The French Connection:
01 - 04 Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin (1917) [16'53]
05 Claude Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane (1904) * [9'49]
06 - 11 Gabriel Fauré (orch. Rabaud): Dolly Suite, op.56 (1894-97) [17'25]
12 - 17 Jacques Ibert: Divertissement (1930) [15'53]
Ossian Ellis-harp*, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Neville Marriner
ASV CD-DCA 517 [recorded August 1982; CD issued 1994]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Abbey Road Studios, London
Recording engineer: Michael Sheady; Producer: Anthony Sargent
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
01 - 04 Symphony No. 3 'Pastoral' ^ [37'32]
05 - 08 Symphony No. 4 in F minor [34'16]
09 Saraband 'Helen'. Was this the face that launched a thousand ships? * [9'06]
David Butt Philip- tenor, BBC Symphony Chorus*; Elizabeth Watts- soprano^; BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins
Hyperion CDA68280 [recorded November and December 2018; issued 2020]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: The Colosseum, Watford, UK
Recording engineer: Simon Eadon; Producer: Andrew Keener
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
01 - 04 A Sea Symphony 'Symphony No.1' * [67'40]
05 Darest thou now, O soul, for unison chorus and strings [3'12]
Elizabeth Llewellyn- soprano & Marcus Farnsworth- baritone *; BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Martyn Brabbins
Hyperion CDA68245 [recorded October 2017; issued 2018]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Blackheath Concert Halls, London
Recording engineer: Simon Eadon; Producer: Andrew Keener
Robert Simpson: Music for Brass
01 - 05 Energy. Symphonic Study for brass band (1971) [9'49]
06 - 09 The Four Temperaments (1983) [21'53]
10 Vortex (1989) [9'02]
11 - 17 Volcano. Symphony Study for brass band (1979) [12'16]
18 -19 Introduction and allegro on a bass by Max Reger (1987) [15'53]
The Desford Colliery Caterpillar Band conducted by James Watson
Hyperion CDA66449 [recorded August 1990; CD issued 1991]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Lutterworth Grammar School, Leicestershire, UK
Recording engineer: Tony Faulkner; Producer: Gary Cole
Nordic Showcase:
01 - 03 Carl Nielsen: Little Suite for Strings, op.1 [13'50]
04 Johan Svendsen: Romance, op.26 * [7'53]
05 - 07 Anders Wesström (ed. Lindberg): Armida Overture [7'50]
08 Jón Leifs: Variazioni pastorale, op.8. Variations on a theme of Beethoven [10'44]
09 - 11 Bo Linde: Concerto piccolo for wind quintet and strings, op.35 [10'50]
12 Jean Sibelius: Impromptu for strings (1883) [8'04]
Richard Tognetti- violin*, Nordic Chamber Orchestra conducted by Christian Lindberg
BIS CD1538 [recorded January 2006; issued 2007]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue:Tonhallen, Sundsvall, Sweden;
Recording engineer: Hans Kipfer; Producer: Jens Braun
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01 - 04 Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin (1917) [16'53]
05 Claude Debussy: Danse sacrée et danse profane (1904) * [9'49]
06 - 11 Gabriel Fauré (orch. Rabaud): Dolly Suite, op.56 (1894-97) [17'25]
12 - 17 Jacques Ibert: Divertissement (1930) [15'53]
Ossian Ellis-harp*, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Neville Marriner
ASV CD-DCA 517 [recorded August 1982; CD issued 1994]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Abbey Road Studios, London
Recording engineer: Michael Sheady; Producer: Anthony Sargent
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
01 - 04 Symphony No. 3 'Pastoral' ^ [37'32]
05 - 08 Symphony No. 4 in F minor [34'16]
09 Saraband 'Helen'. Was this the face that launched a thousand ships? * [9'06]
David Butt Philip- tenor, BBC Symphony Chorus*; Elizabeth Watts- soprano^; BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins
Hyperion CDA68280 [recorded November and December 2018; issued 2020]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: The Colosseum, Watford, UK
Recording engineer: Simon Eadon; Producer: Andrew Keener
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
01 - 04 A Sea Symphony 'Symphony No.1' * [67'40]
05 Darest thou now, O soul, for unison chorus and strings [3'12]
Elizabeth Llewellyn- soprano & Marcus Farnsworth- baritone *; BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Martyn Brabbins
Hyperion CDA68245 [recorded October 2017; issued 2018]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Blackheath Concert Halls, London
Recording engineer: Simon Eadon; Producer: Andrew Keener
Robert Simpson: Music for Brass
01 - 05 Energy. Symphonic Study for brass band (1971) [9'49]
06 - 09 The Four Temperaments (1983) [21'53]
10 Vortex (1989) [9'02]
11 - 17 Volcano. Symphony Study for brass band (1979) [12'16]
18 -19 Introduction and allegro on a bass by Max Reger (1987) [15'53]
The Desford Colliery Caterpillar Band conducted by James Watson
Hyperion CDA66449 [recorded August 1990; CD issued 1991]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue: Lutterworth Grammar School, Leicestershire, UK
Recording engineer: Tony Faulkner; Producer: Gary Cole
Nordic Showcase:
01 - 03 Carl Nielsen: Little Suite for Strings, op.1 [13'50]
04 Johan Svendsen: Romance, op.26 * [7'53]
05 - 07 Anders Wesström (ed. Lindberg): Armida Overture [7'50]
08 Jón Leifs: Variazioni pastorale, op.8. Variations on a theme of Beethoven [10'44]
09 - 11 Bo Linde: Concerto piccolo for wind quintet and strings, op.35 [10'50]
12 Jean Sibelius: Impromptu for strings (1883) [8'04]
Richard Tognetti- violin*, Nordic Chamber Orchestra conducted by Christian Lindberg
BIS CD1538 [recorded January 2006; issued 2007]
[digital download; flacs, cover, booklet and inlay scans]
Recording venue:Tonhallen, Sundsvall, Sweden;
Recording engineer: Hans Kipfer; Producer: Jens Braun
Download from Mega.