14 October 2010

Adrian Boult / BBC Symphony Orchestra - Elgar. Symphony 2 / Holst. Planets / Vaughan Williams. Job - HMV 1932-1946


Ralph Vaughan Williams:  "Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis".      Recorded:  9 April 1940  - Colston Hall, Bristol.   (HMV DB.3958/9)     
Ralph Vaughan Williams:  "Job" - A Masque for Dancing.     Recorded:  22/3 & 28/9 March 1946 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.  (HMV DB.6289-93)    2 files zip FLAC   Mega Download  

Gustav Holst:  Suite:  "The Planets", op.32.      Recorded:  2-5 January 1945 -  Corn Exchange, Bedford.  (HMV  DB.6227/8, DBS.6229, DB.6230-3)    FLAC  Mega Download

Sir Edward Elgar:  Introduction & Allegro for Strings. op.47.      Recorded:  24 March 1937 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road   (HMV  DB.3198/9)         
Chopin arr./orch: Elgar: 'Funeral March'.     Recorded: 30 May 1932 - EMI Studio 1, Abbey Road.  (HMV DB 1722).   3 files zip FLAC  Mega Download

Sir Edward Elgar:  Symphony no.2  in E Flat major, op.63.   I: Allegro vivace e nobilemente  ~ II: Larghetto  ~  III: Rondo (Presto)  ~ IV: Moderato e maestoso     
Recorded: 3,4,25 August & 10 October 1944 - Bedford Grammar School.  (HMV DB 6190-95).   4 files zip FLAC  Mega Download
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