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Arnold: Ballet Music / Rumon Gamba

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-10-27

Works: Malcolm Arnold: Homage to the Queen, ballet (and suite), Op. 42; Rinaldo and Armida, ballet, Op. 49; Sweeny Todd, ballet (and suite), Op. 68; Electra, ballet, Op. 79
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

This unique anthology of ballet music should be quite popular, for the music is illustrative and entertaining. Few of the ballets here are available elsewhere...continue...

Bear Essentials - Great British Orchestral Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-09-20

Works: William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; Façade, Suite no 2, for orchestra; Coronation March "Crown Imperial"; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Gustav H...
Performers: Davis, Michael [Violin]; Kirshbaum, Ralph
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Thompson, Bryden; Hickox, Richard; del Mar, Norman; Latham-Koenig, Jan; Gamba, Rumon; Handley, Vernon; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Willcocks, David; Turovsky, Yuli; Garforth, David...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici de Montr&eacut...

Arnold: Overtures / Gamba, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-04-26

Works: Malcolm Arnold: A Grand, Grand Overture, for orchestra, Op. 57; Peterloo Overture, Op. 97; The Smoke, Op. 21; Tam O'Shanter Overture, Op. 51; A Flourish, for orchestra, Op. 112; The Fair Field, Op. 1...
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"Gamba makes [these] works strangely compelling..." - The Sunday Times "...with sharply defined performances from the BBC Philharmonic, this recording deserves a very hearty endorsement."...continue...

Bear Essentials - British Film Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-08-26

Works: Ron Goodwin: The Trap; Battle of Britain; 633 Squadron; Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; Sir Arthur Bliss: Things to Come, F 131; Alan Rawsthorne: Uncle Silas; The Cruel Sea; William W...
Performers: Carewe, Mary [soprano]; Dukes, Philip; Roscoe, Martin; Wild, Earl
Conductors: Goodwin, Ron; Gamba, Rumon; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hickox, Richard; Stephens, D. S.; Horenstein, Jascha
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Air Force Regiment Band; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Arnold: Symphonies, Oboe Concerto / Galloway, Gamba, BBC PO

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-25

Works: Malcolm Arnold: Symphony no 7, Op. 113; Symphony no 8, Op. 124; Concerto for Oboe & strings, Op. 39; Symphony no 9, Op. 128
Performers: Galloway, Jennifer
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
In No 7 Gamba takes a more urgent approach than does Andrew Penny in his account for Naxos. With weightier orchestral sound,...continue...

The Film Music of Malcolm Arnold Vol 2 / Rumon Gamba, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-11-28

Works: Malcolm Arnold: Trapeze, film score; The Roots of Heaven; Machines, symphonic study for orchestra, Op. 30; No Love for Johnnie, film score; David Copperfield, film score; You Know What Sailors Are, f...
Performers: Bradbury, John; Dyson, Phillip; Janes, Paul
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"...As in his concert music, Arnold can turn his hand from deliberately vulgar material to music of nostalgic sentimentality with almost schizophrenic facility. But despite...continue...