Ball, Christopher

Christopher Ball: Horn Concerto; Oboe Concerto, et al. / Tim Thorpe, horn; Paul Arden-Taylor, oboe

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-11-08

Works: Christopher Ball: Concerto for Horn; In the Yorkshire Dales, for flute, oboe & orchestra; On a Beautiful Day, for flute, oboe & orchestra; Oboe Concerto; Celtic Moods, for flute & orchestra; Invocati...
Performers: Armstrong, Roger; Burgess, Jonathan; Craven, Leslie; Taylor, Paul Arden; Thorpe, Jim
Conductors: Ball, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Adderbury Ensemble; Emerald Concert Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine, April 2012 ***
Fine wind soloists, the horn player Tim Thorpe especially, add lustre to these English, pastoral and modest works.
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Christopher Ball: Cello Concerto No. 1 / Stjepan Hauser, cello

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-09-13

Works: Christopher Ball: Concerto for Cello no 1; Song Without Words, for cello & piano; Roundelay, for cello & piano; Close of the Day, for cello & piano; Scarborough Fair, for cello & piano; The Star of t...
Performers: Hauser, Stjepan; Misumi, Yoko
Conductors: Ball, Christopher
Ensemble: Emerald Concert Orchestra

Famed British composer Christopher Ball releases his brand-new Cello Concerto No. 1, his sixth concerto. The work is performed by the brilliant Stjepan Hauser -...continue...

Praetorius, Holborne, etc: Dances / Praetorius Consort

1 CD / Regis Records / 2007-08-21

Works: Michael Praetorious: Terpsichore
Conductors: Ball, Christopher
Ensemble: Praetorius Consor

"...played with energy and accuracy ... stylish embellishments ... considerable panache ..." - Gramophone...continue...

Ball: Recorder Concerto, etc / Arden-Taylor, Ball, Adderbury

1 CD / Pavane / 1999-05-29

Works: Christopher Ball: Concerto for Recorder "The Piper of Dreams"; Concerto for Oboe; Quintet for Winds "Scenes from a comedy"; Pagan Piper; Pan Overheard
Performers: Arden-Taylor, Paul; Brett, Adrian; Craven, Leslie; Gladstone, Anthony; Harrison, Peter [Bassoon]
Conductors: Ball, Christopher
Ensemble: Adderbury Ensemble

"Anyone interested in the extremes of the new traditionalism should investigate this release. The wind concertos of conductor-composer...Ball are so unremittingly pleasant, so uncompromising in...continue...