A Select Discography
The first part of this Discography is of recordings that are currently or have recently been available. A few relevant couplings are mentioned. However normally only the work by Gerald Finzi is shown.
I have not shown all pieces available in compilations. However one important release is ‘Gerald Finzi’ on Decca’s British Music Collection [4688072]. This is a compilation of released and previously unavailable material.
The Second part is a list of the famous and collectable Lyrita Records. These of course are only available from specialist second-hand record dealers and can command very high prices.
A virtually complete discography is given in 'Gerald
Finzi - A bio-biography, John C. Dressler (1997) This is comprehensive
up to a year or so before publication.
Current and Recent Recordings
A Young Man's Exhortation
Hyperion
CDA 66161
Martyn Hill and Clifford Benson
All this Night
Chandos
CHAN 8936
Finzi Singers with Paul Spicer
Before and After Summer
Hyperion
CDA 66161
Stephen Varcoe and Clifford Bensen
Cello Concerto
Naxos
8.555766
Tim Hugh with Northern Sinfonia conducted by Howard Griffiths
Chandos
CHAN 8471 and CHAN 9949
Raphael Wallfisch with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted
by Vernon Handley [coupled with Kenneth Leighton’s Suite ‘Veris Gratia’
Clarinet Concerto
Philips
454 438-2
Andrew Mariner with Academy of St Martin’s in the Fields conducted by
Sir Neville Mariner
Naxos
8.553566
Robert Plane with Northern Sinfonia conducted by Howard Griffiths
Hyperion
CDA 66001
Thea King with Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Alun Francis
ASV
CDDCA 787
George McDonald with Northern Sinfonia conducted by Steuart Bedford
EMI
CDM7 63372
Emma Johnson with Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Groves
Nimbus
NO 5101
Alan Hacker with English String Orchestra conducted by William Boughton
RCA
RD 60437
Richard Stoltzman with Guildhall String Ensemble
Dies Natalis
Conifer
75605 51285 2
Rebecca Evans with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vernon
Handley
Hyperion
CDA 66876
John Mark Ainsley with the Corydon Orchestra conducted by Matthew Best
Decca
425 660-2
Philip Langridge with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard
Hickox
Decca
4688072
Philip Langridge with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard
Hickox
Philips
454 438-2
Ian Bostridge with Academy of St Martin’s in the Fields conducted by Sir
Neville Mariner
EMI
CDM 565588 2
Wilfred Brown with English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Christopher
Finzi
EMI
CDM7 63372
Wilfred Brown with English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Christopher
Finzi
Earth and Air and Rain
Decca
4688072
Benjamin Luxon with David Willison
Hyperion
CDA 66161
Stephen Varcoe and Clifford Benson
Eclogue
Naxos
8.555766
Peter Donohoe with the Northern Sinfonia conducted by Howard Griffiths
EMI
CDM7 64738 2
Howard Shelley with City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox
[with Ferguson Piano Concerto and Amore langueo]
EMI
CDM7 49227
Howard Shelley with City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox
Nimbus
NI 5366
Martin Jones with English String Orchestra conducted by William Boughton
Elegy
Hyperion
CDA 66192
Levon Chilingirian and Clifford Benson [with Ferguson Octet, Bagatelles
and 2nd Violin Sonata]
Fall of the Leaf
EMI
CDM7 64721
Northern Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox
Farewell to Arms
Conifer
75605 51285 2
Toby Spence with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley
Five Bagatelles
Naxos
8.553566
Robert Plane with Northern Sinfonia conducted by Howard Griffiths
Hyperion
CDA 66014
Thea King and Clifford Benson
ASV
CDDCA 787
Emma Johnson and Malcolm Martineau
Chandos
CHAN 8549
Gervase de Peyer and Gwenneth Pryor
Five Bagatelles Arranged for Flute and Piano
ASV
CDDCA 862
Kenneth Smith and P. Rhodes
Five Bagatelles Arranged for Clarinet and Strings
RCA
RD 60437
Richard Stoltzman with Guildhall String Ensemble
For St Cecilia
Decca
425 660-2
Philip Langridge with the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra conducted
by Richard Hickox
Decca
4688072
Philip Langridge with the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra conducted
by Richard Hickox
God is Gone up
Emi
CDM 565595 2
Kings College Choir, Cambridge conducted by Stephen Cleobury
BIS
CD004
Lulea Chamber Choir conducted by Elnar Isacson
Hyperion
CDA 66374
St Paul's Cathedral Choir with Andrew Lucas and John Scott (organ)
Chandos
CHAN 8936
Finzi Singers with Paul Spicer
Grand Fantasia and Toccata
Naxos
8.555766
Peter Donohoe with the Northern Sinfonia conducted by Howard Griffiths
EMI
CDC 7 64720
Philip Fowke with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted
by Richard Hickox
I Said to Love
Hyperion
CDA 66161
Stephen Varcoe and Clifford Benson
Interlude for oboe and strings
Chandos
Chan 7132
Goossens Family Collection – Leon Goossens with the Fitzwilliam String
Quartet
Conifer
75605 51285 2
Nicholas Daniel with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vernon
Handley
In Terra Pax
Decca
4688072
Donald Sweeney with Winchester Cathedral Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
conducted by David Hill.
Decca
425 660-2
Norma Burrowes and John Shirley Quirk with the Richard Hickox Singers
and the City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox
Intimations of Immortality
Hyperion
CDA 66876
John Mark Ainsley with the Corydon Singers and the Corydon Orchestra conducted
by Matthew Best
EMI
CDM 764720
Philip Langridge with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
conducted by Richard Hickox
Introit in F major
Naxos
8.553566
Lesley Hatfield with Northern Sinfonia conducted by Howard Griffiths
In Years Defaced
Chandos
CHAN 9888
John Mark Ainsley with London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard
Hickox
Let us Garlands Bring
Decca
4688072
Bryn Terfel with Malcolm Martineau
Conifer
75605 51285 2
Michael George with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vernon
Handley
Chandos
CHAN 8743
Stephen Varcoe with City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox
Let us now praise famous men.
Chandos
CHAN 8936
Finzi Singers with Paul Spicer
Lo, the full Final Sacrifice
Decca
4688072
Oxford New College Choir conducted by Edward Higginbottom.
EMI
CDM 565595 2
Kings College Choir, Cambridge conducted by Stephen Cleobury
Hyperion
CDA 66078
Worcester Cathedral Choir conducted by Adrian Partington and Donald Hunt.
Hyperion
CDA 66374
St Paul's Cathedral Choir with Andrew Lucas and John Scott (organ)
Chandos
CHAN 8936
Finzi Singers with Paul Spicer
Love's Labours Lost Suite
Nimbus
NI 5101
Magnificat
EMI
CDM 565595 2
Kings College Choir, Cambridge conducted by Stephen Cleobury
Decca
425 660-2
Richard Hickox Singers and the City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard
Hickox
Decca
4688072
Richard Hickox Singers and the City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard
Hickox
Chandos
CHAN 8936
Finzi Singers with Paul Spicer
My Lovely One
Chandos
CHAN 8936
Finzi Singers with Paul Spicer
New Year Music (Nocturne)
Philips
454 438-2
Academy of St Martin’s in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Mariner
Oh Fair to See
Hyperion
CDA 66015
Ian Partridge with Clifford Benson [with songs by Milford, Farrar, Gurney
and Gill]
Prelude
Chandos
CHAN 9888
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Hickox
Nimbus
NI 5101
English String Orchestra conducted by William Boughton
RCA
RD 87761
Guildhall String Ensemble conducted by Robert Salter
Requiem da Camera
[With Britten’s Cantata Misericordium and Holst’s Psalms 86 and
148]
Chandos
CHAN 8997
Britten Singers with City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox
Romance
Decca
4688072
Academy of St Martin’s in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Mariner
Philips
454 438-2
Academy of St Martin’s in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Mariner
Chandos
CHAN 9888
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Hickox
Nimbus
NI 5101
English String Orchestra conducted by William Boughton
RCA
RD 87761
Guildhall String Ensemble conducted by Robert Salter
Seven Unaccompanied Part Songs
Chandos
CHAN 8936
Finzi Singers with Paul Spicer
Severn Rhapsody
Naxos
8.553566
Northern Sinfonia conducted by Howard Griffiths
Three Short Elegies
Chandos
CHAN 8936
Finzi Singers with Paul Spicer
Three Soliloquies from ‘Love’s Labours Lost’
Naxos
8.553566
Northern Sinfonia conducted by Howard Griffiths
Till Earth Outwears
Hyperion
CDA 66161
Martyn Hill and Clifford Benson
To A Poet
Hyperion
CDA 66015
Stephen Roberts and Clifford Benson [with songs by Milford, Farrar, Gurney
and Gill]
Hyperion
CDA 66161
Stephen Roberts with Clifford Benson
Two Sonnets
Conifer
75605 51285 2
Rebecca Evans with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vernon
Handley
Violin Concerto
Chandos
CHAN 9888
Tasmin Little with London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Hickox
Welcome Sweet and Sacred Feast
Chandos
CHAN 8936
Finzi Singers with Paul Spicer
When I set out for Lyonnesse
Conifer
75605 51285 2
Toby Spence with Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vernon Handley
White Flowering Days
Chandos
CHAN 8936
Finzi Singers with Paul Spicer
Lyrita Recordings (all these are vinyl)
SRCS 38
(1968)
Before and After Summer; I said to Love; Till Earth Outwears
John Carol Case - baritone
Robert Tear - tenor
Howard Ferguson -piano
SRCS 51
(1971)
Earth and Air and Rain; A Young Man's Exhortation
John Carol Case - baritone
Neil Jenkins - tenor
Howard Ferguson - piano
SRCS 75
(1975)
Intimations of Immortality
Ian Partridge - tenor
Guildford Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Conducted by Vernon Handley
SRCS 84
(1977)
Fall of the Leaf (Elegy); Introit; Nocturne (New Year Music) Prelude;
Romance; Severn Rhapsody; Three Soliloquies
Rodney Friend - violin
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
SRCS 92
(1979)
Clarinet Concerto; Eclogue; Grand Fantasia and Toccata
John Denman - clarinet
Peter Katin -piano
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted Vernon Handley
SRCS 93
(1979)
Farewell to Arms; In Terra Pax; Let us Garlands Bring; Two Milton Sonnets
Ian Partridge - tenor
Jane Manning - Soprano
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted -Vernon Handley
SRCS 112
(1979)
Cello Concerto
Yo-Yo Ma - cello
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted -Vernon Handley
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