Since you are interested in Florida Suite / North Country Sketches / On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring / etc, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
KENNETH ALFORD
The Music Of Kenneth Alford (Incls 'Colonel Bogey') Band Of H.M. Royal Marines / Captain J.R Mason [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/1992 ] The composer of 'Colonel Bogey', 'Dunedin' & 'Eagle Squadron' |
SOUSA
The Invincible Eagle: Famous Sousa Marches The Band Of The Blues And Royals / Major E.W. Jeanes [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] All the popular Sousa marches on one specially priced CD. |
FRANK BRIDGE
Summer / There is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook / Suite for String Orchestra (with works by Butterworth & Bantock) Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Norman Del Mar [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/1991 ] British Music For Small Orchestra |
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 23 / Suite No. 4 Op. 61 'Mozartiana' Constantine Orbelian (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Sep/2004 ] A popular Tchaikovsky concerto now released at budget price. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi - Concerti (Including 'the Four Seasons') Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Ronald Thomas, conductor [ Chandos Collect / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2004 ] A collection of popular Vivaldi Concerti. |
WILLIAM BOYCE
Boyce: 12 Overtures / 3 Concerti Grossi Cantilena, Adrian Shepherd [ Chandos Collect / 2 CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] Collect - the midprice Chandos label |
CORELLI
Concerto Grossi Op. 6 Cantilena / Adrian Shepherd [ Chandos Collect / 2 CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] Collect - the midprice Chandos label |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Hymns & Other Choral Works Choir of Worcester Cathedral / Choir of Westminster Abbey [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Sep/1992 ] "If that Englishness in music can be encapsulated in words at all, those words would probably be: ostensibly familiar and commonplace, yet deep and mystical as well as lyrical, melodic, melancholic, and nostalgic yet timeless." (Peter Ackroyd) |
CHRISTMAS CAROLS FROM ST JOHNS
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, with Philip Kenyon organ, conducted by George Guest Christmas Carols from St John's [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] In addition to their commitments in chapel, the Choristers at St John's College are continually committed to touring and concerts. Here is a reissue of their classic christmas carol CD originally issued in 1986. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Brass Favourites (Incls 'William Tell Overture' & 'Entry of the Gladiators') The Fairey Band / Kenneth Dennison [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/1991 ] This collection of 'Brass Favourites' comprises a varied selection of marches, transcriptions and solos. It features the Fairey Band of twenty years ago, under the direction of its then Musical Director, Kenneth Dennison. |
FAMILY CAROLS
Family Christmas (Incls 'Sussex Carol', 'When Christ was Born' & 'The Holly & The Ivy') Bach Choir with the Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, conducted by Sir David Willcocks [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] Reissue of classic recording |
Felicity Lott (soprano) Graham Johnson (piano)
Favourite English Songs by twentieth-century English composers [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 7/Jul/2002 ] "beautifully sung, superlatively well-played." (Gramophone) |
WILLIAM RIMMER / HERMANN LOUSID BLAKENBURG / ROBERT BROWNE HALL
World Famous Marches (Incls 'Flying Eagle' & 'North Star') John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1991 ] This recordings brings together music by three of the world's greatest march writers - 23 top class marches, representative of three gifted march writers, each with a different background and a different nationality. |
TRADITIONALLY BRITISH
Traditionally British John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band / Geoffrey Brand / Roy Newsome [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] Traditionally British is the British band - from 'Jerusalem' to 'Loch Lomond'. from 'The Minstrel Boy' to 'All Through the Night' |
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.10 / Symphony in C Major for Piano, Cello and Violin Op. 56 Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio / English Chamber Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Walter Weller [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
The King's Singers
The King's Singers: Original Debut [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1992 ] Recorded in: Olympic Studios, Barnes. Released on Collect - the midprice Chandos label. |
ZIEHRER / JOHANN STRAUSS II / OSCAR STRAUSS / KALMAN / MESSAGER / etc
Treasures of Operetta (Music from Casanova, Veronique, Merry Widow, Maid of the Mountains, Floradora, Arcadians, White Horse Inn, etc) Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano) / Peter Morrison (baritone) / Ambrosian Singers / The Chandos Singers / The Chandos Concert Orchestra / Barry Knight [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2004 ] 'This is a terrific compilation, because the singers cover a huge range of operetta, from 1890s Paris and Vienna confections... up to such London Sweetmeats as Old Chelsea....' - American Record guide |
IVOR NOVELLO
Songs (Including 'A Violin Began to Play', 'Some Day My Heart Will Awake' & 'We'll Gather Lilacs' Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano) / The Chandos Concert Orchestra; Gordon Langford, piano; Stuart Barry, conductor [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] 'Chandos, Marilyn Hill Smith and Stuart Barry deserve full marks for taking the task so seriously - orchestrations sound to be authentic…' Gramophone |