Artist: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Isobel Baillie, Margaret Ritchie, Peter Pears, John Cameron, Alfredo Campoli, Cecil Aronowitz, London Philharmonic Choir, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Melos Ensemble
Title: Sir Adrian Boult: The Decca Legacy Vol. 1 – British Music
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: Decca / Eloquence
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 12:43:07
Total Size: 2.76 GB
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Tracklist:

CD 1
01. No. 1, Andantino
02. No. 2, Vivace
03. No. 3, Mesto
04. No. 4, Allegro risoluto
05. No. 1, Allegro non troppo
06. No. 2, Con brio
07. No. 3, Grazioso
08. No. 4, Giubiloso
09. Elgar: Chanson de Matin, Op. 15, No. 2
10. Elgar: Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15, No. 1
11. No. 1, The Dance
12. No. 2, Lullaby
13. No. 3, The Marksman

CD 2
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro molto

CD 3
01. Ia. “Behold the Sea Itself”
02. Ib. “Flaunt Out, O Sea Your Separate Flags of Nations”
03. II. “On the Beach at Night Alone”
04. III. Scherzo – The Waves
05. IVa. “O Vast Rondure, Swimming in Space”
06. IVb. “O We Can Wait no Longer”
07. IVc. “O Thou Transcendent”
08. IVd. “Away O Soul”

CD 4
01. I. Lento – Allegro risoluto
02. II. Lento
03. III. Scherzo (Nocturne, Allegro vivace)
04. IV. Andante con moto – Epilogue

CD 5
01. I. Molto moderato
02. II. Lento moderato
03. III. Moderato Pesante
04. IV. Lento

CD 6
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante moderato
03. III. Scherzo (allegro molto)
04. IV. Finale con epilogo fugato (Allegro molto)

CD 7
01. I. Preludio
02. II. Scherzo
03. III. Romanza
04. IV. Passacaglia

CD 8
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Moderato
03. III. Scherzo
04. IV. Epilogue
05. Vaughan Williams: Vaughan Williams Speaks Concerning His Sixth Symphony

CD 9
01. I. Prelude (Andante maestoso)
02. II. Scherzo (Moderato)
03. III. Landscape (Lento)
04. IV. Intermezzo (Andante sostenuto)
05. V. Epilogue (Alla marcia, moderato ma non troppo)
06. Boult: Introduction to Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 9
07. I. Moderato maestoso
08. II. Andante sostenuto
09. III. Scherzo (Allegro pesante)
10. IV. Andante tranquilo

CD 10
01. I. Fantasia (Variazioni senza tema)
02. II. Scherzo alla marcia (per stromenti a fiato)
03. III. Cavatina (per stromenti ad arco)
04. IV. Toccata
05. I. Prelude. Andante tranquilo
06. II. Scherzo ostinato. Presto
07. III. Intermezzo (Homage to Henry Hall)
08. IV. Fantasia. Allegro

CD 11
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Pipe Dance
03. III. Bowl Dance
04. IV. Morris Jig
05. V. Folk Song
06. VI. Folk Tune
07. VII. Solo Jig
08. I. Overture. Allegro vivace
09. II. Entr’acte. Molto moderato
10. III. March-Past of the Kitchen Utensils. Moderato molto Marcia
11. IV. Entr’acte. Andante
12. V. Ballet and Final Tableau. Presto

CD 12
01. Scene 1: Introduction & Sarabande of the Sons of God
02. Scene 2: Satan’s Dance of Triumph
03. Scene 3: Minuet of the Sons of Job and their Wives
04. Scene 4: Job’s Dream
05. Scene 5: Dance of the Three Messengers
06. Scene 6: Dance of Job’s Comforters
07. Scene 7: Elihu’s Dance of Youth and Beauty
08. Scene 8: Galliard of the Sons of the Morning
09. Scene 9: Epilogue

CD 13
01. Walton: Portsmouth Point Overture
02. Walton: Siesta
03. Walton: Scapino, A Comedy Overture
04. 1. What God hath done is rightly done
05. 2. Lord, hear my longing
06. 3. See what his love can do
07. 4. Ah! How ephemeral
08. 5. Sheep may safely graze
09. 6. Praise be to God

CD 14
01. Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad – Rhapsody
02. Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow
03. Bax: Tintagel
04. 1. Introduction – Dance of Spirits of Earth
05. 2. Dance of Spirits of Water
06. 3. Dance of Spirits of Fire
07. Holst: A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21
08. Holst: Scherzo from Unfinished Symphony, H. 192
09. No. 2, Marching Song

CD 15
01. Holst: The Hymn of Jesus, Op. 37
02. 1. Introduction – Dance of Spirits of Earth
03. 2. Dance of Spirits of Water
04. 3. Dance of Spirits of Fire
05. Holst: Egdon Heath, Op. 47
06. No. 1, Country Song

CD 16
01. I. Lento – Allegro deciso –
02. II. Adagio –
03. III. Quasi l’istesso tempo –
04. IV. Allegro molto
05. Seiber: Elegy for Viola and Small Orchestra
06. I. Lento
07. II. Feroce
08. III. Lento, sognando

The first in a three-volume edition of the complete Decca recordings of Sir Adrian Boult, this set represents the most complete survey ever issued of Sir Adrian Boult’s British music recordings for Decca. It includes previously unpublished recordings of Holst and a pioneering cycle of Vaughan Williams. LIMITED EDITION. Boult began recording for Decca in 1950 once he had been forcibly retired by the BBC at the age of 60. The company lost no time in bringing the unrivalled authority of his British music interpretations to the record-buying public. Decca’s engineering team and equipment was widely regarded as the best available at the time, led by the likes of producer John Culshaw and engineer Kenneth Wilkinson, and they captured the spatial aspects and colours of Vaughan Williams the symphonist with unprecedented fidelity at the time. Boult’s later recording of the Ninth and speeches by both Boult and Vaughan Williams have been included. So has Boult’s 1953 recording of incidental music to The Wasps, coupled with the much rarer Old King Cole ballet, and Boult’s second, 1954 version of Job, a work with which he was so closely associated for many years. This collection features a notable first in the Boult discography: four previously unpublished recordings of music by his friend Holst. While recording other English repertoire back in the mono era Boult had attempted to carve out sufficient time in the sessions for a Holst LP which never came to fruition. Four pieces – the Somerset Rhapsody, Marching Song, the Scherzo from an unfinished symphony (all in mono) and Country Song (in stereo) are now published for the first time. Boult also worked extensively with the best young British composers of his day, and this underrated aspect of his conducting is represented in the collection by 1954 mono accounts of Malcolm Arnold’s English Dances and from 1960 the First Symphony of Humphrey Searle – coupled for the first time since its release with two pieces composed and conducted by the Hungarian émigré Mátyás Seiber, as on the original LP.

Artist: London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Sir Adrian Boult, Jennifer Vyvyan, Norma Procter, George Maran, Owen Brannigan, Dame Joan Sutherland, Grace Bumbry, Kenneth McKellar, David Ward, Peter Pears, David Galliver, St. Anthony Singers, Philomusica of London, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Kathleen Ferrier, Kirsten Flagstad
Title: Sir Adrian Boult: The Decca Legacy, Volume 2 – Baroque & Sacred Music
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: Decca / Eloquence
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 11:17:21
Total Size: 3.16 GB
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Tracklist:
Vol. 1
01. Symphony
02. 1. Comfort ye, My People
03. 2. Ev’ry Valley shall be Exalted
04. 3. And the Glory of the Lord
05. 4. Thus saith the Lord
06. 5. But who may abide the Day of his Coming
07. 6. And He shall purify the sons of Levi
08. 7. Behold, a Virgin shall Conceive
09. 8 & 9. O Thou that Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
10. 10. For Behold, Darkness shall Cover the Earth
11. 11. The People that walked in Darkness
12. 12. For unto us a Child is born
13. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
14. 14. There were Shepherds…And Suddenly there was with the Angel
15. 15. Glory to God in the Highest
16. 16. Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion
17. 17. Then shall the Eyes of the Blind
18. 18. He shall Feed his Flock
19. 19. His Yoke is Easy
20. 20. Behold the Lamb of God
21. 21. He Was Despised
22. 22. Surely He hath borne our Griefs
23. 23. And with His Stripes we are Healed
24. 24. All we like Sheep have gone astray
25. 25. All they that see Him
26. 26. He trusted in God
27. 27. Thy Rebuke hath broken His Heart
28. 28. Behold and See
29. 29. He was cut off
30. 30. But Thou didst not Leave
31. 31. Lift up your Heads
32. 32. Unto which of the Angels
33. 33. Let all the Angels of God
34. 34. Thou art gone up on high
35. 35. The Lord gave the Word
36. 36. How Beautiful are the Feet
37. 37. Their Sound is gone out
38. 38. Why do the Nations
39. 39. Let us Break their Bonds asunder
40. 40. He that Dwelleth in Heaven
41. 41. Thou shalt Break them
42. 42. “Hallelujah”
43. 43. I Know that my Redeemer Liveth
44. 44. Since by Man came Death
45. 45. Behold, I tell you a Mystery
46. 46. The Trumpet shall Sound
47. 47. Then shall be Brought to Pass
48. 48. O Death, where is thy Sting?; 49. But Thanks to God
49. 50. If God be for us
50. 51. Worthy is the Lamb…Amen

Vol. 2
01. Symphony
02. 1. Accompagnato: Comfort ye, My people
03. 2. Air: Ev’ry Valley shall be exalted
04. 3. Chorus: And the glory of the Lord
05. 4. Accompagnato: Thus saith the Lord
06. 5. Air: But who may abide the day of his coming
07. 6. Chorus: And He shall purify the sons of Levi
08. 7. Recit: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive – 8. Aria: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion – 9. Coro
09. 10. Accompagnato: For behold, darkness shall cover
10. 11. Air: The people that walked in darkness
11. 12. Chorus: For unto us a Child is born
12. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
13. 14. Recitative: There were shepherds – Accompagnato: And lo, the angel of the Lord – Recitative: And the angel said unto them – Accompagnato: And suddenly
14. 15. Chorus: Glory to God in the highest
15. 16. Air: Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion
16. 17. Recitative: Then shall the eyes – 18: Duet: He shall feed his flock
17. 19. Chorus: His yoke is easy
18. 20. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God
19. 21. Air: He Was Despised
20. 22. Chorus: Surely He hath borne our griefs
21. 23. Chorus: And with His stripes we are healed
22. 24. Chorus: All we like sheep have gone astray
23. 25. Accompagnato: All They That See Him – 26. Chorus: He Trusted In God”
24. 27. Accompagnato: Thy rebuke hath broken His heart
25. 28. Arioso: Behold and see
26. 29. Accompagnato: He Was Cut Off – 30. Air: But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell
27. 31. Chorus: Lift up your heads
28. 32. Recitative: Unto which of the angels – 33. Chorus: Let all the angels
29. 34. Air: Thou art gone up on high
30. 35. Chorus: The Lord gave the word
31. 36. Air: How beautiful are the feet
32. 37. Chorus: Their sound is gone out
33. 38. Air: Why do the nations
34. 39. Chorus: Let us break their bonds asunder
35. 40. Recitative: He that dwelleth in heaven – 41. Air: Thou shalt break them
36. 42. Chorus: Hallelujah
37. 43. Air: I know that my Redeemer liveth
38. 44. Chorus: Since by man came death
39. 45. Accompagnato: Behold, I tell you – 46. Air: The Trumpet shall sound
40. 47. Recitative: Then shall be brought to pass – 48. Duet: O death where is thy sting – 49. Chorus: But thanks be to God
41. 50. Air: If God be for us
42. 51. Chorus: Worthy is the Lamb… Amen
43. “Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart…Behold and See”

Vol. 3
01. Symphony
02. Oh, the pleasure of the plains
03. Ye verdant plains
04. Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!
05. Where shall I seek the charming fair?
06. Stay, shepherd, stay!
07. Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?
08. Lo! Here my love!
09. Love in her eyes sits playing
10. Oh! Didst thou know the pains
11. As when the dove laments her love
12. Happy we!
13. Wretched lovers!
14. I rage-I melt-I burn!
15. O ruddier than the cherry
16. Whither, fairest, art thou running
17. Cease to beauty to be suing
18. Would you gain the tender creature
19. His hideous love provokes my rage
20. Love sounds th’alarm
21. Consider, fond shepherd
22. Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth
23. The flocks shall leave the mountains
24. Help, Galatea! Help, ye parent Gods!
25. Mourn, all ye muses!
26. Must I my Acis still bemoan
27. ‘Tis done: thus I exert my pow’r divine
28. Heart, the seat of soft delight
29. Galatea, dry thy tears
30. O ruddier than the cherry (Alternative Version)

Vol. 4
01. “Frondi tenere…Ombra mai fu”
02. “Love In Her Eyes Sits Playing”
03. Silent Worship (“Did’st Thou Not See My Lady?”)
04. “Deeper, and Deeper Still”
05. “Comfort ye, My People…Ev’ry Valley Shall Be Exalted”
06. “Where’er You Walk”
07. “Thanks To My Brethren…How Vain Is Man”
08. “My Arms! Against This Gorgias…Sound an Alarm”
09. Sheep may safely graze
10. 2. Air
11. Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
12. Britten: The National Anthem (God Save The Queen)

Vol. 5
01. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
02. Aria “Grief for Sin”
03. Aria “All is fulfilled”
04. Agnus Dei
05. Return, O God of Hosts
06. 8. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
07. Father of Heaven
08. 21. Air: He was despised

Vol. 6
01. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
02. Aria “Grief for Sin”
03. Aria “All is fulfilled”
04. Agnus Dei
05. Return, O God of Hosts
06. O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
07. Father of Heaven
08. Air “He was despised”

Vol. 7
01. Sheep May Safely Graze (Arr. Kramer; K. Davis)
02. Break in Grief
03. Jesu joy of man’s desiring
04. Stölzel: If Thou Be Near (“Bist du bei mir”, BWV 508)
05. Sommi Dei (Gods all-powerful)
06. “Art thou troubled?”
07. Oh sleep, why dost thou leave me?
08. He shall feed his flock
09. I know that my Redeemer liveth
10. Handel: Praise ye the Lord (Arr. Woodgate; McCormack)

Vol. 8
01. Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer
02. Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets
03. Gruber: Silent Night, Holy Night
04. Gounod: O Divine Redeemer
05. Parry: Jerusalem
06. Bortniansky: Jubilate
07. Wade: O Come All Ye Faithful
08. Liddle: Abide With Me

The second volume of Sir Adrian Boult’s Decca legacy brings together the conductor’s Messiah recordings of 1954 and 1960, plus Baroque and sacred music recitals from Kenneth McKellar, Kirsten Flagstad and Kathleen Ferrier. LIMITED EDITION. While hardly a ‘period-instrument’ pioneer, Sir Adrian Boult had a much surer sense of authentic Handelian style than most of his contemporaries. Editions and performances of Handel’s masterpiece were still often cut and loaded with Romantic trappings in 1935 when Julian Herbage prepared the most complete version of the score yet made, with Handel’s original instrumentation. Boult began performing this version in 1942 and it was the obvious choice for a new, refreshing perspective on the piece when he came to record it for Decca in 1954. Listeners and critics alike were struck by the energy of Boult’s direction, the purity and simplicity of the solo singing and the vivid Decca engineering. These qualities also distinguished the stereo remake, made with similarly slimmed-down forces and featuring Dame Joan Sutherland on the top line. She also contributed to the success of Boult’s Acis and Galatea from 1959, and the box is completed with a series of glorious vocal recitals, from the tenor Kenneth McKellar, the soprano Kirsten Flagstad and the contralto Kathleen Ferrier, all accompanied by Boult in Baroque repertoire with the sensitivity to line that made him so underrated and underused as an opera conductor. Ferrier recorded this selection of Bach and Handel arias a year before her death in 1952, but eight years later Boult and the LPO returned to the studios to produce a stereo accompaniment for the album, which the Decca producer James Walker mixed with Ferrier’s part from 1952: an early and remarkably successful example of the technology later used to ‘update’ classic recordings of Caruso and Callas.

Artist: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Clifford Curzon, Friedrich Gulda, Julius Katchen, Peter Katin, Alfredo Campoli, Mischa Elman, Ruggiero Ricci, Zara Nelsova, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Kirsten Flagstad
Title: Sir Adrian Boult: The Decca Legacy, Volume 3 – 19th & 20th Century Music
Year Of Release: 2022
Label: Decca / Eloquence
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 12:44:06
Total Size: 3.05 GB
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Tracklist:

CD 1
01. I. Allegro ma non troppo
02. II. Larghetto –
03. III. Rondo. Allegro

CD 2
01. I. Allegro maestoso (Re-Orch. Balakirev)
02. II. Romance. Larghetto (Re-Orch. Balakirev)
03. III. Rondo. Vivace (Re-Orch. Balakirev)

CD 3
01. I. Allegro non troppo
02. II. Allegretto con moto
03. III. Un peu moins vite
04. I. Prélude. Lento – Allegro maestoso
05. II. Intermezzo. Andantino con moto – Allegro presto
06. III. Andante – Allegro vivace

CD 4
01. I. Vorspiel (Allegro moderato)
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Finale (Allegro energico)
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Romance
06. III. Allegro con fuoco

CD 5
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Canzonetta. Andante
03. III. Finale. Allegro vivacissimo
04. I. Elégie
05. II. Valse mélancolique
06. III. Scherzo
07. IV. Tema con variazioni

CD 6
01. I. Allegro molto appassionato
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro non troppo – Allegro molto vivace
04. I. Adagio cantabile
05. II. Scherzo. Allegro – Adagio
06. III. Andante sostenuto
07. IV. Finale (Allegro guerriero)

CD 7
01. I. Introduzione e Allegro
02. II. Alla tedesca. Allegro moderato
03. III. Andante elegiaco
04. IV. Scherzo. Allegro vivo
05. V. Finale. Allegro con fuoco

CD 8
01. Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49, TH 49
02. Tchaikovsky: Hamlet (Overture-Fantasy), Op. 67

CD 9
01. I. Vivace
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro vivace
04. I. Quasi rondo (Andante mosso)
05. II. Contrastes (Andante cantabile)

CD 10
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Adagio sostenuto
03. III. Allegro scherzando
04. Variations symphoniques
05. II. Scherzo

CD 11
01. Introduction & Var. 1
02. Var. 2
03. Var. 3
04. Var. 4
05. Var. 5
06. Var. 6
07. Var. 7
08. Var. 8
09. Var. 9
10. Var. 10
11. Var. 11
12. Var. 12
13. Var. 13
14. Var. 14
15. Var. 15
16. Var. 16
17. Var. 17
18. Var. 18
19. Var. 19
20. Var. 20
21. Var. 21
22. Var. 22
23. Var. 23
24. Var. 24
25. Introduzione (Maestoso)
26. Tema (Allegro)
27. Var. 1 (Poco più mosso)
28. Var. 2 (Risoluto)
29. Var. 3
30. Var. 4 (Molto meno mosso)
31. Var. 5 (Più mosso)
32. Var. 6 (Ancora più mosso, allegro)
33. Var. 7 (Walzer)
34. Var. 8 (Alla marcia allegro moderato)
35. Var. 9 (Presto – Andante rubato)
36. Var. 10 (Passacaglia)
37. Var. 11 (Choral)
38. Finale fugato (Allegro vivace – Tempo del tema – Molto allegro)

CD 12
01. Introduction & Var. 1
02. Theme
03. Var. 2
04. Var. 3
05. Var. 4
06. Var. 5
07. Var. 6
08. Var. 7
09. Var. 8
10. Var. 9
11. Var. 10
12. Var. 11
13. Var. 12
14. Var. 13
15. Var. 14
16. Var. 15
17. Var. 16
18. Var. 17
19. Var. 18
20. Var. 19
21. Var. 20
22. Var. 21
23. Var. 22
24. Var. 23
25. Var. 24
26. Introduzione (Maestoso) (1959 Recording)
27. Tema (Allegro) (1959 Recording)
28. Var. 1 (Poco più mosso) (1959 Recording)
29. Var. 2 (Risoluto) (1959 Recording)
30. Var. 3 (1959 Recording)
31. Var. 4 (Molto meno mosso) (1959 Recording)
32. Var. 5 (Più mosso) (1959 Recording)
33. Var. 6 (Ancora più mosso, allegro) (1959 Recording)
34. Var. 7 (Walzer) (1959 Recording)
35. Var. 8 (Alla marcia allegro moderato) (1959 Recording)
36. Var. 9 (Presto – Andante rubato) (1959 Recording)
37. Var. 10 (Passacaglia) (1959 Recording)
38. Var. 11 (Choral) (1959 Recording)
39. Finale fugato (Allegro vivace – Tempo del tema – Molto allegro) (1959 Recording)

CD 13
01. I. Largo – Allegro moderato
02. II. Allegro molto
03. III. Adagio
04. IV. Allegro vivace

CD 14
01. I. Lento – Allegro moderato
02. II. Adagio ma non troppo
03. III. Allegro
04. Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival, Overture, Op. 36

CD 15
01. I. Naissance de Kijé
02. II. Romance
03. III. Noces de Kijé
04. IV. Troïka
05. V. Enterrement de Kijé
06. I. The Ridiculous People
07. II. Infernal Scene
08. III. March
09. IV. Scherzo
10. V. The Prince and the Princess
11. VI. The Escape

CD 16
01. No. 1, Nun will die Sonn’ so hell aufgeh’n
02. No. 2, Nun seh’ ich wohl, warum so dunkle Flammen
03. No. 3, Wenn dein Mütterlein
04. No. 4, Oft denk’ ich, sie sind nur ausgegangen
05. No. 5, In diesem Wetter
06. No. 1, Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht
07. No. 2, Ging heut’ morgen übers Feld
08. No. 3, Ich hab’ ein glühend Messer
09. No. 4, Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz

The third volume of Boult’s complete Decca recordings features Boult the insightful accompanist and inspired Russian interpreter, featuring many long-unavailable and newly remastered Decca recordings. LIMITED EDITION. After twenty years as the BBC’s director of music, Sir Adrian Boult was unceremoniously ‘retired’ by the corporation in 1950. Still in the prime of his career, Boult continued to conduct the BBC Symphony Orchestra as its chief conductor, but meanwhile began to make commercial recordings for English labels such as Decca and Nixa, enabling American audiences in particular to hear a conductor previously confined by and large to his own shores, and in top-of-the- range studio engineering. While Decca capitalised on Boult’s reputation as a master of English and choral repertoire, with a pioneering Vaughan Williams symphony cycle, mono and stereo versions of Messiah and much else made available in the two companion boxes on Decca Eloquence, the label also took advantage of his easy relations with many of the great instrumental soloists of the day. At the BBC Proms and elsewhere, he had made music with the likes of Alfredo Campoli, Mischa Elman and Sir Clifford Curzon for decades, and there is a special familiarity and ease of communication about their concerto recordings together. Boult also partnered exciting younger virtuosos such as the pianists Peter Katin and Friedrich Gulda, always attentive and dynamic in partnership. The new box brings together both mono and stereo-era versions of Dohnányi’s once-popular Nursery Variations and Rachmaninoff’s Paganini Rhapsody in which Boult strikes up an intuitive rapport with Julius Katchen. Boult’s very versatility told against him: sometimes viewed then and now as a good all-rounder, he loses nothing to the competition for authentically Russian fire and balletic grace in symphonies by Tchaikovsky (the Third – appearing her in stereo for the first time) and Rachmaninoff (the Second and Third, repatriated from RCA to Decca). Prokofiev suites are infused with wit and pungent orchestral colour. And whichever orchestra he was conducting, Boult elicited the best from them with collegial authority – even the very French-sounding winds of the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra. This ‘original covers’ box restores the recordings to their LP couplings and features a new essay on Boult by Nigel Simeone.