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Lewis Foreman talks to Richard Itter, his producers and engineers and the musicians who made the recordings to tell the story behind The Lyrita record label.

Contributors:

Richard Itter – founder of Lyrita Recorded Edition

Vernon Handley – conductor
Nicholas Braithwaite – conductor
Alan Rowlands – pianist

Andrew Cornall – record producer (now Executive Director of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic)
John Dunkerley – sound engineer

Edward Greenfield – critic

Cliff Challenger, Ian Gordon, Peter Williams, Carolyn Wingfield – Radio 3 listeners

Playlist: excerpts from:

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford – Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op. 126, first movement
Malcolm Binns (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 219, Track 3

Heitor Villa-Lobos – Festa na sertao, third movement of Ciclo brasileiro
Elizabeth Powell (piano)
Lyrita RCS 22, Side 1 Band 3 [mono LP: not yet issued on CD]

Gordon Jacob – Elegy for cello and piano
Florence Hooton (cello)
Wilfrid Parry (piano)
Lyrita RCS 2, Side 2 Band 5 [mono LP: now issued on CD with number REAM 2104]

John Ireland – April
Alan Rowlands (piano)
Lyrita RCS 28, Side 1 Band 4 [mono LP: now issued on CD with number REAM 3112]

John Ireland – Equinox
Alan Rowlands (piano)
Lyrita RCS 15, Side 2 Band 5 [mono LP: now issued on CD with number REAM 3112]

William Havergal Brian – Symphony no. 6 (Sinfonia Tragica)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Myer Fredman (conductor)
Lyrita SRCS 67, Side 1 [stereo LP: now issued on CD with number SRCD 295]

John Ireland – A London Overture
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 240, Track 4

George Lloyd – Symphony no. 8, second movement (Largo)
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Edward Downes (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 2258, CD 3 of 3, Track 2

Frank Bridge – Dance Rhapsody
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 243, Track 1

Ernest John Moeran – Symphony in G minor, fourth movement
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 247, Track 7

William Hurlstone – Variations on a Hungarian Air
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 208, Track 9

Gerald Finzi – Intimations of Immortality (words: William Wordsworth)
Ian Partridge (tenor)
Guildford Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 238, Tracks 5–14

Sir Hubert Parry – Bridal March, from The Birds
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 220, Track 9

Sir Edward Elgar – Symphony no. 2 in E flat, Op. 63, third movement (Rondo)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 221, CD 2 of 2, Track 3

Herbert Howells – Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 21, first movement
Richards Piano Quartet
Lyrita SRCS 68, Side 1 Band 1 [stereo LP: now issued on CD with number SRCD 292]

John Ireland – Sea Fever (words: John Masefield)
Benjamin Luxon (baritone)
Alan Rowlands (piano)
Lyrita SRCD 2261, CD 1 of 3, Track 8

John Ireland – When I am dead, my dearest
Benjamin Luxon (baritone)
Alan Rowlands (piano)
Lyrita SRCD 2261, CD 2 of 3, Track 22

John Ireland – Prelude: The Forgotten Rite
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 240, Track 2

Sir Malcolm Arnold – English Dances, Set 1, Op. 27, fourth movement
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Arnold (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 201, Track 4

John Foulds – Dynamic Triptych for piano and orchestra, Op. 88, first movement
Howard Shelley (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vernon Handley (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 211, Track 4

Nicholas Maw – Scenes and Arias (words: anon, c. 1300)
Jane Manning (soprano)
Anne Howells (mezzo-soprano)
Norma Proctor (contralto)
91Èȱ¬ Symphony Orchestra
Norman Del Mar (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 267, Tracks 1–9

Sir William Sterndale Bennett – Symphony in G minor, Op. 43, fourth movement
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 206, Track 6

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford – Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op. 126, first movement
Malcolm Binns (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra
Nicholas Braithwaite (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 219, Track 3

Sir Arnold Bax – Symphony no. 2 in E minor and C, second movement
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Myer Fredman (conductor)
Lyrita SRCS 54, Side 2 Band 1 [stereo LP: now issued on CD with number SRCD 233]

Ernest John Moeran – Symphony in G minor, first movement
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 247, Track 4

Ernest John Moeran – Symphony in G minor, fourth movement
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
Lyrita SRCD 247, Track 7

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