100 Best British Classics

Various Artists

Release Date:

21/05/2012

Record Label:

Warner Classics

  1. $11.99

Disc 1 of 6

Track NumberTrack TitleTrack LengthTrack Price/Buy Link
1

Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258 "Zadok the Priest"

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Academy of Ancient Music & Stephen Cleobury

5:22
2

If Ye Love Me

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Sir Philip Ledger

2:28
3

Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven

by Choir Of King's College, Cambridge

2:55
4

3 Motets, Op. 38: No. 3, Beati quorum via

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & David Willcocks

3:10
5

Psalm XXIII. The Lord Is My Shepherd

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & David Willcocks

2:15
6

Dear Lord and Father of Mankind

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Thomas Bullard/Benjamin Bayl/Stephen Cleobury

3:59
7

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2, Scene 7: Chorus. "Hallelujah"

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Academy of St. Martin in the Fields & David Willcocks

4:26
8

Ave verum corpus (Gradualia I, 1605)

by King's College Choir, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks

4:42
9

Come Down, O Love Divine

by Choir Of King's College, Cambridge

3:44
10

Requiem: Requiem aeternam

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury

5:41
11

Hear My Prayer, O Lord, Z. 15

by Philip Ledger

2:11
12

Abide with Me (Arr. Cleobury)

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Peter Stevens, & Stephen Cleobury

4:53
13

Justorum animae

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & David Willcocks

2:55
14

Psalm LXVII: God Be Merciful unto Us, and Bless Us

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & David Willcocks

2:08
15

Song for Athene

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury

6:36
16

All People That on Earth Do Dwell "Old 100th" (Arr. Vaughan Williams and Douglas for Choir, Brass and Organ)

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge, The Wallace Collection, Benjamin Bayl, & Stephen Cleobury

4:57
17

O nata lux de lumine

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Oliver Brett & Stephen Cleobury

1:58
18

The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended (Arr. Rutter)

by King's College Choir, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury/Benjamin Bayl

3:24
19

Faire Is the Heaven

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury

5:13
20

I Was Glad

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus & Royal Military School of Music Band & New Philharmonia Orchestra & Philip Ledger

6:48

Disc 2 of 6

Track NumberTrack TitleTrack LengthTrack Price/Buy Link
1

Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85: I. Adagio - Moderato

by Sir John Barbirolli

7:58
2

Koanga: La Calinda

by Hallé Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli

4:34
3

The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

by Sir Adrian Boult

7:59
4

The Lark Ascending

by Sir Adrian Boult

14:42Not available separately
5

Crown Imperial - Coronation March

by Adrian Boult

8:33
6

Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation IX. Nimrod

by Sir Adrian Boult

3:57
7

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Theme & Fugue

by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

4:37
8

Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

by Sir John Barbirolli

16:20Not available separately
9

5 Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39: No. 1 in D Major

by David Bell

6:06
10

Jerusalem

by Goldsmiths' Choral Union/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Owain Arwel Hughes

2:48

Disc 3 of 6

Track NumberTrack TitleTrack LengthTrack Price/Buy Link
1

The Wasps, an Aristophanic Suite: Overture

by André Previn & London Symphony Orchestra

9:07
2

Façade, Suite No. 2 for Orchestra: V. Popular Song (Grazioso)

by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Louis Frémaux

2:17
3

Simple Symphony, Op. 4: II. Playful Pizzicato

by Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

3:10
4

5 Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39: No. 4 in G Major

by London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vernon Handley

4:45
5

Linden Lea

by Dame Janet Baker/Gerald Moore

2:55
6

On hearing the first cuckoo in spring (1992 Remastered Version) (1992 Remastered Version)

by Hallé Orchestra/Sir John Barbirolli

7:24
7

Nunc dimittis

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury/Jon Wimpeney

3:22
8

Serenade for Strings, Op. 20: II. Larghetto

by Sir John Barbirolli

6:03
9

A Village Romeo and Juliet - Music drama in six scenes from Gottfried Keller's novel (1973 Remastered Version), Scene V. The Fair: The Walk to the Paradise Garden (orchestra)

by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Meredith Davies

8:59
10

2 Chansons, Op. 15: No. 2, Chanson de matin (Orchestral Version)

by Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Lawrance Collingwood

3:38
11

Sea Fever (1993 Remastered Version) (1993 Remastered Version)

by Robert Lloyd/Nina Walker

1:52
12

The Banks of Green Willow - Idyll for orchestra (2007 Remastered Version) (2007 Remastered Version)

by London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn

5:47
13

3 Preludes Founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes: No. 2, Rhosymedre (Arr. Foster for String Orchestra)

by Sir Neville Marriner & Academy of St Martin in the Fields

3:59
14

English Dances - Set II Op. 33 (1998 Remastered Version): 5. Allegro non troppo

by Sir Charles Groves

3:10
15

Henry V: Touch Her Soft Lips and Part

by Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

1:47
16

The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt. 2: "Softly and Gently" (Angel, Chorus)

by Dame Janet Baker/Hallé Choir/Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus/Eric Chadwick/Ambrosian Singers/John McCarthy/Hallé Orchestra/Martin Milner/Sir John Barbirolli

6:59

Disc 4 of 6

Track NumberTrack TitleTrack LengthTrack Price/Buy Link
1

The Dam Busters March

by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves

3:56
2

Elizabethan Serenade, "The Man in the Street"

by Reginald Kilbey/Studio 2 Symphony Orchestra

3:34
3

Calling All Workers (March)

by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Reginald Kilbey

3:11
4

Dance Suite, Op. 82, "Fancy Dress": III. Dusk (Waltz)

by Light Music Society Orchestra/Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn

3:32
5

Country Gardens, BFMS 22 (Orch. Artok)

by Light Music Society Orchestra/Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn

2:16
6

Warsaw Concerto (opening) (1995 Remastered Version) (1995 Remastered Version)

by Daniel Adni/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Alwyn

3:31
7

Little Suite: I. March

by Light Music Society Orchestra/Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn

3:14
8

HMS Pinafore or The Lass that Loved a Sailor: Overture (Allegro - Allegro vivace)

by Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent

4:29
9

Shepherd's Hey, BFMS 16

by Light Music Society Orchestra/Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn

2:14
10

The Dream of Olwen (1988 Remastered Version) (1988 Remastered Version)

by Daniel Adni / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Alwyn

4:02
11

London Suite, "London Everyday": III. Knightsbridge (March)

by Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves

4:22
12

In a Monastery Garden (Characteristic Intermezzo)

by Philharmonia Orchestra/John Lanchbery/Ambrosian Singers

5:38
13

Murder on the Orient Express: Waltz (1995 Remastered Version) (1995 Remastered Version)

by Marcus Dods/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

2:32
14

The Watermill

by Light Music Society Orchestra/Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn

4:01
15

Spitfire Prelude and Fugue (1994 Remastered Version) (1994 Remastered Version)

by Philharmonia Orchestra/Sir William Walton

7:58
16

By the Sleepy Lagoon (Valse-Serenade)

by London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Charles Mackerras

3:07
17

The Yeomen of the Guard (or, The Merryman and his Maid) (1987 Remastered Version): Overture

by Glyndebourne Chorus/Pro Arte Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent

5:32
18

My Native Heath, Suite: IV. Barwick Green

by Sidney Torch

2:50
19

Williams, Charles: Devil's Galop (Signature Music for the BBC Thriller ''Dick Barton, Special Agent'') (Signature Music for the BBC Thriller ''Dick Barton, Special Agent'')

by The Charles Williams Orchestra

2:51
20

Sailing By (Slow Waltz)

by John Scott Orchestra

3:00

Disc 5 of 6

Track NumberTrack TitleTrack LengthTrack Price/Buy Link
1

Spem in alium

by Andrew Parrott

10:18Not available separately
2

Haec dies a 5 (Gradualia II, 1607) (2004 Remastered Version) (2004 Remastered Version)

by King's College Choir, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks

2:37
3

Mass 'Puer natus est nobis' a 7 (1995 Remastered Version): Agnus Dei (conclusion)

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Sir Philip Ledger

3:43
4

Hosanna to the son of David

by Choir Of King's College, Cambridge/Sir David Willcocks

3:13
5

Mass for 4 voices with Propers from the Feast of St Peter and St Paul from Gradualia 1607: Agnus Dei

by The Sixteen/Harry Christophers

3:36
6

O clap your hands by Orlando Gibbons (Psalm 47 & Doxology) (1994 Remastered Version) (1994 Remastered Version)

by Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Sir Philip Ledger

5:21
7

Funeral Sentences: Thou Know'st, Lord, Z. 58C

by Academy of Ancient Music/Stephen Cleobury/King's College Choir, Cambridge

7:17
8

King Arthur, Z. 628, Act V: Song. "Fairest Isle"

by Nancy Argenta/Nigel North

2:38
9

Abdelazer, Z. 570: II. Rondeau

by Andrew Parrott

1:36
10

Come Ye Sons of Art, Z. 323 "Ode for Queen Mary's Birthday": No. 2, Aria and Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away" - No. 3, Duet. "Sound the Trumpet" & No. 4, Chorus. "Come Ye Sons of Art Away"

by Norma Burrowes/James Bowman/Charles Brett/Robert Lloyd/Christopher Hogwood/Oliver Brookes/Early Music Consort of London/David Munrow

6:26
11

Water Music, Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: V. Air

by London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington

3:34
12

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 3: Chorus. "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"

by Dame Emma Kirkby/Emily Van Evera/Margaret Cable/James Bowman/Joseph Cornwell/David Thomas/Taverner Choir/Taverner Players/Andrew Parrott

4:09
13

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: IV. La réjouissance

by London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington

2:08
14

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3, Scene 1: Aria. "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"

by Andrew Parrott

6:35
15

Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe

by London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington

3:13
16

Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 2: Aria. "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Almirena)

by Kirk Trevor

4:23
17

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: V. Menuets I & II

by London Classical Players/Sir Roger Norrington

3:30

Disc 6 of 6

Track NumberTrack TitleTrack LengthTrack Price/Buy Link
1

English Folk Song Suite: I. March. Seventeen Come Sunday

by Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Wing Commander Eric Banks

3:19
2

English Folk Song Suite: II. Intermezzo. My Bonny Boy

by Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Wing Commander Eric Banks

4:20
3

English Folk Song Suite: III. March. Folk Songs from Somerset

by Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Wing Commander Eric Banks

3:43
4

Bushes and Briars

by London Madrigal Singers/Christopher Bishop

2:56
5

Loch Lomond

by London Madrigal Singers/Ian Partridge/Christopher Bishop

3:42
6

The Turtle Dove

by London Madrigal Singers/Christopher Keyte/Christopher Bishop

3:22
7

Fantasia on Greensleeves

by Sir John Barbirolli

4:40
8

First Suite in E flat H105 for military band (Op. 28 No. 1): I. Chaconne

by Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Wing Commander Eric Banks

4:03
9

First Suite in E flat H105 for military band (Op. 28 No. 1): II. Intermezzo

by Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Wing Commander Eric Banks

2:56
10

First Suite in E flat H105 for military band (Op. 28 No. 1): III. March

by Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Wing Commander Eric Banks

3:09
11

Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 5, The Foggy, Foggy Dew

by Robert Tear/Sir Philip Ledger

2:24
12

Folksong Arrangements, Book 1 "British Isles": No. 1, The Salley Gardens

by Robert Tear/Sir Philip Ledger

2:28
13

Folksong Arrangements, Book 3 "British Isles": No. 1, The Plough Boy

by Robert Tear/Sir Philip Ledger

1:50
14

Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

by Northern Sinfonia of England/Richard Hickox

10:37Not available separately
15

National Airs of Great Britain: Rule, Britannia! (Arne arr. Retford) - Heart of Oak (Boyce arr. Pope) - The Minstrel Boy (arr. Pope) - Men of Harlech (arr. F. L. Statham) - Isle of Beauty (arr. Richardson) - David of the White Rock (arr. Li

by Band of the Irish Guards/C. H. Jaeger/Band of the Welsh Guards/F. L. Statham

8:33
16

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: Song. "When I Am Laid in Earth" (Arr. Davies)

by Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Barry Rose/Wing Cdr R. E. C. Davies

2:47
17

March Past: It's a long way to Tipperary (Judge & Williams) - Pack up your troubles (Powell arr. Ord-Hume) - There'll always be an England (Parker & Charles arr. Wright) - Colonel Bogey (Alford)

by Band of the Irish Guards/C. H. Jaeger/Band of HM Royal Marines/Lt. Col. Sir Vivian Dunn

6:47
Duration:
7:34:16
Genres:
Classical
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