40 Most Beautiful British Classics

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Rule Britannia!
Andrew Davis; Bryn Terfel, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers4:26
2Dambusters March
BBC Symphony Orchestra; David Parry4:09
3The Lark Ascending
Andrew Davis14:24
4Jerusalem
Andrew Davis2:24
55 Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39: No. 1 in D Major (Land of Hope and Glory)
Andrew Davis6:20
6Sailing By (Radio 4, Shipping Forecast theme)
BBC Symphony Orchestra; David Parry2:32
7Mars, the Bringer of War
Andrew Davis6:40
8Fantasia on British Sea Songs : Sailor's Hornpipe (Excerpt)
BBC Symphony Orchestra; David Parry2:12
9By the Sleepy Lagoon (Desert Island Discs theme)
BBC Symphony Orchestra3:58
10Enigma Variations, Op. 36: IX. Nimrod
Andrew Davis4:15
11Coronation Anthem No. 1, Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
Sir John Eliot Gardiner3:03
12Salut d'amour, Op. 12
Andrew Davis3:52
13Hear my prayer ("O For the Wings of a Dove")
Edward Higginbottom; New College Choir, Oxford & Thomas Herford5:11
14Greensleeves
Edward Higginbottom; Choir of New College Oxford5:07
15Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV. 351: I. Overture
Jean‐François Paillard; Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard8:27
16Suite in F Major, HWV. 348, 'Water Music': V. Air
Jean‐François Paillard; Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard2:51
17Water Music, Suite No. 2 in D Major, HWV 349: II. Alla Hornpipe
Jean‐François Paillard; Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard3:06
18Linden Lea
Edward Higginbottom; Choir of New College Oxford3:17
19Early One Morning
Edward Higginbottom; New College Choir, Oxford, Nicholas Fuggle & Eamonn Dougan2:03
20Blow the Wind Southerly
Edward Higginbottom2:40
21The Wasps: I. Overture
Andrew Davis9:27
22My Native Heath : IV Barwick Green (The Archers theme)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
David Parry (conductor)
recording of:
My Native Heath: Barwick Green (BBC Archers theme)
composer:
Arthur Wood (English composer)
BBC Symphony Orchestra; David Parry3:17
23The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Andrew Davis; BBC Symphony Orchestra8:10
24Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
Raymond Leppard4:17
25Radio 4 UK Theme
BBC Symphony Orchestra5:30
26Incidental Music to Henry V : 'Touch her soft lips and part'
Chamber Orchestra of Europe1:56
27Incidental Music to Henry V : Passacaglia, 'The Death of Falstaff'
Chamber Orchestra of Europe3:05
28Solomon, HWV 67, Act 3: Sinfonia, "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba"
Il giardino armonico3:16
29Loch Lomond
Edward Higginbottom3:40
30Dido and Aeneas : "When I am laid in earth" (Dido's Lament)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe4:18
31Sumer is icumin in
Edward Higginbottom1:13
32Chanson de nuit, Op. 15 No. 1
Andrew Davis; BBC Symphony Orchestra4:16
33The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Andrew Davis; BBC Symphony Orchestra10:38
34Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40, "In London Town"
Andrew Davis14:58
35In a Summer Garden
Andrew Davis; BBC Symphony Orchestra15:11
36The Skye Boat Song
Edward Higginbottom4:08
37The Planets, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
Andrew Davis3:41
38Chanson de matin, Op. 15 No. 2
Andrew Davis3:44
39Ave verum corpus
Edward Higginbottom4:33
40Messiah, HWV 56, Part 2: "Hallelujah" (chorus)
Raymond Leppard4:02