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Elgar: Symphonies no 1 & 2, In the South, Serenade for Strings / Barbirolli, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Edward Elgar: In the South (Alassio), Concert Overture, Op. 50; Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20; Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63
Performers: Morgan, Cedric
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin; Barbirolli, John; del Mar, Norman
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Heading up the release are Elgar's two symphonies in the recordings Sir John Barbirolli made in 1962 and 1964. The First with the Philharmonia Orchestra,...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 3; Elgar: Enigma Variations; Reznicek: Donna Diana Overture / Constantin Silvestri, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-06-02

Works: Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek: Donna Diana, overture to the opera; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 29 "Polish"; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

This is the fourth release on BBC Legends of the Rumanian conductor Constantin Silvestri who spent his last years as Music Director of the Bournemouth...continue...

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...

Walton, Debussy, Handel, Delius, etc / Silvestri, et al

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-04-24

Works: William Walton: Partita for Orchestra; Claude Debussy: La mer; Le gladiateur ("Mort aux Romains, tuez jusqu'au dernier"), cantata for 3 soloists & orchestra, L. 41; Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 3 ...
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

This "live" 2CD set adds important new recordings to the discography of Silvestri and the Bournemouth Symphony and follows on from the recently issued 2CD...continue...

Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Britten, et al / Silvestri

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-07-25

Works: Edward Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"; Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Malcolm Arnold: Beckus the Dandipratt Overture, Op. 5; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 2 in C ...
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Constantin Silvestri, conductor and composer, was born in Bucharest and became conductor of the Bacharest Philharmonic. He also conducted the Leningrad Philharmonic and Hungarian State...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4, etc / Berglund, Silvestri

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Concerto for Oboe in A minor; Symphony no 4 in F minor
Performers: Growcott, Robert; Jarvis, Gerald; Morgan, Cedric; Turner, Allan; Williams, John
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin; Berglund, Paavo
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky, Respighi / Silvestri, Bournmouth Symphony

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58; Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"...Silvestri puts the right abandon into this teeming score, and the results are most telling. The other item is a brilliant account of the Pines...continue...