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Release date: 2012
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Tracks: 51
Duration: 02:28:53
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1. Les Illuminations for high voice and string orchestra Op. 18 (1971 Digital Remaster): I. Fanfare (Neville Marriner, Heather Harper, Northern Sinfonia) 2:07
2. Les Illuminations for high voice and string orchestra Op. 18 (1971 Digital Remaster): VII. Being Beauteous (Neville Marriner, Heather Harper, Northern Sinfonia) 3:59
3. Simple Symphony Op. 4: I. Boisterous Bourrée (Iona Brown, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra) 2:55
4. Simple Symphony Op. 4: II. Playful Pizzicato (Iona Brown, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra) 3:22
5. Simple Symphony Op. 4: III. Sentimental Sarabande (Iona Brown, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra) 8:30
6. Simple Symphony Op. 4: IV. Frolicsome Finale (Iona Brown, Norwegian Chamber Orchestra) 2:55
7. Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: 1. Pastoral: The day's grown old (Charles Cotton) (Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Neil Mackie, Barry Tuckwell) 3:28
8. Serenade for tenor, horn and strings Op. 31: 2. Nocturne: The splendour falls on castle walls (Alfred, Lord Tennyson) (Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford, Neil Mackie, Barry Tuckwell) 3:33
9. Violin Concerto Op. 15 (revised version) (1992 Digital Remaster): III. Passacaglia (Andante lento (un poco meno mosso) - Largamente (lento) - Lento e solenne) (Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund) 14:19
10. Saint Nicolas, Op.42 (1995 - Remaster): Nicolas devotes himself to God (Cambridge, King'S College Choir, Andrew Davis, Robert Tear, David Willcocks, The Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields, Bruce Russell, Cambridge Girls' Choir, Ian Hare) 4:56
11. A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28 (1995 - Remaster): 1. Procession (Cambridge, King'S College Choir, David Willcocks, Osian Ellis, James Clarke, Julian Godlee) 1:19
12. A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28 (1995 - Remaster): 2. Wolcum Yole! (Cambridge, King'S College Choir, David Willcocks, Osian Ellis, James Clarke, Julian Godlee) 1:23
13. A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28 (1995 - Remaster): 3. There is no rose (Cambridge, King'S College Choir, David Willcocks, Osian Ellis, James Clarke, Julian Godlee) 2:21
14. A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28 (1995 - Remaster): 4a. That yongë child (Cambridge, King'S College Choir, David Willcocks, Osian Ellis, James Clarke, Julian Godlee) 1:52
15. A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28 (1995 - Remaster): 4b. Balulalow (Cambridge, King'S College Choir, David Willcocks, Osian Ellis, James Clarke, Julian Godlee) 1:38
16. A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28 (1995 - Remaster): 5. As dew in Aprille (Cambridge, King'S College Choir, David Willcocks, Osian Ellis, James Clarke, Julian Godlee) 0:58
17. A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28 (1995 - Remaster): 6. This little Babe (Cambridge, King'S College Choir, David Willcocks, Osian Ellis, James Clarke, Julian Godlee) 1:25
18. A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28 (1995 - Remaster): 7. Interlude (Andante pastorale) [harp] (Cambridge, King'S College Choir, David Willcocks, Osian Ellis, James Clarke, Julian Godlee) 3:35
19. A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28 (1995 - Remaster): 8. In freezing winter night (Cambridge, King'S College Choir, David Willcocks, Osian Ellis, James Clarke, Julian Godlee) 4:11
20. A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28 (1995 - Remaster): 9. Spring Carol (Cambridge, King'S College Choir, David Willcocks, Osian Ellis, James Clarke, Julian Godlee) 1:12
21. A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28 (1995 - Remaster): 10. Deo Gracias! (Cambridge, King'S College Choir, David Willcocks, Osian Ellis, James Clarke, Julian Godlee) 1:12
22. A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28 (1995 - Remaster): 11. Recession (Cambridge, King'S College Choir, David Willcocks, Osian Ellis, James Clarke, Julian Godlee) 1:20
23. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34): Theme: Allegro maestoso e largamente (full orchestra - woodwind - brass - strings - percussion - full orchestra) (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 1:57
24. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Woodwind: Variation A: Presto (flutes & piccolo) (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 0:35
25. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Woodwind: Variation B: Lento (oboes) (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 1:07
26. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Woodwind: Variation C: Moderato (clarinets) (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 0:39
27. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Woodwind: Variation D: Allegro con marcia (bassoons) (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 0:57
28. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Strings: Variation E: Brillante, alla polacca (violins) (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 0:36
29. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Strings: Variation F: Meno mosso (violas) (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 1:16
30. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Strings: Variation G: L'istesso tempo (cellos) (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 0:59
31. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Strings: Variation H: Cominciando lento ma poco a poco accel. al Allegro (double basses) (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 1:02
32. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Strings: Variation I: Maestoso (harp) (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 0:49
33. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Brass: Variation J: L'istesso tempo (horns) (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 0:52
34. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Brass: Variation K: Vivace (trumpets) (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 0:30
35. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34), Brass: Variation L: Allegro pomposo (trombones & tuba) (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 1:06
36. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34): Percussion - Variation M: Moderato (percussion) (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 1:58
37. The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell Op. 34): Fugue: Allegro molto - Con slancio (L'istesso tempo) (full orchestra) (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 2:47
38. Phaedra, Op.93: In May, in brilliant Athens (Felicity Palmer, Endymion Ensemble) 6:37
39. Six Metamorphoses after Ovid Op. 49: 2. Phaeton (Vivace ritmico) (Roy Carter) 1:24
40. Nocturne, Op.60: When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see (Shakespeare) (Robert Tear, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate) 5:10
41. Cello Sonata in C Op. 65: II. Scherzo-pizzicato (Allegretto) (John Lenehan) 2:34
42. Canticle III: Still falls the rain Op. 55 (Julius Drake, Ian Bostridge, Timothy Brown) 11:38
43. A Spring Symphony Op. 44: The merry Cuckoo (E Spencer) (London Symphony Chorus, Sheila Armstrong, Janet Baker, Robert Tear, André Previn / Andre Previn, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus) 2:03
44. Folk Song Arrangements: O waly, waly (Julius Drake, David Daniels) 4:38
45. A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 64, ACT ONE: You spotted snakes with double tongues (Fairies) (James Bowman, Della Jones, City Of London Sinfonia, Jill Gomez, Richard Hickox, Nicholas Watson, Adrian Thompson, John Graham Hall, Trinity Boys Choir, Lilian Watson, Dexter Fletcher, Crispian Steele-Perkins, Andrew Mead, Gregory Pierre, Penelope Walker (Mezzo-Soprano), Robert Horn) 2:23
46. War Requiem, Op.66: V. Agnus Dei (Elisabeth Söderström / Elisabeth Soderstrom, Simon Rattle, Robert Tear, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Francis Grier, Oxford, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Halsey, Boys Of Christ Church Cathedral, Mark Blatchly) 3:46
47. Folksong Arrangements: The Salley Gardens (Julius Drake) 2:40
48. 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: Dawn (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 3:44
49. 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: Sunday Morning (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 3:44
50. 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: Moonlight (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 4:35
51. 4 Sea Interludes, Op. 33a: Storm (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pešek / Libor Pesek) 4:17

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