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Best Of London - Sullivan, Elgar, Handel, Holst, Walton, Etc


Release Date: 07/29/2008 
Label:  Naxos   Catalog #: 8572098-99   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Arthur Sullivan,  Eric Coates,  Haydn Wood,  Sidney Torch,   ... 
Performer:  John Lenehan,  Matthew Larkin,  Dorothy Linell
Conductor:  Andrew Penny,  Adrian Leaper,  Major Geoffrey Kingston,  Barry Wordsworth,   ... 
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Ballet Sinfonia,  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Royal Artillery Band,   ... 
Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 2 Hours 5 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1.
Yeomen of the Guard: Overture by Arthur Sullivan
Conductor:  Andrew Penny
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1888; England 
 Length: 5 Minutes 21 Secs. 
2.
London "London Every Day": Covent Garden by Eric Coates
Conductor:  Adrian Leaper
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1932; England 
 Length: 5 Minutes 11 Secs. 
3.
London "London Every Day": Knightsbridge by Eric Coates
Conductor:  Adrian Leaper
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1932; England 
 Length: 4 Minutes 29 Secs. 
4.
London cameos by Haydn Wood
Conductor:  Adrian Leaper
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: circa 1942; England 
5.
London Calling by Eric Coates
Conductor:  Major Geoffrey Kingston
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Artillery Band
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1942; England 
 Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs. 
6.
London Transport Suite by Sidney Torch
Conductor:  Barry Wordsworth
Orchestra/Ensemble:  BBC Concert Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: England 
 Length: 7 Minutes 37 Secs. 
7.
London Salute by Philip Lane
Conductor:  Gavin Sutherland
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Period: 20th Century 
Written: England 
 Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs. 
8.
Westminster Waltz by Robert Farnon
Conductor:  Adrian Leaper
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1956; England 
 Length: 2 Minutes 59 Secs. 
9.
London Again: Oxford Street by Eric Coates
Conductor:  Adrian Leaper
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1936; England 
 Length: 3 Minutes 29 Secs. 
10.
London Again: Mayfair by Eric Coates
Conductor:  Adrian Leaper
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1936; England 
 Length: 6 Minutes 7 Secs. 
11.
London Landmarks: The Horseguards, Whitehall by Haydn Wood
Conductor:  Ernest Tomlinson
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: by 1946; England 
 Length: 3 Minutes 54 Secs. 
12.
Widespread World by John Dankworth
Conductor:  Gavin Sutherland
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,  THE ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Period: 20th Century 
Written: England 
 Length: 4 Minutes 11 Secs. 
13.
Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town" by Sir Edward Elgar
Conductor:  Adrian Leaper
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1900-1901; England 
 Length: 15 Minutes 27 Secs. 
14.
London Pieces (3): no 1, Chelsea Reach by John Ireland
Performer:  John Lenehan (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1917-1920; England 
 Length: 6 Minutes 10 Secs. 
15.
Coronation March "Crown Imperial" by Sir William Walton
Conductor:  Paul Daniel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Northern Philharmonia
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1937; England 
 Length: 6 Minutes 44 Secs. 
16.
St Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29 no 2/H 118: Finale, The Dargason by Gustav Holst
Conductor:  Howard Griffiths
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Sinfonia
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1912-1913; England 
 Length: 3 Minutes 22 Secs. 
17.
Coronation Anthems (4): no 1, HWV 258 "Zadok the priest" by George Frideric Handel
Conductor:  Jeremy Summerly
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Tallis Chamber Choir,  Royal Academy of Music Baroque Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1727; London, England 
18.
Symphony no 2 "London": 1st movement, Lento-Allegro risoluto by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:  Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1913/1920; England 
19.
Brook Green Suite, H 190: Air by Gustav Holst
Conductor:  Howard Griffiths
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Sinfonia
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1933; England 
 Length: 2 Minutes 8 Secs. 
20.
I was glad by Charles Hubert Parry
Performer:  Matthew Larkin (Organ)
Conductor:  Noel Edison
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Elora Choir of St. John's
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1902; England 
 Length: 6 Minutes 18 Secs. 
21.
Divisions on "Greensleeves" by Francis Cutting
Performer:  Dorothy Linell (Lute)
Period: Renaissance 
Written: 16th Century; England 
 Length: 2 Minutes 22 Secs. 
22.
Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no 104 "London": 4th movement, Spiritoso by Franz Joseph Haydn
Conductor:  Barry Wordsworth
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Capella Istropolitana
Period: Classical 
Written: 1795; London, England 
 Length: 6 Minutes 53 Secs. 

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