Austin: Overture: Richard II / Symphony in E Major / Overture: The Sea Venturers / Rhapsody: Spring

As a coupling for their new recording of Frederic Austin's romantic overture Richard the Second with Ronald Corp and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Dutton have reissued tracks from three different earlier recordings, all brilliantly remastered, to assemble a remarkable survey of Austin's orchestral music. Austin's big-boned Symphony of 1913 almost certainly influenced his friend the young Arnold Bax, while the colorful orchestral tone painting in his overture The Sea Venturers adds yet another vibrant musical sea picture to the repertoire. Both are vividly played by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Douglas Bostock. The program is completed by Austin's delightful tone poem Rhapsody: Spring, which was a big success at the Proms in 1907.