‎50 Greatest British Classics by Benjamin Britten

IV. Allegro risoluto

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

1:31

I. Allegro non troppo

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

2:46

II. Playful Pizzicato

English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten

3:02

Interlude V: Evening (Moonlight)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

4:22

Interlude II: The Storm

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Benjamin Britten

4:12

The Banks of Green Willow

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

6:06

A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

10:18

The Dam Busters

Elgar Howarth, London Brass

3:51

III. Knightsbridge (March)

Barry Wordsworth, BBC Concert Orchestra

4:08

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

5:42

The Walk to the Paradise Garden (Intermezzo)

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

8:38

La calinda (Choral Dance)

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

4:02

March, No. 1 in D Major

Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra

6:32

March, No. 4 in G Major

Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra

4:49

II. Larghetto

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

6:02

I. Adagio - Moderato

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Julian Lloyd Webber, Yehudi Menuhin

8:12

Chanson de matin, Op. 15 No. 2

Barry Wordsworth, BBC Concert Orchestra

3:00

I. March

Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

4:17

IV. Where Corals Lie

Della Jones, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

3:35

Elegy for Strings, Op. 58

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

4:24

Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

13:39

IX. Nimrod (Adagio)

BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth

4:05

Overture Cockaigne, Op. 40

Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra

14:12

Sospiri, Op. 70

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

4:49

II. Allegretto piacevole

Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

3:47

III. Adagio

Georg Solti, London Philharmonic Orchestra

12:11

II. Andante

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyung-Wha Chung, Georg Solti

12:30

Romance for String Orchestra

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

7:15

Eclogue

Piers Lane, English Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Daniel

10:39

I. Mars, the Bringer of War

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

7:04

IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

Charles Dutoit, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

8:01

VI. Uranus, the Magician

Charles Dutoit, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal

5:59

IV. Finale (The Dargasson): Allegro

Christopher Hogwood, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

3:35

Rondeau

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

1:35

II. Adagio cantabile

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

9:33

Fantasia On a Theme By Thomas Tallis

Stephen Shingles, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Kenneth Heath, Trevor Connah

15:10

Fantasia On Greensleeves

Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

4:15

The Lark Ascending

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown

16:02

Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus"

Kenneth Heath, Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown, Skaila Kanga

12:59

I. March: Seventeen Come Sunday

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

3:20

II. Lento

Sir Roger Norrington, London Philharmonic Orchestra

10:42

III. March: Folk Songs from Somerset

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

3:49

Overture the Wasps

Neville Marriner, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

9:01

Serenade to Music

Ann Murray, MICHAEL GEORGE, Duncan Riddell, Rosa Mannion, Robert Lloyd, Toby Spence, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Diana Montague, Della Jones, Stephen Roberts, Timothy Robinson, Yvonne Kenny, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Dame Felicity Lott, Christopher Maltman, Sir Roger Norrington, John Mark Ainsley, Lisa Milne, Catherine Wyn-Rogers

14:03

A Coronation March

Barry Wordsworth, BBC Concert Orchestra

5:54

Orb and Sceptre

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill

7:38

Touch Her Soft Lips, and Pt. (Arr. Muir Mathieson)

Andrew Litton, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

2:11

2:12

V. Pied-en-l'air

Nicholas Kraemer, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

2:24

Fantasia On British Sea Songs

Martin Loveday, Ileana Ruhemann, Barry Wordsworth, Linden Harris, BBC Concert Orchestra, Simon Gunton, Nigel Blomiley, Michael Pearce

12:43

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra
Adrian Boult

Conductor
English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra
Benjamin Britten

Conductor
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Orchestra

50 Greatest British Classics

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