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1Omar Khayyam, Part I: Prelude
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I. Prelude
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
Sir Granville Bantock5:55
2Omar Khayyam, Part I: Wake! For the Sun, who scattered into flight (Chorus)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
choir vocals:
BBC Symphony Chorus (amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
chorus master:
Stephen Jackson (choral conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock2:09
3Omar Khayyam, Part I: Before the phantom of false morning died (Chorus)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
choir vocals:
BBC Symphony Chorus (amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
chorus master:
Stephen Jackson (choral conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock2:29
4Omar Khayyam, Part I: And as the cock crew, those who stood before (Poet)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
solo tenor vocals:
Toby Spence (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock2:20
5Omar Khayyam, Part I: Now the new year reviving old desires (Poet)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
solo tenor vocals:
Toby Spence (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock1:45
6Omar Khayyam, Part I: Iram indeed is gone with all his rose (Poet)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
solo tenor vocals:
Toby Spence (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock2:25
7Omar Khayyam, Part I: Whether at Naishápúr or Babylon (Chorus)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
choir vocals:
BBC Symphony Chorus (amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
chorus master:
Stephen Jackson (choral conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock2:15
8Omar Khayyam, Part I: Each morn a thousand roses brings, you say (Beloved)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
solo mezzo-soprano vocals:
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock1:35
9Omar Khayyam, Part I: With me along the strip of herbage strown (Poet)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
solo tenor vocals:
Toby Spence (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock6:49
10Omar Khayyam, Part I: Some for the glories of this world (Chorus)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
choir vocals:
BBC Symphony Chorus (amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
chorus master:
Stephen Jackson (choral conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock2:06
11Omar Khayyam, Part I: Look to the blowing Rose about us - "Lo" (Beloved)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
solo mezzo-soprano vocals:
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock1:33
12Omar Khayyam, Part I: Think, in this battered caravanserai (Chorus)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
choir vocals:
BBC Symphony Chorus (amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
chorus master:
Stephen Jackson (choral conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock2:10
13Omar Khayyam, Part I: I sometimes think that never blows so red (Poet)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
solo tenor vocals:
Toby Spence (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock1:59
14Omar Khayyam, Part I: Ah, my Beloved, fill the cup that clears (Poet)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
solo tenor vocals:
Toby Spence (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock1:56
15Omar Khayyam, Part I: Ah, make the most of what we yet may spend (Chorus)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
choir vocals:
BBC Symphony Chorus (amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
chorus master:
Stephen Jackson (choral conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock2:58
16Omar Khayyam, Part I: Alike for those who for To-day prepare (Beloved)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
solo mezzo-soprano vocals:
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock2:47
17Omar Khayyam, Part I: Myself when young did eagerly frequent (Philosopher)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
solo baritone vocals:
Roderick Williams (British baritone and composer)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock2:33
18Omar Khayyam, Part I: What, without asking, hither hurried Whence? (Chorus)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
choir vocals:
BBC Symphony Chorus (amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
chorus master:
Stephen Jackson (choral conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock1:21
19Omar Khayyam, Part I: Up from earth's centre through the seventh gate (Poet)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
solo tenor vocals:
Toby Spence (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock2:51
20Omar Khayyam, Part I: Earth could not answer. nor the seas that mourn (Chorus)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
choir vocals:
BBC Symphony Chorus (amateur chorus associated with the BBC Symphony Orchestra)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
chorus master:
Stephen Jackson (choral conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock2:25
21Omar Khayyam, Part I: Then of Thee in Me who works behind (Poet)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
solo tenor vocals:
Toby Spence (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock0:52
22Omar Khayyam, Part I: Then to the lip of this poor earthen urn (Poet)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
solo tenor vocals:
Toby Spence (tenor)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock2:34
23Omar Khayyam, Part I: I think the vessel, that with fugitive (Philosopher)
recording engineer:
Brian Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
sound engineer:
Ralph Couzens (engineer/editor/producer)
assistant engineer:
Michael Common
editor:
Jonathan Cooper (classical music engineer)
solo baritone vocals:
Roderick Williams (British baritone and composer)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Vernon Handley (conductor)
recorded at:
Watford Colosseum (fka the Watford Town Hall Assembly Rooms 1939–1994, as CTS Colosseum since 1995, and as Watford Colosseum since 2011) in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
partial recording of:
Omar Khayyám: Part I
composer:
Sir Granville Bantock (British composer) (in 1906)
librettist:
Edward FitzGerald
premiered at:
Birmingham Music Festival 1906: [concert] (1906)
part of:
Omar Khayyám
Sir Granville Bantock2:26
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