Boughton
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Boughton: The Queen of Cornwall
A music-drama based on the play by Thomas Hardy
Heather Shipp (Queen Iseult), Joan Rodgers (Iseult of Brittany, the Whitehanded), Jacques Imbrailo (Sir Tristram), Patricia Orr (Brangwain), Neal Davies (King Mark), Peter Wilman (Sir Andret), Elizabeth Weisberg (Damsel)
New London Orchestra, Members of The London Chorus, Ronald Corp
If you can ignore the words, the writing for both voices and orchestra has a surging confidence that's very appealing, and the musical substance grows on one with repeated hearings. In a strong... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Editor's Choice
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Opera, March 2011, Recording of the Month
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Special offer. Boughton: Aylesbury Games & Concertos
Emily Benyon (flute)
The New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp
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Special offer. Boughton: The Immortal Hour
Roderick Kennedy (bass), Patricia Taylor (contralto), Anne Dawson (soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Valery Hill (soprano), Roger Bryson (bass-baritone), Maldwyn Davies (tenor)
English Chamber Orchestra, The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Alan G Melville
The Immortal Hour is part of theatrical folklore: in London in the early 1920s it ran, unprecedentedly, for 216 consecutive performances and, shortly afterwards, for a further 160 at the first... — More…
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There’s much to recommend this album of (mostly) world premieres, with strong and steady performances by the English Piano Trio. Boughton’s lyrical flair is to the fore throughout, especially... — More…
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Boughton: Symphony No. 3 & Concerto for Oboe and Strings No. 1
Sarah Francis (oboe)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
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This eminently worthwhile release from the Australian Trio Anima Mundi opens the window on a neglected corpus of English chamber music — More…
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Rutland Boughton 'for Joyance'
Mark Baigent, Michael Jones, Eva Cabellero, Chian Lim, Sophie Barber, Stephen Orton
I enjoyed every bar of this beautifully recorded and played exploration of Rutland Boughton's contribution to chamber music featuring the oboe. Let us hope that the CD kick-starts further investigation... — More…
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All in the April evening
Peter Jones (tenor), Vivien Smith (alto), Judith Dunworth (soprano)
The Philharmonic Chamber Choir, David Temple
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None of Rutland Boughton's more than 100 songs is listed in the current catalogue, so this (at very least) breaks new ground and fills a gap. With one exception (Eleanor Farjeon's nativity poem... — More…
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