Classical Genres
Felix Mendelssohn
Milton Keynes Chamber Orchestra
DKP(CD)9117
1–4. Symphony No.1 in C minor, Op 11 33:08
5–8. Symphony No. 5 in D, Op 107 (The Reformation) 29.13
Total duration: 62:37
Leader: Diana Cummings
HILARY DAVAN WETTON conductor
Edward Elgar and Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Holst Singers
DKP(CD)9116
EDWARD ELGAR (1857 – 1934)
Part Songs
- My love dwelt in a northern land 4:18
- The Shower 2:26
- The Fountain 3:56
- Go, song of mine 4:24
- Death on the hills 3:14
- Serenade 2:07
- Love’s tempest 2:59
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872 – 1958)
1. Festival Te Deum in F 7:35
JOHN BIRCH organ
9 – 13. Mass in G minor 22:23
Total duration: 54:13
Conducted by HILARY DAVAN WETTON
Cypresses Biblical Songs
DKP(CD)9115
Antonin Dvořák (1841-1904)
1-18.CYPŘIŠE (CYPRESSES) B:11 37:09
(original version – 1865)
19-28. BIBLICKÉ PÍSNÉ (BIBLICAL SONGS) 23:52
(B. 185) Op.99
Total: 61:11
PHILIP LANGRIDGE tenor
RADOSLAV KVAPIL piano
Song Cycles by Vaughan Williams and Butterworth
DKP(CD)9113
GEORGE BUTTERWORTH (1885 – 1916)
1 – 6. Six Songs from ‘A Shropshire Lad’ 12:56
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872 – 1958)
7 – 12. The House of Life 27:14
13. Linden Lea 3:00
14. In the Spring 3:00
15 – 23. Songs of Travel 23:48
Total duration: 70:34
BRIAN RAYNER COOK baritone
CLIFFORD BENSON piano
Charles Ives – Songs Volume 2
DKP(CD)9112
HENRY HERFORD baritone
ROBIN BOWMAN piano
- In Summer Fields 3:08
- In the Alley 2:06
- Religion 1:19
- Luck and Work 0:32
- The Cage 0:47
- Grantchester 3:03
- Premonitions 2:29
- Nov. 2 1920 3:14
- Duty 0:38
- From ‘Lincoln, the Great Commoner’ 2:16
- Thoreau 2:58
- Walt Whitman 0:40
- The Greatest Man 1:21
- So may it be! (The Rainbow) 1:25
- Walking 1:59
- August 2:21
- September 0:37
- December 0:59
- Autumn 3:11
- Afterglow 2:31
- From the ‘Incantation’ 1:24
- Spring Song 1:35
- At Sea 1:33
- Tarrant Moss 0:25
- Waltz 1:42
- Romamzo di Central Park 2:35
- Canon 1:00
- Mirage 1:01
- Maple Leaves 0:53
- Charlie Rutlage 2:54
- The Camp-Meeting 5:52
Total duration: 61:00
Henry Purcell – In Praise of St. Cecilia
Fiori Musicali Choir and Orchestra
DKP(CD)9109
In Praise of St. Cecilia
HENRY PURCELL (1659 – 1695)
1-13. Hail! Bright Cecilia (1692) 53:31
ANTONIO CALDARA (1670 – 1736)
14 – 20. Laudate pueri Dominum (1720) 17:30
Total: 71:10
On authentic instruments
Penelope Rapson – director
Kate Eckersley – countertenor
Richard Wyn-Roberts – countertenor
Andrew Tuss – tenor
Peter Harvey – bass
Simon Birchall – bass
