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Havergal Brian Symphonies Nos 11 & 15

Marco Polo 8.223588

National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland- Tony Rowe, Adrian Leaper

Concert Overture: For Valour (1902-06) 13'29"
Comedy Overture: Doctor Merryheart (1911-12) 16'01"
Symphony No. 11 (1954) 24'30"
Symphony No. 15 (1960) 22'49"


Havergal Brian The Complete Piano Music

MINERVA ATHENE ATH CD12

Raymond Clarke piano

Esther King mezzo-soprano *

Tessa Spong speaker +

1 Prelude - John Dowland's Fancy 3'09"
2 Double Fugue 15'08"
3 - 6 Four Miniatures 12'29"
7 - 8 Prelude and Fugue in C minor 12'06"
9 The Land of Dreams * 4'03"
10 The Birds * 3'30"
11 The Defiled Sanctuary * 2'06"
12 - 13 Prelude and Fugue in D minor/major 9'34"
The Three Illuminations
14 - 15 The Boys and the Pastille + 2'14"
16 - 17 The Butterfly's Waltz + 1'58"
18 - 19 Venus and a Booby + 4'32"
20 - 22 Three Illuminations for solo piano 4'55"


Havergal Brian Symphony 1 The Gothic (1919-1927)

Marco Polo 8.223280/1 (2CDs) 4.223280/1 (2 MC)

Eva Jenisová (sop), Dagmar Pecková (alto), Vladimir Dolezal (ten), Peter Mikulás (bass)

Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Slovak National Opera Chorus, Slovak Folk Ensemble Chorus, Bratislava City Choir

Lucnica Choir, Bratislava Childrens Choir, Youth 'Echo' Choir

CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) and Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

conducted by Ondrej Lenard.


Havergal Brian Symphony No 2 - Festival Fanfare

Marco Polo 8.2233790

Moscow Symphony Orchestra - Tony Rowe

Festival Fanfare 1'44"
Symphony No 2 in E minor 53'26"


Havergal Brian Symphony 3 (1931-32)

BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lionel Friend.

Hyperion CDA66334 (CD) KA66334 (MC)


Havergal Brian Symphonies 4 Das Siegeslied (1932-33) & 12 (1957)

Jana Valásková (sop); Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Slovak National Opera Chorus, Brno Philharmonic Choir, Youth 'Echo' Choir, Mixed 'Cantus' Choir

CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava [augmented], conducted by Adrian Leaper.

Marco Polo 8.223447 (CD) [1992]


Havergal Brian Symphonies 7 (1948) & 31 (1968)

Comedy Overture - The Tinker's Wedding (1948)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras.

EMI CDM 7647172 (CD)


Havergal Brian Symphonies 8 (1949) & 9 (1951)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Groves.

EMI CDM 7 69890 2 [DELETED CD - also LP and MC]


Havergal Brian Symphonies 10 (1954) & 21 (1963).

Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra, conducted by James Loughran (Sym 10) and Eric Pinkett (Sym 21).

Unicorn UKCD 2027 [DELETED CD]


Havergal Brian Symphonies 17 (1960-61) & 32 (1968);

Tone Poem In Memoriam (1910); Festal Dance (1908)

National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, conducted by Adrian Leaper.

Marco Polo 8.223481 (CD)


Havergal Brian Symphony 18 (1961); Violin Concerto; Comedy Overture The Jolly Miller.

Marat Bisengaliev (violin); BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Lionel Friend.

Marco Polo 8.223479 (CD)


Havergal Brian Symphonies 20 (1962) & 25 (1966); Fantastic Variations on an Old Rhyme (1908).

Ukraine State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andrew Penny.

Marco Polo (CD)


Havergal Brian The Tigers (1917-1929): The Complete Symphonic Movements.

'Masters of the English Musical Renaissance' (c/w works by Parry and Foulds).

Luxembourg Radio Symphony Orchestra,conducted by Leopold Hager.

Forlane UCD 16724/25 (2CDs)


Havergal Brian Fantastic Variations on an Old Rhyme, Festal Dance, In Memoriam, Two Herrick Songs Requiem for the Rose, The Hag (1911), Doctor Merryheart, English Suite No.1 (1899, 1903-04), Burlesque Variations on an Original Theme (1903), Overture For Valour (1902, rev.1906).

Saint Nicholas Singers, City of Hull Youth Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Geoffrey Heald-Smith. Campion RR2CD 1331/2.

[Reissues of LP recordings from 179-81 originally sponsored by The Havergal Brian Society]


Havergal Brian Turandot (1949-51): Fanfare from the Banqueting Scene.

'British Music for Brass' (c/w works by Bliss, Britten, Arnold, Tippett, Bax, & Walton). Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, conducted by Howard Snell (Brian, Tippett, Arnold Symphony) and others.

London 430 369-2 (CD)


Havergal Brian Festival Fanfare (1967).

'British Music for Symphonic Brass Ensemble' (c/w works by Bliss, Benjamin, Elgar, Walton, Simpson, Tippett, Rubbra, Jacob).

Locke Brass Consort,conducted by James Stobart.

Chandos CHAN 6573 (CD)


Havergal Brian 13 Part Songs.

Stoke-on-Trent Bedford Singers, conducted by May Walley.

British Music Society Environs BMS ENV 016 (MC)

Stars at a Summer Night

Tell Me, Thou Soul of Her Love

Come o'er the Sea

Lullaby of an infant child

In a Fairy Boat

Fairies' Song

Daybreak

Grace for a Child

Fair Pledges of a Fruitful Tree

Fear No More the Heat o' the Sun

Tell me, where is Fancy Bred?

Full Fathom Five

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