Sir Adrian Boult - The Decca Legacy, Vol 1: British Music (16CD)

The first in a three-volume edition of the complete Decca recordings of Sir Adrian Boult, this set represents the most complete survey ever issued of Sir Adrian Boult’s British music recordings for Decca. It includes previously unpublished recordings of Holst and a pioneering cycle of Vaughan Williams. LIMITED EDITION.

TRACK LIST

CD 1
ARNOLD English Dances
ELGAR Chanson de Nuit; Chanson de Matin
London Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 2
ELGAR Violin Concerto
Alfredo Campoli
London Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 3
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 1 ‘A Sea Symphony’
John Cameron ∙ Isobel Baillie
London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra

CD 4
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 2 ‘A London Symphony’
London Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 5
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 3 ‘A Pastoral Symphony’
Margaret Ritchie
London Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 6
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 4
London Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 7
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 5
London Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 8
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 6
Speech by Ralph Vaughan Williams
London Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 9
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 7 ‘Sinfonia Antartica’
Symphony No. 9
Speech by Sir Adrian Boult
Margaret Ritchie ∙ Sir John Gielgud
London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra

CD 10
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No. 8
Partita for Double String Orchestra
London Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 11
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Old King Cole
The Wasps
London Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 12
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Job – A Masque for Dancing
London Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 13
WALTON Portsmouth Point; Siesta; Scapino; The Wise Virgins
London Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 14
A Concert of English Music
BUTTERWORTH A Shropshire Lad; The Banks of Green Willow
BAX Tintagel
HOLST The Perfect Fool; A Somerset Rhapsody*; Scherzo from Unfinished Symphony*; Marching Song*
London Philharmonic Orchestra
*PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED

CD 15
HOLST The Hymn of Jesus; The Perfect Fool; Egdon Heath; Country Song*
BBC Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra (Hymn of Jesus)
London Philharmonic Orchestra (Perfect Fool, Egdon Heath, Country Song)
*PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED

CD 16
SEARLE Symphony No. 1*
SEIBER Elegy; Three Fragments
Cecil Aronowitz · Sir Peter Pears
Dorian Singers · Melos Ensemble
Mátyás Seiber
*FIRST RELEASE ON CD

Sir Adrian Boult