Wilson, John

Classical 2013 / DiDonato, Rattle, Frag, Jaroussky, Lim, Balsom, Pahud, Villazon

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for Violin no 8 in G major, Op. 30/3; Fide...
Performers: Anderson, Ronald Kinloch; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baborak, Radek; Balsom, Alison; Bostridge, Ian; Brunello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Coates, Sam; Dalberto, Michel; D...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Armiliato, Marco; Summers, Patrick; Jensen, Eivind Gullberg; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Pinnock, Trevor; Wilson, John; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Petrenko, Vasily; Aadland, Eivind; ...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Les Violons du Roy; tenThing (Brass Ensemble); The English Concert

With 45 tracks, and over 2.5 hours of classical favorites, Classical 2013 is a double album featuring the best and most popular names in classical...continue...

Elgar: The Longed-for Light - Elgar's Music in Wartime / Susan Gritton, soprano; BBC Concert Orch., Wilson

1 CD / SOMM / 2012-11-13

Works: Edward Elgar: Polonia, Op. 76; Carillon, Op. 75; Sospiri; Une voix dans le désert, for reciter & orchestra, Op. 77; Carissima; Le drapeau belge, for reciter & orchestra, Op. 79; Rosemary ("Tha...
Performers: Gritton, Susan
Conductors: Wilson, John

Recording information: Watford Colosseum (02/13/2012-02/15/2012)....continue...

That's Entertainment - A Celebration of Classic MGM Musicals / The John Wilson Orchestra. From the BBC Proms, live from Royal Albert Hall [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Conductors: Wilson, John
Ensemble: John Wilson Orchestra

World renowned conductor and arranger John Wilson leads an all-star cast of singers and his Grammy ® Award-nominated orchestra, comprised of some of the UK's...continue...

Essential Ballroom Classics - Over 2 hours of captivation dance music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Morgenblätter, Op. 279; An der schönen blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), waltz; Frühlingsst...
Performers: Garello, Raul; Giaimo, Jose Alberto; Morris, Gareth; Nilsson, Stig; Pane, Julio
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Karajan, Herbert von; Jansons, Mariss; Boskovsky, Willi; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Auge, J. Casas; Mari, Jean-Baptiste; Ozawa, Seiji; Plasson, Michel; Paavo, Järvi; Beecham, Thomas, Sir;...

Edward German: Coronation March and Hymn; March Solennelle; Henry VIII Incidental Music et al.

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2012-05-08

Works: Edward German: Much Ado about Nothing, incidental music; The Tempter, incidental music; Funeral March for orchestra in D minor ("Marche Solennelle"); Henry VIII, incidental music; Romeo & Juliet, inc...
Conductors: Wilson, John
Ensemble: ; BBC Concert Orchestra

John Wilson returns to lead the BBC Concert Orchestra in a third program of orchestral music by Edward German. Most of the works recorded here...continue...
Recording information: Air Studios, Hampstead, London (06/13/2011-06/15/2011)....continue...

Classical 2012 / Gheorghiu, Fray, Balsom, Kaufmann, Netrebko, Jaroussky, DiDonato, Pahud

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture; La Cenerentola; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 18 'P...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Balsom, Alison; Braley, Frank; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Renaud; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Damrau, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; F...
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco; Pappano, Antonio; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Balsom, Alison; Paavo, Järvi; Serafin, Tullio; ; Rousset, Christophe; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Ono, Kazushi; Noseda, Gianandrea; Thielemann,...
Ensemble: ; I Barocchisti; L'Arpeggiata; Les Talens Lyriques; Les Violons du Roy; London Steve Reich Ensemble; Scottish Ensemble

Following the enormous success of the previous albums in the annual Classical series, Virgin Classics is releasing Classical 2012 in November 2011. With 45 tracks,...continue...

English Classics: Elgar, Delius, Butterworth, Finzi, et al. / Elder

4 CD / Halle Records / 2011-11-08

Works: George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad; English Idylls (2); Banks of Green Willow; Frederick Delius: Irmelin; A Village Romeo and Juliet; Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Pieces (2) for small orchestr...
Performers: Fletcher, Lyn; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Taylor, Joseph
Conductors: Elder, Mark; Wilson, John
Ensemble: Halle Orchestra

This four-CD set is a collection of English classics, previously released on the Hallé label as single discs. On disc one, the orchestra plays some...continue...

Made in Britain

1 CD / Avie Records / 2011-11-08

Works: William Walton: Scapino, comedy overture for orchestra; George Butterworth: English Idylls (2); Frederick Delius: A Village Romeo and Juliet; Arnold Bax: Happy Forest; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Ra...
Performers: Clark, James
Conductors: Wilson, John

Made In Britain celebrates a rich and nostalgic period of English music surrounding the turn of the 20th century, including evergreens such as Vaughan Williams'...continue...
Recording information: Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool (04/07/2010-04/08/2010)....continue...

John Ireland: Piano Concerto; Legend; Sea Idyll; First Rhapsody / John Lenehan, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-10-25

Works: John Ireland: Concerto for Piano in E flat major; Legend, for piano & orchestra (also 2 pianos); First Rhapsody, for piano in C sharp major; Pastoral, for piano; Indian Summer, for piano; A Sea Idyll...
Performers: Lenehan, John [Piano]
Conductors: Wilson, John
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

John Ireland's radiant Piano Concerto was written for his protégée Helen Perkin, and is infused with her sense of vitality. The result is a brilliant...continue...

Paul McCartney's Ocean Kingdom / Wilson, The London Classical Orchestra

1 CD / Hear Music / 2011-10-04

Works: Paul McCartney: Ocean's Kingdom, ballet
Conductors: Wilson, John
Ensemble: The London Classical Orchestra

The Independent
Paul McCartney's first work for dance may be the most satisfying of his classical pieces - but then, he's been composing for the dance...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London.

Ocean's Kingdom, Paul McCartney's fifth full-length classical album in 20 years, is his first ballet, its story concerning a star-crossed romance...continue...

John Ireland: Orchestral Songs and Miniatures

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2010-05-11

Works: Peter Andrew Tranchell: Festive Overture, for orchestra; Herbert Murrill: Country Dances, for orchestra; Walter Collins: Prelude to Ecstasy, for orchestra; Lionel Sainsbury: Allegro risoluto, for str...
Performers: Mutter, Charles; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Wilson, John; Sutherland, Gavin; Murphy, Paul; Yates, Martin

Dutton's survey of works for voice and orchestra by John Ireland, including the last two unrecorded songs orchestrated by Ireland himself and sung here by...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Heroic Elegy & Triumphal Epilogue; Alwyn: Prelude - Blackdown; Etc.

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2010-02-09

Works: William Alwyn: Overture in the Form of a Serenade, for voice, choir & orchestra; Prelude, for orchestra; Blackdown, a tone poem from the Surrey Hills, for orchestra; Peter Pan Suite, for orchestra; A...
Performers: Elms, Roderick; Haslam, Micaela
Conductors: Wilson, John

Dutton's world premiere recording of Vaughan Williams' 'Heroic Elegy & Triumphal Epilogue' is a terrific discovery. Much more than an interesting early work, it is...continue...
Recording information: The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford (07/12/2009-07/14/2009)....continue...

Ireland: A London Overture / Wilson, Halle Orchestra

1 CD / Halle Records / 2009-09-08

Works: John Ireland: Mai-Dun; Forgotten Rite; Satyricon; Overlanders; A London Overture; Epic March
Conductors: Wilson, John
Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra

Following well-received releases of works by Debussy and Sibelius, the Halle Orchestra returns to English repertoire in a disc of the principal orchestral works by...continue...

Sailing By

2 CD / Decca Import / 2009-08-18

Works: Ronald Binge: Sailing By, for orchestra (theme for BBC Radio 4's Late Night Shipping Forecast); The Watermill; Albert W. Ketèlbey: In a Monastery Garden for chorus & orchestra; In a Persian Ma...
Performers: Hulse, Gareth
Conductors: Heller, Walter; Rogers, Eric; Lewis, Paul [Composer]; Nabarro, Malcolm; Sutherland, Gavin; Fennell, Frederick; Wilson, John; Gerhardt, Charles; Wick, Denis

Coates: London Again, etc / Wilson, Royal Liverpool PO

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Eric Coates: Footlights (Concert waltz); Three Men Suite; The Selfish Giant, fantasy for orchestra; London Again, suite for orchestra; Cinderella, phantasy for orchestra; Summer Days Suite, for orche...
Conductors: Wilson, John
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

"How delightful it is! I was particularly elated with Wilson's unashamedly romantic and unaffected readings of Coates's more romantic and nostalgic writing. Wilson really wrings...continue...

The World of Epoch

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-11-11

Works: Robert Farnon: Captain Horatio Hornblower, suite from the film score; David Dubery: Mrs Harris in Paris, for recorder & string orchestra; Haydn Wood: Suite of Four Edward Elgar Songs, transcriptions ...
Performers: Gibbs, Robert; McAslan, Lorraine; Mead, Steven; Owen, Martin; Scott, Ian; Trusler, Matthew; Turner, John; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wu, Mary; Young, Alistair
Conductors: Wilson, John; McKenzie, Philip; Lloyd-Jones, David; Vass, George; Handley, Vernon; Bell, Stephen; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Horovitz, Joseph; Wordsworth, Barry; Sutherland, Gavin; Drummond, David; Yat...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Ensemble

'The World of Epoch' is a mid-priced sampler containing twenty tracks that highlight the classical and light music repertoire featured in Dutton's Epoch series. Composers...continue...

Epoch - German: Symphony no 2, etc / John Wilson, BBC Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-07-08

Works: Edward German: March-Rhapsody; Symphonic Suite in D minor ("The 'Leeds' Suite"); Symphony no 2 in A minor ("Norwich")
Performers: McGill, Howard
Conductors: Wilson, John
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Dutton Epoch's mini-cycle of Sir Edward German's symphonies concludes with the release of this second disc, containing the 1893 "Norwich" Symphony coupled with the quasi-symphonic...continue...

Coates: Sound and Vision, etc / Wilson, Allen, et al

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-05-13

Works: Eric Coates: Sound And Vision, march for orchestra; From the Countryside, suite for orchestra; Holborn, march; Moresque, danse interlude; Four Ways, suite for orchestra; The Three Bears, phantasy for...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Edgar-Wilson, Richard
Conductors: Wilson, John
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

In this unmissable Eric Coates program, with the BBC Concert Orchestra in top form, conductor John Wilson demonstrates his special empathy with and long study...continue...

Farnon: Symphony no 2, etc / John Wilson, BBC SO

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-03-20

Works: Robert Farnon: Captain Horatio Hornblower, suite from the film score; Symphony no 2 in B major "Ottawa"; The Frontiersmen Overture, for orchestra; Goodwood Galop for orchestra; Alcan Highway, for orc...
Conductors: Wilson, John

German: Symphony no 1, etc / Wilson, BBC Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2006-07-11

Works: Edward German: The Tempter; Romeo and Juliet, incidental music; Hamlet, symphonic poem for orchestra; The Willow Song, for orchestra; Symphony no 1 in E minor
Conductors: Wilson, John
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
... warmly romantic and beautifully crafted music of real grace and refinement. John Wilson has hitherto been featured on CD in generally lighter fare...continue...

Collins: Vanity Fair, etc / Wilson, BBC Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2006-06-13

Works: Anthony Collins: Festival Royal Overture, for orchestra; Vanity Fair, for orchestra; The Song of Erin (Lamentation), for orchestra; Victoria the Great, suite for orchestra; The Saga of Odette; The La...
Conductors: Wilson, John
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

"...This is the first CD devoted to [Anthony Collin's] highly enjoyable music. It opens with the patriotic Festival Royal Overture and, while it uses such...continue...