Charles Groves - British Music - Box Set 24CDs

Label : Warner
Format : Flac (image + cue)
Cover : Yes

Tracklist :

CD 1

Edward ELGAR (1865-1934)
Nursery Suite
Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42 - Funeral March
Severn Suite, Op. 87
Meditation from The Light of Life 'Lux Christi' oratorio, Op. 29
Caractacus, Op. 35, Woodland Interlude (Intro to scene III)
The Crown of India suite, Op. 66
Noel Rawsthorne, organ (Op. 29)
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1969 (Nursery Suite, Grania and Diarmid), 1970 (tracks The Light of Life, Caractacus, The Crown of India) Philharmonia Hall, Liverpool

CD 2

Edward ELGAR (1865-1934)
The Black Knight, cantata Op. 25
Spanish Serenade, Op. 21
The Snow, part-song, Op. 26/1
Fly, Singing Bird, part-song, Op. 26/2
Imperial March, Op. 32
Caractacus, Op. 35 Triumphal March
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1970 (Imperial March, Caractacus), 1984 (The Black Knight, Spanish Serenade, The Snow, Fly, Singing Bird, Imperial March), Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

CD 3

Edward ELGAR (1865-1934)
The Light of Life 'Lux Christi' oratorio, Op. 29
Margaret Marshall, Helen Watts, Robin Leggate, John Shirley-Quirk
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1980 Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

CD 4

Edward ELGAR (1865-1934)
Caractacus, cantata, Op. 35, Scenes 1-4
Paul Glossop, Sheila Armstrong, Robert Tear, Bryan Rayner Cook, Malcolm King, Richard Stuart
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1976, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

CD 5

Edward ELGAR (1865-1934)
Caractacus, cantata Op. 35, Scenes 5 & 6
Coronation March, Op. 65
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Paul Glossop, Sheila Armstrong, Robert Tear, Bryan Rayner Cook, Malcolm King, Richard Stuart (Op. 35)
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir (Op. 35)
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1976 (Op. 35), 1970 (Op. 65), Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool; 1977 No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (Op. 36)

CD 6

Edward ELGAR (1865-1934)
Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major, Op. 39 No. 1
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major, Op. 39 No. 4
Hugh Bean, violin (op. 61)
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1972 (Op. 61), 1976 (Op. 39) Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

CD 7

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)
A Song of Summer
Eventyr (Once Upon a Time)
Dance Rhapsody No. 1
Paris - The Song of a Great City, a nocturne for orchestra
RPO/Sir Charles Groves (track 1)
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves (tracks 2-4)
rec. 1971 (tracks 2-4), Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool; 1971 No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

CD 8

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)
Lebenstanz (Life’s Dance)
North Country Sketches
Sea Drift
Cynara
John Noble (Sea Drift), John Shirley-Quirk (Cynara)
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir (Sea Drift)
RPO/Sir Charles Groves (Lebenstanz, North Country Sketches)
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves (Sea Drift, Cynara)
rec. 1974 No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (Lebenstanz, North Country Sketches); 1973 Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (Sea Drift); 1968 Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (Cynara)

CD 9

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)
Songs of Sunset
An Arabesque
A Mass of Life, part 1
Janet Baker, John Shirley-Quirk (Songs of Sunset)
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir (Songs of Sunset), London Philharmonic Choir (A Mass of Life)
Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Benjamin Luxon (A Mass of Life)
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
LPO/Sir Charles Groves (A Mass of Life)
rec. 1968 Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (Songs of Sunset, An Arabesque); 1971 Kingsway Hall, London (A Mass of Life)

CD 10

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)
A Mass of Life, part 2
Heather Harper, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, Benjamin Luxon
London Philharmonic Choir
LPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1971 Kingsway Hall, London

CD 11

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)
Koanga, Opera in three acts, prologue & acts 1, 2
Claudia Lindsey, Jean Allister, Raimund Herincx, Eugene Holmes, Keith Erwen, Simon Estes
John Alldis Choir
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1973 Kingsway Hall, London

CD 12

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)
Koanga, Opera in three acts, acts 3 & Epilogue
Claudia Lindsey, Jean Allister, Raimund Herincx, Eugene Holmes, Keith Erwen, Simon Estes
John Alldis Choir
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1973 Kingsway Hall, London
The Song of the High Hills (without words)
Miriam Bowen, Peter Bingham
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1973 Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

CD 13-14

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)
Hugh the Drover (or Love in the Stocks), opera in two acts
Robert Tear, Sheila Armstrong, Michael Rippon, Robert Lloyd, Helen Watts, Leslie Fyson, Oliver Broome, Sally Burgess, Terence Sharpe, David Johnson,
Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral
RPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1978, Kingsway Hall, London

CD 15

Gustav HOLST (1874-1934)
The Hymn of Jesus, Op. 37, H140
Short Festival Te Deum, H145
Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, 2nd Group, Op. 26: H98
Ode to Death, Op. 38, H144
Two Songs without Words, No, 2 Marching Song, Op. 22, H88
Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir (Op. 37)
London Symphony Chorus (H145, H144)
London Symphony Chorus, women’s voices (H145, H98)
LPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1977 Kingsway Hall, London
Two Songs without Words, No, 2 Marching Song, Op. 22, H88
Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)
Coastal Command - Dawn Patrol (arranged Muir Mathieson)
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1976 Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

CD 16

Havergal BRIAN (1876-1972)
Symphony No. 8 in B flat minor
Symphony No. 9 in A minor
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1977, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

CD 17

Frank BRIDGE (1879-1941)
The Sea (Suite)
Summer (Tone Poem)
Cherry Ripe
Enter Spring (Rhapsody)
Lament
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1975, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

CD 18

Sir Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)
Morning Heroes, choral symphony for orator, chorus and orchestra
Processional
John Westbrook (orator)
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1974 (Morning Heroes), 1976 (Processional) Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

CD 19

Sir Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)
A Colour Symphony
Music from the film Things to Come, arranged by Christopher Palmer
RPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1976, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1977, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

CD 20

William WALTON (1902-1983)
Spitfire: Prelude and Fugue
Scapino: A Comedy Overture
Crown Imperial (Coronation March 1937)
Orb and Sceptre (Coronation March 1953)
Johannesburg Festival Overture
Capriccio burlesco
rec. 1969, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Funeral March from Hamlet (arranged Muir Mathieson)
Prelude - Richard III (arranged Muir Mathieson)
A Shakespeare Suite - Richard III (arranged Muir Mathieson)
Noel Rawsthorne (Crown Imperial & Orb and Sceptre)
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1983, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

CD 21

William WALTON (1902-1983)
Hamlet and Ophelia: A poem for orchestra
Henry V - Suite (arranged Muir Mathieson)
rec. 1983 Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

Kenneth ALFORD (1881-1845):
On the Quarter-Deck (March)
Henry Walford DAVIES (1869-1941)
March Past of the Royal Air Force

TRADITIONAL - arranged Sir Henry WOOD (1869-1944)
Hornpipe (Fantasia on British Sea Songs)

Thomas ARNE (1710–1778)
The British Grenadiers (arranged Stanford Robinson
Rule, Britannia (from Alfred) (arranged Sir Malcolm Sargent)

Eric COATES (1886-1957)
The Dam Busters (March) from the 1955 film
rec. 1976, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
The Three Bears Phantasy
Cinderella Phantasy
Anne Collins, contralto (Rule, Britannia)
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir (Rule, Britannia)
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1970, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

CD 22

Eric COATES (1886-1957)
By the Sleepy Lagoon, Valse-serenade
From Meadow to Mayfair, Suite
Springtime in Angus (Elizabeth of Glamis) from The Three Elizabeths (Suite)
Keith Wood (oboe)
The Dam Busters (March) from the 1955 film
Wood Nymphs (Valsette)
Music Everywhere 'Rediffusion March'
Saxo-Rhapsody
Jack Brymer (saxophone)
Summer Days (Suite) - At the Dance
rec. 1968, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
London (London Everyday) - (Suite)
London Again (Suite)
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1970, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

CD 23

Sir Arthur SULLIVAN (1842-1900)
Symphony in E major 'Irish'
rec. 1968 Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
HMS Pinafore: Overture
Patience Overture
Iolanthe Overture
The Mikado Overture
The Yeomen of the Guard: Overture
The Gondoliers Overture
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1972, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

CD 24

Sir Arthur SULLIVAN (1842-1900)
Overture di Ballo
rec. 1968, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Malcolm ARNOLD (1921-2006)
English Dances, Set 1, Op. 27
English Dances, Set 2, Op. 33
Symphony No. 2, Op. 40
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1976, Guildhall, Southampton

William WALTON (1902-1983)
Henry V - Suite (arranged Muir Mathieson):
Touch her soft lips and part
Agincourt Song
RLPO/Sir Charles Groves
rec. 1976, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool