British Flute Concertos on CD

[Dundonnell]

Far fewer British Flute Concertos :( The earliest seems to be the Rutland Boughton of 1937 (the only pre-1939 Flute Concerto ???).

The standout omissions are the Robert Simpson and the William Mathias.

(* indicates multiple recordings; ** indicates download available from this site)

BRITISH FLUTE CONCERTOS

RECORDED:

Rutland Boughton(1878-1960):   Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra(1937)     (Hyperion)

Gordon Jacob(1895-1984):            Flute Concerto No.1(1951)     (Koch)  **

Sir Lennox Berkeley(1903-89):     Flute Concerto(1952)     (Chandos)

John Gardner(1917-2011):           Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra(1995)     (ASV)

Sir Malcolm Arnold(1921-2006):   Flute Concerto No.1(1954)    *
                                                             Flute Concerto No.2(1972)   *

Stephen Dodgson(1924-):           Concerto for Flute and Strings(1991) (Biddulph)

Sir Peter Maxwell Davies(1934-):   Strathclyde Concerto No.6 for Flute(1991)      (Collins)

John McCabe(1939-):                   Flute Concerto(1990)   (Hyperion)

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UNRECORDED:

Gordon Jacob(1895-1984)       Flute Concerto No.2(1981)

Robert Simpson(1921-97):      Flute Concerto(1989) **

Malcolm Lipkin(1932-):            Concerto for Flute and Strings(1974)

William Mathias(1934-92):     Concerto for Flute and Strings(1992)   **

Alan Ridout(1934-96):            Flute Concerto(1973)

Howard Blake(1938-):            Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra(1996)

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[britishcomposer]

Gordon Jacob's first concerto has been recorded by Alexa Still (Koch), a fine performance of a fine concerto! :)
The Gordon Jacob website lists also a CD release of a BBC live radio broadcast (Julius Baker) though this seems with piano accompaniment only.

http://www.gordonjacob.org/w_flute_conc_1.html

[Dundonnell]

Thanks for pointing that out :)