Joseph Holbrooke: The Concertos and Major Orchestral Works

Another attempt ;D

Piano Concerto No.1 “The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd”, op.52 (also “Poem No.7”): 36 minutes (1906-08/1923) (Hyperion cd)

Piano Concerto No.2 “L’Orient”, op.100 (1920-28)

Piano Concerto No. 3 , op.112 (also known as Symphony No.8 in B flat “Dance Symphony” for piano and orchestra, “The Colonies”, “Bon-Bon” and “Symphony No.5”) (1928-30)

Violin Concerto in F major “The Grasshopper”, op.59 (or “The Lyrical”): 26 minutes * (1909/1916/1928) (forthcoming CPO cd)

Cello Concerto in E flat major “The Cambrian”, op.103: 31 minutes (1936) (Dutton cd)

Concerto for Saxophone (or Bassoon) and Orchestra in B flat, op.88: 24 minutes (1927) (saxophone version- Dutton cd)

Double Concerto for Clarinet, Bassoon and Orchestra “Tamerlane”, op.119:18 minutes * (1937-39)

Concertino for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (adaptation of above) (1939)

Quadruple Concerto for Flute, Clarinet, Cor Anglais, Bassoon and orchestra, op.133 (1947)

and:

Piano Concerto “Dramatique” in F minor (or “Poem No.5”; recast as Piano Concerto No.1 (1896-1900)

Cello Concerto (early 1900s) (lost)

Poem No.1 for orchestra “The Raven”, op.25: 18 minutes 1899-1900/1903 (Marco Polo cd and forthcoming cpo cd)

(Poem No.2 for orchestra “Ode to Victory” for orchestra (1901) (lost) )

Poem for orchestra No.2(3) “The Viking”, op.32 (or “The Skeleton in Armour” or “The Corsair): 19 minutes (1901/1912) (cpo cd)

Poem for orchestra No.3(4) “Ulalume”, op.35: 13 minutes (1903) * (Marco Polo and cpo cds)

(Poem No.5 also known as Piano Concerto “Dramatique” in F minor (recast as Piano Concerto No.1 (1896-1900) )

Poem No.5(7) “Queen Mab” for chorus and orchestra, op.45 (1902)

Poem No.6(9) “The Bells” for chorus and orchestra, op.50: 10 minutes (1903) * (Marco Polo cd)

Poem No.4(6) “Byron” for chorus and orchestra, op.39 (originally “Ode to Byron”): 16 minutes (1904) * (Marco Polo cd)

(Poem No.7 also known as Piano Concerto No.1 “The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd”, op.52)

Poem No.8 recast as Ballet “The Masque of the Red Death”, op.65 (1904-13)

Symphonic Variations on an old English Air “Three Blind Mice” for orchestra, op.37: 14 minutes (1900) (cpo cd)

Variations on “Auld Lang Syne” for orchestra, op.60 (also “Portraits): 22 minutes * (1904/c.1918) (forthcoming cpo cd)

Variations on “The Girl I left behind me” for orchestra, op.64: 12 minutes (1904-05) (1904-05) (Cameo Classics and forthcoming cpo cds)

Fantasie/Prelude “Dylan” for orchestra, op.53a: 21 minutes (1910) (Marco Polo cd)

Fantasie “The Wild Fowl” for orchestra, op.56b (or “The Wild Sea-Fowl”) (1918)

“Hymn to Caridwen” for orchestra, op.75b (1924)

“The Birds of Rhiannon” for orchestra, op.87:15 minutes (1925) (Lyrita, Marco Polo and forthcoming cpo cds)

Fantasie “The Pit and the Pendulum” for orchestra, op.126: 9 minutes (1929) (Dutton cd)

Dramatic Overture “Amontillado”, op.123: 9 minutes (1935) (cpo cd)

Ballet Suite “Pierrot”, op.36b (incorporated in Opera “Pierrot and Pierrette”, op.36a) (1908)

Ballet “The Moth and the Flame”, op.62 (1912-17)

Ballet “Pandora” (1919)

Ballet Music “Bronwen”, op.75a (incorporated in Opera “Bronwen op.75) (1929)

Ballet “Aucassin and Nicolette”, op.115: 36 minutes (1935) (Dutton cd)

Suite “Pantomime” for strings, op.16a (recast as 1908 Ballet Suite “Pierrot”): 13 minutes (1897) (Cameo Classics cd)

Suite “Dreamland” for orchestra, op.38 (c.1900)

Suite No.3, op.40 (also known as Symphony “Les Hommages”(originally “Bohemian Suite”); and as “Symphony No.1”) (1900/1904)

“Cambrian Suite” for orchestra, op.101 (1936c.)

and:

Poem No.2 for orchestra “Ode to Victory” for orchestra (1901) (lost)

Overture “The New Renaissance” (c.1902) (lost)

Ballet “Coromanthe”(or “The Dawn of Love”), op.61 (c.1917) (lost)

Fantasie “The Descent into the Maelstrom” (1930s) (lost?)

This was done mainly to identify those (major) compositions still unrecorded. These would appear to include "Queen Mab", Ballet "The Masque of the Red Death", the Fantasie "The Wild Fowl" and the Ballet "The Moth and the Flame"