Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius, etc. - 2CDs

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BBC Radio 3 Building a Library March 2016 Recommended. Double Decca reissue.

Delius - Sea Drift - John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) with the London Symphony Chorus & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Richard Hickox. Recorded: 1980, Kingsway Hall, London.

Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius op.38 - Sir Peter Pears (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone) & Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano) with the London Symphony Chorus, Choir of King's College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Benjamin Britten. Recorded: 1971, Snape Maltings, Suffolk

Holst - The Hymn of Jesus H140 - BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. Recorded: 1962.