Constant Lambert
English composer and conductor (London - August 23, 1905 / London - August 21, 1951).
He was born the son of the Russian-born Australian painter George Washington Thomas Lambert in London. Isolated in infirmaries for long spells as a child due to poor health, Lambert used this time to read voraciously and intensively study music.
Constant Lambert was one of the most gifted musicians of his generation.
Father of Who-Manager Kit Lambert
Tournament For Twenty Fingers
Lennox Berkeley, Richard Arnell, Stephen Dodgson, Constant Lambert, Emma Abbate & Julian Perkins
2022
BIS
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Facades
William Walton*, Constant Lambert, James Geer, Andrew West, Ronald Woodley
2020
Somm Recordings
CD, Album
The Film Music Of Constant Lambert / Lord Berners
Constant Lambert, Lord Berners, BBC Concert Orchestra, Rumon Gamba
2008
Chandos Movies
CD
Constant Lambert Conducts Ballet Music
Constant Lambert, Sadler's Wells Orchestra
2008
Somm
CD, Album
The Red Shoes, Horoscope
Brian Easdale, Constant Lambert
2006
Él, Cherry Red
CD
Piano Concerto / Romeo And Juliet / The Bird Actors / Prize Fight / Elegiac Blues
Constant Lambert, Jonathan Plowright, English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones
2005
Hyperion
CD, Album
The Rio Grande • Concerto For Piano & Nine Players • Elegiac Blues • Elegy • Symphony No.2
Lambert*, Walton* / André Previn • Sir Richard Rodney Bennett* • Neville Dilkes
2005
EMI Classics, EMI Classics
CD, Comp, RM
The Art Of Constant Lambert
Constant Lambert
2005
Dutton
CD
Bliss Premieres Volume 1
Bliss*, Constant Lambert, Sir Adrian Boult
2003
apr
CD, Comp
The Last Recordings
Philharmonia Orchestra, Constant Lambert
2002
Somm
CD, Album
Ernest Ansermet Conducts Rimsky-Korsakov
Rimsky-Korsakov*, Borodin*, Paris Conservatoire Orchestra*, Ernest Ansermet, Philharmonia Orchestra, Constant Lambert, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Gregor Fitelberg*
2001
Dutton
CD, Comp, RM
Bird Actors / Pomona / Romeo And Juliet
Lambert*, State Orchestra Of Victoria, John Lanchbery
2000
Chandos
CD, Album, 24-
Dido & Aeneas - Henry Purcell
Henry Purcell, Joan Hammond, Constant Lambert, The Philharmonia String Orchestra
1999
Opera D'Oro
CD, Album
Constant Lambert -- Volume I - Conductor
Constant Lambert, Warlock*, Rawsthorne*, Delius*
1999
Pearl
CD, Comp, Mono
Piano Concerto / Merchant Seaman Suite / Prize-Fight / Pomona
Lambert*, David Owen Norris, BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
1999
ASV Digital
CD
Tiresias • Pomona
Constant Lambert, English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones
1999
The Starlight Express - Sea Pictures - The Rio Grande
Elgar*, Constant Lambert
1997
Decca
CD, Album
British Piano Music of the '20s & 30s
Billy Mayerl, Arthur Bliss, Constant Lambert, Gerrard Williams, Sir Eugene Goossens, Sir William Walton, Richard Rodney Bennett, English Sinfonia, Neville Dilkes
1996
EMI Classics
CD, Comp, RM
Works For Piano
Holst*, Lambert*, Anthony Goldstone, Caroline Clemmow
1995
Chandos
CD, Album
20th Century British Piano Music
Nicholas Unwin, Michael Tippett*, Robert Saxton, Colin Matthews, Constant Lambert
1995
Metier
CD, Album
Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Eight Poems Of Li-Po / Mr Bear Squash You All Flat
Constant Lambert, The Nash Ensemble, Nigel Hawthorne (2), Ian Brown (4), Philip Langridge, Lionel Friend
1995
Constant Lambert Conducts
Constant Lambert
1992
EMI Classics
CD, Album, Mono
The Rio Grande • Concerto • Horoscope
Constant Lambert - Kathryn Stott, Della Jones, BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
1992
Summer's Last Will And Testament / The Rio Grande / Aubade Héroïque
Constant Lambert
1992
Horoscope · Checkmate · Façade
Lambert*, Bliss*, Walton* / English Northern Philharmonia, David Lloyd-Jones
1990
1931: Lambert Concerto, Bax Nonet, Rieti Serenata
Lambert*, Bax*, Rieti*, Harmonia Ensemble (2), Giuseppe Grazioli
1989
Constant Lambert Conducts
Constant Lambert
1988
His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice
LP, Comp, Mono
British Piano Music Of The 20's & 30's
Constant Lambert, Bliss*, Williams*, Goossens*, Walton*, Richard Rodney Bennett, Members Of The English Sinfonia, Neville Dilkes
1982
His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice
LP, Album
Façade (excerpts) / Dies Natalis / A Shropshire Lad
Walton* / Finzi* / Butterworth*, Edith Sitwell, Constant Lambert, Sir William Walton / Joan Cross / Roy Henderson (2)
1979
Decca, Eclipse (2)
LP, Comp, Mono
Romeo & Juliet / Pomona
Constant Lambert
1979
Concerto For Solo Piano And Nine Players Plus Piano Pieces By Bliss, E Goossens, Lambert, Walton
Richard Rodney Bennett - Constant Lambert / Bliss* / E Goossens* / Lambert* / Walton*
1976
Polydor
LP, Album
Composers' Interpretations
Hahn* / Francaix* / Milhaud* / Lambert*
1975
World Records (6)
LP, Comp, Mono, Club
BLISS: Sonata for Piano / LAMBERT: Elegiac Blues
Bliss*, Lambert*, Rhondda Gillespie
1974
Argo (2)
LP
Symphony No. 2 / Portsmouth Point & Scapino Overtures / The Rio Grande
Walton* / Lambert* / London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn
1974
The Perfect Fool / The Wise Virgins / Horoscope
Holst* / Bach* Arr. Walton* / Lambert*, London Philharmonic Orchestra / Boult*, London Symphony Orchestra / Irving*
1973
Decca, Eclipse (2)
LP, Comp, RM
Checkmate / Matinées Musicales / Soirées Musicales / Horoscope
Bliss* / Britten* / Lambert*
1973
His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice
LP, Comp
The Rio Grande. Etc.
Constant Lambert, Gladys Ripley, Kyla Greenbaum, Philharmonia Orchestra, Bliss*, Gavin Gordon (2), Robert Irving (2), Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden*
1967
Les Patineurs Excerpts
Meyerbeer* arr. Lambert*, Martinon*, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
1959
Decca, Decca
7", EP, Mono
Les Patineurs Excerpts
Meyerbeer* Arr. Lambert*, Martinon*, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
1959
Decca
7", EP
Les Patineurs / Le Cid
Meyerbeer* - Lambert* / Massenet*, Martinon* · Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
1958
Gluck Ballet Suite No.1 / Gretry Ballet Suite
Christoph Willibald Gluck, André-Modeste Gretry, Felix Mottl, Constant Lambert, Robert Irving (2), The New Symphony Orchestra Of London
1955
Symphonic Studies; Concerto For Double String Orchestra
Alan Rawsthorne, Sir Michael Tippett - Philharmonia Orchestra, Constant Lambert, Walter Goehr
1955
Facade Suite / Wand Of Youth
William Walton* / Elgar* - Constant Lambert Conducting The Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Malcolm Sargent Conducting The Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra*
1954
Columbia Masterworks
LP, Mono
Estudiantina Waltz
The Philharmonia Orchestra* Conducted By Constant Lambert
1954
Sur La Plage / Morning, Noon And Night In Vienna
The Philharmonia Orchestra* Conducted By Constant Lambert
1954
Facade-Suites I And II / Horoscope - Ballet Suite
Walton*, Lambert*, The London Symphony Orchestra*
1953
Decca
LP, Mono
Walton-Facade: Lambert - Rio Grande & Horoscope
Sir William Walton, Constant Lambert, Philharmonia Orchestra
1953
Waldteufel Waltzes
Constant Lambert, Philharmonia Orchestra, Waldteufel*
1953
Facade-Suites I And II / Horoscope - Ballet Suite
Walton*, Lambert*, The London Symphony Orchestra*
1951
Miracle In The Gorbals Ballet Suite, Giselle Ballet Music
Arthur Bliss, Adolphe C. Adam, Constant Lambert, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
1950
Columbia Masterworks
10"
The Rio Grande / Four Sea Interludes
Sacheverell Sitwell, Constant Lambert / Benjamin Britten, Sir Malcolm Sargent
1950
Columbia Masterworks
10", Album
The Skaters - Waltz (Waldteufel Opus 183)
The Philharmonia Orchestra*, Constant Lambert
1950
Coppélia - Ballet Music
Delibes*, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden*, Constant Lambert
1949
The Red Shoes (Featured In The Film "The Red Shoes") / Horoscope-Ballet Music
Easdale* — The Philharmonia Orchestra* conducted by Muir Mathieson / Constant Lambert — The Philharmonia Orchestra* conducted by Constant Lambert
1949
The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Music, Op. 66 / Faust - Ballet Music
Tchaikovsky*, Gounod*, Constant Lambert Conducting The Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, George Weldon Conducting The City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
1949
Reverie And Caprice
Joseph Szigeti And The Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Constant Lambert
1946
Columbia
Shellac, 12"
Hassan / Koanga
Hallé Orchestra Conducted by Constant Lambert
1942
Orpheus In The Underworld Overture
Offenbach*, London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Constant Lambert
1940
The Sleeping Princess
Sadler's Wells Orchestra conducted by Constant Lambert, Tchaikovsky*
1939
His Master's Voice
3xShellac, 12"
The Rio Grande: For Chorus, Orchestra And Solo Pianoforte.
The Hallé Orchestra*, Sir Hamilton Harty, Constant Lambert
1937
The Curlew; Sleep; Chopcherry
Peter Warlock, John Armstrong (23), Robert Murchie, T. MCDonagh*, International String Quartet, Constant Lambert
1931
The National Gramophonic Society, The National Gramophonic Society, The National Gramophonic Society
3xShellac, 12", Mono
Façade
Sir William Walton And Edith Sitwell, Constant Lambert
1930
Decca, Decca
2xShellac, 12"
Sigurd Jorsalfar - Homage March, Op. 56
Grieg*, Constant Lambert, The Hallé Orchestra*
Columbia Masterworks
Shellac, 12"
Symphony No.5 In E Minor
Tchaikovsky*, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Constant Lambert
His Master's Voice
5xShellac, 12", Album, Mono + Box
Hungarian Fantasia (Liszt)
Moiseiwitsch*, The London Philharmonic Orchestra*, Constant Lambert
His Master's Voice
2xShellac, 12"
La Calinda ("Koanga") : Intermezzo And Serenade ("Hassan")
Delius*, Constant Lambert And The Hallé Orchestra
His Master's Voice
7", Single
Concerto For Solo Pianoforte & Nine Players, Eight Poems By Li Po
Constant Lambert, The Argo Chamber Ensemble, Gordon Watson (2), Alexander Young, Sir Charles Groves
Argo (2), Westminster
LP, Album, Mono
Romeo & Juliet
Constant Lambert
His Master's Voice
Shellac, 12", Album
Les Patineurs
Robert Irving (2), Giacomo Meyerbeer, Constant Lambert
Decca
10"
Valses De Waldteufel
Philharmonia Orchestra, Emil Waldteufel, Constant Lambert
Trianon
10"
Ballet Suite - "Les Patineurs"
Sadler's Wells Orchestra Conducted By Constant Lambert
His Master's Voice
Shellac, 12"
Coppelia - Ballet Music, Act 3
Delibes*, Royal Opera House Orchestra Covent Garden* Conducted By Constant Lambert
Columbia, Columbia
2xShellac, 12", Album
William Tell
Sadler's Wells Orchestra Conducted By Constant Lambert
His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice
2xShellac, 10"
Concerto For Pianorforte & Orchestra
Benno Moiséiwitsch*, The Philharmonia Orchestra* , Conducted By Constant Lambert / Delius*
His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice, His Master's Voice
3xShellac, 12", Album
On The Steppes Of Central Asia (Borodin)
Constant Lambert, The Philharmonia Orchestra*
Columbia
Shellac, 12"
Romeo & Juliet / Danse Slave
Constant Lambert
His Master's Voice
Shellac, 12", Album
Facade
Edith Sitwell And Constant Lambert
Decca, Decca
Shellac, 12"
Les Patineurs
Meyerbeer* - Lambert*, Robert Irving (2) Conducting London Symphony Orchestra
London Records
10", Album
"The Sleeping Beauty" - Ballet (Selections)
Tschaikowsky*, Sadler's Wells Orchestra, Constant Lambert
RCA Victor, His Master's Voice
3xShellac
Lambert: Piano Concerto / Piano Music of Lord Berners
Constant Lambert, Lord Berners
MGM Records
LP
Ballet Conductor Supreme
Constant Lambert
Time Machine
CDr
Façade
Constant Lambert / Edith Sitwell & Constant Lambert
Decca
Shellac, 12"
Delibes - Coppelia Ballet Music
Constant Lambert, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Columbia Masterworks
4xShellac, 12", Album
On Hearing The First Cuckoo In Spring
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Constant Lambert
His Master's Voice
Shellac, 10", Mono
Under The Spreading Chestnut Tree
London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Constant Lambert
William Boyce: The Prospect Before Us
Sadler's Wells Orchestra, Constant Lambert
Violin Concerto / Romance Reverie Et Caprice
Beethoven* / Berlioz*, Joseph Szigeti, Bruno Walter, British Symphony Orchestra (2) / Constant Lambert, The Philharmonia Orchestra*
Hamlet (Fantasie Overture) - Op. 67
Hallé Orchestra Conducted By Constant Lambert, Tschaikowsky*
The Sleeping Beauty / Romeo And Juliet
Tchaikovsky*, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicolai Malko / Symphony Orchestra*, Constant Lambert
Les Patineurs (Ballet) / Le Cid (Ballet Music)
Meyerbeer* - Lambert* / Massenet* - Robert Irving (2) Conducting The London Symphony Orchestra*
The Columbia Stereo Collection 1964-1983
Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra
2025
Sony Classical
94xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp
Into The Sixties Towards A Cosmic Music (Pre-Echoes Of A Momentous Decade)
Various
2024
Él, Cherry Red
3xCD, Album, Comp
The Film Scores On Phase 4
Bernard Herrmann
2021
Decca
7xCD, Comp, RM + Box
The Warner Edition: Complete HMV & Teldec Recordings
André Previn
2021
Warner Classics
96xCD, Comp, RM + Box
The Complete Ballet Recordings
Richard Bonynge
2021
Decca
45xCD, Comp, Ltd, RM + Box
Lockdown Blues
Peter Dickinson
2021
Somm Recordings
CD, Album
The Decca Recordings
Robert Irving (2), New Symphony Orchestra*, London Symphony Orchestra
2018
Decca
2xCD, Comp, RM
Ballet Music, Cello Concerto, Overtures, Opera Arias
Auber*, Richard Bonynge
2017
Decca
2xCD, Comp, RM
Decca Sound: The Mono Years 1944 – 1956
Various
2015
Decca
53xCD, Album, Mono, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd
Fern Der Heimat Ist Der Mond - Chinas Kultur Im Widerschein Des Europäischen Liedes
Lydia Leitner, Alexandra Paulmichl, Fan Yang
2015
Bayer Records
CD, Album
Ballet Company Escapes From Holland (20 May 1940)
Constant Lambert
The Rio Grande
Constant Lambert
Elegiac Blues
Constant Lambert
Lambert: The Rio Grande
Constant Lambert
Pomona: III. Pastorale
Constant Lambert
Romeo And Juliet: Tableau I: Rondino
Constant Lambert
Horoscope - Suite: Valse Of the Gemini
Constant Lambert
Pomona: IV. Menuetto
Constant Lambert
Pomona: VI. Rigadoon
Constant Lambert
Pomona: VII. Siciliana
Constant Lambert
Pomona: II. Corante
Constant Lambert
Elegy - 1996 Remastered Version
Constant Lambert
Pomona: VIII. Marcia
Constant Lambert
Pomona: V. Passacaglia
Constant Lambert
Concerto for solo pianoforte and nine players: I. Overture (Allegro)
Constant Lambert
Concerto for solo pianoforte and nine players: II. Intermède (Andante recitando)
Constant Lambert
Pomona: I. Intrata
Constant Lambert
Romeo And Juliet: Tableau I: Gavotte And Trio
Constant Lambert
Romeo And Juliet: Tableau I: Siciliana
Constant Lambert
The Bird Actors
Constant Lambert
