Bantock, Bridge & Butterworth Miniatures:
01 Granville Bantock The Pierrot of the Minute. Comedy Overture [11'04]
02 Frank Bridge: Summer [10'35]
03 George Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow. Idyll for Small Orchestra [5'56]
04 Frank Bridge: There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook. Impression for Small Orchestra [9'15]
05 - 08 Frank Bridge: Suite for String Orchestra [21'00]
Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Norman Del Mar
Chandos CHAN 8373 [recorded January 1978; CD first issued 1985]
[digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]
Recording venue: Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire, UK.
Recording engineer & Producer: Brian Couzens.
Frederick Delius Miniatures:
01 On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring [6'33]
02 Summer Night on the River [7'13]
03 A Song before Sunrise [5'47]
04 - 05 (arr Eric Fenby): Two Aquarelles [4'28]
06 (arr Thomas Beecham): Incidental Music from 'Hassan' - I. Intermezzo [2'04]
07 (arr Thomas Beecham): Incidental Music from 'Hassan' - II. Serenade [2'13]
08 Prelude from 'Irmelin' [5'18]
09 (arr Eric Fenby): Late Swallows [9'25]
10 (arr Thomas Beecham): Intermezzo from 'Fennimore and Gerda' [5'25]
Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Norman Del Mar
Chandos CHAN 8372 [recorded January 1977; CD first issued 1985]
[digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]
Recording venue: Christchurch Priory, Dorset, UK.
Recording engineer & Producer: Brian Couzens
Edward Elgar Miniatures:
01 Chanson de Matin, op.15 no.1 [2'48]
02 Chanson de Nuit, op.15 no.2 [4'40]
03 Sérénade Lyrique (Mélodie) [4'37]
04 Salut d'Amour, op.12 [3'18]
05 - 06 Dream Children, op.43 [7'48]
07 Contrasts, op.10 no.3 (The Gavotte) [3'37]
08 (orch. Gordon Jacob): Soliloquy for Oboe * [5'50]
09 Woodland Interlude from 'Caractacus' [1'50]
10 - 11 Two Interludes from 'Falstaff' [4'35]
12 - 14 Three Bavarian Dances, op.27 [12'37]
Leon Goossens- oboe*, Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Norman Del Mar
Chandos CHAN 8371 [recorded July 1976; CD first issued 1985]
[digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]
Recording venue: Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire, UK.
Recording engineer & Producer: Brian Couzens
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
01 Flos Campi for Viola, Voices and Orchestra * [20'50]
02 - 09 Suite for Viola and Orchestra [25'27]
Frederick Riddle- viola, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir*, Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Norman Del Mar
Chandos CHAN 8374 [recorded April 1977; CD first issued 1985]
[digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]
Recording venue: Christchurch Priory, Dorset, UK.
Recording engineer & Producer: Brian Couzens
Elgar & Vaughan Williams Miniatures:
01 Edward Elgar: Sursum corda, op.11 [7'05]
02 Edward Elgar: Sospiri, op.70 [5'33]
03 Edward Elgar: Minuet from 'Beau Brummel' [3'22]
04 Edward Elgar: Burlesco from 'The Spanish Lady' [1'37]
05 Edward Elgar (arr. Henry Geehl): Adieu [2'26]
06 Edward Elgar: Waltz from 'The Starlight Express' [4'29]
07 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Overture to 'The Poisoned Kiss' [6'41]
08 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hymn-Tune Prelude No. 1 'Eventide' 4'48]
09 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hymn-Tune Prelude No. 2 'Dominus Regit Me' [2'59]
10 Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Running Set [4'39]
11 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sea Songs - Quick March [3'46]
Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by George Hurst
Chandos CHAN 8432 [recorded in 1975; CD first issued 1985]
[digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]
Recording venue: Christchurch Priory, Dorset, UK.
Recording engineer & Producer: Brian Couzens
Music of Percy Grainger:
01 - 02 Youthful Suite - Rustic Dance & Eastern Intermezzo [5'23]
03 Blithe Bells. Free Ramble on a theme by J.S. Bach- Sheep May Safely Graze [3'27]
04 Spoon River (AFMS No. 2) [4'50]
05 My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone (Old English Popular Music No. 2) [5'57]
06 Green Bushes (BFMS No. 12) [8'43]
07 (orch. Adolf Schmidt): Country Gardens [2'22]
08 Mock Morris (Room-music Tit-bits No. 1) [3'23]
09 Youthful Rapture for cello, piano and ensemble *^ [6'05]
10 Shepherd's Hey (BFMS No. 3) [2'15]
11 Walking Tune (Room-music Tit-bits No. 3) [3'33]
12 Molly on the Shore (BFMS No. 1) [3'54]
13 (orch. Henry Wood): Handel in the Strand ^ [4'47]
Moray Welsh- cello*, Philip Martin- piano^, Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Kenneth Montgomery
Chandos CHAN 8377 [recorded in March 1978; CD first issued 1985]
[digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]
Recording venue: Christchurch Priory, Dorset, UK.
Recording engineer: Ralph Couzens; Producer: Brian Couzens.
Benjamin Britten- The Complete Music for Strings:
01 - 11 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op.10 [25'37]
12 - 15 Simple Symphony, op.4 [16'19]
16 Prelude and Fugue for 18 part String Orchestra, op.29 [9'03]
Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Ronald Thomas
Chandos CHAN8376 [recorded July and October 1977; CD first issued 1985]
[digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]
Recording venue: Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire, UK.
Recording engineer and Producer: Brian Couzens.
Download
01 Granville Bantock The Pierrot of the Minute. Comedy Overture [11'04]
02 Frank Bridge: Summer [10'35]
03 George Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow. Idyll for Small Orchestra [5'56]
04 Frank Bridge: There is a Willow Grows Aslant a Brook. Impression for Small Orchestra [9'15]
05 - 08 Frank Bridge: Suite for String Orchestra [21'00]
Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Norman Del Mar
Chandos CHAN 8373 [recorded January 1978; CD first issued 1985]
[digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]
Recording venue: Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire, UK.
Recording engineer & Producer: Brian Couzens.
Frederick Delius Miniatures:
01 On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring [6'33]
02 Summer Night on the River [7'13]
03 A Song before Sunrise [5'47]
04 - 05 (arr Eric Fenby): Two Aquarelles [4'28]
06 (arr Thomas Beecham): Incidental Music from 'Hassan' - I. Intermezzo [2'04]
07 (arr Thomas Beecham): Incidental Music from 'Hassan' - II. Serenade [2'13]
08 Prelude from 'Irmelin' [5'18]
09 (arr Eric Fenby): Late Swallows [9'25]
10 (arr Thomas Beecham): Intermezzo from 'Fennimore and Gerda' [5'25]
Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Norman Del Mar
Chandos CHAN 8372 [recorded January 1977; CD first issued 1985]
[digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]
Recording venue: Christchurch Priory, Dorset, UK.
Recording engineer & Producer: Brian Couzens
Edward Elgar Miniatures:
01 Chanson de Matin, op.15 no.1 [2'48]
02 Chanson de Nuit, op.15 no.2 [4'40]
03 Sérénade Lyrique (Mélodie) [4'37]
04 Salut d'Amour, op.12 [3'18]
05 - 06 Dream Children, op.43 [7'48]
07 Contrasts, op.10 no.3 (The Gavotte) [3'37]
08 (orch. Gordon Jacob): Soliloquy for Oboe * [5'50]
09 Woodland Interlude from 'Caractacus' [1'50]
10 - 11 Two Interludes from 'Falstaff' [4'35]
12 - 14 Three Bavarian Dances, op.27 [12'37]
Leon Goossens- oboe*, Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Norman Del Mar
Chandos CHAN 8371 [recorded July 1976; CD first issued 1985]
[digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]
Recording venue: Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire, UK.
Recording engineer & Producer: Brian Couzens
Ralph Vaughan Williams:
01 Flos Campi for Viola, Voices and Orchestra * [20'50]
02 - 09 Suite for Viola and Orchestra [25'27]
Frederick Riddle- viola, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir*, Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Norman Del Mar
Chandos CHAN 8374 [recorded April 1977; CD first issued 1985]
[digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]
Recording venue: Christchurch Priory, Dorset, UK.
Recording engineer & Producer: Brian Couzens
Elgar & Vaughan Williams Miniatures:
01 Edward Elgar: Sursum corda, op.11 [7'05]
02 Edward Elgar: Sospiri, op.70 [5'33]
03 Edward Elgar: Minuet from 'Beau Brummel' [3'22]
04 Edward Elgar: Burlesco from 'The Spanish Lady' [1'37]
05 Edward Elgar (arr. Henry Geehl): Adieu [2'26]
06 Edward Elgar: Waltz from 'The Starlight Express' [4'29]
07 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Overture to 'The Poisoned Kiss' [6'41]
08 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hymn-Tune Prelude No. 1 'Eventide' 4'48]
09 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hymn-Tune Prelude No. 2 'Dominus Regit Me' [2'59]
10 Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Running Set [4'39]
11 Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sea Songs - Quick March [3'46]
Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by George Hurst
Chandos CHAN 8432 [recorded in 1975; CD first issued 1985]
[digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]
Recording venue: Christchurch Priory, Dorset, UK.
Recording engineer & Producer: Brian Couzens
Music of Percy Grainger:
01 - 02 Youthful Suite - Rustic Dance & Eastern Intermezzo [5'23]
03 Blithe Bells. Free Ramble on a theme by J.S. Bach- Sheep May Safely Graze [3'27]
04 Spoon River (AFMS No. 2) [4'50]
05 My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone (Old English Popular Music No. 2) [5'57]
06 Green Bushes (BFMS No. 12) [8'43]
07 (orch. Adolf Schmidt): Country Gardens [2'22]
08 Mock Morris (Room-music Tit-bits No. 1) [3'23]
09 Youthful Rapture for cello, piano and ensemble *^ [6'05]
10 Shepherd's Hey (BFMS No. 3) [2'15]
11 Walking Tune (Room-music Tit-bits No. 3) [3'33]
12 Molly on the Shore (BFMS No. 1) [3'54]
13 (orch. Henry Wood): Handel in the Strand ^ [4'47]
Moray Welsh- cello*, Philip Martin- piano^, Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Kenneth Montgomery
Chandos CHAN 8377 [recorded in March 1978; CD first issued 1985]
[digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]
Recording venue: Christchurch Priory, Dorset, UK.
Recording engineer: Ralph Couzens; Producer: Brian Couzens.
Benjamin Britten- The Complete Music for Strings:
01 - 11 Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, op.10 [25'37]
12 - 15 Simple Symphony, op.4 [16'19]
16 Prelude and Fugue for 18 part String Orchestra, op.29 [9'03]
Bournemouth Sinfonietta conducted by Ronald Thomas
Chandos CHAN8376 [recorded July and October 1977; CD first issued 1985]
[digital download; flacs, cover, inlay and booklet scans]
Recording venue: Guildhall, Southampton, Hampshire, UK.
Recording engineer and Producer: Brian Couzens.
Download