British and Commonwealth Concertos from the Nineteenth Century to the Present
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BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH CONCERTOS FROM THE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT A Discography of CDs and LPs Prepared by Michael Herman Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Born in Down Ampney, Gloucestershire. Generally acknowledged as England’s greatest nationalist composer, Vaughan Williams was taught at the Royal College of Music by Hubert Parry and Charles Stanford and received his musical doctorate at Cambridge. He had additional lessons from Max Bruch and Maurice Ravel. During his long life he prolifically produced music in all forms from chamber music to operas. His 9 Symphonies represent the peak of a large orchestral output that includes, in addition to the works listed below such ever-popular favorites as his Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, English Folksong Suite and Serenade to Music. Piano Concerto in C major (1926-31, also arranged for Two Pianos and Orchestra, 1944) Victor Babin and Vitya Bronsky (pianos)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Job) EMI BRITISH COMPOSERS CDM 567220-2 (1999) (original LP release: HMV ASD2469 (1969) Kenneth Broadway and Ralph Markham (pianos)/Sir Yehudi Menuhin/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 5 and Nielsen: Symphony No. 4 and Violin Concerto {Arve Tellefsen – violin}) VIRGIN 561925-2 (2 CDs) (2001) (original CD release: VIRGIN CLASSICS CDZ 61105) (1989) Piers Lane (piano)/Vernon Handley/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto and Finzi: Eclogue) CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE 575983-2 (2003) (original CD release: EMI EMINENCE EMX2239) (1994) John Lenehan and Leon McCawley, pianos)/Martin Yates/Royal Scottish National Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 2) DUTTON EPOCH CDLX 7323 (2015) Beatrice Long and Christina Long (pianos)/Patrick Souillot/Eskisehir Greater Municipality Symphony Orchestra ( + Suesse: 2 Piano Concerto and McDonald: 2 Piano Concerto) DORIAN DSL92129 (2011) Louis Lortie (piano)/Peter Oundjian/Toronto Symphony Orchestra ( + Oboe Concerto, Serenade to Music and Flos Campi) CHANDOS CHSA5201 (2018) Howard Shelley (piano)/Vernon Handley/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Foulds: Dynamic Triptych) LYRITA SRCD.211 (2007) (original LP release: LYRITA SRCS.130) (1984) MusicWeb International Updated: August 2020 Vaughan Williams Concertos Howard Shelley (piano)/Bryden Thomson/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 9) CHANDOS CHAN 8941 (1992) Ashley Wass (piano)/James Judd/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra ( + The Wasps: Suite and English Folk Song Suite) NAXOS 8.572304 (2009) Arthur Whittimore and Jack Lowe (pianos)/Vladimr Golschmann/Robin Hood Dell Orchestra RCA VICTOR LM135 (LP) (1950) Joan Yarborough and Robert Cowan (pianos)/Paul Freeman/Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Britten: Scottish Ballad and Introduction and Rondo alla Burlesca) CENTAUR CRC 2095 (1993) Concerto Accademico in D minor for Violin and Orchestra (1925) James Oliver Buswell IV (violin)/André Previn/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 2 and Wasps Overture) RCA GOLD SEAL 60581-2 (1990) (original LP release: RCA SB6801) (1969) Bradley Creswick (violin)/Richard Hickox/Northern Sinfonia of England ( + Oboe Concerto {Roger Winfield – oboe}, The Lark Ascending, Poisoned Kiss Overture, Old King Cole, 49th Parallel: Prelude, 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus, 2 Hymn-Tune Preludes, Fantasia on Greensleeves, 5 Mystical Songs, Serenade to Music, 2 Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes, Prelude on an Old Carol Tune and The Running Set) EMI CLASSICS CZS 573986-2 (2 CDs) (2000) (original CD release: EMI CDC7 49745-2) (1988) Joseph Fuchs (violin)/Zimbler Sinfonietta ( + Tansman: Triptych for String Orchestra DECCA (US) DL 9625 or BRUNSWICK AXTL 1006 (UK) (LP) (1952) Frederick Grinke (violin)/Boyd Neel/Boyd Neel Orchestra (rec. 1938) ( + Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Simple Symphony and Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis) DUTTON LABORATORIES CDAX8007 (1994) Nora Grumlíková (violin)/Peter Maag/Prague Symphony Orchestra ( + Britten: Violin Concerto) SUPRAPHON SUA ST 50959 (LP) (1968) Annie Jodry (violin)/Jean-Jacques Werner/orchestra ( + Grieg: 2 Elegiac Melodies, Sibelius: Humoresques Nos. 4 – 6 and Tchaikovsky: Sérénade Mélancolique) ARION ARN38208 (LP) (1974) Louis Kaufman (violin)/Clemens Dahinden/Winterthur String Orchestra ( + Barber: Violin Concerto and Larsson: Violin Concerto) MUSIC & ARTS CD4667 (1991) (original US LP release: Concert Hall 1253) (1951) MusicWeb International p2 Vaughan Williams Concertos Sir Yehudi Menuhin (violin)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra (rec. 1952) ( + Flos Campi and Walton: Viola Concerto {William Primrose – viola} and Sinfonia Concertante {Phyllis Sellick – piano}) EMI CDH 7 63828-2 (1991) Zina Schiff (violin)/ Dalia Atlas/Israel Philharmonic ( + Charterhouse Suite, The Lark Ascending and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis) STRADIVARIUS SCD8011 (1990) Kenneth Sillito (violin)/Bryden Thomson/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Symphony No. 4) CHANDOS CHAN 8633 (1992) Janet Sung (violin)/Jac van Steen/ Britten Sinfonia ( + Ravel: Tzigane, Heskketh: Inscription-Transformation and Dutilleux/Heskketh: Au gre des ondes) SOMM SOMMCD275 (2019) Tamsin Waley-Cohen,(violin)/David Curtis Orchestra of the Swan;. ( + The Lark Ascending, Elgar: Serenade for Strings and Introduction and Allegro) SIGNUM SIGCD399 (2014) Concerto for Oboe and Strings in A minor (1944) Nancy Ambrose-King (oboe)/Jeremy Swerling/Ostrava Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Goossens: Oboe Concerto, Martinů: Oboe Concerto and Mozart: Oboe Concerto) CALA RECORDS 1035 (2004) Neil Black (oboe)/Daniel Barenboim/English Chamber Orchestra ( + Fantasia on Greensleeves and The Lark ascending + Delius: 2 Aquarelles, Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Summer Night on the River and Walton: Henry V - The Death of Falstaff and Touch Her Soft Lips and Part) DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 439 529-2GGA (1994) (original LP release: DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 2530 908 (1978) Robert Bloom (oboe)/Keith Wilson/Norfolk Festival Orchestra (rec. 1963) ( + Vivaldi: 2 Oboe Concerto. Barlow: The Winter’s Past, Stravinsky: Pastorale, Cimarosa: Siciliana, Boom: Narrative and Marcello: Adagio) BOSTON RECORDS 1032 (2001) Ruth Bolister (oboe)/Stephen Bell/Elgar Chamber Orchestra ( + Goossens: Oboe Concerto, Jacob: Concerto for Oboe and Strings, Holst: Fugal Concerto and Elgar: Soliloquy) ASV CDDCA1173 (2004) Maurice Bourgue(oboe)/William Boughton/English String Orchestra ( + The Wasps Overture, Concerto Grosso, The Lark Ascending, Fantasia on Greensleeves, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus) NIMBUS NI7013 (1994) (original CD release: NIMBUS NI 5019) (1984) MusicWeb International p3 Vaughan Williams Concertos Robin Canter (oboe)/James Judd/London Symphony Orchestra ( + 6 Studies on English Folksongs and Strauss: Oboe Concerto) CARLTON CLASSICS MCD 59 (1993) Nicholas Daniel (oboe and conductor)/Britten Sinfonia ( + MacMillan: Oboe Concerto, One for Chamber Orchestra and Britten: Suite on English Folk Tunes) HARMONIA MUNDI HMU807573 (2015) Julia Girdwood (oboe)/Consort of London/Robert Haydon Clark ( + Fantasia on Greensleeves, The Lark Ascending and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis) RETOSPECTIVE REVIVAL RETR 0004 (2011) (original CD release: COLLINS CLASSICS COL 1140-2) (1991) Leon Goossens (oboe)/Walter Susskind/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Bach-Tovey: Oboe Concerto) HMV CLP 1656 (LP) (1963) Thomas Indermühle (oboe)/Claude Schnitzler/Brittany Symphony Orchestra ( + Martinů: Oboe Concerto, Strauss: Oboe Concerto and B.A. Zimmermann: Oboe Concerto) CAMERATA 20029 (2007) (original CD release: CAMERATA 30 CM 346) (1994) Sarah Jeffrey (oboe)/Peter Oundjian/Toronto Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto, Serenade to Music and Flos Campi) CHANDOS CHSA5201 (2018) Lajos Lencses (oboe)/Bela Banfalvi/Budapest Strings ( + 10 Blake Songs, Household Music and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis) CAPRICCIO C5035 (2009) Humbert Lucarelli (oboe)/Donald Spieth/Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra ( + Strauss: Oboe Concerto, Wolf-Ferrari: Idillio Concertino and Barber: Canzonetta) KOCH INTERNATIONAL CLASSICS KIC 7023 (1995) Albrecht Mayer (oboe)/Daniel Stabrawa/Capella Bydgostiensis ( + Strauss: Oboe Concerto and Wolf-Ferrari: Idillio Concertino) CAVALLI 408 (2000) Mitchell Miller (oboe)/Daniel Saidenberg/ Saidenberg Little Symphony ( + Cimarosa-Benjamin: Oboe Concerto and Milan: Pavana & Giga) MERCURY 10003 (LP) (1949) Celia Nicklin (oboe)/Sir Neville Marriner/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields ( + Concerto Grosso, Fantasia on Greensleeves, The Lark Ascending, Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1, In the Fen Country, Partita, 5 Variants of Dives and Lazarus and English Folksong Suite) DECCA DOUBLE DECCA 460357 (2CDs) (1999) (original LP release: ARGO ZRG881) (1979) Emily Pailthorpe (oboe)/Benjamin Wallfisch/English Chamber Orchestra ( + Patterson: Phoenix Concerto and Howells: Oboe Sonata) CHAMPS HILL RECORDS CHRCD025 (2011) MusicWeb International p4 Vaughan Williams Concertos Stéphane Rancourt (oboe)/Sir Mark Elder/Hallé Orchestra ( + Oboe Concerto) HALLÉ CDHLL 7529 (2011) Dame Evelyn Rothwell (oboe)/Sir John Barbirolli/Hallé Orchestra (rec. 1955) ( + R. Strauss: Oboe Concerto, G. Bush: Concertofor Oboe and Strings, Martinů: Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra, Mozart: Oboe Concerto, Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Concerto da Camera, Rubbra: Sonata for Oboe and Piano and Wordsworth: Quartet for Oboe and Strings) BARBIROLLI SOCIETY SJB104546 (2 CDs) (2011) Dame Evelyn Rothwell (oboe)/Sir John