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Sir Adrian Boult
Sir Adrian Cedric Boult, CH was a British conductor. Brought up in a prosperous mercantile family, he followed musical studies in England and at Leipzig, Germany, with early conducting work in London for the Royal Opera House and Sergei Diaghilev's ballet company. His first prominent post was conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra in 1924. When the British Broadcasting Corporation appointed him director of music in 1930, he established the BBC Symphony Orchestra and became its chief conductor. The orchestra set standards of excellence that were rivalled in Britain only by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, founded two years later. Forced to leave the BBC in 1950 on reaching retirement age, Boult became principal conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra had declined from its peak of the 1930s, but under his guidance its fortunes were revived. He retired as its chief conductor in 1957, and later accepted the post of president. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Boult) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March": III. Marche funèbre. Lento (Orch. Elgar)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Frédéric Chopin, and Sir Edward Elgar
Albums See All
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Boult's Elgar: The Forgotten Recordings (Remastered 2025)
2025
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Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Remastered 2023)
2023
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Elgar: The Legacy, Vol. 2 (1949-1950)
2023
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Works by Holst, Vaughan Williams, Walton and Butterworth (Live)
2023
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Holst: The Planets
2022
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2; Franck: Variations symphoniques; Litolff: Concerto Symphonique No. 4 (Adrian Boult – The Decca Legacy III, Vol. 10)
2022
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Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Adrian Boult – The Decca Legacy III, Vol. 2)
2022
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J.S. Bach & Handel Arias [1953 Recording] (Adrian Boult – The Decca Legacy II, Vol. 5)
2022
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Handel, J.S.Bach, Clarke, Britten (Adrian Boult – The Decca Legacy II, Vol. 4)
2022
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Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Suite for Orchestra No. 3 (Adrian Boult – The Decca Legacy III, Vol. 5)
2022
Singles & EPs See All
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Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien, Op. 45 (Mono Version)
Single • 2015
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Three Great ‘Prom’ Pieces
EP • 2014
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Berlioz Overtures Vol. 1
EP • 2014
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 'Italian'
EP • 2014
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Sir Adrian Boult Conducts Elgar's Enigma Variations & Introduction and Allegro for Strings
EP • 2014
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1
Single • 2014
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Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasia in G Major, Op. 56
Single • 2014
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Hindemith: Symphony in E-Flat Major
EP • 2014
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Holst: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Single • 2013
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Holst: Venus, the Bringer of Peace
Single • 2013
Videos See All
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Gustav Holst: The Planets - Jupiter, 'The Bringer of Jollity'
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Chorus - His yoke is easy and his burthen is light Handel
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Ralph Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music
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G. F. Händel, Messiah - "Hallelujah" (Chorus)
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George Butterworth - A Shropshire Lad (1912)
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Agnus Dei Bach B Minor Mass Iestyn Davies Countertenor
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