BBC Symphony Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
ELGAR Cello Concerto
ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius
Live concert broadcasts, 1961 & 1962
Total Duration: 1hr 58:32
Jacqueline du Pré, cello
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Richard Lewis, tenor
Marjorie Thomas, mezzo
John Cameron, baritone
Hudderfield Choral Society
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
HOLST
The Planets Suite
Beni Mora
The Perfect Fool
Stereo studio recordings, 1957 & 1961
Total duration: 75:03
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Women's Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
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
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor
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
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Arthur Bliss, conductor
Alfredo Campoli, violin
BBC Concert Orchestra
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