The British Composers Thread

[calyptorhynchus]

Was just listening to another favourite disk:



The string quartets are as good as any C20 SQs and the Violin Sonata also very good.

[vandermolen]

Was just listening to another favourite disk:



The string quartets are as good as any C20 SQs and the Violin Sonata also very good.

Yes, that's a very enjoyable CD as is the Chandos disc of her orchestral music.

[vandermolen]

From WAYLTN thread
Patrick Hadley: 'The Trees so High'
One of my favourite works which I discovered at the High street Kensington Record Library in my youth:

[Irons]

From WAYLTN thread
Patrick Hadley: 'The Trees so High'
One of my favourite works which I discovered at the High street Kensington Record Library in my youth:

I have you to thank for this one, Jeffrey. I treasure both recordings, Lyrita and Chandos. 

[vandermolen]

I have you to thank for this one, Jeffrey. I treasure both recordings, Lyrita and Chandos. 

Me too Lol 

[Symphonic Addict]

Volume 3 of Overtures from the British Isles. Looks pretty enticing. To be released on 26 January:



Havergal Brian: The Tinker's Wedding
Geoffrey Bush: Yorick
Alan Rawsthorne: Street Corner
Daniel Jones: Comedy Overture
Frank Bridge: Rebus
Robin Orr: The Prospect of Whitby
Richard Arnell: The New Age, Op. 2
Benjamin Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17: Overture
Alan Bush: Resolution, Op. 25
Clifton Parker: The Glass Slipper: Overture
Eric Fenby: Rossini on Ilkla Moor

[vandermolen]

Volume 3 of Overtures from the British Isles. Looks pretty enticing. To be released on 26 January:



Havergal Brian: The Tinker's Wedding
Geoffrey Bush: Yorick
Alan Rawsthorne: Street Corner
Daniel Jones: Comedy Overture
Frank Bridge: Rebus
Robin Orr: The Prospect of Whitby
Richard Arnell: The New Age, Op. 2
Benjamin Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17: Overture
Alan Bush: Resolution, Op. 25
Clifton Parker: The Glass Slipper: Overture
Eric Fenby: Rossini on Ilkla Moor

Great image of Whitby Abbey!

[kyjo]

Volume 3 of Overtures from the British Isles. Looks pretty enticing. To be released on 26 January:



Havergal Brian: The Tinker's Wedding
Geoffrey Bush: Yorick
Alan Rawsthorne: Street Corner
Daniel Jones: Comedy Overture
Frank Bridge: Rebus
Robin Orr: The Prospect of Whitby
Richard Arnell: The New Age, Op. 2
Benjamin Britten: Paul Bunyan, Op. 17: Overture
Alan Bush: Resolution, Op. 25
Clifton Parker: The Glass Slipper: Overture
Eric Fenby: Rossini on Ilkla Moor

Nice! What a diverse mix of 20th century British composers. I enjoyed the first two volumes very much, so I'll be eagerly awaiting Vol. 3!

[Roy Bland]

Hoping for more orchestral music,he and John Greenwood are utterly underrepresented on record

[Roy Bland]

There is anything by Reiner-Priaulx on disc
https://francisrouthtrust.org/compact-discs/

[Christo]

I am stunned to see that the British apparently need three CDs full of pieces to open a concert.

[Symphonic Addict]

To be released on 6 March 2026:

[Symphonic Addict]

And this one on 13 March 2026:

[Symphonic Addict]

And this one on 30 January 2026:



Presto doesn't mention the works in question yet.