Simon Rattle: British Composers - COMPACT DISCS

Title: British Composers
Artist: Simon Rattle
Label: Warner Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5021732756732
Genre: Classical Vocal Crossover
Release Date: 2025-10-17
Number of Discs: 14
Additional Details: BOXED SET

Sir Simon Rattle has long been a passionate advocate for British music, championing it's rich heritage and contemporary voices throughout his career. As music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic, he brought English orchestral music to global prominence. This collection traces that journey-from the romanticism of Elgar and the pastoral beauty of Vaughan Williams to the modern brilliance of Thomas Adès-showcasing the emotional depth and evolving identity of English music through Rattle's vivid interpretations.

Tracks:
1.1 ELGAR Enigma Variations
1.2 Grania and Diarmid
1.3 Falstaff
1.4 The Dream of Gerontius
1.5 Violin Concerto
1.6 Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4
1.7 HOLST The Planets
1.8 MATTHEWS Pluto the Renewer
1.9 ADÈS Tevot
1.10 VAUGHAN WILLIAMS On Wenlock Edge Songs of Travel
1.11 The Lark Ascending
1.12 WALTON Symphony No. 1
1.13 Belshazzar’s Feast
1.14 Cello Concerto
1.15 ARNOLD Guitar Concerto
1.16 ELGAR Cello Concerto
1.17 BRITTEN War Requiem
1.18 Les Illuminations
1.19 Serenade
1.20 Nocturne
1.21 An American Overture
1.22 Ballad of Heroes
1.23 Diversions
1.24 The Building of the House
1.25 Praise We Great Men
1.26 Suite on English Folk Tunes: ‘A time there was…’
1.27 Canadian Carnival
1.28 Young Apollo
1.29 Quatre Chansons françaises
1.30 Scottish Ballad
1.31 Occasional Overture
1.32 Sinfonia da Requiem
1.33 Cello Symphony
1.34 The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
1.35 KNUSSEN Flourish with Fireworks
1.36 TURNAGE Ceres
1.37 MAW Odyssey
1.38 TURNAGE Momentum
1.39 Drowned Out
1.40 Three Screaming Popes
1.41 Kai
1.42 ADÈS Asyla