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The Gluepot Connection
Year: 2018
Works:
Lidice
Like Rivers Flowing
Artists:
The Londinium, Andrew Griffiths (conductor)
Record Company: SOMM Recordings
Format: CD
Catalogue No: SOMMCD 180
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Alan Bush
Year: 2013
Works:
Africa for Piano and Orchestra
Symphony No 2 'Nottingham'
Fantasia on Soviet Themes
Artists:
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates (conductor), Peter Donohoe (piano)
Record Company: Dutton Epoch
Format: CD
Catalogue No: CDLX 7306
 Listen to Allegro from Africa
 Listen to 1st Movement: 'Sherwood Forest' from Symphony No. 2 'Nottingham'
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Noel Mewton-Wood - Peter Pears
Year: 2014
Works:
Voices of the Prophets
Artists:
Noel Mewton-Wood (piano), Peter Pears (tenor)
Record Company: Testament
Format: CD
Catalogue No: SBT 1493
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Alan Bush: Lascaux Symphony
Year: 2012
Works:
Dance Overture
Symphony No. 4 - Lascaux Symphony
Dorian Passacaglia and Fugue for Orchestra
Artists:
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates (conductor), Sam Hutchings (piano)
Record Company: Dutton Epoch
Format: CD
Catalogue No: CDLX 7294
 Listen to 1st Movement: 'The Wild' from Symphony No. 4 - Lascaux Symphony
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British Recorder Music
Year: 2011
Works:
Sonatina for Descant, Treble and Tenor Recorders (one player) and Piano
Artists:
Ross Winters (recorder), Adam Dopadlik (recorder), Michael Keen (recorder), Julian Jacobson (piano, harpsichord), Yuka Matsumoto (violin), Jessica Burroughs (cello)
Record Company: Meridian
Format: CD
Catalogue No: CDE 84608
 Listen to 'Vivo vivace' from Sonatina for Recorders and Piano
This CD can also be purchased directly from Ross Winters.
Please send a cheque for £11.60 to include postage and packing to:
Ross Winters
84 Radnor Park Road
Folkestone
CT19 5BS
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Cello Concertos
Year: 2011
Works:
Concert Suite for Cello and Orchestra
Artists:
BBC Concert Orchestra, Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Martin Yates (conductor)
Record Company: Dutton Epoch
Format: CD
Catalogue No: CDLX 7263
 Listen to 'Poem' from Concert Suite for Cello and Orchestra
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Rawsthorne, Berkeley, Bush - Chamber Music
Year: 2008
Works:
Three Concert Studies for Piano, Violin and Cello
'The Cruel Sea Captain' from Two Ballads of the Sea
'Galliard' and 'Air' from Suite for Harpsichord (or Piano)
Corentyne Kwe-Kwe
Artists:
The Music Group of London - Hugh Bean (violin), Eileen Croxford (cello), David Parkhouse (piano)
Alan Bush (piano)
Record Company: Lyrita
Format: CD
Catalogue No: SRCD 256
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The British Quartet
Year: 2007
Works:
String Quartet in A Minor
Artists:
New World Quartet - Andy Long (Violin), Susie Gibbon (Violin), Rachel Jones (Viola), Zoe Long (Cello)
Record Company: Campion Cameo
Format: CD
Catalogue No: CAMEO 2071
 Listen to 1st Movement from String Quartet in A Minor
 Listen to 2nd Movement from String Quartet in A Minor
 Listen to 3rd Movement from String Quartet in A Minor
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Mark Bebbington - Piano
Year: 2007
Works:
Sonata in B Minor
Artists:
Mark Bebbington (Piano)
Record Company: Somm Recordings
Format: CD
Catalogue No: SOMMCD 069
 Listen to Sonata in B Minor
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The British Double Bass
Year: 2007
Works:
Meditation and Scherzo for Double Bass and Piano
Artists:
Leon Bosch (Double Bass), Sung-Suk Kang (Piano), I Musicanti
Record Company: Meridian
Format: CD
Catalogue No: CDE 84550
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Tame Cat and other Songs by British Composers
Year: 2006
Works:
'The Weaving Song' from 'Woman's Life' - Song cycle for Soprano and Piano
Artists:
Sylvia Eaves (Soprano), Dame Thea King (Clarinet), Courtney Kenny (Piano)
Record Company: Cameo Classics
Format: CD
Catalogue No: C-C9020CD
The Best of British Volume 3
Year: 2005
Works:
Dance Overture for Military Band
Artists:
Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Douglas Bostock (Conductor)
Record Company: Kosei Publishing Co.
Format: CD
Catalogue No: KOCD 8013

To order this CD contact:
Musikverlag RUNDEL GmbH
Untere Gewendhalde 27-29
88430 Rot an der Rot
Germany
Email: info@rundel.de

The Best of British Volume 2
Year: 2005
Works:
Scherzo for Wind Orchestra with Percussion
Artists:
Royal Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, Douglas Bostock (Conductor)
Record Company: Kosei Publishing Co.
Format: CD
Catalogue No: KOCD 8012

To order this CD contact:
Musikverlag RUNDEL GmbH
Untere Gewendhalde 27-29
88430 Rot an der Rot
Germany
Email: info@rundel.de

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Alan Bush: Symphonies 1 and 2
Year: 2004
Works:
Symphony No. 1 in C
Symphony No. 2 'The Nottingham Symphony'
Artists:
Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Bostock (conductor), Weimin Zheng (violin), Ella Brinch (viola), Clare Gallant (cello), Paul Vowles (clarinet)
Record Company: Classico Records
Format: CD
Catalogue No: CLASSCD 484
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Alan Bush: Chamber Music Volume 2
Year: 2004
Works:
Meditation on a German Song of 1848 for Solo Violin and String Orchestra
Le Quartorze Juillet - Esquisse
Lyric Interlude for Violin Solo with Piano Accompaniment
Three Rậga Melodies for Unaccompanied Violin
Two Preludes and Fugues for Violin and Piano
Serenade and Duet for Violin and Piano
Song and Dance for Violin and Piano
Artists:
Adam Summerhayes (violin), Catherine Summerhayes (piano)
Record Company: Meridian Records
Format: CD
Catalogue No: CDE 84481
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British String Quartets 3
Year: 2003
Works:
Suite of Six for String Quartet
Artists:
Bochmann String Quartet – Michael Bochmann (violin), Mark Messenger (violin), Helen Roberts (viola), Peter Adams (cello).
Record Company: Redcliffe Recordings
Format: CD
Catalogue No: RR020
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Prison Cycle
Year: 2003
Works:
Prison Cycle for Mezzo-Soprano (or Baritone) and Piano
Artists:
Alison Wells (soprano), Keith Swallow (piano)
Record Company: Campion Cameo
Format: CD
Catalogue No: CAMEO2021
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Alan Bush Chamber Music
Year: 2003
Works:
Quartet for Strings and Piano
Phantasy for Violin and Piano
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Three Contrapuntal Studies for Violin and Viola
Artists:
The London Piano Quartet: Norma Liddell (violin), Elizabeth Turnbull (viola), David Kenedy (cello), Philip Fowke (piano)
Record Company: Dutton Vocalion
Format: CD
Catalogue No: CDLX 7130
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Alan Bush
Year: 2002
Works:
Violin Concerto
Six Short Pieces
Dialectic
Artists:
BBC Symphony Orchestra: Manoug Parikian (violin), Bela Dekany (leader), Norman Del Mar (conductor)
Alan Bush (piano)
Medici String Quartet: Paul Robertson (violin), David Mathews (violin), Ivo-Jan van der Werff (viola), Anthony Lewis (cello)
Record Company: Claudio Records
Format: CD
Catalogue No: CB 5151-2
 Listen to 3rd Movement 'Allegro' from the Violin Concerto
 Listen to 'Song' from Six Short Pieces
 Listen to 'Tyne-side Reel' from Six Short Pieces
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Alan Bush: Chamber Music Volume 1
Year: 2002
Works:
Three Concert Studies for Piano, Violin and Cello
Two Easy Pieces for Cello with Piano Accompaniment
Two Melodies for Viola with Pianoforte
Sonatina for Viola and Piano
Concert Piece for Cello and Piano
Summer Valley for Cello with Piano Accompaniment
Artists: Summerhayes Piano Trio - Adam Summerhayes (violin/viola), Catherine Summerhayes (piano), Joseph Spooner (cello)
Record Company: Meridian Records
Format: CD
Catalogue No: CDE 84458
 Listen to 3rd Movement 'Alla Bulgara' from Three Concert Studies
 Listen to 'Song Across The Water' from Two Easy Pieces
 Listen to Summer Valley
To All A Future World May Hold - Song Cycles by Alan Bush
Year: 2000
Works:
Voices of the Prophets - Cantata for Tenor and Piano
Four Seafarers' Songs for Baritone
Life's Span - Song Cycle for Mezzo Soprano and Piano
Woman's Life - Song Cycle for Soprano and Piano
Artists: The Artsong Collective - Richard Black (piano), Wills Morgan (tenor), Paul Wilson (baritone), Phillida Bannister (mezzo-soprano), Moira Harris (soprano)
Record Company: Musaeus
Format: CD
Catalogue No: MZCD102
 Listen to 'Selections from Milton' from Voices of the Prophets
 Listen to 'Book of the Prophet Isaiah' from Voices of the Prophets
 Listen to 'Ratcliffe Highway' from Four Seafarers' Songs for Baritone and Piano
 Listen to 'The Long Noonday' from Life's Span
The Artsong Collective have been admirers of Alan Bush's music since they first performed it in 1995. Only one of the four song cycles has previously been recorded and this will be the first recording devoted exclusively to Alan Bush's vocal compositions.

To order this CD, priced £14.00 including p&p, contact:
Richard Black
Musaeus
PO Box, 23850
London
SE15 5ZR
United Kingdom
Telephone: 020 7277 7068
Email: richard@musaeus.co.uk

The Complete Organ Works
Year: 2000
Works:
Three English Song Preludes
Two Occasional Pieces
Prelude and Concert Piece for Organ
Suite for Organ
Sonata for Organ
Artists: Robert Crowley
Record Company: Pipework
Format: CD
Catalogue No: SCS655
 Listen to 'Worldes blis ne last no throwe' from Three English Song Preludes
To order the CD send a cheque/P.O. (made payable to The Alan Bush Music Trust) for £10.00 including p&p to:
The Alan Bush Music Trust
7 Harding Way
Histon
CB4 9JH
United Kingdom
Alan Bush - Piano Music
Year: 1984
Works:
Nocturne
Corentyne Kwe-Kwe - Toccata
Letter Galliard
Twenty Four Preludes
Artists: Peter Jacobs (piano)
Record Company: Altarus
Format: CD
Catalogue No: AIR-CD-9004
 Listen to Letter Galliard
 Listen to Prelude No.12 from 24 Preludes
 Listen to Prelude No.17 from 24 Preludes
 Listen to Prelude No.24 from 24 Preludes
To order this CD, priced £12.00 including p&p, contact:
Peter Jacobs
16 Broom Lock
Teddington
Middlesex
TW11 9QP
United Kingdom
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Music by Alan Bush
Year: 1994
Works:
Relinquishment
Lyric Interlude for Violin Solo with Piano Accompaniment
English Suite for String Orchestra
'Voices of the Prophets' - Cantata for Tenor and Piano
Nocturne
Artists: Piers Lane (piano), Cleo Gould (violin), Sophie Rahman (piano), Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward, Philip Langridge (tenor), Lionel Friend (piano)
Record Company: Redcliffe Recordings, 68 Barrowgate Road, London, W4 4QU, United Kingdom. Tel: 020 8995 1223.
Format: CD
Catalogue No: RR008
 Listen to Passacaglia from English Suite for String Orchestra
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British String Quartets
Year: 1997
Works:
Dialectic for String Quartet
Artists: Bochmann String Quartet - Michael Bochmann (violin), Mark Messenger (violin), Helen Roberts (viola), Peter Adams (cello)
Record Company: Redcliffe Recordings, 68 Barrowgate Road, London, W4 4QU, United Kingdom. Tel: 020 8995 1223.
Format: CD
Catalogue No: RR013
 Listen to Dialectic

Alan Bush

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Index of Works

Major Works
Opera
Wat Tyler
Men of Blackmoor
The Sugar Reapers
Joe Hill - The Man Who Never Died
Orchestral Work
Symphony No. 1 in C
Symphony No. 2 'The Nottingham Symphony'
Symphony No. 3 'The Byron Symphony' with Baritone Solo and Mixed Chorus
Symphony No. 4 - Lascaux Symphony
Dorian Passacaglia and Fugue
Concertos
Piano Concerto
Violin Concerto
Chamber Music
Dialectic for String Quartet
Concert Piece for Cello and Piano
Lyric Interlude for Violin Solo with Piano Accompaniment
Three Concert Studies for Piano, Violin and Cello
Piano Music
Relinquishment
Nocturne
Twenty Four Preludes
Choral Music
'The Winter Journey' - A Christmas Cantata for Soprano and Baritone Solo, Mixed Chorus, String Quintet and Harp
Solo Song
'Voices of the Prophets' - Cantata for Tenor and Piano
'The Freight of Harvest' - Song Cycle for Tenor and Piano
'Life's Span' - Song Cycle for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
'Woman's Life' - Song cycle for Soprano and Piano