Simon Heffer celebrates music from the British Isles. With Coates, Elizabeth Lutyens, York Bowen, Vaughan Williams, Havergal Brian, Rubbra, Balfour Gardiner and Finzi.
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Eric Coates
Knightsbridge - march
Conductor: Charles Groves Performer: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
- CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 62356.
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Elisabeth Lutyens
En Voyage
Conductor: Simon Joly Performer: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- LYRITA SRCD-241.
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York Bowen
Concerto Op.150 for horn, strings and timpani: Finale
Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite Performer: David Pyatt Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra
- LYRITA SRCD-316.
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Sir George Dyson
Concerto da camera for string orchestra: 3rd movement
Conductor: Richard Hickox Performer: City of London Sinfonia.
- CHANDOS CHAN-9076.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Sancta civitas - oratorio for tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra
Conductor: David Willcocks Performer: Bach Choir. Performer: King's College Cambridge Choir Performer: London Symphony Orchestra
- EMI CDM5 67221-2.
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Havergal Brian
Legend for violin and piano
Performer: Peter Lawson Performer: Stephen Levine
- EMI CDM5 67221-2.
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Edmund Rubbra
4 Medieval Latin lyrics Op.32 for baritone and string orchestra
Conductor: Hans-Hubert Schonzeler Performer: David Wilson-Johnson Performer: City of London Sinfonia
- VIRGIN CLASSICS VC7 90752-2.
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Henry Balfour Gardiner
Michaelchurch for piano
Performer: Peter Jacobs
- CONTINUUM CCD 1049.
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Gerald Finzi
Concerto in A minor Op.40 for cello and orchestra: 1st movement; Allegro moderato
Conductor: Howard Griffiths Performer: Timothy Hugh Performer: Northern Sinfonia.
- NAXOS 8.555766.
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- Sat 22 Jun 2013 15:00
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