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Alexander Goehr: Marching to Carcassonne; When Adam Fell; Pastorals / Peter Serkin, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Alexander Goehr: When Adam Fell, for orchestra, Op. 89; Pastorals, for orchestra, Op. 19; Marching to Carcassonne, for piano & orchestra, Op. 74
Performers: Serkin, Peter [Piano]
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

A unique programme of music by Alexander Goehr unavailable elsewhere on record. The composer's close association with conductor Oliver Knussen and pianist Peter Serkin give...continue...

Lowell Liebermann: Revelry / Grant Llewellyn, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Lowell Liebermann: Concerto for Orchestra; Variations on a theme by Mozart for 2 pianos, Op. 42; Nocturne, for orchestra; Revelry, for orchestra
Conductors: Llewellyn, Grant
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

It is a mistake to generalize about the music of a composer with an oeuvre as broad as Lowell Liebermann's - and not only because...continue...
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Oliver Knussen: Autumnal; Choral; Violin Concerto; Requiem; Songs for Sue / Leila Josefowicz, violin; Alexandra Wood; Huw Watkins; Claire Booth

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Oliver Knussen: Choral, for band; Autumnal, for violin & piano (Triptych, Part 1); Whitman Settings, for voice & piano, Op. 25; Secret Psalm, for violin; Prayer Bell Sketch, for piano, Op.29; Concert...
Performers: Booth, Claire; Josefowicz, Leila; Knussen, Oliver; Watkins, Huw; Wigglesworth, Ryan; Wood, Alexandra
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver; Wigglesworth, Ryan
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

Technophonia brings together cutting edge music interfaces used by Drake Music Scotland, the nation's leading arts organization providing music-making opportunities for people with disabilities. Olive...continue...

Harrison Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time / John Harle, Pierre Boulez, Andrew Davis

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-31

Works: Harrison Birtwistle: Triumph of Time, for orchestra; Earth Dances, for orchestra; Panic, for saxophone, drum kit & orchestra
Performers: Clarvis, Paul; Harle, John
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre; Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Birtwistle's 30-minute orchestral processional is one of the works that established his international reputation in the early 1970s.

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Alexander Goehr: Colossos or Panic; The Deluge; etc. / Hilary Summers, Clair Booth

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Alexander Goehr: Colossos or Panic, for orchestra; The Deluge, cantata for 2 voices & orchestra, Op. 7; Little Symphony, Op. 15
Performers: Booth, Claire
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Schoenberg Ensemble

To celebrate Alexander Goehr's 80th birthday this year, BBC Radio 3 commissioned a new orchestral work which was premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra on...continue...
Recording information: CBSO Centre, Birmingham (01/31/2010); Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (01/31/2010); Studio 1, BBC Maida Vale, London, England (01/31/2010); CBSO Centre, Birmingham (04/22/2...continue...

Brian Elias: The House That Jack Built / A Talisman / Doubles, Tim Mirfin, bass

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Brian Elias: The House That Jack Built, for orchestra; A Talisman, for voice, trumpet & orchestra; Doubles, for orchestra
Performers: Holland, Jonathan; Mirfin, Timothy
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Brabbins, Martyn; Belohlávek, Jirí
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The bold and dazzlingly inventive The House That Jack Built was inspired by the games and jeers of the playground. It is coupled with the...continue...

Harrison Birtwistle; Hugh Wood; Lou Harrison: Works for piano & orchestra / Joanna Macgregor, piano

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Harrison Birtwistle: Antiphonies for piano and orchestra; Harrison's Clocks, for piano; Hugh Wood: Concerto for piano & orchestra, Op. 31; Lou Harrison: Concerto for Piano with Selected Orchestra
Performers: MacGregor, Joanna [Piano]
Conductors: Gielen, Michael; Davis, Andrew; Edwards, Sian
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Radio Filharmonisch Orkest; Sydney Symphony Orchestra

For this special Warner release from the Joanna Macgregor catalog, Macgregor is joined by the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Sydney Symphony...continue...

Stravinsky: Symphony in 3 Movements, Agon, Apollon Musagete, etc / Igor Stravinsky, BBC SO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-03-10

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Igor Stravinsky: Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra; Symphony in Three Movements; Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra; Firebird
Conductors: Stravinsky, Igor
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The iconic Igor Stravinsky conducting his own works live was a major event and the 1958 gala event was no exception. 'Agon' and 'Apollon Musagete'...continue...

Lutyens: Quincunx, etc; Bedford: Music for Albion Moonlight / Del MAr, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2008-07-08

Works: Elisabeth Lutyens: Quincunx, for baritone, soprano & orchestra (after Sir Thomas Browne), Op. 44; And Suddenly it's Evening, for tenor & chamber ensemble, Op. 66; David Bedford: Music for Albion Moon...
Performers: Handt, Herbert; Manning, Jane; Nendick, Josephine; Shirley-Quirk, John
Conductors: del Mar, Norman; Carewe, John
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Craig Armstrong: Memory takes my hand, Immer, etc / BBC SO, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Craig Armstrong: Concerto for Violin no 1 ("Immer"); One Minute, 15 pieces for orchestra; Memory Takes My Hand, for voice, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Crowe, Lucy; Gould, Clio
Conductors: Walker, Garry
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Craig Armstrong is one of the world's most sought-after and respected composers and arrangers in the film and music industry. Starting off as house composer...continue...

Bolcom: Cabaret Songs; Schoenberg, etc / Brüggergosman

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-10-09

Works: William Bolcom: Cabaret Songs (12), Vol 1 and 2; Arnold Schoenberg: Brettl-Lieder; Erik Satie: La diva de l'Empire, song for voice & piano; Tendrement, valse chantée for voice & piano; L' Omnibu...
Performers: Bolcom, William [Composer]; Brueggergosman, Measha
Conductors: Robertson, David
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"[Brueggergosman's] lusty reading of Bolcom's little vignettes of everyday life is far superior to the arch treatments they are sometimes given. She may even find...continue...

Matthew Taylor: String Quartet 3, Piano Trio / Brabbins, BBC

1 CD / Toccata / 2007-03-13

Works: Matthew Taylor: Piano Trio, Op. 17; Quartet for Strings no 3, Op. 18; Conflict and Consolation, for brass, timpani & percussion, Op. 19
Conductors: ; Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Lowbury Piano Trio

Matthew Taylor's music (b. 1964) seeks to give the symphonic tradition continued relevance in the modern age. These three works, composed consecutively between 1993 and...continue...

Ancora - Bainbridge: Viola Concerto, etc / Trampler, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2006-10-07

Works: Simon Bainbridge: Fantasia for Double Orchestra; Concerto for Viola and Orchestra; Concertante in moto perpetuo for Oboe and Chamber Ensemble
Performers: Black, Nigel; Daniel, Nicholas; Edwards, Catherine; Farrall, Joy; Irvine, Robert; Kiernan, Patrick; Lukas, Kathryn; Shave, Jacqueline; Tarlton, Neil; Trampler, Walter; Wilkinson Khoroshunin, Katie
Conductors: Bainbridge, Simon; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Composers Ensemble; London Sinfonietta

The central work on the disc is the composer's 'Viola Concerto,' commissioned by Walter Trampler who performs here with the London Sinfonietta under the distinguished...continue...

Gilbert: On Beholding a Rainbow, Unrise, etc / A. Marwood

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2005-04-01

Works: Anthony Gilbert: ...into the Gyre of a Madder Dance; Certain Lights Reflecting; Unrise; Concerto for Violin "On Beholding a Rainbow"
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Marwood, Anthony
Conductors: Rundell, Clark; Davis, Andrew, Sir; Walker, Garry
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Royal Northern College of Music Symphony Orchestra; Royal Northern College of Music Wind Ensemble

Ancora - Saxton: Caritas, Violin Concerto, etc / Masson

2 CD / NMC Classics / 2004-10-01

Works: Robert Saxton: Music to Celebrate the Resurrection of Christ; I Will Awake the Dawn; Concerto for Violin; In the Beginning; Caritas
Performers: Bell, Galloway; Best, Jonathan; Bryson, Roger; Budd, Bruce; Cookson, Brian; Davies, Eirian; Gwynne, David; Hibberd, Linda; Little, Tasmin; Ormiston, Linda; Ventris, Christopher; Wilson, Paul
Conductors: Bedford, Steuart; Poole, John; Bamert, Matthias; Masson, Diego
Ensemble: BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; English Northern Philharmonia; Opera North Chorus

Turnage: Works / Glennie, Erskine, Lindberg, Slatkin, BBC

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-11-26

Works: Mark-Anthony Turnage: Another Set To, for trombone & orchestra; Silent Cities (revised version), variants surrounding a tune by John Scofield, for orchestra; Four-Horned Fandango, for 4 horns & orche...
Performers: Antcliff, Andrew; Brown, Timothy; Erskine, Peter; Glennie, Evelyn; Larkin, Christopher [Horn]; Lindberg, Christian; Murray, Michael
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"This is stunning - and strongly recommended both to enthusiasts and new-music-phobics. It emerges in extraordinarily compelling lyricism - angular, but with the gritty, sensuous...continue...

Hoyland: In Transit, Vixen / Brabbins, B.B.C. SO

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2002-04-06

Works: Vic Hoyland: In Transit; Vixen (A-Vixen-A)
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Woolrich: The Ghost in the Machine, etc / Brabbins, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-11-08

Works: John Woolrich: The Barber's Timepiece; Oboe Concerto; The Ghost in the Machine, accelerando for large orchestra; Concerto for viola (cycle of seven songs without words)
Performers: Daniel, Nicholas; Tomter, Lars Anders
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Wood: Symphony, Scenes from Comus / Davis, BBC SO

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-11-01

Works: Hugh Wood: Symphony, Op. 21; Scenes from Comus, Op. 6
Performers: McGreevy, Geraldine; Norman, Daniel
Conductors: Davis, Andrew, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"Hugh Wood is now almost 70, and this recording of his Symphony, the largest work in a relatively small output, should help it take its...continue...

Saariaho: Château de l'âme, etc / Salonen, Upshaw, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2001-08-28

Works: Kaija Saariaho: Graal théâtre, for violin & orchestra; Château de l'âme, songs (5) for solo soprano, 4 sopranos, 4 mezzo-sopranos & orchestra; Amers, for cello & electro-acou...
Performers: Karttunen, Anssi [Cello]; Kremer, Gidon; Upshaw, Dawn [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Avanti Chamber Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Matthews: In The Dark Time, Chaconne / Jac van Steen, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-05-01

Works: David Matthews: In the Dark Time, Op. 38; Chaconne for Orchestra, Op. 43
Conductors: Van Steen, Jac
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"...The tone poem 'In the Dark' traces the turn of the year through declining autumn and winter stasis to the renewal of spring...For all its...continue...

Elias: Laments, etc / Otaka, King, Wyn-Rogers, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-03-23

Works: Brian Elias: Songs (5) to Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya; Laments, for voice & orchestra
Performers: Bingham, Judith; Flannery, Sue; Higgins, Jennifer; Jarvis, Joyce; King, Mary; Stormer, Caroline; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn; Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Dickinson: Piano Concerto, etc / Shelley, Bate, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 1999-11-09

Works: Peter Dickinson: Concerto for piano and orchestra; Outcry; Concerto for organ & orchestra
Performers: Bate, Jennifer; Dickinson, Meriel; Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Atherton, David; Cleobury, Nicholas
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Concert Choir

McCabe: Of Time and the River, Flute Concerto / Handley

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-11-01

Works: John McCabe: Symphony no 4 ("Of Time and the River"); Concerto for flute & orchestra
Performers: Beynon, Emily
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

'There has not been a more accomplished first recording of any British orchestral work in recent years. A glorious performance' (Tempo)

'It's hard to imagine...continue...

Bainbridge: Ad Ora Incerta, etc / Brabbins, Bickley, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1999-10-26

Works: Simon Bainbridge: Ad Ora Incerta; Primo Levi Settings (4)
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Walker, Kim
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn;
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Nash Ensemble

Crosse: Memories of Morning, etc / Baillie, Brabbins, BBC SO

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1999-06-24

Works: Gordon Crosse: Memories of Morning - Night, Op. 30; Some Marches on a Ground, Op. 28; Concerto for Cello, Op. 44 "In Memoriam Luigi Dallapiccola"
Performers: Baillie, Alexander; Bickley, Susan
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Skempton: Lento for Orchestra / Wigglesworth, BBC SO

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-12-25

Works: Howard Skempton: Lento for Orchestra
Conductors: Wigglesworth, Mark
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Bedford: Alleluia Timpanis, Symphony no 1, etc / Brabbins

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-12-24

Works: David Bedford: Alleluia timpanis; Symphony no 1; Concerto for Recorder; Twelve Hours of Sunset
Performers: Adams, Piers
Conductors: Van Steen, Jac; Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Crouch End Festival Chorus

Smalley: Pulses / Bernas, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-12-24

Works: Roger Smalley: Pulses
Conductors: Bernas, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sawer: Byrnan Wood / Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-08-21

Works: David Sawer: Byrnan Wood
Conductors: Davis, Andrew, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Butler: Fixed Doubles, O Rio / Brabbins, Tamayo, BBC SO

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-08-21

Works: Martin Butler: Fixed Doubles; O Rio
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn; Tamayo, Arturo
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Holloway: Second Concerto for Orchestra / Oliver Knussen

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-08-21

Works: Robin Holloway: Concerto for Orchestra no 2, Op. 40
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

Sackman: Hawthorn / Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-08-21

Works: Nicholas Sackman: Hawthorn
Conductors: Davis, Andrew, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Birtwistle: The Mask of Orpheus / Davis, BBC Singers, et al

3 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-07-16

Works: Harrison Birtwistle: The Mask of Orpheus
Performers: Allen, Stephen; Angel, Marie; Booth, Juliet; Bronder, Peter; Dames-Longworth, Philippa; Ebrahim, Omar; Folwell, Nicholas; Garrison, Jon; McCormack, Elizabeth; Morgan, Arwel Huw; Opie, Alan; Owens, An...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra

"...In his operas, the vocal lines sit with remarkable ease on both the voice and the words with none of the chalk-on-blackboard quality that pervades...continue...

Finnissy: Red Earth / BBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-07-16

Works: Michael Finnissy: Red Earth
Performers: Harrison, Caroline; Keen, Helen; Redgate, Christopher; Simpson, Robert [Oboe]; Webb, Barry
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Barrett: Vanity / Tamayo, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-07-16

Works: Richard Barrett: Vanity, for orchestra
Conductors: Tamayo, Arturo
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Payne: Time's Arrow / Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-07-16

Works: Anthony Payne: Time's Arrow
Conductors: Davis, Andrew, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra