Performer:
Various
Title:
The Essential Music Of England
Category:
MP3 RAR album size:
1698 mb
FLAC RAR album size:
1308 mb
Formats:
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Short-Info
Label:
Decca – 443 936-2
Type: 2 x CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Date of released: 1992
Category: Classical
Style:
Type: 2 x CD, Compilation
Country: UK
Date of released: 1992
Category: Classical
Style:
Rating:
4.4 / 5
Votes:
539
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Tracklist Hide Credits
| CD1. The Spirit Of England | ||
| 1-1 | Pomp & Circumstance March No.1Composed By – Elgar* |
6:33 |
| 1-2 | Nimrod (From Enigma Variations)Composed By – Elgar* |
3:46 |
| 1-3 | Jupiter (From The Planets)Composed By – Holst* |
7:16 |
| 1-4 | Pomp & Circumstance March No. 4Composed By – Elgar* |
4:51 |
| 1-5 | The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra (Final Fugue)Composed By – Britten* |
2:49 |
| 1-6 | Cockaigne (In London Town)Composed By – Elgar* |
14:16 |
| 1-7 | Orb & SceptreComposed By – Walton* |
7:37 |
| 1-8 | Symphony No. 1 (Opening Theme)Composed By – Elgar* |
3:04 |
| 1-9 | Bridge On The River Kwai (Featuring The "Colonel Bogey" March)Composed By – Alford* |
4:35 |
| 1-10 | The Dam Busters MarchComposed By – Coates* |
3:52 |
| 1-11 | Land Of Hope & Glory (With Introduction By Stanley Black)Composed By – Elgar* |
2:46 |
| 1-12 | Praise, My Soul, The King Of HeavenComposed By – Goss* |
2:33 |
| 1-13 | JerusalemComposed By – Parry*Orchestrated By – Elgar* |
3:34 |
| 1-14 | The Battle Of Agincourt (Henry V)Composed By – Walton* |
3:34 |
| 1-15 | White Cliffs Of DoverComposed By – Kent*Words By – Burton* |
|
| CD2. The Pastoral England | ||
| 2-1 | Fantasia On GreensleevesComposed By – Vaughan Williams* |
4:27 |
| 2-2 | Chanson De MatinComposed By – Elgar* |
3:22 |
| 2-3 | Cello Concerto (1st Movement)Composed By – Elgar* |
7:59 |
| 2-4 | Shepherd's HeyArranged By – Britten*Composed By – Grainger* |
2:15 |
| 2-5 | Country GardensComposed By – Grainger* |
2:26 |
| 2-6 | The Lark AscendingComposed By – Vaughan Williams* |
16:07 |
| 2-7 | Playful Pizzicato (From Simple Symphony)Composed By – Britten* |
3:05 |
| 2-8 | On Hearing The First Cockoo In SpringComposed By – Frederick Delius |
5:45 |
Capriol SuiteComposed By – Warlock* |
(10:09) | |
| 2-9 | Basse-Danse | 1:36 |
| 2-10 | Pavane | 2:08 |
| 2-11 | Tordion | 1:04 |
| 2-12 | Branles | 1:57 |
| 2-13 | Pieds-En-L'Air | 2:22 |
| 2-14 | Mattachins (Sword Dance) | 1:00 |
| 2-15 | The Banks Of Green WillowComposed By – Butterworth* |
6:03 |
English Folk Song SuiteArranged By – Jacob*Composed By – Vaughan Williams* |
(10:30) | |
| 2-16 | March - Seventeen Come Sunday | 3:20 |
| 2-17 | Intermezzo - My Bonny Boy | 3:18 |
| 2-18 | March - Folk Songs From Somerset | 3:52 |
| 2-19 | La CalindaComposed By – Delius* |
4:06 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Decca Record Company Limited
- Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited
- Made By – PDO, UK – 10288311
- Made By – PDO, UK – 20288311
Credits
- Cello – Lynn Harrell (tracks: 2-3)
- Choir – Choir Of King's College, Cambridge* (tracks: 1-12), Choir Of Winchester Cathedral* (tracks: 1-13)
- Conductor – Benjamin Britten (tracks: 1-5, 2-4, 2-7), David Hill (tracks: 1-7, 1-13), Elgar Howarth (tracks: 1-10), Sir Georg Solti* (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-8), Lorin Maazel (tracks: 2-3), Sir Adrian Boult (tracks: 2-2), Neville Marriner* (tracks: 2-1, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-19), Stanley Black (tracks: 1-9, 1-11, 1-14), Stephen Cleobury (tracks: 1-12), Zubin Mehta (tracks: 1-2)
- Design – P. Linard Marketing And Advertising Ltd
- Ensemble – Philip Jones Brass Ensemble (tracks: 1-10)
- Orchestra – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (tracks: 1-7, 1-13), English Chamber Orchestra (tracks: 2-4, 2-7), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (tracks: 1-2), The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields (tracks: 2-1, 2-6, 2-8 to 2-19), The Cleveland Orchestra (tracks: 2-3), The London Festival Orchestra (tracks: 1-9, 1-11, 1-14), The London Philharmonic Orchestra (tracks: 1-1, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-8, 2-2), The London Symphony Orchestra (tracks: 1-5)
- Piano – Joseph Cooper (tracks: 2-5)
- Violin – Iona Brown (tracks: 2-6)
- Vocals – Vera Lynn (tracks: 1-15)
Notes
Track 1-15 introduced by Sir Winston Churchill's speech "Fight on the Beaches"Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 028944393620
- Matrix / Runout (CD1): 4439372 10288311 01 & MADE IN U.K. BY PDO
- Matrix / Runout (CD2): 4439382 20288311 01 % MADE IN U.K. BY PDO
- Label Code: LC 0171
- Rights Society: BIEM/Stemra
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