Alan Rawsthorne


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British composer (* 2 May 1905 in Haslingden, Lancashire; † 24 July 1971 in Cambridge).
He studied in Manchester and Berlin.

ALBUMS


William Walton*, William Alwyn, Kenneth Leighton, Lennox Berkeley, Alan Rawsthorne, Gordon Jacob, Clare Howick, Simon Callaghan
British Violin Sonatas
2020, CD, Album, Somm Recordings, ,
Modern
Moeran*, Clarke*, Jacob*, Patterson*, Rawsthorne*, Midori Komachi, Sophie Rosa, Simon Callaghan
Warp & Weft
2017, CD, Album, EM Records (10)
Xavier Jara, Castelnuovo-Tedesco*, Couperin*, Dowland*, Rawsthorne*, Bogdanović*, Assad*, Collins*
Guitar Recital
2017, CD, Album, Naxos, ,
Renaissance/Baroque/Modern/Contemporary
Jane Coop, CBC Radio Orchestra*, Mario Bernardi (2), Britten* / Rawsthorne* / Ireland* / Finzi*
English Piano Concerti
2017, CD, Album, Skylark Music
Alan Rawsthorne
A Portrait - Wind Concertos And Chamber Works
2017, CD, Comp, Prima Facie (2)
Rawsthorne*, Maggini Quartet*
String Quartets - Theme And Variations For Two Violins
2016, CD, Album, Naxos, ,
Contemporary
T. S. Eliot, Robert Donat, Alan Rawsthorne Conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra
Old Possum's Book Of Practical Cats
2015, Vinyl, ,
Poetry/Spoken Word
Stanford* ∙ Vaughan Williams* ∙ Hoddinott* ∙ Williamson* ∙ Finzi* ∙ Foulds* ∙ Bridge* ∙ Rawsthorne* ∙ Ireland* ∙ Busch* ∙ Moeran* ∙ Berkeley* ∙ Scott*
British Piano Concertos
2014, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Lyrita, ,
Romantic/Modern
Moeran*, Rubbra*, Rawsthorne*, Paul Watkins (3), Huw Watkins
British Works For Cello And Piano - Volume 3
2013, CD, Chandos,
Alan Rawsthorne / Bernard Stevens, James Gibb
Piano Works
2008, CD, Mono, Lyrita
Alan Rawsthorne - Simon Callow, Jeremy Huw Williams, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
Practical Cats / Street Corner Overture / Madame Chrysanthème Ballet Suite
2008, CD, Album, Dutton Epoch, ,
Modern
Alan Rawsthorne, Lennox Berkeley, Alan Bush - Jack Brymer, Alan Civil, The Music Group Of London, Aeolian Quartet*, Thea King, Alan Bush
Alan Rawsthorne / Lennox Berkeley / Alan Bush
2008, CD, ,
Modern/Contemporary
Tippett*, Britten*, Arnold*, Berkeley*, Rawsthorne* / English Chamber Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
Divertimentos, Sinfoniettas
2007, CD, Comp, RM, Lyrita, ,
Modern
Rawsthorne* - Malcolm Binns, Nicholas Braithwaite, Sir John Pritchard*, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra
Overture Street Corner / Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Symphonic Studies
2007, CD, Comp, Lyrita, ,
Modern
Arnold*, Bax*, Elgar*, Rawsthorne*, Walton*, Vaughan Williams*
English Symphonies Collection
2006, 25xCD, Comp + Box, Naxos, ,
Romantic/Modern
Alan Rawsthorne
Complete Piano Music
2006, CD, Dutton Epoch
Rawsthorne*, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
Symphonies Nos. 1-3
2005,
Rawsthorne*, Peter Donohoe, Ulster Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa
Piano Concertos
2003, CD, Naxos
Stephen Hough, Alan Rawsthorne, Stephen Reynolds (6), Sir Edward Elgar, Granville Bantock, York Bowen, Frank Bridge, Kenneth Leighton
Stephen Hough's English Piano Album
2002, CD, Album, Hyperion,
Rawsthorne*, Jacob*, Cooke*, Thea King, Northwest Chamber Orchestra Seattle*, Alun Francis
Clarinet Concertos
2002, ,
Modern
Fricker*, Rawsthorne*, Vaughan Williams* - Susanne Stanzeleit, Julian Jacobson
Violin Sonatas
2001, CD, Cala United
Arthur Bliss, Stanford*, Frederick Thurston, Myers Foggin, The Griller Quartet*, Jacob*, Rawsthorne*, Thea King, The Aeolian Quartet*
Frederick Thurston 1901-1953 Centenary Tribute (Quintet / 'Caoine' From Sonata Op. 129 / Quintet / Quartet)
2001, CD, Comp, Clarinet Classics, ,
Modern
Britten*, Rawsthorne*, Ireland*, Finzi* - Jane Coop, CBC Radio Orchestra*, Mario Bernardi
English Piano Concerti • Concertos Anglais Pour Piano
2001, CD, Album, CBC Records
Rawsthorne*, McCabe*, Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Christine Sohn, Tamami Honma
Star Preludes
2001, CD, Album, Metier
Alan Rawsthorne, Rumon Gamba, BBC Philharmonic
The Film Music Of Alan Rawsthorne
2000, CD, Album, Chandos,
Rawsthorne*, Alexander Baillie, Stéphane Rancourt, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
Cello Concerto / Oboe Concerto / Symphonic Studies
2000, CD, ,
Modern
Alan Rawsthorne - The Fibonacci Sequence
Concerto For 10 Instruments / 2 Quintets / Sonatina / Suite
1999, CD, Album, ASV, ,
Contemporary/Modern
Constant Lambert, Warlock*, Rawsthorne*, Delius*
Constant Lambert -- Volume I - Conductor
1999, CD, Comp, Mono, Pearl, ,
Modern
Alan Rawsthorne - John Turner (5), Conrad Marshall, Rebecca Goldberg, Northern Chamber Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
Concerto For String Orchestra / Divertimento For Chamber Orchestra
1999
Alan Rawsthorne, John McCabe (2), Rogeri Trio*, Mark Messenger, Helen Roberts, Martin Outram, Julian Rolton
Piano Quintet ∙ Piano Trio ∙ Cello Sonata ∙ Concertante ∙ Viola Sonata (Chamber Music)
1999, ,
Modern/Contemporary
Berkeley*, Britten*, Rawsthorne*, Tippett*, Walton* - Anders Miolin
The Lion In The Lute / British Guitar Music
1998, CD, BIS, ,
Modern
Alan Rawsthorne, Rebecca Hirsch, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Lionel Friend
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 And 2 / Fantasy Overture: Cortèges
1998, ,
Modern
Alan Rawsthorne – Flesch Quartet*
Four String Quartets
1997, CD, ASV Digital
Rawsthorne* / Simpson*, John Ogdon, Brenda Lucas, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard*, Constantin Silvestri
Piano Concertos
1996, CD, Comp, RM, BBC Radio Classics
Julian Lloyd Webber, John McCabe (2), Britten*, Rawsthorne*, Ireland*, Arnold*, Walton*
British Cello Music Volume 1
1996, CD, Album, ASV Digital,
Arthur Bliss, Alan Rawsthorne, Francis Routh, Redcliffe Ensemble
British Chamber Music For Clarinet And Strings
1996, CD, Album, Redcliffe Recordings
Rawsthorne*
Symphonies 1, 2 & 3
1995, CD, Album, Lyrita
Julian Bream - Berkeley*, Henze*, Walton*, Martin*, Roussel*, Rawsthorne*, Smith Brindle*
Twentieth-Century Guitar
1993, CD, Comp, RCA Victor Gold Seal
Rawsthorne*, Addison*, Arnell*, Bliss*, Arnold*
The Composer Conducts
1993, CD, Comp, Mono, EMI Classics, ,
Contemporary
Rawsthorne* : Geoffrey Tozer (2) / The London Philharmonic* / Matthias Bamert
Piano Concertos 1 & 2 / Concerto For Two Pianos
1992
Alan Rawsthorne, The Little Orchestra Of London, Leslie Jones, University Ensemble Of Cardiff, George Isaac (3), Eric Harrison
Concerto For String Orchestra / Piano Quintet / Sonata For Cello And Piano
1985, LP, PRT
Britten*, Tippett*, Berkeley*, Rawsthorne*, English Chamber Orchestra, Norman Del Mar
Divertimento / Divertimento / Sinfonietta / Sinfonietta
1982, LP, Lyrita
Alan Rawsthorne, Sir William Walton, Havergal Brian, Malcolm Arnold
English Music For Violin And Piano
1982, LP, Auracle Records
Sergei Prokofiev, Alan Rawsthorne, Benjamin Britten
Peter And The Wolf, Practical Cats, The Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra
1980,
Alan Rawsthorne, Malcolm Binns, London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2
1979
William Alwyn, Francis Chagrin, Malcolm Arnold, Alan Rawsthorne, Geoffrey Bush, Walter Leigh
Overtures
1979
Britten* • Rawsthorne* • Chagrin* • Warlock* - Nicolas Flagello / Orchestra Da Camera Di Roma
20th Century English Music
1977
Rawsthorne* - London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Pritchard
Symphony No 1 / Symphonic Studies
1977
Rawsthorne*, Clifford Curzon / Barber*, Zara Nelsova
Piano Concerto, No. 2 / Cello Concerto
1974, LP, Comp, RM, Decca, Eclipse (2)
Rawsthorne*, Cardiff Festival Ensemble
Trio For Piano, Violin And Cello / Four Romantic Pieces / Sonatina / Theme And Four Studies / Concertante For Violin And Piano
1973, LP, Argo (2), ,
Modern
Alan Rawsthorne / Christopher Headington / Alexander Goehr / Robert Sherlaw Johnson / David Blake (4), John Ogdon
Modern British Piano Music
1970, ,
Modern
Priaulx Rainier, Alan Rawsthorne, Thea King, Aeolian Quartet*
String Trio Quanta, Clarinet Quartet
1970
Rawsthorne*, Hoddinott*, University Ensemble Of Cardiff, Gervase de Peyer
Piano Quintet / Sonata For Cello And Piano / String Quartet No. 1, Op. 43/ Sonata For Clarinet And Piano. Op 50
1969, LP, Album, Pye Golden Guinea Records
Alan Rawsthorne / Nicholas Maw, The Music Group Of London
Quintet For Wind And Piano / Chamber Music For Wind And Piano
1968
Rawsthorne* / Gerhard*, The BBC Symphony Orchestra* Conducted By Norman Del Mar
Symphony No 3 / Concerto For Orchestra
1968, ,
Modern/Contemporary
Richard Rodney Bennett, John Dankworth, Alan Rawsthorne, Leonard Bernstein, Lennox Berkeley, John Gardner
Farnham Festival 1967
1967, LP, Mono, Erase (2)
Robert Donat / Dame Edith Evans* / Eliot* - Rawsthorne* / Shakespeare*
Practical Cats / Twenty Sonnets
1967, Vinyl, ,
Poetry
Rawsthorne* - Dame Moura Lympany, Denis Matthews, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert Menges, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Rawsthorne; Piano Concertos 1 & 2
1966, LP, Comp, Mono, His Master's Voice
Rawsthorne*, The Alberni String Quartet*
String Quartets No 1, 2 & 3
1966
Alan Rawsthorne, Lennox Berkeley, Peter Racine Fricker - The Little Orchestra Of London Conducted By Leslie Jones
Concerto For String Orchestra / Serenade For Strings / Prelude, Elegy And Finale, Opus 10
1965
Алан Роусторн* / Алан Буш*
Современная Английская Музыка
1963, 2xLP, Mono, Всесоюзная Студия Грамзаписи
Алан Роусторн* - Гос. Симфонический Оркестр СССР*
Современная Английская Музыка
1963
Alan Rawsthorne, Thea Musgrave, P.Racine Fricker*
Violin And Piano
1963, ,
Neo-Classical/Modern/Serial
Rawsthorne*, Rubbra*, Denis Matthews, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Piano Concerto In G Major, Op. 85
1958, LP, Mono, His Master's Voice
Britten* / Rawsthorne*, Jacques Abram / Moura Lympany*, Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert Menges
Piano Concerto No. 1 In D Major, Op.13 / Piano Concerto No. 1
1957
Alan Rawsthorne, Sir Michael Tippett - Philharmonia Orchestra, Constant Lambert, Walter Goehr
Symphonic Studies; Concerto For Double String Orchestra
1955
Alan Rawsthorne, Clifford Curzon, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Concerto No.2 For Piano And Orchestra
1952
Leslie Heward, Hallé Orchestra, Ernest John Moeran, Alan Rawsthorne, Denis Matthews
Symphony In G Minor. Four Bagatelles
1943, 6xShellac, 12", Album, Mono, His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice
Vaughan Williams* / Dunhill* / Bantock* / Stanford* / Rawsthorne* / Fricker* – Susanne Stanzeleit • Julian Jacobson, Gusztáv Fenyò*
English Violin Sonatas
2xCD, RE, Portrait Classics, ,
Romantic/Modern
Rawsthorne*
Piano Concertos Nos.1 & 2
CD, Album, Mono, RM, EMI Classics
Alan Rawsthorne, The Pro Arte Orchestra*
Overture "Street Corner"
7", EP, 4 P, Pye Records
Rawsthorne*, Theo Olof, Manoug Parikian
Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Improvisations On A Theme Of Constant Lambert / Diveritmento
CD, BBC Radio Classics, Carlton Classics,
Britten*, Rawsthorne*, Chagrin*, Warlock*, Walton*, Orchestra Da Camera Di Roma, Nicolas Flagello
An English Collection
Various
The Ten Best Cds Of The Month - Gramophone June 2000
2000, CD, Promo, Smplr, Gramophone Magazine

APPEARANCES +


Erling Bløndal Bengtsson
A European Tribute To Erling Blöndal Bengtsson
2020, 2xCD, Comp, Danacord,
Aurora Trio
Crépuscule
2020, CD, Album, EM Records (10), ,
Modern/Contemporary
Moura Lympany*
The Decca Legacy
2019, 7xCD, Comp, RE, RM, Decca,
The Maggini Quartet
British String Quartets
2019, 20xCD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Naxos, ,
Neo-Romantic/Modern
Various
Rawsthorne And Other Rarities
2018, CD, Album, Divine Art
Frank Merrick
A Recorded Legacy
2018, 6xCD, Comp, Nimbus Records,
Londinium Chamber Choir*, Andrew Griffiths
The Gluepot Connection
2018, CD, Album, Somm
Various
British Symphonies
2016, 4xCD, Comp, Lyrita, ,
Romantic/Modern
Tristan Angenendt
Between The Centuries
2012, CD, KSG Exaudio
Louise Williams, David Owen Norris
Viola Sonatas: Idylls & Bacchanals
2012, 2xCD, Album, EM Records (10)
Clifford Curzon
Clifford Curzon Edition: Complete Recordings
2012
Beethoven* ∙ Busoni* ∙ Chopin* ∙ Franck* ∙ Franck* ∙ Rachmaninov* ∙ Tippett*, John Ogdon
Legendary British Virtuoso
2012
Various
Celebrating 50 Years Devoted To British Music (Set Two: Gordon Jacob ~ William Wordsworth)
2009, 4xCD, Comp, Lyrita, ,
Romantic/Modern
Mark Bebbington, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Howard Williams
Concertos By Ferguson, Finzi, Austin & Rawsthorne
2009, CD, Album, Somm
Various
Gramophone Collectors' Edition CD No 21 - The Real Dvorak - July 2008
2008, CD, Promo, Smplr, Gramophone Magazine,
Emma Ferrand, Jeremy Young
Northern Lights (English Cello Sonatas 1920-1950)
2008, CDr, Meridian (2)
The City Of Prague Philharmonic
The Ultimate World War Movie Theme Collection
2007, ,
Score
Graham Anthony Devine
British Guitar Music
2005, CD, Album, Naxos, ,
Modern
Various
1954 British Hit Parade - Britain's Greatest Hits Volume 3
2005, 4x CD,
Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Barry Wordsworth
Tribute To Sir Fred
2004, 2xCD, Album, White Line
The Choir Of Queen's College, Cambridge
Love & Honour
2004, CD, Guild
Various
My England - A Collection Of Timeless English Concertos
2004, ,
Romantic/Modern/Contemporary/Concerto/Orchestra
Sir John Barbirolli
BBC Legends: Bax, Rawsthorne, Elgar
2002, CD, BBC Music,
Various
Gramophone Editor's Choice - February 2001
2001, CD, Promo, Smplr, Gramophone Magazine,
Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Barry Wordsworth
British Light Music Discoveries 3
2000, CD, Album, ASV Digital
John Turner (5), Peter Lawson
John & Peter's Whistling Book
1999, 2xCD, Album, Forsyth Brothers Ltd.
Kenneth Leighton, Alan Rawsthorne, John Joubert, Lennox Berkeley, Peter Mellville Smith
Twentieth century piano duets (Davies Duo)
1999, CD, Comp, ASC Records, ,
Contemporary
John McCabe
Contemporary British Piano Music Volume 2
1998, CD, ASC Records
Oxford University Press House Composers
Twentieth Century Chamber Sampler
1995, CD, Oxford University Press,
Peter Lawson, Alan MacLean
English Music For Piano Duet
1995, CD, Albany Records, ,
Modern
Constant Lambert
Constant Lambert Conducts
1992, CD, Album, Mono, EMI Classics
Constant Lambert
Constant Lambert Conducts
1988, LP, Comp, Mono, His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice, ,
Romantic/Modern
Julian Lloyd Webber, John McCabe
British Cello Music
1987, CD,
Isabel Beyer And Harvey Dagul
Chicken On A Wall And Other Piano Duets For Children Of All Ages
1982, LP, Four Hands Music
Thea King, Northwest Chamber Orchestra Seattle*, Alun Francis
Clarinet Concertos
1982, ,
Modern
Various
20th Century British Piano Concertos
1977, 4xLP, Album, Comp + Box, Comp, His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice
Exultate Singers, Garrett O'Brien
A Garland For The Queen
1977, LP, RCA Gold Seal, ,
Choral
Walter Mony, Lucien Grujon, Kathleen Alister
Nederburg Harp Trio In Concert
1974, LP, RPM, ,
Modern
City Of Southampton Youth Orchestra And Choir
City Of Southampton Youth Orchestra And Choir 1973
1973, LP, Strobe Records (5)
Julian Bream
'70s
1973, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary
John McCabe
Twentieth Century Piano Music
1969, LP, Pye Golden Guinea Records
John McCabe
Twentieth Century Piano Music
1969
Northern Sinfonia, Boris Brott
British Music Of The 20th Century
1967
The Elizabethan Singers Directed By Louis Halsey
Carols Of Today
1966
Pro Arte Orchestra
English Light Music
1966
Various
History Of Music In Sound Vol. X
1961
Clifford Curzon, Sir Malcolm Sargent, The London Symphony Orchestra*
Concerto No. 2 For Piano & Orchestra
1952
Frank Merrick
The Frank Merrick Edition
LP, Rare Recorded Editions, ,
Classical
Stephen Hough
Stephen Hough's English Piano Album
CD, Hyperion
Madeleine Mitchell
Violin Conversations
2023, CD, Naxos, ,
Classical
Irin Prechanvinit
Forest Paintings - 20th Century Guitar Music
2015, CD, Album, Dig, First Hand Records
Retorica
English Violin Duos
2012, CD, Album, NMC (3)
Clifford Curzon
Decca Recordings 1949-1964 Vol. I
2003, 4xCD, Mono, Ltd, RE, RM + Box, Comp, Decca
Jonathan Richards
Elegy – 20th Century British Guitar Music
1998, CD, Album, Divine Art, ,
Contemporary
Various
The Ladykillers (Music From Those Glorious Ealing Films)
1997
John Ireland, Eric Parkin
His Friends And Pupils
1983, 2xLP, Gat, Chandos
John Clegg
Interprète Au Piano
LP, Album, Alpha (34), ,
Modern