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English String Masterpieces


Release Date: 07/12/2013 
Label:  Regis   Catalog #: 1138  
Composer:  Ralph Vaughan Williams,  Sir Edward Elgar,  Benjamin Britten,  Michael Tippett
Conductor:  Sir Charles Groves
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Works on This Recording

1. Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:  Sir Charles Groves
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1910/1919; England 
2. Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 by Sir Edward Elgar
Conductor:  Sir Charles Groves
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1892; England 
3. Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10 by Benjamin Britten
Conductor:  Sir Charles Groves
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1937; England 
4. Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli by Michael Tippett
Conductor:  Sir Charles Groves
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1953; England 

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