Edgar Bainton(1880-1956): A Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music

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EDGAR BAINTON: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1903:   Symphony in B flat "A Phantasy of Life and Progress", op.5 (lost)
             Symphonic Poem "Pompilia": 12 minutes  + (Dutton cd)
1904:   Mignon's Requiem for boys' voices, chorus and orchestra (lost)
1904-13:   Symphonic Poem "Paracelsus", op.8: 12 minutes  + (Dutton cd)
1906-07: "The Blessed Damozel" for mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra, op.11  *
1907:   Symphony No.1 "Before Sunrise" for contralto, chorus and orchestra
             (first movement "Genesis" authorised for independent performance: 20 minutes  + (Classico cd))
1908-10:Two Songs for Baritone and Orchestra, op.13
1908-12:Suite "The Golden River", op.16: 16 minutes  + (Chandos cd)
1909:   Overture-Phantasy "Prometheus", op.19: 13 minutes  + (Dutton cd)
             Four Dances for orchestra, op.21 (lost)
1909-10: "Sunset at Sea" for Chorus and Orchestra, op.20
1910-20: A Song of Freedom and Joy for Chorus and Orchestra, op.24
1911:     Celtic Sketches for orchestra, op. 23 (lost)
1913:   "The Vindictive Staircase"-Humoreske for chorus and orchestra, op.29
1916-20: Three Pieces For Orchestra: 10 minutes  + (Chandos cd)
1917-20: Concerto Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra: 32 minutes  + (Chandos cd)
1921-26: "The Dancing Seal"- A Humoreske for Chorus and Orchestra
             A Hymn to God The Father for Chorus and Orchestra
1923:   Eclogue for orchestra
1924:   Pavane, Idyll and Bacchanal for Strings: 9 minutes  + (Chandos cd)
             "The Tower" for Chorus and Orchestra
1928:   "To The Name Above Every Name" for soprano, chorus and orchestra
1929:     Rhapsody "Epithalamion" for orchestra: 13 minutes  + (Chandos cd)
1939-40: Symphony No.2: 27 minutes  + (Chandos cd)
1946:       An English Idyll for baritone and orchestra: 18 minutes  + (Chandos cd)
1952-56: Symphony No.3: 42 minutes  + (Dutton cd)

and "Sweet Nightingale: An English Folk-Song" for baritone and small orchestra
        Music for a Tragedy for orchestra

There is mention in some sources of a choral work called "The Transfiguration of Dante" for soloists, chorus and orchestra, op.18 but this appears to have been left unfinished and incomplete.