BBC Symphony Orchestra

HOLST The Planets
Recorded in 1945
Duration 46:45

BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult

TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op.74 (Pathétique)
RAVEL Boléro
SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
ELGAR Cockaigne Overture

Studio recordings · 1929-1933
Total duration: 74:03

Broadcast and studio recordings, 1956-65
Total duration: 71:50  

R. STRAUSS Metamorphosen
R. STRAUSS Sinfonica Domestica
Studio and live recordings · 1953 and 1961
Total duration: 71:20

R. STRAUSS, WAGNER, MENDELSSOHN Electrical test recordings
MENDELSSOHN A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts)
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique (excerpt)

Recorded 1924 & 1938
Total duration: 50:12

New York Philharmonic Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Willem Mengelberg

SHAKESPEARE/MENDELSSOHN  A Midsummer Night's Dream
Recorded 23 & 26 July (orchestra) and 11, 16 – 20 August 1954 (actors) in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London.
Total duration: 2hr 25:23

TIPPETT Symphony No. 2 (world première)
BLISS March: Welcome The Queen
BLISS March from 'Things to Come'
BLISS Checkmate (excerpts)
BLISS Theme and Cadenza for violin and orchestra
BLISS Overture: Edinburgh
Live concert and studio recordings, 1956 & 1958
Total duration: 77:49 

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1

Recorded in 1937
Duration 25:51

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini 

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4

Recorded in 1939
Duration 30:06

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 4
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 1
Recorded in 1937 and 1939
Total duration: 77:31

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, conductor