Latest release for award winning label following recent land-mark double success at 2010 Gramophone Awards. This compelling collection of works will be a welcome addition to the catalogue.

• Wagner Gotterdammerung (HLD 7525) WINNER opera category
• Elgar Violin Concerto/Zehetmair (HLL 7521) WINNER concerto category
• Wagner Gotterdammerung (HLD 7525) Finalist in Opera Award category of BBC Music MagazineAwards; Awards ceremony 12th April.

Bax’s Spring Fire has a soundworld which blends lush chromaticism, broad melodies and brilliant orchestral sonorities. It remained unperformed during the composer’s life-time but has consistently been championed by Sir Mark Elder who describes the work as being "one of the glories of late romanticism...a high point of Enlish Impressionism in which one can hear the truly unique and individual voice of Bax".

Delius’ Idylle is a fairly early work in which the composer works in a genre which he would later make his own; that of an orchestral impression or tine-poem inspired by nature or the seasons. It is contrasted with the more mature The March of Spring which is taken from one of his greatest orchestral scores.

Bridge’s Enter Spring offers a contrast to the typical‘pastoral impression’, with music of bracing vigour which made a striking impression at its premiere on the 14-yearold Benjamin Britten who described being “knocked sideways by a riot of colour and harmony”.

Hallé has established an enviable reputation for stunning performances of English repertoire, under Sir Mark Elder’s interpretation.