Havergal Brian (1876 – 1972)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havergal_Brian
"Symphony No 3 in C-sharp minor (1931-1932)
Symphony No 17 (1960-1961)"
Ronald Stevenson (piano)
David Wilde (piano)
New Philharmonia Orchestra (No 3)/Stanley Pope
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (No 17)/Stanley Pope
(Heritage Records 2022)
https://open.spotify.com/album/1ZUn8ZutplJ4HPOxPRtvqG?si=xPhj5jRVSGKldLeeMX-0kg
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Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams
"Phantasy Quintet - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2"
[Phantasy Quintet (1912)
String Quartet No. 1 In G Minor (1908 Rev. 1921)
String Quartet No. 2 In A Minor (1942-3)]
Maggini Quartet
Garfield Jackson (viola)
(Naxos 2001)
https://open.spotify.com/album/2axzEAjDhoPfwN5qLgxNBX?si=s5SO3Am2Q_afdvDf83jEdg
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Thomas Arne (1710 – 1778)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Arne
"Organ Concertos"
(MDG 2024)
Andrzej Szadejko – organ
Goldberg Baroque Ensemble
https://open.spotify.com/album/6PmCqGwX9d2wCU5JUWIHli?si=G-hVoOmBQemlQBw4bsQ5-w
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Gerald Finzi (1901 – 1956)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Finzi
"By Footpath and Stile"
[Romance, Op. 11
By Footpath and Stile, Op. 2
Prelude
Interlude, Op. 21
Elegy, Op. 22
Five Bagatelles, Op.23]
Marcus Farnsworth (baritone)
Robert Plane (clarinet)
Ruth Bolister (oboe)
Finzi Quartet
(Resonus 2019)
https://open.spotify.com/album/0cZhMIDs3E2t7GBfjanhmW?si=ddIOgVv4T1qdpGHuEIBTLg
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Alexander Goehr (1932 – 2024)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Goehr
"Early Works"
[Little Symphony Op. 15 (1963)
String Quartet No. 2 Op. 23 (1967)
Piano Trio Op. 20 (1966)]
London Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar
Allegri Quartet
Orion Trio
(Lyrita 2008)
https://open.spotify.com/album/6rJ7LpGVRT6t6dJ4uLGLVG?si=s7EucSVtStmLdLApHzcbjQ
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Johann Baptist Cramer (1771 – 1858)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Baptist_Cramer
"Piano Concertos nos. 4 & 5"
[Piano Concerto No.4 in C, Op.38 (1804)
Piano Concerto No.5 in c minor, Op.48 (1807)]
Howard Shelley (piano)
London Mozart Players
(Hyperion 2019)
https://songwhip.com/howard-shelley/cramer-piano-concertos-nos-4-and-5-hyperion-classical-piano-concerto-6
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William Sterndale Bennett (1816 – 1875)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sterndale_Bennett
"Piano Concertos Nos. 1 – 3"
[Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 1 (1832]
Piano Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 4 (1833)
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 9]
Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
(Hyperion 2018)
https://songwhip.com/howard-shelley/sterndale-bennett-piano-concertos-nos-13-hyperion-romantic-piano-concerto-74
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Matthew Locke (c. 1621 – 1677)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Locke_(composer)
"Consorts Flat and Sharp"
[The Flat Consort for my cousin Kemble: Suite No. 5 in A minor
Suite No. 10 in D minor (from The Little Consort)
Suite No. 7 in G minor
Suite No. 9 in B flat major
The Flat Consort for my cousin Kemble: Suite No. 3 in D minor
Suite No. 8 in A minor
Suite No. 6 in F Major (from the Little Consort)
The Flat Consort for my cousin Kemble: Suite No. 4 in B flat major]
Phantasm
Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo)
(Linn Records 2024)
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William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Byrd
"Byrd 1589: Songs of sundrie natures"
[Disc 1
Songs in three parts
Seven Penitential Psalms
1. Lord in thy rage rebuke me not
2. Right blessed are they
3. Lord in they wrath correct me not
4. O God which art most merciful
5. Lord hear my prayer instantly
6. From depth of sin
7. Attend mine humble prayer Lord
8. Susanna fair
9. The Nightingale
10. When younglings first
11. Upon a summer’s day
12. The greedy hawk
Songs in four parts
13. Is love a boy?
14. Wounded I am
15. From Citheron the warlike boy is fled
16. O Lord my God
17. While that the sun
Disc 2
Songs in five parts
1. Weeping full sore
2. Penelope that longed for the sight
3. Compel the hawk
4. See those sweet eyes
5. When I was otherwise
6. When first by force
7. I thought love had been a boy
8. O dear life
9. From Virgin’s womb
10. Of gold all burnished
Songs in six parts
11. Behold how good
12. An earthly tree a heavenly fruit
13. Who made thee Hob
14. And think ye nymphs
15. If in thine heart
16. Unto the hills mine eyes I lift
17. Christ rising again]
Rachel Haworth, soprano
Daisy Walford, soprano [Disc 2 track 9 only]
Martha McLorinan, mezzo-soprano
Clare Wilkinson, mezzo-soprano
Nicholas Todd, tenor
Simon Wall, tenor
Timothy Scott Whiteley, baritone
Robert Macdonald, bass
Jacob Heringman, lute
Lynda Sayce, lute
Fretwork
Alamire/David Skinner
(Inventa Records 2023)
https://songwhip.com/fretwork/byrd-1589
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Ruth Gipps (1921 – 1999)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Gipps
"Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4, Song for Orchestra & Knight in Armour"
[Symphony No. 4, Op. 61 (1972);
Knight in Armour, Symphonic Poem Op. 8 (1940);
Symphony No. 2, in B major Op. 30 (1945);
Song for Orchestra, Op. 33 (1948)]
BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Rumon Gamba
(Chandos Records 2018)
https://songwhip.com/rumon-gamba/gipps-symphonies-nos-2-and-4-song-for-orchestra-and-knight-in-armour
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Le Belge
