40 Most Beautiful British Classics

40 Most Beautiful British Classics

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Sir Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Choir of New College Oxford, Edward Higginbottom, Jean-François Paillard & Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra

released July 19, 2011

genre: Classical

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Tracks

1

Rule Britannia!

2

Dambusters March

3

The Lark Ascending

4

5

5 Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Op. 39: No. 1 in D Major

6

Sailing By (Radio 4, Shipping Forecast theme)

7

Mars, the Bringer of War

8

Fantasia on British Sea Songs: Sailor's Hornpipe (Excerpt)

9

By the Sleepy Lagoon (Desert Island Discs theme)

10

Enigma Variations, Op. 36: X. Nimrod

11

Coronation Anthem: I. Zadok the Priest, HWV 258

12

Salut d'amour, Op. 12

13

Hear My Prayer (Excerpt)

14

15

Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351: I. Overture

16

Suite in F Major, HWV 348, 'Water Music': V. Air

17

Suite in D Major, HWV 349, 'Water Music': II. Alla Hornpipe

18

19

Early One Morning

20

Blow the Wind Southerly

21

The Wasps: I Overture

22

My Native Heath: IV. Barwick Green (The Archers theme)

23

The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

24

Messiah, Pt. 1: "For Unto Us a Child Is Born"

25

Radio 4 UK Theme

26

Incidental Music to Henry V: 'Touch her soft lips and part'

27

Incidental Music to Henry V: Passacaglia, 'The Death of Falstaff'

28

Solomon, HWV 67, Act 3: 'Sinfonia' (The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba)

29

30

Dido and Aeneas: "When I Am Laid in Earth" (Dido's Lament)

31

Sumer Is Icumin In

32

Chanson de nuit, Op. 15, No. 1

33

The Walk to the Paradise Garden

34

Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40, 'In London Town'

35

In a Summer Garden

36

The Skye Boat Song

37

The Planets, Op. 32: III Mercury, the Winged Messenger

38

Chanson de matin, Op. 15, No. 2

39

Ave verum corpus

40

Messiah, Pt. 2: "Hallelujah"