Adrian Boult discography

The English conductor Sir Adrian Boult was a prolific recording artist. Unlike many musicians, he felt at home in the recording studio and actually preferred working without an audience.Boult, Adrian (1973). My Own Trumpet. London: Hamish Hamilton. , p. 98 His recording career ran from November 1920, when working with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes he recorded the ballet music, The Good-Humoured Ladies, to December 1978, when he made his final recording of music by Hubert Parry.The Gramophone, July 1981, p. 124

A discography of Boult recordings was compiled by Mike Ashman and published in Records and Recording, July 1974. A further discography by Nigel Simeone was published in Sir Adrian Boult: Companion of Honour, 1980, Midas Books. A third, A Boult Discography, compiled by Alan Sanders, was published by The Gramophone in 1981. The following list draws on the first two of these, and on record companies' catalogues and back numbers of The Gramophone. It consists chiefly of Boult's studio recordings. Since his death, some recordings of his live concerts have been released by the BBC and others, and details of these are given below, where known.

The following abbreviations are used in the list: BBCMM – BBC Music Magazine Compact Disk (CD). The magazine includes a CD with each issue. BBCSO – BBC Symphony Orchestra HMV – His Master's Voice LPO – London Philharmonic Orchestra LSO – London Symphony Orchestra NPO – New Philharmonia Orchestra PPO – Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra. This was a pseudonym for the London Philharmonic, adopted for contractual reasons. Many of Boult's recordings in the 1950s and 60s for the Pye Nixa and the Top Rank labels were made with the PPO. RPO – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra WRC – World Record Club: a subsidiary label owned by EMI in the 1950s–70s

Recordings, listed alphabetically by composer Alford Colonel Bogey, march: LPO, WRC, 1968 Arne Rule, Britannia!: BBCSO, HMV, 1937 Arnold English Dances Sets I + II: LPO, Decca, 1958 Auber Masaniello Overture: BBCSO, HMV, 1935 C.P.E. Bach Symphony No. 3: LPO, HMV, 1957 Bach Brandenburg Concertos 1–6: LPO, EMI, 1974 Klavier Concerto in C BWV 1061: Artur Schnabel, LSO, HMV, 1937 Mass in B minor: Qui Sedes and Agnus Dei: Kathleen Ferrier, LPO, Decca, 1953Boult and the LPO re-recorded the accompaniments for the 1953 recordings in stereo for Decca after Ferrier's death St John Passion: All is fulfilled: Ferrier, LPO, Decca, 1953 St Matthew Passion: Grief for sin: Ferrier, LPO, Decca, 1953 Suite No. 3 BWV 1068: BBCSO, HMV, 1934 Violin Sonata No. 6 BWV 1019, Prelude (arr. Pick-Mangianalli): BBCSO, HMV, 1934 Fantasia and Fugue in C minor (arr. Elgar): LPO, HMV, 1974 The Wise Virgins (arr. Walton): LPO, Decca, 1955 Sergei Barsukov Piano Concerto No. 2, Barsukov, LPO, Everest, 1967 Bartók Divertimento for String Orchestra: PPO, Pye Nixa, 1957 Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta: PPO, Pye Nixa, 1957 Bax The Garden of Fand: LPO, Lyrita, 1972 Mediterranean: LPO, Lyrita, 1972 Northern Ballad No. 1: LPO, Lyrita, 1972 November Woods: LPO Lyrita, 1968 Tintagel LPO, Decca, 1955 LPO, Lyrita, 1972 Beethoven Coriolan Overture BBCSO, HMV 2101, 1934 NPO, HMV, 1971 PPO, Top Rank, 1962 Egmont Overture BBCSO, HMV, 1933 PPO, Top Rank, 1959 Fidelio Overture: PPO, Top Rank, 1962 Leonora No. 3 Overture: PPO, Top Rank, 1962 Piano Concerto No. 3: Solomon, BBCSO, HMV, 1942 Romance No. 2 in F: Hyman Bress, LPO, WRC, 1968 Symphony No. 3: PPO, Top Rank, 1962 Symphony No. 5: PPO, Top Rank, 1959 Symphony No. 6 PPO, Top Rank, 1959 LPO, HMV, 1978 Symphony No. 7: PPO, Top Rank, 1962 Symphony No. 8: BBCSO, HMV, 1932 The Ruins of Athens, Overture and Turkish March: Philharmonia, HMV, 1959 Violin Concerto Ruggiero Ricci, LPO, Decca, 1953 Josef Suk, NPO, HMV, 1971 Berg Lyric Suite – three movements for string orchestra: BBCSO, BBC, 1966 (live recording) Berlioz Beatrice and Benedict Overture: PPO, Pye Nixa, 1960 Benvenuto Cellini Overture: PPO, Pye Nixa, 1960 Le Corsaire Overture: PPO, Pye Nixa, 1960 Les francs-juges Overture BBCSO, HMV, 1937 PPO, Pye Nixa, 1960 Rob Roy Overture: PPO, Pye Nixa, 1960 Le Roi Lear Overture BBCSO, HMV, 1937 PPO, Pye Nixa, 1960 Roman Carnival Overture BBCSO, HMV, 1933 PPO, Pye Nixa, 1960 Waverley: Overture: PPO, Pye Nixa, 1960 Bizet Petite Suite: Philharmonia, BBC, 1964 (live recording) Bliss Music for Strings BBCSO, HMV, 1937 LPO, HMV, 1974 Piano Concerto, 2 recordings with Solomon: New York Philharmonic, world premiere performance, 10 June 1939 studio recording, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, January 1943 Rout: Stella Power, British Symphony Orchestra, HMV, 1926 Borodin Prince Igor, Polovtsian March: BBCSO, HMV, 1937 Brahms Academic Festival Overture LPO, HMV, 1951 PPO, Pye Nixa, 1956 LPO, WRC, 1968 LPO, HMV, 1973 Alto Rhapsody Monica Sinclair, PPO, Pye Nixa, 1958 Janet Baker, London Philharmonic Choir, LPO, HMV 1971 Hungarian Dances 17 and 18: LPO, HMV, 1951 Hungarian Dances 19, 20 and 21: BBCSO, HMV, 1939 Piano Concerto No. 1: Wilhelm Backhaus, BBCSO, HMV, 1933 Piano Concerto No. 2 Artur Schnabel, BBCSO, 1936 Louis Kentner, Philharmonia, 1959 Serenade No. 1 LPO, HMV, 1979 BBCSO, Intaglio, 1993 Serenade No. 2: LPO, HMV, 1979 Symphony No. 1 PPO, Pye Nixa, 1956 LPO, HMV, 1973 Symphony No. 2 PPO, Pye Nixa, 1956 LPO, HMV, 1971 Symphony No. 3 PPO, Pye Nixa, 1957 LSO, HMV, 1971 Symphony No. 4 PPO, Pye Nixa, 1956 LPO, HMV, 1973 Tragic Overture BBCSO, HMV, 1933 PPO, Pye Nixa, 1958 LPO, HMV, 1971 Variations on a theme by Haydn: LPO, HMV, 1979 Brian Symphony No. 1: Honor Sheppard, Shirley Minty, Ronald Dowd, Roger Stalman, BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, BBCSO, Testament, 1966 (live recording) Bridge Cherry Ripe: LPO, Lyrita, 1978 Lament for Strings: LPO, Lyrita, 1978 Sally in Our Alley: LPO, Lyrita, 1978 Sir Roger de Coverley: LPO, Lyrita, 1978 Suite for String Orchestra: LPO, Lyrita, 1978 Britten Peter Grimes – Four Sea Interludes and Passacaglia: LPO, Westminster/Pye, 1966 (recorded August 1956) Matinées musicales: PPO, Westminster/Pye Nixa, 1959 (recorded August 1956) Soirées musicales PPO, Westminster/Pye Nixa, 1959 (recorded August 1956) March: LPO, Lyrita, 1973 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: LPO, Westminster/Pye (recorded August 1956) Bruch Kol Nidrei: Bunting, LPO, WRC, 1968 Scottish Fantasy Rabin, Philharmonia, Columbia, 1958 Alfredo Campoli, LPO, Decca, 1959 Violin Concerto No. 1 Mischa Elman, LPO, Decca, 1956 Menuhin, LSO, HMV, 1973 Violin Concerto No. 2: Menuhin, LSO, HMV, 1973 Butterworth Two English Idylls: LPO, Lyrita, 1967 A Shropshire Lad, Rhapsody British Symphony Orchestra, HMV, 1921 Hallé Orchestra, HMV, 1942 LPO, Decca, 1955 The Banks of Green Willow LPO, Decca, 1955 LPO, Lyrita, 1967 Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 (arr Balakirev): Friedrich Gulda, LPO, Decca, 1954 Piano Sonata No. 2 – Funeral March (arr Elgar): BBCSO, HMV, 1932 Jeremiah Clarke Trumpet Voluntary: Gordon Webb, LPO, WRC, 1968 Coates The Dambusters March LPO, WRC, 1968 NPO, Lyrita, 1976 From Meadow to Mayfair Suite: NPO, Lyrita, 1976 The Merrymakers Overture: NPO, Lyrita, 1976 Summer Days Suite: NPO, Lyrita, 1976 The Three Bears Phantasy: NPO, Lyrita, 1976 The Three Elizabeths Suite: NPO, Lyrita, 1976 Davies RAF March Past: LPO, WRC, 1968 Delibes Coppelia, Suite: PPO, Pye Nixa, 1956 Naila – Waltz (arr. Minkus):PPO, Pye Nixa, 1956 Sylvia, Suites: PPO, Pye Nixa, 1956 Delius Marche Caprice: LPO, Lyrita, 1973 Dohnányi Piano Concerto No. 2: Dohnanyi, RPO, HMV, 1957 Variations on a Nursery Theme Julius Katchen, LPO, Decca, 1954 Ernő Dohnányi, RPO, HMV, 1957 Julius Katchen, LPO, Decca, 1960 Dvořák Cello Concerto Mstislav Rostropovich, RPO, HMV, 1958 Elgar The Apostles: Sheila Armstrong, Helen Watts, Robert Tear, John Carol Case, Benjamin Luxon, Clifford Grant, London Philharmonic Choir, LPO, HMV, 1974 Bavarian Dances LPO, Decca, 1955 LPO, HMV, 1968 Caractacus – Triumphal March, LPO, HMV, 1975 Carillon, LPO, HMV, 1975 Cello Concerto Pablo Casals, BBCSO, HMV, 1946 Paul Tortelier, LPO, HMV, 1973 Chanson de Matin LPO, Decca, 1955 LPO, HMV, 1968 Chanson de Nuit LPO, Decca, 1955 LPO, HMV, 1968 Choral Songs BBC Chorus, HMV, 1982 (recorded February 1967) Cockaigne PPL, Westminster/Pye Nixa (recorded August 1956) LPO, HMV, 1972 Dream Children: LPO, HMV, 1956 The Dream of Gerontius Prelude: BBCSO, HMV, 1934 Helen Watts, Nicolai Gedda, Robert Lloyd, London Philharmonic Choir, NPO, 1976 Enigma Variations BBCSO, HMV, 1936 LPO, HMV, 1954 LPO, HMV, 1962 LSO, HMV, 1970 Falstaff LPO, HMV, 1951 PPO, Westminster/Pye Nixa, 1957 (recorded August 1956) LPO, HMV, 1974 Overture Froissart LPO, HMV, 1956 LPO, HMV, 1972 Imperial March BBCSO, HMV, 1937 LPO, HMV, 1977 Overture In the South Alassio LPO, HMV, 1956 LPO, HMV, 1972 Introduction and Allegro BBCSO, HMV, 1937 LPO, HMV, 1954 LPO, HMV, 1973 The Kingdom: Margaret Price, Yvonne Minton, Alexander Young, John Shirley-Quirk, London Philharmonic Choir, LPO, HMV, 1969 The Music Makers: Janet Baker, London Philharmonic Choir, LPO, 1967 Nursery Suite: LPO, HMV, 1956 Polonia: LPO, 1975 Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1–5 LPO, HMV, 1956 LPO, HMV, 1977 The Sanguine Fan: LPO, 1974 Serenade for Strings: LPO, HMV, 1973 Sospiri: BBCSO, HMV, 1937 Symphony No. 1 LPO, HMV, 1950 LPO, Lyrita, 1968 LPO, HMV, 1977 Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 2 BBCSO, HMV, 1945 PPO, Westminster/Pye Nixa, 1957 (recorded August 1956) Scottish National Orchestra, 1964 LPO, Lyrita, 1968 LPO, HMV, 1976 Violin Concerto Alfredo Campoli, LPO Decca, 1955 Yehudi Menuhin, NPO, HMV, 1966 Ida Haendel, LPO, HMV, 1978 The Wand of Youth Suites 1 and 2 Suite No. 1 only: LPO, HMV, 1954 Suites 1 and 2: LPO, HMV, 1968 Falla El Amor Brujo – Fire Dance: WRC, 1968 Finzi The Fall of the Leaf, LPO, Lyrita, 1978 Introit, Rodney Friend, LPO, Lyrita, Nocturne, LPO, Lyrita, 1978 Prelude for String Orchestra, LPO, Lyrita, 1978 Romance for String Orchestra, LPO, Lyrita, 1978 A Severn Rhapsody, LPO, Lyrita, 1978 Franck Symphonic Variations Anderson Tyrer, British Symphony Orchestra, Velvet Face 599–600, 1923 Clifford Curzon, LPO, Decca, 1960 Symphony in D minor: "London Orchestral Society Orchestra"Mostly the Philharmonia under a pseudonym for contractual reasons. Originally recorded for Reader's Digest, 1959 Gershwin Cuban Overture: London Philharmonic Orchestra, WRC, 1968 Glinka Russlan and Ludmilla Overture LPO, WRC, 1967 Gluck Alceste, Overture: BBCSO, HMV, 1937 Gounod O Divine Redeemer:Kirsten Flagstad, LPO, Decca, 1958 Grainger Over the Hills and far away, Children's March: LPO, Lyrita, 1973 Grieg Piano Concerto: Shura Cherkassky, LPO, WRC, 1966 Franz Gruber Silent Night: Kirsten Flagstad, LPO, Decca, 1958 Patrick Hadley One Morning in Spring – sketch for orchestra: BBCSO, BBC, (1966 live recording) Handel Acis and Galatea: Peter Pears, Joan Sutherland, Owen Brannigan, Philomusica Orchestra, L'Oiseau Lyre-Decca, 1960 Judas Maccabeus – Father of Heaven: Ferrier, LPO, Decca, 1953 Messiah He was despised; O thou that tallest: Ferrier, LPO, Decca, 1953 Jennifer Vyvyan, Norma Procter, George Maran, Owen Brannigan, London Philharmonic Choir, LPO, Decca, 1954 Joan Sutherland, Grace Bumbry, Kenneth McKellar, David Ward, London Symphony Chorus, LSO, Decca, 1961 Music for the Royal Fireworks: LPO, HMV, 1949 Organ Concertos, Op 4 Nos 1–6 and Op 7 Nos 1–6: E. Power Biggs, LPO, 1960 Overture in D minor (arr. Elgar): LPO, HMV, 1972 Samson – Return O God of Hosts: Ferrier, LPO, Decca, 1953 Water Music: PPO, Pye Nixa, 1956 Holst Beni Mora: LPO, Lyrita, 1972 Choral Symphony: Felicity Palmer, London Philharmonic Choir, LPO, HMV, 1974 Egdon Heath LPO Decca 1962 Fugal Overture LPO, Lyrita, 1968 Hammersmith Prelude and Scherzo LPO, Lyrita, 1972 Japanese Suite LSO Lyrita, 1971 The Hymn of Jesus BBC Chorus, BBCSO, Decca, 1962 The Perfect Fool Ballet Music LPO Decca LPO, Decca, 1955 LPO, Decca, 1962 The Planets BBCSO and chorus, HMV, 1945 London Philharmonic Choir, PPO, recorded 1954, Pye Nixa NLP 903, 1954