Vernon Handley
One of England's busiest and most recorded conductors of the late 20th century, Vernon Handley emerged in the 1970s as the successor to Sir Adrian Boult and Sir John Barbirolli as the leading exponent of English music. Like Boult before him, he made a career specialty out of performing and recording symphonic music from England, some of it well-known and much of it overlooked by previous generations of conductors and audiences.
Vernon George Handley was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and the Guildhall School of Music. His earliest engagements as conductor were with the Oxford University Musical Club and Union, the Tonbridge Philharmonic Society, and the orchestra of the Hatfield School of Music and Drama. He became a professor of orchestra and conducting at the Royal College of Music during 1966, a post he held for six years. During the 1960s and 1970s, Handley was a frequent guest conductor with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, the BBC Welsh Orchestra and the BBC Northern Symphony, the London Philharmonic, and the Philharmonia Orchestra. He was also frequently seen as a guest conductor on tour in various European countries, including Germany, Holland, Sweden, and France. Handley was also seen as a conductor at the London Proms concerts, and was the chief guest conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra from 1989 to 1994, in addition to holding posts with several Australian orchestras. In 1998 he became principal guest conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra, and was, as well, associate conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Handley's major impact as a conductor was through his recordings for EMI and Chandos, where he performed a large body of important English music. For EMI, his recordings of the music of Delius and Elgar, and, especially, the nine Vaughan Williams symphonies have proved perennially popular, the latter good successors to the earlier recordings by Sir Adrian Boult. For Chandos, he recorded a more unusual and specialized body of work, including the six symphonies of Sir Charles Villier Stanford -- which had largely been forgotten since the first decade of the 20th century -- and the works of E.J. Moeran, Sir Arnold Bax, Sir Arthur Bliss, Peter Warlock, and Gerald Finzi, among many others. Handley also occasionally did work with more mainstream European composers, including conducting Jill Gomez's highly effective performance of the Joseph Canteloube's Songs of the Auvergne.
When he wasn't conducting, Handley spent much of his time studying and photographing birds in their natural habitats.
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Bantock: Thalaba the Destroyer & Other Orchestral Works
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Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 1 de nov. de 2001
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Simpson: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 8
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 1 de nov. de 1996
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Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 "A London Symphony", Symphony No. 6 & Prelude and Fugue in C Minor
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 3 de mar. de 2006
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Symphonie n° 1 - Rhapsodie irlandaise n° 2
Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Symphonic Music - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de mai. de 1992
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Wagner: Ride Of The Valkyries (2021 Digitally Remastered)
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Classical - Lançado por Fat Classics em 16 de out. de 2021
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Wagner: Orchestral Works from Rienzi, Tannhauser, Lohengrin & Die Walkure
Classical - Lançado por Allegria em 1 de mar. de 2010
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Bliss: Suites from Checkmate & Adam Zero
Vernon Handley, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 29 de out. de 2021
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Finzi & Leighton: Cello Concertos
Raphael Wallfisch, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Bryden Thomson
Classical - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de ago. de 2001
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Delius: Florida & North Country Sketches
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Symphonies - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de abr. de 1986
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Busch: Cello Concerto & Piano Concerto
Raphael Wallfisch, Piers Lane, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Classical - Lançado por Lyrita em 1 de out. de 2007
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AN IRISH RHAPSODY
Pan Hon Lee, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Bryden Thomson
Classical - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de fev. de 1989
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Bantock: Pagan Symphony; Fifine at the Fair etc.
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 1 de nov. de 1992
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Russian Spectacular
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 3 de mar. de 2003
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Simpson: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 1 de nov. de 1994
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Bantock: The Song of Songs & Other Works
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 1 de out. de 2003
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Symphonie n° 2 - Concerto pour clarinette en la mineur
Classical - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de set. de 1991
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BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture / SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 8 / MOZART: Symphony No. 40
Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Symphonic Music - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de mar. de 2004
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Clifford : Symphonie 1940 - Bainton : Symphonie n° 2
Symphonic Music - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de set. de 1999
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Song of the Birds
Raphael Wallfisch, Vernon Handley, The BBC Concert Orchestra
Classical - Lançado por Decca (UMO) em 1 de jan. de 2004
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Bantock: Omar Khayyam
Theatre Music - Lançado por Chandos em 1 de set. de 2007
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Simpson: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Classical - Lançado por Hyperion em 1 de abr. de 1988
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