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Karol Symanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 "Symphonie Concertante"; Concerto Overture / Louis Lortie, piano; BBC SO

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2013-01-29

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Concert Overture, for orchestra in E major, Op. 12, M12; Symphony no 4, Op. 60 "Symphonie concertante"; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19, M24
Performers: Lortie, Louis
Conductors: Gardner, Edward
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Szymanowski inscribed the original score with part of the poem Witez Wlast by his friend Tadeusz Micinski: 'I will not play you sad songs, O...continue...
Recording information: Watford Colosseum....continue...

British Clarinet Concertos, Vol. 1: Concertos by Stanford, Finzi and Arnold / Michael Collins, clarinet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Concerto for Clarinet in A minor, Op. 80; Gerald Finzi: Concerto for Clarinet & String Orchestra in C Minor, Op. 31; Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for Clarinet no 2, Op. 115
Performers: Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]
Conductors: Collins, Michael
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

This disc marks the beginning of a new survey of British Clarinet Concertos, featuring the exclusive Chandos artist, Michael Collins, who here combines the role...continue...

Smetana: The Bartered Bride / Dana Buresova, soprano; Thomas Juhas, tenor; Jozef Benci, bass

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-10-09

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Although for nearly 150 years Bedrich Smetana's The Bartered Bride has triumphed in opera houses all over the world, the work's road to success was...continue...
Recording information: Barbican Center, London (05/2011)....continue...

Mahler: Das Klagende Lied; Janacek: The Fiddler's Child / Cahill, Baker, Tear, Howekk / Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Leos Janácek: The Fiddler's Child (Sumarovo Díte), ballad for orchestra, JW 6/14
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Cahill, Teresa; Dekany, Bela; Howell, Gwynne; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Rozhdestvensky was the first Russian conductor to perform and record all Mahler's symphonies in his country. Das klagende Lied is performed here live. The ICA...continue...

Josef Suk: Prague; Summer's Tale / BBC SO, Belohlavek

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Josef Suk: Pohádka Léta (A Summer Tale), Tone Poem For large Orchestra, A, Op. 29; Praga, Op. 26
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Two symphonic poems by Suk are performed here by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jiri Belohlavek, who also brought us the highly acclaimed recording of...continue...
Recording information: Watford Colosseum (01/03/2012-01/04/2012)....continue...

Josef Suk: Asrael Symphony, Op. 27b; Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 / Belohlavek

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-07-31

Works: Josef Suk: Symphony in C minor, Op. 27 "Asrael"; Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

A unique and symbolic encounter: the most distinguished Czech conductor of the present time and a fabulous British orchestra communicate the profound messages in the...continue...
Recording information: Smetana Hall of the Municipal House, Prague, Czech Repu (06/01/2008)....continue...

Rachmaninov: The Bells; Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky / Shtoda, Prokina, Leiferkus - Evgeny Svetlanov

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: The Bells, choral symphony for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 35; Sergey Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78
Performers: Hodgson, Alfreda; Leiferkus, Sergei; Prokina, Yelena; Shtoda, Daniil
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra Chorus

ICA marks the 10th anniversary of the great Evgeny Svetlanov's death with a coupling of Rachmaninov's The Bells and Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky, two composers that...continue...

Holst: The Planets; Britten: Variations & Fugue on a Theme of Purcell / Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (b.1931) is the last living survivor of a great Russian quartet of conductors consisting of Mravinsky, Kondrashin and Svetlanov. He was the highly...continue...

Delius: Double Concerto; Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto / Tasmin Little, violin; Paul Watkins, cello

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2011-10-25

Works: Frederick Delius: Concerto for Violin and Cello; Concerto for Violin RT vii/6; Concerto for Cello, RT vii/7
Performers: Little, Tasmin; Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The Violin, Double, & Cello Concertos by Delius involving solos string instruments are here brought together on the same disc for the 1st time. Tasmin...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (10/13/2010-10/14/2010)....continue...

Beecham conducts Sibelius

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 6 in D minor, Op. 104; Symphony no 4 in A minor, Op. 63
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

These are previously unreleased performances by Sir Thomas Beecham featuring one of his favorite composers, Jean Sibelius. Anyone who grew up collecting records in the...continue...

Beecham in Concert - Mozart, Grieg, Alwyn

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 29 in A major, K 201 (186a); William Alwyn: Symphony no 3; Edvard Grieg: Symphonic Dances (4), Op. 64
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Thomas Beecham (1879-1961) was nothing if not versatile in the extent of his repertoire over a very active conducting life. Mozart held a very...continue...

Kathleen Ferrier sings Brahms, Chausson, Mahler

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Serious Songs (4), Op. 121; Ernest Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

The phrase "widely and greatly loved" is often bandied about in speaking of musicians, but in the case of Kathleen Ferrier, the Lancashire-born English contralto...continue...

Beecham Collection - Smetana, Verdi, Mozart, et al

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K 621; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op....
Performers: Grandi, Margherita; Schoeffler, Paul
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Ralph Vaughan Williams conducts his own Music

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 5 in D major; Dona nobis pacem
Performers: Flynn, Renee; Henderson, Roy
Conductors: Vaughan Williams, Ralph
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Those who have loved this British composer's music have known his only commercial recordings - The Wasps Overture and the Ballet 'Old King Cole' (1925)...continue...

Beecham Collection - Busoni: Piano Concerto Op 39

2 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Piano Concerto, for piano & orchestra with male chorus in C major, Op. 39, KiV 247
Performers: Mewton-Wood, Noel
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Manuel de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain / Javier Perianes, piano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-09-13

Works: Manuel de Falla: Piezas Españolas (4) for Piano; Fantasía bética for Piano; Homenaje - M. de Falla; Pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas, for piano, G. 83 (orchestrated in "Homenajes");...
Performers: Perianes, Javier
Conductors: Pons, Josep
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

"I never thought of becoming a virtuoso. Virtuosity, with its concert tours, has always repelled me," Manuel de Falla told a journalist in 1915, by...continue...

Brahms: Symphony No. 1; Elgar: Enigma Variations / Boult

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Spoken Word: John Douglas Todd interviews Sir Adrian Boult
Performers: Thalben-Ball, George, Sir [Composer/Organ]
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sir Adrian Boult (1889 - 1983), one of the great British conductors of the 20th century, studied under the legendary Arthur Nikisch. This fiery 1976...continue...
Recording information: Royal Albert Hall, London....continue...

Delius: Appalachia; The Song of the High Hills

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2011-04-26

Works: Frederick Delius: Appalachia - American Rhapsody; A Song of the High Hills, for wordless chorus & orchestra, RT ii/6
Performers: Bowen, Christopher; Robinson, Olivia
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

This recording presents two rarely heard but striking works by Frederick Delius (1862-1934). Both works are prime examples of Delius's highly individual and ground-breaking use...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (10/15/2010-10/16/2010)....continue...

Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Dvorak / Rudolf Kempe [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Antonín Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchesta

The audio recording of the Dvorák 9 from this Kempe DVD has been released on BBC Legends, and was a Penguin Guide Rosette Winner. In...continue...
Run Time: 89 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
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Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, etc / Rozhdestvensky, BBC SO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-03-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36; Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 1 in D minor, Op. 13; Sergey Prokofiev: Ode to the End of the War, for winds, 8 harps, 4 pianos, bra...
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Elgar's Enigma Variations - Documentary and Performance [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-02-24

Works: Sir Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma"
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

In an acclaimed BBC drama-documentary filmed in the rolling Malvern Hills Sir Andrew Davis unravels the mystery of the famous musical puzzle contained in Elgar's...continue...
Run Time: 83 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM, DTS
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
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Strauss: Tod und Verklärung; Mahler: Symphony no 1 / Walter, BBC SO, London PO

1 CD / Testament / 2009-02-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

In the late 1940's, the London Philharmonic attracted a very impressive list of celebrity conductors, thanks to brilliant managing by its former viola player, Thomas...continue...

Violinist Itzhak Perlman / Violin Concertos of Prokofiev & Elgar / Rozhdestvensky [DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2009-01-27

Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 19; Sir Edward Elgar: Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61; Camille Saint-Saëns: Introduction and Rondo capriccioso for Violin and Or...
Performers: Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennadi; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra

The great Israeli-born violinist Itzhak Perlman has already left a huge number of sound recordings of his interpretations; but it adds an extra dimension to...continue...
Run Time: 81 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
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Holst: The Planets Op. 32; Elgar: Enigma Variations Op. 36 / Boult, Barbirolli, BBC SO, et al

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2008-12-09

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma"
Conductors: Boult, Adrian, Sir; Barbirolli, John, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra

The Holst comes from a recording made in 1945 in Bedford where the BBC had been evacuated. Barbirolli's Enigma Variations was recorded in 1947....continue...

Elgar, Rainier: Cello Concertos; Rubbra: Cello Sonata / Jacqueline & Iris du Pré, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Norman Del Mar, BBC SO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-10-28

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Priaulx Rainier: Concerto for Cello; Edmund Rubbra: Sonata for cello & piano in G minor Op. 60
Performers: du Pré, Iris; du Pré, Jacqueline
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; del Mar, Norman
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

"The BBC Legends album features one of the earlier recordings of the concerto that du Pre was to make with Malcolm Sargent, who, in 1962,...continue...

Strauss: Don Quixote; Haydn: Cello Concerto / Rostropovich, Sargent, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-10-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, Op 101/H 7b no 2
Performers: Danks, Harry; Maguire, Hugh; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

This is a real rarity from the British Library Sound Archive - Rostropovich in a dramatic account of Don Quixote given during an early visit...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor, Kindertotenlieder / Ferrier, Boult, Klemperer, BBC SO, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2008-08-12

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor; Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Recorded Sound: Kathleen Ferrier Radio Interview with Eric McLean
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam

Sir Adrian Boult made only one commercial recording of a Mahler symphony - the First. Now Testament unveils to the public the UK premiere of...continue...

Holst: The Planets - A visualization / Andrew Davis/BBC SO & Chorus (DVD & CD) [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2008-07-29

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Chorus; BBC Symphony Orchestra

This stunning visualization accompanies a highly acclaimed performance of Gustav Holst's suite by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Andrew Davis. In this...continue...
Run Time: 60 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Country of Origin: USA
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Vaughan Williams - The Collector's Edition / Willcocks, Boult, Bean, Barbirolli, et al

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Symphony no 8 in D minor; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Allen, Thomas; Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Aronowitz, Cecil; Asch, David van; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balmain, Ian; Barlo...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Silvestri, Constantin; Banks, Eric; Groves, Charles, Sir; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Hickox, Richard; O'Brien, Brendan; Davies, Meredith; Willcocks, Davi...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Madrigal Singers; London Music Group; London Philharmonic Orch...

This 30-CD budget boxed set contains all of the hits, as well as other gems such as 'A Sea Symphony', 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols', 'On...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Love Themes - Vivaldi, Mozart, Debussy, etc / Mehta, Ristenpart, Haitink, Scimone, Masur, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture; Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; Concerto ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bax, Alessio [Piano]; Chambon, Jacques; Field, Joan; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Grutzmann, Susanne; Guschlbauer, Theodor [Conductor]; Hanslip, Chloe [Violin]; Isbin, Sharon; Katsaris, Cypr...
Conductors: Guschlbauer, Theodor; Masur, Kurt; Janowski, Marek; Shostakovich, Maxim; Foster, Lawrence; Wolff, Hugh; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Rizzi, Carlo; Davis, Andrew; Lombard, Alain; ; Albert, Rudolf; Lazarev, A...
Ensemble: 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Basel Symphony Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra; Borodin Quartet; Cleveland...

Elgar, Brahms: Cello Concertos; Debussy: Cello Sonata / Tortelier, Lush, Boult, Pritchard, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2008-05-27

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano
Performers: Lush, Ernest; Tortelier, Paul; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Pritchard, John
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The French cellist Paul Tortelier was one of the truly great artists of the 20th Century. He collaborated with such eminent conductors as Sir Thomas...continue...

The Puccini Experience / Mehta, Italian Radio SO Rome, Italian Radio Chorus Rome

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-05-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet; Suor Angelica; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; ...
Performers: Blasi, Angela Maria; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cowan, Richard; Cura, Jose; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Barbacini, Maurizio; Conlon, James; Domingo, Placido; Sado, Yutaka; Nagano, Kent; Mehta, Zubin; López-Cobos, Jesús; Slatkin, Leonard; Szilvay, Csaba; Szilvay, Géza; Verrot, Pasca...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; Munich Radio Orchestra; Ph...

Smetana: Dalibor / Tausky, Griffiths, Jones, farrall, Garrard, Ward, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2008-05-01

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Dalibor, B 133/T 96
Performers: Cantelo, April; Garrard, Don; Griffiths, Gwyn; Tinsley, Pauline; Ward, Joseph
Conductors: Tausky, Vilem;
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Chorus; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky, Scriabin: Piano Concertos / Nikolai Demidenko

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-12-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Alexander Scriabin: Concerto for Piano in F sharp minor, Op. 20
Performers: Demidenko, Nikolai
Conductors: Lazarev, Alexander
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

'A major achievement' (Classic CD)

'It is something of an achievement when one manages to hear afresh such an over-familiar work' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Altogether, this is...continue...

Benno Moiseiwitsch plays Delius and Rachmaninov

1 CD / Guild / 2007-12-01

Works: Frederick Delius: Concerto for Piano in C minor, RT vii/4; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Performers: Moiseiwitsch, Benno
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Rignold, Hugo
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

The great-Russian born pianist Moiseiwitsch was predominantly a performer of Romantic works. This CD restores his 2nd recording of the Rachmaninov Concerto No. 2, made...continue...

Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar, etc / Hickox, Padmore, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-11-06

Works: George Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar, for chorus & ensemble; Woodland Suite, for strings & winds; O Praise God in His Holiness; Praise; Be Strong & of Good Courage (Confortare)
Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

This is the world premiere recording of 'Woodland Suite' and the first recording of the 'Three Songs of Praise' in the version with orchestral accompaniment....continue...

Bantock: Omar Khayyám / Handley, Wyn-Rogers, et al

3 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-23

Works: Granville Bantock: Omar Khayyam, for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Menna, Sian; Price, Edward; Robinson, Olivia; Spence, Toby; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Bantock succeeded Sir Edward Elgar at Birmingham University in 1908. During his time there he developed an interest in large-scale choral composition, producing among other...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...

Great Performers of the Twentieth Century / Kempe, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-09-11

Works: Michael Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra; Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Leos Janácek: Sinfonietta
Performers: Peinemann, Edith
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The exceptionally fine and dramatic recording of Tippett's Concerto for Double String Orchestra was never recorded by Kempe and is a new addition to Kempe's...continue...

Elgar: The Spirit of England / Lloyd-Jones, BBC SO

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-03-20

Works: Edward Elgar: The Spirit of England, songs (3) for soprano/tenor, chorus & orchestra, Op. 80; Frederick Kelly: Elegy for Strings "In Memoriam Rupert Brooke"; Ivor Gurney: War Elegy, for orchestra; Hu...
Performers: Farrington, Iain; Gritton, Susan; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"For me, the outstanding item is Ivor Gurney's War Elegy. Remembered for his haunting songs and poetry, and the tragic story of his mental health...continue...

Haydn, Debussy, Beethoven, et al / Ansermet

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-01-30

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 85 in B major, H 1 no 85 "La Reine"; Claude Debussy: Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Ibéria, for orchestra, L. 122/2; Spoken Word: Ernest Ansermet discusses Debussy ...
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

The anthology represented here gives us a rare snapshot of Ernest Ansermet conducting classical composers - Haydn and Beethoven - as well as composers he...continue...

Delius, Mozart, Beethoven: Piano Concertos / Curzon

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-05-02

Works: Frederick Delius: Concerto for Piano in C minor, RT vii/4; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 24 in C minor, K 491; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy"
Performers: Curzon, Clifford
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

"The piece de resistance here is the Delius Concerto. Nowadays, Curzon is primarily associated with the core repertoire - Mozart, Schubert, Schumann and Brahms -...continue...

Karlowicz: Returning Waves, etc / Noseda, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-11-22

Works: Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Returning Waves (Powracajace fale), symphonic poem for orchestra, Op. 9; Sorrowful Tale (Smutna opowiesc), symphonic poem for orchestra, Op. 13; Episode at a Masquerade, Op. 14
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The first of Karlowiczs six symphonic poems, Returning Waves, established the melancholy tone characteristic of much of his mature work. It consists of an introduction...continue...

Poèmes de l'amour - Debussy, Chausson, Ravel / Graham, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-03-29

Works: Ernest Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19; Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano); Claude Debussy: Poèmes (5) de ...
Performers: Graham, Susan
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Graham's unique charm is composed of her thrilling voice, an engaging and acting ability and her tall graceful stature. Her smooth lyric voice has an...continue...

Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams / Stokowski, LSO, BBC SO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2005-02-22

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 8 in D minor
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

This release features two great and spectacular performances from Stokowski's second visit to the Royal Albert Hall Proms in 1964. The Vaughan Williams Symphony No....continue...

Grand Tier - Massenet: Sapho / Keefe, Andrew, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2004-10-05

Works: Jules Massenet: Sapho, lyric piece in 5 acts (2 versions)
Performers: Andrew, Milla; Dickerson, Bernard; Hill, Jenny; MacPherson, George; Oliver, Alexander; Sarti, Laura; Taylor, Nelson
Conductors: Keefe, Bernard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Strauss, Ravel, Mozart / Elisabeth Söderström, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-09-21

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Capriccio, Op 85; Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Fig...
Performers: Soderstrom, Elisabeth
Conductors: Dorati, Antal; Boulez, Pierre; Pritchard, John
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Elisabeth Soderstrom has remaimed a member of the Swedish Royal opera for life. Her repertoire includes a wide range of roles - from Monteverdi's Poppea,...continue...

The British Cello Phenomenon / du Pré, Marriner, Isserlis

2 CD / Cello Classics / 2004-06-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 1 in G major, BWV 1027; Suite for Cello solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1008;...
Performers: Baillie, Alexander; Barbirolli, John, Sir; Bartlett, Ethel; Benson, Clifford; Brown, Ian [Classical]; Byfield, Jack; Carr, Colin; Clark, Raymond; Cohen, Robert; Constable, John; Cummings, Douglas; Da...
Conductors: Cameron, Douglas; Fenby, Eric; Lambert, Constant; Marriner, Sir Neville; Finzi, Christopher; Gardelli, Lamberto; Litton, Andrew; Davis, Carl; Watkins, Paul
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra; Newbury String Players; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House ...

Bernstein Collectors Edition - Sibelius, etc

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-05-11

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43; Symphony no 5 in E flat major, Op. 82; Symphony no 7 in C major, Op. 105; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Benjamin ...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"...such is the electricity generated in this performance [of the First Symphony] that one is swept away along, or perhaps I should say galvanized, by...continue...

Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Kempe, Baker, Speiss, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-10-21

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Spoken Word: Rudolf Kempe in conversation with Gillian Widdicombe, interview
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Spiess, Ludovic
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The distinguished German conductor Rudolf Kempe's only recording of Mahler's 'Das Lied von der Erde' reveals a masterly interpretation full of understanding enhanced by an...continue...