Hurst, George

BBC Legends: Mstislav Rostropovich Box Set [3 CDs]

3 CD / BBC Legends / 2011-09-27

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concert-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 2 in G major, Op. 126; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococ...
Performers: Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Hurst, George; Davis, Colin; Britten, Benjamin; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady

Considered one of the greatest cellists of the second half of the 20th century is the Russian musician and conductor, Mstislav Rostropovich. Collected here in...continue...

The Very Best of Elgar

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Salut d'amour; Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"; Concerto for Cello; Quintet for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 84; Sospiri; Son...
Performers: Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Donohoe, Peter; Fryer, Sarah; Jando, Jeno; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Kendall, William; Kliegel, Maria; Lamsma, Simone; Miura, Yurie; Nishizaki, Takako; Vaughn,...
Conductors: Judd, James; Leaper, Adrian; Halász, Michael; ; Lloyd-Jones, David; Hurst, George; Downes, Edward; Hill, David; Wright, Simon
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Mariani String Quartet; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

From raucous marches to private enigmas, the music of Elgar represents, for many, the ultimate symbol of England in the early 20th century, contrasting royal...continue...

Cinema Classics 2006

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-06-20

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Quartet f...
Performers: Amps, Kym; Charlston, Terence; La Scola, Vincenzo; Meshcheriakova, Marina
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek; Wildner, Johannes; Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Morandi, Pier G.; Hurst, George; ; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Feodorov, Victor; Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Scholars Baroque Ensemble; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmonic O...

Personnel: Kym Amps (soprano); Terence Charlston (harpsichord)....continue...

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...

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...

Discover - Music of the Romantic Era

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-01-18

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Frédéric Ch...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Banowetz, Joseph; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Biret, Idil; Devoyon, Pascal [Piano]; Hill, Peter; Jando, Jeno; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Orgonasova, Luba; Podles, Ewa; Russell, L...
Conductors: Drahos, Béla; Talmi, Yoav; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Bramall, Anthony; ; Morandi, Pier G.; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Wildner, Johannes; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Wit, Antoni; Kosler, Zden...
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Kodál...

The 'Discover Series' opens the door to key areas of classical music. Through a combination of illustrative music tracks and a richly filled booklet, the...continue...

Monet: Music Of His Time

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

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 1; Emmanuel Chabrier: Prélude Pastorale for orchestra; Edward Elgar: Imperial March, Op....
Performers: Healy, Michael; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]
Conductors: Talmi, Yoav; Bramall, Anthony; Hurst, George; Rahbari, Alexander

Khachaturian, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky /Rostropovich, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concert-Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 2 in G major, Op. 126; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococ...
Performers: Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Hurst, George; Davis, Colin
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

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...

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...

Cinema Classics 1999 - Elizabeth, La vita e bella, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-06-22

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Enigma Variations; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); John Philip Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brion, Keith; Camerata, Oxford; Clark, Keith [Conductor]; Dalayman, Katarina; Gunzenhauser, Stephen [Conductor]; Hurst, George; Istropolitana, Capella; Kl...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Segerstam, Leif; Brion, Keith; Warchal, Bohdan; Clark, Keith; Stankovsky, Robert; Hurst, George; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Summerly, Jeremy
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Oxford Camerata; Royal Stockholm Opera Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratisla...

Naxos goes to the movies with some of this year's blockbuster hits. Comedy, tragedy, history, love and war are all featured in this new collection...continue...
Personnel: Katarina Dalayman (soprano); Thomas Sunnegårdh (tenor); Maria Kliegel (cello); Idil Biret (piano); Imrich Szabo (organ).

Back in the days of radio, everyone knew Rossini's 'Will...continue...

Elgar: Pomp & Circumstance Marches, etc / Gibson, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-04-20

Works: Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Chanson de matin, Op. 15 no 2; Sérénade lyrique; Salut d'amour; Dream Children, for small orchestra (or piano...
Performers: Goossens, Leon [Oboe]
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir; del Mar, Norman; Hurst, George
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Elgar: Enigma Variations, etc / Hurst, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-12-04

Works: Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; In the South (Alassio), Concert Overture, Op. 50; Coronation March, for orchestra, Op. 65
Conductors: Hurst, George
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Best of Elgar

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-05-07

Works: Edward Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op. 44; Enigma Variations; Introduction and Allegro, for string quartet & string orchestra in G major, Op. 47; Concerto for Cello; Salut d'amour; Symphony no 1 in A flat...
Performers: Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Kliegel, Maria
Conductors: Leaper, Adrian; Halász, Michael; Hurst, George

Elgar: Symphony no 1, etc / Hurst, BBC Philharmonic

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1993-08-20

Works: Edward Elgar: Imperial March, Op. 32; Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55
Conductors: Hurst, George
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Elgar: Starlight Express Suite, etc / hurst, Bournemouth Sin

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1993-02-01

Works: Edward Elgar: Starlight Express, Op. 78; King Arthur, incidental music
Performers: Glover, Cynthia; Lawrenson, John
Conductors: Hurst, George
Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta

Seascapes

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-06-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Arnold Bax: Mediterranean, for piano; Tintagel, tone poem for orchestra; Frank Bridge: The Sea; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sea So...
Performers: Seascapes
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon; Hurst, George

English Music for Strings / Hurst, Bournemouth Sinfonietta

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Gustav Holst: St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29 no 2/H 118; Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20; Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite; John Ireland: Concertino Pastorale (Threnody), for ...
Conductors: Hurst, George
Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta