50 Best British Classics (2012)

Track Listing

1. Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem No. 1 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 258
2. If ye love me, anthem for 4 voices
3. Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
4. Beati quorum via, motet for chorus, Op. 38/3
5. Psalm 23 "The Lord is my shepherd"

1. Zadok the Priest, coronation anthem No. 1 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 258
2. If ye love me, anthem for 4 voices
3. Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
4. Beati quorum via, motet for chorus, Op. 38/3
5. Psalm 23 "The Lord is my shepherd"
6. Dear Lord and Father of mankind (Tune: Repton), anthem
7. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah Chorus
8. Ave verum corpus (also anthem: "O Lord, God of Israel"), motet for 4 voices (SATB)
9. Come Down, O Love Divine, hymn ("Down Ampney")
10. Requiem for chorus & orchestra: Requiem aeternam
11. Hear my prayer, O Lord, anthem for chorus, violins & continuo, Z. 15 (unfinished)
12. Abide with me (Tune: Eventide)
13. Justorum animae (also anthem "Souls of the righteous"), motet for 5 voices (SSATB)
14. Psalm 67: God be merciful unto us, and bless us
15. Song for Athene, for chorus
16. The Old 100th Psalm ("All people that on earth do dwell"), for chorus, unison chorus, orchestra & organ
17. O nata lux de lumine, motet (hymn) for 5 voices, P. 209
18. The Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended (Tune: St. Clement)
19. Faire Is the Heaven, for chorus
20. I Was Glad (Psalm 122), anthem for chorus & organ (or orchestra)
21. Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85: 1. Adagio - Moderato
22. La Calinda, for orchestra (arrangement by Fenby of the dance from Act 2 of Koanga)
23. The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: Jupiter
24. The Lark Ascending, romance for violin & orchestra
25. Crown Imperial, coronation march for orchestra
26. Enigma Variations, for orchestra, Op. 36: Nimrod
27. Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell), for speaker ad lib & orchestra, Op. 34: Theme and Fugue
28. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, for 2 string orchestras
29. Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, for orchestra in D major, Op. 39/1
30. Jerusalem ("And did those feet in ancient time"), for chorus & organ (or orchestra)
31. The Dam Busters, march for the film score
32. Elizabethan Serenade, for orchestra
33. Calling All Workers, march for orchestra
34. Dusk, for voice & piano
35. Country Gardens, folk song for orchestra (arrangement not by Grainger) (BFMS 22)
36. Warsaw Concerto for piano & orchestra (for the film "Dangerous Moonlight"/"Suicide Squadron"): Opening
37. Little Suite, for orchestra: March
38. H. M. S. Pinafore (The Lass that Loved a Sailor), operetta: Overture
39. Shepherd's Hey!, folk song for orchestra (BFMS 16)
40. The Dream of Olwen, for piano & orchestra (From the film "The Way to the Stars")
41. Knightsbridge March
42. In a Monastery Garden for chorus & orchestra
43. Murder on the Orient Express, film score: Waltz
44. The Watermill, for oboe, harp & strings
45. Spitfire Prelude & Fugue, for orchestra (from film score "The First of the Few")
46. By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra
47. The Yeomen of the Guard (The Merryman and his Maid), operetta: Overture
48. Barwick Green, for orchestra
49. The Devil's Galop, for orchestra (theme for the radio series Dick Barton: Special Agent)
50. Sailing By, for orchestra (theme for BBC Radio 4's Late Night Shipping Forecast)