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The sea. Seascape / Frank Bridge (BBC National Orchestra of Wales) (7:14) -- Albert Herring : op. 39. Come along, darling, come follow me quick! / Benjamin Britten (Roderick Williams, baritone ; Pamela Helen Stephen, mezzo-soprano ; James Gilchrist, tenor ; City of London Sinfonia) (2:28) -- A London symphony. Lento ; Allegro risoluto / Ralph Vaughan Williams (London Symphony Orchestra) (15:01) -- Elijah : op. 70. O rest in the Lord / Felix Mendelssohn (Linda Finnie, contralto ; London Symphony Orchestra) (3:30) -- Symphony no. 102 in B flat major. Finale / Joseph Haydn (Collegium Musicum 90) (4:51) -- Symphony no. 1 in A flat major, op. 55. Lento ; Allegro ; Grandioso / Sir Edward Elgar (BBC National Orchestra of Wales) (12:10) -- Rusalka. O moon in the velvet heavens / Antonín Dvořák (Cheryl Barker, soprano ; Anne-Marie Owens, mezzo-soprano ; Bruce Martin, bass ; Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra) (8:12) -- Molly on the shore : British folk music setting no. 1 / Percy Grainger (City of London Sinfonia) (4:00) -- Mass in D major, op. 111. Gloria in excelsis Deo / Johann Nepomuk Hummel (Collegium Musicum 90) (3:35) -- War requiem : op. 66. Libera me (extract) / Benjamin Britten (Heather Harper, soprano ; Philip Langridge, tenor ; John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone ; Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral ; Roderick Elms, organ ; London Symphony Chorus, Orchestra, and Chamber Orchestra) (17:56) -- The perfect fool : op. 39. Dance of spirits of fire / Gustav Holst (BBC National Orchestra of Wales) (3:37) -- Mass in E flat major, D 950. Credo. Et incarnatus est / Franz Schubert (Susan Gritton, soprano ; Mark Padmore, James Gilchrist, tenors ; Collegium Musicum 90) (6:39) -- The consul. To this we've come / Gian Carlo Menotti (Susan Bullock, soprano ; Victoria Livengood, mezzo-soprano ; Malin Fritz, contralto ; Herbert Eckhoff, baritone ; Spoleto Festival Orchestra) (8:38) -- Symphony no. 1, op. 22. Allegro / Sir Malcolm Arnold (London Symphony Orchestra) (12:05) -- The pilgrim's progress. The pilgrim in prison / Ralph Vaughan Williams (Gerald Finley, baritone ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House) (11:30) -- Messa da requiem. Dies irae, dies illa ; Tuba mirum spargens sonum / Giuseppe Verdi (London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra) (3:45) -- Invocation / William Lloyd Webber (Skaila Kanga, harp ; City of London Sinfonia) (3:14) -- Songs of the sea : op. 91. The Old Superb / Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (Gerald Finley, baritone ; BBC National Chorus of Wales ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales) (3:00) -- The dream of Gerontius : op. 38. Praise to his name! ; Take me away / Sir Edward Elgar (Felicity Palmer, mezzo-soprano ; Arthur Davies, tenor ; London Symphony Orchestra) (4:38) -- We shall see him as he is. Ikon VI / Sir John Tavener (Patricia Rozario, soprano ; John Mark Ainsley, tenor ; BBC Welsh Chorus ; Britten Singers ; Chester Festival Chorus ; BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra) (6:03) -- Peter Grimes. Grimes! / Benjamin Britten (Philip Langridge, tenor ; London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra) (5:26) -- Songs of sunset. They are not long, the weeping and the laughter / Frederick Delius (Sally Burgess, mezzo soprano ; Bryn Terfel, baritone ; Waynflete Singers ; Southern Voices ; Bournemouth Symphony Chorus & Orchestra) (3:28). |
