tracks cd3 baritone vocals John Cameron
tracks 15-1 chorus BBC Symphony Chorus
tracks cd3, 9-1 to 9-5 chorus London Philharmonic Choir
tracks 16-6 to 16-8 chorus The Dorian Singers
tracks cd3, 9-1 to 9-5 chorus master Frederick Jackson
composed by Arnold Bax
composed by George Butterworth
composed by Gustav Holst
composed by Humphrey Searle
composed by Malcolm Arnold
composed by Mátyás Seiber
composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams
composed by Sir Edward Elgar
composed by Sir William Walton
tracks 16-5 to 16-8 conductor Mátyás Seiber
conductor Sir Adrian Boult
tracks 16-6 to 16-8 ensemble Melos Ensemble Of London
tracks 15-1 orchestra BBC Symphony Orchestra
orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra
tracks 15-1 producer Christopher Raeburn
tracks 10-1 to 10-4, 14-7 producer Christopher Whelan
tracks 11-1 to 11-7 producer Dr. Kurt List
tracks cd1, cd2, cd6 to cd8, 9-1 to 9-5, 10-5 to 10-8, cd12, 14-1 to 14-6 producer James Walker
tracks 9-7 to 9-10 producer John Carewe
tracks cd3 to cd8, 9-1 to 9-5, 11-8 to 11-12, 14-8, 14-9 producer John Culshaw
tracks 15-2 to 15-6, cd16 producer Ray Minshull
tracks 9-7 to 9-10 recorded by, engineer Aaron Nathanson
tracks 15-1 recorded by, engineer Alan Reeve
tracks 10-5 to 10-8 recorded by, engineer Gordon Parry
tracks 11-1 to 11-7 recorded by, engineer Herbert Zeithammer
tracks cd1 to cd8, 9-1 to 9-5, 10-1 to 10-4, 11-8 to 11-12, cd12 to cd14, 15-2 to 15-6, cd16 recorded by, engineer Kenneth Wilkinson
tracks cd3 to cd8, 9-1 to 9-5, 11-8 to 11-12 recording supervisor Ralph Vaughan Williams
sleeve notes Nigel Simeone
tracks cd3 soprano vocals Isobel Baillie
tracks 9-1 to 9-5, cd5 soprano vocals Margaret Ritchie
tracks 16-5 viola Cecil Aronowitz
tracks cd2 violin Alfredo Campoli
tracks 10-3 violin Harold Parfitt
tracks cd12 violin Joseph Shadwick
tracks 9-1 to 9-5 voice actor John Gielgud
tracks 16-6 to 16-8 voice actor Peter Pears
Recorded At Kingsway Hall
Recorded At Walthamstow Assembly Hall
Phonographic Copyright (p) The Decca Record Company Limited
Phonographic Copyright (p) Everest Records (2)
Phonographic Copyright (p) Decca Music Group Limited
Phonographic Copyright (p) Universal Music Operations Ltd.
Copyright (c) Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd
Marketed By Universal Classics & Jazz
Record Company Universal Music Group
Glass Mastered At Technicolor, Australia
Total Time – 12'40:56 – CD1- 37:10 / CD2- 45:41/ CD3- 67:39 / CD4- 43:58 / CD5- 35:04 / CD6- 34:17 / CD7- 37:06 / CD8- 39:54 / CD9- 80:42 / CD10- 49:35 / CD11- 44:36 / CD12- 45:36 / CD13- 39:37 / CD14- 58:02 / CD15- 50:24 / CD16- 54:35

MONO / STEREO (CD9: RVW Sym.9, CD10, CD15, CD16)

London Philharmonic Orchestra throughout, except where noted.

Recording Location: London, UK
• Kingsway Hall: 18–19 February 1954 (Elgar: Chansons); 21 October 1954 (Elgar: Three Bavarian Dances); 1–2 November 1954 (Arnold: English Dances); 28–29 October 1954 (Elgar: Violin Concerto); 28–30 December 1953, 1 January 1954 (RVW: Sea Symphony); 8, 10 January 1952 (RVW: London Symphony [No.2]); 12–13 December 1952 (RVW: Pastoral Symphony [No.3]); 2, 3, 5 December 1953 (RVW: Symphony No.4); 2, 3, 5 December 1953 (RVW: Symphony No.5); 2, 3, 5 December 1953 and 1 January 1954 (RVW: Symphony No.6); 10–11 December 1953 (RVW: Sinfonia Antartica [No.7]); 7–8 September 1956 (RVW: Symphony No.8); 12–13 November 1956 (RVW: Partita); 28–30 December 1953, 1 January 1954 (RVW: The Wasps);
• Walthamstow Assembly Hall: 26–27 August 1958 (RVW: Symphony No. 9); 29 September 1953 (RVW: Old King Cole); 27 July 1956 (Holst: A Somerset Rhapsody)

44-page booklet, containing artist biography, portraits and session photographs, complete tracklist, recording locations and personnel, prefatory notes in English only. Cardboard sleeves replicate the original LP covers.

℗ 1952 (RVW: London Symphony), 1953 (RVW: Pastoral Symphony), 1954 (Elgar: Chansons; RVW: Symphonies 4–7, Job, Wasps), 1955 (Arnold: English Dances; Elgar: Three Bavarian Dances, Violin Concerto; RVW: Sea Smphony, Old King Cole; Walton; Butterworth; Bax; Holst: Perfect Fool [Mono]), 1960 (RVW: Symphony No.8, Partita; Searle; Seiber), 1962 (Holst: The Hymn of Jesus, The Perfect Fool [Stereo], Egdon Heath), 2002 (RVW: Symphony No.9) Decca Music Group Limited
℗ 1958 (RVW: Symphony No.9) Everest Records
℗ 2022 (Holst: A Somerset Rhapsody, Scherzo, Marching Song, Country Song) Universal Music Operations Ltd.
© 2022 Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd
Made in Australia.

Original Decca LP Releases:
CD1: LW 5174 (Elgar: Chansons, Three Bavarian Dances): May 1955 [Bavarian Dances Nos. 1 & 2 also released on: 45 71067: January 1955]; LW 5166 (Arnold: English Dances): March 1955
CD2: LXT 5014: February 1955
CD3: LXT 2907–08: March 1954
CD4: LXT 2693: June 1952
CD5: LXT 2787: May 1953
CD6–8: LXT 2909-12: March 1954
CD9: LXT 2909–12 (Symphony No. 7): March 1954; 473 241-2 (Symphony No. 9): November 2002 (Symphony No. 9 was an Everest production licensed from that label’s successors to complete the cycle recorded by Decca in 1952–56. First release: Everest LPBR 6006, SDBR 3006: December 1958)
CD10: LXT 5314: May 1957, SXL 2207: June 1960
CD11: Westminster WL5228: January 1954, Decca LW 5151 (Old King Cole): January 1955; Decca LXT 2908 (The Wasps): March 1954
CD12: LXT 2937: June 1954
CD13: LW 5157 (The Wise Virgins): January 1955; LXT 5028 (Portsmouth Point, Siesta, Scapino): March 1955
CD14: LXT 5015: February 1955
CD15: LXT 6006, SXL 6006 (The Hymn of Jesus, The Perfect Fool, Egdon Heath): September 1962; Country Song: previously unpublished
CD16: LXT 5588, SXL 2232: September 1960
Barcode: 0 028948 422043 (Text)
Barcode: 0028948422043 (Scan)
SPARS Code: ADD