BAX DISCOGRAPHY
Compiled by Graham Parlett (February 2017)
This is a revised and updated version of the discography that first appeared as Appendix 3 in A Catalogue of the Works of Sir Arnold Bax (OUP, 1999). There are three sections:
I. RECORDINGS OF BAX’S MUSIC
II. RECORDINGS OF BAX PLAYING THE PIANO
III. RECORDINGS OF BAX SPEAKING
The first two sections list all commercial recordings known to have been available for purchase together with samplers and free discs given away with magazines. Performances that are due to be recorded or have been recorded recently but not yet issued are marked ‘forthcoming’. The arrangement is alphabetical by title (ignoring articles and numerals) with recordings listed in chronological order of original issue, as far as can be ascertained. Details comprise the names of the performers, the record company or label, the type of carrier (tape cassette, compact disc, etc.), and the record numbers. In addition to standard abbreviations (movt. for movement, sop. for soprano, va. for viola, etc.), the following are used:
BR Blu-ray (for film soundtrack)
CD Compact disc
CD-R Compact disc-recordable (commercial transfer)
DVD Digital versatile (or video) disc (for film soundtrack)
EP Extended-play, seven-inch microgroove disc (45 rpm)
FLAC Free Lossless Audio Codec (download)
LD Laser disc (for film soundtrack)
LP Long-play, twelve-inch microgroove disc (331/3 rpm)
LP-8 Long-play, eight-inch microgroove disc (331/3 rpm)
LP-10 Long-play, ten-inch microgroove disc (331/3 rpm)
MD Mini disc
MP3 Moving Pictures Experts Group audio layer 3 (download)
PR Piano roll (for pianola or player piano) PA
S&D Streaming and download from the Internet
SD Shellac, twelve-inch disc (78 rpm; also a single 80 rpm disc)
SD-10 Shellac, ten-inch disc (78 rpm)
TC Tape cassette
TP Tape (seven-inch reel to reel)
USB Universal serial bus flash drive (memory stick)
VC Video cassette (for film soundtrack)
Performances recorded at public concerts or from broadcasts are indicated by ‘live rec.’ or ‘off-air rec.’, and all recordings are stereophonic unless designated (m) for monaural or, in three instances, (m/st) for mono recordings electronically reprocessed to give a stereo effect (RCA Pickwick/Camden and early 1970s Decca Eclipse labels only). At the time of writing (February 2017), the works that have been commercially recorded most often are the Elegiac Trio (twenty-five versions, including two arrangements), Clarinet Sonata (twenty-three versions), Tintagel (seventeen), Fantasy Sonata (sixteen), and Viola Sonata (fourteen). No attempt has been made to indicate current availability. I am grateful to Christopher Hills for correcting mistakes and pointing out some omissions.
‘The Gramophone is on the whole a ghastly invention . . .’
(Arnold Bax writing to May Harrison in 1929.)
I. RECORDINGS OF BAX’S MUSIC
Adagio ma non troppo see Quartet in E.
Apple-Blossom-Time: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 30 (m) [not issued]; CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Malcolm Binns. Pearl LP: SHE 565. (3) Eric Parkin. Chandos TC: ABTD 1372; CD: CHAN 8732; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set).
At the last: Stephen Foulkes (bar.), Steven Kings (pf.). BMS/EPSS Environs CD: ENV036CD—live rec. (‘Golden Jubilee Songs’). See also Celtic Song Cycle, A.
Aufblick see Nocturnes, Two.
Ballad: (1) Henry Holst (vn.), Frank Merrick (pf.). Frank Merrick Society LP: FMS 18 (m). (2) Robert Gibbs (vn.), Mary Mei-Loc Wu (pf.). ASV CD: DCA 1127. (3) Laurence Jackson (vn), Ashley Wass (pf). Naxos CD: 8.570094.
Bard of the Dimbovitza, The: Jean Rigby (mezz.), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 9715. See also Song of the Dagger, The.
Berceuse (No. 2 from Trois Enfantines): Megan Thomas (sop.), Geraldine Mason (pf.). Cabaletta LP: HRM 2001 (m) (‘A Late Lark Singing’).
Boar’s Head, The: Baccholian Singers of London. HMV LP: CSD 3783; CD: EMI 7243 5 65125 2 8.
Burlesque: (1) Harriet Cohen. Duo-Art PR: 0357 (m). (2) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 26 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7014 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (3) Richard Deering. Saga LP: Saga 5445. (4) Eric Parkin. Chandos TC: ABTD 1372; CD: CHAN 8732; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (5) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557439; also on free CD with October 2004 issue of Gramophone: GCD1004.
Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins. Chandos CD: CHAN 9879. See also Quartet in E (includes original string quartet version of the tone-poem).
Celtic Lullaby: Susan Yarnall (sop.), Steven Kings (pf.). BMS/EPSS Environs CD: ENV036CD—live rec. (‘Golden Jubilee Songs’). See also Celtic Song Cycle, A.
Celtic Song Cycle, A: (1) Ellen Frohnmayer (sop. in Nos. 1-4), Philip Frohnmayer (bar. in No. 5), Logan Skelton (pf.). Centaur CD: CRC 2075. (2) Jean Rigby (sop.), Michael Dussek (pf.). Dutton CD: CDLX 7136.
Ceremonial Dance: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 10 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Eric Parkin. Chandos CD: CHAN 9561; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set).
Christmas Carol, A: (1) Jane Wilson (sop.), George Trovillo (pf.). US Decca LP: DL 9554 (m). (2) Dorothy Dorow (sop.), Susan Bradshaw (pf.). Jupiter EP: JEP OC33 (m). (3) Patricia Wright (sop.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046. (4) Graham Trew (bar.), Simon Weale (pf.). Classical Recording Company CD: CRC1018-2 (‘The Holy Boy: An Anthology of Songs for Christmas’). (5) Oliver Lepage-Dean (treble). Naxos CD: 8.557129 (‘An Evening Hymn: Works for Solo Treble’).
Christmas Carol, A [arr. chorus and organ]: Canterbury Cathedral Choir, Allan Wicks, Stephen Darlington (org.). Grosvenor LP: GRS 1034 (listed on sleeve as ‘A Christmas Carol Song’).
Christmas Eve: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1192; TC: ABTD 1192; CD: CHAN 8480; CHAN 9168; CHAN 10158; excerpt: free CD with Gramophone, December 2007 issue: GCD1207 (Competition section).
Concert Piece: (1) Ivo-Jan van der Werff (va.), Simon Marlow (pf.). Koch Schwann CD: 367622. (2) Martin Outram (va.), Julian Rolton (pf.). Naxos: 8.557784. (3) Roger Chase (va.), Michiko Otaki (pf.). Dutton CD: CDLX 7231 (‘The Tertis Tradition’).
Concert Valse in E flat: Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 30 (m) [not issued]; CD: REAM 3113 (m).
Concertante for piano (left hand) and orchestra: (1) Harriet Cohen (pf.), Orchestre Radio Symphonique de Paris, Tony Aubin. Connoisseur Cassettes TC: CPL3 (m). ‘Connoisseur Cassettes manufactured for members private distribution in USA only.’ (2) Margaret Fingerhut (pf.), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 9715. (3) Ashley Wass (pf.), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, James Judd. Naxos CD: 8.570774.
Concertante for three wind instruments and orchestra: Gillian Callow (cor. ang.), John Bradbury (cl.), Jonathan Goodall (hn.), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins. Chandos CD: CHAN 9879.
Concertino for piano and orchestra [ed. and orch. by Graham Parlett]: Mark Bebbington (pf.), Orchestra of the Swan, David Curtis. Somm CD: SOMMCD 242.
Concerto for cello and orchestra: (1) Raphael Wallfisch (vc.), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1204; TC: ABTD 1204; CD: CHAN 8494; CHAN X10154; CHAN 241-56 (‘British Cello Concertos’). (2) Beatrice Harrison (vc.), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Henry Wood. Symposium CD: Symposium 1150 (m)—recording incomplete. (3) Lionel Handy (vc.), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates. Lyrita CD: SRCD 351.
Concerto for seven instruments: Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble. Chandos CD: CHAN 9602; movt.III only: on free CD with May 1998 issue of Gramophone: GCD0598. See also Sonata for flute and harp (original version)
Concerto for violin and orchestra: (1) Lydia Mordkovitch (vn.), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos CD: CHAN 9003; CHAN X10154; CHAN 241-53 (‘Lydia Mordkovitch Tribute’). (2) Eda Kersey (vn.), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult (rec. 1944). Dutton CD: CDLX 7111 (m). (3) André Gertler (vn.), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent. Lyrita CD: REAM 2114 (m) (‘British Violin and Cello Concertos’)—off-air rec. 6 February 1957.
Coronation March: (1) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent. Decca LP: LXT 2793 (m); ACL 137 (m); Eclipse ECS 649(m/st); US-London LP: LL804 (m); LD 9046 (m); CM 9070 (m); Everest LP: 3277E (m); LP-10: LW 5057 (m); Ditto TC: DTO 10119A (m); Decca CD: 425 662-2 (m); Beulah CD: 1PD13 (m); Decca CD: 4730802 (‘The British Music Collection’); Naxos S&D: 9.80308; Australian Eloquence CD: 4803783; EMG Classical MP3; Essential Media Mod CD: [number not noted]; Memory Lane CD: GLMY54 (‘Jubilee: A Celebration in Music of Her majesty the Queen’); Emkay Remasters MP3. (2) London Festival Orchestra, Eric Rogers. Britannia LP: BRI 077. (3) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras. Reader’s Digest LP: RDS 8024 (‘Classics of the March’); RDS 0001/0002; also in RDS 8031 (disc 4 of eight-disc set: ‘Tunes of Glory’).
Coronation March [arr. organ by Garrett O’Brien]: Christopher Herrick. Vista LP: VPS 1055.
Coronation March [arr. wind band by George Pollen]: London Symphonic Concert Band, Tom Higgins. Somm CD: SOMMCD0138 (‘The Crown Imperial: Marches for 20th-century British Coronations’).
Cortège: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1204; TC: ABTD 1204; CD: CHAN 8494; CHAN 10158.
Country-Tune, A: (1) Homer Samuels. Ampico PR: 6803 (m)—not 68031 as listed in the first edn. of this catalogue. (2) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 10 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7011 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (3) Eric Parkin. Chandos LP: ABRD 1206; TC: ABTD 1206; CD: CHAN 8496; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (4) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557592; 8.558193-94 (‘The Story of British Classical Music’). (5) Michael McHale. RTÉ lyric fm CD: CD139 (‘The Irish Piano’).
Cradle Song: (1) Carmen Hill (sop.), Arnold Bax (pf.). For details of this apparently unreleased recording see section II below. (2) Anne Thursfield (mezz.), [Anon.] (pf.). HMV SD-10: E 410 (m). (3) Kirsten Flagstad (sop.), Waldemar Almo (pf.). Golden Age of Opera LP: EJS338 (m); Simax CD: PSC 1824 (m). (4) Norma Burrowes (sop.), Noel Skinner (pf.). Bax Society LP: BAX LP 1 (m)—live rec. (100 copies pressed). See also Irish Songs, Three.
Dance in the Sunlight: (1) English Sinfonia, Neville Dilkes. HMV LP CSD 3696; Greensleeves LP: ESD 7100; Greensleeves TC: TC-ESD 7100. (2) English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate. Angel CD: D103182/7243 5 655822 2 9 (‘The Poetry of Nature’). This is taken from the complete recording of the Pieces for small orchestra, Three (q.v.); it is not a reissue of the Dilkes recording, as sometimes listed.
Dance of Wild Irravel, The: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1165; TC: ABTD 1165; CD: CHAN 8454; CHAN 9168; CHAN 10158; excerpt: BRIT 0014 (‘Award-winning British Music’).
Devil that tempted St Anthony, The: (1) Ruth Harte, Vivian Langrish. Bax Society LP: BAX LP 1 (m)—live rec. (100 copies pressed). (2) Frank Merrick, Michael Round. Cabaletta LP: HRS 2004; CDN 5002. (3) Seta Tanyel, Jeremy Brown. Chandos LP: ABRD 1295; TC: ABTD 1295; CD: CHAN 8603. (4) Ashley Wass, Martin Roscoe. Naxos CD: 8.570413; Naxos CD: 8.578085-86 (‘The Devil’s Music’). Note: A recording by Frank Merrick and Angus Morrison of this and Bax’s other works for two pianos was advertised in 1967 but never made. It would have been issued on the Frank Merrick LP label as FMS 22.
Dream in Exile: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 11 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7012 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Eric Parkin. Chandos CD: CHAN 9561; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (3) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557439.
Éire see In the Faery Hills, Into the Twilight, and Rosc-catha.
Elegiac Trio: (1) Martin Ruderman (fl.), Milton Thomas (va.), Lois Craft (hp.). Alco SD: AC 205 (m); LP-10: ALP 1007 (m). (2) Christopher Hyde-Smith (fl.), John Underwood (va.), Maria Robles (hp.). Argo LP: ZRG 574. (3) Lucien Grujon (fl.), Walter Mony (va.), Kathleen Alister (hp.). RPM LP: RPM 1038S; Westminster LP: WGS-8196. (4) Thomas Prevost (fl.), Jean Dupouy (va.), Martine Geliot (hp.). Quantum TC: QM1993; CD: QM 6898. (5) Megan Meisenback (fl.), Bruce Williams (va.), Mary Golden (hp.). Centaur CD: CRC 2114. (6) Maarika Järvi (fl.), Paul Cortese (va.), Marie-Pierre Langlamet (hp.). Chandos CD: CHAN 9395. (7) Nash Ensemble: Philippa Davies (fl.), Roger Chase (va.), Skaila Kanga (hp.). Hyperion CD: CDA66807. (8) Mallarmé Chamber Players: Anna Ludwig Wilson (fl.), Jonathan Bagg (va.), Jacqueline Bartlett (hp.). Capstone CD: CPS 8638. (9) Trio Turner: Philippe Pierlot (fl.), Sabine Toutain (va.), Isabelle Perrin (hp.). Arion CD: ARN 68423. (10) Debussy-Trio München: Bettina Fuchs (fl.), Gunter Pretzel (va.), Rosemarie Schmid-Münster (hp.). Cavalli Records CD: CCD 220 (‘Of’m Weg’: ‘Eine Benefiz-CD für Amnesty International’). (11) Tanis Trio: Nels Lindeblad (fl.), Jean-Baptiste Brunier (va.), Anne-Laurence Savin (hp.). Calliope CD: CAL 9265. (12) Mobius: Lorna McGhee (fl.), Ashan Pillai (va.), Alison Nicholls (hp.). Naxos CD: 8.554507. (13) Trio Nobis: Clara Novakova (fl.), Joël Soultanian (va.), Nicolas Tulliez (hp.). Maguelone CD: MAG 111.149. (14) The Fibonacci Sequence: Anna Noakes (fl.), Yuko Inoue (va.), Gillian Tingay (hp.). Deux-Elles CD: DXL 1090. (15) October Trio: Mary Karen Clardy (fl.), Barbara Sudweeks (va.), Susan Dederich-Pejovich (hp.). Encore Performance Recordings CD: EPR 2521 (‘after Syrinx…’). (16) Aureole Trio: Laura Gilbert (fl.), Mary Hammann (va.), Stacey Shames (hp.). Koch International Classics: 04J104 (‘Zodiac’). (17) Triocca: Ríona Ó Duinnín (fl.), Nancy Johnson (va.), Geraldine O’Doherty (hp.). RTÉ Lyric fm CD: CD122. (18) Trio Partout. Birgit Ramsl (fl.), Johannes Flieder (va.), Gabriela Mossyrsch (hp.). Classic Concert Records CD: CCR62059 (‘Farbenspiel (Play of Colors)’). (19) Rachel Talitman (hp.), Marcos Fregnani-Martins (fl.), Pierre-Henry Xuereb (va.). Harp & Company CD: 5050-26 (‘British Chamber Music’). (20) Debussy Ensemble: Susan Milan (fl.), Matthew Jones (va.), Ieuan Jones (hp.). Divine Art CD: DDA 25099 (‘Terzetti’). (21) The Myriad Trio: Demarre McGill (fl.), Che-Yen Chen (va.), Julie Anne Smith (hp). The Myriad Trio CD [no number]; MP3 (‘The Eye of Night’). (22) Trio Verlaine. Ravello Records MP3/FLAC: RR7895. (23) Sarah Newbold (fl.), Martin Outram (va.), Katherine Thomas (hp.). Gemma Classical Music Trust CD: DRD 263 (‘After Mozart . . .’).
Elegiac Trio [arr. flute, clarinet and harp]: Korros Ensemble: Eliza Marshall (fl.), Nicholas Ellis (cl.), Camilla Pay (hp.). Privately issued CD: KOR01CD.
Elegiac Trio [arr. two saxophones and piano]: Trio Saxiana: Anne Lecapelain (sop. sax.), Nicolas Prost (alto sax.), Laurent Wagschal (pf.). Saxiana CD: LPW03SA (‘Nachtgesang’).
Enchanted Fiddle, The: (1) Norma Burrowes (sop.), Noel Skinner (pf.). Bax Society LP: BAX LP 1 (m)—live rec. (100 copies pressed). (2) Ian Partridge (ten.), Michael Dussek (pf.). Dutton CD: CDLX 7136.
Enchanted Summer: Anne Williams-King, Lynore McWhirter (sops.), Brighton Festival Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos LP: ABRD 1314; TC: ABTD 1314; CD: CHAN 8625.
Enfantines, Trois see Berceuse [No. 2].
Epithalamium: (1) Rodolphus Choir, Ralph Allwood, Christopher Hughes (org.). Herald CD: HAVPCD 176. (2) The Ramsey Singers, Mark Fenton, Jeremy Filsell (org.). ASV CD: CD DCA 941 (‘English Church Music, vol. 5’).
Eternity [with orchestra]: Martyn Hill (ten.), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1317; TC ABTD 1317; CD: CHAN 8628; CHAN BM1 (sampler disc); CHAN 10159.
Eternity [with piano]: Patricia Wright (sop.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046; CCD1000 (sampler disc).
Fairies, The: (1) Christopher Gillett (ten.), David Owen Norris (pf.). Ensemble TC: TRI 002. (2) Ian Partridge (ten.), Michael Dussek (pf.). Dutton CD: CDLX 7136.
Fanfare for a Cheerful Occasion: Kneller Hall Trumpeters, Capt. H. E. Adkins. HMV SD: C 2445 (m); Symposium CD: 1336.
Fanfares for the Royal Wedding see Royal Wedding Fanfares, Two.
Fantasia in G for piano [Bach arr. Bax]: (1) Jonathan Plowright. Hyperion CD: CDA 67767 (‘“A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen” and other British transcriptions’; ‘Piano Transcriptions, Vol. 9—British Bach Transcriptions’). (2) Antony Gray. ABC Classics CD: ABC4765171 (‘Bach Transcribed for Piano’).
Fantasies on Polish Christmas Carols, Five: (1) St Angela’s Singers, Divertimenti, Peter Broadbent. Ensemble TC: ENS 112, ENS 136. (2) Bel Canto Voices, Plymouth Festival Orchestra, Philip Brunelle. Pro Arte LP: PAD-192; TC: [not traced]; CD: CDD 347 (‘An English Christmas’); Classical Heritage CD: CH 1207 (‘Joy to the World’). See also In Nightly Stillness and Lullay, dear Jesus.
Fantastic March see Pieces for piano, Four
Fantasy Sonata: (1) Raymond Jeremy (va.), Maria Korchinska (hp.). National Gramophonic Society SD: NGS 118−120 (m); Pristine Audio CD-R; movt. I only: Pearl CD: GEMM CDS 9148. Title misspelt ‘Phantasy Sonata’ on original disc labels. (2) Watson Forbes (va.), Maria Korchinska (hp.). Decca SD: AK 941−943 (m). (3) Emanual Vardi (va.), Margaret Ross (hp.). Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 3613; TC: MHC 5613. (4) Milton Thomas (va.), Susann McDonald (hp.). Klavier LP: KS-570. (5) Michael Ponder (va.), Imogen Barford (hp.). Ensemble TC: ENS 123. (6) Rikva Golani (va.), Judy Loman (hp.). Marquis Classics CD: MAR 131. (7) Sabine Toutain (va.), Isabelle Perrin (hp.). Arion CD: ARN 68423. (8) Evan Wilson (vla), Marcia Dickstein (hp.). RCM CD: RCM 19801. (9) Mobius: Ashan Pillai (va.), Alison Nicholls (hp.). Naxos CD: 8.554507. (10) Debussy-Trio München: Gunter Pretzel (va.), Rosemarie Schmid-Münster (hp.). Cavalli Records CD: CCD 237 (‘Garten von Freuden und Traurigkeit’). (11) Ivo-Jan van der Werff (va.), Hugh Webb (hp.). Koch Schwann CD: 367622; movt.II also on 5589919 (sampler disc). (12) Doris Lederer (va.), Jude Mollenhauer (hp.). Centaur CD: CRC 2570 (‘An English Fantasy for viola and harp’). (13) Brett Deubner (va), Barbara Ann Biggers (hp). Eroica CD: JDT 3276 (‘English Viola Romance’). (14) Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra: Maxwell Raimi (va.), Sarah Bullen (hp.). Egan Records CD: 00042 (‘Lyon & Healy Hall Inaugural Concert’―live rec. 22 April 2005). (15) L. Kaplan (va.), Natalia Shameleva (hp.). Russian Compact Disc MP3 (‘Russian Performing School. Natalia Shameleva, vol. 1’―rec. 1986).
Fantasy Sonata [arr. viola and piano]: Richard Crabtree (va.), Charles Matthews (pf.). Olympia CD: OCD 454.
Far in a Western Brookland: (1) Graham Trew (bar.), Roger Vignoles (pf.). Meridian LP: E 77031/2; TC: KE 77031/2. (2) Christopher Keyte (bar.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046. (3) Ian Partridge (ten.), Michael Dussek (pf.). Dutton CD: CDLX 7136.(4) Stephen Foulkes (bar.), David Bednall (pf.). Dunelm Records CD: DRD0262 (‘Shropshire Lads’)―live rec. (4) Michael Hancock-Child (bar.), Ro Hancock-Child (pf.). Micropress Music MP3: RHC014 (‘Water, Sea and Wind’).
Fatherland: Martyn Hill (ten.), Brighton Festival Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos LP: ABRD 1314; TC: ABTD 1314; CD: CHAN 8625.
Fauré Variations see Variations on the Name Gabriel Fauré
Femmes battez vos marys: Patricia Wright (sop.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046.
Festival Overture [1918 version]: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1278; TC: ABTD 1278; CD: CHAN 8586; CHAN 9168; CHAN 10158.
Festival Overture [arr. two pianos]: Ashley Wass, Martin Roscoe. Naxos CD: 8.570413.
Flute, The: Patricia Wright (sop.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046.
Folk-Tale: (1) Florence Hooton (vc.), Wilfrid Parry (pf.). Lyrita LP RCS 7 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7016 (m); CD: REAM 2104 (m) (Parry’s first name misspelled ‘Wilfred’ on CD reissue). (2) Moray Welsh (vc.), Roger Vignoles (pf.). Pearl LP: SHE 571. (3) Bernard Gregor-Smith (vc.), Yolande Wrigley (pf.). ASV CD: CD DCA 896. (4) Alice Neary (vc.), Benjamin Frith (pf.). Naxos CD: 8.557698. (5) Lionel Handy (vc.), Nigel Clayton (pf.). Sleeveless Records CD: SLV1007.
From Dusk till Dawn: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos TC: ABTD 1478; CD: CHAN 8863; CHAN 10457X (‘Orchestral Works, Vol. 9).
Frühlingsregen: Christopher Gillett (ten.), David Owen Norris (pf.). Ensemble TC: TRI 002.
Garden of Fand, The: (1) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham. HMV SD: DB 6654−5 (m); LP: HQM 1165 (m); Odeon PHQM 1165 (m); EMI CD: CDM 7 63405 2; EMI CD: 9099152 (‘English Music’). (2) Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli. Pye LP-10: CCT 31000 (m); LP: GGC 4061 (m); GSGC 14061; GSGC 15017; GSGC 2059; Mercury: MG 50115 (m); MG 90115; TC: ZGGC 2059; PRT CD: PVCD 8380; Nixa CD: NIXCD 6003; Dutton CD: CDSJB 1022 (‘The Barbirolli English Music Album’); Naxos S&D: 9.80006; EMI CD: 4577672 (‘Sir John Barbirolli. The Great Recordings’, 10-CD set); excerpt: Warwick LP: WW 5077 (‘The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady’). This LP, issued in 1978, gives no details of performers, but the company is known to have had an association with Pye Records. (3) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult. Lyrita LP: SRCS 62; CD: SRCD 231; HNH LP: HNH 4034 (also in box HNH3-4080X); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 1769. (4) Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1066; TC: ABTD 1066; CD: CHAN 8307; CHAN 10156. (5) Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin. CSO CD: CSO 90-07 (from CSO 90/12: ‘The Chicago Symphony Orchestra: The First 100 Years’)—live rec. (6) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.553525; in boxed set (‘British Orchestral Masterpieces Volume 2’); 8.557599; 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set). (7) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 10362 (‘Tone Poems, Vol. 1’). (8) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham. Somm CD: SOMMB21 (m)―live rec. 30 March 1949; includes spoken introduction by Beecham.
Note: The following discs have no musical connection with Bax’s tone-poem but were inspired by it: (1) ‘The Garden of Fand’, performed by ‘Seven Pines’: a Church of Fand CD (FAND 001). This New Age disc contains ‘Dark orchestral romantic folk songs inspired by love poems of Dermot O’Byrne. O’Byrne was better known as Arnold Bax, the great English composer who devoted his entire life to LOVE: NATURE: MUSIC & ALCOHOL’. (2) ‘Fand’ by The Enid (‘Aerie Faerie Nonsense’). EMI LP: INS 3012; The Enid CD: ENID002CD; and other reissues.
Glamour [with piano]: Christopher Gillett (ten.), David Owen Norris (pf.). Ensemble TC: TRI 002.
Glamour [orch. by Rodney Newton]: Martyn Hill (ten.), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1317; TC: ABTD 1317; CD: CHAN 8628; CHAN 10159.
Gloria: The Ramsey Singers, Mark Fenton, Jeremy Filsell (org.). ASV CD: CD DCA 941 (‘English Church Music, vol. 5’).
God is born [arr. tenor and piano]: Adam Tunnicliffe (ten.), David Goode (pf.). Metronome CD: METCD1044 (‘Remember Bethlehem’: with pieces sung by Christchurch Cathedral Choir, Stephen Darlington.). See also Fantasies on Polish Christmas Carols, Five.
Golden Eagle: Orchestral sections only: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos CD: CHAN 9003; CHAN 10159. Dance for harpsichord: Penelope Cave. Prima Facie Records CD: PFCD048 (‘Panorama: 1919–2013’).
Gopak [orchestra] see Russian Suite.
Gopak [piano]: Aeolian PA: T 23418 (m); Universal Music Co. Ltd. PA: S 9874 (m); Broadwood Piano Co. Ltd. PA: S 9874 (m); Artistyle PA: 92600 (m). See also Russian Tone-Pictures, Two. check pianola roll details
Gopak [arr. violin and piano by Louis Godowsky]: Nicola Burton (vn.), Matthew Morley (pf.). Environs TC: ENV 015.
Greek Folksongs, Five: (1) BBC Northern Singers, Stephen Wilkinson. Hyperion LP: A66092; ‘Archive Service’ transfer to CD-R: CDA66092. Some of the words have been altered from Calvocoressi’s original in this recording. (2) Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer. Chandos CD: CHAN 9139.
Happy Forest, The: (1) London Symphony Orchestra, Edward Downes. RCA LP: RCA SB 6806; GL 42247. (2) Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1066; TC: ABTD 1066; CD: CHAN 8307; CHAN 10156. (3) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.553608; also on 8.555082 (‘Music and Video Club Volume 2: British Orchestral Masterpieces’); 8.557599; 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set). (4) BBC Philharmonic, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 10446 (‘Tone Poems, vol. 2’). (5) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson. Avie CD: AV2194 (‘Made in Britain’).
Hardanger: (1) Ethel Bartlett, Rae Robertson. National Gramophonic Society SD: NGS 158 (m); Appian CD: APR 6012 (m). (2) Frank Merrick, Michael Round. Cabaletta LP: HRS 2004; CDN 5002. (3) Seta Tanyel, Jeremy Brown. Chandos LP: ABRD 1295; TC: ABTD 1295; CD: CHAN 8603. (4) Ashley Wass, Martin Roscoe. Naxos CD: 8.570413.
Hill Tune, A: (1) Harriet Cohen. Columbia SD: DX 1109 (m); Dutton CD: CDBP 9751; APR CD: APR 7304. (2) Frank Merrick. Frank Merrick Society LP: FMS 8 (m); Rare Recorded Edition LP: SRRE 129 (m). (3) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 10 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7012 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (4) Eric Parkin. Chandos LP: ABRD 1207; TC: ABTD 1207; CD: CHAN 8497; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (5) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557769. (6) Maiko Mori. Tableaux Records MP3: TR0062.
I have house and land in Kent: Christopher Keyte (bar.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046.
I heard a piper piping: (1) Carmen Hill (sop.), Mme. Adami (pf.). HMV SD: Bb 1968-1 (m). This recording was supposedly made at Hayes (room 1) on 13 October 1923. No such disc has been traced. (2) Astra Desmond (con.), Gerald Moore (pf.). SD-10: Decca M 522 (m). (3) Norma Burrowes (sop.), Noel Skinner (pf.). Bax Society LP: BAX LP 1 (m)—live rec. (100 copies pressed). (4) Elizabeth Harwood (sop.), John Constable (pf.). Conifer LP: CFRA 120; TC: MCFRA 120. (5) Patricia Wright (sop.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046. (6) Ann Murray (sop.), Graham Johnson (pf.). Forlane CD: UCD 16784; FOR16784 (‘Irish Songs―Bid Adieu’).
I heard a piper piping [arr. flute and guitar]: Atarah Ben-Tovim (fl.), John Harper (gtr.). Benbo LP: BB 1008S (‘Atarah and Friends’).
I heard a piper piping [arr. violin and piano]: Edward Cochman (vn.), Olga Krasnik (pf.). ABC Classics CD: 476 3660 (‘The Amadio Family’). First released on a CD accompanying Donald Westlake’s book From Me to You: The Life and Times of Clive Amadio (Terrey Hills, NSW: Bowerbird Press, 1999).
I heard a soldier: Peter Savidge (bar.), David Owen Norris (pf.). Ensemble TC: TRI 002.
I sing of a maiden that is makeless: (1) BBC Chorus, Leslie Woodgate. Columbia SD: CAX 8401 check.
(2) Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw. RCA Camden LP: CAL-448 (m); RCA Pickwick/Camden LP: CAS-448 (m/st); Laserlight CD: 21726 (‘Joy to the World’). (3) Norwich Cathedral Choir, Michael Nicholas. Vista LP: VPS 1084 (‘John Ireland and his Contemporaries’). (4) BBC Northern Singers, Stephen Wilkinson. Hyperion LP: A66092; ‘Archive Service’ transfer to CD-R: CDA66092. (5) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Nicholas Cleobury. EMI LP: EL 270440-1; TC: EL 270440-4; CD: CDC 7 47663 2; CDM 5 65595 2; CD: 0954332. (6) Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer. Chandos CD: CHAN 9139. (7) Rodolphus Choir, Ralph Allwood. Herald CD: HAVPCD 176. (8) Bristol Bach Choir, Glyn Jenkins. Vocalis CD: VOC10951 (‘Make we Joy’). (9) Tenebrae, Nigel Short. Signum CD: SIGCD 902 (‘A Very English Christmas’). (10) Westminster Abbey Choir, James O’Donnell. Hyperion CD: CDA68167. (11) The Carice Singers, George Parris. Naxos CD: forthcoming.
Idyll see Pieces for piano, Four
In Memoriam [orchestra]: (1) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 9715; excerpt: TOD 0001. (2) Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder. Hallé CD: CDHLL7544—live rec. (‘For the Fallen’).
In Memoriam (1916) [sextet]: (1) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble. Chandos CD: CHAN 9602. (2) Leslie Reed (cor. ang.), Marcia Dickstein (hp.), Natalie Leggett, Rene Mandel (vns.), Simon Oswell (va.), Timothy Landauer (vc.). RCM CD: RCM 19801.
In Nightly Stillness [arr. voice and organ]: Forbes Robinson (bass), William Davies (org.). Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 1963 (‘Christmas with Forbes Robinson’). See also Fantasies on Polish Christmas Carols, Five.
In Nightly Stillness [arr. voices and organ]: Choir of the Metropolitan Cathedral Church of St. Chad, David Saint, John Pryer (org.). Alpha LP: [record number not traced] (‘Music for Advent and Christmas’). See also Fantasies on Polish Christmas Carols, Five.
In a Vodka Shop [orchestra] see Russian Suite.
In a Vodka Shop [piano]: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 12 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7013 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Eric Parkin. Chandos LP: ABRD 1207; TC: ABTD 1207; CD: CHAN 8497; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (3) Charles Matthews. Olympia CD: OCD 454. (4) Kumiko Ida. Mittenwald CD: 99008 (‘Lotus Land—British Piano Album’). (5) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557439. (6) Maiko Mori. Tableaux Records MP3: TR0062.
In the Faery Hills: (1) Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1133; TC: ABTD 1133, MBTD 6525; CD: CHAN 8367; CHAN 6525; CHAN 10159. (2) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.553525; also in boxed set (‘British Orchestral Masterpieces Volume 2’); excerpt: CD: 8.554445; MD: 7.554445 (‘Grand Tour of Britain’); 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set). (3) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 10362 (‘Tone Poems, Vol. 1’).
In the Manger [arr. tenor and piano]: Adam Tunnicliffe (ten.), David Goode (pf.). Metronome CD: METCD1044 (‘Remember Bethlehem’: with pieces sung by Christchurch Cathedral Choir, Stephen Darlington.). See also Fantasies on Polish Christmas Carols, Five.
In the Morning: Stephen Foulkes (bar.), David Bednall (pf.). Dunelm Records CD: DRD0262 (‘Shropshire Lads’)―live rec.
In the Night: (1) Eric Parkin. Chandos CD: CHAN 9561; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (2) Mark Bebbington. Somm CD: forthcoming.
Into the Twilight: (1) Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1133; TC: ABTD 1133; CD: CHAN 8367; CHAN 10157. (2) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.557144; 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set). (3) BBC Philharmonic, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 10446 (‘Tone Poems, vol. 2’).
Irish Landscape: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Lyrita LP: SRCS 99; CD: SRCD 296. See also Pieces for small orchestra, Three.
Irish Songs, Five see I heard a piper piping [No. 3].
Irish Songs, Three: Mary O’Brien (sop.), Lincoln Mayorga (pf.). Town Hall LP: S22. See also Cradle Song [No. 1] and Rann of Exile [No. 2].
Jack and Jone: Christopher Keyte (bar.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046.
Journey into History: Film: Philharmonia Orchestra, Muir Mathieson. British Film Institute VHS Pal VC and DVD: BFIV 116 (‘Volume Six: Famous Friends’); DVD: BFIVD745 (‘The Art of Travel’); DVD: BFIVD806/6 (‘The British Transport Films Collection’).
Langueo d’amours: Patricia Wright (sop.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046.
Legend [orchestra]: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos CD: CHAN 9003; CHAN 10157.
Legend [piano]: (1) John McCabe. Continuum CD: CCD 1045. (2) Eric Parkin. Chandos CD: CHAN 9561; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (3 Mark Bebbington. Somm CD: forthcoming.
Legend [viola]: (1) Watson Forbes (va.), Leonard Cassini (pf.). Delta LP: 12024 (m); SDEL 18024; Summit LP: LSU 3058 (m); TLS 6063; Concert Artist LP: SRCAM 5008; Dover LP: HCR-ST-7012; HCR-ST-7260; TC: ATL-TC-5001. (2) Esther Geldard (va.), Alison Proctor (pf.). Environs TC: ENV 009. (3) Paul Coletti (va.), Leslie Howard (pf.). Hyperion CD CDA66687; Helios CD: CDH55085. (4) Steven Dann (va.), Bruce Vogt (pf.). CBC CD: MVCD1072. (5) Richard Crabtree (va.), Charles Matthews (pf.). Olympia CD: OCD 454. (6) The Bax Duo: Gregory Sheppard (va.), Graham Waugh Bennett (pf.). Anglo Chamber Series CD: ACS001CD. (7) Ivo-Jan van der Werff (va.), Simon Marlow (pf.). Koch Schwann CD: 367622. (8) Martin Outram (va.), Julian Rolton (pf.). Naxos: 8.557784. (9) Matthew Jones (va.), Michael Hampton (pf.). Naxos CD: 8.572579.
Legend [violin]: (1) Henry Holst (vn.), Frank Merrick (pf.). Frank Merrick Society LP: FMS 21 (m). (2) Robert Gibbs (vn.), Mary Mei-Loc Wu (pf.). ASV CD: DCA 1127. (3) Laurence Jackson (vn), Ashley Wass (pf). Naxos CD: 8.570094. (4) Piano part only: [Anon.]. Chambersound MP3 (‘Instrumental Accompaniments Violin’).
Legend-Sonata: (1) Florence Hooton (vc.), Wilfrid Parry (pf.). Lyrita LP: RCS 6 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7015 (m); CD: REAM 2104 (m) (Parry’s first name misspelled ‘Wilfred’ on CD reissue). (2) Bernard Gregor-Smith (vc.), Yolande Wrigley (pf.). ASV CD: CD DCA 896. (3) Johannes Moser (vc.), Paul Rivinius (pf.). Hänssler Classic CD: 93.257. (4) Lionel Handy (vc.), Nigel Clayton (pf.). Sleeveless Records CD: SLV1007.
Liebesode see Nocturnes, Two.
London Pageant: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins. Chandos CD: CHAN 9879.
Lord, Thou hast told us: (1) Rodolphus Choir, Ralph Allwood. Herald CD: HAVPCD 176. (2) Saint Clement’s Choir, Philadelphia, Peter Richard Conte. Dorian CD: DOR-90259 (‘Hymns of Heaven and Earth’). (3) Choir of The Scots Church Melbourne, Douglas Lawrence. Move Records CD: MCD066 (‘Praise the Lord His Glories Show’). (4) Choir of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, Geoffrey Webber. Delphian CD: DCD34104 (‘Haec Dies: Byrd and the Tudor Revival’).
Lullaby [piano]: (1) Harriet Cohen. Duo-Art PR: 0355 (m). (2) Frank Merrick. Frank Merrick Society LP: FMS 7 (m). (3) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 12 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7013 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (4) Eric Parkin. Chandos LP: ABRD 1206; TC: ABTD 1206; CD: CHAN 8496; CHAN 241-16 (‘Lullaby Classics’); CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (5) Charles Matthews. Olympia CD: OCD 454. (6) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557769; 8.578213 (‘My First Lullaby Album’). (7) Maiko Mori. Tableaux Records MP3: TR0062.
Lullaby [voice and piano]: (1) Susan Yarnall (sop.), Steven Kings (pf.). BMS/EPSS Environs CD: ENV036CD—live rec. (‘Golden Jubilee Songs’). (2) Jean Rigby (sop.), Michael Dussek (pf.). Dutton CD: CDLX 7136. See also Slumber Song (version with orchestra).
Lullay, dear Jesus [arr. voice and organ]: Forbes Robinson (bass), William Davies (org.). Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 1963 (‘Christmas with Forbes Robinson’). See also Fantasies on Polish Christmas Carols, Five.
Lullay, dear Jesus [arr. chorus and organ]: Carleton Etherington (org.), Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum, Benjamin Nicholas. Delphian CD: DCD34047 (‘The Three Kings: Music for Christmas from Tewkesbury Abbey’).
Lyke-Wake, A: Martyn Hill (ten.), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1317; TC: ABTD 1317; CD: CHAN 8628; CHAN 10159.
Lyrical Interlude: Garfield Jackson (va.), Maggini Quartet. Naxos CD: 8.555953. See also Quintet in G (includes this movement with two cellos instead of two violas).
Magnificat [SATB and organ]: (1) With organ part played on the piano: BBC Northern Singers, Stephen Wilkinson, Keith Swallow (pf.). Hyperion LP: A66092; ‘Archive Service’ transfer to CD-R: CDA66092. (2) Choir of Gloucester Cathedral, John Sanders, Mark Blatchly (org.). Priory TC: PRC 218; CD: PRCD 218; PRCD 5033. (3) Rodolphus Choir, Ralph Allwood, Christopher Hughes (org.). Herald CD: HAVPCD 176. (4) The Ramsey Singers, Mark Fenton, Jeremy Filsell (org.). ASV CD: CD DCA 941 (‘English Church Music, vol. 5’). (5) Choir of Worcester Cathedral, Adrian Lucas, Daniel Phillips (org.). Priory TC: PRC 630; CD: PRCD 630.
Magnificat [solo voice and piano]: Patricia Wright (sop.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046.
Maiden with the Daffodil, The: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 12 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7013 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Eric Parkin. Chandos TC: ABTD 1372; CD: CHAN 8732; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (3) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557769. (4) Paul Guinery (pf.). Stone Records CD: 5060192780130 (‘Delius and his Circle’).
Malta, G.C.: (1) Film: Laurence Olivier (narrator), RAF Orchestra, Muir Mathieson. Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna DVD [no number] (‘Malta G.C. the movie’; from a copy in the Imperial War Museum); also on line (in 2012): www.colonialfilm.org.uk. (2) Quiet Interlude and Gay March only: London Symphony Orchestra, Muir Mathieson. London SD: T 5054 (m); Symposium CD: 1336 (m). (3) Opening Fanfare, Old Valetta, Air Raid, Intermezzo (Quiet Interlude), Work and Play, March: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Muir Mathieson. Pearl CD: GEM 0101 (m) (‘British Film Music Volume II’). (4) ‘Introduction’ (i.e. the Lento non troppo) and March only: City of Birmingham Orchestra, Marcus Dods. HMV LP: ASD 3797, ED 290109-1; TC: TC-ASD 3797, ED 290109-4. (5) Complete: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Alwyn. Cloud Nine LP: CN 7012; CD: ACN 7012; ASV TC: ZC WHL 2058; CD: CD WHL 2058; Quick (Gay) March, Intermezzo, March only: Cloud Nine CD: CNS 5446; March only: Silva Screen TC: SILVAC3002; CD: SILVAD3002; Finale only: Silva Screen CD: FILMXCD 309; Silva America CD: SSD 1094 (‘The Great British Film Music Album (Sixty Glorious Years 1938-1998)’); SILCD1242 (‘The Longest Day: The Ultimate World War Movie Theme Collection’). (6) Part 2 only: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Rumon Gamba. Chandos CD: CHAN 10126 (‘The Film Music of Sir Arnold Bax’); Chandos USB/MP3: CHUSB0003 (‘Film Music, Vol. 1’). Part I was also recorded but there was insufficient time at the session for satisfactory takes of all the sections; and in any case it was too long to have fitted on to the final CD.
Malta, G.C. March [arr. military band by W.J. Duthoit]: The Queen’s Division Normandy Band, Capt. J.W. Taylor. Plantagenet Music Recordings CD: PLAN-1043 (‘Souvenirs’); PMRD9408 (‘The Mediterranean’); TC (chrome): [not traced].
Market Girl, The: (1) Richard Greager (ten.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046. (2) Gordon Pullin (ten.), Roger Fisher (pf.). Privately issued CD (‘The English Tenor Repertoire, Volume One’) available from Gordon Pullin, Treakles, Kettlebaston, Suffolk, IP7 7QA; Macdonald Music Services, 14 High Street, Steyning, West Sussex, BN44 3GG; Audiosonic (Gloucester) Ltd., 6 College Street, Gloucester, GL1 29E. (3) Jean Rigby (sop.), Michael Dussek (pf.). Dutton CD: CDLX 7136.
Mater, ora filium: (1) Leeds Festival Chorus (1925), Albert Coates. HMV SD: D 1044−5 (m); Amphion CD: PHI CD 182 (m) (‘The British Choral Tradition, vol. 1’); Symposium CD: 1336 (m). (2) BBC Chorus, Leslie Woodgate. Columbia SD: CAX 8402–4 (m); ROX 179−82 or 184–5 (m); ROX 8041−39 (m); US Columbia 11156−7D, set M 386 (1-14) (English Music Society, vol. 2); Pristine Audio: PACM 081. (3) BBC Northern Singers, Stephen Wilkinson. Hyperion LP: A66092; ‘Archive Service’ transfer to CD-R: CDA66092. (4) John Oliver Chorale, John Oliver. Northeastern Records LP: NR 229. (5) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Nicholas Cleobury. EMI LP: EL 27 0440 1; TC: EL 27 0440 4; CD: CDC 7 47663 2; CDM 5 65595 2; excerpt: CDZ 5 69599 2; EMI CD: 69599 (‘Centenary Collection’); also in 5757952 (‘A Vaughan Williams Choral and Vocal Collection’); CD: 0954332; excerpt: 0954802 (‘British Composers: A celebration’). (6) Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer. Chandos CD: CHAN 9139. (7) Rodolphus Choir, Ralph Allwood. Herald CD: HAVPCD 176. (8) Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson. Paraclete TC: GDC 020; CD: GDCD 020 (‘This Worldes Joie’). (9) St. Louis Chamber Chorus and Washington University Chamber Choir. St. Louis Chamber Chorus CD: SLCC94 (‘Choral Masterpieces’). (10) The Esoterics, Eric Banks. Terpsichore CD: 0197 (‘Beata’). (11) Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh. Deutsche Grammophon CD: DG 4777635 (‘A Spotless Rose’). (12) Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Graham Ross. Harmonia Mundi CD: HMU907653 (‘Mater ora Filium: Music for Epiphany’). (13) The Carice Singers, George Parris. Naxos CD: forthcoming. (14) 2nd alto part ‘sung at the piano’: Saffron Choral (for the RNIB) TC and CD [no number]. This is from ‘A unique series of recordings designed to help [blind] singers learn their parts by Quintus Benziger’; each TC/CD features one separate voice-part from a choral work sung at or played on the piano.
May-Night in the Ukraine [orchestra] see Russian Suite.
May-Night in the Ukraine [piano] see Russian Tone-Pictures, Two.
Me suis mise en danse: Janet Baker (con.), Gerald Moore (pf.). EMI LP: ASD 2929; TC: TC-ESD 1024394; EMI CD: 9037712 (in twenty-CD set: ‘Dame Janet Baker: The Great EMI Recordings’).
Mediterranean [orchestra]: (1) New Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Goossens. HMV SD: C 1620 (m); US Victor SD: 9788 (m); Symposium CD: 1336 (m); Dutton CD: CDBP 9779 (‘Goossens conducts Bax’). (2) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult. Lyrita LP: SRCS 62; CD: SRCD 231; Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 1769; HNH LP: HNH 4034 (also in box HNH3-4080X); Lyrita CD: LYRI QUE 001 (‘British Music on Lyrita from Quad’). (3) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult. BBC Radio Classics CD: BBCRD 9127; BBC Legends CD: BBCL42562 (rec. 1969). (4) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1204; TC: ABTD 1204; MBTD 6538; CD: CHAN 6538; CHAN 8494; Conifer (Aspects) TC: ASPC 3061; CD: ASP 5061; CHAN 10155. (5) Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox. EMI CD: CDC 7 49933 2; CDM 5 66542 2; 0289892 (CD3 of five-CD set: ‘Best of British’).
Note: A recording by the Royal Albert Hall Orchestra conducted by Eugene Goossens made for HMV at Hayes (room 1) on 24 January 1923 is listed online. This would have been two months after Goossens had given the first performance. No such disc has been traced.
Mediterranean [piano]: (1) Harriet Cohen. Duo-Art PR: 0335 (m) (not 0355 as listed in the first edn. of this catalogue; 0355 is Bax’s Lullaby). (2) Eugène d’Albert. Polydor SD: 66032 (m); LP: Veritas VM 110 (m); Concert Artist/Fidelio TC: CH4-TC-4013 (m). (3) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 10 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7011 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (4) Eric Parkin. Chandos CD: CHAN 9561; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (5) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557769.
Mediterranean [arr. two pianos, three hands by H. Rich]: Cyril Smith, Phyllis Sellick. LP: HMV CLP 3563 (m); CSD 3563.
Mediterranean [arr. violin and piano by Jascha Heifetz]: Jascha Heifetz (vn.), Emmanual Bay (pf.). Victor SD: 10-1293 (m); HMV LP: EC 193 (m), ARM 4-0946 (m); RCA CD: 09026 61737 2 (m); Sony CD: 88697700502 (‘Jascha Heifetz. The Complete Album Collection’, Vol. 5; disc 79 of 103); Naxos CD: 8112073 (‘Heifetz Encores Volume 2’).
Merrily to Bethlehem [arr. voices and piano]: Finchley Children’s Music Group, Murray Stewart, Elizabeth Shepherd (pf.). Conifer Classics TC: 75605513404; CD: 75605513402 (‘The only Christmas Album you’ll ever need’). See also Fantasies on Polish Christmas Carols, Five.
Milking Sian, A: (1) Patricia Wright (sop.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046. (2) Jean Rigby (sop.), Michael Dussek (pf.). Dutton CD: CDLX 7136.
Morning Song: (1) Harriet Cohen (pf.), [anonymous orchestra], Dr Malcolm Sargent. Columbia SD: DX 1361 (m); DX 1838 (m); LP: HMV HLM 7148 (m); Symposium CD: 1336 (m); EMI/Yamano Music (Japan) CD: YMCD 1066 (m); APR CD: APR 7304; Warner Classics CD: 2564 634121 (‘Malcolm Sargent: The Great Recordings’). (2) Margaret Fingerhut (pf.), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1226; TC: ABTD 1226; CD: CHAN 8516; CHAN 10154 (‘Orchestral Works, Volume 1’). (3) Ashley Wass (pf.), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, James Judd. Naxos CD: 8.572597.
Morning Watch, The: Huddersfield Choral Society, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins. Chandos CD: CHAN 10164.
Mountain Mood, A: (1) Harriet Cohen. Columbia SD: DX 1109 (m); Dutton CD: CDBP 9751; APR CD: APR 7304. (2) John Clegg. Alpha LP: 148c (m). (3) Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 30 (m) [not issued]; CD: REAM 3113 (m). (4) James Roche. Sound News Productions LP (probably from the 1970s and not for sale). (5) Eric Parkin. Chandos CD: CHAN 9561; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (6) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557769. (7) Duncan Honeybourne. EM Records CD: EMR CD024 (‘An Irish Idyll’).
Moy Mell: (1) Ethel Bartlett, Rae Robertson. National Gramophonic Society SD: NGS 102 (m); Appian CD: APR 6012 (m). (2) Cyril Smith, Phyllis Sellick. Ministry of Culture USSR LP-8 (Апрелевский Завод [Aprelevski Plant] pressing): Д−003150 (m); Мособлсовнархоз РСФСР [Mosoblsovnarhov RSFSR] LP: Д−011284 (m). This is not Lionel Salter’s arrangement of 1967 for three hands, as stated in the first edition of this discography. The recording was made in Moscow in April 1956, a week or so before Cyril Smith suffered the stroke that deprived him of the use of his left hand. The title is given on the label as Счастливая долина [The Happy Valley, i.e. the subtitle: The Happy Plain]. The LP reissue (which is not on the Melodiya label, as sometimes stated) has a Russian subtitle that translates as ‘Poem for two pianos on the theme of an Irish song’. (3) Frank Merrick, Michael Round. Cabaletta LP: HRS 2004; CDN 5002. (4) Seta Tanyel, Jeremy Brown. Chandos LP: ABRD 1295; TC: ABTD 1295; CD: CHAN 8603. (5) Ashley Wass, Martin Roscoe. Naxos CD: 8.570413. (6) Christopher Black, Yoko Katayama. ABTAK Label CD: ABTAK 706—live rec. (‘Crossings’); also available as part of four-CD ‘30th Anniversary box collection’ (limited edn.).
My Eyes for Beauty pine see Songs for tenor and string quartet, Two.
Nereid: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 30 (m) [not issued]; CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Eric Parkin. Chandos TC: ABTD 1372; CD: CHAN 8732; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (3) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557439.
Nocturne [orchestra] see Russian Suite.
Nocturne [piano: 1897−8] Michael McHale. RTÉ lyric fm CD: CD139 (‘The Irish Piano’).
Nocturne [piano: 1912] see Two Russian Tone-Pictures.
Nocturnes, Two: Christine Bunning (sop.), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins. Chandos CD: CHAN 10164.
Nonet: (1) Joseph Slater (fl.), Léon Goossens (ob.), Frederick Thurston (cl.), Maria Korchinska (hp.), Griller String Quartet, Victor Watson (d.b.). Columbia SD: ROX 182−4 (m) (‘English Music Society, vol. 2’); Dutton CD: CDAX 8014 (m); Pristine Audio: PACM 081. (2) Harmonia Ensemble. Giulia CD: GS 201009; ASdisc CD: AS 5005; Arts Music CD: 47328-2. (3) Nash Ensemble: Philippa Davies (fl.), Gareth Hulse (ob.), Michael Collins (cl.), Skaila Kanga (hp.), Marcia Crayford (vn.), Elizabeth Wexler (vn.), Roger Chase (va.), Christopher van Kempen (vc.), Duncan McTier (d.b.), Ian Brown (cond.). Hyperion CD: CDA66807. See also Sonata in F for violin and piano (original version of Nonet).
Northern Ballad No. 1: (1) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult. Lyrita LP: SRCS 62; CD: SRCD 231; Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 1769; HNH LP: HNH 4034 (also in box HNH3-4080X); Lyrita CD: SRCD 2338 (‘Celebrating Fifty Years devoted to British Music’, set one). (2) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: 10446 (‘Tone Poems, vol. 2’).
Northern Ballad No. 2: (1) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos LP: ABRD 1180; TC: ABTD 1180; CD: CHAN 8464; CHAN 10155. (2) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Downes. BBC Radio Classics CD: 15656 9159-2. (3) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: 10446 (‘Tone Poems, vol. 2’).
‘Northern Ballad No. 3’ see Prelude for a Solemn Occasion.
November Woods: (1) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult. Lyrita LP: SRCS 37; CD: SRCD 231; HNH LP: HNH 4038. (2) Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1066; TC: ABTD 1066; CD: CHAN 8307; CHAN 10156. (3) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner. Philips CD: 454 444-2; Australian Eloquence CD: 4428415 (‘English Idylls’). (4) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.554093; 8.557599; 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set); excerpts also on The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner read by Philip Madoc. Naxos Audiobooks: NA539612. (5) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis. Warner Classics CD: 2564 61550-2—live rec. (‘The Royal Prom’: Royal Albert Hall, 30 July 2003). (6) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 10362 (‘Tone Poems, Vol. 1’). (7) National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain (Main Orchestra), Hilary Davan Wetton. Black Swan Film and Video DVD [no number]—live rec. (‘Winter Concert 2007’: Fairfield Halls, Croydon, 16 December 2007).
Now is the Time of Christymas: (1) New York City Gay Men’s Chorus, Gary Miller, John Blanchard (fl.), Dean X Johnson (pf.). Virgin Classics CD: VC7 59121-2 (0777 7591212 8) (‘Christmas comes anew’). (2) Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson, Patrick Clark (fl.), David Chalmers (pf.). Paraclete TC: GDC 020; CD: GDCD 020 (‘This Worldes Joie’).
Nunc Dimittis: (1) Choir of Gloucester Cathedral, John Sanders, Mark Blatchly (org.). Priory TC: PRC 218; CD: PRCD 218; PRCD 5033. (2) The Ramsey Singers, Mark Fenton, Jeremy Filsell (org.). ASV CD: CD DCA 941 (‘English Church Music, vol. 5’). (3) Choir of Worcester Cathedral, Adrian Lucas, Daniel Phillips (org.). Priory TC: PRC 630; CD: PRCD 630.
Nympholept: (1) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1203; TC: ABTD 1203; CD: CHAN 8493; CHAN 9168; CHAN 10158. (2) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.555343; 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set). (3) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: 10446 (‘Tone Poems, vol. 2’).
O Dame get up and bake your pies: (1) Iris Loveridge (pf.). Lyrita LP: RCS 12 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7013 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Eric Parkin. Chandos TC: ABTD 1372; CD: CHAN 8732; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (3) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557592.
O dear! what can the matter be?: (1) Megan Thomas (sop.), Geraldine Mason (pf.). Cabaletta LP: HRM 2001 (m) (‘A Late Lark Singing’). (2) Marilyn Horne (sop), Martin Katz (pf). Muza LP: SX 1971-2 (‘Marilyn Horne in Warsaw’); Bongiovanni CD: GB25252―live rec. 29 April 1980. (3) Patricia Wright (sop.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046. (4) Claire Campbell-Tokar (lyric sop.), Susan Genaw (pf.). Silver Flutes Production TC: RYA 3960 (or 3930?). (5) Bernadette Greavy (mezz.), Hugh Tinney (pf.). Marco Polo CD: 8.225098 (‘A Sheaf of Songs from Ireland’); Naxos CD: 8.557559-60 (‘English Song’).
O Mistress mine see Songs for tenor and string quartet, Two.
Octet: Margaret Fingerhut (pf.), Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble. Chandos CD: CHAN 9602.
Of a Rose I sing a Song: (1) Charlotte Seal (hp.), David Fletcher (vc.), Jeffrey Box (d.b.), BBC Northern Singers, Stephen Wilkinson. Hyperion LP: A 66092; ‘Archive Service’ transfer to CD-R: CDA66092. (2) The Carice Singers, George Parris. Naxos CD: forthcoming.
Oliver Twist: (1) Film: Harriet Cohen (pf.), Philharmonia Orchestra, Muir Mathieson. Rank VC: 0054; Rank/Carlton VC: RCC 3056; Carlton DVD: 37115 00233; with theatrical trailer: Criterion DVD: OLI040DVD (‘The Criterion Collection’); Criterion LD: UPC No. 037429128121; Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment/Hallmark Home Entertainment: ABV-7419; BCI/Eclipse DVD: UPC No. 787364499397 (in boxed set: ‘Great Novels on Film’); ITV DVD [number] (in boxed set: ‘The David Lean Collection’, 2006); Enlighten Home Library DVD: [no number] (for sale in India only); Koch Media GmbH DVD; restored version of film: ITV DVD 3711527463 (in boxed set: ‘David Lean Centenary Collection’, 2008; also available separately); Filmedia BR; ITV Studios Home Entertainment DVD: 3711535203 (in boxed set: ‘The Charles Dickens Collection 1812–2012’). Excerpt from Finale only, used as opening title music in the film The Browning Version (1951): Criterion DVD: 0-37429-20222-7; Second Sight Films DVD: 2NDVD3122. (2) Excerpts only (taken from the original music tracks): Harriet Cohen (pf.), Philharmonia Orchestra, Muir Mathieson. Columbia SD: DX 1516−17 (m); American Columbia MX 330 (m); LP-10: ML 2092 (m); Ariel LP: CBF 13 (m); Pearl CD: GEM 0100 (m) (‘British Film Music – Volume I’); Symposium CD: 1336 (m); Filmophone CD: FILMCD1002 (m) (‘Classic British Film Music Volume 1’); APR CD: APR 7304. (3) Fagin’s Romp and Finale: Rank SD: FM 27-28 (m), ‘direct soundtrack recording’. (4) Fagin’s Romp and Finale: National Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann. Decca LP: PFS 4363; TC: KPFC 4363; LP: 411 837-1 1DV; TC: KPFC 4363; 411 837-4; London LP: SPC 21149; CD: 448 954-2 LPF; Decca CD: 4730802 (‘The British Music Collection’); Decca Australian Eloquence CD: 4803787 (‘Cinema Spectacular’). (5) Muir Mathieson’s Concert Suite and other excerpts: Eric Parkin (pf.), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Kenneth Alwyn. Cloud Nine LP: CN 7012; CD: ACN 7012; ASV TC: ZC WHL 2058; CD: CD WHL 2058; Fagin’s Romp only: Silva Screen TC: SILVAC 3002; CD: SILVAD3002; FILMCD-180-1 (‘Cinema Century: A Musical Celebration of 100 Years of Cinema’); Six excerpts only: Silva Screen CD: FILMXCD 309; Silva America CD: SSD 1094. (6) Complete: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Rumon Gamba. Chandos CD: CHAN 10126 (‘The Film Music of Sir Arnold Bax’); Chandos USB/MP3: CHUSB0003 (‘Film Music, Vol. 1’); finale only: CHAN 241-12 (‘British Film Classics’).
On a May Evening: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 30 (m) [not issued]; CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Eric Parkin. Chandos TC: ABTD 1372; CD: CHAN 8732; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set).
On the Sea-shore [ed./orch. by Graham Parlett]: (1) Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos LP: ABRD 1184; TC: ABTD 1184; CHAN 8473; CHAN 10157; CHAN 10426X; River Records CD: RRCD225/NT (‘The Spirit of the Sea’, The National Trust). (2) Chester Philharmonic Orchestra, David Chatwin. FB Productions CD: FBPCD 174―live rec. 12 November 2005.
Orchestral Pieces, Four: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CD: CHAN10829. See also Dance of Wild Irravel, The [No. 4] and Pieces for small orchestra, Three [rev. versions of Nos. 1-3].
Out and Away: Richard Greager (ten.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046.
Overture, Elegy and Rondo: (1) Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth. Marco Polo CD: 8.223102; Naxos CD: 8.555109. (2) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CD: CHAN10829.
Overture to Adventure: (1) Munich Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Bostock. Classico CD: CLASSCD 254; Membran CD: 233316 https://modafprovig.com (vol. 4 of ten-CD set: ‘The British Symphonic Collection’). (2) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Lyrita CD: SRCD 296 (recorded before (1) was issued).
Overture to a Picaresque Comedy: (1) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Hamilton Harty. Columbia SD: LX 394 (m); Dutton CD: CDLX 7016 (m); Symposium CD: SYMPCD1169 (m). Misidentified in the documentation as the overture Rogue’s Comedy; Symposium 1336 (m). (2) New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Mitropoulos. Off the Air Club LP: 8 (m). (3) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Igor Buketoff. RCA Victor LP: RB-6730 (m); SB-6730; LM 3005 (m); LSC 3005. (4) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1204; TC: ABTD 1204; CD: CHAN 8494; CHAN 10158. (5) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.555343; 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set).
Paean [arr. organ by William Barr]: Paul Derrett. Benchmarks Recordings CD: 806831CD (‘The Organ of Downside Abbey’).
Paean [orchestra]: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1165; TC ABTD 1165; CD: CHAN 8454; CHAN 9168; CHAN 10158.
Paean [piano]: (1) Harriet Cohen. Columbia SD-10: DB 1786 (m) (‘Columbia History of Music by Ear and Eye, vol. V’); Naxos CD: 8.111120 (‘Women at the Piano, Vol. 1’); APR CD: APR 7304. (2) Frank Merrick. Frank Merrick Society LP: [FMS] 3 (m). (3) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 11 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7012 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (4) Eric Parkin. Chandos CD: CHAN 9561; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (5) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557769.
Parting: Ian Partridge (ten.), Michael Dussek (pf.). Dutton CD: CDLX 7136.
Phantasie see Pieces for piano, Four
Phantasy for viola and orchestra: (1) Rivka Golani (va.), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Conifer LP: CFC 171; TC: MCFC 171; CD: CDCF 171; excerpt: CDCF 706 (sampler disc); The Boots Company’s Classical Collection TC: DDC 507; CD: DDD 507; excerpt: BMG CD: 74321879462 (‘The National Trust Music Collection’). (2) Roger Chase (va.), BBC Concert Orchestra, Stephen Bell. Dutton CD: CDLX 7295. (3) Philip Dukes (va.), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis. Chandos CD: CHAN10829.
Phantasy Sonata see Fantasy Sonata
Pieces for flute and piano, Four: (1) Kathleen Moy (fl.), John Simons (pf.). Ensemble TC: TRIAD 001. (2) Kenneth Smith (fl.), Paul Rhodes (pf.). ASV CD: CD DCA 768; ASV CD: DCACD0768. Note: An earlier, private recording was made in 1976 at the Purcell School, Harrow-on-the-Hill by sound engineer Graham Hill and issued on ‘a few cassettes’. The performers’ names are unknown. Published on www.youtube.com, 28 April 2013.
Pieces for piano, Four [1947]: Mark Bebbington. Somm CD: forthcoming.
Pieces for small orchestra, Three: English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate. EMI LP: EL 27 0592 1; TC: EL 27 0592 4; CD: CDC 7 47945 2; CDM 7 64200 2. See also Irish Landscape [No. 2] and Dance in the Sunlight [No. 3].
‘Pièces sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré, Cinq’ see Suite on the Name Gabriel Fauré.
Poisoned Fountain, The: (1) Arthur Whittemore, Jack Lowe. LP: Victor LM 1705 (m); EP: WDM 1705 (m); Capitol P 8550 (m); SP 8550. (2) Ruth Harte, Vivian Langrish. BAX LP 1 (m)—live rec. (100 copies pressed). (3) Frank Merrick, Michael Round. Cabaletta LP: HRS 2004; CDN 5002. (4) Seta Tanyel, Jeremy Brown. Chandos LP: ABRD 1295; TC: ABTD 1295; CD: CHAN 8603. (5) David Bradshaw, Cosmo Buono. Sync TC: C4171; Connoisseur Society CD: CD4171. (6) Joshua Pierce, Dorothy Jonas. Koch CD: 3-7013-2; MSR Classics CD: MS1260. (7) Ashley Wass, Martin Roscoe. Naxos CD: 8.570413.
Prelude for a Solemn Occasion: (1) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1204; TC: ABTD 1204; CD: CHAN 8494; CHAN 10155. (2) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Downes. BBC Radio Classics CD: 15656 9159-2. (3) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: 10446 (‘Tone Poems, vol. 2’).
Note: The spurious title ‘Northern Ballad No. 3’, which appears on the documentation with these three recordings, became current in the 1980s; it was never used by Bax.
Princess’s Rose Garden, The: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 30 (m) [not issued]; CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Malcolm Binns (pf.). Pearl LP: SHE 565. (3) Eric Parkin. Chandos TC: ABTD 1372; CD: CHAN 8732; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (4) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557769.
Quartet for piano and strings: (1) John McCabe (pf.), English String Quartet: Diana Cummings, Luciano Iorio, Geoffrey Thomas. Chandos LP: ABRD 1113; TC: ABTD 1113; CD: CHAN 8391. (2) Primrose Piano Quartet: John Thwaites (pf.), Susanne Stanzeleit, Susie Mészáros, Bernard Gregor-Smith. Meridian CD: CDE84519. (3) Cappa Ensemble: Michael McHale (pf.), Bartosz Woroch, Adam Newman, Brian O’Kane. Nimbus Alliance CD: NI 6230.
Quartet in A [1902]: Divertimenti Ensemble: Paul Barritt, Rachel Isserlis, Jonathan Barritt, Josephine Horder. Dutton CD: CDLX 7131.
Quartet in E [1903]: Movt. II only: Maggini Quartet. Naxos CD: 8.555953 (recorded as ‘Adagio ma non troppo “Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan”’); excerpt on free CD with January 2003 issue of Gramophone: GCD0103 (misidentified in the documentation as an Allegro from the String Quartet No. 3). See also Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan (orchestrated version).
Quartet No. 1 for strings: (1) Wilson String Quartet: Marie Wilson, Gwendolyn Higham, Anne Wolfe, Phyllis Hasluck. National Gramophonic Society SD: [NGS] 153−5 (m); Pristine Audio CD-R. (2) Griller String Quartet. Decca SD: AK 1009−12 (m). (3) English String Quartet: Diana Cummings, John Trusler, Luciano Iorio (va.), Geoffrey Thomas. Chandos LP: ABRD 1113; ABTD 1113; CD: CHAN: 8391. (4) Maggini Quartet. Naxos CD: 8.555282; movt. III: Naxos CD: 8.520102 (‘Classical Heat’); also on free CD with January 2002 issue of Gramophone: GCD0102. (5) Pavão Quartet. Discrete Recordings CD: DISC0701.
Quartet No. 2 for strings: (1) Mistry String Quartet. Chandos TC: ABTD 1427; CD: CHAN 8795; excerpt: CHAN BM2 (sampler disc). (2) Maggini String Quartet. Naxos CD: 8.555282. The designation ‘in A minor’ printed on the disc and in the booklet is wrong: no key is attached to the title; if it were, E minor/G major would be more appropriate.
Quartet No. 3 for strings: (1) Amici String Quartet. Gaudeamus LP: KRS 31. (2) Maggini Quartet. Naxos CD: 8.555953. The excerpt on the free CD with January 2003 issue of Gramophone (GCD0103) is identified in the documentation as being an Allegro from this work but is actually an excerpt from the Adagio non troppo of the String Quartet in E.
Quintet for harp and strings: (1) Laura Newell (hp.), Stuyvesant String Quartet. Philharmonia LP: PH 102 (m); PH 119 (m); Naxos S&D: 9.80496. (2) Skaila Kanga (hp.), English String Quartet: Diana Cummings, John Trusler, Luciano Iorio, Geoffrey Thomas. Chandos LP: ABRD 1113; TC: ABTD 1113; CD: CHAN 8391. (3) Nash Ensemble: Skaila Kanga (hp.), Marcia Crayford, Iris Juda, Roger Chase, Christopher van Kempen. Hyperion CD: CDA66807. (4) Marcia Dickstein (hp.), Natalie Leggett, Rene Mandel, Simon Oswell, Timothy Landauer. RCM CD: RCM 19801. (5) Mobius: Alison Nicholls (hp.), Kanako Ito, Philippe Honoré, Ashan Pillai, Martin Storey. Naxos CD: 8.554507; excerpt: on free CD with October 2000 issue of Gramophone: GCD1000.
Quintet for oboe and strings: (1) Léon Goossens (ob.), International String Quartet. National Gramophonic Society SD (80 rpm): NGS 76−77 (m); Oboe Classics CD: CC2005 (m) (‘Rare Goossens’). (2) Earl Schuster (ob.), Classic String Quartet. Classic Editions LP: CE 1030 (m). (3) I. Wilson (ob.), Hoffman String Quartet. Brolga LP: BZM 06 (m). (4) Helen Powell (ob.), Sylvia Sutton, Avril MacLennon, Janet Schlapp, Robert Glenton. Bax Society LP: BAX LP 1 (m)—live rec. (100 copies pressed). (5) Bert Lucarelli (ob.), Manhatten String Quartet. Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 3521; TC: MHC 5521. (6) Sarah Francis (ob.), English String Quartet. Chandos LP: ABRD 1114; TC: ABTD 1114; CD: CHAN 8392. (7) Pamela Woods (‘Pamela Pecha’ on Carlton reissue) (ob.), Audubon String Quartet. Telarc CD: CD-80205; IMP CD: IMP 30367 0103-2; Carlton CD: 30367 01032. (8) Nash Ensemble: Gareth Hulse (ob.), Marcia Crayford, Iris Juda, Roger Chase, Christopher van Kempen. Hyperion CD: CDA66807. (9) Gordon Hunt (ob.), Tale Quartet. BIS CD: CD-763. (10) Chamber Music Palm Beach: Sherie Aguirre (ob.), Dina Kostic, Mei Mei Luo, Rene Reder, Susan Moyer. Klavier CD: K 11181 (‘Ever changing’).
Quintet for oboe and strings [arr. oboe and string orchestra by Barbirolli]: Evelyn Rothwell (ob.), Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli. BBC Legends CD: BBCL4100-2.
Quintet for piano and strings: (1) David Owen Norris (pf.), Mistry String Quartet: Jagdish Mistry, Charles Stewart, Caroline Henbest, Susan Monks. Chandos TC: ABTD 1427; CD: CHAN 8795. (2) Ashley Wass (pf.), Tippett String Quartet: John Mills, Jeremy Isaac, Julia O’Riordan, Bodizar Vukotic. Naxos CD: 8572474.
Note: A recording of this work with Frank Merrick as the pianist was advertised in 1967 but never made. It would have been issued on the Frank Merrick LP label as FMS 20.
Quintet for strings [1933]: Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble. Chandos CD: CHAN 9602.
Quintet in G [1908]: Edited by Paul Barritt: Divertimenti Ensemble: Paul Barritt, Rachel Isserlis, Jonathan Barritt, Josephine Horder, Sebastian Comberti. Dutton CD: CDLX 7131. See also Lyrical Interlude.
Rann of Exile: (1) Anne Thursfield (mezz.), [Anon.] (pf.). HMV SD-10: E 410 (m). (2) Peter Dawson (bar.), Gerald Moore (pf.). HMV SD-10 (m): B 8866 (m); LP: EX 29 0911 3 (m); TC: EX 29 0911 5 (m); Beulah CD: 2PD53 (‘Peter Dawson: Man of Song’); MP3 (‘A Treasury of English Song’). (3) Peter Savidge (bar.), David Owen Norris (pf.). Ensemble TC: TRI 002. (4) Christopher Keyte (bar.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046. (5) Yvonne Kenny (sop.), Caroline Almonte (pf.). ABC Classics CD: 476 158-1. (6) Merlyn Quaife (sop), Andrea Katz (pf). Tall Poppies Records CD: TP185 (‘Lest we forget: A Manifest of Struggle and Hope’).
Note: A few online sources list a recording of ‘Ram [sic] of Exile’ by the contralto Kathleen Joyce, recorded on 17 February 1955. No such disc has been traced. See also Irish Songs, Three.
Red Autumn: (1) Seta Tanyel, Jeremy Brown. Chandos LP: ABRD 1295; TC: ABTD 1295; CD: CHAN 8603. (2) Ashley Wass, Martin Roscoe. Naxos CD: 8.570413.
Red Autumn (orch. Graham Parlett): BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: 10446 (‘Tone Poems, vol. 2’); excerpt on free CD with June 2008 issue of Gramophone: GCD0608.
Rhapsodic Ballad: (1) Rohan de Saram. Pearl LP: SHE 547. (2) Raphael Wallfisch. Chandos LP: ABRD 1209; TC: ABTD 1209; CD: CHAN 8499. (3) Matthew Forbes. FMR Records: FMRCD355-0513 (‘English Works for Solo Cello’). (4) Lionel Handy. Sleeveless Records CD: SLV1007. (5) Rohan de Saram. First Hand Records CD: FHR 49. Forthcoming.
Rogue’s Comedy: (1) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: 10122. (2) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Lyrita CD: SRCD 296. The Lyrita version was recorded before the Chandos one but issued after it.
Note: Symposium SYMPCD1169 misidentifies the Overture to a Picaresque Comedy as Rogue’s Comedy.
Romance, A: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 26 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7014 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Eric Parkin. Chandos TC: ABTD 1372; CD: CHAN 8732; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set).
Romance for clarinet and piano see Sonata in E for clarinet and piano [1901]
Romantic Overture: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos CD: CHAN 9003; CHAN 10159
Romanza see Pieces for piano, Four
Rosc-catha: Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1133; TC: ABTD 1133, MBTD 6525; CD: CHAN 8367; CHAN 6525 (‘An Irish Rhapsody’); CHAN 10157.
Roundel: (1) Peter Savidge (bar.), David Owen Norris (pf.). Ensemble TC: TRI 002. (2) Ian Partridge (ten.), Michael Dussek (pf.). Dutton CD: CDLX 7136.
Royal Wedding Fanfares, Two [arr. by Capt. M. Roberts]: (1) Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Capt. M. Roberts. HMV SD-10: B 9616 (m); Symposium CD: 1336 (m). (2) No. 1 only: Band of H. M. Royal Marines, Lieut.-Colonel Sir Vivian Dunn. Columbia LP: TWO 285; Eastney Collection CD: RHSEC 010 (‘Music for a Festival’). (3) No. 1 only: Band of the Scots Guards, Capt. Duncan Beat. EMI LP: EMC 3179. (4) No. 2 only: Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Capt. M. Roberts. EMI LP: ALP 1043 (m) (brief excerpt from a recording of the actual ceremony). (5) No. 2 only: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Philip Jones. Decca LP: SDD 274; SPA 419; TC: SPA 500; Argo TC: KCSP 500; Decca CD: 430 369-2; 436 404-2; 4730802 (‘The British Music Collection’); Decca Classics: 4737142 (‘British Music for Brass’); Australian Eloquence CD: 4806025 (‘Jubilee: A Celebration of Royal Music’). (6) No. 1 only: [Performers unknown]. World Record Club LP: SM 406 (‘Land of Hope and Glory, volume 6’). (7) Nos.1 and 2: Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Capt. M. Roberts. Pearl CD: GEM 0161—live rec. of complete ceremony. (8) Final bars of No. 1 only: Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Capt. M. Roberts. Demand DVD: CAFDVD001 (‘The Royal Wedding in Colour’)—live rec. 20 November 1947.
Russian Suite: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1356; TC: ABTD 1356; CD: CHAN 8669; CHAN 10159. See also piano versions under Gopak, Nocturne and In a Vodka Shop [piano].
Russian Tone-Pictures, Two: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 26 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Eric Parkin. Chandos TC: ABTD 1372; CD: CHAN 8732; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (3) Charles Matthews. Olympia CD: OCD 454. (4) Guy Jonson. Libra CD: MNU 9910. (5) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557769. See also Gopak [piano], Gopak [arr. violin and piano] and Russian Suite.
Saga Fragment: (1) Margaret Fingerhut (pf.), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1195; TC: ABTD 1195; CD: CHAN 8484; CHAN 10159. (2) Ashley Wass (pf.), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, James Judd. Naxos CD: 8.572597.
St Patrick’s Breastplate: Huddersfield Choral Society, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins. Chandos CD: CHAN 10164.
‘Salzburg’ Sonata see Sonata in B flat.
Sarabande: (1) Peter Savidge (bar.), David Owen Norris (pf.). Ensemble TC: TRI 002. (2) Patricia Wright (sop.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046.
Scherzo [piano]: Malcolm Binns. Pearl LP: SHE 565. See also Scherzo [arr. pianola] and Symphonic Scherzo (revised orchestral version).
Scherzo [arr. pianola]: Aeolian (Themodist) PR: T 951B (m); Universal Music Co. Ltd. PR: S 13620 (m); Broadwood Piano Co. Ltd. PR: S 13620 (m); Artistyle PR: 93519 (m); Perforetur Music Rolls PR: CR 10025 (m); realized by Rex Lawson: (1) ‘Souvenir LP of the Pianola Institute’s Inaugural Concert’―live rec. (1985); (2) NMC CD: NMCD136 (m) (‘The Aeolian Company’).
‘Septet’ see Concerto for seven instruments.
Serpent Dance: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 10 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Eric Parkin. Chandos CD: CHAN 9561; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set).
Shieling Song: Patricia Wright (sop.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046.
Sinfonietta: (1) Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth. Marco Polo CD: 8.223102; Naxos CD: 8.555109; excerpts also on The Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan Garner read by Philip Madoc. Naxos Audiobooks: NA539612. (2) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 10362 (‘Tone Poems, Vol. 1’).
Slave-Girl, The: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 30 (m) [not issued]; CD: REAM 3113 (M). (2) Malcolm Binns. Pearl LP: SHE 565 (title misprinted on sleeve as ‘Slave Dance’). (3) Eric Parkin. Chandos CD: CHAN 9561; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set).
Sleepy Head: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 26 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Eric Parkin. Chandos TC: ABRT 1372; CD: CHAN 8732; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (3) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557769.
Slumber Song: Martyn Hill (ten.), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1317; TC: ABTD 1317; CD: CHAN 8628; CHAN 10159. See also Lullaby (original version with piano).
Sonata for cello and piano: (1) Florence Hooton (vc.), Wilfrid Parry (pf.). Lyrita LP: RCS 7 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7016 (m); CD: REAM 2104 (m). Parry’s first name misspelled ‘Wilfred’ on CD reissue. (2) Bernard Gregor-Smith (vc.), Yolande Wrigley (pf.). ASV CD: CD DCA 896. (3) Paul Watkins (vc.), Huw Watkins (pf.). Chandos CD: CHAN 10792 (‘British Works for Cello and Piano’, vol. 2). (4) Lionel Handy (vc.), Jennifer Hughes (pf.). Forthcoming.
Sonata for clarinet and piano: (1) Stanley Drucker (cl.), Leonid Hambro (pf.). Odyssey LP: Y 30492; Sony CD: SMK 58932; SBK 62750. (2) John Denman (cl.), Hazel Vivienne (pf.). Revolution LP: RCF 009; Concert Artist/Fidelio TC: FED-TC-038. (3) Janet Hilton (cl.), Keith Swallow (pf.). Chandos LP: ABRD 1078; DBRD 4001; TC: ABTD 1078; DBTD 4001; CD: CHAN 8683. The designation in ‘B flat’ on this disc is incorrect; it is in D but scored for a clarinet in B flat. (4) Murray Khouri (cl.), Peter Pettinger (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1038. (5) Emma Johnson (cl.), Malcolm Martineau (pf.). ASV TC: ZC DCA 891; CD: CD DCA 891 in Resonance CD: CDRSB506 (‘The Art of Emma Johnson’)—5-CD boxed set. (6) John Denman (cl.), Paula Fan (pf.). British Music Label CD: BML 009. (7) Klara Stanic (cl.), Damjana Zupan (pf.). Environs TC: ENV 028. (8) Heather Nicoll (cl.), Anna Rastoptchina (pf.). Environs TC: ENV 032. (9) John Leenders (cl.), Mariann Ábrahám (pf.). MP Classic CD: MPCD 9501. (10) Michael Collins (cl.), Ian Brown (pf.). Hyperion CD: CDA66807. (11) Paul Meyer (cl.), Eric Le Sage (pf.). Denon CD: DEN 18016. (12) Gervase de Peyer (cl.), Gwenneth Pryor (pf.). Radiant Master CD: GDP 1004. (13) Charles West (cl.), Susan Grace (pf.). Klavier CD: KCD 11076. (14) Lars Aabo (cl.), Semion Balshem (pf.). Rondo CD: RCD 8373. (15) Sylvie Hue (cl.), Roger Boutry (pf.). Syrius CD: SYR 141349 (‘Breeze on the Sea’). (16) Robert Plane (cl.), Benjamin Frith (pf.). Naxos CD: 8.557698. (17) Vic Chiodo (cl.), Paul Hartley (pf.). Mark Records CD: 5385-MCD. (18) John Bradbury (cl.), James Cryer (pf.). Naxos CD: 8.570539. (19) Cristo Barrios (cl.), Clinton Cormany (pf.). Metier CD: MSV28505. (20) Dawid Jarzyński (cl.), Anna Czaicka (pf.). Dux CD: DUX 0798 (‘English Clarinet Sonatas’). (21) Nicholas Cox (cl.), Ian Buckle (pf.). BMS CD: BMS440CD; Naxos CD: 8.571357 (‘The Thurston Connection’). Cox’s reading is based on the original MS rather than the printed score, which was edited by the first performer, Frederick Thurston. (22) Michael Collins (cl.), Michael McHale (pf.). Chandos CD: CHAN 10704. (23) Nigel Hinson (cl.), Malcolm Martineau (pf.). CD available from www.nigelhinson.com (‘The English Collection’).
Sonata for flute and harp: (1) Emily Beynon (fl.), Catherine Beynon (hp.). Metier CD: MSV CD92006. (2) Philippe Pierlot (fl.), Isabelle Perrin (hp.). Arion CD: ARN 68423. (3) Angela Wiegand (fl.), Marcia Dickstein (hp.). RCM CD: RCM 19801 (recorded as ‘Sonatina’, the original title). (4) Mobius: Lorna McGhee (fl.), Alison Nicholls (hp.). Naxos CD: 8.554507. (5) Queens Duo: Verena Beatrix Schulte (fl.), Hanna Rabe (hp.). Chromart Classics CD: TXA 15051 (‘The Art of Imagination’). See also Concerto for seven instruments (later arrangement).
Sonata for two pianos: (1) Ethel Bartlett, Rae Robertson. National Gramophonic Society SD: [NGS] 156−158 (m); Appian CD: APR 6012 (m). (2) Frank Merrick, Michael Round. Cabaletta LP: HRS 2004, CDN 5002. (3) Seta Tanyel, Jeremy Brown. Chandos LP: ABRD 1295; TC: ABTD 1295; CD: CHAN 8603. (4) Ashley Wass, Martin Roscoe. Naxos CD: 8.570413.
Sonata for viola and piano: (1) Lionel Tertis (va.), Arnold Bax (pf.). For details of this recording see section II below. (2) William Primrose (va.), Harriet Cohen (pf.). Columbia SD: ROX 179−182 (m); ROX 8039−45 (m) auto (‘English Music Society, vol. 2’); US Columbia 11181−4D (m), set M 386 (1-14); Pearl CD: GEMM CD 9453 (m); Doremi CD: DHR-7708 (m) (‘William Primrose Collection, vol. 1’); Biddulph CD: LAB 148; Dutton CD: CDBP 9751; Pristine Audio: PACM 081. (3) Herbert Downes (va.), Leonard Cassini. Delta LP: DEL 12028 (m); Summit LP: LSU 3073 (m); Revolution LP: RCB 1. (4) Emanuel Vardi (va.), Abba Bogin (pf.). Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 3613; TC: MHC 5613. (5) Milton Thomas (va.), Doris Stevenson (pf.). Klavier LP: KS-570. (6) Michael Ponder (va.), John Alley (pf.). Ensemble TC: ENS 123. (7) Duncan Ferguson (va.), Hester Dickson (pf.). Environs TC: ENV 010. (8) Hartmut Lindemann (va.), Ben Martin (pf.). Tacet CD: TACET 35. (9) Ivo-Jan van der Werff (va.), Simon Marlow (pf.). Koch Schwann CD: 367622. (10) Doris Lederer (va.), Jane Coop (pf.). Centaur CD: CRC 2660. (11) Martin Outram (va.), Julian Rolton (pf.). Naxos CD: 8.557784. (12) Louise Williams (va.), David Owen Norris (pf.). EM Records CD: EMR CD 007−8 (2-CD set: ‘Viola Sonatas. Idylls and Bacchanals’). (13) Christian Euler (va.), Paul Rivinius (pf.). MDG CD: 903 1796-6 (‘English Music for Viola and Piano’). (14) Paul Cortese (va.), Oscar Martín (pf.). Crystal Records CD: forthcoming.
Sonata in B flat for piano (‘Salzburg’): (1) Movt. II only: Eric Parkin. Chandos CD: CHAN 9561; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (2) Complete: Mark Bebbington. Somm CD: forthcoming.
Sonata in E flat for piano: (1) Movt. II only: John Simons. Ensemble TC: TRIAD 001. (2) Noemy Belinkaya. Ensemble TC: ENS 136; Bnai Brith TC: MSCB BB 104. (3) John McCabe. Continuum CD: CCD 1045; excerpt: CCD1000 (sampler disc). (4) Michael Endres. Oehms CD: OC 565. (5 Mark Bebbington. Somm CD: forthcoming. See also the orchestrated version: Symphony No. 1.
Sonata in E for clarinet and piano [1901]: Robert Plane (cl.), Benjamin Frith (pf.). Naxos CD: 8.557698.
Sonata in F for violin and piano: (1) Robert Gibbs (vn.), Mary Mei-Loc Wu (pf.). ASV CD: DCA 1098. (2) Laurence Jackson (vn), Ashley Wass (pf). Naxos CD: 8.570094. See also Nonet (later arrangement).
Sonata in G minor for violin and piano: (1) Robert Gibbs (vn.), Mary Mei-Loc Wu (pf.). ASV CD: DCA 1127. (2) Laurence Jackson (vn), Ashley Wass (pf). Naxos CD: 8.570094.
Sonata No. 1 for piano: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 10 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7011 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Frank Merrick. Frank Merrick Society LP: FMS 7 (m). (3) James Roche. Sound News Productions LP (probably from the 1970s and not for sale). (4) Joyce Hatto. Revolution LP: RCF 010; Concert Artist/Fidelio TC: FED-TC-011; Concert Artist CD: CACD 9011-2―announced in 2003 but not issued. (5) Eric Parkin. Chandos LP: ABRD 1206; TC: ABTD 1206; CD: CHAN 8496; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (6) Marie-Catherine Girod. Opes 3D CD: 3D 8008; 3D Classics 122184. (7) Joseph Long. Privately recorded CD: WJL1 (‘Late Flowering of the Romantic Piano Sonata’, obtainable from Joseph Long, 25 Nethermains Road, Muchalls, Aberdeen AB39 3RN). (8) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557439. (9) Michael Endres. Oehms CD: OC 565. (10) Malcolm Binns. British Music Society CD: BMS434CD.
Sonata No. 2 for piano: (1) Frank Merrick. Frank Merrick Society LP: FMS 6 (m). (2) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 11 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7012 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (3) Peter Cooper. Pye LP: GGC 4085 (m); GSGC 14085; GSGC 2061; TC: ZGGC 2061. (4) Malcolm Binns. Pearl LP: SHE 565. (5) Eric Parkin. Chandos LP: ABRD 1206; TC: ABTD 1206; CD: CHAN 8496; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (6) John McCabe. Continuum CD: CCD 1045. (7) Marie-Catherine Girod. Opes 3D CD: 3D 8008; 3D Classics 122184. (8) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557439. (9) Michael Endres. Oehms CD: OC 565. (10) Malcolm Binns. British Music Society CD: BMS434CD (includes passages deleted before publication of score). (11) Philip Adamson. Centaur CD: CRC 3060.
Sonata No. 3 for piano: (1) Frank Merrick. Frank Merrick Society LP: FMS 7 (m). (2) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 12 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7013 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (3) Eric Parkin. Chandos LP: ABRD 1207; TC: ABTD 1207; CD: CHAN 8497; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (4) Marie-Catherine Girod. Opes 3D CD: 3D 8008; 3D Classics 122184. (5) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557592. (6) Michael Endres. Oehms CD: OC 565. (7) Malcolm Binns. British Music Society CD: BMS434CD (includes some notes deleted from score before publication). (8) Benjamin Martin. Melba CD: MR301146—live rec. (‘In the Wake of the Great War’).
Sonata No. 4 for piano: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 26 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7014 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Frank Merrick. Frank Merrick Society LP: FMS 8 (m). (3) Joyce Hatto. Revolution LP: RCF 010; TC: FED-TC-011; Concert Artist CD: CACD 9011-2 (announced in 2003 but not issued). (4) Movt. II (Allegretto quasi Andante) only: John McCabe. Decca LP: SDD 444; BMS CD: BMS103CDH. (5) Eric Parkin. Chandos LP: ABRD 1207; TC: ABTD 1207; CD: CHAN 8497; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (6) Marie-Catherine Girod. Opes 3D CD: 3D 8008; 3D Classics 122184. (7) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557592. (8) Michael Endres. Oehms CD: OC 565. (9) Malcolm Binns. British Music Society CD: BMS434CD.
Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano: (1) 1920 version: Henry Holst (vn.), Frank Merrick (pf.). Concert Artist LP: LPA 1099 (m); Revolution LP: RCB 20; Concert Artist/Fidelio TC: ATL-TC-5005; Concert Artist CD: CACD 9022-2 (m). In this reissue the first bar and most of the second are missing. (2) 1945 version: Erich Gruenberg (vn.), John McCabe (pf.). Chandos TC: ABTD 1462; CD: CHAN 8845. (3) 1945 version: Robert Gibbs (vn.), Mary Mei-Loc Wu (pf.). ASV CD: DCA 1127. (4) 1945 version and second and third movts. from 1910 version: Laurence Jackson (vn.), Ashley Wass (pf.). Naxos CD: 8.5575409.
Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano: (1) Henry Holst (vn.), Frank Merrick (pf.). Frank Merrick Society LP: FMS 18 (m). (2) Erich Gruenberg (vn.), John McCabe (pf.). Chandos TC: ABTD 1462; CD: CHAN 8845. (3) Tasmin Little (vn.), Martin Roscoe (pf). Global Music Network CD: GMNC 0113; Dal Segno CD: DSPRCD047. (4) Robert Gibbs (vn.), Mary Mei-Loc Wu (pf.). ASV CD: DCA 1098. (5) Laurence Jackson (vn.), Ashley Wass (pf.). Naxos CD: 8.570094. (6) Rupert Marshall-Luck (vn.), Matthew Rickard (pf.). EM Records CD: EMR CD 030 (‘Dream Shadows’).
Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano: (1) Henry Holst (vn.), Frank Merrick (pf.). Frank Merrick Society LP: FMS 18 (m). (2) Nicola Burton (vn.), Matthew Morley (pf.). Environs TC: ENV 015. (3) May Harrison (vn.), Charles Lynch (pf.). Symposium CD: Symposium 1075 (m)—recording incomplete. (4) Robert Gibbs (vn.), Mary Mei-Loc Wu (pf.). ASV CD: DCA 1098. (5) Laurence Jackson (vn.), Ashley Wass (pf.). Naxos CD: 8.5575409. (6) Ralph Holmes (vn.), Peter Dickinson (pf.). Heritage CD: HTGCD 228 (‘A Tribute to Ralph Holmes. Previously unpublished BBC recordings’). Note: This performance appears to be identical to one broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 3 and 8 November 1983 with the pianist’s name given as Geoffrey Prately: a mystery to be solved.
Sonatina for flute and harp see Sonata for flute and harp.
Sonatina for cello and piano: (1) Florence Hooton (vc.), Wilfrid Parry (pf.). Lyrita LP: RCS 6 (m); Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7 (m); CD: REAM 2104 (m) (Parry’s first name misspelled ‘Wilfred’ on CD reissue). (2) Bernard Gregor-Smith (vc.), Yolande Wrigley (pf.). ASV CD: CD DCA 896. (3) Eldon Fox (vc.), Clifton Halliwell (pf.). Going for a Song CD: GFS599 (‘Mellow Cello’); Carter Lane MP3 (‘Chilled Cello’). (4) Lionel Handy (vc.), Nigel Clayton (pf.). Sleeveless Records CD: SLV1007.
Song in the Twilight, The: (1) Patricia Wright (sop.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046. (2) Stephen Foulkes (bar.), Steven Kings (pf.). BMS/EPSS Environs CD: ENV036CD—live rec. (‘Golden Jubilee Songs’). (3) Ian Partridge (ten.), Michael Dussek (pf.). Dutton CD: CDLX 7136.
Song of the Dagger, The: Roderick Williams (bar.), BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates. Dutton Records CD: CDLX7199.
Songs for tenor and string quartet, Two: Richard Edgar-Wilson (ten.), Coull String Quartet. Somm CD: SOMMCD222.
Spring Fire: (1) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos LP: ABRD 1180; TC: ABTD 1180; CD: CHAN 8464; CHAN 10155; movt. I only: TOD 0001; excerpt from ‘In the Forest before Dawn’ on video ‘Geoff Hamilton’s Paradise Garden’ (end credits). BBC Worldwide Publishing VC: BBCV6187; DVD: BBCDVD2449 (‘The Geoff Hamilton Collection’). (2) Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder. Hallé CD: HLL 7528—live rec. (‘English Spring’); CDHLD 7532 (‘English Classics’).
Spring Rain see Frühlingsregen.
Suite on the Name Gabriel Fauré: Marie-Catherine Girod. Opes 3D CD: 3D 8008; 3D Classics 122184 (recorded as ‘Cinq pièces sur le nom de Gabriel Fauré’). See also Variations on the Name Gabriel Fauré.
Summer Music: (1) Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1066; TC: ABTD 1066; CD: CHAN 8307; CHAN 10156. (2) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.557144; 8.557320 (‘Green and Pleasant Land’; ‘Great British Orchestral Music’); 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set); The Gift of Music (Classical Communications Ltd) CD: CDG1213 (‘O, to be in England’); 8570473-74 (‘Best of British’).
Symphonic Scherzo: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos LP: ABRD 1180; TC: ABTD 1180; CD: CHAN 8464; CHAN 10155. See also Scherzo (original piano version).
Symphonic Serenade [Finale from Symphonietta arr. for strings by Graham Parlett]: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Martin Yates. Dutton CD: CDLX 7244.
Symphonic Variations: (1) Joyce Hatto (pf.), Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Revolution LP: RCF 001; Concert Artist/Fidelio TC: FED-TC-001; Concert Artist CD: CACD 9021-2; CACD 50052. (2) Margaret Fingerhut (pf.), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1226; TC: ABTD 1226; CD: CHAN 8516; CHAN 10209. (3) Ashley Wass (pf.), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, James Judd. Naxos CD: 8.570774.
Symphony in F [realized and orch. by Martin Yates]: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates. Dutton CD: CDLX 7308.
Symphony No. 1: (1) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Myer Fredman. Lyrita LP: SRCS 53; CD: SRCD 232; Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 1586; Lyrita CD: SRCD 2355 (‘British Symphonies’, disc 2 of 5-CD boxed set). (2) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1192; TC: ABTD 1192; CD: CHAN 8480; also in CHAN 8906-10; MHS 5550783. (3) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.553525; also in boxed set (‘British Orchestral Masterpieces Volume 2’); 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set). (4) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 10122 (boxed set of complete symphonies); movt. III: on free CD with October 2004 issue of Gramophone: GCD 1004. See also Sonata in E flat (original piano version).
Symphony No. 2: (1) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Myer Fredman. Lyrita LP: SRCS 54; Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 1632 (sleeve has a photograph of Holst instead of Bax); CD: SRCD 233. (2) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1203; TC: ABTD 1203; CD: CHAN 8493; also in CHAN 8906-10; MHS 5550783; excerpt from movt. III: CHAN 8601 (sampler disc). (3) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.554093; excerpt: on free CD with June 1999 issue of Gramophone: GCD0699; 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set). (4) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 10122 (boxed set of complete symphonies). (5) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Goossens. Dutton CD: CDBP 9779 (‘Goossens conducts Bax’)―live rec. (br. 2 November 1956). Note: The theme in the following work is taken from the slow movement of Bax’s Second Symphony: Ronald Stevenson, Fugue, Variations and Epilogue on a Theme by Arnold Bax. James Willshire (pf.). Delphian CD: DCD34119.
Symphony No. 3: (1) Hallé Orchestra, John Barbirolli. HMV SD: C 3380−5 (m); C 7593−8 (m) (automatic couplings); EMI LP: EX 29 0107 3 (m); TC: 29 0107 5 (m); CD: CDH 7 63910 2 (m); Dutton CD: CDLX 7111 (m); finale only: free CD with BBC Music Magazine, February 2008 issue, vol. 16, No. 6 (‘The Hallé 150th Anniversary’). (2) London Symphony Orchestra, Edward Downes. RCA LP: RCA SB 6806; GL 42247. (3) Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Myer Fredman. ABC LP: L38227; TC: C38227. (4) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1165; TC ABTD 1165; CD: CHAN 8454; also in CHAN 8906-10; MHS 5550783. (5) Brief excerpt from a rehearsal of movt. I: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Henry Wood. Symposium CD: Symposium 1150 (m). (6) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.553608; excerpt on free CD with February 2000 issue of Gramophone: GCD0200; movt. II only: Naxos CD: 8.555303 (‘Nominations for the Gramophone Awards 2000’); excerpt from movt. I only: Naxos CD: 8.558040-46 (‘The Instruments of the Orchestra’); also MP3 album [check]; 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set). (7) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 10122 (boxed set of complete symphonies); excerpt on free CD with December 2003 issue of Gramophone: GCD1203.
Symphony No. 4: (1) Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Concert Artist LP: LPA 1097 (m); SLPA 1097; Revolution LP: RCF 002; Concert Artist/Fidelio TC: FED-TC-009; Concert Artist CD: CACD 9009-2 (2) Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1091; TC ABTD 1091; CD: CHAN 8312; also in CHAN 8906-10; MHS 5550783; also in ANNI 0030(30) (‘Milestones: 30 Landmark Recordings’). (3) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.555343; excerpt on free CD with May 2002 issue of Gramophone: GCD0502; 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set). (4) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 10122 (boxed set of complete symphonies).
Symphony No. 5: (1) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard. Lyrita LP: SRCS 58; Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 1652; SRCD 233. (2) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1356; TC: ABTD 1356; CD: CHAN 8669 (also in CHAN 8906-10 and MHS 5550783). (3) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.554509; excerpt on free CD with July 2000 issue of Gramophone: GCD0700; 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set). (4) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 10122 (boxed set of complete symphonies).
Symphony No. 6: (1) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Norman Del Mar. Lyrita LP: RCS 35 (m); SRCS 35; Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 1198; SRCD 296. (2) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1278; TC ABTD 1278; CD: CHAN 8586; also in CHAN 8906-10; MHS 5550783. (3) Munich Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Bostock. Classico CD: CLASSCD 254; Membran CD: 233316 (vol. 4 of ten-CD set: ‘The British Symphonic Collection’). (4) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.557144; 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set). (5) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 10122 (boxed set of complete symphonies).
Symphony No. 7: (1) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard. Lyrita LP: SRCS 83; CD: SRCD 232; HNH LP: HNH 4010. (2) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1317; TC ABTD 1317; CD: CHAN 8628; also in CHAN 8906-10; MHS 5550783. (3) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.557145; 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set). (4) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 10122 (boxed set of complete symphonies).
Tale the Pine-trees knew, The: (1) Guildford Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Concert Artist LP: LPA 2002 (m); Revolution LP: RCF 003. (2) Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1133; TC: ABTD 1133; CD: CHAN 8367; CHAN 10157. (3) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.554509; 8.557599; 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set).
Tamara [suite arr. and orch. by Graham Parlett]: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins. Chandos CD: CHAN 9879.
Targo, La: Christopher Keyte (bar.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046.
Te Deum: The Ramsey Singers, Mark Fenton, Jeremy Filsell (org.). ASV CD: CD DCA 941 (‘English Church Music, vol. 5’).
This Worldes Joie: (1) BBC Northern Singers, Stephen Wilkinson. Hyperion LP: A66092; ‘Archive Service’ transfer to CD-R: CDA66092. (2) Gloucester Cathedral Choir, John Sanders. Alpha LP: ACA 526; Priory CD: PRAB102. (3) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Nicholas Cleobury. EMI LP: EL 27 0440 1; TC: EL 27 0440 4; CD: CDC 7 47663 2; CDM 5 65595 2; CD: 0954332. (4) Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer. Chandos CD: CHAN 9139. (5) Rodolphus Choir, Ralph Allwood. Herald CD: HAVPCD 176. (6) Schola Cantorum of Oxford, Mark Shepherd. Guild CD: GMCD 7139. (7) Gloriae Dei Cantores, Elizabeth C. Patterson. Paraclete TC: GDC 020; CD: GDCD 020 (‘This Worldes Joie’). (8) National Chamber Choir of Ireland, Paul Hillier. RTÉ lyric fm CD: CD131 (‘One Day Fine’). (9) The Mousai Singers, Daniel Cook. The Mousai Singers CD: MSCD001 (‘The Welsh Connection’). (10) Westminster Abbey Choir, James O’Donnell. Hyperion CD: CDA68167. (11) The Carice Singers, George Parris. Naxos CD: forthcoming.
Threnody and Scherzo: (1) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble. Chandos CD: CHAN 9602. (2) With harp and string orchestra: Robert Thompson (bn.), Karen Vaughan (hp.), London Symphony Orchestra, David Amos. Heritage CD: HTGCD 402 (disc 4 of a 4-CD set). Recorded in August 1990 but not released until 2015.
Tintagel: (1) New Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Goossens. HMV SD: C 1619 (m); US Victor SD: 9787 (m); Symposium CD: 1336 (m); Dutton CD: CDBP 9779 (‘Goossens conducts Bax’). (2) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult. Decca LP: LXT 5015 (m); Decca (Ace of Clubs): ACL 113 (m); London LL 1169 (m); CM 9122 (m); Decca (Eclipse) EC2 647(m/st); Ditto TC: DTO 10119B (m); Belart CD: 461 3542 (m); Decca CD: 4730802 (m) (‘The British Music Collection’); Naxos S&D: 9.80222 (m); Pristine Audio CD-R: PASC193 (m); Heritage CD: HTGCD233 (m); Decca CD: 4787946 (m) (‘The Decca Sound―Mono Years (1944-1956)’). (3) London Symphony Orchestra, George Weldon. Columbia LP: 33SX 1019 (m); TP: CCT 655 (m); Dutton CD: CDCLP 4002 (m). (4) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli. HMV LP: ALP 2305 (m), ASD 2305; Greensleeves LP: ESD 7092; Greensleeves TC: TC-ESD 7092; Angel LP: S-36415; EMI CD: CDC 7 47984 2; CDM 5 65110 2; HMV 5 68469 2; also in EMI British Composers label CD: 5757902 (boxed set: ‘Barbirolli Collection’); EMI CD: 3799832 (‘Great Recordings’); EMI CD: 4577672 (‘Sir John Barbirolli. The Great Recordings’, 10-CD set); opening only: 0290012 (CD2 of two-CD set: ‘The British Composers. Guide to Britain’). (5) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult. Lyrita LP: SRCS 62; CD: SRCD 231; Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 7016; HNH LP: HNH 4034 (also in box HNH3-4080X); excerpt: Caedmon TC: CDL 51582 (‘The Book of Merlyn’ by T. H. White). (6) Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1091; TC: ABTD 1091, MBTD 6538; CD: CHAN 8312; CHAN 9168; CHAN 10156; CHAN 6538 (‘Seascapes’); CHAN 7047 (‘The Water Planet’); Conifer (Aspects) TC: ASPC 3061; CD: ASP 5061; in CHAN 241-28 (‘Great British Orchestral Classics’); also in ANNI 0030(30) (‘Milestones: 30 Landmark Recordings’); excerpt: on Technics CD: unnumbered sampler disc (‘Music Lovers [sic] Choice’ Vol. 1. A selection of classical music by the Critics of Gramophone Magazine’ offered in a 1990 subscription promotion); excerpt: 96 SAMP (‘1996 Chandos catalogue Sampler’); excerpt: free CD issued with the June 1998 issue (No. 99) of Classic CD: CCD/99/06/98; excerpt: ANNI 0020(2) (Chandos ‘Twentieth Anniversary Highlights’ CD); ANNI 0025 (Chandos ‘Twenty-fifth Anniversary Sampler’ CD). (7) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Downes. BBC Radio Classics CD: 15656 9159-2. (8) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis. BBC CD: MM63—live rec. on free CD with November 1997 issue of the BBC Music Magazine. (9) Munich Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Bostock. Classico CD: CLASSCD 254; Membran CD: 233316 (vol. 4 of ten-CD set: ‘The British Symphonic Collection’); also in Quadromania CD: 631312 (‘The English Masters’). (10) Virginia Symphony, JoAnn Falletta. Hampton Road Classics CD: HRC004 (‘Seascapes’). (11) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD: 8.557145; 8.557599; The Gift of Music (Classical Communications Ltd) CD: CDG1213 (‘O, to be in England’); 8.502503 (‘English Symphonies Collection’, 25-disc set); 8.578017-18 (‘Sea Pictures’, 2-disc set); 8.578269-70 (‘The Sea in Music’, 2-disc set). (12) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos CD: CHAN 10122 (boxed set of complete symphonies). (13) Minnesota Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner. Minnesota Orchestra CD (‘Minnesota Orchestra at One Hundred: A Collections of Recordings and Broadcasts’—live rec. 27 September 1985, in vol. 8 of 12-CD set). (14) Hallé Orchestra, Mark Elder. Hallé CD: HLL 7512 (‘English Landscape’); CDHLD 7532 (‘English Classics’). (15) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Osmo Vänskä. LPO Live CD: LPO0036—live rec; Classic FM CD: CFMD 21 (‘Sounds of the Sea’). (16) Excerpt: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski. Broadcast live on BBC television, 7 March 1954, and available from 2011 on www.youtube.com and on DVD-R (Leopold Stokowski Site: www. http:// stokowski. tripod.com). (17) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Vernon Handley. BBC CD: No number. On free CD with April 2015 issue of the BBC Music Magazine (rec. in Truro Cathedral, 14 September 2001).
To Eire: (1) Peter Savidge (bar.), David Owen Norris (pf.). Ensemble TC: TRI 002. (2) Patricia Wright (sop.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046. (3) Ian Partridge (ten.), Michael Dussek (pf.). Dutton CD: CDLX 7136. (4) Ailish Tynan (sop.), Iain Burnside (pf.). Signum CD: SIGCD239 (‘An Irish Songbook’).
To the Name above every Name: Christine Bunning (sop.), Huddersfield Choral Society, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins. Chandos CD: CHAN 10164.
Toccata: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 30 (m) [not issued]; CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Joyce Hatto (pf.). Revolution LP: RCF 010; TC: FED-TC-011; Concert Artist CD: CACD 9011-2 (announced in 2003 but not issued). (3) Eric Parkin. Chandos CD: CHAN 9561; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set).
Traditional Songs of France see Femmes battez vos marys, Langueo d’amours, Me suis mise en danse, Sarabande and La Targo.
Treue Liebe: Peter Savidge (bar.), David Owen Norris (pf.). Ensemble TC: TRI 002.
Trio in B flat: (1) Borodin Trio: Rostislav Dubinsky (vn.), Yuri Turovsky (vc.), Luba Edlina (pf.). Chandos LP: ABRD 1205; TC: ABTD 1205; CD: CHAN 8495. (2) Pirasti Trio: Nicholas Miller (vn.), Alison Wells (vc.), Jeffrey Sharkey (pf.). ASV CD: CD DCA 925. (3) Gould Piano Trio: Lucy Gould (vn.), Alice Neary (vc.), Benjamin Frith (pf.). Naxos CD: 8.557698. (4) Ensemble Avalon: Ioana Petcu-Colan (vn.), Gerald Peregrine (vc.), Michael McHale (pf.). RTÉ Lyric fm CD: CD116.
Trio in one movement [1906]: (1) Elizabeth Holborn (vn.), Thomas Tatton (va.), Robert MacSparren (pf.). Ensemble TC: TRIAD 001. (2) Lucy Gould (vn.), Robert Plane (cl.), Benjamin Frith (pf.). Naxos CD: Naxos CD: 8.557698. This recording is with the viola part played on clarinet, as sanctioned by Bax. (3) Laurence Jackson (vn.), Martin Outram (va.), Julian Rolton (pf.). Naxos CD: 8.557784.
Truth about the Russian Dancers, The: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos TC: ABTD 1478; CD: CHAN 8863; CHAN 10457X (‘Orchestral Works, Vol. 9’).
Valse [harp]: Marcia Dickstein. RCM CD: RCM 19801.
Variations [1904]: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates, Dutton CD: CDLX 7326.
Variations on ‘Cadet Rousselle’ [Bax, Bridge, Goossens, Ireland, orch. Eugene Goossens]: (1) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates. Dutton CD: CDLX 7215. (2) Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis. Chandos CD: CHSA 5119. Bax’s name appears only inside the CD booklets; elsewhere the work is listed under Goossens alone. See also Variations sur ‘Cadet-Rousselle’ (voice and piano).
Variations on the Name Gabriel Fauré: (1) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Martin Yates. Dutton CD: CDLX 7244. (2) Boyd Neel Orchestra, Boyd Neel. Lyrita CD: REAM 1117—off-air rec. 31 January 1961. See also Suite on the Name Gabriel Fauré (original piano version).
Variations sur ‘Cadet-Rousselle’ [Bax, Bridge, Goossens, Ireland]: April Fredrick (sop.), Mark Bebbington (pf.). Somm CD: SOMMCD 0137 (‘Earth’s Call’). See also Variations on ‘Cadet Rousselle’ (orch. Eugene Goossens).
Viking-Battle-Song [orch. Graham Parlett]: Roderick Williams (bar.), BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates. Dutton Records CD: CDLX7199.
Walsinghame: Martyn Hill (ten.), Brighton Festival Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Chandos LP: ABRD 1314; TC: ABTD 1314; CD: CHAN 8625; excerpt: Albany CD: TROY 095 (sampler disc).
Watching the Needleboats: Myron Myers (bass), Erik Levi (pf). Musical Heritage Society LP: MHS 912016; TC: MHC 312016K (‘Pomes Penyeach’).
Water Music: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 10 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Joyce Hatto. Revolution LP: RCF 010; TC: FED-TC-011; Concert Artist CD: CACD 9011-2 (announced in 2003 but not issued). (3) Eric Parkin. Chandos LP: ABRD 1207; TC: ABTD 1207; CD: CHAN 8497; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (4) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557592.
Welcome Somer [orch. Graham Parlett]: Roderick Williams (bar.), BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates. Dutton Records CD: CDLX7199.
What is it like to be young and fair?: (1) Cambridge University Madrigal Society, Boris Ord. Columbia LP: 33CX 1063 (m). (2) Exultate Singers, Garrett O’Brien. RCA LP: GL 25062; TC: GK 25062. (3) Bristol Bach Choir, Glyn Jenkins. Priory CD: PRCD 352. (4) Cambridge University Chamber Choir, Timothy Brown. Gamut CD: GAM CD 529; IMCD 703; Heritage CD: HTGCD213. (5) Queens’ College Choir, Cambridge, Samuel Hayes. Guild CD: GMCD7287. (6) The Carice Singers, George Parris. Naxos CD: forthcoming.
What the Minstrel told us: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 11 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Charles Matthews. Olympia CD: OCD 454. (3) Eric Parkin. Chandos CD: CHAN 9561; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (4) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557769. (4) Denis Pascal. Danacord CD: DACOCD 699—live rec. (‘Rarities of Piano Music at “Schloss vor Husum” [Vol. 22] from the 2009 Festival’).
When I was one-and-twenty: (1) Ian Partridge (ten.), Michael Dussek (pf.). Dutton CD: CDLX 7136. (2) Stephen Foulkes (bar.), David Bednall (pf.). Dunelm Records CD: DRD0262 (‘Shropshire Lads’)―live rec. (3) Lesley-Jane Rogers (sop.), Christopher Ross (pf.). Penchant CD: PCHN2402 (‘The Soprano sings: English Song’).
When we are lost: (1) Susan Yarnall (sop.), Steven Kings (pf.). BMS/EPSS Environs CD: ENV036CD—live rec. (‘Golden Jubilee Songs’). (2) Ian Partridge (ten.), Michael Dussek (pf.). Dutton CD: CDLX 7136.
Whirligig: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 30 (m) [not issued]; CD: REAM 3113 (m). (2) Eric Parkin. Chandos CD: CHAN 9561; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set).
White Peace, The: (1) John McCormack (ten.), Gerald Moore (pf.). HMV SD-10: DA 1791 (m); HMV Ireland SD: IR 299 (m); LP: HQM 1176 (m); HLM 3037 (m); EX 29 0911 3 (m); TC: EX 29 0911 5 (m); Pearl CD: GEMMCDS9188 (m); Pearl CD: GEMMCD9243 (‘Music of the Night – Songs’) (m); Symposium CD: 1165 (m); EMI Icon CD: 6 82764 2 (m) (4-CD box: ‘I’ll walk beside you’); MP3 (‘A Treasury of English Song’). (2) Kirsten Flagstad (sop.), Waldemar Almo (pf.). Golden Age of Opera LP: EJS 238 (m); Simax CD: PSC 1824 (m). (3) Frederick Harvey (bar.), Gerald Moore (pf.). HMV LP: CLP 3587 (m); CSD 3587. (4) Norma Burrowes (sop.), Noel Skinner (pf.). Bax Society LP: BAX LP 1 (m)—live rec. (100 copies pressed). (5) Patricia Wright (sop.), Rosemary Barnes (pf.). Continuum CD: CCD 1046. (6) Claire Stadtmueller (sop.), Michael Strauss (pf.). Sweetpeace CD [no number] (‘Sweet Peace: International Songs for Peace’). (7) Ian Partridge (ten.), Michael Dussek (pf.). Dutton CD: CDLX 7136. (8) Felicity Lott (sop.), Graham Johnson (pf.). ASV CD: GLD4003 (‘My Own Country. An English Song Collection’); Champs Hill Records CD: CHRCD024. (9) Piano accompaniment only: Laura Ward (pf.). CD accompanying Joan Frey Boytim, The Second Book of Soprano Solos, Part II (G. Schirmer, Inc., 2000). (10) Rupert Charlesworth (ten.), Edwige Herchenroder (pf.). Zigzag Territoires CD: ZZT 355 (‘Nocturnes’).
Winter Legends: (1) Margaret Fingerhut (pf.), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson. Chandos LP: ABRD 1195; TC: ABTD 1195; CD: CHAN 8484; CHAN 10209. excerpt: BRIT 0014 (‘Award-winning British Music’); epilogue only: free CD with April 1997 issue of Gramophone: GCD0497. (2) Harriet Cohen (pf.), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Clarence Raybould. Connoisseur Cassettes TC: CPL 5 (m). ‘Connoisseur Cassettes manufactured for members private distribution in USA only.’; Dutton CD: CDBP 9751. Conductor misidentified as ‘Sir Adrian Boult’ on CPL 5. (3) Ashley Wass (pf.), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, James Judd. Naxos CD: 8.572597.
Winter Waters: (1) Iris Loveridge. Lyrita LP: RCS 12 (m); CD: REAM 3113 (M). (2) James Roche. Sound News Productions LP (probably from the 1970s and not for sale). (3) Eric Parkin. Chandos LP: ABRD 1206; TC: ABTD 1206; CD: CHAN 8496; CHAN 10132 (four-CD set); MHS CD: MHS 5479370 (four-CD set). (4) Ashley Wass. Naxos CD: 8.557592.
Work in Progress: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley. Lyrita CD: SRCD 296.
Youth: (1) Peter Savidge (bar.), David Owen Norris (pf.). Ensemble TC: TRI 002. (2) Stephen Foulkes (bar.), Steven Kings (pf.). BMS/EPSS Environs CD: ENV036CD—live rec. (‘Golden Jubilee Songs’). (3) Ian Partridge (ten.), Michael Dussek (pf.). Dutton CD: CDLX 7136. (4) Edward Lyon (ten.), John Reid (pf.). Royal Academy of Music CD: RAM023.
II. RECORDINGS OF BAX PLAYING THE PIANO
(1) [Two songs]: In a letter to Harriet Cohen of 16 September 1921, Bax wrote: ‘This afternoon I have to go to some place in the City to play two of my songs with Dorothy [Moulton] into the Gramophone. This is a distinct bore, but I shall escape as soon as possible.’ No trace of this recording has been found.
(2) Cradle Song and Rann of Exile: In 1926 HMV issued a recording of these two songs sung by Anne Thursfield ‘supported by a superb piano accompaniment, the name of the player being—rather underservedly, in my opinion—omitted from the label.’ (The Courier [Dundee], 17 February 1926, p. 7.) Could the pianist have been Bax?
(3) Cradle Song: According to www.charm.rhul.ac.uk (AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music), Bax accompanied the soprano Carmen Hill in a recording of this song made for HMV at Hayes (‘room 1/room 2’) on 13 December 1923. Record No. Bb 3966-1 and 2. No such disc seems to have been issued.
(4) Bax: Sonata for viola and piano: Lionel Tertis (va.), Arnold Bax (pf.). Columbia SD: WAX 4949−54 (m) [not issued]; Pearl LP: GEMM 201 (m); CD: GEMM CD 9918 (m); Biddulph CD: BID80216-2 (‘Lionel Tertis: The Complete Columbia Recordings 1924–33’); Heritage CD: HTGCD261 (‘The Art of Lionel Tertis’). This was recorded on 27 May 1929, evidently with some trepidation: ‘I have to record my viola sonata with Tertis to-morrow (Oh help!!)’ (from a letter to May Harrison).
(5) Delius: Violin Sonata No. 1: May Harrison (vn.), Arnold Bax (pf.). HMV SD: C 1749−50 (m); Pearl CD: GEMM CD 9436-8 (m); Claremont CD: CD GSE 78-50-47 (m); Symposium CD: Symposium 1140 (m); Harmonia Mundi CD: APR 7017 (m) (The Auer Legacy, vol. 3). Recorded on 1 and 26 June 1929.
(6) Delius: Violin Sonata No. 3: May Harrison (vn.), probably Arnold Bax (pf.). Symposium CD: Symposium 1075 (m). This was a private recording dating from about 1937 found amongst May Harrison’s effects. The labels on the original discs do not give the performers’ names, but on hearing the recording over fifty years later Eric Fenby had no hesitation in identifying the pianist as Bax, who had played the piano part at its first performance, on 6 November 1930 at the Wigmore Hall. If the pianist is not Bax, it may be Charles Lynch.
III. RECORDINGS OF BAX SPEAKING
Note: (1) and (3) are in the sound archives of the BBC, and (2) in those of RTÉ. Only (3) is commercially available.
(1) ‘Sir Edward Elgar’: First broadcast 14 July 1946 in ‘Music Magazine’, BBC Home Service, (MY1). Re-broadcast 24 December 1972 in ‘Music Magazine’, BBC Radio 3.
(2) A brief interview with Eamonn Andrews: Recorded in 1947. Re-broadcast 6 November 1983 by RTÉ.
(3) No. 3 in the series ‘British Composers’: A talk recorded at the Maida Vale Studios on 6 May 1949 (MY1 (X/13389)). Date of first broadcast not traced. Re-broadcast 3 October 1973 on BBC Radio 3. Excerpts broadcast on the Bax centenary programme ‘The Golden Age has Passed’, first broadcast 6 November 1983 on BBC Radio 3. Revised versions broadcast 7 November 1983 and 19 February 1984. Commercially issued in 2003 on Symposium CD: 1336 (m).