Editing Havergal Brian (section)

==Recordings==
The first commercial recording of Havergal Brian's music was made by the [[Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra]] in 1972, when Symphonies Nos. 10 and 21, conducted by [[James Loughran]] and [[Eric Pinkett]] respectively, were recorded at the [[De Montfort Hall]], [[Leicester]]. The producer was [[Robert Simpson (composer)|Robert Simpson]]. The LP was released by [[Unicorn-Kanchana|Unicorn Records]] in 1973. A special edition of the television programme ''Aquarius'' called ''The Unknown Warrior'' gave considerable coverage to the recording session and a camera crew joined members of the orchestra during a visit they made to the composer's home in [[Shoreham-by-Sea|Shoreham]].

During the 1970s a number of unofficial releases of Brian symphonies were made. These generally were of BBC recordings, and the recordings were released under fictitious names. Several have now had official releases.

In 1979, Cameo Classics embarked on a project to record all of Brian's orchestral music in collaboration with the Havergal Brian Society. It started with the ''English Suite No. 1'', ''Doctor Merryheart'', and ''Fantastic Variations on an Old Rhyme''. In 1980 came the second LP containing ''In Memoriam'', ''For Valour'', and ''Festal Dance''. The project was completed in 1981 with the recordings of ''Burlesque Variations on an Original Theme'', and ''Two Herrick Songs'', ''Requiem for the Rose'' and ''The Hag''. The recordings were produced by David Kent-Watson with the Hull Youth Orchestra conducted by Geoffrey Heald-Smith. For the recording of Brian's complete piano music, Cameo Classics employed digital technology. [[Peter Hill (pianist)|Peter Hill]]'s performances on a [[Bösendorfer]] Imperial at the Northern College of Music earned high praise from [[John Ogdon]] in his review for ''[[Tempo (journal)|Tempo]]''.

More of Brian's works have been published since the 1980s and '90s, and the scarcity of well-rehearsed performances or mature interpretations that had previously made the quality of his music difficult to assess has been partially corrected through the series of professional recordings of many of Brian's symphonies that have been issued by the [[Naxos Records|Marco Polo record label]] on CD. Many of the original recordings on various labels are being reissued, and by the end of 2018 all of Brian's symphonies had at least one official recording, although not necessarily in print.

In August 2010, the Dutton CD label issued three works taken from 1959 BBC broadcasts: the Comedy Overture ''[[Doctor Merryheart]]'' and 11th Symphony (with Harry Newstone conducting the London Symphony Orchestra) and the 9th Symphony (Norman del Mar and the LSO). This release followed on from Testament's reissue of the live recording of the 1966 Boult performance in the Royal Albert Hall of Brian's [[Symphony No. 1 "The Gothic" (Brian)|''Gothic Symphony'']]. In the 2011 Proms concert season the symphony was conducted by Martyn Brabbins in the Royal Albert Hall; the performance is now available on a commercial recording.

In July 2012, a documentary film, "The Curse of the Gothic Symphony" was released in Australian cinemas. Directed by Randall Wood, it is a dramatised documentary of the trials and tribulations of staging Brian's Gothic Symphony in Brisbane, Queensland. Filmed over five years, the task of gathering 200 musicians and 400 choristers came to fruition in 2010 in a performance and standing ovation in Brisbane's Performing Arts centre.

===Symphonies===
Here is a partial list of known recordings for Havergal Brian's symphonies; many are out of print, others have never been released commercially; some have been released in bootleg format or exist in BBC archives:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! No.!! Key/name!! Conductor!! Orchestra!! Recording Date!! CD version
|-
| rowspan=3 |No. 1|| rowspan=3 |[[Symphony No. 1 (Brian)|D minor, "The Gothic"]] || [[Adrian Boult]] || BBCSO|| 1966 || Yes
|-
| [[Ondrej Lenárd]] || Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra || 1989 || Yes
|-
| [[Martyn Brabbins]] || BBC National Chorus of Wales, BBC Concert Orchestra || 2010 || Yes
|-
| rowspan=2 |No. 2 || rowspan=2 |E minor || [[Anthony Rowe (conductor)|Anthony Rowe]] || Moscow Symphony Orchestra|| 2007|| Yes
|-
| Martyn Brabbins || Royal Scottish National Orchestra || 2016 || Yes
|-
| rowspan=2 |No. 3 || rowspan=2 |C-sharp minor || Stanley Pope || New Philharmonic Orchestra || 1974 || Yes
|-
| [[Lionel Friend]] || BBCSO|| 1988|| Yes
|-
| No. 4 || "Das Siegeslied" (Psalm of Victory)|| [[Adrian Leaper]] || Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra|| 2007|| Yes
|-
| No. 5 || "The Wine of Summer"|| Martyn Brabbins || Royal Scottish National Orchestra || 2015 || Yes
|-
| rowspan=3 | No. 6 || rowspan=3 | "Sinfonia Tragica" || [[Myer Fredman]] || London Philharmonic Orchestra|| 1975|| Yes
|-
| [[Alexander Walker (conductor)|Alexander Walker]] || New Russia State Symphony Orchestra || 2014|| Yes
|-
| Martyn Brabbins || English National Opera Orchestra || 2024|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=2 |No. 7 || rowspan=2 | C major || [[Charles Mackerras]] || Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra || 1978|| Yes
|-
| [[Alexander Walker (conductor)|Alexander Walker]] || New Russia State Symphony Orchestra || 2018|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=4 | No. 8 || rowspan=4 | B-flat minor || [[Charles Groves]] || RLPO || 1978|| Yes
|-
| [[Alexander Walker (conductor)|Alexander Walker]] || New Russia State Symphony Orchestra || 2017|| Yes
|-
| [[Rudolf Schwarz (conductor)|Rudolf Schwarz]] || BBCSO || 1958|| Web(e)
|-
| [[Myer Fredman]] || Royal Philharmonic Orchestra || 1971 || Yes
|-
| rowspan=3 | No. 9 || rowspan=3 | A minor|| [[Norman Del Mar]] || LSO || 1959 || Yes
|-
| Charles Groves|| RLPO|| 1978|| Yes
|-
|[[Myer Fredman]] || Royal Philharmonic Orchestra || 1971 || Yes
|-
| rowspan=3 | No. 10 || rowspan=3 | C minor || [[Stanley Pope]] || Philharmonia Orchestra|| 1958|| Web(e)
|-
| Martyn Brabbins|| Royal Scottish National Orchestra|| 2010|| Yes
|-
| [[James Loughran]] || Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra || 1973|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=2 | No. 11 || rowspan=2 | untitled || [[Harry Newstone]] || LSO || 1959|| Yes
|-
| Adrian Leaper|| National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland || 1993|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=3 | No. 12 || rowspan=3 | untitled || Adrian Leaper|| [[CSR Symphony Orchestra]] (Bratislava)|| 1992|| Yes
|-
| Harry Newstone || LSO || 1959|| Web (e)
|-
| Martyn Brabbins || English National Opera Orchestra || 2024|| Yes
|-
| No. 13 || C major || Martyn Brabbins || Royal Scottish National Orchestra  || 2012|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=3 | No. 14 || rowspan=3 | F minor || [[Edward Downes]] || LSO<sup>&</sup>  || 1969||
|-
| Anthony Rowe || National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland || 1997|| Yes
|-
| Martyn Brabbins || Royal Scottish National Orchestra || 2016 || Yes
|-
| No. 15 || untitled || Anthony Rowe|| RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra|| 1997|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=2 | No. 16 || rowspan=2 | untitled || Myer Fredman|| London Philharmonic Orchestra|| 1973|| Yes
|-
| [[Alexander Walker (conductor)|Alexander Walker]] || New Russia State Symphony Orchestra || 2018|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=2 |No. 17 || rowspan=2 | untitled || Stanley Pope || New Philharmonic Orchestra|| 1976|| Yes
|-
| Adrian Leaper || National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland || 1992|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=1 | No. 18 || untitled || Lionel Friend || BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra || 1993|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=2 | No. 19 || rowspan=2 | E minor || [[John Canarina]] || BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra<sup>&</sup>  || 1976||
|-
| Martyn Brabbins || Royal Scottish National Orchestra || 2015 || Yes
|-
| No. 20 || C-sharp minor || [[Andrew Penny]] || National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine|| 1994|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=2 | No. 21 || rowspan=2 | E-flat || [[Eric Pinkett]] || Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra || 1973|| Yes
|-
| [[Alexander Walker (conductor)|Alexander Walker]] || New Russia State Symphony Orchestra || 2017|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=3 | No. 22 || rowspan=3 | "Symphonia Brevis" || [[László Heltay]] || Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra <sup>&</sup> || 1974|| Yes (d)
|-
| Alexander Walker || New Russia State Symphony Orchestra || 2012|| Yes
|-
|-
|[[Myer Fredman]] || Royal Philharmonic Orchestra || 1971 || Yes
|-
| No. 23 || untitled || Alexander Walker || New Russia State Symphony Orchestra || 2012|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=2 | No. 24 || rowspan=2 | D major || Myer Fredman || LPO <sup>&&</sup>|| 1975||
|-
| Alexander Walker || New Russia State Symphony Orchestra || 2012|| Yes
|-
| No. 25 || A minor || Andrew Penny || NSO Ukraine || 1994|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=2 | No. 26 || rowspan=2 | untitled || [[Vernon Handley]] || New Philharmonia Orchestra <sup>&&&</sup> || 1976||
|-
| [[Alexander Walker (conductor)|Alexander Walker]] || New Russia State Symphony Orchestra || 2017|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=2 | No. 27 || rowspan=2 | C minor || Charles Mackerras || Philharmonia Orchestra<sup>&&&&</sup> || 1979||
|-
| Martyn Brabbins || Royal Scottish National Orchestra || 2015 || Yes
|-
| No. 28 || C minor || Alexander Walker || New Russia State Symphony Orchestra || 2014|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=3 | No. 29 || rowspan=3 | E-flat || [[Nicholas Smith (conductor)|Nicholas Smith]] || North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra<sup>&&&&</sup>|| 1976
|-
| Myer Fredman || Philharmonia Orchestra || 1979|| Yes
|-
| Alexander Walker || New Russia State Symphony Orchestra || 2014|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=2 | No. 30 || rowspan=2 | B-flat minor || Martyn Brabbins || RSNO || 2010|| Yes
|-
| Lionel Friend || BBC Symphony Orchestra || 1991|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=3 | No. 31 || rowspan=3 | untitled || Charles Mackerras || RLPO || 1987|| Yes
|-
| Sir Charles Mackerras || Philharmonia Orchestra || 1979|| Yes
|-
| Alexander Walker || New Russia State Symphony Orchestra || 2014|| Yes
|-
| rowspan=2 | No. 32 || rowspan=2 | untitled || Adrian Leaper|| National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland || 1992|| Yes
|-
| Myer Fredman || Philharmonia Orchestra || 1979|| Yes
|}
'''&'''=out of print LP<br />
'''&&'''=released on a pirated LP with apocryphal attributions to Horst Werner (conductor)/ Hamburg Philharmonic<ref name="amazon2">{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Havergal-Brian-Symphonies-Philharmonic-Conservatory/dp/B0041C1GEW/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1323886869&sr=1-1 |title=Havergal Brian: Symphonies Nos 13, 15, 17, 20, 24 & 26" Performed By Horst Werner/Hamburg Philharmonic, Peter Michaels/Lisbon Conservatory and John Freedman/Edinburgh Youth Symphony Orchestras, LP box Set: Music|website=Amazon.com |date=9 September 2009 |access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref><ref name="Discography">{{cite web|url=http://www.havergalbrian.org/discogra.htm |title=Discography |website=Havergalbrian.org |access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref><br />
'''&&&'''= released in a (pirated) LP box-set with (presumed) apocryphal attributions to John Freedman (conductor)/ Edinburgh Youth Symphony Orchestras<ref name="amazon2"/><ref name="Discography"/><br />
'''&&&&'''=recording from original BBC broadcast exists, not commercially released<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.havergalbrian.org/sym27.htm |title=Symphony 27 |website=Havergalbrian.org |access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref><br />
'''&&&&&'''=recording from BBC radio 3 exists, not commercially released; a pirated LP (Aries LP-1607) with apocryphal attributions to Horst Werner (conductor)/ Hamburg Philharmonic is reported<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Havergal-Brian-Symphony-Violin-Concerto/dp/B00333728Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1323888551&sr=1-1 |title=Havergal Brian: Symphony No. 28 & Violin Concerto [LP Record&#93;: Havergal Brian, Horst Werner, The Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Emil Leibowitz: Music|website=Amazon.com |date=9 September 2009 |access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref> and refers to this Stokowski performance<ref name="Discography"/><br />
'''d'''=cd was made, but is now deleted from catalogue<br />
'''e'''=recording is in the public domain and is available from the Havergal Brian Society webpage<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.havergalbrian.org/download.htm |title=the official website |website=Havergalbrian.org |access-date=23 March 2012}}</ref> <br />
Both the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra recordings have been remastered and rereleased.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://klassichaus.us/|title=KH Home|website=Klassichaus.us|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref><br />
Many of the BBC recordings are freely available for download with registration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/|title=Unsung Composers - Index|website=Unsungcomposers.com|access-date=26 October 2021}}</ref>