Otaka, Tadaaki

Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2012-07-03

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki

Gramophone Magazine, October 2012
[Otaka] remains a highly sympathetic, sure-footed and observant guide through the mighty Second Symphony, and he secures a tidy and spirited response...continue...
Recording information: Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (07/16/2010/07/17/2010)....continue...

Rachmaninov: The 4 Piano Piano Concertos et al. / John Lill, piano

3 CD / Nimbus Records / 2011-10-11

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op....
Performers: Lill, John
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Arguably Britain's most well-known pianist, who recently celebrated his 60th birthday with a series of concerts throughout the UK, John Lill first came to international...continue...

What's in a Name?

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-09-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 ('Pastoral' Symphony); Symphony no 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 ('Eroica' Symphony); Sonata for Piano no 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27/2 ('Quasi una ...
Performers: Campbell, David; Campbell, Elizabeth; Champ, John; Cronin, Jacqueline; Illing, Rosamund; Kenny, Yvonne; Stanhope, David; Willems, Gerard
Conductors: Porcelijn, David; Marriner, Sir Neville; Caetani, Oleg; Solti, Sir Georg; Stanhope, David; Challender, Stuart; Karajan, Herbert von; Otaka, Tadaaki; Pinnock, Trevor; Yuasa, Takuo; Lang-Lessing, Sebas...
Ensemble: ; Seraphim Trio

Schnittke: Ten Symphonies / Segerstam

6 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2009-12-02

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2 for soloists, chorus & orchestra ("St. Florian"); Symphony no 3; Symphony no 7; Symphony no 4 for 2 soloists, piano, chamber chorus & chamber orchestra;...
Performers: Bellini, Mikael; Dominique, Carl-Axel; Jahren, Helen; Kallenberg, Ben [Violin]; Lännerholm, Åke [Trombone]; Lundberg, Per [Piano/Harpsichord]; Negro, Lucia; Nolan, David; Parkman, Stefan; ...
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif; Klas, Eri; Otaka, Tadaaki; Kamu, , Okko; Järvi, Neeme; Jia, Lu; Hughes, Owain Arwel

BIS is proud to present the only available collection of the complete symphonies by Alfred Schnittke. The 6-CD boxed set also includes an initiated essay...continue...

The Piano Concerto Collection - Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, etc

25 CD / Brilliant Classics Import / 2008-10-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 24 in C minor, K 491; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D major, K 40; Concerto for Piano no 13 in C major, K 415 (387b); Concerto for Piano no 15 in B flat ma...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred; Cattarino, Alexander; Giacometti, Paolo; Groot, Cor De; Han, Derek; Lechner, Karin; Lill, John; Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]; Moreira-Lima, Arthur; Osorio, Jorge Federico; Prats, Jorge ...
Conductors: Feeman, Paul; Han, Derek; Oskamp, Gerard; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; van Beek, Arie; Manolov, Dimiter; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Gielen, Michael; Froment, Louis de; Marturet, Eduardo; Bátiz,...

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos (Complete); Paganini Rhapsody

2 CD / Brilliant Classics Import / 2008-10-21

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: 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; Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto ...
Performers: Lill, John; Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]; Prats, Jorge Luis
Conductors: Bátiz, Enrique; Shpiller, Ivan; Otaka, Tadaaki

Elgar: Symphony no 3 / Otaka, Sapporo SO

1 CD / Signum UK / 2008-05-01

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 3 (incomplete; completed by Anthony Payne); Pomp and Circumstance March no 6, for orchestra (completed by Anthony Payne)
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: Sapporo Symphony Orchestra

The Sapporo Symphony Orchestra take on Elgar's 'Symphony No. 3' under Tadaaki Otaka's baton with as much flair as they did in their Japanese premiere...continue...

Dvorak: Symphony no 8 & 9 / Otaka, Sapporo SO

1 CD / Signum UK / 2008-01-04

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: Sapporo Symphony Orchestra

Dvorak's 'Symphony No.8' is a symphony that marks Dvorak's first proper venture into the profusion of ideas and effects that, after the Ninth Symphony, became...continue...

Glazunov: Symphonies, Orchestral Works / Otaka, et al

5 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2007-08-01

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Symphony no 1 in E major, Op. 5 "Slavic"
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

The recordings included in this set were released separately between 2002 and 2004, and met with very positive reviews at the time. Thus the BBC...continue...

Surround Yourself with Rachmaninov / Otaka, Lill

1 DVD Audio / Nimbus Records / 2005-05-10

Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43; Songs (14), Op. 34
Performers: Lill, John
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

John Lill is widely considered the leading British pianist of his generation. He has been performing Rachmaninov his entire career, having given his first performance...continue...

Glazunov: Symphonies no 5 & 7 / Otaka, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2005-02-07

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, Op. 55; Symphony no 7 in F major, Op. 77 "Pastorale"
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Glazunov: Symphonies no 4 & 8 / Otaka, BBC Wales NSO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2003-11-07

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Symphony no 4 in E flat major, Op. 48; Symphony no 8 in E flat major, Op. 83
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"These vigorous sonatas for violin, cello and continuo are very well played. The musicians have chosen to use what they refer to as a 'relatively...continue...

Glazunov: Symphonies no 1 & 6 / Otaka, BBC Wales NSO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2003-06-01

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Symphony no 1 in E major, Op. 5 "Slavic"; Symphony no 6 in C minor, Op. 58
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"Symphonies by teenagers generally get put away in a box and quietly forgotten. Not Glazunov's First, however. Quite deservedly, the 15-year-old's bold effort was premiered...continue...

Glazunov: Symphony no 3, Ballade / Otaka, BBC Wales NSO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2003-01-01

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Ballade for orchestra in F major, Op. 78; Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 33
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Glazunov remains for many of us a major player who seems to spend most of his time on the bench, waiting for an opportunity to...continue...

Takemitsu: A String Around Autumn / Dukes, Bezaly, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-11-01

Works: Toru Takemitsu: A String around Autumn, for viola & orchestra; I Hear the Water Dreaming; A Way a Lone II, for string orchestra; riverrun, for piano & orchestra
Performers: Bezaly, Sharon; Dukes, Philip; Ogawa, Noriko
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"Toru Takemitsu was one of the few composers who bridged with great success the very different worlds of Western and traditional Japanese music. A distinguished...continue...

Glazunov: Complete Symphonies Vol 1 / Otaka, BBC Wales NSO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-04-13

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Symphony no 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 16; Mazurka in G major, Op. 18; From Darkness to Light, fantasy for orchestra in B minor/C major, Op. 53
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Rachmaninov: Great Works for Solo Piano / John Lill

4 CD / Nimbus Records / 2001-04-03

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36; Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; 6 Etudes Tableaux; Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 39;...
Performers: Lill, John
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

This four CD boxed sets brings together all of Rachmaninov's masterworks for solo piano at a special price. Pianist Johns Lill's success has been reflected...continue...

Elias: Laments, etc / Otaka, King, Wyn-Rogers, et al

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2001-03-23

Works: Brian Elias: Songs (5) to Poems by Irina Ratushinskaya; Laments, for voice & orchestra
Performers: Bingham, Judith; Flannery, Sue; Higgins, Jennifer; Jarvis, Joyce; King, Mary; Stormer, Caroline; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn; Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

How Slow the Wind - Takemitsu / Lindberg, Otaka, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2001-03-02

Works: Toru Takemitsu: Rain Coming; Archipelago S. for 21 Players; Requiem for Strings; Antiphonal Fanfares "How Slow the Wind"; Tree Line; Fantasma/Cantos II
Performers: Lindberg, Christian
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: Kioi Sinfonietta Tokyo

Takemitsu: Ran, Nami no Bon; Hosokawa: Hiroshima; Otaka

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-02-27

Works: Atsutada Otaka: Fantasy for organ & orchestra; Toru Takemitsu: Nami no Bon, television score; Ran, film score; Toshio Hosokawa: Memory of the Sea, for orchestra
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: Sapporo Symphony Orchestra

"...Hosokawa's 'Memory of the Sea', whose subtitle 'Hiroshima Symphony', signifies no lament for his home city's nuclear destruction, but instead a paean to nature's regenerative...continue...

Rakhmaninov: Piano Concerto No 3, etc / Lill, Otaka

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-06-26

Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Performers: Lill, John
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Russian Orchestral Masterworks

7 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-01-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Romeo & Juliet; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36; ...
Performers: Ashton, Graham; Creswick, Bradley; Ives, George; Jones, Martin [Piano]
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Boughton, William; Otaka, Tadaaki; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; English String Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

The passion, color, and emotional fervor of Russian music shine through in this diverse collection. "Otaka has already done wonders with the BBC Welsh Symphony...continue...

Yoshimatsu: Trombone Concerto "Orion Machine", Symphony no 1

1 CD / Camerata / 1997-05-01

Works: Takashi Yoshimatsu: Concerto for Trombone, Op. 55 "Orion Machine"; Symphony no 1 "Kamui-Chikap"
Performers: Hakoyama, Yoshiki
Conductors: Toyama, Yuzo; Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Hoddinott: The Heaventree of Stars, etc / Otaka, BBC Welsh

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Alun Hoddinott: Passagio, Op. 94; Heaventree of stars, Op. 102; Doubles, Op. 106; Star children, Op. 135
Performers: Armstrong, Rosalie; Cowley, David; Kun, Hu
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC Welsh Symphony

Rakhmaninov: Piano Concerto no 4, etc / Lill, Otaka, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40; Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Performers: Lill, John
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

After Hours Classics Vol 4 - Orchestra plays Adagio

1 CD / Camerata / 1996-11-01

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 2 in C minor, WAB 102; Quintet for Strings in F major, WAB 112; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, O...
Performers: Nishizaki, Takako
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki; Eichhorn, Kurt
Ensemble: Bruckner Orchestra; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Meditations for a Quiet Dawn - Vaughan Williams, Ives, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-03

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Charles Ives: Contemplations (2); Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 24 in D major, H 1 no 24; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: ...
Performers: Bochmann, Michael; Douglas, Audrey; Lynn, Susan; Waddington, Thomas
Conductors: Boughton, William; Swierczewski, Michel; Fischer, Adam; Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra; BBC Welsh Symphony; English String Orchestra; English Symphony Orchestra; Gulbenkian Foundation Chamber Orchestra Lisbon

Meditations at Sunset

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-10-03

Works: Gerald Finzi: Eclogue for Piano and Strings in F major, Op. 10; Johann Christian Bach: Symphony for double orchestra "No. 26" in E flat major, Op. 18/1, CW C26 (T. 269/4); Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and...
Performers: Hetzel, Gerhart; Jones, Martin [Piano]
Conductors: Boughton, William; Otaka, Tadaaki; Adam, Fischer

Takemitsu: A Flock Descends, etc / Otaka, Watkins, BBC Wales

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1996-06-30

Works: Toru Takemitsu: A Flock Descends Into the Pentagonal Garden, for orchestra; Dreamtime; Star Isle, for orchestra; Orion & Pleiades, for cello & orchestra
Performers: Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

The Min-On Contemporary Music Festival 1980

1 CD / Camerata / 1996-04-01

Works: Teruyuki Noda: Mutation, for shakuhatchi, koto, 17-string koto & orchestra, Op 18; Kurodo Mori: Groom Is Gloomy, for orchestra; Yoshio Hachimura: The Logic of Distraction
Performers: Haga, Mikiko; Mori, Chieko; Watanabe, Yasuo; Yokoyama, Katsuya
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

Schnittke: Symphonies no 6 & 7 / Otaka, BBC NO of Wales

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1996-03-07

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Symphony no 6; Symphony no 7
Performers: Buckland, David
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Lutoslawski: Symphony no 3, etc / Otaka, BBC NO of Wales

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1996-02-03

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Symphony no 3; Chantefleurs et chantefables
Performers: Anderson, Valdine
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Denisov: Concerto for Alto Saxophone, etc / Claude Delangle

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1995-12-06

Works: Edison Denisov: Concerto for Viola; Painting; Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
Performers: Buckland, David; Delangle, Claude; Delangle, Odile
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

"Claude Delangle is a stunning player, with gorgeous tone, effortless dexterity, and most importantly with the saxophone-immaculate dynamic control. Otaka and the BBC National Orchestra...continue...

Elgar: Symphony no 1, etc / Otaka, BBC NO of Wales

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1995-07-12

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Introduction and Allegro for String Quartet and String Orchestra, Op. 47
Performers: Burnard, Steven; Clark, James [violin]; Doig, Maureen; Senter, John
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Franck: Psyché, etc/ Tadaaki Otaka, BBC NO of Wales

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-03-21

Works: César Franck: Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), symphonic poem (also arr. for piano, 4 hands), M. 44; Psyché, symphonic poem for chorus & orchestra (also arr. for piano, 4 hands),...
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

The Min-On Contemporary Music Festival '83

1 CD / Camerata / 1994-11-01

Works: Toshi Ichiyanagi: Concerto for Violin; Toshio Kawanami: Ondine
Performers: Toyoda, Kiyomi; Zukofsky, Paul
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

The Min-On Contemporary Music Festival '81

1 CD / Camerata / 1994-10-01

Works: Norio Fukushi: Chromosphere for Percussion and Orchestra; Atsutada Otaka: Image; Joji Yuasa: Scenes from Basho
Performers: Yoshihara, Sumire
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

The Min-On Contemporary Music Festival '79

1 CD / Camerata / 1994-09-01

Works: Yoshiro Irino: Symphonia; Shin Sato: Sinfonia III
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

Gubaidulina: Pro et contra; Firsova: Cassandra / Otaka, BBC

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-06-01

Works: Sofia Gubaidulina: Pro et Contra; Elena Firsova: Cassandra, Op. 60
Performers: Green, Christopher; Senter, John
Conductors: Otaka, Tadaaki
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales