01 - 05 Symphony No.8 in C minor, op.65 [59'40]
London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky
LPO LPO0069 [recorded October 1983; issued 2013]
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Recording venue: Royal Festival Hall, London
BBC recording. Recording engineer and Producer: not given, Remastering engineer: Andrew Lang
A short-lived and under promoted but splendid recording of one of Shostakovich's finest works.
01 Violin Concerto * [16'14]
02 Berceuse for violin and orchestra, op.16 * [4'20]
03 Elegie for cello and orchestra, op.24 ^ [6'54]
04 Overture from 'Masques et Bergamasques', op.112 [3'40]
05 Nocturne from 'Shylock', op.57 [3'06]
06 - 09 Pelléas et Mélisande - Suite, op. 80 [19'13]
Rodolfo Bonuccoci- violin*, Viocheslav Ponomarev - cello^, Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Enrique Bátiz
ASV CD DCA 686 [recorded 1989; first issued 1989]
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Recording venue: Sala Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico City
Recording engineer and Producer: Brian Culverhouse
01 - 13 Romeo and Juliet. A Ballet in two tableaux (1924-25) [30'00]
14 - 21 Pomona. A Ballet in one act (1926) [20'36]
22 - 23 Music for Orchestra (1927) * [13'19]
24 King Pest: Rondo Burlesca (No.6 from 'Summer’s Last Will and Testament') ^ [9'14]
English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Norman Del Mar; London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth*; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Simon Joly^
Lyrita SRCD 215 [recorded March 1977, August 1993* and August 1989; CD issued 2007]
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Recording venues: Kingsway Hall, Watford Town Hall* and Henry Wood Hall^, London.
Recording engineers: Stanley Goodall, Mark Vigars* and John Dunkerley^.
Producers: James Walker, Andrew Keener* and Andrew Cornall^.
01 The Rio Grande, for chorus, alto, orchestra and pianoforte * [14'04]
02 Aubade héroïque, for small orchestra [8'05]
03 - 09 Summer's Last Will and Testament, for orchestra, chorus and baritone ^ [52'59]
Sally Burgess- mezzo-soprano, Jack Gibbons- piano, Chorus of Opera North*; William Shimell- baritone, Chorus of Opera North, Leeds Festival Chorus^; English Northern Philharmonia conducted by David Lloyd-Jones
Hyperion CDA66565 [recorded September 1991; first issued 1992 and reissued 2011]
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Recording venues: Leeds Town Hall, Yorkshire, UK
Recording engineer: Tony Faulkner; Producer: Christopher Palmer
01 - 09 The Triumph of Neptune. Suite * [22'13]
10 Fugue for Orchestra [5'34]
11 - 12 (orch. Ernest Irving): Nicholas Nickleby. Incidental Music from the film [9'11]
13 - 15 Trois Morceaux [8'00]
16 - 18 Fantaisie espagnole [8'14]
Christopher Underwood- baritone*; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth
EMI CDM565098-2 [recorded May 1986; first issued 1986, this re-issue 1994]
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Recording venue: Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Recording engineer and Producer: Brian Culverhouse
Booklet notes by Peter Dickinson.
01 - 04 Wedding Bouquet. A ballet with chorus (1936) * [33'25]
05 March (1945) [1'58]
06 - 10 Luna Park. A fantastic ballet in one act (1930) [16'37]
RTÉ Chamber Choir*; RTÉ Sinfonietta conducted by Kenneth Alwyn
Marco Polo 8.223716 [recorded February 1994; first issued 1996. Reissued as Naxos 8.555223 in 2021]
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Recording venue:Taney Parish Centre, Dublin, Éire
Recording engineer: Aidon O’Dubhghaill; Producer: Chris Craker
01 A Birthday Surprise (1979) [2'04]
02 Satie Transformations (1969 - 1970) [16'40]
03 - 07 Five Diversions (1963 / 1970) [12'39]
08 Bach in Blue (2004 / 2012 / 2015) * [5'54]
09 Merseyside Echoes (1988) [8'43]
10 - 15 Suite for the Centenary of Lord Berners (1974 /1983 / 2015) [14'39]
16 Monologue for Strings (1959) [8'56]
Lesley Hatfield- violin, Robert Plane- clarinet *; BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Clark Rundell
Heritage RTGCD 211 [recorded September 2015; issued 2016]
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Recording venue: Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, Wales.
Recording engineer: Huw Thomas; Producer: Michael Surcombe.
And now Peter Dickinson in less accessible, rather more serious mood:
14 - 18 Outcry. A Cycle of Nature Poems, for contralto, chorus and orchestra (1969) ^ [33'07]
19 - 27 Organ Concerto (1971) # [20'00]
Meriel Dickinson- mezzo, The London Concert Choir, City of London Sinfonia conducted by Nicholas Cleobury^; Howard Shelley- piano*, Jennifer Bate- organ#, BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Atherton*#
Albany Troy 360 [recorded January 1986 for EMI*# and March 1988 for Conifer^; first issued 1986 and 1989. This reissue 2000]
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Recording venues: Watford Town Hall*, University College School Hampstead^, Royal Festival Hall#, London.
Recording engineers: Trygg Tryggvason*, Anthony Howell^ and Mike Clements#.
Producers: Martin Compton*, John Kehoe^ and Andrew Keener#.
Booklet notes by Peter Dickinson. The poems set in Outcry are by William Blake, Thomas Hardy and John Clare.
01 - 03 Symphony No.2 (1924 - 26) * [36'46]
04 - 07 Winter Legends for piano and orchestra (1930) [42'53]
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eugene Goossens*; John McCabe- piano, BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard
Lyrita Itter Collection REAM 1137 [recorded November 1956* and October 1978; issued 2017]
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Recording venue: BBC Maida Vale Studio 1, London* and BBC Manchester Studios.
Recording engineers and Producers: not given.
01 - 12 Symphony No.4 ‘Of Time and the River’ (1993/4) [31'06]
13 - 22 Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1989/90) * [25'06]
Emily Beynon- flute *, BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley
Hyperion CDA67089 [recorded in December 1998; CD issued 1999]
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Recording venue: BBC Maida Vale Studio 1, London.
Recording engineer: Tony Faulkner; Producer Andrew Keener.
1.01 - 1.16 Edward II. Ballet in 2 acts (1993-94) - Act One [58'12]
2.01 - 2.14 Edward II. Ballet in 2 acts (1993-94) - Act Two [55'37]
Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted by Barry Wordsworth
Hyperion CDA67089 [recorded in November 1999; CD issued 2000]
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Recording venue: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London.
Recording engineer: Tony Faulkner; Producer Andrew Keener.
01 George Gershwin: An American in Paris [18'52]
02 George Gershwin (orch.Ferde Grofé): Rhapsody in Blue * [17'33]
03 Maurice Ravel: Boléro [13'24]
04 Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte [6'05]
05 Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune [9'23]
Christopher O'Riley- piano*; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Barry Wordsworth
Tring RPO TRP005 [recorded October 1993; first issued 1994]
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Recording venue: EMI Abbey Road Studio No.1, London.
Recording engineer: Keith Grant; Producer: Alan Peters.
01 - 03 Danzas fantásticas, op.22 [13'48]
04 Rapsodia sinfónica, for piano and orchestra, op.66 ^ [8'59]
05 - 07 Sinfonia Sevillana, op.23 [24'14]
08 - 09 La Procesión del rocio, op.9 * [14'14]
10 La Oración del torero, op.34 * [6'26]
Frank Wibaut- piano^, London Philharmonic Orchestra and Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra* conducted by Enrique Bátiz
IMG Records IMGCD 1608 [recorded 1983 for EMI and 1994*; first issued 1994]
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Recording venue: St Peter's Church, Morden, London and Sala Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico City*..
Recording engineer and Producer: Brian Culverhouse.
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