Recordings by Brian Rayner Cook

Edward Elgar
Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf op. 30
Vernon Handley, Teresa Cahill, Philip Langridge, Brian Rayner Cook, Richard Cooke, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir
℗ 1987, 25 Tracks, 1:32:37
Lennox Berkeley
Nelson op. 41 (1954)
Elgar Howarth, David Johnston, Eiddwen Harrhy, Brian Rayner Cook, Elizabeth Bainbridge, Mary Thomas, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
℗ 2021, 29 Tracks, 2:10:52
Granville Bantock
Omar Khayyám (1906-1909)
Norman del Mar, Sarah Walker, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Brian Rayner Cook, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers
August 1968, 22 Tracks, 2:52:31
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Mystical Songs for Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra (1906-1911)
Bryden Thomson, Brian Rayner Cook, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir
January 1988, 5 Tracks, 20:30
Edward Elgar
Songs for Voice and Piano op. 16
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2023, 3 Tracks, 06:36
Sir William Walton
Gloria for Soloists, mixed Chorus and Orchestra (1961)
Louis Frémaux, Barbara Robotham, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Brian Rayner Cook, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
℗ 1987, 1 Track, 18:53
Remastered
Edward Elgar
Two Songs for Voice and Piano op. 31
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2023, 2 Tracks, 06:54
Edward Elgar
The Language of Flowers
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2023, 1 Track, 04:26
Edward Elgar
Is She Not Passing Fair?
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2023, 1 Track, 02:24
Edward Elgar
Two Songs for Voice and Piano op. 41
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2023, 2 Tracks, 06:05
Edward Elgar
Pleading op. 48 (Version for Voice and Piano)
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2023, 1 Track, 02:56
Edward Elgar
As I laye a-thynkynge
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2023, 1 Track, 05:56
Edward Elgar
The Wind at Dawn
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2023, 1 Track, 02:54
Edward Elgar
A Song of Autumn
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2023, 1 Track, 03:39
Havergal Brian
When Icicles Hang by the Wall (1919)
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2000, 1 Track, 02:11
Havergal Brian
Songs for Voice and Piano op. 6
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2000, 3 Tracks, 10:57
Havergal Brian
Take, O Take Those Lips Away (1925)
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2000, 1 Track, 01:04
Havergal Brian
Care-Charmer Sleep (1919)
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2000, 1 Track, 04:42
Havergal Brian
Since Love is Dead (1922-1923)
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2000, 1 Track, 02:50
Havergal Brian
The Soul of Steel (1920-1921)
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2000, 1 Track, 04:52
Havergal Brian
Why Dost Thou Wound, and Break My Heart? (1910)
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2000, 1 Track, 02:54
Havergal Brian
The Chimney Sweeper (1914)
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2000, 1 Track, 02:56
Havergal Brian
Piping Down the Valleys Wild (1914)
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2000, 1 Track, 02:04
Havergal Brian
Songs for Piano and Voice
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2000, 4 Tracks, 09:21
Havergal Brian
The Land of Dreams (1919)
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2000, 1 Track, 04:01
Havergal Brian
The Defiled Sanctuary (1918-1919)
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2000, 1 Track, 03:00
Sir William Walton
Gloria for Soloists, mixed Chorus and Orchestra (1961)
Louis Frémaux, Barbara Robotham, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Brian Rayner Cook, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
September 1976, 1 Track, 19:06
Remastered
Edward Elgar
The Pipes of Pan (Version for Voice and Piano)
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2023, 1 Track, 03:56
Edward Elgar
Come, Gentle Night
Brian Rayner Cook, Roger Vignoles
℗ 2023, 1 Track, 02:59
Antonín Dvořák
Biblical Songs op. 99 B 185 (Arr. for Voice and Orchestra)
Neeme Järvi, Brian Rayner Cook, Royal Scottish National Orchestra
1991, 10 Tracks, 24:39
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Invocation to Music for Soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus and Orchestra (1895)
Matthias Bamert, Anne Dawson, Arthur Davies, Brian Rayner Cook, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir
May 1991, 10 Tracks, 55:04
Carl Orff
Carmina Burana (1937)
Maurice Handford, Sheila Armstrong, Peter Hall, Brian Rayner Cook, Hallé Orchestra, Hallé Choir, Manchester Grammar School Boys' Choir
℗ 1982, 25 Tracks, 1:02:31
Remastered
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Dona Nobis Pacem (1936)
Bryden Thomson, Edith Wiens, Brian Rayner Cook, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir
January 1988, 6 Tracks, 36:07
Charles Hubert Hastings Parry
Invocation to Music for Soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus and Orchestra (1895)
Matthias Bamert, Anne Dawson, Arthur Davies, Brian Rayner Cook, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir
1991, 8 Tracks, 55:02
Antonín Dvořák
Biblical Songs op. 99 B 185 (Arr. for Voice and Orchestra)
Neeme Järvi, Brian Rayner Cook, Royal Scottish National Orchestra
October 1987, 5 Tracks, 12:16
Antonín Dvořák
Biblical Songs op. 99 B 185 (Arr. for Voice and Orchestra)
Neeme Järvi, Brian Rayner Cook, Royal Scottish National Orchestra
October 1987, 5 Tracks, 12:24
Gabriel Fauré
Requiem in D minor op. 48
Louis Frémaux, Norma Burrowes, Brian Rayner Cook, David Bell, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
December 1977, 7 Tracks, 36:40
Remastered
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphony No. 1 (1903-1909) “A Sea Symphony”
Bryden Thomson, Yvonne Kenny, Brian Rayner Cook, Roderick Elms, London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
June 1989, 4 Tracks, 1:06:00