BRITISH COMPOSERS

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Kenneth LEIGHTON (1929-1988)

	Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis ‘Collegium Magdalenae Oxoniense’ (1959), Give me the wings of faith (1962) An Easter Sequence (1969), Veni Creator Spiritus (1987) What love is this of thine? (1985) Crucifixus pro nobis (1961) Rockingham: Chorale Prelude on ‘When I survey the wondrous Cross’ (1975) Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (The Second Service) (1971) 8.555795 Review by John Quinn
	Et Resurrexit Op.49 (1966) Six Fantasies on Hymn Tunes Op.72 Nos.4-6 (1975) Missa de Gloria Op.82 ‘Dublin Festival Mass’ (1980) 8.572601 Review by Nick Barnard
	Concerto for Violin and Small Orchestra, Op. 12 (1952) 8.573791 Reviews by Bob Stevenson and Stephen Barber

John McCABE (1939)

	Variations, op.22 (1963) Aubade (Study No.4) (1970) Gaudi (Study No.3) (1970) Five Bagatelles (1964) Mosaic (Study No.6) (1980) Haydn Variations (1983) 8.571367 Review by John France
	Symphony No.1 Elegy (1965) Fantasy on a Theme of Liszt (1967) Capriccio (Study No.1) (1969) Sostenuto (Study No.2) (1969) Tuning (1985) 8.571370 Review by John France
	Three Marian Carols (2008/1973/1964) Mangan Triptych (1983/1980/1979) Amen / Alleluia (1991) Proud Songsters (1989) The Lily-White Rose (2009) The Morning Watch (1968) The Evening Watch (2003) Great Lord of Lords (1967) A Hymne to God the Father (1966) The Last and Greatest Herald (2008) 8.573053 Review by John France

Cecilia McDOWALL (b. 1951)

Works for Organ 8.579077 Review by John Quinn

George MacFARREN (1813-1887)

Robin Hood (1860) 8.660306-7 Reviews by Ian Lace, Christopher Howell and John France

James MacMILLAN (b. 1959)

Seven Last Words from the Cross (1993) Christus Vincit (1994) Nemo te Condemnavit (2005) ... here in hiding ... (1993) 8.570719 Reviews by Julie Williams and John Quinn

William MATHIAS (1934–1992)

	Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 15 (1961) Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 94 (1983) Violin Sonata (1952) 8.572292 Reviews by Rob Barnett and John France
	Lift up your heads, O ye gates Op.44 No.2 (1969) Ave Rex Op.45 (1969) Wassail Carol Op.26 No.1 (1964) As truly as God is our Father (1987) Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Op.53 (1971) Toccata Giocosa Op.36 No.2 (1967) All thy works shall praise thee Op.17b (1961) The Lord's Prayer (1992) An Admonition to Rulers Op.43 (1969) Salvator Mundi Op.89 (1982) 8.573523 Reviews by Nick Barnard and John Quinn

Peter MAXWELL DAVIES (b. 1934)

	The Naxos Quartets 8.505225 Review by Gary Higginson
	Naxos Quartet No. 1 (2002) Naxos Quartet No. 2 (2003) 8.557396 Review by Colin Clarke
	Naxos Quartet No. 3 (2003) Naxos Quartet No. 4 ‘Children’s Games (2004) 8.557397 Review by Colin Clarke
	Naxos Quartet No. 5 'Lighthouses of Orkney and Shetland' (2004) Naxos Quartet No. 6 (2004/5) 8.557398 Reviews by Colin Clarke, Hubert Culot and William Hedley
	Symphony no.1, op.119 (1976) Mavis in Las Vegas (1997) 8.572348 Reviews by Byzantion and Dan Morgan
	Symphony No. 2 (1980) St Thomas Wake (1969) 8.572349 Reviews by William Hedley and Byzantion
	Symphony No. 3 (1984) Cross Lane Fair (1994) 8.572350 Review by Byzantion
	Symphony No. 4 (1989) Symphony No. 5 (1994)† 8.572351 Reviews by Mark Sealey and Byzantion
	Symphony no.6, op.176 (1996) Time and the Raven, op.172 (1995) An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise, op.120b (1984) 8.572352 Review by Byzantion
	Strathclyde Concerto no.3, for horn, trumpet and orchestra, op.139 (1989) Strathclyde Concerto no.4, for clarinet and orchestra, op.143 (1990) 8.572353 Review by Byzantion
	Strathclyde Concerto No. 5 (1991) Strathclyde Concerto No. 6 (1991) 8.572354 Review by Paul Corfield Godfrey
	Strathclyde Concerto No. 7 (1992) Strathclyde Concerto No. 8 (1993) A spell for green corn: The MacDonald dances (1993) 8.572355 Reviews by Paul Corfield Godfrey and Steve Arloff
	Strathclyde Concerto No. 9, Op.170 (1994) Strathclyde Concerto No. 10, Op.179 (1996) Carolísima, Op.168 (1994) 8.572356 Reviews by Paul Corfield Godfrey and John Whitmore
	Piano Concerto (1997) Worldes Blis (1966-69) 8.572357 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Byzantion
	Caroline Mathilde – Ballet concert suites (1991 and 1992) Chat Moss (1993) Ojai Festival overture (1991) 8.572358 Reviews by Stephen Barber and Göran Forsling
	Black Pentecost Stone Litany 8.572359 Review by John Whitmore
	The Beltane Fire (1995) The Turn of the Tide (1992) Sunday Morning (1994) Threnody on a Plainsong for Michael Vyner (1989) Sir Charles his Pavan (1992) 8.572362 Reviews by John France and Paul Corfield Godfrey
	Piccolo Concerto, op.182 (1996) Trumpet Concerto, op.132 (1988) Maxwell's Reel, with Northern Lights, op.191 (1998) Five Klee Pictures, op.12 (1959/1976) 8.572363 Review by Byzantion
	The Boyfriend Suite (1971) The Devils Suite (1971) Seven In Nomine (1965) The Yellow Cake Revue (1980): Yesnaby Ground, Farewell to Stromness 8.572408 Reviews by Leslie Wright, Rob Barnett and John France
	Linguae Ignis (2002) Vesalii Icones (1969) Fantasia on a Ground and Two Pavans (1968) 8.572712 Review by Mark Sealey
	Strathclyde Concerto no.2, for cello and orchestra, op.131 (1987) Sonata 'Sequentia Serpentigena', for cello and piano, op.285 (2007) Dances from 'The Two Fiddlers' (1978/1988/2007) Little Tune for Vittorio in Maremma, for solo cello (2008) 8.573017 Review by Byzantion
	Sonata for Violin Alone: dedicated to Duccio Ceccanti (2013) Dances from The Two Fiddlers (arr. violin and piano) (1978/88) Sonata for violin and piano (2008) Piano Trio: A Voyage to Fair Isle (2002) 8.573599 Reviews by John France and Stephen Barber
	The Lighthouse (1979) 8.660354 Reviews by Paul Corfield Godfrey and Mark Sealey
	Resurrection (1987) 8.660359-60 Review by Paul Corfield Godfrey

Ernest MOERAN (1894-1950)

	String Quartet in E flat major String Quartet in A minor (1921) String Trio (1931) 8.554079 Review by Neil Horner
	Symphony in G minor (1937) Sinfonietta (1940) 8.557837 Reviews by Rob Barnett, Neil Horner and Jonathan Woolf
	Folksong Arrangements 8.571359 Review by Paul Corfield Godfrey
	Cello Concerto (1945) Serenade in G (original version, 1948) Lonely Waters (c. 1931) Whythorne’s Shadow (1931) 8.573034 Reviews by Rob Barnett, Nick Barnard and John Quinn
	Overture for a Masque (1944) In the Mountain Country (1921) Rhapsody No. 1 in F major (1922) Rhapsody No. 2 in E major (1924/41) Rhapsody in F sharp major (1943) 8.573106 Reviews by John France, Rob Barnett, William Kreindler and Brian Reinhart
	Songs of Springtime (1929) Blue-eyed Spring (1931) Weep you no more, sad fountains (1922) Phyllida and Corydon (1939) 8.573584 Reviews by John France and Nick Barnard

Sir Charles Hubert Hastings PARRY (1848-1918)

I was glad when they said unto me (1902) The Great Service: Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis Songs of Farewell (1916) Hear my word, ye people (1894) Long since in Egypt's plenteous land (1888) Jerusalem (1916) 8.572104 Reviews by John France and John Quinn

Robert PARSONS (c.1530-1572)

Responds for the Dead First Great Service 8.570451 Reviews by Mark Sealey and Robert Hugill

Paul PATTERSON (b. 1947)

Violin Concerto No. 2 (“Serenade”) (2013) 8.573791 Reviews by Bob Stevenson and Stephen Barber

Thomas PITFIELD (1903-1999)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor (1947) Piano Concerto No. 2 (1960) Studies on an English Dance-Tune (1961) Arietta and Finale (1932) Toccata (1953) Xylophone Sonata (1987) 8.557291 Reviews by Stuart Scott, Patrick Waller and Rob Barnett

Francis POTT (1957-)

	Mary’s Carol (2008) A Hymn to the Virgin (2002) I Sing of a Maiden (2000) Mass for Eight Parts (2011) Ubi caritas (2002) Balulalow (2009) 8.572739 Reviews by John Quinn and Paul Godfrey
	At First Light (2014) Word (2012) 8.573976 Review by John Quinn

Roger QUILTER (1877-1953)

Complete Folk-Song Arrangements Complete Part-Songs for Women's Voices 8.557495 Review by Ian Lace

Alan RAWSTHORNE (1905-1971)

	Concerto for string orchestra Concertante pastorale for flute, horn and strings Light music for strings Suite for recorder and string orchestra Elegiac rhapsody for string orchestra Divertimento for chamber orchestra 8.553567 Reviews by Andrew Achenbach, Len Mulllenger and Sybil Pentith
	Violin Concerto 1 Violin Concerto 2 Fantasy Overture: Cortèges 8.554240 Review by John Belcher
	Piano Quintet Piano Trio Cello Sonata Concertante for violin and piano Viola Sonata 8.554352 Reviews by David Wright and John Belcher
	Symphonic Studies Oboe Concerto Cello Concerto 8.554763 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Paul Conway
	Piano Concerto No.1 (1939, 1942) Piano Concerto No 2 (1951) Improvisations on a Theme by Constant Lambert. (1960) 8.555959 Reviews by John France, Colin Clarke and Tony Haywood
	Symphony No. 1 (1950) Symphony No. 2 ('A Pastoral Symphony') (1959) Symphony No. 3 (1964) 8.557480 Review by Em Marshall and Gwyn Parry-Jones
	Theme and Variations for Two Violins (1937) String Quartet No. 1 (1939) String Quartet No. 2 (1954) String Quartet No. 3 (1965) 8.570136 Review by Paul Cook

Edmund RUBBRA (1901-1986)

	Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Op.65 Missa in Honorem Sancti Dominici Op.66 Tenebrae Nocturnes Op.72 Missa Cantuariensis Op.59 Prelude and fugue on a theme of Cyril Scott for organ Op.69 Meditation for Organ Op.79 8.555255 Reviews by Gary Higginson and Paul Conway
	Improvisation for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 89 (1956) Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Farnaby (1938-39) Violin Concerto (1959) 8.557591 Reviews by Dennis Day, Colin Clarke, Rob Barnett, Jonathan Woolf, Kevin Sutton and Gary Higginson
	String Quartet 2 (1951) Amoretti (1935) Ave Maria Gratia Plena; O my deir Hert (1922) O excellent Virgin Princess (1951) Piano Trio 1 8.572286 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	String Quartet No.1 in F minor, Op.35 (1934/46) String Quartet No.3, Op.112 (1964) String Quartet No.4, Op.150 (1977) 8.572555 Review by John France

John RUTTER (b. 1945)

	Requiem (1985) ‘Arise, shine’ (1999) ‘Come down, O Love Divine’ (1998) ‘Musica Dei Donum’ (1998) ‘A Clare Benediction’ (1998) ‘Go forth into the world in peace’ (1988) Toccata in 7 (1974) Variations on an Easter Theme (1983) 8.557130 Review by John Quinn
	Mass of the Children (2002) Shadows (1979) Wedding Canticle (2004) 8.557922 Reviews by John Quinn and Kevin Sutton
	Gloria (1974) Magnificat (1990) Te Deum (1988) 8.572653 Reviews by Nick Barnard and John Quinn
	Psalmfest (1993) This is the day (2011) Lord, Thou hast been our refuge (2008) Psalm 150 (2002) 8.573394 Review by John Quinn
	Anthems, Hymns and Gloria for Brass Band 8.574130 Review by Marc Rochester