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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Springtime - Suite: III. Dance in the Twilight
    4:10
  2. 2.
    Vanity Fair
    3:44
  3. 3.
    Punchinello - Miniature Overture
    2:44
  4. 4.
    Little Serenade
    3:23
  5. 5.
    Miss Melanie
    2:25
  6. 6.
    Waltz for String Orchestra
    2:29
  7. 7.
    Elizabethan Masque
    2:27
  8. 8.
    Portuguese Party
    3:03
  9. 9.
    Siciliano
    3:44
  10. 10.
    Moods - Suite: VI. Joyousness
    4:29
  11. 11.
    Elizabethan Serenade, "The Man in the Street"
    3:34
  12. 12.
    Paris - Suite: III. Montmatre
    4:02
  13. 13.
    Lullaby for Penelope
    3:46
  14. 14.
    Portrait of a Flirt
    2:46
  15. 15.
    Rouge et noir
    2:29
  16. 16.
    Little Suite: I. March
    3:14
  17. 17.
    The Boulevardier
    3:37
  18. 18.
    The Watermill
    4:01
  19. 19.
    Tabarinage
    3:18
  20. 20.
    The Ring of Kerry: I. Jaunting Car
    2:47
  21. 21.
    Impression of a Princess
    3:05
  22. 22.
    Wood Nymphs - Valsette
    3:20
  23. 23.
    The Dam Busters
    2:58

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    Marigold, op. 78 (1996 remastered version)
    2:57
  2. 2.
    Puppets Suite, op. 77: Punch
    2:33
  3. 3.
    Four Aces: Ace of Hearts
    3:05
  4. 4.
    Piano Exaggerations: Antiquary
    2:27
  5. 5.
    Shallow waters
    2:43
  6. 6.
    3 Syncopated Rambles: The Printer's Devil (Theme and Transcription)
    3:31
  7. 7.
    Piano Exaggerations: Sleepy Piano
    3:34
  8. 8.
    Railroad Rhythm
    3:14
  9. 9.
    The Rout Trot T42
    1:46
  10. 10.
    Elegiac Blues
    3:24
  11. 11.
    Déjeuner dansant: Valsette brute
    3:02
  12. 12.
    Déjeuner dansant: Raguette extra-sec
    1:46
  13. 13.
    Folk-Tune
    2:43
  14. 14.
    Elegy (1996 remastered version)
    3:53
  15. 15.
    Bliss
    2:20
  16. 16.
    Old Sir Faulk (1996 remastered version)
    1:58
  17. 17.
    Concerto for Solo Pianoforte and Nine Players: I. Overture (Allegro)
    8:27
  18. 18.
    Concerto for Solo Pianoforte and Nine Players: II. Intermède (Andante recitando)
    9:57
  19. 19.
    Concerto for Solo Pianoforte and Nine Players: III. Finale (Lugubre)
    8:46

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    Overture to a Comedy
    7:52
  2. 2.
    Three English Dances, op. 11: 1. Allegro giocoso
    2:51
  3. 3.
    Three English Dances, op. 11: 2. Allegro scherzoso
    2:15
  4. 4.
    Three English Dances, op. 11: 3. Allegro non troppo, ma con spirito
    2:20
  5. 5.
    Walton: Siesta, for Small Orchestra
    6:11
  6. 6.
    2 Sketches for String Quartet, op. 15: I. By the tarn. Andante tranquillo (orch. Version)
    4:57
  7. 7.
    Where the Rainbow Ends - Suite: 1a. Rainbow Land
    3:24
  8. 8.
    Where the Rainbow Ends - Suite: 1b. Will o' the Wisp
    3:38
  9. 9.
    Where the Rainbow Ends - Suite: 2. Rosamund
    3:08
  10. 10.
    Where the Rainbow Ends - Suite: 3. Fairy Frolic
    1:42
  11. 11.
    Quilter: Suite from Where the Rainbow Ends: IV. Goblin Forest
    2:55
  12. 12.
    Mediterranean, GP. 257
    4:29
  13. 13.
    An Old Song, for Small Orchestra
    7:07
  14. 14.
    Henry VIII: Morris Dance (Act 4)
    2:26
  15. 15.
    Henry VIII: Shepherd's Dance (Act 1)
    3:49
  16. 16.
    Henry VIII: Torch Dance (Act 1)
    2:08

Disc 4

  1. 1.
    Hail, gladdening light (3rd-century Greek, trans. J. Keble)
    3:31
  2. 2.
    And I saw a new heaven (Revelation 21: 1-4)
    5:29
  3. 3.
    Greater Love Hath no man
    6:03
  4. 4.
    Faire Is the Heaven
    5:12
  5. 5.
    Vox dicentis: Clama (Isaiah 40/ 6-11)
    8:38
  6. 6.
    Like as the hart (Psalm 42: 1-3)
    6:44
  7. 7.
    Set me as a seal upon thine heart (Song of Solomon 8: 6-7)
    3:43
  8. 8.
    The Lord is my shepherd, op. 91 no. 1 (2003 remastered version)
    4:42
  9. 9.
    A Hymn of St Columba
    2:40
  10. 10.
    Let all the world in every corner sing (George Herbert)
    3:39
  11. 11.
    I love the Lord (Psalm 116: 1-4 & 7-9)
    6:15
  12. 12.
    Ascending into Heaven (Me receptet Sion illa) [Hildebert of Lavardin]
    7:39
  13. 13.
    One foot in Eden still, I stand (Edwin Muir)
    7:19

Disc 5

  1. 1.
    Introduction and Allegro for Strings, op. 47
    14:00
  2. 2.
    Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
    15:20
  3. 3.
    Sonata for Strings: I. Allegro
    8:33
  4. 4.
    Sonata for Strings: II. Presto
    4:22
  5. 5.
    Sonata for Strings: III. Lento
    9:28
  6. 6.
    Sonata for Strings: IV. Allegro molto
    4:30

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