Since you are interested in These Things Shall Be / Piano Concerto / Overture: Satyricon / etc, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
GERALD FINZI
Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra Op. 31 / Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Op.40 John Denman (clarinet) New Philharmonia Orchestra / Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] "These recordings - sounding handsome still - derive from two Lyrita Recorded Edition LPs issued 1976-79. The Clarinet Concerto comes from SRCS 92 where it was alongside the two piano-and-orchestra works already used as fillers for SRCD... |
BRIDGE / IRELAND
Boult conducts Bridge & Ireland London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "Immaculately turned Bridge and Ireland … fascinatingly partnered...The Ireland is given a full-blooded performance with a gripping sound typical of Boult's EMI recordings" (MusicWeb June 2007) |
JOHN IRELAND
String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 / The Holy Boy Maggini Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "Ireland's student works 'as dull as dishwasher'? Here's a disc that will make you think again. One has to admire Ireland's perseverance if the old story is true. It is said that the young composer took his first string quartet to his hero, Stanford,... |
JOHN IRELAND
Ireland - The Complete Music for violin and piano Paul Barritt (violin) Catherine Edwards (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 13/Jul/2004 ] 'Another extremely useful addition to the ever-expanding Ireland discography' - Gramophone |
JOHN IRELAND
Greater Love Hath No Man Paula Bott (soprano) Teresa Shaw (contralto) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) / London Symphony Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] 'This excellent Ireland disc, probably all youll ever need of this prolific Mancunian composer and organist whose pupils included Britten, shows him at his evocative best… Epic stuff.' The Observer |
CYRIL ROOTHAM
Symphony No. 1 in C minor (1932) (with works by Granville Bantock & Josef Holbrooke) Philharmonia Orchestra Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite, conductor / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley, conductor [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] "All in all a fine release which makes a signal virtue of variety." (MusicWeb June 2007) |
JOHN IRELAND
Chamber Music - Sextet, Trios, Sonatas Yfrah Neaman (violin) Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) Eric Parkin (piano) / Melos Ensemble / Andre Navarra (cello) Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) [ Lyrita / 3 CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "The playing is fantastic and always committed and vitally, the depth and feeling of Ireland's music is communicated to the listener through every note" (MusicWeb Aug 2007) |