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British classical music is a rich and diverse tradition that blends the grandeur of European classical forms with distinct English sensibilities. It often features lush orchestration, pastoral melodies, and a strong choral and sacred music tradition. Composers like Ruth Gipps and Howard Ferguson contributed expressive, lyrical works, while conductors such as Sir Malcolm Sargent and David Atherton shaped the performance of both classical and modern repertoire. The genre encompasses symphonic, operatic, and chamber music, often reflecting Britain's landscapes, folklore, and history, creating a uniquely evocative and sophisticated sound.

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Gentle Nights, Wild Dreams

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•

Agustín Barrios Mangoré•

Albert Roussel•

Alessandro Scarlatti•

Alexander Glazunov•

Alexander Gretchaninov•

Alexandre Tansman•

Ambroise Thomas•

Anatoly Lyadov•

Andrzej Panufnik•

André Campra•

André Messager•

Anton Webern•

Arthur Somervell•

Aulis Sallinen•

Benjamin Godard•

Bernard Herrmann•

Bernhard Flies•

Bohuslav Martinů•

Carl Millöcker•

Carl Nielsen•

Charles Villiers Stanford•

Charles Williams•

Cipriano de Rore•

Claude-Michel Schönberg•

Daniel Auber•

Darius Milhaud•

Emmerich Kálmán•

Erich Wolfgang Korngold•

Erkki-Sven Tüür•

Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari•

Eugène Ysaÿe•

Ferruccio Busoni•

Francesco Cavalli•

Frederick Delius•

Friedrich von Flotow•

Gabriel Pierné•

Gaetano Donizetti•

Album - 211 Tracks - Released September 24, 2026

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September 24, 2026

Gentle Nights, Wild Dreams
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alban Berg•
Albert Roussel•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexander Gretchaninov•
Alexandre Tansman•
Ambroise Thomas•
Anatoly Lyadov•
Andrzej Panufnik•
André Campra•
André Messager•
Anton Webern•
Arthur Somervell•
Aulis Sallinen•
Benjamin Godard•
Bernard Herrmann•
Bernhard Flies•
Bohuslav Martinů•
Carl Millöcker•
Carl Nielsen•
Charles Villiers Stanford•
Charles Williams•
Cipriano de Rore•
Claude-Michel Schönberg•
César Cui•
Daniel Auber•
Darius Milhaud•
Emmerich Kálmán•
Eric Coates•
Erich Wolfgang Korngold•
Erkki-Sven Tüür•
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari•
Eugène Ysaÿe•
Ferruccio Busoni•
Francesco Cavalli•
Frederick Delius•
Friedrich von Flotow•
Gabriel Pierné•
Gaetano Donizetti•
George Enescu
211 tracks
August 28

100 Best Film Classics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Alan Silvestri•
Alfredo Catalani•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charlie Chaplin•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Erik Satie•
Franz Schubert•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Giacomo Puccini•
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Gregorio Allegri•
Gustav Holst•
Gustav Mahler•
Howard Shore•
Jacques Offenbach•
James Horner•
Johann Pachelbel•
John Barry•
John Williams•
Leonard Bernstein•
Maurice Jarre•
Nino Rota•
Paul Dukas•
Pietro Mascagni•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Richard Strauss•
Richard Wagner•
Samuel Barber•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Stanley Myers•
Thomas Newman•
Tomaso Albinoni•
Umberto Giordano•
Vincenzo Bellini
100 tracks
August 14

Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Op. 90 & Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Johannes Brahms•
London Symphony Orchestra•
Sir Adrian Boult
5 tracks
August 7

Popular Orchestral Favourites
London Philharmonic Orchestra•
Sir Adrian Boult•
Amilcare Ponchielli•
Franz von Suppé•
Johann Strauss I•
Johannes Brahms•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6 tracks
August 7

2 Pieces, Op. 15: No. 2, Chanson de Matin
Edward Elgar•
Michael Foyle•
Iain Burnside
1 tracks
July 31

Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
Gustav Holst•
New Philharmonia Orchestra•
Sir Adrian Boult
7 tracks
July 17

Elgar from the Archives, Vol. 4 (Remastered 2026) [Live at Free Trade Hall, 01/30/1958]
Edward Elgar•
Hallé•
Sir John Barbirolli•
MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
5 tracks
June 26

2 Pieces, Op. 15: No. 1, Chanson de Nuit
Edward Elgar•
Michael Foyle•
Iain Burnside
1 tracks
May 15

ApIvor, Finzi & Swain: Clarinet Concertos
Peter Cigleris
9 tracks
April 28

Ulusoy-Horsley: Engelsmusik: No. 1, Colours of Light's Sound
Tenebrae•
Nigel Short•
Tom Herring
1 tracks
April 24

Rise, Heart
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Roderick Williams•
Sacconi Quartet•
William Vann
16 tracks
April 10

When I Am Dead, My Dearest
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Roderick Williams•
William Vann
1 tracks
April 10

When I Am Dead, My Dearest
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Roderick Williams•
William Vann
1 tracks
April 3

Five Mystical Songs: 1 Easter
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Roderick Williams•
Sacconi Quartet•
William Vann
1 tracks
March 26

Peaceful & Relaxing Classical Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alexandre Tansman•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Aram Khachaturian•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Gabrielli•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francisco Tárrega•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber•
Isaac Albéniz•
Jean Sibelius•
Johann Pachelbel•
Jules Massenet•
Leo Brouwer•
Léo Delibes•
Manuel Ponce•
Manuel de Falla•
Maria Theresia von Paradis•
Marin Marais•
Maurice Ravel•
Mily Balakirev•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Pietro Mascagni•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Richard Strauss•
Robert Schumann•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Stanley Myers
121 tracks
March 20

Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31: VI. Hymn
Benjamin Britten•
London Choral Sinfonia•
Michael Waldron•
Nick Pritchard
1 tracks
March 6

Matthew Coleridge: The Breath of Life
The Choir of Royal Holloway•
Rupert Gough•
Lionel Handy
14 tracks
March 6

English String Orchestra & William Boughton Rediscovered
English String Orchestra•
William Boughton
13 tracks
February 23

Bravo! Walton, Bruch, Saint-Saëns, Gershwin, Stravinsky, Falla...
Sir Adrian Boult•
London Philharmonic Orchestra
10 tracks
February 19

Tchaikovsky: Suites from Nutcracker & The Sleeping Beauty
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Sir Adrian Boult•
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
17 tracks
February 13

Janácek: Suite for String Orchestra: IV. Presto
Leoš Janáček•
English String Orchestra•
William Boughton
1 tracks
January 16

Light Out of Darkness
Edward Elgar•
The Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea•
William Vann
18 tracks
January 16

Dvořák: Waltz, Op. 54: No. 2
Antonín Dvořák•
English String Orchestra•
William Boughton
1 tracks
January 16

Light Out of Darkness
Edward Elgar•
The Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea•
William Vann
18 tracks
January 9

In Search of Youkali: Songs of Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill•
William Vann•
Murray Grainger•
Marianne Schofield
19 tracks
January 2

Bennett: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 6
William Sterndale Bennett•
Simon Callaghan•
Royal Northern Sinfonia•
Martin Yates•
Hiroaki Takenouchi
7 tracks
January 2

Bennett: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 6
William Sterndale Bennett•
Simon Callaghan•
Royal Northern Sinfonia•
Martin Yates•
Hiroaki Takenouchi
7 tracks
January 2

Bennett: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 6
William Sterndale Bennett•
Simon Callaghan•
Royal Northern Sinfonia•
Martin Yates•
Hiroaki Takenouchi
7 tracks
January 2

Alkan, Balakirev & Others: Piano Works (Remastered 2025)
Malcolm Binns
64 tracks
January 2

Bennett: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 6
William Sterndale Bennett•
Simon Callaghan•
Royal Northern Sinfonia•
Martin Yates•
Hiroaki Takenouchi
7 tracks
December 26, 2025

This Time Next Year
Kurt Weill•
William Vann
1 tracks
December 12

Suk: Serenade for Strings in E-Flat Major, Op. 6: I. Andante con moto
Josef Suk•
English String Orchestra•
William Boughton
1 tracks
December 12

Berlin im Licht
Kurt Weill•
William Vann
1 tracks
December 12

Warlock: Benedicamus Domino
Peter Warlock•
Daniel Hyde•
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
1 tracks
December 7

Whispers of Classics
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alessandro Stradella•
Alexander Borodin•
André Caplet•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Arvo Pärt•
Astor Piazzolla•
Béla Bartók•
Charles Gounod•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Edward Elgar•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Ferruccio Busoni•
Francis Poulenc•
Franz Schubert•
Fritz Kreisler•
Frédéric Chopin•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Giovanni Girolamo Kapsberger•
Gustav Mahler•
Hector Berlioz•
Henri Duparc•
Jean Sibelius•
Jean-Marie Leclair•
Jean-Philippe Rameau•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Johannes Brahms•
Jules Massenet•
Leonard Bernstein•
Leoš Janáček•
Marc-Antoine Charpentier•
Maurice Ravel•
Samuel Barber•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Stanley Myers•
Thomas Crecquillon•
Thomas Tallis•
Tomaso Albinoni•
Toru Takemitsu•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
73 tracks
November 28

Youkali
Kurt Weill•
William Vann•
Murray Grainger•
Marianne Schofield
1 tracks
November 28

Youkali
Kurt Weill•
William Vann•
Murray Grainger•
Marianne Schofield
1 tracks
November 21

On Christmas Night
London Choral Sinfonia•
Michael Waldron•
Emma Bell•
Malakai Bayoh
17 tracks
November 21

Moeran: Symphony in G Minor, Violin Concerto & Cello Concerto (Live)
Ernest John Moeran•
Albert Sammons•
BBC Symphony Orchestra•
Sir Adrian Boult
10 tracks
November 21

Moeran: Symphony in G Minor, Violin Concerto & Cello Concerto (Remastered 2025) [Live]
Ernest John Moeran•
Albert Sammons•
BBC Symphony Orchestra•
Sir Adrian Boult
10 tracks

September 24, 2026

Gentle Nights, Wild Dreams
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alban Berg•
Albert Roussel•
Alessandro Scarlatti•
Alexander Glazunov•
Alexander Gretchaninov•
Alexandre Tansman•
Ambroise Thomas•
Anatoly Lyadov•
Andrzej Panufnik•
André Campra•
André Messager•
Anton Webern•
Arthur Somervell•
Aulis Sallinen•
Benjamin Godard•
Bernard Herrmann•
Bernhard Flies•
Bohuslav Martinů•
Carl Millöcker•
Carl Nielsen•
Charles Villiers Stanford•
Charles Williams•
Cipriano de Rore•
Claude-Michel Schönberg•
César Cui•
Daniel Auber•
Darius Milhaud•
Emmerich Kálmán•
Eric Coates•
Erich Wolfgang Korngold•
Erkki-Sven Tüür•
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari•
Eugène Ysaÿe•
Ferruccio Busoni•
Francesco Cavalli•
Frederick Delius•
Friedrich von Flotow•
Gabriel Pierné•
Gaetano Donizetti•
George Enescu
211 tracks
August 28

100 Best Film Classics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Alan Silvestri•
Alfredo Catalani•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Charlie Chaplin•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Erik Satie•
Franz Schubert•
George Frideric Handel•
Georges Bizet•
Giacomo Puccini•
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi•
Giuseppe Verdi•
Gregorio Allegri•
Gustav Holst•
Gustav Mahler•
Howard Shore•
Jacques Offenbach•
James Horner•
Johann Pachelbel•
John Barry•
John Williams•
Leonard Bernstein•
Maurice Jarre•
Nino Rota•
Paul Dukas•
Pietro Mascagni•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Richard Strauss•
Richard Wagner•
Samuel Barber•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Stanley Myers•
Thomas Newman•
Tomaso Albinoni•
Umberto Giordano•
Vincenzo Bellini
100 tracks
August 14

Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Op. 90 & Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Johannes Brahms•
London Symphony Orchestra•
Sir Adrian Boult
5 tracks
August 7

Popular Orchestral Favourites
London Philharmonic Orchestra•
Sir Adrian Boult•
Amilcare Ponchielli•
Franz von Suppé•
Johann Strauss I•
Johannes Brahms•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
6 tracks
July 31

Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
Gustav Holst•
New Philharmonia Orchestra•
Sir Adrian Boult
7 tracks
July 17

Elgar from the Archives, Vol. 4 (Remastered 2026) [Live at Free Trade Hall, 01/30/1958]
Edward Elgar•
Hallé•
Sir John Barbirolli•
MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra
5 tracks
May 15

ApIvor, Finzi & Swain: Clarinet Concertos
Peter Cigleris
9 tracks
April 24

Rise, Heart
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Roderick Williams•
Sacconi Quartet•
William Vann
16 tracks
March 26

Peaceful & Relaxing Classical Music
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Frédéric Chopin•
Johann Sebastian Bach•
Ludwig van Beethoven•
Claude Debussy•
Agustín Barrios Mangoré•
Alexandre Tansman•
Anonymous•
Antonio Vivaldi•
Antonín Dvořák•
Aram Khachaturian•
Camille Saint-Saëns•
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach•
Christoph Willibald Gluck•
Dmitri Shostakovich•
Domenico Gabrielli•
Domenico Scarlatti•
Edvard Grieg•
Edward Elgar•
Ennio Morricone•
Enrique Granados•
Erik Satie•
Felix Mendelssohn•
Francisco Tárrega•
Franz Liszt•
Franz Schubert•
Gabriel Fauré•
George Frideric Handel•
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber•
Isaac Albéniz•
Jean Sibelius•
Johann Pachelbel•
Jules Massenet•
Leo Brouwer•
Léo Delibes•
Manuel Ponce•
Manuel de Falla•
Maria Theresia von Paradis•
Marin Marais•
Maurice Ravel•
Mily Balakirev•
Modest Mussorgsky•
Pietro Mascagni•
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Richard Strauss•
Robert Schumann•
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Stanley Myers
121 tracks
March 6

Matthew Coleridge: The Breath of Life
The Choir of Royal Holloway•
Rupert Gough•
Lionel Handy
14 tracks
March 6

English String Orchestra & William Boughton Rediscovered
English String Orchestra•
William Boughton
13 tracks
February 23

Bravo! Walton, Bruch, Saint-Saëns, Gershwin, Stravinsky, Falla...
Sir Adrian Boult•
London Philharmonic Orchestra
10 tracks
February 19

Tchaikovsky: Suites from Nutcracker & The Sleeping Beauty
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Sir Adrian Boult•
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
17 tracks
January 16

Light Out of Darkness
Edward Elgar•
The Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea•
William Vann
18 tracks
January 16

Light Out of Darkness
Edward Elgar•
The Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea•
William Vann
18 tracks
January 9

In Search of Youkali: Songs of Kurt Weill
Kurt Weill•
William Vann•
Murray Grainger•
Marianne Schofield
19 tracks
January 2

Bennett: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 6
William Sterndale Bennett•
Simon Callaghan•
Royal Northern Sinfonia•
Martin Yates•
Hiroaki Takenouchi
7 tracks
January 2

Bennett: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 6
William Sterndale Bennett•
Simon Callaghan•
Royal Northern Sinfonia•
Martin Yates•
Hiroaki Takenouchi
7 tracks
January 2

Bennett: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 6
William Sterndale Bennett•
Simon Callaghan•
Royal Northern Sinfonia•
Martin Yates•
Hiroaki Takenouchi
7 tracks
January 2

Bennett: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 6
William Sterndale Bennett•
Simon Callaghan•
Royal Northern Sinfonia•
Martin Yates•
Hiroaki Takenouchi
7 tracks

August 7, 2026

2 Pieces, Op. 15: No. 2, Chanson de Matin
Edward Elgar•
Michael Foyle•
Iain Burnside
1 tracks
June 26

2 Pieces, Op. 15: No. 1, Chanson de Nuit
Edward Elgar•
Michael Foyle•
Iain Burnside
1 tracks
April 28

Ulusoy-Horsley: Engelsmusik: No. 1, Colours of Light's Sound
Tenebrae•
Nigel Short•
Tom Herring
1 tracks
April 10

When I Am Dead, My Dearest
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Roderick Williams•
William Vann
1 tracks
April 10

When I Am Dead, My Dearest
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Roderick Williams•
William Vann
1 tracks
April 3

Five Mystical Songs: 1 Easter
Ralph Vaughan Williams•
Roderick Williams•
Sacconi Quartet•
William Vann
1 tracks
March 20

Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31: VI. Hymn
Benjamin Britten•
London Choral Sinfonia•
Michael Waldron•
Nick Pritchard
1 tracks
February 13

Janácek: Suite for String Orchestra: IV. Presto
Leoš Janáček•
English String Orchestra•
William Boughton
1 tracks
January 16

Dvořák: Waltz, Op. 54: No. 2
Antonín Dvořák•
English String Orchestra•
William Boughton
1 tracks
December 26, 2025

This Time Next Year
Kurt Weill•
William Vann
1 tracks
December 12

Berlin im Licht
Kurt Weill•
William Vann
1 tracks
December 12

Suk: Serenade for Strings in E-Flat Major, Op. 6: I. Andante con moto
Josef Suk•
English String Orchestra•
William Boughton
1 tracks
December 12

Warlock: Benedicamus Domino
Peter Warlock•
Daniel Hyde•
Choir of King's College, Cambridge
1 tracks
November 28

Youkali
Kurt Weill•
William Vann•
Murray Grainger•
Marianne Schofield
1 tracks
November 28

Youkali
Kurt Weill•
William Vann•
Murray Grainger•
Marianne Schofield
1 tracks
November 21

William Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concerto No. 6, II. Serenade. Allegretto
William Sterndale Bennett•
Simon Callaghan•
Royal Northern Sinfonia•
Martin Yates
1 tracks
November 21

William Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concerto No. 6, II. Serenade. Allegretto
William Sterndale Bennett•
Simon Callaghan•
Royal Northern Sinfonia•
Martin Yates
1 tracks
November 21

William Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concerto No. 6, II. Serenade. Allegretto
William Sterndale Bennett•
Simon Callaghan•
Royal Northern Sinfonia•
Martin Yates
1 tracks
November 21

William Sterndale Bennett: Piano Concerto No. 6, II. Serenade. Allegretto
William Sterndale Bennett•
Simon Callaghan•
Royal Northern Sinfonia•
Martin Yates
1 tracks
November 14

O Come, All Ye Faithful (Arr. Sir David Willcocks)
Daniel Hyde•
Choir of King's College, Cambridge•
Britten Sinfonia
1 tracks