The Essential Music of England

Pomp & Circumstance March no. 1

Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 1 in D major

Georg Solti

Nimrod (from Enigma Variations)

Edward Elgar - Variations on an Original Theme (‘Enigma’), op. 36

Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic

Jupiter (from The Planets)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Georg Solti

Pomp & Circumstance March no. 4

Edward Elgar - Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches, op. 39: March no. 4 in G major

Georg Solti

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Final Fugue)

Benjamin Britten - The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34

Benjamin Britten, London Symphony Orchestra

Cockaigne (In London Town)

Edward Elgar - Cockaigne (In London Town), op. 40

Georg Solti

Orb & Sceptre

William Walton - Orb and Sceptre

David Hill, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Symphony no. 1 (Opening Theme)

Edward Elgar - Symphony no. 1 in A-flat major, op. 55

Georg Solti

The Dam Busters March

Eric Coates - The Dam Busters March

Elgar Howarth, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Land of Hope & Glory

Edward Elgar - Land of Hope and Glory

Stanley Black, London Festival Orchestra

Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven

John Goss - Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven!

Stephen Cleobury

Jerusalem

Hubert Parry - Jerusalem

David Hill, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

The Battle of Agincourt (Henry V)

William Walton - Henry V: The Battle of Agincourt

Stanley Black, London Festival Orchestra

Fantasia on Greensleeves

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Fantasia on “Greensleeves”

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Chanson de Matin

Edward Elgar - Chanson de matin, op. 15 no. 2

Adrian Boult

Cello Concerto (1st Movement)

Edward Elgar - Cello Concerto in E minor, op. 85

Lorin Maazel, Cleveland Orchestra

Shepherd's Hey

Percy Grainger - Shepherd’s Hey

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

The Lark Ascending

Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

Iona Brown, Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Playful Pizzicato (from Simple Symphony)

Benjamin Britten - Simple Symphony, op. 4

Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Frederick Delius - On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, RT VI/19 no. 1

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Capriol Suite: I. Basse-Danse

Peter Warlock - Capriol Suite

Neville Marriner, Nicholas Kraemer, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Capriol Suite: II. Pavane

Peter Warlock - Capriol Suite

Neville Marriner, Nicholas Kraemer, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Capriol Suite: III. Tordion

Peter Warlock - Capriol Suite

Neville Marriner, Nicholas Kraemer, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Capriol Suite: IV. Branles

Peter Warlock - Capriol Suite

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Capriol Suite V: Pieds-en-l'Air

Peter Warlock - Capriol Suite

Neville Marriner, Nicholas Kraemer, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Capriol Suite: VI. Mattachins (Sword Dance)

Peter Warlock - Capriol Suite

Neville Marriner, Nicholas Kraemer, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

The Banks of Green Willow

George Butterworth - The Banks of Green Willow, Idyll

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

English Folk Song Suite: I. March - Seventeen Come Sunday

Ralph Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

English Folk Song Suite: II. Intermezzo - My Bonny Boy

Ralph Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

English Folk Song Suite: III. March - Folk Songs from Somerset

Ralph Vaughan Williams - English Folk Song Suite

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

La Calinda

Frederick Delius - Koanga, RT I/4: La Calinda

Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields