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Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Three Fantastic Dances Op. 5 / Cristina Ortiz, piano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102; Fantastic Dances (3) for Piano, Op. 5
Performers: Ortiz, Cristina
Conductors: Berglund, Paavo
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

This disc includes the two Piano Concertos; the first was originally intended to be a concerto for trumpet, but during the composition process the piano...continue...
Recording information: 1975....continue...

The Silver Violin - Music by Carlos Gardel, Korngold, John Williams, Howard Shores, Shostakovich / Nicola Benedetti, violin

1 CD / Decca / 2013-02-19

Works: John Williams: Schindler's List; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Carlos Gardel: Por una cabeza, tango for voice & chamber orchestra; Dmitry Sh...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Elschenbroich, Leonard; Grynyuk, Alexei; Knowles, Gregory [Percussion]; Sidorova, Ksenija [Accordion]; Sitkovetsky, Alexander; Tom Dunn [Violin/Viola]
Conductors: Karabits, Kirill
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Acclaimed as one of the leading violinists of her generation, best-selling violin virtuoso Nicola Benedetti turns the spotlight on Hollywood in this collection of the...continue...
Recording information: The Guildhall, Southampton, England (2012-04-11_2012-04-12&2012-)....continue...

Treasures of The Russian Ballet / Leningrad Kirov Ballet & Bolshoi Ballet [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118; Cinderella, Op. 87 - Ballet Suite; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20; Adolphe Adam: Giselle; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh (excerpts); L&#...
Performers: Fadeyechev, Nicolai; Lavrovsky, Mikhail; Liepa, Maris; Maximova, Ekaterina; Plisetskaya, Maya; Sizova, Alla; Soloviev, Yuri; Struchkova, Raisa; Timofeyeva, Nina; Ulanova, Galina; Vasiliev, Vladimir
Conductors: Hajibeyov, Niyazi; Faier, Yuri; Zhuraitis, Algis
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Russia's two great ballet companies, the Bolshoi Ballet and the Kirov Ballet (now the Mariinsky) undertook their first major post-war tours in the early 1960s,...continue...
Run Time: 81 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Frederic Austin: Overture - Richard II; Symphony in E major; Overture - The Sea Venturers; Rhapsody - Spring

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2012-05-08

Works: Frederic Austin: The Sea Ventures, overture; Symphonic Rhapsody ("Spring"); Richard II, concert overture for orchestra; Symphony in E major
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas; Corp, Ronald [Composer]
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

As a coupling for their new recording of Frederic Austin's romantic overture Richard the Second with Ronald Corp and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Dutton have...continue...

Tippett: Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli; Concerto for Double String Orchestra et al. / Ogdon, Menuhin

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Michael Tippett: Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli; Ritual Dances from "The Midsummer Marriage", for chorus ad lib & orchestra; Piano Concerto; Concerto for Double String Orchestra; Divertim...
Performers: Masters, Robert; Menuhin, Yehudi; Ogdon, John; Robson, Nigel; Simpson, Derek
Conductors: Tippett, Michael; Barshai, Rudolf; Davis, Colin; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Bach Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Sir Michael Tippett (1905-1998) is regarded, along with Benjamin Britten, as one of the most important British composers of the 20th century. He was well-known...continue...

Ludvig Irgens-Jensens: Symphony in D minor; Passacaglia / Bjarte

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-09-27

Works: Ludvig Irgens-Jensen: Sinfonia for orchestra in D minor; Air, for orchestra; Passacaglia for orchestra
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

The two main works on this recording are among the peaks of twentieth-century Norwegian orchestral music. Irgens-Jensen's Passacaglia won second prize in the Nordic section...continue...
Recording information: The Lighthouse, Poole, Dorset, UK (05/22/2009-05/23/2009)....continue...

20th Century Classics: Walton / Nigel Kennedy, violin; Paul Tortelier, cello

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: William Walton: Symphony no 1 in B flat minor; Symphony no 2; Concerto for Violin; Concerto for Cello; The Wise Virgins, suite from the ballet
Performers: Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Tortelier, Paul
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Previn, Andre; Berglund, Paavo; Frémaux, Louis
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Best Cello 100 / Various

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Concerto for Harpsichord in F mi...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Braley, Frank; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Carrington, Simon; Casals, Pablo; Chang, Han-Na; Clein, Natalie; Cohen, Rob...
Conductors: Zukerman, Pinchas; Warren-Green, Christopher; Barbirolli, John; Brown, Iona; Linde, Hans-Martin; Kangas, Juha; Masur, Kurt; Tortelier, Paul; Jansons, Mariss; Pesek, Libor; Davis, Andrew; Chung, Myung...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Chamber Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Gustav Mahl...

This 6-CD set contains a fine collection of 100 favorite cello classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. Among them are giants of...continue...

Best Cello 100 / Various

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-07-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Ce...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Braley, Frank; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Carrington, Simon; Casals, Pablo; Chang, Han-Na; Clein, Natalie; Cohen, Rob...
Conductors: Zukerman, Pinchas; Warren-Green, Christopher; Barbirolli, John; Brown, Iona; Linde, Hans-Martin; Kangas, Juha; Masur, Kurt; Tortelier, Paul; Jansons, Mariss; Pesek, Libor; Davis, Andrew; Chung, Myung...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Chamber Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Gustav Mahl...

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...

Bax: Symphonic Variations, Concertante for Piano (Left Hand) / Judd, Wass, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-04-28

Works: Arnold Bax: Symphonic Variations, for piano & orchestra in E major; Concertante, for piano, left hand & orchestra
Performers: Wass, Ashley
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Bax completed five works for piano and orchestra, beginning in 1916 with the highly virtuosic 'Symphonic Variations' dedicated to the pianist Harriet Cohen. The work...continue...

Best Concertos 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Pyotr Il'...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Ambache, Diana; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Asperen, Bob van; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Broadway, Kenneth; Bury, Alison; Bylsma, Anner; Capuçon, Gautier; Capu&ccedi...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Foster, Lawrence; Vonk, Hans; Plasson, Michel; Cziffra, György; Jansons, Mariss; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Davis, Andrew; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Litton, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; ...
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Ambache Chamber Orchestra; Auvergne Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Philha...

The latest release in from the top-selling 'BEST 100' series by EMI Classics contains excerpts from the most famous concertos of all time. Each of...continue...

Altus - From Castrato to Countertenor

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Giustino, RV 717; Amen; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; Longe mala umbrae terrores in G minor, RV 629; Pianti, sospiri, RV 676; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Der Messias; Work(s)...
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Blake, Rockwell; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brett, Charles; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Deller, Alfred; Dupré, Desmond; Esswood, Paul; Gens, V&...
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Lesne, Gérard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Corboz, Michel; Linde, Hans-Martin; Parrott, Andrew; Curtis, Alan; Christie, William; Herreweghe, Philippe; Ledger, Philip, Sir...
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Vocale; English Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Europa Galan...

The male voice hits an all-time high with this new collection from Virgin Classics. Starting as far back as 1902 with the last of the...continue...

American Classics - Gianni: Piano Concerto, Symphony no 4 / Spalding, Imreh, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-01-27

Works: Vittorio Giannini: Piano Concerto; Symphony no 4
Performers: Imreh, Gabriela
Conductors: Spalding, Daniel
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Motivated by a "quest for the beautiful, with the humble hope that I may be privileged to achieve this goal, if only for one precious...continue...

American Classics - Copland: Symphonies / Alsop, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: Aaron Copland: Symphony no 1 (arr. of Symphony for Organ & Orchestra, and 1st mvt. of Prelude); Symphony no 2 ("Short Symphony"); Dance Symphony
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"Audiophiles listening to this disc will delight in the musical characteristics of Aaron Copland that make his music desirable to them: clear textures, broad lyricism,...continue...

American Classics - Bernstein: Symphony no 2, Candide Overture, Fancy Free / Kahane, Litton, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Symphony no 2 "Age of Anxiety"; Fancy Free, ballet
Performers: Kahane, Jeffrey; Searle-Barnes, Paul; Turner, Paul
Conductors: Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

The Best of Finzi

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Gerald Finzi: Concerto for Clarinet & String Orchestra in C Minor, Op. 31; Let us garlands bring, for voice & piano, Op. 18; Seven Poems of Robert Bridges, for unaccompanied chorus, Op. 17; Prelude f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Donohoe, Peter; Hugh, Timothy; Plane, Robert; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Griffiths, Howard; Robinson, Christopher; Lloyd-Jones, David; Hill, David
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia; Royal Ballet Sinfonia; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge

Gerald Finzi made an important contribution to British twentieth-century song, choral and orchestral repertoire. His acute awareness of the frailty of existence found its musical...continue...

Finzi: Dies natalis, Farewell to Arms, Two Sonnets / David Hill, James Gilchrist, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-04-29

Works: Gerald Finzi: Dies Natalis, cantata for soprano (or tenor) & string orchestra, Op. 8; Prelude for String Orchestra in F minor, Op. 25; Fall of the Leaf, elegy for orchestra in D minor, Op 20 (orchest...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"A splendid companion to the same team's 2005 recording of Gerald Finzi's Intimations of Immortality, tenor James Gilchrist and conductor David Hill with the Bournemouth...continue...

Bartók: The Wooden Prince / Alsop, Bournemouth Symphony

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-25

Works: Béla Bartók: Wooden Prince, Op. 13/Sz 60
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

'The Wooden Prince' is a fairy tale ballet with an original story by Bartok’s literary acquaintance Bela Balazs, who had also written the libretto to...continue...

Bartók: Blue Beard's Castle / Alsop, Meláth, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-11-20

Works: Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11/Sz 48
Performers: Belácek, Gustáv; Meláth, Andrea
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

A modern version of the old European folk-tale about the cruel, blue-bearded prince and his many disappearing wives, Bartok's opera 'Bluebeard's Castle' is a metaphor...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...

Simpson: The Complete Symphonies

7 CD / Hyperion / 2006-11-14

Works: Robert Simpson: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 8; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 4; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 5; Symphony no 6; Symphony no 7; Symphony no 9; Discussion on the 9th Symphony by Robert Simpson...
Performers: Koos, Joseph; Simpson, Robert [Composer]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Taylor, Matthew
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

‘One of the outstanding recording projects of our time this Hyperion series deserves to stand as a monument while other more superficially glamorous ventures rise...continue...

Best Classics 100 Vol 2

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: ...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andre, Maurice; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bennett, William; Brown, Iona; Byzantine, Julian; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; ...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Bernstein, Leonard; Temirkanov, Yuri; Prêtre, Georges; Karajan, Her...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony ...

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...

American Classics - Bernstein: Serenade, etc / Alsop, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-15

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Serenade for Violin and Orchestra "after Plato's Symposium"; Facsimile; Divertimento for Orchestra
Performers: Quint, Philippe; Walden, Timothy
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Bernstein protg Marin Alsop leads the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in some of the American legends most intriguing works. Bernstein described his Serenade, inspired by Platos...continue...

Classics - Tippett: The Symphonies / Hickox, Bournemouth SO

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-10-18

Works: Michael Tippett: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 3 for soprano & orchestra; Symphony no 4; New Year Suite, suite from the opera for orchestra
Performers: Bush, Melanie; Holmes, Tim; Horch, Kyle; Millett, Robert; Robinson, Faye; Smith, Steve; Taylor, S. Alan
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

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This is Tippett firing on all cylinders, with a performance and recording to match.
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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...

Weill: Symphony no 1 & 2, etc / Alsop, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-08-16

Works: Kurt Weill: Symphony no 2; Symphony no 1 ("Berliner Symphonie"); Lady in the Dark, musical play
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Marin Alsop conducts her Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in this brilliant program featuring Kurt Weill's first and second symphonies. The angular 'Symphony No. 1', completed in...continue...

Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin / Alsop, et al

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2005-04-19

Works: Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, etc / Alsop, Bournemouth SO

1 Super Audio CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-04-19

Works: Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, etc / Alsop, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-04-19

Works: Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

The incomparable Marin Alsop conducts her Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Bartok's 'The Miraculous Mandarin'. The work, which is today among the composer's most...continue...

Ravel: Bolero, Piano Concerto, etc / Litton, Pesek, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2005-03-29

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; La valse; Concerto for Piano in G major
Performers: Litton, Andrew
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Bear Essentials - Classics for Funerals

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-02-22

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March"; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh'!, BWV 478; Conc...
Performers: Austin, Michael [Organ]; Comberti, Micaela; Crabtree, Libby; Kenyon, Philip; Kirkby, Emma; Lortie, Louis; Rodgers, Joan; Scott, Jonathan; Standage, Simon; Torchinsky, Yuri [Violin]
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Hickox, Richard; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Standage, Simon; Järvi, Neeme; Parrott, Andrew; Guest, George; Christophers, Harry; Handley, Vernon; Hurst, Geor...
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Collegium Musicum 90; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus; R...

Rawsthorne: Symphony no 1 - 3 / Lloyd-Jones, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Alan Rawsthorne: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2 ("A Pastoral Symphony"); Symphony no 3
Performers: Ellet, Charlotte
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

By the time his eagerly awaited 'First Symphony' appeared in 1950, Alan Rawsthorne had already established a singular compositional voice. The 'First Symphony' is an...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 ...

British Music - Green & Pleasant Land

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-11-01

Works: E.J. Moeran: Symphony in G minor, R. 71; Gerald Finzi: Seven Poems of Robert Bridges, for unaccompanied chorus, Op. 17; Arthur Somervell: The Shropshire Lad, song cycle; Frederick Delius: Aquarelles ...
Performers: Cox, Michael; Daniel, Nicholas; Farrington, Iain; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Maltman, Christopher; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Whitton, Christopher
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David; Robinson, Christopher; ; Penny, Andrew
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dublin RTE Concert Orchestra; Duke Quartet; English Northern Philharmonia; Maggini Quartet; Northern Sinfonia; Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Ro...

A delightful selection of English music with a pastoral theme featuring several individual tracks from award winning discs in the British Music series. Performed by...continue...

Bedroom Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2003-09-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056; Partita for Lute in E major, BWV 1006a; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat un...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Ansermet, Ernest; BBC Concert Orchestra; Bennett, William; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Britten, Benjamin; Brown, Iona; Cleobury, Nicholas; Cleobury, Step...
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Marriner, Sir Neville; Previn, Andre; Sillito, Kenneth; Ansermet, Ernest; Wordsworth, Barry; Litton, Andrew; Cleobury, Nicholas; Britten, Benjamin; Guest, George; Malcolm, George; J...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Concert Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Suisse Romand...

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Alexandre Lagoya, Steve Erquiaga, Eduardo Fernandez , Pepe Romero, Göran Söllscher (guitar); Mischa Maisky, Julian Lloy...continue...

American Classics - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Leonard Bernstein: On the Waterfront; Chichester Psalms; Dance Episodes (3) from "On the Town", for orchestra
Performers: Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Charrier, Paul; Franklin-Kitchen, Elisabeth; Kelly, Thomas
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"Alsop displays a special sympathy for this score's intimate undertow, investing softer music with a tingling atmosphere and lyrical poetry that consistently ignite the imagination,...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

For Your Life - For Book Lovers

1 CD / Decca / 2003-07-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Claude Debussy: Poèmes (7) de Banville; George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for Strings; ...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; BBC Concert Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; Cooper, Joseph; Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; ...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Judd, James; Wordsworth, Barry; Litton, Andrew; Barenboim, Daniel; Dorati, Antal; Chailly, Riccardo; Ottley, Jerold D.; Hanson, Howard; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; BBC Concert Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Minneapolis Symphon...

This selection features both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello); Joseph Cooper (piano)....continue...

American Classics - Explore America Vol 1

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments; Charles Wakefield Cadman: Four American Indian Songs, for voice & piano, Op. 45; John Alden Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator, suit...
Performers: Bolcom, William [Composer]; Buswell, James; Corley, Maria; Currie, Colin; Farley, Carole; Posnak, Paul; Rorem, Ned; Starker, Janos; Taylor, Darryl; Weber, Janice; Zazofsky, Peter
Conductors: Gambil, Paul; Williams, John McLaughlin; Alsop, Marin; ; Davies, Dennis R.; Sinclair, James; Stromberg, William T.; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Brion, Keith
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Kreutzer Quartet; Nashville Chamber Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia Chorus; Royal Artillery Band; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Ukraini...

The American Classics series captures some of the great moments of American music. In this collection, as wide-ranging and diverse as our land, little-known gems...continue...

Moeran: Symphony in G minor, Sinfonietta / David Lloyd-Jones

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-10-01

Works: E.J. Moeran: Symphony in G minor, R. 71; Sinfonietta for orchestra
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"This performance is well done and easily recommendable if you like its singular view and distant sound. I find it rather light and place it...continue...

American Classics - Grofé: Death Valley Suite, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-09-01

Works: Ferde Grofé: Hollywood Ballet (Hollywood Suite), ballet; Hudson River Suite, for orchestra; Death Valley Suite, for orchestra
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"This is American light music at its best, to which the British players respond as though the 'Pond' didn't exist. Wessex hall in Poole, Dorset,...continue...

American Classics -An American Salute - Spirit of the Nation

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-06-01

Works: Morton Gould: American Salute; Stephen Foster Gallery; American Ballads, for orchestra; Aaron Copland: Rodeo; John Philip Sousa: Hail to the Spirit of Liberty; Stars and Stripes Forever; Victor Herbe...
Performers: Band, Royal Artillery; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony; Philharmonic Rock Orchestra; Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hayman & His Symphony Orchestra; Royal Sco...
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Brion, Keith; Stromberg, William T.; Hayman, Richard; Alsop, Marin; Serebrier, José; Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Royal Artillery Band; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Or...

American Salute: Spirit of the Nation is a tasteful collection of orchestral pieces devoted to the history and vitality of the United States. Performed by a series of orchestras, highlights include Aa...continue...

American Classics - Celebrate the American Spirit

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-11-20

Works: John Philip Sousa: The Irish Dragoon, operetta; Bullets and Bayonets; Nymphalin, reverie for violin & orchestra (or band); Jack Tar, march for band; Songs of Grace and Songs of Glory, fantasie for ba...
Performers: Alsop, Marin; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brion, Keith; Manning, Peter; Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Stromberg, William T. [Conductor]; Warner, Wendy [Cello]
Conductors: Brion, Keith; Alsop, Marin; Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Personnel: Wendy Warner (cello).

Recording information: Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio, Bratislava, Slovakia (09/02/1996-05/12/2000); Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, Scotland (09/02/1996-05/12/200...continue...

Tippett: Piano Concerto, etc / Shelley, Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-07-24

Works: Michael Tippett: Piano Concerto; Praeludium, for brass, bells & percussion; Fantasia on a Theme of Handel, for piano & orchestra; Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli
Performers: Koos, Joseph; O'Brien, Brendan; Shelley, Howard; Verrall, Colin
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Pianist Howard Shelley and conductor Richard Hickox join forces to perform music by the great twentieth century British master, Sir Michael Tippett. The Penguin Guide...continue...

Braga Santos: Symphony no 2 / Cassuto, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Marco Polo / 2001-02-01

Works: Joly Braga Santos: Symphony no 2 in B minor; Encuzilhada (Crossroads), ballet in one act
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Undoubtedly the leading Portuguese symphonist of the century, Joly Braga Santos composed his Second Symphony at the age of 23. The work is as vivid...continue...

A-Z of Classical Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-10-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: De profundis clamavi, offertory in mode 2 (Liber Usualis no 1076; GR 388); Hildegard von Bingen: O virga mediatrix; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; William Byrd: Pavan and ...
Performers: Anthony, Adele; Biret, Idil; Jandó, Jenö; Kejmar, Miroslav; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Nishizaki, Takako; Ottensamer, Ernst; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Bychkov, Semyon; Edlinger, Richard; Krcek, Jaroslav; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Skvor, Petr; Dvorak, Jaroslav; ; Wordsworth, Barry; Grodd, Uwe; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Wildner, Johannes; Mor...
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata Budapest; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmoni...

Bernstein, Copland / Litton, de Waart, Hickox, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2000-02-01

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Dance Episodes (3) from "On the Town", for orchestra; Fancy Free, ballet; Candide; Symphony no 2 "Age of Anxiety"; Aaron Copland: Appalachian...
Performers: Holiday, Billie; Kahane, Jeffrey; McQueen, Helen; Searle-Barnes, Paul; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Turner, Paul
Conductors: De Waart, Edo; Litton, Andrew; Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Chamber Orchestra

American Classics - Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-05-01

Works: Ferde Grofé: Mississippi; Grand Canyon Suite, for orchestra; Niagara Falls Suite, for orchestra
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

The riot of orchestral colors in this dramatic picture of the monumental Grand Canyon established Ferde Grofe as one of the most exciting American composers...continue...