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Benjamin DALE (1885-1943)

Suite for Viola and Piano in D major Op.2 (1906-7) Introduction and Andante for Six Violas Op.5 (1911) Phantasy for Viola and Piano Op.4 (1910) 8.573167 Reviews by Nick Barnard, Rob Barnett & Gary Higginson

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)

	Marche Caprice, Three Small Tone Poems American Rhapsody The Walk to the Paradise Garden Two Pieces for Small Orchestra A Song before Sunrise Fantastic Dance 8.557143 Reviews by Gwyn Parry-Jones and Ian Lace
	Violin Sonata in B major (1892) Violin Sonata No. 1 (1905-15) Violin Sonata No. 2 (1923) Violin Sonata No. 3 (1930) 8.572261 Reviews by Ian Lace and Em Marshall
	Appalachia (1903) Sea Drift (1904) 8.572764 Review by Paul Corfield Godfrey
	A Mass of Life (1904-5) Prelude and Idyll (1902/33) 8.572861-2 Reviews by William Kreindler, Rob Barnett and Simon Thompson
	String Quartet in E minor (1917) Two Movements from the original version 8.573586 Reviews by John France, Michael Cookson and Nick Barnard
	Choral Works 8.573695 Reviews by Rob Barnett, John France & Michael Wilkinson
	String Quartet in C minor (1888) 8.574376 Review by Nick Barnard

Peter DICKINSON (1934-)

	Organ works 8.572169 Reviews by John France, Hubert Culot and Jonathan Woolf
	Lullaby from The Unicorns (1967/82/86) Mass of the Apocalypse (1984) Larkin’s Jazz (1989) Five Forgeries (1963) Five Early Pieces for Piano (1955-1956), Air (1959) Metamorphosis (1955/57) 8.572287 Reviews by John France and Jonathan Woolf
	Piano music 8.572654 Reviews by John France and Brian Reinhart

Robert DOCKER (1918-1992)

Legend (1959) Scène de bal Three Contrasts Tabarinage (Buffoonery) (1961) Scènes de Ballet (1958) Air and Jig (1963) The Spirit of Cambria (1972) Fairy Reel Dance (1958) Blue Ribbons Pastiche Variations (1980) 8.574322 Review by John France

Stephen DODGSON (1924-2013)

	Change - Ringers, Roundelay Divertissement, Hymnus de Sancto Stephano Intermezzo (Citharae Chordae pro Pace) Four Poems of John Clare, The Selevan Story 8.573762 Review by Stuart Sillitoe
	String Trio No. 1 (1951) Sonatina for Solo Violin in B minor (1963) Caprice after Puck for Solo Viola (1978) Partita for Solo Cello (1985) String Trio No. 2 (1964) 8.573856 Review by Stuart Sillitoe
	Septet Variations (1975) Pastoral Sonata (1953/54, rev.1959/98) Solway Suite (1974) Echoes of Autumn (1998) Sonata for Three (1982) Capriccio and Finale (1952) 8.573857 Review by Michael Wilkinson

Jonathan DOVE (1959-)

	The Passing of the Year (2000) In beauty may I walk (2001) My love is mine (1998) Who killed Cock Robin? (1996) It sounded as if the streets were running (2006) I am the day (1999) Wellcome, all Wonders in one sight! (1999) The Three Kings (2001) 8.572733 Reviews by Paul Godfrey and David McConnell
	All you who sleep tonight (1996) Ariel (1998) Out of winter (2003) Cut my shadow (2011) 8.573080 Review by Paul Godfrey

Trevor DUNCAN (1924-2005)

20th Century Express (1951) A Little Suite (1959) High Heels (1949) Children in the Park (1954) Serenade (In the Style of Schubert) from Maestro Variations (1967) The Girl from Corsica (1958) Meadow Mist (A Pastoral Soliloquy) (1954) Valse mignonette (1959) Wine Festival (1958) Sixpenny Ride (1964) Enchanted April (1964) St. Boniface Down (An Idyll) (1957) La Torrida (1958) Grand March from The Visionaries (1957) Little Debbie (1959) 8.555192 Reviews by Néstor Castiglione, Rob Barnett and Paul Corfield Godfrey

Sir George DYSON (1883-1964)

	At the Tabard Inn – Overture (1943) Concerto da Chiesa for String Orchestra (1949) Symphony in G major (1937) 8.557720 Reviews by Christopher Howell, John Quinn and Rob Barnett
	Choral Symphony (1910) St. Paul’s Voyage to Melita (1933) 8.573770 Review by John Quinn

Sir Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

	Complete Symphonies 8.503187 (also available separately on 8.550634 [1], 8.550635 [2] & 8.554719 [3]) Review by Tim Perry
	Major Works Boxset Symphonies, Concertos, Marches, Enigma Variations and other orchestral works 8.505076 (released separately as 8.550489, 8.550634, 80550635, 8.550849 & 8.553564) Review by Rob Barnett
	Symphony 3 (sketches elaborated by A. Payne) 8.554719 Review by Paul Conway and Tim Perry (on 8.503187)
	The Wand of Youth: Suites 1 & 2, Op. 1 (1908) Dream Children, Op. 43 (1902) Nursery Suite 8.557166 Reviews by Terry Barfoot and Michael Cookson
	Coronation March, Op. 65 (1911) Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42: Funeral March (1901) Pomp and Circumstance Marches Op. 39: No. 1-5 Caractacus, Op. 35: March (1898) March of the Mogul Emperors, Op. 66 No. 4 (1912) Empire March (1924) Polonia, Op. 76 (1915) 8.557273 Reviews by Patrick Waller and Stephen Vasta
	Sacred Choral Music Ave Maria, Give unto the Lord, Te Deum & Benedictus and other short works 8.557288 Reviews by John Quinn and Jonathan Woolf
	Orchestral Miniatures Froissart Overture (1890), May Song (1901) Carissima (1913) Romance for bassoon and orchestra Op. 62 (1910) Three Characteristic Pieces Op. 10 (1882-4/1899) Chanson de Matin Op. 15 No. 2 (1889-90) Chanson de Nuit Op. 15 No. 1 (1889-90) Three Bavarian Dances (Op. 27) (1895-97) 8.557577 Review by William Kreindler and Gary Higginson
	Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82 (1918) Romance for violin and piano, Op. 1 (1878) Bizarrerie, Op. 13, No. 2 (1889) Pastourelle, Op. 4, No. 2 (1884) La Capricieuse, Op. 17 (1891) Virelai, Op. 4, No. 3 (c.1890) Mazurka Op. 10, No. 1 (1889) Idyll, Op. 4, No. 1 (1884) Chanson de nuit, Op. 15, No. 1 (1897) Chanson de matin, Op. 15, No. 2 (1897) Salut d'amour, Op. 12 ‘Liebesgrüss’ (1888) Offertoire - Andante religioso (1893) 8.557984 Reviews by Michael Cookson and Jonathan Woolf
	Piano Music Sonatina in G major (1887 rev. 1930) Dream Children Op.43 (1902 orchestral version) Une Idylle Op.4 No.1 (1884) Carissima (1913), May Song (1901) Douce Pensée (1882), Echo’s Dance (1916) Serenade Mauresque Op.10 (1899) Enigma Variations, Op.36 (1899) 8.570166 Reviews by John France, Jonathan Woolf and Patrick Waller
	Sea Pictures Op.37 (1899) The Music Makers Op.69 (1912) 8.557710 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and John Quinn
	Part Songs 8.570541 Reviews by Tony Haywood and Jonathan Woolf
	String Quartet in E minor (1918) 8.573586 Reviews by John France, Michael Cookson and Nick Barnard
	Choral Works 8.573695 Reviews by Rob Barnett and John France
	Cello Concerto 8.574320 Review by Gwyn Parry-Jones
	Organ Works 8.574366 Review by Nick Barnard

Robert FARNON (1917-2005)

The Westminster Waltz & other orchestral works 8.574323 Review by Rob Barnett

Howard FERGUSON (1908-1991)

Piano Sonata in F minor, (1938-1940) Discovery, (1951) Five Bagatelles (1944) Partita for Two Pianos (1935-1936)† 8.572289 Review by Rob Barnett

John FIELD (1782-1837)

	Piano Music Volume 2 Nocturnes and Sonatas 8.550762 Review by Colin Clarke
	Piano Concerto 5 Piano Concerto 6 8.554221 Review by Roy Brewer

Jeremy FILSELL (1964-)

Choral works 8.573111 Reviews by John Quinn and Dave Billinge

Gerald FINZI (1901-1956)

	A Finzi Anthology 8.508017 Review by Rob Barnett
	Clarinet Concerto Five Bagatelles Three Soliloquies from "Love's Labour Lost" Severn Rhapsody Romance Introit 8.553566 Reviews by Ian Lace and Rob Barnett
	Cello Concerto (1955) Eclogue for piano and orchestra (1929) Grand Fantasia and Fugue for piano and orchestra (1953) 8.555766 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Terry Barfoot
	Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice and other choral works 8.555792 Review by Michael Cookson
	I Said to Love, Op. 19b Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18 Before and After Summer, Op. 16 8.557644 Review by John Quinn and Anne Ozorio
	Intimations of Immortality op. 29 (1949-50) For Saint Cecilia op. 30 (1947) 8.557863 Reviews by Em Marshall, Anne Ozorio, Jonathan Woolf and Rob Barnett
	Earth and Air and Rain, op. 15 By Footpath and Stile, op. 2 To a Poet, op. 13a. 8.557963 Reviews by Anne Ozorio, Gwyn Parry-Jones, Michael Cookson, Em Marshall and Rob Barnett
	A Young Man’s Exhortation Op.14 (1926-29) Till Earth Outwears Op.19a (1927-56) Oh Fair to See Op.13b (1925-56) 8.570414 Review by Derek Warby
	Dies natalis (1925-1939), Farewell to Arms (1926-8, 1940s) Prelude for String Orchestra (1929) The Fall of the Leaf (1929), Two Sonnets (1928) Nocturne (1928, rev. 1940s) 8.570417 Reviews by Rob Barnett, Robert Hugill and Michael Cookson

Peter Racine FRICKER (1920-1990)

String Quartet No. 1, Op. 8 (1948-49) String Quartet No. 2, Op. 20 (1952-53)2-53) String Quartet No. 3, Op. 73 (1976)1976) Adagio and Scherzo (1943) 8.571374 Reviews by Stephen Greenbank, Rob Barnett, John France and Bob Stevenson

John GARDNER (1917-)

Midsummer Ale overture Op.73 (1965) Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat major Op.34 (1956) Symphony No.1 in D minor Op.2 (1947) 8.570406 Reviews by Dominy Clements and John Quinn

Edward GERMAN (1862-1936)

Tom Jones (1907) 8.660270-71 Reviews by Raymond Walker, Ian Lace and Jonathan Woolf

Alexander GOEHR (1932-)

When Adam Fell, Op. 89 (2011) Two Pastorals, Op. 19 (1965) Marching to Carcassonne, Op. 75 (2002) 8.573052 Review by Rob Barnett

 Ron GOODWIN (1925-2003)

Orchestral Works & Filmscore Suites 8.555193 Review by David Barker

Sir Eugene GOOSSENS (1893-1962)

Violin Sonata No.1 in E minor, Op.21 (1918) Lyric Poem, Op.35 (1919-1920) Old Chinese Folk-Song, Op.4, No.1 (1912) Romance (from Act III of Don Juan de Mañara), Op.57 (1937) Violin Sonata No.2, Op.50 (1930) 8.572860 Reviews by John France and Nick Barnard

Maurice GREENE (1696-1755)

25 sonnet settings taken from Spenser’s Amoretti (1739) 8.572891 Review by John France

Edward GREGSON (1945-)

	Complete Piano Works 8.574222 Reviews by Philip Buttall, William Kreindler and John Quinn
	String Quartet No. 1 (2014) Le Jardin à Giverny (1964/2016) Triptych (2011, rev. 2020) Benedictus (1988/2021) String Quartet No. 2 (2017) 8.574223 Review by John France
	Instrumental Music 8.574224 Review by John France

Ivor GURNEY (1890-1937)

Songs 8.572151 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and John Quinn

Timothy HAMILTON (1973-)

Requiem 8.573849 Reviews by Jim Westhead and Richard Hanlon

Hamilton HARTY (1879-1941)

	An Irish Symphony (1904: revised 1915 & 1924) With the Wild Geese (1910) In Ireland (1915) 8.554732 Reviews by John France and Adrian Smith
	A Comedy Overture (1906) Fantasy Scenes (from an Eastern Romance) (1919) Piano Concerto in B minor (1922) 8.557731 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and Rob Barnett

Anthony HEDGES (1931-2019)

Four Breton sketches, Op.79 (1980) Cantilena, Op.87a (1983) Heigham Sound, Op.72 (1978) Four Miniature Dances, Op.29 (1967) Scenes from the Humber, Op.80 (1980) Kingston Sketches, Op.36 (1969) 8.574324 Review by Paul Corfield Godfrey

Alan HODDINOTT (1929-2008)

Landscapes (Ynys Mon), Op.87 (1975) Two Songs from Glamorgan (1990) The Silver Hound, Op.121 (1985) One must always have love, Op.152/3 (1994) Towy Landscape, Op.190 (2006) Six Welsh Folksongs (1982) 8.571360 Review by Paul Corfield Godfrey

Joseph HOLBROOKE (1878-1958)

Violin Sonata No. 1 Sonatina Op. 6a (1890s) Horn Trio in D, Op. 28 (c.1906) Violin Concerto The Grasshopper (Violin Sonata No. 2), Op. 59 (1909-1916) Mezzo-Tints: L'Extase (version for violin and piano) Op. 55 No. 2 (1913) 8.572649 Reviews by John France and Rob Barnett

Gustav HOLST (1874-1934)

	The Planets (with Colin Matthews’ Pluto, The Renewer) The Mystic Trumpeter 8.555776 Review by Colin Clarke
	Four Songs for voice and violin, op. 35 (1917) Six Songs, op. 16 (1904) Vedic Hymns, op. 24 (1908) Twelve Humbert Wolfe settings, op. 48 (1929) Margrete's Cradle Song, Op. 4 No. 2 (1896) The Heart Worships (1907) 8.557117 Review by Rob Barnett
	Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra Op.49 (1929) St Paul’s Suite Op. 29 No.2 (1913) Brook Green Suite (1933) A Song of the Night for Violin and Orchestra Op.19 No.1 Lyric Movement for Viola and Chamber Orchestra (1933) A Fugal Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Strings Op.40 (1922) 8.570339 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Cotswolds Symphony (1902) A Winter Idyll (1897) Walt Whitman Overture (1899) Indra (1903) Japanese Suite (1915) 8.572914 Reviews by Paul Godfrey and John France

Herbert HOWELLS (1892-1983)

	Rhapsodic Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet (1919) Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1946) Prelude for Harp (1915) A Near-Minuet for Clarinet and Piano (1946) Sonata No. 3 in E minor for Violin and Piano* (1923) 8.557188 Reviews by Rob Barnett, Terry Barfoot and John Quinn
	Sir Patrick Spens, Op. 23 (1917) Hymnus Paradisi (1938/1949) 8.570352 Review by John Quinn
	Piano Music Vol. 1 Phantasy (1917) Harlequin Dreaming (1918) My Lord Harewood's Galliard (1949) Finzi: His Rest (1956) Summer Idyls (1911) Siciliana (1958) Pavane and Galliard (1964) Petrus Suite (1967-73) 8.571382 Review by Nick Barnard
	Piano Music Vol. 2 8.571383 Review by Nick Barnard
	Stabat Mater (1959-65) Te Deum (1944/77) Sine nomine (1922) 8.573176 Reviews by Rob Barnett, John Quinn & Nick Barnard
	String Quartet No.3 In Gloucestershire (1916-20, rev. late 1930s) Lady Audrey's Suite, op.19 (1915) Piano Quartet in A minor, op.21 (1916 rev. 1936) 8.573913 Reviews by Rob Barnett and William Kreindler

Michael HURD (1928-2006)

Jonah-Man Jazz (1966) Prodigal (1989) Rooster Rag (1975) Swingin’ Samson (1973) Captain Coram’s Kids (1987) 8.572505 Reviews by Nick Barnard, John Sheppard and Rob Barnett

John IRELAND (1876-1962)

	String Quartet No. 1 in D minor (c. 1895-97) String Quartet No. 2 in C minor (1897) The Holy Boy (arr. 1941) 8.557777 Reviews by Michael Cookson and Em Marshall
	Songs 8.570467 Review by John France
	Piano Works Volume 3 (includes Piano Sonata (1918)) 8.570461 Reviews by John France and Jonathan Woolf
	Phantasie Trio (1908) Piano Trios 2 (1917) & 3 (1938) Berceuse, Cavatina, Bagatelle & The Holy Boy (violin and piano) 8.570507 Reviews by John France and Michael Cookson
	Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (1912-3) Fantasy Sonata for clarinet and piano (1943) The Holy Boy for clarinet and piano (1913) Sextet for clarinet, French horn and string quartet (1898) 8.570550 Review by John France
	A Downland Suite (1932/78) Sonata in G minor (1923) Summer Evening (1920) In a May Morning (from Sarnia) (1940-41) Soliloquy (1922) Bagatelle (1911) Berceuse (1902) 8.571372 Reviews by Ian Lace and Des Hutchinson
	Violin Sonata 1 in D minor (1908-1909 rev.1917) Violin Sonata 2 in A minor (1915-1917) Cello Sonata in G minor (1923) 8.572497 Reviews by John France and Jonathan Woolf
	Piano Concerto in E flat (1930) Legend (1933) First Rhapsody (1906) Pastoral (1896) Indian Summer (1932) A Sea Idyll (1900) Three Dances (1913) 8.572598 Reviews by Dan Morgan, Rob Barnett and John France
	Te Deum in F (1907) Benedictus in F (1914) [4.54] Communion Service in C (1913) Hymns, Greater Love hath no man (1912) Elegiac Romance (1902) Evening Service in C (1941) Capriccio for organ (1911) Four unaccompanied Carols (1927/41) Ex ore innocentium (1944) Evening Service in F (1915 8.573014 Reviews by John Quinn, Gary Higginson and Ian Lace
	Part-songs 8.573584 Reviews by John France and Nick Barnard

Gabriel JACKSON (1962-)

Requiem (2008) In all his works (2009) I am the voice of the wind (2010) 8.573049 Review by John Quinn

Nicholas JACKSON (1934-)

Choral works 8.570959 Reviews by Robert Hugill and John Quinn

Gordon JACOB (1895-1984)

	Suite for recorder and string quartet (1957) Sonatina for treble recorder and harpsichord (1985) Sonata for recorder and piano (1967) A Consort of Recorders (1972) Variations for treble recorder and piano (1962) Trifles, for treble recorder, violin, cello and harpsichord (1971) 8.572364 Reviews by William Kreindler, Bob Briggs and Geoff Ogram
	Concerto for Violin and String Orchestra (1953) 8.573791 Reviews by Bob Stevenson and Stephen Barber

Maurice JACOBSON (1896-1976)

Mosaic (1949) Salcey Lawn (1946) The Music Room (1935) The Lord is my shepherd (1936) Romantic Theme (1910) and Variations (1944) The Song of Songs (1946) Lament (1941) Carousal (1946) Humoreske (1948) Theme and Variations (1943-1947) 8.571351 Review by Rob Barnett

John JOUBERT (1927-)

Temps perdu, Op. 99 (1984) Sinfonietta Op. 38 (1962) The instant moment, Op. 110 (1987) 8.571368 Review by Stephen Barber