Great Britain's finest 20th and 21st century composers are represented in this collection, including music by Britten, Elgar, Finzi, Holst, Jenkins, Maxwell Davies, Vaughan Williams, and others.
Contents: ARNE: Rule, Britannia! (Alfred) • BLISS: Purple (A Colour Symphony) • BRITTEN: Interlude (A Ceremony of Carols) • Hymn to the Virgin • Interlude V: Evening (Peter Grimes) • The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, theme • DELIUS: The walk to the paradise garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet) • ELGAR: Land of Hope and Glory (Military Marches 'Pomp and Circumstance') • Nimrod • FINZI: Clarinet Concerto, 3rd mvt. theme • Eclogue • Prelude (Five Bagatelles) • Romance (Five Bagatelles) • HOLST: Jupiter (The Planets) • Venus (The Planets) • IRELAND: The Holy Boy • The London Overture, theme • JENKINS: Benedictus (The Armed Man) • Cantilena (The Journey) • Palladio, theme • Adiemus (Songs of Sanctuary) • MACMILLAN: Celtic Hymn (Northern Skies) • Scots song (Three Scottish Songs) • MAXWELL DAVIES: Farewell to Stromness • An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise, Extract • PARRY: Jerusalem • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: March: Folk songs from somerset (English Folk Song Suite) • WARLOCK: Basse-danse (Capriol Suite) • WOOD: Barwick Green (My Native Heath)
Contents: ARNE: Rule, Britannia! (Alfred) • BLISS: Purple (A Colour Symphony) • BRITTEN: Interlude (A Ceremony of Carols) • Hymn to the Virgin • Interlude V: Evening (Peter Grimes) • The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, theme • DELIUS: The walk to the paradise garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet) • ELGAR: Land of Hope and Glory (Military Marches 'Pomp and Circumstance') • Nimrod • FINZI: Clarinet Concerto, 3rd mvt. theme • Eclogue • Prelude (Five Bagatelles) • Romance (Five Bagatelles) • HOLST: Jupiter (The Planets) • Venus (The Planets) • IRELAND: The Holy Boy • The London Overture, theme • JENKINS: Benedictus (The Armed Man) • Cantilena (The Journey) • Palladio, theme • Adiemus (Songs of Sanctuary) • MACMILLAN: Celtic Hymn (Northern Skies) • Scots song (Three Scottish Songs) • MAXWELL DAVIES: Farewell to Stromness • An Orkney Wedding with Sunrise, Extract • PARRY: Jerusalem • VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: March: Folk songs from somerset (English Folk Song Suite) • WARLOCK: Basse-danse (Capriol Suite) • WOOD: Barwick Green (My Native Heath)