Sir George Dyson(1883-1964): A Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music

[Dundonnell]

SIR GEORGE DYSON: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1919-29:   Four Songs for Sailors for chorus, strings, brass and drums: 11 minutes    + (Dutton cd)
1919-35:   Three Songs of Praise for chorus, strings, brass and drums: 10 minutes    +  (Chandos cd)
1920:        Children's Suite after Walter de la Mare: 19 minutes     + (Chandos cd)
1921:        Woodland Suite for strings and wind instruments: 7 minutes        + (Chandos cd)
1923-26:Three Songs of Courage for chorus, chorus, strings, brass and drums: 8 minutes
1927:        Fantasia "In Honour of the City" chorus and orchestra: 15 minutes      + (Chandos and Somm cds)
1930:      "The Canterbury Pilgrims" for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra: 90 minutes   + (Chandos cd)
1932:      "St. Paul's voyage to Melita" for tenor, chorus and orchestra: 30 minutes     +  (Somm cd)
1933:        Fantasy "The Blacksmiths" for chorus, piano and orchestra or chorus, two pianos, strings and percussion: 14 minutes  + (Classico and Somm cds)
1933-50:   Three Choral Hymns for chorus and strings: 12 minutes
1934:        "Nebuchadnezzar" for tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra: 47 minutes      + (Chandos cd)
1935:      Prelude, Fantasy and Chaconne for Cello or Viola and small orchestra: 22 minutes        +  (ASV cd)
1937:      Symphony in G: 43 minutes   + (Chandos and Naxos cds)
                "O Praise God in His Holiness" (Psalm 150) for chorus and orchestra: 2 minutes   +  (Chandos cd)
                 A Prayer for the King for chorus and strings
1939-47:   "Quo Vadis: a cycle of poems" for soprano, contralto, tenor, baritone, chorus and orchestra: 101 minutes   + (Chandos cd)
1941:      Violin Concerto: 43 minutes   + (Chandos cd)
1943:      Overture "At the Tabard Inn": 11 minutes  + (Chandos and Naxos cds)
1948:      Concerto da camera for string orchestra: 25 minutes  + (Chandos cd)
1949:      Invocation to Science for chorus, strings, brass and drums: 6 minutes
1949/1951-52: Concerto da chiesa for string quartet and string orchestra:   20 minutes      + (Chandos and Naxos cds)
1950:      Song for a Festival for chorus and orchestra or strings
1951:      Concerto leggiero for Piano and string orchestra: 24 minutes      + (Chandos cd)
1953:      "Confortare(Be strong and of good courage)" for chorus, organ and orchestra: 1 minute    + (Chandos cd)
1954:      Cantata "Sweet Thames, run softly" for baritone, chorus and orchestra: 25 minutes  +  (Somm cd)
1956:      Cantata "Agincourt" for chorus and orchestra: 25 minutes  + (Somm cd)
                Hymn "Hierusalem" for soprano, chorus, string quartet and string orchestra with harp and organ: 19 minutes  + (Hyperion and Guild cds)
1957:      Cantata "Lets go-a-maying" for women's voices and strings
1958:      Cantata "A Christmas Garland" for mezzo-soprano, women's chorus and strings: 20 minutes

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1935:      Prelude, Fantasy and Chaconne for Cello or Viola and small orchestra: 22 minutes

Easy to miss (and now deleted), this concerto-manqué was recorded by Raphael Wallfisch and the BBC CO under Vernon Handley in 2003 for ASV as part of a typically enterprising programme (along with Herbert Murrill's Cello Concerto No.2, Rubbra's Soliloquy and Haydn Wood's Philharmonic Variations) -



ASV White Line WHL 2153

Murrill's Concerto is largely based on the Catalan carol The Song of the Birds - hence the title of the disc.

[Dundonnell]

Thanks for that

It shouldn't be easy to miss when one actually owns the cd