Rutland Boughton (1878-1960) on Hyperion Records

Rutland Boughton

born: 23 January 1878

died: 25 January 1960

country: United Kingdom

"I believe that Boughton's works will eventually be regarded as one of the most remarkable achievements in the story of our music" - Charles Kennedy Scott, 1915

"'The Immortal Hour is a work of genius" - Edward Elgar, 1924

"....The Immortal Hour enchants me. The whole thing gripped me" - Dame Ethel Smyth, 1922

"Now that Elgar is gone, you have the only original personal English style on the market...I find that I have acquired a great taste for it" - George Bernard Shaw, 1934

"I remember vividly how Boughton made his characters live, and the masterly effect of the choral writing" - Sir Arthur Bliss on The Immortal Hour, 1949

"In any other country, such a work as The Immortal Hour would have been in the repertoire years ago" - Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1949

Albums

Boughton: Aylesbury Games & other works

Emily Beynon (flute), New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)

MP3 £7.99FLAC £7.99ALAC £7.99Buy by post £13.99 CDA67185

Boughton: Bethlehem

Holst Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Alan G Melville (conductor)

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Boughton: String Quartets & Oboe Quartet No 1

Sarah Francis (oboe), The Rasumovsky Quartet

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Boughton: Symphony No 3 & Oboe Concerto No 1

Sarah Francis (oboe), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)

MP3 £5.99FLAC £5.99ALAC £5.99Buy by post £6.99 CDH55019 Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Boughton: The Immortal Hour

The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Alan G Melville (conductor)

MP3 £7.99FLAC £7.99ALAC £7.99Buy by post £13.99 CDD22040 2CDs Dyad (2 for the price of 1)

All in the April evening

The Philharmonic Chamber Choir, David Temple (conductor)

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Music for oboe

Sarah Francis (oboe), Peter Dickinson (piano), The Rasumovsky Quartet

MP3 £5.99FLAC £5.99ALAC £5.99Buy by post £13.99 (ARCHIVE SERVICE) CDH55008 Helios (Hyperion's budget label) — Archive Service Only

Complete works available for download

Aylesbury Games New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)

Concerto for flute and strings in D major Emily Beynon (flute), New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)

Concerto for oboe and strings No 1 in C Sarah Francis (oboe), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)

Concerto for string orchestra New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)

Oboe Quartet No 1 The Rasumovsky Quartet, Sarah Francis (oboe)

Somerset Pastoral Sarah Francis (oboe), The Rasumovsky Quartet

String Quartet in A major 'On Greek Folk Songs' The Rasumovsky Quartet

String Quartet in F major 'From the Welsh Hills' The Rasumovsky Quartet

Symphony No 3 in B minor Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor)

Three Folk dances New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)

Three Songs without Words for oboe quartet The Rasumovsky Quartet, Sarah Francis (oboe)

Alphabetical listing of all musical works

Aylesbury Games (Boughton)

Bethlehem (Boughton)

Concerto for flute and strings in D major (Boughton)

Concerto for oboe and strings No 1 in C (Boughton)

Concerto for string orchestra (Boughton)

Oboe Quartet No 1 (Boughton)

Somerset Pastoral (Boughton)

String Quartet in A major 'On Greek Folk Songs' (Boughton)

String Quartet in F major 'From the Welsh Hills' (Boughton)

Symphony No 3 in B minor (Boughton)

The Immortal Hour (Boughton)

Three Folk dances (Boughton)

Three Songs without Words for oboe quartet (Boughton)