Spanning over 40 years, these recordings trace the career of Sir John Barbirolli, a conductor of proverbial warmth and generosity, a transformative force in British music and a legendary figure who collaborated with the greatest artists of his time. Shortly before his death in 1970 he completed a Sibelius cycle with the Hallé Orchestra, whose fortunes he had steered for nearly three decades, and among other composers closely linked with his name are Elgar, Delius, Brahms, Mozart, Mahler and Puccini. The wide-ranging contents of this landmark 109-disc set, which comprises all the recordings Barbirolli made for HMV and PYE, include previously unpublished items and documentary material. Everything has been remastered in high definition, LP-era recordings from the original tapes, and 78-era recordings from the best available sources.
29th July 2020 marks the 50th anniversary Sir John Barbirolli’s passing. He died at the age of 70, having been born in 1899 in London to parents of Italian and French origin.
A great British conductor notable for the warmth and generosity of his interpretations, and for his attention to detail, Barbirolli is especially closely associated with Manchester’s Hallé Orchestra, of which he became Permanent Conductor in 1943. He transformed the Hallé’s fortunes and remained closely associated with the orchestra for 27 years.
Barbirolli began his career as a cellist, going on to establish himself as a conductor in the UK in his twenties. He received his first contract with the New York Philharmonic as early as 1927 and went on to become Arturo Toscanini’s successor at the orchestra, remaining with it for seven seasons (1936-1943).
This 109-disc Warner Classics set comprises all the recordings Barbirolli made for the HMV and PYE labels. Spanning the years between 1928 and 1970, they were made with a variety of orchestras, including the Hallé, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Philharmonia/New Philharmonia, Berliner Philharmoniker and Wiener Philharmoniker.
All the recordings originally released on LP have been remastered in high definition from the original tapes. Material from the 78 rpm era has been remastered – also in high definition – from the best sources available.
The set reflects the great breadth of Barbirolli’s repertoire and interests. Especially prominent in the collection are the composers most closely associated with his name: Elgar, Delius and other British composers of Barbirolli’s time; Brahms, Mozart, Mahler and Sibelius. The collection also features such figures as Beethoven, Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák and Grieg, and, perhaps less expectedly, music from the Baroque era, Latin America and traditional British songs.
Soloists in orchestral music and songs/choral works include: Fritz Kreisler, Jascha Heifetz, Yehudi Menuhin, Mischa Elman, Guilhermina Suggia, Gregor Piatigorsky, Jacqueline du Pré (notably in the famous 1965 recording of the Elgar Cello Concerto), Evelyn Rothwell (the oboist who was Barbirolli’s wife), Artur Rubinstein, Alfred Cortot, Edwin Fischer, Artur Schnabel, Wilhelm Backhaus, Daniel Barenboim, Dame Janet Baker, Montserrat Caballé and Jon Vickers.
Operatic recordings include: excerpts from Turandot, recorded live at Covent Garden in 1937, with Eva Turner and Giovanni Martinelli, and complete recordings of Madama Butterfly (Rome, 1966) with Renata Scotto and Carlo Bergonzi, Otello (London, 1968) with James McCracken, Gwyneth Jones & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, and Dido and Aeneas (London, 1965) with Victoria de los Angeles and Peter Glossop. Also featured are arias recorded by some of the greatest singers of the 1920s and 30s, including Frida Leider, Beniamino Gigli and Fyodor Chaliapin.
The set, assembled with the help of the Barbirolli Society, also includes previously unpublished items and a CD of rehearsal material and interviews (marked with * in the index below) – some of which have not been previously released.
As a bonus the box also includes an audio documentary presented by Jon Tolansky, John Barbirolli – A Memoir, which features conversations with Barbirolli and recollections by distinguished figures.
It soon transpires that there isn’t just one Barbirolli but many… Vaughan Williams is represented by a bold performance of the highly inventive Eighth Symphony…Readers who like to explore beyond the relative audio comfort of digital, stereo and mono tape are served by 26 discs’ worth of transfers from shellac… for the most part Studio Art et Son have done a fabulous job with the transfers…Warner Classics’ 109 CDs will offer you a lifetime’s worth of musical joy and stimulation. –GRAMOPHONE, August 2020
STEPHEN ADAMS 1841-1913
The Holy City CD 103*
The Star of Bethlehem CD 103*
TOMASO ALBINONI 1671-1751
Oboe Concerto in B flat major Op. 7 No. 3 CD 80
Oboe Concerto in D major Op. 7 No. 6 CD 80
ANTON ARENSKY 1861-1906
Variations on a Theme of Tchaikovsky Op. 35a CD 50
DANIEL AUBER 1782-1871
Fra Diavolo – Overture CD 4*
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 1685-1750
Cantata BWV 21 – Ich hatte viel Bekummernis…..Suezfer Kummer CD 100*
Cantata BWV 70: Watch Ye, Pray Ye – Though reviling tongues assail us (arranged Barbirolli) CD 98*
Cantata BWV 68 – II. Also hatt Gott die Welt geliebt…..Mein glaubiches Herze CD 100*
Cantata BWV 208 “Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd” – Sheep may safely graze CD 68
Concerto in C for Two Pianos and Strings BWV 1061 CD 70*
St Matthew Passion BWV 244 – Du lieber Heiland CD 98*
Piano Concerto in F minor BWV 1056 – I. Allegro CD 70*
Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major BWV 1042 CD 71*
MICHAEL BALFE 1808-1870
The Bohemian Girl – Overture CD 3
SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI 1899-1970
Elizabethan Suite (arranged) CD 19, CD 51
SIR ARNOLD BAX 1883-1953
Symphony No. 3 CD 5
The Garden of Fand CD 23
Tintagel CD 51
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1770-1827
Egmont Op. 84 – Overture CD 11
Fidelio – Abscheulicher! … Komm Hoffnung CD 98*
Leonore No. 3 Overture Op. 72a CD 41
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major “Emperor” Op. 73 CD 83
Symphony No. 1 in C major Op. 21 CD 41
Symphony No. 3 in E flat major “Eroica” Op. 55 CD 64
Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67 CD 7
Symphony No. 8 in F major Op. 93 CD 41
Violin Concerto in D major Op. 61 (cadenzas: Fritz Kreisler) CD 76
VINCENZO BELLINI 1801-1835
Norma – Casta Diva CD 100*
HECTOR BERLIOZ 1803-1869
La Damnation de Faust Op. 24 H 111 (Excerpts) CD 35
Le Carnaval Romain Ouverture Op. 9 H 95 CD 52
Les Nuits d’été Op. 7 (Théophile Gautier) CD 105
Symphonie fantastique Op. 14 H 48 CD 8, CD 35
SIR HENRY BISHOP 1788-1855
The Comedy of Errors – Lo! Here the gentle Lark CD 99*
GEORGES BIZET 1838-1875
Carmen – L’amore e un strano augello CD 99*
Carmen – La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Act 2) CD 103*
Carmen – Orchestral Potpourri CD 2
Carmen – vocal gems CD 103*
L’Arlésienne – Suite No. 1 WD 28 – Prélude & Adagietto CD 13*
L’Arlésienne – Suite No. 2 WD 40 – Farandole CD 13*
JOHANNES BRAHMS 1833-1897
Academic Festival Overture Op. 80 CD 42*, CD 60
Double Concerto in A minor Op. 102 CD 82
Ein Deutsches Requiem – Ye that now are sorrowful CD 99*
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15 CD 86
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 83 CD 87
Symphony No. 1 in C minor Op. 68 CD 59
Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 73 CD 58
Symphony No. 3 in F major Op. 90 CD 14, CD 58
Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op. 98 CD 42, CD 60
Tragic Overture Op. 81 CD 59
Variations on a Theme of Joseph Haydn Op. 56a (St Antoni) CD 60
Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77 CD 76
BENJAMIN BRITTEN 1913-1976
Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15 (original version) CD 81
GEORGE BUTTERWORTH 1885-1916
A Shropshire Lad – orchestral rhapsody CD 23
PABLO CASALS 1876-1973
Sardana (arranged for cello orchestra) CD 2*
EMMANUEL CHABRIER 1841-1894
España – rapsodie pour orchestre CD 19
Joyeuse marche CD 36
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN 1810-1849
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11 CD 73
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21 CD 72, CD 73
DOMENICO CIMAROSA 1749-1801
Oboe Concerto in C minor (arranged Benjamin) CD 80
JEREMIAH CLARKE c1674-1707
Trumpet Voluntary (arr. Sir Henry J. Wood) CD 34
SAMUEL COLERIDGE-TAYLOR 1875-1912
Scenes from The Song of Hiawatha Op. 3 – Cantata No. 3: Spring had come CD 98*
ARCANGELO CORELLI 1653-1713
Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra (from Op. 5) (arranged Barbirolli) CD 9*
Concerto for Oboe and Strings in F major (from Violin Sonatas Op. 5) (arranged Barbirolli) CD 79* (1946), CD 80
TEODORO COTTRAU 1827-1879
Santa Lucia CD 101*
CLAUDE DEBUSSY 1862-1918
La Mer L 111 (109) CD 36, CD 67
Trois Nocturnes L 98 (91) CD 67
Prélude a l’après-midi d’un faune L 87 (86) CD 19
LÉO DELIBES 1836-1891
Sylvia – excerpts CD 3*, CD 10*
FREDERICK DELIUS 1862-1934
A Song of Summer RT VI/26 CD 12, CD 51
A Song before Sunrise RT VI/24 CD 3, CD 66
A Village Romeo and Juliet RT I/6 – Intermezzo: Walk to the Paradise Garden (arr. Beecham) CD 6*, CD 24, CD 51
Two Aquarelles RT IV.5 (arr. Fenby) CD 9
Appalachia – Variations on an Old Slave Song RT II/2 CD 91
Brigg Fair – An English Rhapsody RT VI/16 CD 66
Fennimore and Gerda Intermezzo RT I/8 (arr. Fenby) CD 24
Hassan – Incidental Music RT I/9 (arranged Beecham) CD 66
In a Summer Garden RT VI/17 CD 66
Irmelin Prelude RT VI/27 CD 24, CD 51
Koanga – La Calinda (Act 2) RT I/4 (arranged Fenby) CD 66
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring RT VI/9 CD 24, CD 66
Prelude and Idyll RT II/10 CD 24
String Quartet No. 2 – III. Late Swallows RT VIII/4 (arranged Fenby) CD 66
Summer Night on the River RT VI/19 CD 66
GAETANO DONIZETTI 1797-1848
Don Pasquale – Overture CD 15
L’elisir d’amore – Una furtiva lagrima CD 101
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK 1841-1904
Legends Op. 59 B122 CD 37
Scherzo capriccioso Op.66 B131 CD 37
Serenade in D minor for winds, cello & double bass Op. 44, B77 CD 33
Symphony No. 7 in D minor Op. 70 CD 28
Symphony No. 8 in G major Op. 88 CD 28
Symphony No. 9 in E minor “From the New World” Op. 95 B178 CD 37
SIR EDWARD ELGAR 1857-1934
Bavarian Dances Op. 27 – II. Lullaby CD 9
Caractacus Op. 35 – Oh! My warriors – Leap, leap to light (Sword Song) CD 100*
Cello Concerto in E minor Op. 85 CD 82, CD 84
Cockaigne Overture Op. 40 (In London Town) CD 12
Cockaigne Overture Op. 40 (In London Town) CD 17
Cockaigne Overture Op. 40 (In London Town) CD 44
Dream Children Op. 43 – I. Andante CD 12
Dream of Gerontius Op. 38: Part Two CD 107*
Elegy Op. 58 CD 9, CD 21, CD 48
Falstaff – symphonic study Op. 68 CD 48
Froissart Overture Op. 19 CD 48
Introduction and Allegro for String Quartet and String Orchestra Op. 47 CD 1, CD 9, CD 17, CD 21, CD 44
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major Op. 39 CD 45
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 2 in A minor Op. 39 CD 48
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in C minor Op. 39 CD 48
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 in G major Op. 39 CD 45
Pomp and Circumstance March No. 5 in C major Op. 39 CD 48
Sea Pictures Op.37 CD 105
Sea Pictures Op. 37: Where corals lie CD 98*
Serenade in E minor Op. 20 CD 12, CD 44
Sospiri Op. 70 CD 48
Symphony No. 1 in A flat major Op. 55 CD 21*, CD 45
Symphony No. 2 in E flat major Op. 63 CD 17, CD 49
The Dream of Gerontius Op. 38 CD 88-89
Variations on an Original Theme “Enigma” Op. 36 CD 9, CD 23, CD 44
FRÉDÉRIC ALFRED D’ERLANGER 1868-1943
Midnight Rose – selection CD 4*
MANUEL DE FALLA 1876-1946
Siete canciones populares españolas (orch. Ernesto Halffter) CD 104
GABRIEL FAURÉ 1845-1924
Pelléas et Mélisande Op. 80 – Suite from incidental music CD 19
Shylock Op. 57 – Suite – Nocturne CD 8
CÉSAR FRANCK 1822-1890
Variations symphoniques FWV 46 CD 85
SIR EDWARD GERMAN 1862-1936
Nell Gwyn – incidental music CD 23
UMBERTO GIORDANO 1867-1948
Andrea Chénier – Un dì, all’ azzuro spazio guardai profondo CD 100*
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV 1865-1936
Les Ruses d’amour Op. 61 – Ballabile CD 2*
The Seasons Op. 67 – Bacchanale CD 2
Violin Concerto in A minor Op. 82 CD 74
CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK 1714-1787
Orfeo – Che faro senza Eurydice CD 98*
Armide – Ah! si la liberté CD 98*
CHARLES GOUNOD 1818-1893
Faust – Orchestral Potpourri CD 2*
Faust – Mephistopheles’ Serenade CD 100*
Jesus of Nazareth CD 103*
Petite Symphonie in B flat for winds CD 33
PERCY GRAINGER 1882-1961
Irish Tune from County Derry (Londonderry Air) CD 9*
Molly on the Shore CD 24
Mock Morris CD 24
Shepherd’s Hey CD 24
EDVARD GRIEG 1843-1907
Two Elegiac Melodies Op. 34 CD 31
Lyric Pieces Op. 57 – IV. Geheimnis (orch. Barbirolli) CD 15
Lyric Suite Op. 54 CD 65
Norwegian Dances Op. 35 CD 67
Peer Gynt Op. 23 – Incidental Music – extracts CD 65
Peer Gynt – Suite No. 1 Op. 46 CD 4*, CD 10*, CD 31
Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16 CD 71*
Sigurd Jorsalfar Op. 22 – V. Homage March CD 4*
Sigurd Jorsalfar Op. 56 – III. Homage March CD 65
Symphonic Dances Op. 64 CD 31
Symphonic Dances Op. 64 – II. Allegretto grazioso CD 4*
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL 1685-1759
Acis and Galatea – As when the dove CD 98*
Judas Maccabaeus HWV 63 – Sound an Alarm CD 100*
Messiah HWV 56 – Comfort ye my people – Thou shalt break them CD 100*
Messiah HWV 56 – Rejoice greatly CD 98*
Messiah HWV 56 – The Trumpet shall sound CD 101*
Oboe Concerto No. 1 in B flat major HWV 301 (edited Rothwell and Mackerras) CD 80
Organ Concerto in B flat Op. 7 No. 1 HWV 306 CD 82
Rodrigo HWV 5 – Suite (ed. Sir Anthony Lewis & Philip Cranmer) CD 33
Serse HWV 40 – Ombra mai fù CD 98*
Serse HWV 40 – Suite (arr. Hoffman) CD 33
Serse HWV 40 – Frondi tenere … Ombra mai fu CD 101
FRANZ JOSEF HAYDN 1732-1809
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major Hob. VIIb:2 CD 70*, CD 84
Die Jahreszeiten Hob. XXI:3 – Schön eilet froh der Ackersmann CD 102*
Keyboard Concerto in D major Hob. XVIII: 11 – III. Rondo al Ungarese CD 70*
Oboe Concerto in C major Hob VIIg:C1 (attributed Haydn) CD 79
Symphony No. 83 in G minor “La poule” CD 11
Symphony No. 88 in G major Hob. I:88 CD 16
Symphony No. 96 in D major “Miracle” Hob. I:96 CD 14
Symphony No. 104 in D major “London” Hob. I:104 CD 1
MICHAEL HEMING 1920-1942
Threnody for a soldier killed in action (completed & orch. Anthony Collins) CD 6
JOHANN WILHELM HILL 1838-1902
Das Herz am Rhein CD 102*
ENGELBERT HUMPERDINCK 1854-1921
Hänsel und Gretel – Overture CD 8*, CD 30
JACQUES IBERT 1890-1962
Divertissement for Chamber Orchestra CD 19
JOHN IRELAND 1879-1962
A London Overture CD 51
Mai Dun – symphonic rhapsody CD 13
The Forgotten Rite – Prelude CD 13
These Things Shall Be (J. A. Symons) CD 88
EDVARD ARMAS JÄRNEFELT 1869-1958
Berceuse CD 4*
Praeludium CD 4*
FRANZ LEHÁR 1870-1949
Gold und Silber – Walzer Op. 79 CD 15, CD 25, CD 52
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO 1858-1919
Pagliacci – Jetzt spielen….. Hüll dich in Tand CD 102*
Pagliacci – No! Pagliacco non son CD 101
Pagliacci – Recitar…….Vesti la giubba – No! Pagliacco non son CD 103*
CARL LOEWE 1796-1869
Fridericus Rex Op. 61 No. 1 CD 102*
ALEXANDRE LUIGINI 1850-1906
Ballet Russe Op. 23 CD 2*
ANATOLY LYADOV 1855-1914
The Enchanted Lake Op. 62 CD 19*
GUSTAV MAHLER 1869-1911
Fünf Rückert-Lieder CD 106
Kindertotenlieder CD 106
Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen CD 106
Symphony No. 1 in D major CD 30
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor CD 69
Symphony No. 6 in A minor “Tragic” CD 62-63
Symphony No. 9 in D minor CD 46
ALESSANDRO MARCELLO 1673-1747
Oboe Concerto in C minor S.Z.799 (Originally D minor) (ed. Rothwell) CD 80
PIETRO MASCAGNI 1863-1945
Cavalleria Rusticana – Addio alla madre CD 103*
Cavalleria Rusticana – Intermezzo CD 2*, CD 32
JULES MASSENET 1842-1912
Manon – O dolce incanto – En fermant les yeux CD 101*
Scènes Alsaciennes – III. Sous les tilleuls CD 36
FELIX MENDELSSOHN 1809-1847
A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music Op. 61: Scherzo CD 8*
Elias Op. 70 – Herr Gott Abrahams CD 102
The Hebrides Overture Op. 26 CD 10*, CD 26
Octet in E flat major Op. 20 – Scherzo CD 11
Symphony No. 4 in A major “Italian” Op. 90 CD 10*
ANDRÉ MESSAGER 1853-1929
Fortunio – The Grey House CD 103*
GIACOMO MEYERBEER 1791-1864
L’Africaine – Land so wunderbar CD 102*
GEORG MATTHIAS MONN 1717-1750
Cello Concerto in G minor (harpsichord continuo realised by Schoenberg: ed. Aveling) CD 83
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART 1756-1791
Cassation in G major K99 – II. Andante CD 13
Die Zauberflöte K620 – Ah! je le sais CD 99*
Die Zauberflöte K620 – Overture CD 41
Die Zauberflöte K620 – O Isis und Isiris (arranged for cello orchestra by Barbirolli) CD 2*
Divertimento No. 11 in D major K251 – Minuet CD 14
Don Giovanni – Madamina…..Nella bionda CD 100*
Don Giovanni K527- Don Ottavio! Son morta…….Or sai chi l’onore CD 98
Le nozze di Figaro K492 – Overture CD 11
Le nozze di Figaro K492 – Porgi amor CD 99*
Oboe Concerto in C major K314 CD 78*
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major K482 CD 77
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K488 CD 72*
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major K595 CD 77
Serenade No. 13 in G major “Eine kleine Nachtmusik” K525 CD 1
Symphony No. 29 in A major K201 CD 26
Symphony No. 41 in C major “Jupiter” K551 CD 26
Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major K219 CD 74
MODEST MUSSORGSKY 1839-1881
Song of the Flea CD 100*
ETHELBERT NEVIN 1862-1901
The Rosary CD 103*
OTTO NICOLAI 1810-1849
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor – Overture CD 34
CARL NIELSEN 1865-1931
Symphony No. 4 “Inextinguishable” Op. 29 CD 40
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PERGOLESI 1710-1736
Concerto for Oboe and Strings in C major (arranged Barbirolli) CD 79*(1948)
AMILCARE PONCHIELLI 1834-1886
La Gioconda Op. 9 – Dance of the Hours CD 3*, CD 32
GIACOMO PUCCINI 1858-1924
La bohème – Che gelida manina CD 103*
La bohème – Si sente meglio … Che gelida manina … Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì … Oh soave fanciulla CD 104
Madama Butterfly CD 94-95
Madama Butterfly – Viene la sera … Voglietemi bene … Una poco di vero … Quanti occhi fisi CD 104
Manon Lescaut – Donna non vidi mai CD 101*
Manon Lescaut – Dunque questa lettiga …Tu, tu, amore … O tentatrice CD 104
Manon Lescaut – Intermezzo (Act 3) CD 32
Turandot – extracts CD 92
Tosca – E lucevan le stelle … Ah! Franchilgia … O dolci mano … Senti l’ora … Amora CD 104
Tosca – E lucevan le stelle CD 101*
Tosca – Recondita armonia – E lucevan le stelle CD 103*
Tosca – Tre sbirri, una carozza – La povera mia cena CD 101
HENRY PURCELL 1659-1695
Dido and Aeneas Z626 (ed. Boyling) CD 93
The Married Beau Z603 – Hornpipe on a Ground CD 1
Suite for Strings, Woodwinds and Horns (arranged Barbirolli) CD 23, CD 68
ROGER QUILTER 1877-1953
A Children’s Overture Op. 17 CD 3*
JOACHIM RAFF 1822-1882
La Fileuse Op. 157 No. 2 (arranged Alfonso Gibilaro) CD 70*
MAURICE RAVEL 1875-1937
Daphnis et Chloé – Suite No. 2 M 57 CD 36
La valse M 72 CD 36
Ma mère l’oye – Suite M 60 CD 36
Shéhérazade M 41 (Tristan Klingsor) CD 105
NIKOLAY RIMSKY-KORSAKOV 1844-1908
Capriccio espagnol Op. 34 CD 19*
FREDERICK ROSSE 1867-1940
Merchant of Venice – Suite from incidental music CD 3
GIOACHINO ROSSINI 1792-1868
Guillaume Tell Overture & Ballet Music (arranged Charles Godfrey Jnr.) CD 32
Il barbiere di Siviglia – La calunnia CD 100*
Il barbiere di Siviglia – Largo al factotum CD 101
Il barbiere di Siviglia – Una voce poco fà CD 99*
La gazza ladra – Overture CD 8*
Semiramide – Overture CD 32
Stabat Mater – Inflammatus CD 99
EDMUND RUBBRA 1901-1986
Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby Op. 50 – IV. Loth to depart CD 12
Symphony No. 5 in B flat major Op. 63 CD 12
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS 1835-1921
Havanaise Op. 83 CD 75
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso Op. 28 CD 74
Le Carnaval des Animaux – grande fantaisie R 125 CD 81
Samson et Dalila – O aprile foriero di sogni – Amor! Miei sini proteggi – Il mio cuore si apre alla tua voce CD 99*
Valse Caprice Op. 76 CD 70
PABLO SARASATE 1844-1908
Zigeunerweisen Op. 20 No. 1 CD 75
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG 1874-1951
Pelleas und Melisande – symphonic poem Op. 5 CD 62
FRANZ SCHUBERT 1797-1828
Die Zauberharfe D644 – Overture (Rosamunde) CD 11
Marche Militaire No. 1 in D major Op. 51 No 1, D. 733 CD 4*
Rosamunde – Incidental Music D. 797 – II. Ballet CD 4*
Symphony No. 9 in C major “The Great” D944 CD 16, CD 47
ROBERT SCHUMANN 1810-1856
Cello Concerto in A minor Op. 129 CD 78
Violin Concerto in D minor WoO23 CD 78
JEAN SIBELIUS 1865-1957
Finlandia Op. 26 CD 56
Four Legends The Swan of Tuonela & Lemminkäinen’s Return Op. 22
Karelia Suite Op. 11 CD 53
Kuolema Op. 44 – I. Valse triste CD 31, CD 57
Lemminkaïnen Legends Op. 22 – II. Swan of Tuonela CD 20*
Pelléas et Mélisande – suite Op. 46 CD 55
Pohjola’s Daughter Op. 49 CD 31, CD 56
Rakastava Op. 14 CD 56
Romance in C major Op. 42 CD 56
Scènes historiques Suite No. 1 Op. 25 CD 55
Scènes historiques Suite No. 2 Op. 66 CD 55
Symphony No. 1 in E minor Op. 39 CD 29, CD 55
Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 43 CD 15, CD 53
Symphony No. 3 in C major Op. 52 CD 57
Symphony No. 4 in A minor Op. 63 CD 56
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major Op. 82 CD 29, CD 54
Symphony No. 6 in D minor Op. 104 CD 57
Symphony No. 7 in C major Op. 105 CD 11, CD 54
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA 1854-1932
Stars and Stripes for Ever – March CD 34
JOHANN STRAUSS I 1804-1849
Radetzky March Op. 228 (orch. Gordon Jacob) CD 20*, CD 25, CD 52
JOHANN STRAUSS II 1825-1899
An der schönen, blauen Donau – Walzer Op. 314 CD 25, CD 52
Annen Polka Op. 117 CD 25
Champagner-Polka Op. 211 CD 52
Der Zigeunerbaron – Overture CD 25, CD 52
Die Fledermaus – Overture CD 25
Die Fledermaus – Brother dear and sister dear… Oh! what a feast, what a wonderous night CD 103*
G’schichten aus dem Wienerwald – Walzer Op. 325 CD 25
Kaiserwalzer Op. 437 CD 20*
Perpetuum mobile Op. 257 CD 25, CD 52
Rosen aus dem Süden – Walzer Op. 388 CD 5*
Unter Donner und Blitz – Polka Op. 324 CD 52
JOHANN STRAUSS II 1825-1899 & JOSEF STRAUSS 1827-1870
Pizzicato Polka CD 25
STRAUSS FAMILY
A Strauss Fantasy (arranged Landauer) CD 81
RICHARD STRAUSS 1864-1949
Der Rosenkavalier – Waltz Sequence (arr. Barbirolli) CD 52
Der Rosenkavalier Op. 59, TrV 227 – Suite CD 7
Die Liebe der Danae Op. 83, TrV 278 – Symphonic Fragments (arr. Clemens Krauss) CD 20*
Ein Heldenleben Op. 40 CD 68
Metamorphosen TRV 290 CD 61
IGOR STRAVINSKY 1882-1971
Concerto in D major for String Orchestra CD 10
FRANZ VON SUPPÉ 1819-1895
Banditenstreiche – Overture CD 34
Dichter und Bauer – Overture CD 34
Die leichte Kavallerie – Overture CD 34
Die schöne Galathée – Overture CD 20*, CD 34
Ein Morgen, ein Mittag und ein Abend in Wien – Overture CD 34
Pique Dame – Overture CD 34
SIR ARTHUR SULLIVAN 1842-1900
Ivanhoe – Woo thou, thy snowflake CD 101*
The Lost Chord CD 101*
The Golden Legend – The Night is calm CD 99*
The Light of the World – God shall wipe away all tears CD 99*
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 1840-1893
Francesca da Rimini Op. 32 TH 46 CD 50
Marche Slave Op. 31 CD 39
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 CD 72*, CD 85
Romeo and Juliet – fantasy overture TH 42 CD 27
Serenade in C Op. 48 CD 50
String Quartet No. 1 in D major Op. 11 – II. Andante cantabile CD 39
Symphony No. 4 in F minor Op. 36 CD 27
Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op. 64 CD 39
Symphony No. 6 in B minor “Pathétique” Op. 74 CD 40
Swan Lake Op. 20 – Excerpts CD 4*, CD 13*
Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35 CD 71*, CD 75
SIR PAOLI TOSTI 1846-1916
Goodbye CD 101*
Addio CD 101*
JOAQUÍN TURINA 1882-1949
Danzas fantásticas Op. 22 CD 15
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS 1872-1958
A London Symphony (No. 2) (1936 Revised Edition) CD 22, CD 61
Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis CD 6, CD 43
Fantasia on “Greensleeves” (arr. Greaves) CD 9, CD 18, CD 43
Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus for Harp and String Orchestra CD 18
Oboe Concerto in A minor CD 79
Sinfonia Antarctica (No. 7) CD 18
Symphony No. 5 in D major CD 6*, CD 43
Symphony No. 8 in D minor CD 22
The Wasps – Aristophanic Suite: Overture CD 18
Tuba Concerto in F minor CD 81
GIUSEPPE VERDI 1813-1901
Don Carlos – O don fatale CD 98*
Falstaff – Your honour! Ruffians – When I was page to the Duke of Norfolk CD 101*
Il trovatore – Stride la vampa – Condotta ell’era CD 98*
La forza del destino – Overture CD 32, CD 52
La forza del destino – Madre, pietosa vergine… Deh! non m’abbandonar – Pace, pace, mio Dio CD 99
La traviata Prelude from Acts I & III CD 16
Messa da Requiem CD 90-11
Otello CD 96-97
Otello – Dio mi potevi – Niun mi tema CD 100
Otello – Gott! warum hast du gehauft dieses Elend – Jeder Knabe kann mein schwert CD 102
Otello – Inaffia l’ugola CD 101
Un ballo in maschera – Eri tu che macchiava CD 101
HENRI VIEUXTEMPS 1820-1881
Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor Op. 31 CD 75
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS 1887-1959
Bachianas Brasilieras No. 4 CD 20*
RICHARD WAGNER 1813-1883
Der fliegende Holländer – Overture CD 38
Der fliegende Holländer – Yo-Ho-He (Senta’s Ballad) (Act 2) CD 99*
Der fliegende Holländer – Spinning Chorus CD 103*
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Overture CD 49
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Overture & Orchestral Suite from Act 3 (Arr. Barbirolli) CD 38
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Selig wie die Sonne … Morgenlicht leuchtend CD 102*
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – Morning was glowing CD 103*
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg – The Elders’ scent grows round me CD 101*
Die Walküre – Der alte Sturm, die alte Muh! … So ist’s den aus – Mit tiefem Sinne – Was verlangst du?CD 102*
Die Walküre – Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond CD 102*
Lohengrin – Act 1: Prelude CD 38
Lohengrin – Preludes from Act I & Act III CD 7
Lohengrin – In distant lands CD 103*
Parsifal – Ich sah das Kind CD 98*
Rienzi – Overture CD 5*
Rienzi – Allmächt’ger Vater, blick herab CD 102
Tannhäuser – Overture CD 38
Tannhäuser – Die tone Lob’! Die Wunder sei’n gepriesen CD 102
Tannhäuser – Orchestral potpourri (arr. Alfonso Gibilaro) CD 2*
Tristan und Isolde – Prelude & Liebestod CD 38
Tristan und Isolde – Mild und leise CD 98*
Wesendonck Lieder – Schmerzen – Träume CD 98*
ÉMILE WALDTEUFEL 1837-1915
Les Patineurs – Valse Op. 183 CD 25
WILLIAM VINCENT WALLACE 1812-1865
Maritana – Overture CD 3*
CARL MARIA VON WEBER 1786-1826
Der Freischütz – Overture CD 14
Euryanthe – Overture CD 7
Oberon – Overture CD 42
Oberon – Ocean! Thou mighty monster CD 99*
HENRYK WIENIAWSKI 1835-1880
Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor Op. 22 CD 74
TRADITIONAL
Irish Tune from County Derry (Londonderry Air) (arr. Percy Grainger) CD 9, CD 24
O’ a’ the airts the wind can blow (arranged Ross) CD 103*
Turn ye to me (arranged Gibilaro) CD 103*