2011 | Warner Classics International

40 Most Beautiful British Classics

Various Artists | 19-07-2011

Composers: Arthur Wood - Eric Coates - Fritz Spiegl - George Frideric Handel - Henry Wood - Hubert Parry - Ralph Vaughan Williams - Sir Edward Elgar - Thomas Augustine Arne

Total duration:3 h 23 min
01
Arne: Rule Britannia!
Andrew Davis
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
04:25
Composers: Thomas Augustine Arne
02
Coates: Dambusters March
BBC Symphony Orchestra
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
04:08
Composers: Eric Coates
03
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Andrew Davis
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
14:23
Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
04
Parry: Jerusalem (Arr. Elgar)
Andrew Davis
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
02:23
Composers: Hubert Parry
05
Elgar: 5 Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39: No. 1 in D Major
Andrew Davis
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
06:19
Composers: Edward Elgar
06
Binge: Sailing By (Radio 4, Shipping Forecast theme)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
02:31
Composers: Ronald Binge
07
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War
Andrew Davis
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
06:39
Composers: Gustav Holst
08
Wood, Henry : Fantasia on British Sea Songs : Sailor's Hornpipe [Excerpt]
BBC Symphony Orchestra
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
02:11
Composers: Henry Wood
09
Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon (Instrumental Version)
David Parry
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
03:57
Composers: Eric Coates
10
Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation IX. Nimrod
Andrew Davis
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
04:14
Composers: Sir Edward Elgar
11
Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 "Zadok the Priest"
John Eliot Gardiner
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
03:03
Composers: George Frideric Handel
12
Elgar: Salut d'amour, Op. 12
Andrew Davis
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
03:51
Composers: Sir Edward Elgar
13
Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer, WoO 15, MWV B49 (Excerpt)
Edward Higginbottom
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
05:10
Composers: Felix Mendelssohn
14
Trad / Arr Vaughan Williams: Greensleeves
Edward Higginbottom
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
05:06
Composers: Anonymous
15
Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: I. Overture
Jean-Francois Paillard
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
08:26
Composers: George Frideric Handel
16
Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: V. Air
Jean-Francois Paillard
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
02:48
Composers: George Frideric Handel
17
Handel: Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe
Jean-Francois Paillard
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
03:05
Composers: George Frideric Handel
18
Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea (Chorus Version)
Edward Higginbottom
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
03:16
Writer: William Barnes / Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
19
Trad / Arr Higginbottom: Early One Morning
Edward Higginbottom
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
02:02
Composers: Anonymous
20
Trad / Arr Cameron : Blow the Wind Southerly
Edward Higginbottom
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
02:39
Composers: Anonymous
21
Vaughan Williams: The Wasps, an Aristophanic Suite: Overture
Andrew Davis
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
09:26
Composers: Ralph Vaughan Williams
22
Wood, Arthur : My Native Heath : IV Barwick Green [The Archers theme]
BBC Symphony Orchestra
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
03:16
Composers: Arthur Wood
23
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Andrew Davis
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
08:09
Composers: Gustav Holst
24
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Chorus. "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"
Raymond Leppard
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
04:16
Composers: George Frideric Handel
25
Trad / Arr Spiegl : Radio 4 UK Theme
BBC Symphony Orchestra
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
05:28
Composers: Anonymous
26
Walton : Incidental Music to Henry V : 'Touch her soft lips and part'
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
01:55
Composers: William Walton
27
Walton: Henry V: Passacaglia "The Death of Falstaff"
Douglas Boyd
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
03:04
Composers: William Walton
28
Handel: Solomon, HWV 67, Act 3: Sinfonia. "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
Il Giardino Armonico
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
03:15
Composers: George Frideric Handel
29
Trad / Arr Vaughan Williams : Loch Lomond
Edward Higginbottom
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
03:39
Composers: Traditional
30
Purcell / Arr. Stokowski: Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Song. When I Am Laid in Earth
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
04:17
Composers: Henry Purcell
31
Trad : Sumer is icumin in
Edward Higginbottom
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
01:12
Composers: Anonymous
32
Elgar: 2 Chansons, Op. 15: No. 1, Chanson de nuit (Orchestral Version)
Andrew Davis
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
04:15
Composers: Edward Elgar
33
Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet: Interlude. The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Andrew Davis
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
10:37
Composers: Frederick Delius
34
Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"
Andrew Davis
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
14:57
Composers: Edward Elgar
35
Delius: In a Summer Garden
Andrew Davis
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
15:10
Composers: Frederick Delius
36
Macleod / Arr Statham : The Skye Boat Song
Edward Higginbottom
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
04:07
Composers: A. C. Macleod
37
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
Andrew Davis
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
03:40
Composers: Gustav Holst
38
Elgar: 2 Chansons, Op. 15: No. 2, Chanson de matin (Orchestral Version)
Andrew Davis
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
03:43
Composers: Edward Elgar
39
Byrd : Ave verum corpus
Edward Higginbottom
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
04:32
Composers: William Byrd
40
Handel: Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Chorus. "Hallelujah"
Raymond Leppard
40 Most Beautiful British Classics
04:03
Composers: George Frideric Handel
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