7 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in 4 3/4 in digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo digital recording
Other Title:
Orchestral music. Selections
Notes:
Previously released recordings, p1985-2001 Text of 1st work, disc 1, by Walt Whitman; text of 3rd work, disc 5 by A.E. Housman Program notes by Michael Kennedy and texts of sung works (27 p. : ill.) in container Sheila Armstrong, Felicity Lott, Amanda Roocroft, sopranos ; Ian Bostridge, tenor ; Jonathan Summers, baritone ; Sarah Chang, violin ; London Philharmonic Choir ; Cantilena ; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, conductor Recorded 1984 (CD6), 1986 (CD2), 1989 (CD1), 1994 (CD4), 2000 (CD7), No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London; 1996 (CD3), 1997 (CD5), The Colosseum, Watford Compact disc
Contents:
Disc 1. A sea symphony (Symphony no. 1) Disc 2. A London symphony (Symphony no. 2) ; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Disc 3. A pastoral symphony (Symphony no. 3) ; Symphony no. 4 Disc 4. Symphony no. 5 ; Norfolk rhapsody no. 1 ; The lark ascending Disc 5. Symphony no. 6 ; In the Fen Country ; On Wenlock Edge Disc 6. Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony no. 7) Disc 7. Symphony no. 8 ; Symphony no. 9
