HTGCD222 – 5013993889991
Eric Coates, the doyen of British Light Music, conducts a selection of his most popular works including By the sleepy lagoon, immortalised as the theme tune to Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. Also included are his celebrated London Suites and his royal portrait, The Three Elizabeths.
79 minutes
– International Record Review, November 2012
London Suite
- Covent garden – Tarantelle
- Westminster – Meditation
- Knightsbridge – March
- Oxford Street – March
- Langham Place – Elegy
- Mayfair – Valse
- Elizabeth Tudor
- Elizabeth Glamis – The Queen Mother
- Queen Elizabeth
- Prelude and Hornpipe (17th Century)
- Pavane and Tambourin (18th Century)
- Valse (19th Century)
- Rhythm (20th Century)
- Three Bears – A Phantasy
- By the sleepy lagoon – Valse Serenade
London Again Suite
The Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra, Eric Coates
Recording first published 1953
The Three Elizabeths – Suite
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Eric Coates
Recorded in 1953
Four Centuries – Suite
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Eric Coates
Recorded in 1953
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Eric Coates
Recorded in 1949
Symphony Orchestra, Eric Coates
Recorded in 1940
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