Box of Delights: British Light Music Gems
01 - 04 Phylis Tate: London Fields ^ [13'14]
05 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Four Characteristic Waltzes, op.22 - No. 3, Valse de la reine [4'30]
06 - 07 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Three-fours. Valse suite, op.71 - No. 2, Andante & No. 5, Andante molto [7'00]
08 - 12 Granville Bantock (orch. O'Neill): Russian scenes [14'18]
13 - 16 Cecil Armstrong-Gibbs: Fancy Dress. Dance suite, op.82 * [17'22]
17 - 20 Elisabeth Lutyens: En voyage. Suite * [15'02]
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Simon Joly*
Lyrita SRCD214 [recorded March 1988 and August & September 1989; CD issued 2007]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venues: Walthamstow Town Hall and Henry Wood Hall, London.
Recording engineers: John Dunkerley and not stated^; Producers: Andrew Cornall and not stated^
Arthur Bliss:
01 - 04 A Colour Symphony [32'30]
05 - 18 Metamorphic Variations [37'40]
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth
Nimbus NI5294 [recorded in January 1991; CD issued 1991]
[digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, booklet derived from archive.org]
Recording venue: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales.
Recording engineer & Producer: not given.
This was the first commercial recording of Bliss' last orchestral work Metamorphic Variations and, as far as I know, the only following recording so far is the Naxos issue with David Lloyd-Jones and the Bournemouth Symphony.
Frederick Delius:
01 A Village Romeo and Juliet - The Walk to the Paradise Garden [10'11]
02 Brigg Fair [14'51]
03 Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring [7'21]
04 Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - No. 2, Summer Night on the River [5'40]
05 A Song Before Sunrise [6'36]
06 Koanga - La Calinda [4'14]
07 Three Small Tone Poems - No. 1, Summer Evening [5'43]
08 In a Summer Garden [14'02]
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth
Collins Classics 13362 [recorded June 1991; first issued 1992, digital download released 2011]
[digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, no booklet]
Recording venue: The Barbican Hall, London
Recording engineer and producer: not given]
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
01 The Lark Ascending (preceded by an extract from the George Meredith poem read by Niamh Cussack) * []
02 (arr. Ralph Greaves): Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' * []
03 - 11 Job. A Masque for Dancing []
David Juritz- violin, Consort of London conducted by Robert Haydon Clark*; Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth
Alto ALC1384 [recorded in 1990 for Collins Classics 11402* and 11242; this CD and digital download release 2018]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venues: All Saints Church, Tooting and St. John's, Smith Square*, London.
Recording engineers: Trygg Tryggvason & David Flower*; Producers: James W Burnett & John H West*
This recording of Job was originally coupled with Holst's The Perfect Fool in its original Collins Classics release. Unfortunately that Barry Wordsworth recording appears to now be completely unavailable.
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01 - 04 Phylis Tate: London Fields ^ [13'14]
05 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Four Characteristic Waltzes, op.22 - No. 3, Valse de la reine [4'30]
06 - 07 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Three-fours. Valse suite, op.71 - No. 2, Andante & No. 5, Andante molto [7'00]
08 - 12 Granville Bantock (orch. O'Neill): Russian scenes [14'18]
13 - 16 Cecil Armstrong-Gibbs: Fancy Dress. Dance suite, op.82 * [17'22]
17 - 20 Elisabeth Lutyens: En voyage. Suite * [15'02]
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Simon Joly*
Lyrita SRCD214 [recorded March 1988 and August & September 1989; CD issued 2007]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venues: Walthamstow Town Hall and Henry Wood Hall, London.
Recording engineers: John Dunkerley and not stated^; Producers: Andrew Cornall and not stated^
Arthur Bliss:
01 - 04 A Colour Symphony [32'30]
05 - 18 Metamorphic Variations [37'40]
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth
Nimbus NI5294 [recorded in January 1991; CD issued 1991]
[digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, booklet derived from archive.org]
Recording venue: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales.
Recording engineer & Producer: not given.
This was the first commercial recording of Bliss' last orchestral work Metamorphic Variations and, as far as I know, the only following recording so far is the Naxos issue with David Lloyd-Jones and the Bournemouth Symphony.
Frederick Delius:
01 A Village Romeo and Juliet - The Walk to the Paradise Garden [10'11]
02 Brigg Fair [14'51]
03 Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - No. 1, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring [7'21]
04 Two Pieces for Small Orchestra - No. 2, Summer Night on the River [5'40]
05 A Song Before Sunrise [6'36]
06 Koanga - La Calinda [4'14]
07 Three Small Tone Poems - No. 1, Summer Evening [5'43]
08 In a Summer Garden [14'02]
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth
Collins Classics 13362 [recorded June 1991; first issued 1992, digital download released 2011]
[digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, no booklet]
Recording venue: The Barbican Hall, London
Recording engineer and producer: not given]
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
01 The Lark Ascending (preceded by an extract from the George Meredith poem read by Niamh Cussack) * []
02 (arr. Ralph Greaves): Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' * []
03 - 11 Job. A Masque for Dancing []
David Juritz- violin, Consort of London conducted by Robert Haydon Clark*; Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth
Alto ALC1384 [recorded in 1990 for Collins Classics 11402* and 11242; this CD and digital download release 2018]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venues: All Saints Church, Tooting and St. John's, Smith Square*, London.
Recording engineers: Trygg Tryggvason & David Flower*; Producers: James W Burnett & John H West*
This recording of Job was originally coupled with Holst's The Perfect Fool in its original Collins Classics release. Unfortunately that Barry Wordsworth recording appears to now be completely unavailable.
Download from Mega.