Rule, Britannia!

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1The Planets: Jupiter
recording engineer:
Nicholas Parker (classical violinist, producer, engineer) (from 1987-07-13 until 1987-07-16)
producer:
Tim Handley (engineer/editor/producer)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra (from 1987-07-13 until 1987-07-16)
conductor:
Geoffrey Simon (conductor) (from 1987-07-13 until 1987-07-16)
recorded at:
All Saints Church (Tooting, London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1987-07-13 until 1987-07-16)
recording of:
The Planets, op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (from 1987-07-13 until 1987-07-16)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (from 1914 until 1916)
orchestration of:
The Planets, op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (for two pianos)
part of:
The Planets, op. 32 (Suite for Large Orchestra)
Gustav Holst7:48
2The Merry Wives of Windsor: Overture
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Berlin
conductor:
Bernhard Klee (conductor)
recording of:
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Ouvertüre
composer:
Otto Nicolai (composer and conductor)
librettist:
Salomon Hermann Mosenthal
part of:
Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor
Otto Nicolai8:32
3Fantasia on Greensleeves
orchestra:
English String Orchestra (aka English String Orchestra)
conductor:
William Boughton (conductor)
recording of:
Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (from 1924 until 1928)
arranger:
Ralph Greaves (in 1934)
publisher:
Oxford University Press (in 1936)
is based on:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
is based on:
Lovely Joan (traditional English folk song)
is based on:
Sir John in Love
Ralph Vaughan Williams4:09
4Country Gardens
piano:
Martin Jones (pianist)
recording of:
Country Gardens (Morris dance tune)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Percy Grainger (Australian composer 1882–1961) (from 1918 until 1952)
publisher:
Schott & Co. Ltd. and G. Schirmer Inc. (in 1919)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 73)
is based on:
Air XX. Country Garden
Percy Grainger2:02
5Sir Roger de Coverley
orchestra:
English String Orchestra (aka English String Orchestra)
conductor:
William Boughton (conductor)
recording of:
Sir Roger de Coverley (A Christmas Dance) (for orchestra)
composer:
Frank Bridge (composer) (in 1922)
part of:
Frank Bridge: A Thematic Catalogue, 1900–1941 (number: H. 155)
is based on:
Sir Roger de Coverley
Frank Bridge4:45
6London: Knightsbridge
orchestra:
ViVA Orchestra (Sinfonia ViVA, British orchestra)
conductor:
Malcolm Nabarro
recording of:
London Suite: III. Knightsbridge (March)
composer:
Eric Coates (composer)
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
London Suite
Eric Coates4:16
7The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra: Finale
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Charles Mackerras (Australian conductor)
recording of:
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34: XV. Fugue. Allegro molto
composer:
Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist) (in 1946)
is based on:
Incidental Music for Abdelazer, or, the Moor’s Revenge, Z 570: II. Rondeau
part of:
The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34 (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell)
Benjamin Britten2:48
8Elizabethan Serenade
orchestra:
UK Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Christopher Warren‐Green (violinist and conductor)
recording of:
Elizabethan Serenade
composer:
Ronald Binge (British composer and arranger of light music) (until 1951)
Ronald Binge3:07
9The Banks of Green Willow
orchestra:
English String Orchestra (aka English String Orchestra) (from 1986-06-27 until 1986-06-29)
conductor:
William Boughton (conductor) (from 1986-06-27 until 1986-06-29)
recorded at:
University of Birmingham: Great Hall in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom (from 1986-06-27 until 1986-06-29)
recording of:
The Banks of Green Willow, Idyll (from 1986-06-27 until 1986-06-29)
composer:
George Butterworth (composer) (in 1913)
George Butterworth5:58
10Salvator mundi
choir vocals:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
conductor:
Martin Neary (English organist and choral conductor)
recording of:
Salvator mundi (use if uncertain which of the two Tallis settings is being performed)
composer:
Thomas Tallis (composer)
Thomas Tallis2:59
11Enigma Variations: Nimrod
orchestra:
English String Orchestra (aka English String Orchestra) (from 1989-07-28 until 1989-07-30)
conductor:
William Boughton (conductor) (from 1989-07-28 until 1989-07-30)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Nimbus Records Limited (in 1989)
recorded at:
University of Birmingham: Great Hall in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom (from 1989-07-28 until 1989-07-30)
recording of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36: IX. Nimrod (Adagio) (from 1989-07-28 until 1989-07-30)
publisher:
Sir Edward Elgar (dec’d) (Edward Elgar, composer)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1899)
dedicated to:
Augustus J. Jaeger
part of:
Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36
Edward Elgar4:13
12Jerusalem
choir vocals:
Seaford College Choir
conductor:
Philip Hill (choral conductor)
recording of:
Jerusalem (anthem by Hubert Parry)
lyricist:
William Blake (English poet, painter, and printmaker)
composer:
Hubert Parry (English composer) (in 1916)
is based on:
Jerusalem (poem by Blake)
Hubert Parry2:28
13Rule, Britannia!
trumpet:
John Miller (classical trumpeter) and John Wallace (trumpeter)
choir vocals:
Leeds Festival Chorus
tenor vocals:
Edward Barham and Edmund Barham (tenor)
orchestra:
English String Orchestra (aka English String Orchestra)
conductor:
William Boughton (conductor)
recording of:
Rule, Britannia!
lyricist:
James Thomson (Scottish poet, 1700-1748) (in 1740)
composer:
Thomas Arne (composer)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 10790)
part of:
Alfred: Act III
Thomas Arne5:08
14Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1, op. 39
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Geoffrey Simon (conductor)
recording of:
Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major
premiered in:
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom (on 1901-10-19)
publisher:
Sir Edward Elgar (dec’d) (Edward Elgar, composer)
composer:
Edward Elgar (composer) (in 1901)
publisher:
Boosey & Co. Ltd. (music publisher founded in the 1760s, forebear of Boosey & Hawkes)
part of:
Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39
Edward Elgar6:27