Sir Adrian Boult: Complete Warner Recordings - The Stereo Recordings 1956 - 1978
Sir Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish National Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, John Alldis Choir
Sir Adrian Boult: Complete Warner Recordings - The Stereo Recordings 1956 - 1978
Sir Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Scottish National Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, John Alldis Choir
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Dedicated to the STEREO recordings of Sir Adrian Boult, this edition forms an essential counterpart to the previously issued Mono Recordings 1920-1957. Few conductors embraced the transition from mono to stereo with such sensitivity and imagination: Boult drew on a new generation of producers and engineers to achieve a remarkable balance of clarity, depth, and power. Covering the years 1956 to 1978, this collection captures his “Indian summer” in the studio and includes his landmark Schumann and Brahms cycles, alongside authoritative interpretations of fellow composers Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Britten, and Holst. Celebrated for their vitality and architectural grandeur, these recordings confirm Boult’s central place in the history of orchestral performance on record.
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Contents and tracklist
THE STEREO RECORDINGS 1956-1978 on HMV, World Record Club, Columbia, Pye Nixa, EMI Classics, Warner Classics, Waverley
CD 1 ELGAR Symphony No. 2
CD 2 ELGAR Falstaff · Cockaigne
CD 3 WALTON Symphony No. 1
CD 4 SCHUMANN Symphonies Nos. 1 ‘Spring’ & 2
CD 5 SCHUMANN Symphonies Nos. 3 ‘Rhenish’ & 4
CD 6 BERLIOZ Overtures: Le Corsaire · Les Francs-juges · Benvenuto Cellini · Waverley
CD7 BERLIOZ Overtures: Le Carnaval romain · Rob Roy · Béatrice et Bénédict · Le Roi Lear
CD8 B RITTEN Four Sea Interludes · Passacaglia · The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra · Matinées musicales · Soirées musicales
CD 9 D OHNÁNYI Variations on a Nursery Song · Piano Concerto No. 2 (Dohnányi)
CD 10 DVOŘÁK Cello Concerto (Rostropovich) | BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 2 (Kentner)
CD 11 KHACHATURIAN Piano Concerto | PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1 (Katz)
CD 12 MOZART Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23 (A. Fischer)
CD 13 TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto · Sérénade mélancolique | BEETHOVEN Romances Nos. 1 & 2 (Menuhin)
CD 14 HANDEL Arias from Judas Maccabaeus & Acis and Galatea | MOZART Exsultate, jubilate · Ch’io mi scordi di te? (los Angeles) || MAHLER Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen | WAGNER Im Treibhaus (Ludwig)
CD 15 ELGAR Enigma Variations (1961) · Introduction and Allegro (1961)
CD 16 ELGAR Symphony No. 2
CD 17 GRIEG & SCHUMANN Piano Concertos (Cherkassky)
CD 18 ELGAR Violin Concerto (Menuhin) | BARSUKOV Piano Concerto No. 2 (Barsukov)
CD 19 HOLST The Planets (1966)
CD 20 MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto (M. Smith) · Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
CD 21 GLINKA Ruslan and Lyudmila: Overture | SMETANA Die Moldau · The Bartered Bride (excerpts) | RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Dance of the Tumblers | TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture · Slavonic March · Romeo and Juliet
CD 22 ELGAR The Music Makers (Baker) | PARRY Blest Pair of Sirens
CD 23 TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 | LITOLFF Concerto Symphonique: Scherzo (Cherkassky) || TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto | SARASATE Zigeunerweisen (Bress)
CD 24 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 6 · The Lark Ascending (Bean)
CD 25 Popular Orchestral Favourites: MOZART Die Zauberflöte: Overture | BEETHOVEN Romance for violin No. 2 (Bress) | BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture | SUPPÉ Dichter und Bauer: Overture | PONCHIELLI Dance of the Hours | J. STRAUSS I Radetzky-Marsch
CD 26 ELGAR The Wand of Youth, Suites 1 & 2 · Chanson de nuit · Chanson de matin · Three Bavarian Dances
CD 27 Sir Adrian Boult introduces the instruments of the orchestra
CD 28 Bravo! WALTON Portsmouth Point Overture | BRUCH Kol Nidrei | CLARKE Trumpet Voluntary | SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre · Wedding Cake | GERSHWIN Cuban Overture | STRAVINSKY Circus Polka for a Young Elephant | WOLF-FERRARI Intermezzo | FALLA Ritual Fire Dance
CD 29 Marches for Orchestra
CD 30 TCHAIKOVSKY Nutcracker Suite · The Sleeping Beauty Suite
CD 31 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 4 · Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 | R. STRAUSS Don Quixote (du Pré, Downes, Bradley)
CD 32 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 3 “A Pastoral Symphony” · In the Fen Country
CD 32-33 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS “The Wasps” · Symphony No. 1 “A Sea Symphony” (Armstrong, Case)
CD 34-35 ELGAR The Kingdom (Price, Minton, Young, Shirley-Quirk)
CD 35 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 8 · Concerto for two pianos (Vronsky, Babin)
CD 36 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 5 · Serenade to Music
CD 37 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 7 “Sinfonia antartica” (Burrowes)
CD 38 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 9 · Fantasia on the “Old 104th” Psalm Tune (Katin)
CD 39 ELGAR Enigma Variations (1970) · VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on “Greensleeves” · English Folk Song Suite · Job – A Masque for Dancing
CD 40 BRAHMS Tragic Overture · Symphony No. 3
CD 41 BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto (Suk) · Coriolan
CD 42 ELGAR Overtures: Cockaigne · Froissart · ‘Handel in D minor’ · In the South
CD 43 BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 · Alto Rhapsody (Baker)
CD 44 WILLIAMSON & BERKELEY Violin Concertos (Menuhin)
CD 45-46 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Pilgrim’s Progress (Noble, Herincx, Case) · In rehearsal
CD 47 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 2 “A London Symphony”
CD 48 BRUCH Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Menuhin)
CD 49 Sir Adrian conducts WAGNER: Excerpts from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Tristan und Isolde, Tannhäuser, Lohengrin
CD 50 BRAHMS Symphony No. 1
CD 51 BRAHMS Academic Festival Overture · Symphony No. 4
CD 52 SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 ‘Great’
CD 53-54 BACH The Brandenburg Concertos
CD 55 ELGAR Cello Concerto (Tortelier) · Introduction and Allegro (1972) · Serenade
CD 56 Sir Adrian conducts WAGNER, vol. 2: Excerpts from Die Walküre, Siegfried, Götterdämmerung, Tannhäuser, Tristan und Isolde
CD 57 Sir Adrian conducts WAGNER, vol. 3: Siegfried Idyll · Excerpts from Parsifal
CD 58 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Dona nobis pacem · Toward the Unknown Region (Armstrong, Case)
CD 59 ELGAR Falstaff · Fantasia and Fugue in C minor (transc. from Bach) · The Sanguine Fan
CD 60 MOZART Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 24 (Previn)
CD 61 BLISS Music for strings | HOWELLS Concerto for string orchestra
CD 62-63 ELGAR The Apostles (Armstrong, Watts, Tear, Luxon)
CD 64 Sir Adrian conducts WAGNER, vol. 4: Excerpts from Der fliegende Holländer, Das Rheingold, Tannhäuser, Rienze · A Faust Overture | TCHAIKOVSKY Suite No. 3 in G major
CD 65 ELGAR Triumphal March · Carillon · Funeral March · Dream Children · Elegy · Grania and Diarmid · Polonia · Meditation
CD 66 HOLST First Choral Symphony
CD 67 TCHAIKOVSKY Capriccio italien · Gopak · Slavonic March
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnol · Mlada: Procession of the Nobles
CD 68 MOZART Symphonies Nos. 41 “Jupiter” & 35 “Haffner”
CD 69 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis · Concerto Grosso · Partita for double string orchestra
CD 70 WAGNER Wesendonck-Lieder | R. STRAUSS 4 Lieder (Baker)
CD 70-71 ELGAR The Dream of Gerontius (Watts, Gedda, Lloyd)
CD 72 ELGAR Symphony No. 2
CD 73 ELGAR Symphony No. 1
CD 74 ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance · 2 Marches | WALTON Crown Imperial · Orb and Sceptre
CD 75 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral”
CD 76 ELGAR Violin Concerto (Haendel)
CD 77 BRAHMS Serenades Nos. 1 & 2 · Variations on a Theme by Haydn
CD 78 HOLST The Planets (1978)
CD 79 PARRY Symphony No. 5 “Symphonic Fantasia” · Symphonic Variations · Elegy for Brahms
