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The Ultimate Last Night of the Proms - Cooke

Membran  222906

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Op. 39 (March Nos. 1 & 4), Enigma Variations (Nimrod) Holst: The Planets (Jupiter), Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves, Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Henry Wood: Fantasia on British Sea Songs, Arne: Rule, Britannia!, Parry: Jerusalem Op. 208, God Save the Queen (arr. Elgar)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Richard Cooke (conductor)

All

Recording

PCM recording

Works (6)

• Frederick Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (1911-12)
• Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1, Op. 39 No. 1
• Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4, Op. 39 No. 4
• Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 'Enigma' No. 9 Nimrod
• Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 Jupiter
• Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves (1934)