Best of British from the 2007 BBC Proms [2 CD set]

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ELGAR / WALTON / BRITTEN / DELIUS / KNUSSEN / TIPPETT / RODNEY-BENNETT
Best of British from the 2007 BBC Proms [2 CD set]
Daniel Hope (violin), Philip Dukes (viola) Christian Poltéra, Paul Watkins (cello) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, Jiríi Belohlávek

[ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Monday 14 July 2014

This special priced two-CD set features selected highlights from the 2007 BBC Proms season, compiled to a survey of the best of British music of the last 100 years. The Album captures the world premiere performance of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett's Four Poems of Thomas Campion.

Tracks:

Bennett, R R:
Four Poems of Thomas Campion (2007)
BBC commission world premiere
BBC Symphony Chorus, Stephen Jackson

Britten:
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a
Proms firsts London premiere 1945
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiríi Belohlávek

Delius:
A Song of Summer
Proms firsts world premiere 1931
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

Elgar:
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Paul Watkins (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jiríi Belohlávek

Knussen:
Violin Concerto
Proms firsts London premiere 2003
Leila Josefowicz (violin)
Oliver Knussen

Tippett:
Concerto for Violin, Viola, Cello & Orchestra 'Triple Concerto'
Proms firsts world premiere 1980
Daniel Hope (violin), Philip Dukes (viola) & Christian Poltéra (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

Walton:
Portsmouth Point Overture
Proms firsts London premiere 1927