WALTON:

Symphony No.1, Elgar: Falstaff, Symphony No.2, Cockaigne overture,

 

ROSSINI/BRITTEN:

Soireé musicales, Matinées musicales,

 

The 1956 Sir Adrian Boult / Nixa-Westminster stereo recordings, Vol. 1

 

BRITTEN:

Young person’s guide to the orchestra (mono* & stereo versions), Four sea interludes & passacaglia

 

London Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Sir Adrian Boult, narration Sir Adrian Boult*

 

 

 

A release that all Boult fans have been waiting for :-

 

Cockaigne is the first release in the UK in any format.

 

Most works are first releases on CD of the original Westminster source masters.

 

First release on CD of Elgar’s Falstaff from tape source.

 

All recorded at Walthamstow Assembly Halls in 1956, re-mastered at Abbey Road Studios 2010

 

First Hand Records 3cds FHR06