
04-06. Searle: Symphony No. 2
07-10. Joubert: Symphony No. 1
TRACK LIST:
BRITISH SYMPHONIES
COMPOSER:
William Alwyn · Malcolm Arnold · Arnold Bax ·
William Sterndale Bennett · Lennox Berkeley · John Joubert
· E.J. Moeran · Alan Rawsthorne · Cyril Rootham · Edmund
Rubbra · Humphrey Searle · Grace Williams · William
Wordsworth
ARTIST:
London Philharmonic Orchestra · London Symphony
Orchestra · Nicholas Braithwaite · Vernon Handley · Sir
Adrian Boult · Myer Fredman · Philharmonia Orchestra ·
Norman Del Mar · Sir John Pritchard · Sir Lennox Berkeley ·
William Alwyn · BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra · Vernon
Handley · Josef Krips (conductor)
SRCD2355 | 5020926235527
4 CD | SRP:
US
$29.99
CA
$35.99
09/09/16
RELEASE DATE:
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