Since you are interested in Symphony Nos. 1 & 7, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
FRANK BRIDGE
Dance Rhapsody / Allegro Moderato for string orchestra / Dance Poem / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite [ Lyrita / CD - released 10/Jul/2007 ] "This disc...makes a signally attractive coupling. It presents the early Tchaikovskian-sumptuous Bridge (the two Dance works), the transitional Bridge (Two Poems) and the subtle and finely dissonant post-Great War Bridge (Rebus)." (MusicWeb... |
ARNOLD COOKE
Symphony No. 1 / Concerto in D for string orchestra / Jabez and the Devil-Suite London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "A great start to what must surely be a re-appraisal of Cooke’s orchestral music. An opportunity for the vast majority of listeners to discover this composer’s music for the first time" (MusicWeb May 2007) |
HOLST
Walt Whitman Overture / Suite de Ballet / Suite in E flat / A Hampshire Suite / A Moorside Suite London Philharmonic Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] "A very welcome Holst release particularly given that this disc steers clear of the better-known and focuses the more obscure" (MusicWeb Jan 2008) |
LENNOX BERKELEY
Symphony No. 1 Op. 16 / Symphony No. 2 Op. 51 London Philharmonic Orchestra / Norman Del Mar, Nicholas Braithwaite (conductors) [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "These are fine and handsomely recorded performances" (MusicWeb June 2007) |
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) |
ARNOLD BAX
The Garden of Fand / Tintagel / November Woods / etc London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult, conductor [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] "This disc very usefully brings together all of the Bax recordings made by Boult for Lyrita. His Performance of [November Woods] is masterly and he generates a great deal of tension, atmosphere and drama. Here is Boult at his very best" Gramophone |