01 - 03 Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47 [33'41]
04 - 05 Jean Sibelius: Two Humoresques, op.87 [6'06]
06 - 09 Jean Sibelius: Four Humoresques, op.89 [14'34]
10 Nors S. Josephson: Celestial Voyage [8.52]
Fenella Humphreys- violin, BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by George Vass
Resonus RES10277 [recordedJanuary and February 2020;issued 2021]
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Recording venue: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, Wales
Recording engineer: Dave Rowell; Producer: Adam Banks
01 - 03 Doreen Carwithen: Violin Sonata (c.1960) [18'59]
04 Charles Wilfred Orr: Serenade (after 1930) [5'55]
05 Charles Wilfred Orr: Minuet (after 1930) [3'44]
06 - 07 Lennox Berkeley: Elegy & Toccata, op.33 (1951) [5'18]
08 - 09 Cyril Scott: Two Sonnets (1914/15) [8'34]
10 Frederick Delius: Légende in E-flat major (1916) [8'03]
11 - 14 Thomas Pitfield: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A (1939) [15'05]
15 Percy M. Young: Passacaglia (1931) [3'02]
16 John Ireland (1879-1962): Berceuse (1902) [3'59]
17 John Ireland (1879-1962): Bagatelle (1911) [2'50]
Fenella Humphreys- violin and Nathan Williamson- piano
Lyrita SRCD 359 [recorded January 2016; issued 2017]
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Recording venue: Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, UK
Recording engineers and producers: Adrian Farmer and Rhys Ward
01 Balfour Gardiner: Overture to a Comedy [7'46]
02 - 04 Roger Quilter: Three English Dances op.11 [7'23]
05 William Walton: Siesta [6'06]
06 Eugene Goossens: By the Tarn, op.15 no.1 [4'51]
07 - 11 Roger Quilter: Where the Rainbow Ends. Suite [14'42]
12 Arnold Bax: Mediterranean [4'24]
13 Peter Warlock: An Old Song [7'01]
14 - 16 Edward German: Three Dances from 'Henry VIII' [8'23]
Northern Sinfonia of England conducted by Richard Hickox
EMI CDC749933-2 [recorded May 1989; issued 1991]
[CD-rip; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet sourced from internet - English text only]
Recording venue: All Saints' Church, Quayside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Recording engineer and producer: Brian Culverhouse
Ralph Vaughan Williams
1.01 Serenade to Music (orchestral version) [11'33]
1.02 The Poisoned Kiss - Overture [6'53]
1.03 - 1.09 Old King Cole. Ballet for Orchestra # [22'01]
1.10 - 1.14 Five Mystical Songs *# [18'57]
1.15 Prelude on an Old Carol Tune [4'53]
1.16 The Running Set [6'12]
1.17 49th Parallel - Prelude [2'33]
1.18 Sea Songs. Quick-March [3'52]
2.01 The Lark Ascending ^ [14'33]
2.02 - 2.03 Two Hymn-Tune Preludes - No. 1, Eventide and No. 2, Dominus [6'53]
2.04 - 2.06 Oboe Concerto in A minor ~ [18'43]
2.07 (arr. Ralph Greaves): Fantasia on Greensleeves [4'47]
2.08 - 2.09 Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes - No. 2, Rhosymedre and No. 3, Hyfrydol [6'16]
2.10 - 2.12 Violin Concerto in D minor 'Concerto Accademico' ^ [16'30]
2.13 - 2.18 Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' [10'34]
Stephen Roberts- baritone*, Bradley Creswick- violin^, Roger Winfield- oboe~, Sinfonia Chorus#, Northern Sinfonia of England conducted by Richard Hickox
EMI CZS573986-2 [recorded November 1983 to July 1987; this re-issue 2000]
[CD-rip; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet sourced from internet - English text only]
Recording venue: Trinity Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Polytechnic and All Saints' Church, Quayside, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
Recording engineer and producer: Brian Culverhouse
01 - 03 Violin Concerto in D minor, op.60 * [29'25]
04 - 09 Suite lyrique No.3 "Impressions de Belgique" [25'48]
10 - 15 Sleeping Beauty Suite, op.22 [22'19]
John Storgårds- violin*, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leif Segerstam
Ondine ODE 923-2 [recorded October 1998; issued 1999]
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Recording venue: Tampere Hall, Tampere, Finland
Recording engineer: Enno Mâemets; Producer: Seppo Siirala
1.01 - 1.04 Symphony No.1 in C minor, op.30/1 (1902) [25'50]
1.05 - 1.08 Symphony No.3 in F major, op.40 (1906/07) [34'54]
2.01 - 2.04 Symphony No.2 (1904) [28'05]
2.05 - 2.08 Symphony No.4, op.80 'Summer Symphony' (1912) [41'33]
3.01 - 3.04 Symphony No.5, op.90 'Sinfonia Brevis' (1916) [32'46]
3.05 -3.08 Symphony No.6, op.100 (1925) [35'11]
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Leonid Grin
Ondine ODE 931-2 [recorded from March 1992 to May 1994; this set issued 1999]
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Recording venue: Tampere Hall, Tampere, Finland
Recording engineers: Enno Mâemets and Seppo Siirala; Producer: Seppo Siirala and Viive Mâemets.
A CD-rip of these fine recordings was posted here on MIMIC back in February 2009 with detailed information about the excellent music and this little known Finnish composer. But the download link is no longer active. Here, my digital download of the set has the booklet added.
01 - 02 Symphony No.2, op.35 (1918) * [42'30]
03 - 06 Symphony No.3, op.55 (1926) ^ [30'43]
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Paavo Rautio*; Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jorma Panula^
Finlandia FACD 011 [Recorded November 1981* and December 1973^; re-issued 1989]
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Recording venues: Tampere Cathedral and Kulttuuritalo Concert Hall, Helsinki, Finland
Recording engineers: Robert de Godzinsky and Jukka Heinonen
Producers: Society of Finnish Composers and Foundation for the Promotion of Finnish Music.
01 - 10 Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations, op.18 (1939) * [21'22]
11 - 15 Benjamin Britten: Our Hunting Fathers, op.8 (1936) ^ [26'01]
16 - 19 Benjamin Britten: Quatre chansons françaises (1928)~ [12'18]
20 Frank Bridge: Berceuse, H,9 (1901) ~ [4'45]
Heather Harper- soprano, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Groves*, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Edward Downes^, English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford~
BBC Radio Classics 15656 91582 [recorded May 1978*, February 1986^ and March 1980~; CD issued 1996
[CD-rip; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans sourced from internet]
Recording venues: Royal Festival Hall, London*, BBC Studio 7, Manchester^ and BBC Maida Vale Studios, London~.
Recording engineers: not given. Remastering by John Hunt BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Producers: William Robson*, Peter Marchbank^ and Anthony Friese-Greene
01 - 03 William Walton: Cello Concerto (1957) [27'30]
04 Ina Boyle: Elegy for cello and orchestra (1913) [7'34]
05 - 08 Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, op.85 (1919) [27'35]
Nadège Rochat- cello, Staatskapelle Weimar conducted by Paul Meyer
Ars Produktion ARS38221 [recorded May 2016; issued 2017]
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Recording venue: Weimarhalle, Weimar, Germany
Recording engineer: Manfred Schumacher; Producer: Annette Schumacher
01 Symphony No.4 'New York' (1967) [26'04]
02 - 04 Violin Concerto (1942 - 1945) * [34'03]
Yfrah Neaman- violin*, BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Colin Davis
Lyrita SRCD274 [recorded in 1970 for Argo LP ZRG 701, issued 1972; this CD issue 2008]
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Recording venue: not given but may well be Hammersmith Town Hall, London
Recording engineers and producers: not given but would have been a Decca Records team.
[Annoyingly, Caractacus Downes used to publish a set of web pages which revealed all of the available production information which is excluded from the booklets and tray inlays of many Lyrita issues. Then somebody realised that they were providing far too much information for their customers and closed them down. The Lyrita booklet also differs with Discogs on the original recording dates. Discogs gives February and April 1971. I suspect that they are correct.]
01 - 04 Symphony No.3, op.27 FS.60 'Sinfonia espansiva' * [41'25]
05 - 06 Symphony No.5, op.50 FS.97 ^ [33'55]
Felicity Palmer- soprano and Thomas Allen- baritone, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by François Huybrechts*; L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande conducted by Paul Kletzki^
Decca Eloquence 482 8570 [recorded April/May 1974* and September 1969^; this release 2019]
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Recording venues: Kingsway Hall, London, UK and Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland
Recording engineers: Philip Wade & Peter van Biene* and James Lock^
Producers: James Mallinson* and John Mordler^
01 - 04 William Walton: 01. - 04 Symphony No.1 in B-flat minor * [43'54]
05 - 08 Lennox Berkeley and Benjamin Britten: Mont Juic Suite of Catalan Dances, op.9 ^ [11'45]
Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Louis Frémaux*; English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Steuart Bedford^
Collins 10312 [recorded in April 1989* and October 1989^; this issue 2012]
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Recording venues: All Saints Church, Tooting, London* and the Maltings, Snape, Suffolk^, UK
Recording engineers: Mike Hatch* & Sean Lewis^; Producer: John H West
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