Description:

• 3 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
• 4 3/4 in.
• digital
• optical
• 1.4 m/s
• stereo
• digital recording

Notes:

• Compact discs.
• Previously released material, p1964-2005.
• Credits ([4] p.) inserted in container.
• 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, op. 32. Jupiter, the bringer of jollity / Holst (8:03)
• Cello concerto in E minor, op. 85. Adagio / Elgar (5:03)
• Messiah. Hallelujah chorus / Handel (3:59)
• 'Enigma' variations, op. 36. 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, arr. Greaves (4:08)
• Pomp and circumstance march no. 4 in G, op. 39, no. 4 / Elgar (4:44)
• The dream of Gerontius,op. 38. The angel's farewell / Elgar (6:55).

• Disc 2. Judas Maccabaeus. Thine be the glory / Handel, arr. Cleobury (2:57)
• Five variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' / Vaughan Williams (10:34)
• Zadok the Priest / Handel (6:07)
• 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, op. 38. Praise to the holiest (concl.) / Elgar (8:13)
• Water music suite no. 1 in F. Bourrée / Handel (2:24)
• Three preludes founded on Welsh tunes. Rhosymedre / Vaughan Williams, orch. Foster (4:09)
• Jerusalem / Parry, orch. Elgar (2:45)
• The arrival of the Queen of Sheba / Handel (3:23)
• Spem in alium / Tallis (10:15)
• Water music suite no. 2 in D. Alla hornpipe / Handel (3:17)
• Adiemus 1 / Jenkins (3:56)
• Crown imperial / Walton (8:33).

• Disc 3. English folk songs suite. March : Seventeen come Sunday / Vaughan Williams, arr. Jacob (3:07)
• Requiem. Requiem aeternam / Rutter (5:34)
• Chanson de matin, op. 15, no. 2 / 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, op. 4. Sentimental saraband / Britten (7:06)
• Warsaw concerto / Addinsell, orch. Douglas (8:53)
• Serenade in E minor, op. 20. 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, op. 12 / Elgar (3:46)
• On hearing the first cuckoo in spring / Delius (6:02)
• Façade suite no. II. Popular song / Walton (2:14)
• Henry V suite. Touch her soft lips and part / Walton, arr. Mathieson (1:50)
• Coronation ode, op. 44. Land of hope and glory (finale) / Elgar (4:32).

Publisher or Distributor Number:

• 50999 6 310600 2 4
• 6 31600 2
• 50999 6 31601 2 3
• 6 31601 2
• 50999 6 31603 2 1
• 6 31603 2 1
• 50999 6 31605 2 9
• 6 31605 2

Control Number: 805361

UPC: 509996316002

Subjects:

• Composers -- Great Britain.
• Orchestral music -- Great Britain.
• Orchestral music.

Genre: Sound recordings.

Other Authors:

• Baker, Janet, 1933-
• Barbirolli, John, 1899-1970.
• Boult, Adrian, 1889-1983.
• Cleobury, Stephen.
• Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010.
• Marriner, Neville.
• Rattle, Simon, 1955-