01 Overture. Rienzi [10'30]
02 Overture. Tannhauser [14'35]
03 Prelude to Act 1 of Lohengrin [8'09]
04 Prelude to Act 3 of Tristan und Isolde [7'31]
05 Overture. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [9'23]
06 Prelude and Close of Act 3 of Parsifal [16'03]
New Queen's Hall Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth
Carlton Classics 30366 00982 [recorded March 1995; CD issued 1998]
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Recording venue: Henry Wood Hall, London
Recording engineer: Richard Miller; Producer: John Boyden
The short-lived reincarnation of the Queen's Hall Orchestra was formed by John Boyden and they played on instruments from the early 20th Century. These Wagner recordings were first released in 1995 on the obscure Eye of the Storm label. That release included two performances of each work from which a selection was made for this Carlton Classics release. Other recordings by the orchestra of music by Holst and Vaughan Williams can also be found here on MIMIC.
01 Proud Thames. Coronation overture (1952) * [5'58]
02 - 05 Symphony for double string orchestra (1953) ** [21'50]
06 - 09 Serenata concertante (1962) ~ ** [21'37]
10 - 13 Music for strings (1983) ^ [18'21]
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley* and Barry Wordsworth^; Manoug Parikian- violin ~, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley**
Lyrita SRCD288 [recorded 1972*, 1982** and 2007^; CD issued 2007]
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Recording venues: Walthamstow Assembly Hall*, Watford Town Hall** ^ and Kingsway Hall~**, London
Recording engineers: James Lock * ~**, John Dunkerley ** and Mark Vigars^
Producers: David Harvey*, Tom Mowrey**, Andrew Cornall~** and Andrew Keener^
01 Cockaigne. Overture, op.40 'In London Town' [16'29]
02 - 16 Variations on an Original Theme, op.36, 'Enigma' [33'08]
17 - 21 Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op.39 [25'01]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth
RPO SP035 [recorded June 2011; issued 2012
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Recording venue: Cadogan Hall, London
Recording engineer: Mike Clements; Producer: Andrew Walton
01 Overture to an Italian Comedy (1936) * [6'21]
02 - 10 Cotillon, A Suite of Dance Tunes (1938) ^ [12'12]
11 - 19 North American Square-Dance Suite (1951) # [13'48]
20 - 23 Symphony (1945) # [44'22]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Myer Fredman*; London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Braithwaite^; London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth#
Lyrita SRCD314 [recorded January 1970*, September 1978^ and July & August 1993 & March 1994#; CD issued 2007]
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Recording venues: Walthamstow Assembly Hall* and Watford Town Hall^ #, London
Recording engineers: unknown*, John Dunkerley^, Mark Vigars, Trygg Tryggvason and Andrew Halifax#
Producers: unknown*, Tom Mowrey^ and Andrew Keener#
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