Sir Adrian Boult - Adrian Boult - A Musical Legacy (CD)

From his tenure as Principal Conductor (1950-57) to his retirement in 1978, this five-disc boxed set celebrates the long association between distinguished conductor Sir Adrian Boult and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. These recordings showcase Boult as a conductor of not only the classics, but contemporary music, ballet music and music by composers of his own country. Sir Adrian Boult: Early Years with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult: Beethoven and Beyond, Sir Adrian Boult: Music from the Ballet, Sir Adrian Boult: The Versatile Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult: Champion of British Music

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Arnold Concerto for Organ and Orchestra
2. Bartók Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
3. Bax the Garden of Fand
4. Beethoven Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)
5. Bruch Kol Nidrei
6. Butterworth a Shropshire Lad
7. Clarke Suite in D Major
8. Delibes Sylvia Ballet Suite
9. Delibes Naïla Ballet Suite
10. Delibes Coppélia Ballet Suite
11. Dohnányi Variations on a Nursery Song
12. Elgar Symphony No. 1
13. Elgar in the South, 'Alassio'
14. De Falla Ritual Fire Dance from El Amor Brujo
15. Gershwin Cuban Overture, 'Rhumba'
16. Holst the Perfect Fool Ballet Suite
17. Saint-Saëns Danse MacAbre
18. Saint-Saëns Caprice-Valse, 'Wedding Cake'
19. Sibelius Lemminkäinen's Return
20. Stanford Songs of the Fleet
21. Stravinsky Circus Polka
22. Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 6
23. Vaughan Williams the Lark Ascending
24. Walton Portsmouth Point Overture
25. Wolf-Ferrari I Gioielli Della Madonna Suite No. 2