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1. Nash: Symphony No. 1; Apollinaire Choruses (1999)
performed by BBC Singers (choir, chorus), BBC Symphony Orchestra
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2. Swayne: Cry (1993)
performed by BBC Singers (choir, chorus), John Poole (conductor)
composed by Giles Swayne -
3. Strauss: Choral Works (1997)
performed by BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers (vocals), Gunther Herbig (conductor)
composed by Richard Strauss -
5. Bantock: Two Choral Symphonies (1996)
performed by BBC Singers (vocals), Simon Joly (conductor)
composed by Granville Bantock -
6. Swayne: Cry (1993)
performed by BBC Singers (vocals), John Poole (conductor)
composed by Giles Swayne -
7. Last Night of the Proms: The 100th Season (1994)
performed by BBC Singers (vocals), BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (percussion), Bryn Terfel (baritone), Evelyn Glennie (marimba), Michael Davis (violin), BBC Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), Andrew Davis (conductor)
composed by Edward Elgar, Henry J. Wood, Hubert Parry, Johann Sebastian Bach, Jules Massenet, Minoru Miki, Thomas Arne, William Walton -
8. Music for Holidays Year Round (1996)
performed by BBC Singers (vocals), BBC Singers, Birgit Nilsson (soprano), James Galway (flute), Leo Taubman (piano), The Chieftains, Robert Shaw Chorale (choir, chorus)
composed by Adriaen Valerius, American Traditional, Anonymous, Charles A. Zimmerman, Christmas Traditional, Edmund L. Gruber, Edvard Grieg, Edward Kremser, Irish Traditional, Irving Berlin, John Philip Sousa, Joseph C. Garland, Leonard Bernstein, Modest Mussorgsky -
12. Judith Weir: The Welcome Arrival of Rain (2008)
performed by Ailish Tynan (soprano), BBC Singers (choir, chorus), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
composed by Judith WeirList of all editionsThis CD, with Martyn Brabbins leading the BBC Singers and BBC Symphony Orchestra, gathers five of Judith Weir's most important orchestral works ... More
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13. Four Tales from Beatrix Potter: Orchestral Suites by Stephen McNeff (2005)
performed by Imelda Staunton, BBC Singers (choir, chorus), BBC Concert Orchestra, Clark Rundell (conductor)
composed by Stephen McNeffList of all editionsThe best way to learn exactly what these Four Tales from Beatrix Potter are, and how charming and enchanting they are, is to just put the CD in the ... More
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14. Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4; Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain; Prokofiev: The Love for Three Oranges Suite (2011)
performed by David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), BBC Singers (choir, chorus), BBC Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor)
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15. Brian Ferneyhough: Choral Works (2007)
performed by Lontano, BBC Singers (choir, chorus), Odaline de la Martinez (conductor)
composed by Brian FerneyhoughList of all editionsAnyone acquainted with the intensely complicated instrumental music of Brian Ferneyhough might expect his choral works to be composed in a similar ... More
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17. Alexander Levine: Kolokolà (2005)
performed by BBC Singers (choir, chorus), James Morgan (conductor)
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19. The Last Night of the Proms 2003 (2004)
performed by Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Leila Josefowicz (violin), BBC Singers (choir, chorus), BBC Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
composed by Alexander Borodin, Alfredo Catalani, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edward Elgar, Gabriel Fauré, George Grigoriu, Henry J. Wood, Hubert Parry, Jules Massenet, Ralph Vaughan Williams -
20. Tavener: We Shall See Him As He Is (1992)
performed by Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), John Senter (cello), Patricia Rozario (soprano), BBC National Chorus of Wales (choir, chorus), Britten Singers (choir, chorus), Chester Festival Chorus (choir, chorus), BBC National Orchestra of Wales
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21. The Film Music of Constant Lambert & Lord Berners (2008)
performed by Mary Carewe (soprano), Joyful Company of Singers (choir, chorus), BBC Concert Orchestra, Rumon Gamba (conductor)
composed by Constant Lambert, Lord BernersList of all editionsAfter producing manifold high-quality volumes on British film music composers ranging from Addinsell to Vaughan Williams, Chandos Movies turns its ... More
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23. Elgar: Symphony No. 3; Pomp and Circumstance March No. 6 (2007)
performed by Adrian Partington Singers (choir, chorus), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor)
composed by Edward ElgarList of all editionsA decade before the release of this disc in late 2007, two of the three pieces on it were still undiscovered. It was well known in Elgarian circles ... More
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24. My Dancing Day: Choral Music by Richard Rodney Bennett (2012)
performed by Edward Goater (tenor), Olivia Robinson (soprano), BBC Singers (choir, chorus), Paul Brough (conductor)
composed by Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Richard Rodney BennettList of all editionsRichard Rodney Bennett, perennially admired in Britain and steadily gaining fans elsewhere, has shown an unusual ability to adapt to changing times. ... More
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25. Rachmaninoff: Francesca da Rimini (2007)
performed by Evgeny Akimov (tenor), Gennady Bezzubenkov (bass), Misha Didyk (tenor), Sergey Murzaev (baritone), Svetla Vassileva (soprano), BBC Singers (choir, chorus), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (conductor)
composed by Sergey RachmaninovList of all editionsThe story of the tragic love affair of Francesca da Rimini, taken from Dante's "Inferno," has inspired numerous musical works, including operas by ... More

