3 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in 4 3/4 in digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo digital recording
Notes:
Compact discs Previously released material, p1964-2005 Credits ([4] p.) inserted in container Various performers, including Dame Janet Baker, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Adrian Boult, Stephen Cleobury, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Neville Marriner, and Sir Simon Rattle
Contents:
Disc 1. The lark ascending / Vaughan Williams (14:50) The planets, op. 32. Jupiter, the bringer of jollity / Holst (8:03) Cello concerto in E minor, op. 85. Adagio / Elgar (5:03) Messiah. Hallelujah chorus / Handel (3:59) 'Enigma' variations, op. 36. Nimrod / Elgar (3:52) Water music suite no. 1 in F. Air / Handel (4:09) The armed man: a mass for peace. Agnus Dei / Jenkins (3:36) Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis / Vaughan Williams (14:41) Messiah. For unto us a child is born / Handel (4:16) Fantasia on 'Greensleeves' / Vaughan Williams, arr. Greaves (4:08) Pomp and circumstance march no. 4 in G, op. 39, no. 4 / Elgar (4:44) The dream of Gerontius,op. 38. The angel's farewell / Elgar (6:55) Disc 2. Judas Maccabaeus. Thine be the glory / Handel, arr. Cleobury (2:57) Five variants of 'Dives and Lazarus' / Vaughan Williams (10:34) Zadok the Priest / Handel (6:07) The banks of Green Willow / Butterworth (6:04) A Gaelic blessing / Rutter (1:47) English dance no. 5 / Arnold (3:07) The dream of Gerontius, op. 38. Praise to the holiest (concl.) / Elgar (8:13) Water music suite no. 1 in F. Bourrée / Handel (2:24) Three preludes founded on Welsh tunes. Rhosymedre / Vaughan Williams, orch. Foster (4:09) Jerusalem / Parry, orch. Elgar (2:45) The arrival of the Queen of Sheba / Handel (3:23) Spem in alium / Tallis (10:15) Water music suite no. 2 in D. Alla hornpipe / Handel (3:17) Adiemus 1 / Jenkins (3:56) Crown imperial / Walton (8:33) Disc 3. English folk songs suite. March : Seventeen come Sunday / Vaughan Williams, arr. Jacob (3:07) Requiem. Requiem aeternam / Rutter (5:34) Chanson de matin, op. 15, no. 2 / Elgar (3:35) Water music suite no. 2 in D. Bourrée / Handel (1:29) The dam busters march / Coates (3:54) Requiem. In paradisum / Jenkins (5:21) Music for the royal fireworks. La réjouissance / Handel (2:09) Simple symphony, op. 4. Sentimental saraband / Britten (7:06) Warsaw concerto / Addinsell, orch. Douglas (8:53) Serenade in E minor, op. 20. Larghetto / Elgar (5:19) Music for the royal fireworks. Minuets I & II / Handel (2:19) The armed man: a mass for peace. Benedictus / Jenkins (7:34) Salut d'amour, op. 12 / Elgar (3:46) On hearing the first cuckoo in spring / Delius (6:02) Façade suite no. II. Popular song / Walton (2:14) Henry V suite. Touch her soft lips and part / Walton, arr. Mathieson (1:50) Coronation ode, op. 44. Land of hope and glory (finale) / Elgar (4:32)
