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Britten: Cello Symphony; Cello Sonata; Cello Suites nos 1-3 / Alban Gerhardt, cello; Steven Osborne, piano

2 CD / Hyperion / 2013-01-08

Works: Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4; Sonata for cello & piano in C major, Op. 65; Suite for solo cello no 1, Op. 72; Suite for solo cello no 2, Op. 80; Suite for solo cello no 3, Op....
Performers: Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Osborne, Steven
Conductors: Manze, Andrew
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Britten's long friendship with cellist Mstislav Rostropovich was one of the most inspiring and fruitful musical collaborations in history. It led directly to the composition...continue...
Recording information: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (03/10/2012-03/11/2012); Henry Wood Hall, London (03/10/2012-03/11/2012); City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (2011-12-19&2011-12-22&2011-); Henry ...continue...

Bloch: Voice in the Wilderness; Schlomo; From Jewish Life; Bruch: Kol Nidrei / Natalie Clein, cello; BBC Scottish SO

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-08-14

Works: Ernest Bloch: Schelomo; From Jewish Life; Voice in the Wilderness, symphonic poem for cello & orchestra (or piano); Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47
Performers: Clein, Natalie
Conductors: Volkov, Ilan
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Hyperion presents a dazzling orchestral disc of music from the Jewish tradition of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. Bruch's Kol Nidrei is one of the...continue...
Recording information: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (09/07/2011-09/08/2011)....continue...

Alexander Mackenzie: The Cricket on the Hearth Overture; Music for Coriolanus; Benedictus; Twelfth Night

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-05-08

Works: Alexander Mackenzie: The Cricket on the Hearth, Op. 62; Twelfth Night Overture, for orchestra, Op. 40; Benedictus, for small orchestra, Op. 37/3; Scottish Rhapsody no 2, for orchestra, Op. 24 ("Burns...
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

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Recording information: City Hall, Candleriggs, Glasgow, Scotland (08/11/1994/08/12/1994)....continue...

Erik Chisholm: Piano Concertos nos 1 & 2 / Danny Driver, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-04-10

Works: Erik Chisholm: Concerto for Piano no 1 ("Piobaireachd"); Concerto for Piano no 2 ("Hindustani")
Performers: Driver, Danny
Conductors: MacDonald, Rory
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Erik Chisholm was a fascinating musical polymath - a composer, conductor and performer as well as a collector of folk music from his native Scotland....continue...
Recording information: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (06/08/2011-06/09/2011)....continue...

Elizabeth Machonchy: Orchestral Music / Clelia Iruzun

1 CD / Lorelt / 2012-03-13

Works: Elizabeth Maconchy: The Land, suite for orchestra; Concertino for piano & orchestra; Music for brass & woodwinds; Symphony, for double string orchestra
Performers: Iruzun, Clelia
Conductors: Martinez, Odaline de la
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994) studied at the Royal College of Music where she was a student of Vaughan Williams. Her music reflects the influences of central...continue...
Recording information: City Halls, Glasgow (03/23/2009-03/24/2009)....continue...

Britten: Violin Concerto; Double Concerto; Lachrymae / Anthony Marwood, Lawrence Power

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-02-14

Works: Benjamin Britten: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 15; Double Concerto, for violin, viola & orchestra in B minor (supressed by composer); Lachrymae for Viola and Piano, Op. 48
Performers: Marwood, Anthony; Power, Lawrence
Conductors: Volkov, Ilan
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Long recognized as an outstanding c hamber musician, Anthony Marwood has more recently been making waves as a concerto soloist, with two contributions to the...continue...
Recording information: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow (01/12/2011-01/13/2011)....continue...

Walton: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Martyn Brabbins

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-07-12

Works: William Walton: Symphony no 1 in B flat minor; Siesta; Symphony no 2
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

On this new disc, Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra offer invigorating and authoritative performances of William Walton's two symphonies. The musicians balance...continue...
Recording information: City Halls, Candleriggs, Glasgow....continue...

Stravinsky: Orpheus; Jeu de cartes; Agon

1 CD / Hyperion / 2009-09-08

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Jeu de cartes; Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra; Orpheus, ballet in 3 scenes for orchestra
Conductors: Volkov, Ilan
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Stravinsky's ballet music contains some of the composer's most dazzling inspirations, and his work with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes brought him to international attention before the...continue...

Roslavets: Violin Concertos / Ibragimova, Volkov, BBC Scottish SO

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-11-11

Works: Nikolai Roslavets: Concerto for Violin No 1; Concerto for Violin no 2
Performers: Ibragimova, Alina
Conductors: Volkov, Ilan
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Roslavets' first violin concerto was thought to exist only in piano reduction form until 1989 when the full score was unearthed in the archives of...continue...

The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 46 - Bowen / Driver, Brabbins, BBC Scottish SO

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-11-11

Works: York Bowen: Concerto for Piano no 3 in G minor, Op. 23 "Fantasia"; Concerto for Piano no 4 in A minor, Op. 88
Performers: Driver, Danny
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Hyperion's virtually single-handed rehabilitation of the music of York Bowen (known in his time as "The English Rachmaninov"), continues apace with this recording of the...continue...

Britten: Piano Concerto Op 13, Diversions Op 21, Young Apollos Op 16 / Osborne, Volkov, BBC Scottish SO

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-09-09

Works: Benjamin Britten: Concerto for Piano in D major, Op. 13; Work(s); Young Apollo, for piano, string quartet & strings, Op. 16 (withdrawn by composer); Diversions, for piano, left hand & orchestra, Op. ...
Performers: Osborne, Steven
Conductors: Volkov, Ilan
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

The three compositions that comprise Britten's music for solo piano and orchestra constitute a unique, yet still little explored, part of his output. Here they...continue...

Tippett: Piano Concerto, etc / Osborne, Brabbins, et al

2 CD / Hyperion / 2007-12-11

Works: Michael Tippett: Piano Concerto; Fantasia on a Theme of Handel, for piano & orchestra; Sonata for Piano no 1; Sonata for Piano no 2; Sonata for Piano no 3; Sonata for Piano no 4
Performers: Osborne, Steven
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

What the world needs more of is intelligently planned, stupendously played, and brilliantly recorded collections like this one. These two discs contain all the piano...continue...

Walton: Viola Concerto; Rubbra / Volkov, Power, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-07-10

Works: William Walton: Concerto for Viola; Edmund Rubbra: Meditations on a Byzantine Hymn "O Quando in Cruce" for 2 violas, Op. 117a; Concerto for viola & orchestra in A, Op 75
Performers: Power, Lawrence
Conductors: Volkov, Ilan
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

"Power's rich, elegiac tone is heard to wonderful advantage in the melancholic, slowish outer movements, but he has plenty of bite and dazzle in the...continue...

Pettersson: Complete Symphonies / Albrecht, Arnell, et al

12 CD / CPO / 2007-01-30

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 2; Symphonic Movement; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 4; Symphony no 5; Symphony no 16, for alto saxophone and orchestra; Symphony no 6; Symphony no 7; Symphony no 8; Sympho...
Performers: Kelly, John Edward
Conductors: Francis, Alun; Trojahn, Manfred; Albrecht, Gerd; Sanderling, Thomas; Honeck, Manfred; Arnell, Johan M.; Ruzicka, Peter
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Hamburg State Philharmonic Orchestra; Hannover Radio Symphony Orchestra; Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra; Swedish Radio S...

"Let me attempt to give some perspective to the symphonies of Pettersson: more often than not, they seem roiling and building toward some climax, exuding...continue...

Roslavets: Chamber Symphony, etc / Volkov, BBB Scottish SO

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-01-09

Works: Nikolai Roslavets: Chamber Symphony; In the hours of the new moon
Conductors: Volkov, Ilan
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

"Nikolay Roslavets (1881-1944) may have been a pupil of Ippolitov-Ivanov but it was Schoenberg's influence which proved crucial to his mature development. Little surprise, then,...continue...

Bowen, Forsyth: Viola Concertos / Power, Brabbins, etc

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-06-14

Works: York Bowen: Concerto for Viola in C minor, Op. 25; Cecil Forsyth: Concerto for Viola in G minor
Performers: Power, Lawrence
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Lawrence Power is fast emerging as the foremost viola player of a new generation. The lyrical drama and versatility of his performances have won him...continue...

Searle: Complete Symphonies / Francis

2 CD / CPO / 2005-03-22

Works: Humphrey Searle: Symphony no 1, Op. 23; Night Music, Op. 2; Symphony no 4, Op. 38; Overture to a Drama, Op. 17; Symphony no 2, Op. 33; Symphony no 3, Op. 36; Symphony no 5, Op. 43
Conductors: Francis, Alun
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Searle ranks as one of the most significant composers in twentieth century British music. His five symphonies impress the listener with their expressive facility and...continue...

Shostakovich, Shchedrin: Piano Concertos / Hamelin, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-01-01

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102; Rodion Shchedrin: Concerto for Piano no 2
Performers: Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]; O'Keeffe, Mark
Conductors: Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

'Marc-André Hamelin is a superb advocate for all three pieces - the zip and zest of much of the writing presenting no difficulty to this...continue...

Bortkiewicz: Symphonies / Brabbins, BBC Scottish SO

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-10-01

Works: Serge Bortkiewicz: Symphony no 1 in D major, ("From my Homeland"), Op. 52; Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 55
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

"Here are two truly remarkable Russian symphonies that you have never heard before, thrillingly played and resoundingly recorded - a rich Slavic repast you will...continue...

Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 28 - Stojowski / Brabbins, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-03-01

Works: Zygmunt Stojowski: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 3; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A flat major ("Prologue, scherzo and variations"), Op. 32
Performers: Plowright, Jonathan
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

"Stojowski could hardly have found a better interpreter than Jonathan Plowright, who plays with affection, understanding and sometimes breathtaking virtuosity." ***** - Calcum MacDonald BBC...continue...

The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 23 - Holbrooke, Wood

1 CD / Hyperion / 2000-02-01

Works: Joseph Holbrooke: Concerto for Piano no 1, "The Song of Gwyn ap Nudd"; Haydn Wood: Concerto for Piano in D minor
Performers: Milne, Hamish
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

These two English piano concertos in the grand romantic tradition were written at almost the same time (Holbrooke 1908, Wood 1909) and wereundoubtedly inspired by...continue...

Tippett: Piano Concerto, Ritual Dances / Frith, Hurst, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-11-01

Works: Michael Tippett: Ritual Dances from "The Midsummer Marriage", for chorus ad lib & orchestra; Piano Concerto
Performers: Frith, Benjamin [Piano]
Conductors: Hurst, George
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Sir Michael Tippet became one of the most internationally renowned British composers of the 20th century, though this recognition came late in his life. His...continue...

Britten: Violin Concerto, Cello Symphony / Yuasa, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-06-28

Works: Benjamin Britten: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 15; Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4
Performers: Hirsch, Rebecca; Hugh, Timothy
Conductors: Yuasa, Takuo
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Britten was to write music in every genre, from Grand opera to simple folk-song settings, his catalogue of works including concertos for both piano and...continue...

The Romantic Piano Concerto 19 - Mackenzie, Tovey / Osborne

1 CD / Hyperion / 1998-09-01

Works: Donald Francis Tovey: Concerto for Piano in A major Op 15; Alexander Mackenzie: Piano Concerto, Op. 55 ("Scottish")
Performers: Osborne, Steven
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

"With these two British concertos, Hyperion reaches the 19th recording in its celebrated series, "The Romantic Piano Concerto"...These concertos were composed within six years of...continue...

The Romantic Piano Concerto 16 - Huss, Schelling / Hobson

1 CD / Hyperion / 1997-09-01

Works: Henry Holden Huss: Concerto for piano & orchestra in B major, Op 10; Ernest Schelling: Suite Fantastique for piano & orchestra, Op 7
Performers: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

"Hyperion's Romantic Piano Concerto series has now reached its 16th issue. It also begins exploration of American concertos with this disc...Ernest Schelling was a child...continue...

Britten: War Requiem / Brabbins, BBC Scottish Symphony

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-07-16

Works: Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Performers: McPhee, George; Randle, Thomas [Tenor Vocals]; Russell, Lynda; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn; Boddice, Nigel
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Pettersson: Symphony No 2, Symphonic Movement / Francis, BBC

1 CD / CPO / 1995-08-01

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 2; Symphonic Movement
Conductors: Francis, Alun
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Fanfare
One of the most dazzling orchestral recordings of recent memory
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Pettersson: Symphony no 13 / Alun Francis, BBC Scottish

1 CD / CPO / 1993-11-01

Works: Allan Pettersson: Symphony no 13
Conductors: Francis, Alun
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 4 - Arensky, Bortkiewicz

1 CD / Hyperion / 1992-12-01

Works: Anton Arensky: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, Op. 2; Fantasia on a Russian Folk Song, for piano & orchestra, Op. 48; Serge Bortkiewicz: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat major, Op. 16
Performers: Coombs, Stephen
Conductors: Maksymiuk, Jerzy
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

'A couple of piano concertos that have been waiting in the wings for the committed advocacy they deserve and have finally received' (Fanfare, USA)

'A...continue...