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1 online resource (audio files) |
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Cockaigne, Op. 40, "In London Town" (14 min., 58 sec.) / Elgar -- Greensleeves (arr. R. Vaughan Williams) (05 min., 07 sec.) / -- I. Lento -- Allegro risoluto (15 min., 01 sec.) / Vaughan Williams -- II. Lento (10 min., 59 sec.) / Vaughan Williams -- III. Scherzo: Nocturne -- Allegro vivace (08 min., 24 sec.) / Vaughan Williams -- IV. Andante con moto (14 min., 10 sec.) / Vaughan Williams -- Water Music: Suite No. 1 in F Major, HWV 348: VI. Air (02 min., 49 sec.) / Handel -- Water Music: Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe (03 min., 01 sec.) / Handel -- I. Adagio -- Allegro (09 min., 25 sec.) / Haydn -- II. Andante (07 min., 23 sec.) / Haydn -- III. Menuet -- Trio (04 min., 43 sec.) / Haydn -- IV. Finale: Spiritoso (06 min., 49 sec.) / Haydn -- The Dambusters March (04 min., 08 sec.) / Coates -- 5 Military Marches, Op. 39, "Pomp and Circumstance": No. 1 in D Major, "Land of Hope and Glory" (06 min., 20 sec.) / Elgar -- Sailing By (02 min., 31 sec.) / Binge -- The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War (06 min., 40 sec.) / Holst -- Fantasia on British Sea Songs: III. Jack's the Lad (02 min., 11 sec.) / Wood -- By The Sleepy Lagoon (03 min., 58 sec.) / Coates -- Zadok the Priest, HWV 258: Coronation Anthems (03 min., 03 sec.) / Handel -- Hear my prayer, MWV B49: Oh for the Wings of a Dove! (05 min., 11 sec.) / Mendelssohn -- Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: I. Overture (08 min., 22 sec.) / Handel -- The Wasps, Aristophanic Suite: I. Overture (09 min., 32 sec.) / Vaughan Williams -- The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (08 min., 09 sec.) / Holst -- No. 2. Touch her soft lips and part (01 min., 56 sec.) / Walton -- No. 1. Death of Falstaff (03 min., 06 sec.) / Walton -- Solomon, HWV 67, Act III: Sinfonia, "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" (03 min., 16 sec.) / Handel -- Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: When I am laid in earth, "Dido's Lament" (arr. L. Stokowski) (04 min., 18 sec.) / Purcell -- In a Summer Garden (15 min., 11 sec.) / Delius -- The Planets, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger (03 min., 40 sec.) / Holst -- Messiah, HWV 56, Part II: Hallelujah (04 min., 05 sec.) / Handel -- The Rake's Progress, Act II: Vary the song, O London (03 min., 08 sec.) / Stravinsky -- Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36, "Enigma": Variation 9: Nimrod (A.J. Jaeger) (04 min., 14 sec.) / Elgar |
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Davis, Andrew, Conductor -- BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra -- Oxford New College Choir, Choir -- Higginbottom, Edward, Conductor -- Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra -- Paillard, Jean-Francois, Conductor -- Harnoncourt, Nikolaus, Conductor -- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestra -- Parry, David, Conductor -- Monteverdi Choir, Choir -- Gardiner, John Eliot, Conductor -- Monteverdi Orchestra, Orchestra -- Herford, Thomas, Artist -- Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Orchestra -- Boyd, Douglas, Conductor -- Giardino Armonico, Il, Ensemble -- Antonini, Giovanni, Conductor -- Rodolfi, Emiliano, Artist -- Egarr, Richard, Conductor -- English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra -- Leppard, Raymond, Conductor -- English Chamber Choir, Choir -- Hadley, Jerry, Artist -- Nagano, Kent, Conductor -- Lyon National Opera Orchestra, Orchestra -- Binge, Ronald, Composer -- Handel, George Frideric, Composer -- Bible - New Testament, Lyricist -- Walton, William, Composer -- Wood, Henry, Composer -- Thomson, James, Lyricist -- Coates, Eric, Composer -- Bartholomew, William, Lyricist -- Mendelssohn, Felix, Composer -- Bible - Old Testament, Lyricist -- Elgar, Edward, Composer -- Purcell, Henry, Composer -- Stokowski, Leopold, Arranger -- Holst, Gustav, Composer -- Vaughan Williams, Ralph, Composer -- Delius, Frederick, Composer -- Haydn, Franz Joseph, Composer -- Auden, Wystan Hugh, Lyricist -- Stravinsky, Igor, Composer -- Kallman, Chester, Lyricist -- Traditional, Composer |
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Binge, Ronald, composer
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Handel, George Frideric, composer
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Walton, William, composer
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Wood, Henry, composer
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Thomson, James, lyricist
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Coates, Eric, composer
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Bartholomew, William, lyricist
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Mendelssohn, Felix, composer
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Elgar, Edward, composer
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Purcell, Henry, composer
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Stokowski, Leopold, arranger
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Holst, Gustav, composer
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, composer
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Delius, Frederick, composer
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Haydn, Franz Joseph, composer
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Auden, Wystan Hugh, lyricist
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Stravinsky, Igor, composer
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Kallman, Chester, lyricist
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