A 4 CD set featuring highlights from the catalogue of award winning British orchestra, the Hallé.

Winners of successive Gramophone Awards, including for their recordings of Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Violin Concerto, Halle presents a compendium of the best classical music from England.

The set contains music across a wide range of styles, from the delights of pastoral England to the drama of the stage and the evocative romanticism of some of the most compelling writing for orchestra.

'Elder's Hallé now has more mastery of the colours oand contours of early 20th Century British music than any other British orchestra' - The Times

Contents:
CD 1
Butterworth
- A Shropshire Lad: Rhapsody for Orchestra
- Two English Idylls
- The Banks of Green Willow (Idyll)
Delius
- Irmelin: Prelude
- The Walk to the Paradise Garden
- Brigg Fair: An English Rhapsody
Grainger
- Brigg Fair
James Gilchrist (tenor)
Traditional
- Brigg Fair
Joseph Taylor (singer) - recorded 1908
Total playing time: 62.47

CD 2
Bax
- Tintagel
Vaughan Williams
- The Lark Ascending
Lyn Fletcher (violin)
Finzi
- The Fall of the Leaf: Elegy for Orchestra, Op.20
Vaughan Williams
- Norfolk Rhapsody No.1
Delius
- Two Pieces for Small Orchestra, Rt Vi/19
Elgar
- As Torrents in Summer (From ‘King Olaf’)
Ireland
- The Hills
Total playing time: 71.40

CD 3
Bax
- Spring Fire
Delius
- Idylle de Printemps
- North Country Sketches: The March of Spring
Bridge
- Enter Spring
Total playing time: 74.30

CD 4
Elgar
- Cockaigne
- Dream Children, Op.43
- Serenade for String Orchestra in E minor, Op.20
Vaughan Williams
- The Wasps
Ireland
- Forgotten Rite
- Epic March
Total playing time: 69.12