Thompson, Bryden

50 Best Sensual Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: James Horner: Titanic; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bran, Tim; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Bumbry, Grace; Callas, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Dalton, Mitchell; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Garello, Raul; Garrett...
Conductors: ; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Roth, François-Xavier; Goodwin, Ron; Thompson, Bryden; Plasson, Michel; Barry, John; Love, Geoff; Barbirolli, John; Fedotov, Viktor; Boul...
Ensemble: ; Ahn Trio; Berlin Philharmonic Cellists; Virtuosi

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of sensual music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

50 Best Romantic Piano Classics - Popular romantic classics for solo piano or piano & orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; The Seasons, Op. 47b; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Conc...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ahn Trio; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bran, Tim; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Donohoe, Peter; Duchable, Francois-Rene ...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Thompson, Bryden; Galliera, Alceo; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; ...
Ensemble: ; Rostal & Schaefer Piano Duo

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of romantic piano music from catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

Essential Film Classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K.626; Symphony no 25 in G minor, K.183; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K....
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Bell, David [Organ]; Callas, Maria; Dimitrova, Ghena; Gavrilov, Andrei; Hough, Stephen; Koopman, Ton; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Little, Tasmin; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; ...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Abel, David [Violin]; Previn, Andre; Love, Geoff; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Ormandy, Eugene; Barbi...

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

The Best Classical Piano Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor Op. 13 'Pathétique'; Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major Op. 53; Sonata for Piano ...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Hough, Stephen; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lympany, Moura; Ogdon, John; Ousset, Cécile; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; ...
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden

For Lovers: Romantic Classics / Beethoven, Burch, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Strauss II

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 "Elvira Madigan", K. 467; Serenade no 13 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", K. 525; Concerto for Horn no 4, K. 495; Così fan tutte, K 588; Concerto for C...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Hough, Stephen; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lympany, Moura; Menuhin, Yehudi; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Vlatkovic, Radovan
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, Sir Neville; Tate, Jeffrey; Haitink, Bernard; Kurtz, Efrem; Vonk, Hans; Susskind, Walter; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von

Amadeus: Best of Mozart / Te Kanawa, Karajan, Welser-Most et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525; Concerto for Piano no 21, K. 467; Sonata for Piano no 11, K. 331 (300i); Concerto for Clarinet K. 622; Concerto for Horn no 4, K. 495; Le nozz...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Baltsa, Agnes; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Galway, James [Flute]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Helmis, Fritz; Hough, Stephen; Marshall, Margaret; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Naoumoff, Emile; Popp, Lucia; T...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Thompson, Bryden; Vonk, Hans; Tate, Jeffrey; Haitink, Bernard; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Armstrong, Richard; Wlser-Most, Franz; Leppard, Raymo...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martins in the Fields; Berlin Philharmonic

Essential Relaxing Classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" BWV 208; BWV 1068; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Wolfgang Amadeus Mo...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bean, Hugh; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Chang, Han-Na; du Pre, Jacqueline; Galway, James [Flute]; Helmis, Fritz; Hough, Stephen; Kalafuzs, Hans; Lane, Piers; Little, Tasmin; Lym...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Vonk, Hans; Lysy, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Boult, Adrian; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Jansons, Mariss; Olah, Erno; Susskind, Walter; Muti, Riccardo; Thompson, B...

This album brings together many of the most relaxing pieces of classical music, most of which have been heard in major films. The Baroque era...continue...

50 Best Piano

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano in C sharp minor (doubtful), KK Anh.Ia/6; Etude for piano no 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16; Waltz for piano no 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, C...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barto, Tzimon; Brunhoff, Thierry de; Bunin, Stanislav; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Donohoe, Peter; Hough, Stephen; Kovacevich, Stephen; L...
Conductors: Zinman, David; Marshall, Wayne; Bernstein, Leonard; Thompson, Bryden; Maksymiuk, Jerzy

Essential Mozart

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Hor...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Baltsa, Agnes; Brendel, Wolfgang; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Desderi, Claudio; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Galway, James [Flute]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gedda, Nicolai; Gr...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Thompson, Bryden; Vonk, Hans; Tate, Jeffrey; Haitink, Bernard; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Armstrong, Richard; Welser-Möst, Franz; Leppard,...
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members)

Lyrita Box Set 2 (Box)

4 CD / Lyrita / 2010-01-12

Works: Gordon Jacob: Symphony no 1; Daniel Jones: Dance Fantasy for orchestra; John Joubert: Symphony no 1, Op. 20; Constant Lambert: Music for Orchestra; Walter Leigh: Concertino for Harpsichord/Piano and ...
Performers: Ogdon, John; Pinnock, Trevor
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Downes, Edward; Davison, Arthur; Boult, Adrian; Pritchard, John; del Mar, Norman; Herrmann, Bernard; Goossens, Eugene, Sir...

A box set celebrating Lyrita's 50-year devotion to British music!...continue...

Welsh Dances / Groves, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2009-10-13

Works: Alun Hoddinott: Welsh Dances (4), Op. 15; Jack Straw Overture, Op. 35; Concerto Grosso no 2, Op. 46; Investiture Dances, for orchestra, Op. 66; Welsh Dances, Set 2, Op. 64; William Mathias: Celtic Da...
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Davison, Arthur; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: BBC Welsh Symphony; National Youth Orchestra of Wales; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"This is not Hoddinott the dour and dissonant; this is Hoddinott the dance celebrant, whether in virile Chaucerian exuberance or in liquid poetry... Mathias was...continue...

Relax - The World's Most Beautiful Music - Music for the Soul - 36 Tracks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C majo...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bean, Hugh; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Beniston, Paul; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; du Pre, Jacqueline; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Galway, James [Flute]; Helmis, Fritz;...
Conductors: Vonk, Hans; Lysy, Alberto; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Marriner, Sir Neville; Boult, Adrian; Karajan, Herbert von; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Welser-Möst, Franz; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; T...

The modern world seems to constantly be getting more and more hectic, with more and more things going on around us all at once. This...continue...

Classics - Bax - Orchestral Works Vol 9 / Bryden Thomson, London PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Arnold Bax: The Truth about the Russian Dancers, incidental music for orchestra; Between Dusk and Dawn, ballet
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Not top-drawer Bax, admittedly, but the LPO under Bryden Thomson relish both scores' undeniable period charm and they have been sumptuously served by the...continue...

100 Best Romantic Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-01-15

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo & Juliet; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; D...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bean, Hugh; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Br...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kurtz, Efrem; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Temirkanov, Yuri; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Lanchbery, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, ...

This 6 CD set contains an unrivalled collection of 100 favourite romantic classics. Performed by some of the world?s leading artists. Among them are the...continue...

Best Romantic Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo & Juliet; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; D...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bean, Hugh; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Br...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kurtz, Efrem; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Temirkanov, Yuri; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Lanchbery, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, ...

The second of this month's 'Best 100' releases is the 'Best Romantic Classics 100'. A fantastic present for Valentine's Day, this 6-CD album sets the...continue...

Best Relaxing Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (B...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Auger, Arleen; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bayless, John [Composer/Piano]; Bean, Hugh; Beasley-Murray, Ti...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; ; Menuhin, Yehudi; Willcocks, David; Rees, Jonathan; Olah, Erno; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Foster, Lawrence; Karajan, Herbert von; Haitink, Bern...
Ensemble: ; Consortium Musicum; Il Seminario Musicale; London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members); Quartet of London; Scottish Ensemble

The first of this month's 'Best 100' series releases is the 'Best Relaxing Classics 100' album. Many people value classical music for the soothing melodies...continue...

Simply Tchaikovsky

4 CD / Simply / 2007-11-06

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74; ...
Performers: Engerer, Brigitte; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques [Conductor/Violin]; Schnitzler, Michael; Schulz, Walther
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt; Kazandjiev, Vassil; Soltesz, Stefan; Krivine, Emmanuel; Thompson, Bryden

Jones: Symphonies No 4, 7, 8 / Groves, Thomson, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-09-04

Works: Daniel Jones: Symphony no 4 "In Memory of Dylan Thomas"; Symphony no 7; Symphony no 8
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: BBC Welsh Symphony; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Legendary performances on CD for the first time! Daniel Jones (1912-1993) was one of Wales's leading composers in the post-1945 era, and one of the...continue...

The Ultimate Most Relaxing Music for Strings in the Universe

2 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2007-08-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216; Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E major, K 261; Concerto for Violin in D major (doubtful, "Concerto no...
Performers: Belkin, Boris; Chee-Yun; Eguchi, Akira; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Fukuda, Shin-ichi; Isbin, Sharon; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques [Conductor/Violin]; Kikuchi, Machiko; Ramirez, Alexander-Sergei
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús; ; Thompson, Bryden; Hager, Leopold; Groves, Charles, Sir; Hirokami, Jun'ichi
Ensemble: ; Danceries

Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite, etc / Del Mar, Thomson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-06-26

Works: Edward Elgar: Wand of Youth, Suite no 1, for orchestra, Op. 1a; The Wand of Youth Suite no 2, Op. 1b; Nursery Suite; Dream Children, for small orchestra (or piano), Op. 43
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden; del Mar, Norman
Ensemble: ; Ulster Orchestra

During the years 1907 and 1908, Elgar put together from music of his early youth - much of it written for a family to play...continue...

Spirit of Scotland - Berlioz, MacCunn, Arnold, etc

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-04-24

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Hector Berlioz: Waverley Overture, Op. 1; Rob Roy Overture, H.54; Malcolm Arnold: Tam O'Shanter Overture, Op. 51; Scottish Dan...
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

"A highly attractive and colourful sequence, excellently performed... With brilliant recording and highly informative notes by Andrew Keener, who would be unlikely to find time...continue...

Jones: Symphonies 6 & 9, etc / Groves, Thomson, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-03-13

Works: Daniel Jones: Symphony no 6; Symphony no 9; The Country Beyond the Stars, for chorus
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Thompson, Bryden; Hose, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Welsh National Opera Chorus

Daniel Jones (1912 -1993) was an outstanding composer from Wales. He was also a friend of the poet Dylan Thomas from childhood, and wrote a...continue...

An Introduction to Ralph Vaughan Williams

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-09-19

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The lark ascending; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version)
Performers: Davis, Michael [Violin]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

'The Lark Ascending' is the composer at his calmly lyrical best, and Michael Davis's performance of the solo violin part is simply beautiful. Those with...continue...

100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; MEDLEY; Sarabande; Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barley, Peter; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Boskovsky, Willi; Davis, Andrew [Bassist]; Davis, Andrew;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Ambrosian Singers; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Beecham Choral Society; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Ber...

100 of the world's best loved classical music recordings featuring the most well-known composers: Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, and Handel, performed by legends such as Yehudi...continue...
Looking to build a classical music library? Want a collection of just "the hits" from the best-known composers? This collection provides hours of definitive classical music as performed by ensembles s...continue...

Best Piano 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano in C sharp minor (doubtful), KK Anh.Ia/6; Etude for piano no 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16; Waltz for piano no 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, C...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Béroff, Michel; Barto, Tzimon; Beroff, Michel; Brunhoff, Thierry de; Bunin, Stanislav; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Collard, Jean-P...
Conductors: Zinman, David; Marshall, Wayne; Bernstein, Leonard; Thompson, Bryden; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Szell, George; Matacic, Lovro von; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Dutoit, Charles;
Ensemble: ; Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra; Members of the Borodin ...

This superb collection features the top piano music of all time. 'Best Piano 100' caters to every mood and includes music from Grieg to Gershwin,...continue...
No musical instrument is quite as versatile as the piano, and this set presents 100 examples of its impressive range in classical music. Beethoven's Fur Elise, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Satie's Gym...continue...

100 Best Film Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Divertimento for violin, viola & cello in E f...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest; Blaze, Robin; Bloch...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Abel, David [Violin]; Abel, David; Raine, Nic; Love, Geoff; Dervaux, Pierre; Muti, Riccardo; Bateman, Paul; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; ...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels National Opera Chorus; Brussels National Opera Orchestra; Came...

This collection features music from Hollywood blockbusters such as 'Harry Potter', 'Titanic', 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Death in Venice', 'American Beauty', and many others....continue...
There's no way to put all the great music that has appeared in over a century of films into one set, but this collection from EMI Classics collects enough famous pieces to make most cinephiles smile. ...continue...

Pastoral Classics - Music for a Summer's Day

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-07-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Percy Grainger: Work(s); Shepherd's Hey; Country Gardens; Herbert Howells: Dances (...
Performers: Fleming, Colin; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; McCann, Phillip; Mordkovitch], Lydia; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Reilly, Tommy; Stephens, Alison
Conductors: Weller, Walter; Järvi, Neeme; Hickox, Richard; del Mar, Norman; Godwin, Anthony; Rothstein, Jack [Violin]; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; ; Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon; Newsome, Roy
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Johann Strauss Orche...

Various artists including Craig, Ogden, Lydia Mordkovich, BBC Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra, Tommy Reilly, and The Academy of St Martin in The fields ar eheard in...continue...

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1-4, etc / Shelley, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-01-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto ...
Performers: Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Howard Shelly is celebrated for his interpretations of the music of Rachmaninov, and his performances of these famous works are both fresh and full of...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...

Martinu: Complete Symphonies / Thomson, Royal Scottish NO

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-06-21

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 5; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 6 ("Fantaisies symphoniques"), H. 343; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 4
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Ernest Arnsermet once said that of all musicians of his generation, Martinu was 'the great symphony writer'. "Conductor Bryden Thomson and the Royal Scottish National...continue...

Classics - Leighton: Cello Concerto , etc / Wallfisch, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-05-24

Works: Kenneth Leighton: Concerto for cello & orchestra, Op 31; Symphony no 3, for tenor (voice) & orchestra, Op. 90 ("Laudes Musicae")
Performers: Mackie, Neil; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Classics - Britten: Les Illuminations, Serenade, etc

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-05-25

Works: Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations; Chansons Françaises (4), for voice & orchestra; Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31
Performers: Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Thompson, Michael [Horn]
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

"Johnson shows his virtuosity, singing with bright beauty of tone and a careful sensitivity to the text, fully aware of the possibilites and realizing them...continue...

Classics - In Ireland - Orchestral Works by Hamilton Harty

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-05-25

Works: Hamilton Harty: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Concerto for Piano in B minor; Children of Lir for soprano & orchestra; Variations on a Dublin Air for violin & orchestra; Danny Boy (Londonderry Air);...
Performers: Binns, Malcolm; Fleming, Colin; Harper, Heather; Holmes, Ralph; Kelly, Denise; Lee, Pan Hon
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

This is by far the most comprehensive collection of this composer available. Harty was an Irish conductor and composer, who became conductor of the Halle...continue...

Classics - Bax: Orchestral Works / Fingerhut, Thomson, LPO

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-03-23

Works: Arnold Bax: Winter Legends, sinfonia concertante for piano & orchestra; Symphonic Variations, for piano & orchestra in E major
Performers: Fingerhut, Margaret
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"Although he seldom played in public, Bax was by all accounts a formidable pianist. He composed a great many piano pieces and four sonatas of...continue...

Classics - Bax: Orchestral Works Vol 3 / Thomson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Arnold Bax: November Woods, tone poem for orchestra; Happy Forest; Garden of Fand; Summer Music, for orchestra; Tintagel, tone poem for orchestra
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

"The Celtic twilight in Bax's music is ripely and sympathetically caught... The Chandos recording is superb." - The Penguin Complete Guide...continue...

Classics - Bax: Orchestral Works Vol 4 / Handley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Arnold Bax: Tale the Pine Trees Knew; Into the Twilight; In the Faery Hills, tone poem for orchestra; Roscatha, tone poem for orchestra; A Legend, tone poem for orchestra; On the Sea-Shore, tone poem...
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Ulster Orchestra

"...the performances are of outstanding imaginativeness and sympathy, the solo playing of great refinement, the atmosphere of each piece marvellously caught... A most distinguished achievement."...continue...

Classics - Bax: Orchestral Works Vol 5 / Thomson, London PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Arnold Bax: Festival Overture; Christmas Eve on the Mountains, tone poem for orchestra; Pieces (3) for Small Orchestra; Nympholept; Paean, for orchestra (arr. of piano piece); Overture to a Picaresqu...
Performers: Hicks, Malcolm
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"Bryden Thomson draws out all the romance and passion of these complex, colourful scores... You can sense the sultry, perilous enchantment of the midsummer forest...continue...

Classics - Bax: Orchestral Works Vol 6 / Thomson, London PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Arnold Bax: Russian Suite, for orchestra (arr. of piano pieces from 1912-1915); Work(s); Golden Eagle, incidental music for orchestra; Saga Fragment, for trumpet, strings, piano & percussion (arr. of...
Performers: Fingerhut, Margaret; Hill, Martyn; Nunn, Richard
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"Thomson possesses an intuitive understanding that allows more of the music to compel than one had dared hope... The London Philharmonic plays beautifully..." - The...continue...

Classics - Bax: Orchestral Works Vol 1 / Thomson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Arnold Bax: Concerto for Violin; Concerto for Cello; Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex), symphonic variations for piano & orchestra in E major
Performers: Fingerhut, Margaret; Mordkovitch], Lydia; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

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He conducts a mellow affectionate performance of the Concerto... Lydia Mordkovitch plays the solo part with real flair and richness of tone and seems to...continue...

Classics - Bax: Orchestral Works Vol 2 / Thomson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Arnold Bax: Spring Fire, symphony for orchestra; Three Northern Ballads; Mediterranean, for piano; Symphonic Scherzo, for orchestra (arr. of piano work)
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"Chandos' full and reverberant sonics set off Bax's lustrous textures in full measure. Bax is now well represented by recordings. But the works, for all...continue...

The Most Relaxing Piano Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; B...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Boult, Adrian, Sir [Conductor]; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Collard, Jean-Phillipe...
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Boult, Adrian; Galliera, Alceo
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Kabalevsky: Violin & Cello Concertos /Mordkovitch, Wallfisch

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-10-22

Works: Dmitry Kabalevsky: Concerto for Violin in C major, Op. 48; Concerto for Cello no 2 in C major, Op. 77
Performers: Mordkovitch], Lydia; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

"Nowadays Kabalevsky tends to be remembered more in his role as mildly disreputable apparatchik than as a composer. Which is a shame, because his uncomplicated,...continue...

Khachaturian: Violin Concerto, etc / Mordkovitch, Wallfisch

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-05-21

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Concerto for Cello in E minor
Performers: Mordkovitch], Lydia; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Finzi, Leighton: Cello Concertos / Wallfisch, Thomson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-25

Works: Gerald Finzi: Concerto for cello & orchestra in A Minor, Op 40; Kenneth Leighton: Concerto for cello & orchestra, Op 31
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

"Raphael Wallfisch has always made me happy, with his full tone and obvious flair. One wonders if anyone could do better in these two concertos....continue...

Byways of British Music / Hickox, Thomson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-09-26

Works: William Walton: Façade, for reciter & ensemble; Henry V; Christopher Columbus, music for radio for speakers, soloists, chorus, guitar & orchestra (also chora; Bernard Stevens: Mark of Cain; Symp...
Performers: Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Davis, Michael [Violin]; Haslam, David; Mackie, Neil; Masters, Rachel
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Thompson, Bryden

"Hickox gets to the heart of the work..." -Classic CD "Addictive stuff! Brilliant." -Classic CD...continue...

Romantic Piano Concertos - Brahms, Schumann, etc / Margalit

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-09-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Felix Mendelssohn: Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; ...
Performers: Margalit, Israela
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

"These are bold and muscular performances" -Fanfare "a particularly brilliant recording" -Gramophone...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody no 1, etc /Thomson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-11-30

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Norfolk Rhapsody no 1 in E minor; In the Fen Country; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The lark ascending
Performers: Davis, Michael [Violin]; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1999-03-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Caballe, Montserrat; Collard, Jeanine; du Pre, Jacqueline; Ellis, Osian; Ferrier, Kathleen; Galway, James [Flute]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Helmis, Fritz; Ho...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Frémaux, Louis; Thompson, Bryden; Lombard, Alain; Kurtz, Efrem; Kaspszyk, Jacek; Karajan, Herbert von; Lysy, Alberto; Boult, Adrian; Rattle, Simon, Sir; ...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

Personnel: Jocelyn Pook (vocals, violin, viola, keyboards); Kathleen Ferrier, Melanie Pappenheim (vocals); Montserrat Caballé, Zofia Kilanowicz, Mady Mesplé (soprano); Jeannine Collard, Dani...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Complete Concertos / Thompson, London SO

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-01-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Concerto grosso for strings in 3 groups; Concerto for Oboe in A minor; Concerto for Violin in D minor ("Concerto Accademico"); Concerto for Tuba in F minor; Hymn-Tune Preludes...
Performers: Davis, Michael [Violin]; Harrild, Patrick; Shelley, Howard; Sillito, Kenneth; Theodore, David
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1 & 4, etc / Shelley, Thomson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1993-07-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Performers: Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra