English String Orchestra

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English String Orchestra

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Worcestershire-based classical orchestra founded in 1978 by William Boughton, who continued as director and artistic director for over 25 years.

ALBUMS

Philip Sawyers (2), Daniel Rowland (2), Maja Bogdanović, English Symphony Orchestra, English String Orchestra, Kenneth Woods

Double Concerto; Viola Concerto

2023, CD, Nimbus Alliance,

English String Orchestra, Raphael Wallfisch, Kenneth Woods

Elgar Reimagined

2022, CD, Album, Lyrita

Steven R. Gerber, Emily Davis (2), Kenneth Woods (2), English String Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra

Sinfonias & Sinfoniettas

2021, CD, Album, Nimbus Alliance

David Matthews (9) - Sarah Trickey, Sarah-Jane Bradley, Kenneth Woods (2), English Symphony Orchestra, English String Orchestra

Symphony No. 9, Variations For Strings, Double Concerto For Violin And Viola

2019, CD, Album, Nimbus Alliance

Philip Sawyers (2), Kenneth Woods (2), English Symphony Orchestra, English String Orchestra

2018, CD, Album, Nimbus Alliance

Paul Patterson, Deborah Pritchard, David Matthews (9), Robert Fokkens, Emily Doolittle, Harriet Mackenzie, Retorica, English String Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Woods

An Eventful Morning In East London: 21st Century Violin Concertos

2017, CD, Album, Nimbus Alliance

Philip Sawyers (2), April Fredrick, Kenneth Woods (2), English Symphony Orchestra, English String Orchestra

Symphony No. 3; Songs Of Loss And Regret; Fanfare

2017, CD, Album, Nimbus Alliance

Nimrod Borenstein, Geoffrey Gordon (2), Deborah Pritchard, Toby Young, Simon Desbruslais, Clare Hammond, English String Orchestra, Kenneth Woods

The Art Of Dancing: 21st-century Concertos For Trumpet, Piano And Strings

2017, CD, Album, Signum Classics

Deborah Pritchard, English String Orchestra, Kenneth Woods (2) / Harriet Mackenzie

2015, CD, Nimbus Alliance

BBC Concert Orchestra, English String Orchestra, Emma Johnson

Music For Tired Gardeners

Vaughan Williams*, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford*, English String Orchestra, Medici String Quartet*

A Portrait of Vaughan Williams

1999, 4xCD, Comp, Nimbus Records,

English Symphony Orchestra, English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Michael Bochmann, Alan Hacker

Forever England - English Pastoral Music

1998, CD, Album, Classical Communications

English String Orchestra, Budapest Wind Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra

1997, CD, Comp, BBC Music Magazine

John Joubert - English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Henry Herford

Temps Perdu, Sinfonietta, The Instant Moment

Tippett*, English String Orchestra / Boughton*

Concerto for Double String Orchestra - Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli - Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of our Time - Little Music for Strings - Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis

1995, CD, Comp, RE, Nimbus Records

English String Orchestra, William Boughton

Respighi's Ancient Airs And Dances Suite No. 3

1995, CD, Album, Nimbus Records

Philharmonia Orchestra, English String Orchestra, English Symphony Orchestra

Spirit Of England II

1995, 4xCD, Album, Comp, Nimbus Records

Boyce*, English String Orchestra, William Boughton

The Eight Symphonies

Vaughan Williams*, English String Orchestra, William Boughton

Orchestral Favourites Volume III

Finzi*, Parry*, Bridge* – English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Martin Jones

An English Suite

Sir Michael Tippett / Sir Lennox Berkeley* / Michael Berkeley - William Boughton, English String Orchestra

Corelli Fantasia / Little Music For Strings / Serenade / Coronach

1992, CD, Amb, Nimbus Records,

Modern/Contemporary

Barber*, Bernstein*, Hu Kun, William Boughton, English String Orchestra

Violin Concerto / Serenade

1992, CD, Album, Nimbus Records Limited,

Contemporary/Modern

English String Orchestra, William Boughton

Orchestral Favourites Volume II: Respighi's 'Ancient Airs And Dances Suite No.3'

1992, CD, Nimbus Records

Rimma Sushanskaya, English String Orchestra, William Boughton

Rimma Sushanskaya, Violin

1992, CD, Album, IMP Classics

English String* & Symphony Orchestra*, William Boughton

Meditations For A Quiet Night

Baroque/Romantic/Modern

English String Orchestra, William Boughton

Trumpet Voluntary

1991, CD, Album, Nimbus, Conifer

Barber*, English String Orchestra, William Boughton

Adagio And Other Orchestral Favourites

1991, CD, The Classics (3)

English String Orchestra, William Boughton

1991, CD, Comp, Promo, Nimbus

English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Sibelius*

Sibelius - Pelléas et Mélisande

1991, CD, Album, Conifer

Joaquín Pixán Feat Orquesta Sinfónica De Madrid, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquesta* Y Coro De RTVE, Sintetizadores y Grupo de Cuerda Inglés*

Cantos de la Mar

1991, CD, Album, Alfa Delta

Telemann*, John Wallace (4), English String Orchestra, William Boughton

Trumpet Concertos

John Wallace (4), English String Orchestra, William Boughton

Telemann Trumpet Concertos

1989, CD, Album, Amb, Nimbus Records

Menuhin* Conducts Prokofiev* - Hu Kun, Christopher Lee, English String Orchestra

Peter And The Wolf • Classical Symphony • Violin Concerto No. 1

William Boughton, English String Orchestra

The Spirit Of England

Vaughan Williams* - Jack May, Roger Best, Christ Church Cathedral Choir*, English String Orchestra, Stephen Darlington

An Oxford Elegy / Flos Campi Te Deum

John Wallace (4), The Wallace Collection, English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Edmund Barham, Leeds Festival Chorus

English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Vaughan Williams*, Butterworth*

English Masterworks

1988, CD, Album, Comp, Amb, UHJ, Nimbus Records

Mendelssohn* / English String Orchestra, William Boughton

Complete String Symphonies Volume 3

1988, CD, Album, Nimbus Records

Mendelssohn* / English String Orchestra, William Boughton

The Complete String Symphonies Volume 2

1988, Cass, Album, Amb, UHJ, Nimbus Records

English String Orchestra, William Boughton

String Classics

1988, CD, Single, Amb, Nimbus Records

Mendelssohn* / English String Orchestra, William Boughton

Complete String Symphonies Volume 2

Schoenberg*, Strauss*, English String Orchestra, William Boughton

Verklärte Nacht / Metamorphosen

Mendelssohn* / English String Orchestra, William Boughton

Complete String Symphonies Vol 1

Igor Stravinsky, Michael Tippett*, English String Orchestra

Stravinsky: Apollon Musagete / Tippett: Concerto For Double String Orchestra

Neo-Classical/Contemporary

Elgar* - English String Orchestra, William Boughton

Pomp And Circumstance Marches, The Wand Of Youth, Three Bavarian Dances

Bartók* - English String Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

Divertimento For Strings / Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta

1987, CD, Album, Nimbus Records

Butterworth*, Parry*, Bridge*, English String Orchestra Conducted By William Boughton

A Shropshire Lad ● The Banks Of Green Willow

Finzi* - Boughton*, English String Orchestra, Alan Hacker

Suite From "Love's Labours Lost" • Clarinet Concerto • Prelude • Romance

William Boughton, English String Orchestra

Orchestral Favourites

1986, CD, Album, Nimbus Records

Alexander Michejew, English String Orchestra, William Boughton

Haydn And Boccherini: Cello Concertos

1986, CD, Album, Amb, Nimbus Records

Benjamin Britten, English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Roger Best

Works For String Orchestra

Tchaikovsky*, Dvorak* - English String Orchestra, William Boughton

Serenades For Strings

Vaughan Williams*, English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Maurice Bourgue

Works For String Orchestra

English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Susan Drake, Ravel*, Debussy*, Handel*, Wagenseil*

Music For Harp and Strings

1983, LP, Album, Dig, Nimbus Records

Elgar* / William Boughton, English String Orchestra

Works For String Orchestra

English String Orchestra, William Boughton

Finzi A Centenary Collection

CD, Album, Nimbus Records

Nicholas Maw – English String Orchestra / Raphael Wallfisch , 'cello/ William Boughton

Sonata Notturna • Life Studies

CDr, RE, Nimbus Records,

William Boughton, English Symphony Orchestra, English String Orchestra

The Spirit Of England

4xCD, Album, Nimbus Records

The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Stephen Farr, English String Orchestra

English Choral Music Of The Twentieth Century

CD, Comp, Portrait Classics

APPEARANCES +

The Best Of British

2013, 2xCD, Comp, National Trust,

Classical/Sea Shanties

2012, 2xCD, Comp + Box, River Productions Ltd.

Воан-Уильямс*

Истинный англичанин

2012, CD, Comp, Har, Шедевры Классической Музыки (2), Шедевры Классической Музыки (2)

За пределами мира

2012, CD, Comp, Har, Шедевры Классической Музыки (2), Шедевры Классической Музыки (2)

Мендельсон*

Симфонии и пeсни

Elgar's England

2011, CD, Comp, River Productions Ltd.

Summer Serenade

2008, CD, Comp, Promo, Classic FM,

Summertime, Past Times

2008, 2xCD, 2CD, River Productions Ltd., River Productions Ltd.

Crowns And Coronations

2007, CD, Comp, River Productions Ltd., River Productions Ltd.

Spring Classics

2007, CD, Comp, Promo, Classic FM

Land of Hope and Glory

2007, CD, Comp, Promo, Classic FM

Eine Romantische Reise Durch Deutschland Mit Klassischer Musik

Music From Buckingham Palace

2006, CD, Album, Comp, River Records (3),

Music For Royal Occasions

2005, CD, Comp, River Records

Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Strings Of The English Chamber Orchestra* Conducted by Ralf Gothoni*

Música Para La Boda Real - 22-Mayo-2004

2004, CD, Comp, Producciones Ar,

Romantic/Baroque/Classical/Opera/Impressionist

Serenade For Strings

2004, 2xCD, Comp + Box, River Productions Ltd.,

Pastoral Rapsodi

Vaughan Williams*

Engelsk Fantasi

Un Mondo A Parte

Happy and Glorious

2002, CD, Comp, Promo, Classic FM,

The Coronation Of Queen Elizabeth II (Historic Royal Palaces)

2001, Cass, Comp, River Records (3),

Classical/Military

BBC Proms In The Park

2001, CD, Comp, Promo, BBC Homes & Antiques Magazine

Classic FM (Time To Relax)

2001, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Classic FM,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Contemporary

Meditations For All Seasons

2001, 4xCD, Comp, Nimbus Records,

Baroque/Choral/Classical/Impressionist/Romantic

Classic FM (Time To Relax)

2001, 2xCass, Album, Comp + Box, Classic FM,

Rule Britannia (A Stirring Collection Of British Music)

2001, 2xCD, Comp, Musical Heritage Society

Music For Midsummer Nights

2000, CD, Comp, Nimbus Records

Treasury Of Great British Music

2000, 5xCD, Comp, Reader's Digest, Reader's Digest,

Romantic/Baroque/Modern

Rule Britannia (A Stirring Collection Of British Music)

2000, 2x CD Ambisonic UHJ encoded,

Classical/Romantic/Baroque

Romantic Reflections

Meditations For A Summer Evening

1999, CD, Comp, Nimbus Records

Stråkarnas Musik

Butterworth*, Hubert Parry*, Frank Bridge

Music Of Butterworth, Parry & Bridge

A Portrait Of Elgar

1998, 4xCD, Nimbus Records

Sir Michael Tippett

Sir Michael Tippett 1905-1998

1998, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Nimbus Records,

Smooth Classics

1998, CD, Comp, Classic FM

Pastoral Scenes

Romantic/Baroque/Classical/Modern

Från Nya Världen

Modern/Romantic

Romantic/Baroque/Classical/Modern

Great Overtures

1997, 2xCD, Comp, BBC Music Magazine, BBC Music Magazine

Summer Serenade (A Collection Of Favourite Orchestral Classics)

1997, CD, Comp, Isis Records (9), English Heritage,

1997, CD, Comp, BBC Music Magazine

Hail, Britannia

Music Of The Americas

In Classical Mood- Peace

Echoes Of The Past

The Jane Austen Companion

1996, CD UHJ Encoded,

Classical/Romantic

The Rocking Chair

Albinoni*, Vivaldi*, Bach*, Pachelbel*, Monteverdi*, Marcello*, Purcell*

Concierto Barroco

1995, CD, Comp, Nimbus Records, Orbis-Fabbri

Elgar*, English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton

Nursery Suite/ Dream Children/ Salut D'amour

1995, CD, Album, Nimbus Records

Albinoni* ✶ Vivaldi* ✶ Bach* ✶ Pachelbel* ✶ Monteverdi* ✶ Marcello* ✶ Purcell*

Concierto Barroco

1995, Cass, Comp, Nimbus Records, Orbis-Fabbri

Holst* / Albinoni* / Warlock* / Pachelbel* / Grieg* / Barber*

Pachelbel's 'Canon'

Baroque/Modern/Romantic

Dvorak - An Evening of Concert Favourites

1994, CD, Comp, IMP Classics,

1994, 3xCD, Comp, Nimbus Records,

Chinese Classical/Celtic/Contemporary/Romantic/Opera/Baroque

Finzi*, Haydn*, Elgar*, J.C.Bach*, Respighi*, Bartók*

Meditations At Sunset

1993, CD, Comp, Nimbus Records

Music Of The World - Scandinavia & Eastern Europe Forests & Fjords

1993, CD, Album, Innovative Music Productions Ltd.

Meditations For A Quiet Dawn

Chinese Classical/Celtic/Contemporary/Romantic/Opera/Baroque

Benjamin Britten

A Portrait Of Britten

1990, 3xCD, Nimbus Records

Benjamin Britten, Jerry Hadley, Anthony Halstead

Les Illuminations, Serenade, Nocturne

1990, CD, Album, Amb, UHJ, Nimbus Records

1989, CD, Comp, Hi-Fi News,

Jean Sibelius, William Boughton

Orchestral Music

1989, CD, Album, Nimbus Records

Classical Preview Single No. 3

1988, CD, Nimbus Records

Nimbus Digital Sampler 1986, Nimbus Natural Sound

1986, CD, Comp, Amb, Smplr, UHJ, Nimbus Records,

John Gielgud, Oscar Wilde

The Happy Prince - Part One

1986, CD, Album, Amb, Nimbus Records,

John Gielgud, Oscar Wilde

The Happy Prince

Nimbus Natural Sound Volume Two

2xCD, Comp, RE, River Productions Ltd., River Productions Ltd., River Productions Ltd.,

CD, Comp, Nimbus Records

CD, Comp, River Records (3)

Music Inspired By The Seasons (The National Trust Music)

4xCD, Comp + Box, National Trust,

Allegro (Heitere Klassik Mit Schwung)

2013, 5xCD, Comp, Reader's Digest Music,

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

2010, CD, Comp, River Productions

A Midsummer Night's Dream

2007, 3xCD, Reader's Digest,

Spirit Of London

2005, CD, Comp, River Records,

Baroque/Classical/Renaissance/Romantic

2005, 3xCD, Comp, Reader's Digest

Música Clásica En El Cine 1

2003, CD, Album, Comp, Naimara Producciones,

Music From The Movies

2003, 3xCD, Comp, Box, National Trust,

Hall Of Fame Discoveries

2001, CD, Comp, Promo, Classic FM

Allegro - Klassik Mit Schwung

2000, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Reader's Digest,

In An English Country Garden

Les Plus Belles Pages Du Catalogue Nimbus Records

1999, CD, Comp, Promo, Nimbus Records

Réverie Et Détente

16 Classic FM - British Classics

1997, 3xCD, Comp, Classic FM,

Music Of The Americas

Pride And Patriotism

Classical Erotica

1996, CD, Comp, Rising Star Records

The National Trust - The Walk To The Paradise Garden - Music In Celebration Of National Trust Gardens

Grandes Paisajes Clásicos

1995, CD, Comp, Nimbus Records, GyC Records,

Classical/Romantic/Opera/Baroque

Höhepunkte Der Orchestermusik

1995, 3xCD, Num, Das Beste Reader's Digest, Das Beste Reader's Digest,

1994, CD, Comp, Nimbus Records,

Nimbus Sampler 1994

1994, CD, Comp, Smplr, Nimbus Records

Presents The Best Of 1993 On Nimbus Records

A Nimbus CD Sampler

1991, CD, Comp, Nimbus Records,

Nimbus Picture Disc Sampler 1988

Classical Music That Tears Down The Walls: The A&M Launch Of The Nimbus CD Collection

1987, 2xCD, Comp, Amb, Promo, Smplr, Nimbus Records, Nimbus Records

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