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Her Song

Susan Gritton sings orchestral songs by Edward Elgar, John Ireland, Hubert Parry, Eric Gritton and John Sanders.

Dutton Epoch
The Film Music of Mischa Spoliansky

BBC Concert Orchestra
Rumon Gamba (conductor)

Chandos
Frederick Delius
Hiawatha; Double Concerto; Suite for violin & orchestra; Légende; Caprice and Elegy.

Philippe Graffin (violin)
Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola)
BBC Concert Orchestra
David Lloyd-Jones (conductor)

Dutton Epoch
Richard Arnell
 Harlequin in April; Punch and the Child; Concerto Capriccioso.

Lorraine McAslan (violin)
BBC Concert Orchestra
Martin Yates (conductor)

Dutton Epoch
Concrete
Pet Shop Boys

The Pet Shop Boys in Concert at the Mermaid Theatre for Radio 2.

BBC Concert Orchestra
Trevor Horn director

Parlophone
Song For Daniel Pearl
Music by John Coltrane, Edward Elgar and David C. Heath

Song for Daniel Pearl; The Truth will set you Free; The Celtic; Moroccan Fantasy; Gottlieb; Daniel Pearl; Elegy; Naima; Land of Hope and Glory?

BBC Concert Orchestra
Charles Hazlewood & David C. Heath conductors

Quartz Music Limited

Robert and Clara Schumann
Piano Concertos

Lucy Parham piano
BBC Concert Orchestra
Barry Wordsworth conductor

Universal Classics
Stanley Bate
Stanley Bate - Concerto for Viola & Orchestra
Vaughan Williams - Romance
W.H. Bell - Rosa Mystica

Roger Chase viola
BBC Concert Orchestra
Stephen Bell conductor

Dutton Epoch CDLX
Leroy Anderson
Orchestral Works, Vol 5

Goldilocks
Lazy Moon
Save A Kiss
Pyramid Dance
Suite of Carols

Kim Crisswell soprano
William Dazeley baritone
BBC Concert Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin conductor

Naxos American Classics 8.559382
Leroy Anderson
Orchestral Works, Vol 4

Irish Suite
Scottish Suite
Alma Mater

BBC Concert Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin conductor

Naxos American Classics 8.559381
Leroy Anderson
Orchestral Works, Vol 3

Sleigh Ride
The Typewriter
Plink, Plank, Plunk!
The Syncopated Clock

BBC Concert Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin conductor

Naxos American Classics 8.559357
Leroy Anderson
Orchestral Works, Vol 2

Woodbury Fanfare
A Harvard Festival
Forgotten Dreams
Whistling Kettle Horse and Buggy
The Waltzing Cat
Home Stretch
Girl in Satin
March of the Two Left Feet
Waltz Around the Scale
Lullaby of the Drums
Jazz Legato
Jazz Pizzicato
Song of the Bells
Song of Jupiter
Suite of Carols for String Orchestra

BBC Concert Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin conductor

Naxos American Classics 8.559356
Leroy Anderson
Leroy Anderson
Orchestral Works, Vol 1

Old Anderson favourites and delightful lesser-known finds so easy on the ear.

Naxos American Classics 8.559313
Rutter & Gadd
Family Album

Claire Rutter soprano
Stephen Gadd baritone
Winchester Cathedral Choir
BBC Concert Orchestra
Richard Balcome conductor

Mother & Son
O, For the Wings of a Dove
O mio Babbino Caro
Valentin's Prayer
Danny Boy
Thais: Final Duet
La Mamma Marta
Easter Hymn

Spinto Music Media

Eric Coates
Sound and Vision

Four Ways Suite
Bird Songs At Eventide
Green Hills Of Somerset
From The Countyside Suite

CDLX  7198
Legends CD cover
Legends
Two pieces by Shulamit Ran performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Legend for Orchestra 
Violin Concerto

TR0Y970
Robert Farnon
Robert Farnon
A collection of Robert Farnon's best loved works.

Captain Horatio Hornblower
Symphony No. 2 in B Major
Overture - The Frontiersmen
Goodwood Galop
Alcan Highway
Three Impressions
Seventh Heaven
Playtime
Scherzo from Symphony No.1 in D Flat Major.

Dutton Digital

CDLX 7173
York Bowen CD
York Bowen 
British Composer York Bowen wrote many concertos - four for piano, one each for violin, viola, horn and shorter pieces for cello and harp. They have been mostly forgotten for many years but as this recording makes clear, they are delightful pieces.

Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.33
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E flat, Op.11

Dutton Digital

Cat. number CDLX7169
Anthony Collins CD
Anthony Collins - Vanity Fair 
Anthony Collins is best remembered for his light music encores, of which Vanity Fair is one of the most popular. This recording also includes Festival Royal - Overture, The Lady with a Lamp, Symphony for Strings, Louis XV Silhouettes and Victoria the Great.

Dutton Original

Cat No. CDLX 7162
Willard White - My Way CD
Willard White - My Way
Celebrated bass singer, Sir Willard White makes his debut solo recording for Sony BMG with the album 'My Way' that spans both traditional Jamaican and gospel music, and songs from the world of Broadway, film and pop.

Sony BMG

Cat No. SK 92943
Edward German CD
Edward German - Symphony No.1
A rare recording of Edward German's Symphony No. 1.

Cat No. CHAN 10279
Montague Phillips, Festival Overture CD
Montague Phillips - Volume 2
Recording includes Festival Overture - Hillside Melody
Hampton Court- Charles II Overture
In Old Verona - In May Time and Empire March.

Dutton Original
Cat No.  CDLX 7158
Elgar's Piano Concerto
Elgar Piano Concerto
World premiere recording of Elgar's Piano Concerto (David Owen-Norris piano), realised by Robert Walker; plus
Elgar -
The Immortal Legions
Spanish Serenade op.23
(Trans & orch. Haydn Wood) Suite of Four Edward Elgar songs
(orch. Anthony Payne) So Many True Princesses
(orch. Henry Geehl) Adieu
Anthony Collins - Elegy in memory of Edward Elgar
With the BBC Singers.  Conducted by David Lloyd-Jones

Cat No. CDLX 7148
The Film Music of Clifton Parker
The Film Music of Clifton Parker
Premiere recordings of music from films including Treasure Island, Blue Lagoon, The Sword and The Rose and Sink The Bismarck.  Conducted by Rumon Gamba.

Cat No. CHAN 10279
Song of the Birds
English Cello Music
World premiere recordings with Raphael Wallfisch (cello) and Vernon Handley (conductor) including Herbert Murrill - Concerto No. 2: 'The Song of the Birds'

Cat no. CD WHL 2153
Walton and Lambert
Walton and Lambert
Complete ballet scores by Walton and Lambert:

The Wise Virgins - Walton
Horoscope - Lambert

Cat no. CD DCA 1168
Montague Phillips
Eight light music classics by Montague Phillips including:

Revelry Overture
A Shakespearean Scherzo
A Surrey Suite
Four Dance from The Rebel Maid

Cat no. CDLX 7140
Charles Williams
The Music of Charles Williams
Twenty four light music classics by Charles Williams including:

High Adventure (Friday Night is Music Night)
Devil's Galop
The Dream of Olwen
London Fair

Cat no. WHL 2151
Gordon Langford's Orchestral Classics
Gordon Langford's Orchestral Classics
Ten original compositions by Gordon Langford including:

The Hippodrome Waltz
Spirit of London
March from Colour Suite
Concertino for Trumpet and Orchestra

Cat no. CHAN 10115
Seriously Chilled
Seriously Chilled
New arrangements of classical chill-out anthems by Anne Dudley, including:

The X-Files
Midnight Cowboy
Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence
Twin Peaks

Cat no. 557 5512

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