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William Alwyn, CBE, born William Alwyn Smith (7 November 1905 – 11 September 1985) was an English flutist, composer, conductor, and music teacher. In 1975 he married to Mary Alwyn.

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William Alwyn - Villiers Quartet

String Quartets No 6, 7, 8, 9

2020, CD, Album, Amb, Lyrita

William Walton*, William Alwyn, Kenneth Leighton, Lennox Berkeley, Alan Rawsthorne, Gordon Jacob, Clare Howick, Simon Callaghan

British Violin Sonatas

2020, CD, Album, Somm Recordings,

Alwyn*, Anna Patalong, Rosie Aldridge, Samuel Sakker, Benedict Nelson, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo

2020, 2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Chandos,

Berthomieu* / Takemitsu* / Andrès* / Alwyn* / Cras* / Bozza* / Debussy* / Zabel*, Antonia Schreiber, Alja Velkaverh

Pan + Apoll: Water Music For Flute And Harp

2020, CD, Album, Hänssler Classic,

Modern/Contemporary/Impressionist

William Alwyn, Doreen Carwithen, Tippett Quartet

Music For String Quartet

2019, CD, Album, Somm Recordings,

William Alwyn, BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba

The Film Music Of William Alwyn - Volume 4

2017, CD, Album, Chandos

Fogg*, Ireland*, Scott*, Austin*, Cooke*, Alwyn*, Burrows*

2017, CD, Album, EM Records (10),

Alwyn*, Tippett Quartet

String Quartets Nos. 10 to 13

2017, CD, Somm Recordings,

William Alwyn, Mark Bebbington

Piano Music By William Alwyn

2013, CD, Album, Somm

Emily Beynon, Jonathan Dove, William Alwyn, Francis Poulenc, Lennox Berkeley

British Flute Concertos

2012, CD, Chandos

William Alwyn, Royal Northern College Of Music Wind Orchestra, Mark Heron (3), Clark Rundell

Alwyn* - Lorraine McAslan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones

Violin Concerto • Miss Julie Suite • Fanfare For A Joyful Occasion

2011, CD, Album, Naxos,

Alwyn*, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones

Concerti Grossi 2 And 3 /Seven Irish Tunes / Dramatic Overture / The Moor Of Venice

2011, CD, Naxos,

John Joubert, William Alwyn, Carlo Martelli, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Joubert: Symphony 2 / Alwyn: Prelude And Derrybeg Fair / Martelli: Symphony, Op. 4

2011, CD, Dutton Epoch,

Hermitage String Trio*, Plane*, Gould*, Francis*, Bradley*, Wakeford*, Rahman*, Alwyn*

2010, CD, Naxos

The Fibonacci Sequence – Mozart*, Poulenc*, Françaix*, Alwyn*, Elgar*, Crusell*

2009, CD, Album, Deux-Elles

Alwyn*, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones

Orchestral Music - Concerto Grosso No. 1 / Pastoral Fantasia / Five Preludes / Autumn Legend

2008, CD, Naxos,

William Alwyn, Maggini Quartet*

String Quartets Nos. 1-3 — Novelette

2008, CD, Album, Naxos,

William Alwyn — Ashley Wass

Piano Music • 2

2008, CD, Album, Naxos

Alwyn*, Elin Manahan Thomas, Jeremy Huw Williams, John Turner (5), Iain Burnside

The English Song Series • 17 (Alwyn)

2008, CD, Naxos,

William Alwyn — Ashley Wass

Piano Music • 1

2007, CD, Album, Naxos

Alwyn* - Madeleine Mitchell, Roger Chase, Andrew Ball, Jeremy Huw Williams, Iain Burnside, Bridge String Quartet, John Turner

Chamber Music And Songs

2007, CD, Album, Naxos

William Alwyn, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones

Symphony No. 4 / Sinfonietta

2006, CD, Album, Naxos,

William Alwyn, Jonathan Small (2), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones

Elizabethan Dances • Oboe Concerto

2006, CD, Album, Naxos

William Alwyn, The Nash Ensemble

Concerto For Flute, Etc.

2006, CD, Dutton Epoch

William Alwyn, The Rasumovsky Quartet*

String Quartets

2006, CD, Dutton, Dutton Digital

Alwyn*, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones

Symphonies Nos. 1 And 3

2005, CD, Album, Naxos,

William Alwyn : BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba

The Film Music Of William Alwyn - Volume 3

2005, CD, Album, Chandos

William Alwyn, Peter Donohoe, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, James Judd

Piano Concertos Nos. 1 And 2

William Alwyn, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones, Suzanne Willison

Symphonies Nos. 2 And 5 - Lyra Angelica (Harp Concerto)

William Alwyn, BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba, Susan Bullock

The Film Music Of William Alwyn - Volume 2

2001, CD, Album, Chandos

Alwyn*, Howard Shelley, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Alwyn Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 - Overture to a Masque - Elizabethan Dances

2001, CD, Album, Comp, Chandos

William Alwyn, Julian Milford

Sonata Alla Toccata / Movements For Piano / Night Thoughts / Green Hills / Fantasy-Waltzes

2000, CD, Chandos,

Vaughan Williams* • Alwyn* • Jenkins* • Simpson* • Rubbra* • Elgar* / The Williams Fairey Band*, James Gourlay • Bryan Hurdley

Brass From The Masters, Vol. 1

1997, CD, Album, Chandos Brass,

Alwyn*, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Complete Symphonies / Sinfonietta For Strings

William Alwyn - The Haffner Wind Ensemble Of London

Chamber Works Volume Two

1994, CD, Album, Chandos

William Alwyn - The Haffner Wind Ensemble Of London

Chamber Works Volume One

1993, CD, Album, Chandos,

William Alwyn, Howard Shelley, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Symphony No. 1 / Piano Concerto No. 1

1993, CD, Chandos

Alwyn*, Lydia Mordkovitch, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Symphony No. 3 / Violin Concerto

1993, CD, Chandos,

Modern/Symphony/Concerto/Orchestra

String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

1993, CD, Album, Chandos

Alwyn* - Howard Shelley, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Symphony No. 5 'Hydriotaphia' / Sinfonietta For Strings / Piano Concerto No. 2

1993, CD, Chandos

William Alwyn, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Film Music (Suites: Premier Recordings) Odd Man Out / Fallen Idol / History Of Mr. Polly

Alwyn* Conducts Alwyn*, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphonies 1 & 4

1992, CD, Comp, RM, Lyrita

Alwyn* Conducts Alwyn*, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Overture Derby Day / The Magic Island / Four Elizabethan Dances / Sinfonietta For Strings / Festival March

1992, CD, Lyrita

Alwyn* - Nicholas Daniel, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Oboe Concerto / Three Concerti Grossi

1992, CD, Chandos,

Modern/Contemporary

William Alwyn - London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Symphony No.2 / The Magic Island etc

1992, CD, Album, Chandos

1992, 2xCD, Album, RM, Lyrita,

William Alwyn – City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Lyra Angelica / Autumn Legend / Pastoral Fantasia / Tragic Interlude

Alwyn* / Debussy* / Persichetti* / Nielsen* / Anthony Payne (2) / Tournier* / Jolivet* – Judith Hall, Elinor Bennett

Images & Impressions: Music For Flute & Harp

1990, CD, Album, Nimbus Records,

Impressionist/Modern

William Alwyn - Quartet Of London, David Willison

String Quartet No. 3 / String Trio / Rhapsody For Piano Quartet

Modern/Contemporary

William Alwyn, John Ogdon

Fantasy-Waltzes / 12 Preludes

William Alwyn - Jill Gomez · Benjamin Luxon · Della Jones · John Mitchinson, Philharmonia Orchestra · Vilem Tausky

Miss Julie (Opera In Two Acts)

1983, 2xLP + Box, Lyrita,

Opera/Contemporary

William Alwyn, Quartet Of London

String Quartets

William Alwyn, Osian Ellis, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Lyra Angelica, Concerto Grosso No. 2, Autumn Legend

William Alwyn, Francis Chagrin, Malcolm Arnold, Alan Rawsthorne, Geoffrey Bush, Walter Leigh

William Alwyn, London Philharmonic Orchestra

William Alwyn / Sheila Randell

Fantasy Waltzes ~ Sonata Alla Toccata

1975, LP, Mono, RE, Lyrita

William Alwyn, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphonies 4 & 5

William Alwyn / London Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphony No.2 / Sinfonietta For Strings

The Gabrieli String Quartet - William Alwyn - Joaquín Turina

String Quartet In D Minor / String Trio / La Oración Del Torero

1972, LP, Unicorn Records (3)

Maconchy* / Bush* / Berkeley* / Alwyn*

Proud Thames / Music For Orchestra / Symphony No.3 / Four Elizabethan Dances

Mirages / Divertimento / Naiades

William Alwyn, London Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphony № 3 / Symphonic Prelude The Magic Island

William Alwyn , Conducted By Muir Mathieson With The Sinfonia Of London

Shake Hands With The Devil

Film Music - "A Night To Remember"

1958, 12", Har, The Rank Organisation

Alwyn* conducts Alwyn*

Symphonies 2, 3 & 5

William Alwyn - London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Symphony No.4, Elizabethan Dances, Festival March

CD, Album, Chandos

Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Alwyn

Heroic Elegy & Triumphal Epilogue & More

CD, 24-, Dutton Digital

Music For Stage And Screen

2020, CD, Comp, RM, Albion Records (5)

KOMPILACE +

Les Connivences Sonores

Musikalische Perlen 2 – Originalwerke Des 20. Jahrhunderts Für Flöte Und Harfe

2024, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Ars Produktion

The Fabulous Sir John

2022, CD, Divine Art

Rarieties Of Piano Music At "Schloss Vor Husum" From The 2022 Festival

2022, CD, Danacord

English Song Collection

2021, 25xCD, RE + Box, Comp, Naxos,

Modern/Romantic/Contemporary

Bowen*, Ireland*, Brown*, Coates* - Tasmin Little, Piers Lane

British Violin Sonatas Volume Three

2020, CD, Album, Chandos,

2020, CD, Album, EM Records (10),

Modern/Contemporary

Nicola Hands, Jonathan Pease

2020, CD, Album, EM Records (10)

Jackie Glazier, Galen Dean Peiskee Jr.*

Magic Forest Scenes

2020, CD, Album, Centaur Records

Claudio Ortensi, Anna Pasetti

Dionysus & Apollo: Music For Flute & Harp

2020, CD, Album, Brilliant Classics

2020, 5xCD, Comp, Brilliant Classics,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern

Fenella Humphreys, Nicola Eimer

2019, CD, Album, Stone Records (16),

Modern/Contemporary/Romantic

Alexander Karpeyev

Composers At The Savile Club

2019, CD, Album, Somm Recordings,

Modern/Contemporary

Suzanne Shulman, Erica Goodman

Serenades And Sonatas For Flute And Harp

2018, CD, Album, Naxos,

Modern/Baroque/Romantic/Contemporary

My Playlist For Gardening

2018, CD, Comp, Naxos,

Romantic/Modern/Impressionist

British Symphonies

2016, 4xCD, Comp, Lyrita,

Romantic/Modern

Emily B. O'Brien

Fantasies for a Modern Recorder

2016, CD, Album, Not On Label,

Modern/Baroque/Classical

Peter Cigleris / Antony Gray

English Fantasy

2013, CD, Album, Cala

Sir John Barbirolli, Hallé Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sidonie Goossens, Roger Winfield

Sir John Barbirolli Conducts William Alwyn (recorded 1951 & 1955)

2013, CD, Comp, Mono, The Barbirolli Society,

Romantic/Neo-Romantic

Martin Outram, Julian Rolton

The Scottish Viola - A Tribute To Watson Forbes

2012, CD, Album, Nimbus Alliance

Classic British Film Music Volume Two

2011, CD, Filmophone

At The Movies - Personally Selected by Margaret & David

2010, CD, Album, ABC Music,

Music For Weary Walkers - Relaxing Music To Enjoy After A Hearty Walk

2010, CD, Comp, River Productions

Midsummer Night

2009, CD, Album, EMI Classics

Celebrating 50 Years Devoted To British Music (Set One: William Alwyn ~ John Ireland)

2009, 4xCD, Comp, Lyrita,

Modern/Romantic

The MGM Soundtrack Treasury

2008, 12xCD, Comp, Mono, Dlx, Ltd, RM, S/Edition + Box, Film Score Monthly

Music From The Movies

2008, CD, Vocalion,

Sir Thomas Beecham - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Beecham In Concert

Various, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Orchestra Nova*

British Viola Music

2007, CD, Dutton Epoch

Laurel Zucker, Susan Jolles

Sonata Da Camera For Flute And Harp

2007, CD, Album, Cantilena Records

Royal Ballet Sinfonia • Gavin Sutherland

The British Light Music Collection 1

2007, 2xCD, Album, Resonance (3)

Gramophone Editor's Choice: May 2006

2006, CD, Comp, Gramophone Magazine,

Arnold*, Bax*, Elgar*, Rawsthorne*, Walton*, Vaughan Williams*

English Symphonies Collection

2006, 25xCD, Comp + Box, Naxos,

Romantic/Modern

Gramophone Editor's Choice: September 2005

2005, CD, Comp, Gramophone Magazine,

John Steane: The Singers Who Changed My Life / The Best CD's Of The Month

2005, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Gramophone Magazine,

2003, CD, Album, Eufoda,

Elísabet Waage, Peter Verduyn Lunel

Elísabet Waage & Peter Verduyn Lunel

2001, CD, Arsis Classics

Meditations For All Seasons

2001, 4xCD, Comp, Nimbus Records,

Baroque/Choral/Classical/Impressionist/Romantic

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Westminster Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, The City Of Prague Philharmonic

The Great British Film Music Album

1999, 2xHDCD, Comp, Dol, Silva Screen

Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland

British Light Music World Premieres

1999, CD, Album, ASV Digital,

Modern/Light Music

The Great British Film Music Album

1999, CD, Comp, Silva America,

Breakbeat/Synth-pop/Drum n Bass

Doreen Carwithen - Sorrel Quartet, Lydia Mordkovitch, Julian Milford

Violin Sonata / String Quartets 1 & 2

1998, CD, Chandos

Titanic: The Ultimate Collection

The City Of Prague Philharmonic

1997, 2xCD, Enh, Dol, Silva Screen

Doreen Carwithen, Howard Shelley, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Concerto For Piano & Strings / Overtures: ODTAA & Bishop Rock / Suffolk Suite

Modern/Contemporary

Exclusively On Chandos

1996, CD, Comp, Promo, Chandos,

Neo-Classical/Modern/Contemporary/Classical/Romantic

1996 Chandos Catalogue Sampler

1996, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Chandos,

Romantic/Baroque/Modern/Classical

Classic CD - 78 - Opera And Now

1996, CD, Comp, Classic CD

Susan Grace (2) • Charles West

Piano & Clarinet

1996, CD, Klavier Records

Ingrid Culliford, Dominic Saunders

FLIGHT - British Flute Music

1995, CD, Lorelt,

Gramophone Awards G94 Discoveries

1994, CD, Comp, Smplr, Gramophone Magazine,

British Film Music From The 1940s & 1950s

1994, CD, Comp, EMI

More Lyrita Lollipops

1985, LP, Lyrita,

Dreams And Fantasies

1983, LP, Album, Towerhill Records,

Classic British Film Scores Volume One

1983, LP, Mono, Ariel (6)

Locke Brass Consort

Contrasts In Brass Volume 2

The Malcolm Lockyer Orchestra

1975, LP, Album, Contour, Contour,

Theme/Big Band/Easy Listening

Jack Parnell And His Orchestra*

More TV Times Top TV Themes

The Dream Of Gerontius

The Band Of The Grenadier Guards

Sounds Of Victory

François Périer

Les Robinson Des Mers Du Sud

Shirley Abicair

Smiley / Little Boy Fishing

1957, Shellac, 10", Mono, Parlophone

Shirley Abicair

Paul Weston And His Orchestra

Love Music From Hollywood

London Symphony Orchestra Conducted By Muir Mathieson

49th Parallel / Cure For Love

1950, Shellac, 10", His Master's Voice

Regimental Band Of H.M. Grenadier Guards*

The Eighth Army / Desert Victory

The London Symphony Orchestra*, Muir Mathieson

3xShellac, 12", Album, London Records

Carol Gibbons* And Savoy Hotel Orchestra* / Orchestra Conducted By Muir Mathieson*

Such Is My Love For You / The Card

Shellac, 10", J. Arthur Rank Orgsanisation Ltd

Adam Walker (6), Huw Watkins

Shadow Dances: British Works For Flute

2023, CD, Chandos,

The Maggini Quartet

British String Quartets

2019, 20xCD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Naxos,

Neo-Romantic/Modern

Richard Farrell

Volume 3 Of The Complete Recordings

2019, 3xCD, Comp, RM, Atoll

Rumon Gamba, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales

British Tone Poems Vol. 1

2017, CD, Album, Chandos

Kenneth Smith (6), Paul Rhodes

By The River In Spring

2008, CD, Album, Divine Art

Anna Noakes, Gillian Tingay

Beyond The Dark

2000, CD, Album, Guild

The City Of Prague Philharmonic

Crimson Pirate: Swashbucklers Of The Silver Screen

1997, CD, Album, Comp, Silva America

Classic Widows - Bournemouth Symph. Orch. Etc. (British Music Of The 20th Century)

1995, CD, Comp, Chandos,

Emily Beynon, Catherine Beynon

Music For Flute And Harp

1994, CD, Album, Metier,

Contemporary/Post-Modern

The Golden Age Of British Film Music

LP, Ltd, Citadel (3)

Musiques De Films n°7

Acetate, LP, Comp, Not On Label