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William Boughton
*1948 GB
Conductor of Classical
William Boughton is an English conductor.Boughton has guest conducted with many of the world’s leading orchestras from San Francisco to Helsinki. As founder, artistic and music director with the English Symphony Orchestra (ESO), Boughton developed the orchestra’s repertoire through the Viennese classics to contemporary music. Together, he and the ESO built an impressive discography of internationally acclaimed recordings with Nimbus Records, a number of which have reached the top ten in the US charts. He has also recorded with the Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic and London Symphony Orchestras.
Genres
Plays With
| English Symphony Orchestra |
Popular Tracks 
Concierto de Aranjuez: II. on Harrods Romantic Classics by Johannes Brahms Eclogue for Piano and Strings, Op. 10 on Finzi, Parry & Bridge: An English Suite by English String Orchestra, William Boughton & Martin Jones Variations On An Original Theme 'Enigma', Op.36 (No.9 Nimrod - 4.28) on Discover The Classics - Heroes & Heroines by George Frideric Handel, Mikhail Glinka, The King's Consort & Bern Symphony Orchestra Grand Overture, Op. 18, No. 5 in E Major for Double Orchestra: II. Andante on William Boughton: A Celebration on Record by William Boughton Fantasia on Greensleeves (Arr. R. Greaves for Orchestra) on The Essentials: Greatest Classics, Vol. 1 by Various Artists Adagio in G Minor on William Boughton: A Celebration on Record by William Boughton The Banks of the Green Willow on William Boughton: A Celebration on Record by William Boughton An English Suite: VI. Frolic on Finzi, Parry & Bridge: An English Suite by English String Orchestra, William Boughton & Martin Jones An English Suite: II. In minuet style on Finzi, Parry & Bridge: An English Suite by English String Orchestra, William Boughton & Martin Jones An English Suite: I. Prelude on Finzi, Parry & Bridge: An English Suite by English String Orchestra, William Boughton & Martin JonesTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Members
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 'Chinese' Symphony | Bernard van Dieren - The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales and The BBC National Chorus Of Wales | 2017 | Album |
| Delta Brainwave Symphony | Dr. Jeffrey Thompson, Pat Moffitt Cook, English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton | 1999 | Album |
| Schnittke • Takemitsu • Weill | Alfred Schnittke / Toru Takemitsu / Kurt Weill - Daniel Hope, English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton | 1999 | Album |
| Concerto for Double String Orchestra - Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli - Five Negro Spirituals from A Child of our Time - Little Music for Strings - Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis | Sir Michael Tippett, English String Orchestra / William Boughton | 1995 | Compil. |
| An English Suite | Gerald Finzi, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Frank Bridge, English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Martin Jones | 1994 | Album |
| 'Enigma Variations' / Cockaigne / Pomp & Circumstance I | Sir Edward Elgar, English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton | 1994 | Compil. |
| The Eight Symphonies | William Boyce, English String Orchestra, William Boughton | 1994 | Album |
| Orchestral Favourites Volume III | Ralph Vaughan Williams, English String Orchestra, William Boughton | 1994 | Album |
| The Spirit Of England | William Boughton, English String Orchestra | 1992 | Compil. |
| Meditations For A Quiet Night | English String Orchestra & English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton | 1992 | Compil. |
| Corelli Fantasia / Little Music For Strings / Serenade / Coronach | Sir Michael Tippett / Lennox Berkeley / Michael Berkeley - William Boughton, English String Orchestra | 1992 | Album |
| Trumpet Voluntary | English String Orchestra, William Boughton | 1991 | Album |
| Premiere Recording At Symphony Hall | Benjamin Britten - William Boughton, English Symphony Orchestra | 1991 | Album |
| NARM 1991 | English String Orchestra, William Boughton | 1991 | Compil. |
| Adagio and other Orchestral Favourites | Samuel Barber, English String Orchestra, William Boughton | 1991 | Album |
| Trumpet Concertos | Georg Philipp Telemann, John Wallace, English String Orchestra, William Boughton | 1991 | Album |
| Rule Britannia | John Wallace, The Wallace Collection, English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Edmund Barham, Leeds Festival Chorus | 1989 | Album |
| Vaughan Williams: Overture: The Wasps, The Lark Ascening - Delius: Florida Suite, Summer Evening | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frederick Delius, Michael Bochmann, English Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton | 1989 | Album |
| Enigma Variations, Cockaigne, Froissart | Sir Edward Elgar, William Boughton, English Symphony Orchestra | 1989 | Album |
| Complete String Symphonies Volume 2 | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / English String Orchestra, William Boughton | 1988 | Album |
| Cello Concerto In B Minor / Cello Concerto No. 1 In A Minor | Antonín Dvořák / Camille Saint-Saëns - Alexander Michejew, The London Symphony Orchestra, William Boughton | 1988 | Album |
| Complete String Symphonies Volume 3 | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / English String Orchestra, William Boughton | 1988 | Album |
| English Masterworks | English String Orchestra, William Boughton | 1988 | Album |
| The Planets, The Perfect Fool-Ballet Music | Gustav Holst, Philharmonia Orchestra, William Boughton | 1988 | Album |
| Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht / Strauss - Metamorphosen | William Boughton, English String Orchestra, Richard Strauss, Arnold Schoenberg | 1988 | Album |
| Complete String Symphonies Volume 1 | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy / English String Orchestra, William Boughton | 1988 | Album |
| Scheherazade / Russian Easter Festival Overture | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Philharmonia Orchestra, William Boughton | 1988 | Album |
| Pomp And Circumstance Marches, The Wind Of Youth, Three Bavarian Dances | Sir Edward Elgar - English String Orchestra, William Boughton | 1988 | Album |
| Popular Operatic Overtures | Philharmonia Orchestra, William Boughton | 1988 | Album |
| A Shropshire Lad ● The Banks Of Green Willow | George Butterworth, Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Frank Bridge, English String Orchestra Conducted By William Boughton | 1987 | Album |
| Suite From "Love's Labours Lost" • Clarinet Concerto • Prelude • Romance | Gerald Finzi - William Boughton, English String Orchestra, Alan Hacker | 1987 | Album |
| Orchestral Favourites | William Boughton, English String Orchestra | 1985 | Album |
| Serenades For Strings | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Antonín Dvořák - English String Orchestra, William Boughton | 1984 | Album |
| Works For String Orchestra | Ralph Vaughan Williams, English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Maurice Bourgue | 1984 | Album |
| Works For String Orchestra | Sir Edward Elgar / William Boughton, English String Orchestra | 1983 | Album |
| Antonoio Vivaldi: Concertos And Sinfonia | Vivaldi Chamber Ensemble, Paul Arden-Taylor, William Boughton | Album | |
| Works For String Orchestra | Benjamin Britten, English String Orchestra, William Boughton, Roger Best | Album |
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