Since you are interested in Concerto Grosso No.2 / Autumn Legend / Lyra Angelica, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
JOHN FOULDS
Foulds: Le Cabaret / Pasquinade Symphoniques No. 2 / Hellas, A Suite of Ancient Greece / etc London Philharmonic Orchetsra, Barry Wordsworth [ Lyrita / CD - released 29/Sep/2007 ] "A remarkable disc, and an essential introduction to a composer whose music cries out for greater recognition." (MusicWeb Feb 2004) |
ELGAR
Symphonies 1 & 2 London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ Lyrita / 2 CD - released 21/Jun/2007 ] Elgar's two symphonies have a special place in English musical history. When they were first played they towered head and shoulders - in sheer technique, let alone content - above previous symphonic offerings by British composers. Today when we have... |
GORDON JACOB
Symphonies 1 & 2 London Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] The prejudice against German music after WWI resulted in an emphasis on the latest French and Russian music of the time, which moulded the language of Jacob’s generation. These influences can be heard in Jacob’s symphonies, from the regular melodic... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Box of Delights-British Light Music Gems London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Joly (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] Recorded in 1989 two of London’s leading orchestras perform a selection of very neglected light music classics. This collection borders on the very unusual with a feast that includes the suite ‘London Fields’ by Phyllis Tate, ‘Russian Scenes’ by... |
JOHN IRELAND
Tritons / The Forgotten Rite / Mai-Dun / A London Overture / The Overlanders Suite / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "The 1970s origins of many of Lyrita’s too long delayed CD revivals need hold no fears for any purchaser. The forty plus year old sound remains an object lesson taught by the analogue tradition to the digital era. Not the essential Ireland apart from... |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Symphony Nos. 1 & 4 London Philharmonic Orchestra / William Alwyn (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "[Symphony No.4] a remarkably diverse and well-argued symphony, bursting with lyrical ideas and melodic in the way traditional music is communicative, without being old-fashioned. [Symphony No.1] is a work teeming with ideas, and quite often reminds... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Sons of Light (with Parry-Ode on the Nativity / Holst-The Mystic Trumpeter) Sheila Armstrong (soprano) Teresa Cahill (soprano) / Bach Choir / Royal College of Music Chorus / London Philharmonic / Willocks [ Lyrita / CD - released 12/Oct/2007 ] "Lyrita here put on the map three neglected scores from the British choral tradition and they do so in magnificent style." (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |