Title from the insert. All selections previously released. Program notes by Michael Kennedy and discography ([10] p. : ill. ; 13 cm.) inserted in container. Compact discs (ADD). Disc 1 was recorded Dec. 11-12, 1956, at Free Trade Hall, Manchester; and disc 2 was recorded in 1947 at Kingsway Hall, London and at Houldsworth Hall, Manchester. Hallé Orchestra ; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor.