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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 857209899

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 30th June 2008

About

These discs present a rich and varied flavour of Britain’s capital city. Offering a diverse and wide-ranging taste of music spanning over three centuries, the pieces on this compilation are evocative of London in all its glory, whether that be light musical cameos of famous locations, to the archetypal Coronation Anthems of Handel and the eponymous symphonies of Haydn and Vaughan Williams. This 2-CD set contains music by some of Britain’s most popular native and adopted composers.

The first disc on this compilation offers a nostalgic trip back through British light music, easily recognized for its emphasis on instantly accessible and catchy melodies. Tracks include the popular Yeoman of the Guard overture by Arthur Sullivan, as well as extracts from the London Suites by Dam Busters composer Eric Coates and Dankworth’s Rediffusion London Call Sign.

The second disc comprises more traditional pieces, ranging from delicate lute arrangements of Henry VIII’s attributed ditty Greensleeves to Walton’s joyous coronation march Crown Imperial.

Contents:
CD 1
Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard: Overture
Coates: London Suite (London Everyday) - Nos.1 & 3
Wood: London Cameos
Coates: London Calling
Torch: London Transport Suite
Lane: London Suite
Farnon: The Westminster Waltz
Coates: London Again Suite - Nos.1 & 3
Wood: March - The Horseguards, Whitehall (from Suite: London Landmarks)
Dankworth: Widespread World (Rediffusion London Call Sign)

CD 2
Elgar: Cockaigne ‘In London Town’, Op.40
Ireland: London Pieces - I. Chelsea Reach
Walton: Crown Imperial
Holst: St Paul's Suite, Op.29, No.2, H 74 - IV. Finale, ‘The Dargason’
Handel: Zadok the Priest, HWV 258

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.2 ‘London’ – I
Holst: Brook Green Suite, H 190- II Air
Parry: I was Glad (Psalm 122)
Cutting: Divisions on Greensleeves
Haydn: Symphony No.104 in D major ‘London’ - IV. Finale: Spiritoso

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