Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Complete Music for Piano and Orchestra, etc

3 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2007-10-02

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra in G major, Op. 56; Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Concerto for Piano no 2 in G major, Op. 44; Concerto for Piano...
Performers: Donohoe, Peter; Isserlis, Steven; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Tortelier, Paul
Conductors: Barshai, Rudolf; Kamu, , Okko; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia

The Essential Delius

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-09-11

Works: Frederick Delius: Florida Suite; North Country Sketches, for orchestra, RT vi/20; Air & Dance, for string orchestra, RT vi/21; Pieces (2) for small orchestra, RT vi/19; A Song Before Sunrise; Aquarel...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Ulster Orchestra

A comprehensive and richly varied Delius program has been put together for this new two-CD collection. Vernon Handley's splendid Ulster performance of the comparatively rarely...continue...

John Ogdon - 70th Anniversary Edition - Glazunov, Rachmaninov, Faure, Franck, Liszt, Litolff / John Ogdon, piano

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-08-14

Performers: Ogdon, John
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Frémaux, Louis; Barbirolli, John; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Berglund, Paavo; Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Guardian
There was no gentler giant in music than John Ogdon.
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Stanford: Complete Symphonies Vol 1 / Lloyd-Jones, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-05-29

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Symphony no 4 in F major, Op. 31; Symphony, No 7 in D minor, Op. 124
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"Music such as this--well crafted, tuneful, and beautifully scored--probably deserves more attention than it gets...And so we come to these charming works, composed between 1888...continue...

Walton, Debussy, Handel, Delius, etc / Silvestri, et al

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2007-04-24

Works: William Walton: Partita for Orchestra; Claude Debussy: La mer; Le gladiateur ("Mort aux Romains, tuez jusqu'au dernier"), cantata for 3 soloists & orchestra, L. 41; Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 3 ...
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

This "live" 2CD set adds important new recordings to the discography of Silvestri and the Bournemouth Symphony and follows on from the recently issued 2CD...continue...

American Classics - Glass: Heroes Symphony, The Light

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-01-30

Works: Philip Glass: The Light; Heroes Symphony
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Although he remains best known for the works he wrote for his own ensemble, orchestral music has been at the forefront of Philip Glass' activities...continue...

American Classics - Michael Hersch: Symphonies 1 & 2, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Michael Hersch: Symphony no 2; Fracta, for orchestra; Symphony no 1; Arraché, for orchestra
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Championed by distinguished conductors such as Marin Alsop and Mariss Jansons, since his mid-20s, Michael Hersch's music has been performed by leading orchestras and concert...continue...

Simpson: The Complete Symphonies

7 CD / Hyperion / 2006-11-14

Works: Robert Simpson: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 8; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 4; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 5; Symphony no 6; Symphony no 7; Symphony no 9; Discussion on the 9th Symphony by Robert Simpson...
Performers: Koos, Joseph; Simpson, Robert [Composer]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Taylor, Matthew
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

‘One of the outstanding recording projects of our time this Hyperion series deserves to stand as a monument while other more superficially glamorous ventures rise...continue...

A KDFC Classical Christmas 3

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Traditional: Gabriel's message; Sans Day Carol; In dulci jubilo; King Jesus hath a garden; Fum, fum, fum; The first nowell; Angels from the realms of glory; ...
Performers: Bakkila, Ted; Baun, Nancy; Bloss, Michael; Botto, Louis; Bower, Michael; Burdick, Owen; Eaken, John; Freeman, Kevin; Hosea, Fred; Johnston, Raymond; Keller, Mark; Larsen, Terry; Maund, Peter; Pö...
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas; ; Burdick, Owen; Krcek, Jaroslav; Scribner, Norman; Edison, Noel; McMane, Susan; George, Vance; Hunt, Donald; Hayman, Richard; Botto, Louis; Sutherland, Gavin; Sackett, Andrew; Bre...
Ensemble: American Bach Soloists; Berkeley Chamber Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Chanticleer; Eaken Piano Trio; Elora Festival Singers; Philharmoni...

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...

Best Classics 100 Vol 2

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: ...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andre, Maurice; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bennett, William; Brown, Iona; Byzantine, Julian; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; ...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Bernstein, Leonard; Temirkanov, Yuri; Prêtre, Georges; Karajan, Her...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony ...

Elgar, Tchaikovsky, Britten, et al / Silvestri

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-07-25

Works: Edward Elgar: Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 "In London Town"; Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Malcolm Arnold: Beckus the Dandipratt Overture, Op. 5; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 2 in C ...
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Constantin Silvestri, conductor and composer, was born in Bucharest and became conductor of the Bacharest Philharmonic. He also conducted the Leningrad Philharmonic and Hungarian State...continue...

Takemitsu: A Flock Descends..., etc / Alsop, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-07-25

Works: Toru Takemitsu: Spirit Garden, for orchetra; Solitude sonore, for orchestra; Jose Torrés, film score; Black Rain, film score; Face of Another, film score; Dreamtime; A Flock Descends Into the Pe...
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Regarded as one of the most important composers of the second half of the twentieth century, Toru Takemitsu was the first Japanese composer to gain...continue...

The Very Best of Grieg

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Lyric Pieces (8) for piano, Book 1, Op. 12; Sonata no 3 in C minor for violin & piano; Peer Gynt; Lyric Pieces (6), Book 3, Op. 43; Quartet for Strings no 1...
Performers: Arnesen, Bodil; Birkeland, Oystein; Eriksen, Erling Ragnar; Gimse, Håvard; Jandó, Jenö; Kjekshus, Helge; Kraggerud, Henning; Nishizaki, Takako; Steen-Nökleberg, Einar
Conductors: Studt, Richard; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; ; Leaper, Adrian; Edlinger, Richard; Engeset, Bjarte; Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Oslo String Quartet; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Slovak State Philharmo...

The leading Scandinavian composer of his time and the principal advocate for Norwegian music, Grieg came to the forefront of international attention through works such...continue...

American Classics - Bernstein: Serenade, etc / Alsop, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-15

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Serenade for Violin and Orchestra "after Plato's Symposium"; Facsimile; Divertimento for Orchestra
Performers: Quint, Philippe; Walden, Timothy
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Bernstein protg Marin Alsop leads the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in some of the American legends most intriguing works. Bernstein described his Serenade, inspired by Platos...continue...

KDFC - Islands of Sanity 3 - 100% Natural

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-01

Performers: Barbagallo, James; Biret, Idil; Donohoe, Peter; Greed, David; Jandó, Jenö; Nagy, Péter; Nishizaki, Takako; Tóth, István; Thiollier, François-Joël; Yablons...
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David; Engeset, Bjarte; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Kamu, Okko; ; Leaper, Adrian; Nazareth, Daniel; Rahbari, Alexander; Amos, David; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bátiz, En...
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Northern Philharmonia; Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; Iceland Symp...

Classics - Tippett: The Symphonies / Hickox, Bournemouth SO

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-10-18

Works: Michael Tippett: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 3 for soprano & orchestra; Symphony no 4; New Year Suite, suite from the opera for orchestra
Performers: Bush, Melanie; Holmes, Tim; Horch, Kyle; Millett, Robert; Robinson, Faye; Smith, Steve; Taylor, S. Alan
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone
This is Tippett firing on all cylinders, with a performance and recording to match.
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Dyson: Symphony in G major, etc / Lloyd-Jones, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-09-20

Works: George Dyson: At the Tabard Inn, overture for orchestra; Concerto for string orchestra ("Concerto Da Chiesa"); Symphony in G
Performers: Cox, Helen; Green, Stuart; Riddell, Duncan; Walden, Timothy
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

First performed in 1938, Dyson's 'Symphony' had to wait until the 1990's to achieve the recognition it deserves as one of the finest 20th century...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...

Weill: Symphony no 1 & 2, etc / Alsop, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-08-16

Works: Kurt Weill: Symphony no 2; Symphony no 1 ("Berliner Symphonie"); Lady in the Dark, musical play
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Marin Alsop conducts her Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra in this brilliant program featuring Kurt Weill's first and second symphonies. The angular 'Symphony No. 1', completed in...continue...

British Piano Concertos - Alwyn / Donohoe, Judd, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-07-19

Works: William Alwyn: Concerto for Piano no 1; Derby Day Overture for orchestra; Concerto for Piano no 2; Sonata alla toccata, for piano
Performers: Donohoe, Peter
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

[From a comparative review with CHA 9935, Shelley, Hickox, et al]"...Between the two recordings, I find Donohoe the more visceral and driven, especially in the...continue...

Bartok: The Miraculous Mandarin / Alsop, et al

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2005-04-19

Works: Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, etc / Alsop, Bournemouth SO

1 Super Audio CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-04-19

Works: Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, etc / Alsop, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-04-19

Works: Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

The incomparable Marin Alsop conducts her Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Bartok's 'The Miraculous Mandarin'. The work, which is today among the composer's most...continue...

Ravel: Bolero, Piano Concerto, etc / Litton, Pesek, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2005-03-29

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; La valse; Concerto for Piano in G major
Performers: Litton, Andrew
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4, etc / Berglund, Silvestri

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Concerto for Oboe in A minor; Symphony no 4 in F minor
Performers: Growcott, Robert; Jarvis, Gerald; Morgan, Cedric; Turner, Allan; Williams, John
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin; Berglund, Paavo
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Rawsthorne: Symphony no 1 - 3 / Lloyd-Jones, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-02-22

Works: Alan Rawsthorne: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 2 ("A Pastoral Symphony"); Symphony no 3
Performers: Ellet, Charlotte
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

By the time his eagerly awaited 'First Symphony' appeared in 1950, Alan Rawsthorne had already established a singular compositional voice. The 'First Symphony' is an...continue...

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...

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4, etc / Daniel, et al

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

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 4 in F minor; Norfolk Rhapsody no 1 in E minor; Flos campi
Performers: Green, Stuart; Silverthorne, Paul
Conductors: Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: Bournemouth Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

The 'Fourth Symphony' is one of Vaughan Williams' most dissonant symphonies, and yet one of his most frequently performed works. Vaughan Williams is normally thought...continue...

Glass: Symphonies no 2 & 3 / Alsop, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-11-16

Works: Philip Glass: Symphony no 3; Symphony no 2
Performers: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Though he prefers not to be labeled a 'minimalist' composer, that is the style with which Philip Glass is most associated. His compositions, however, though...continue...

John Adams: Shaker Loops, etc / Alsop, Gunn, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-10-19

Works: John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra; The Wound-Dresser; Berceuse élégiaque, arrangement for small orchestra of Busoni original; Shaker Loops
Performers: Gunn, Nathan
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"Alsop's workmanlike performances are certainly up to the Naxos standard, and Gunn's tender interpretations of Walt Whitman's words in 'The Wounded-Dresser' are truly lovely. For...continue...

Sibelius, Sinding: Violin Concertos, etc / Kraggerud, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-09-21

Works: Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Serenades (2) for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 69; Christian Sinding: Concerto for Violin no 1 in A major, Op. 45; Romance in D major, Op. 100
Performers: Kraggerud, Henning
Conductors: Engeset, Bjarte
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"Kraggerud's tone is warm, precisely focused and capable of an expressive variety of colors. Most important of all, he acts not as a nimble young...continue...

The British Cello Phenomenon / du Pré, Marriner, Isserlis

2 CD / Cello Classics / 2004-06-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 1 in G major, BWV 1027; Suite for Cello solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1008;...
Performers: Baillie, Alexander; Barbirolli, John, Sir; Bartlett, Ethel; Benson, Clifford; Brown, Ian [Classical]; Byfield, Jack; Carr, Colin; Clark, Raymond; Cohen, Robert; Constable, John; Cummings, Douglas; Da...
Conductors: Cameron, Douglas; Fenby, Eric; Lambert, Constant; Marriner, Sir Neville; Finzi, Christopher; Gardelli, Lamberto; Litton, Andrew; Davis, Carl; Watkins, Paul
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra; Newbury String Players; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House ...

Gemini - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos / Barshai, Donohoe

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-06-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concert Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra in G major, Op. 56; Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Concerto for Piano no 2 in G major, Op. 44; Concerto for Piano...
Performers: Donohoe, Peter; Isserlis, Steven; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]
Conductors: Barshai, Rudolf
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A Sea Symphony"

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"
Performers: Maltman, Christopher; Rodgers, Joan
Conductors: Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: Bournemouth Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

British Music - Green & Pleasant Land

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-11-01

Works: E.J. Moeran: Symphony in G minor, R. 71; Gerald Finzi: Seven Poems of Robert Bridges, for unaccompanied chorus, Op. 17; Arthur Somervell: The Shropshire Lad, song cycle; Frederick Delius: Aquarelles ...
Performers: Cox, Michael; Daniel, Nicholas; Farrington, Iain; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Maltman, Christopher; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Whitton, Christopher
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David; Robinson, Christopher; ; Penny, Andrew
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dublin RTE Concert Orchestra; Duke Quartet; English Northern Philharmonia; Maggini Quartet; Northern Sinfonia; Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Ro...

A delightful selection of English music with a pastoral theme featuring several individual tracks from award winning discs in the British Music series. Performed by...continue...

Bedroom Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2003-09-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056; Partita for Lute in E major, BWV 1006a; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat un...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Ansermet, Ernest; BBC Concert Orchestra; Bennett, William; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Britten, Benjamin; Brown, Iona; Cleobury, Nicholas; Cleobury, Step...
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Marriner, Sir Neville; Previn, Andre; Sillito, Kenneth; Ansermet, Ernest; Wordsworth, Barry; Litton, Andrew; Cleobury, Nicholas; Britten, Benjamin; Guest, George; Malcolm, George; J...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Concert Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Suisse Romand...

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Alexandre Lagoya, Steve Erquiaga, Eduardo Fernandez , Pepe Romero, Göran Söllscher (guitar); Mischa Maisky, Julian Lloy...continue...

American Classics - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Leonard Bernstein: On the Waterfront; Chichester Psalms; Dance Episodes (3) from "On the Town", for orchestra
Performers: Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Charrier, Paul; Franklin-Kitchen, Elisabeth; Kelly, Thomas
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"Alsop displays a special sympathy for this score's intimate undertow, investing softer music with a tingling atmosphere and lyrical poetry that consistently ignite the imagination,...continue...

Bear Essentials - British Film Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-08-26

Works: Ron Goodwin: The Trap; Battle of Britain; 633 Squadron; Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; Sir Arthur Bliss: Things to Come, F 131; Alan Rawsthorne: Uncle Silas; The Cruel Sea; William W...
Performers: Carewe, Mary [soprano]; Dukes, Philip; Roscoe, Martin; Wild, Earl
Conductors: Goodwin, Ron; Gamba, Rumon; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hickox, Richard; Stephens, D. S.; Horenstein, Jascha
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Air Force Regiment Band; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

For Your Life - For Book Lovers

1 CD / Decca / 2003-07-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Claude Debussy: Poèmes (7) de Banville; George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for Strings; ...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; BBC Concert Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; Cooper, Joseph; Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; ...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Judd, James; Wordsworth, Barry; Litton, Andrew; Barenboim, Daniel; Dorati, Antal; Chailly, Riccardo; Ottley, Jerold D.; Hanson, Howard; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; BBC Concert Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Minneapolis Symphon...

This selection features both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello); Joseph Cooper (piano)....continue...

American Classics - Explore America Vol 1

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

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments; Charles Wakefield Cadman: Four American Indian Songs, for voice & piano, Op. 45; John Alden Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator, suit...
Performers: Bolcom, William [Composer]; Buswell, James; Corley, Maria; Currie, Colin; Farley, Carole; Posnak, Paul; Rorem, Ned; Starker, Janos; Taylor, Darryl; Weber, Janice; Zazofsky, Peter
Conductors: Gambil, Paul; Williams, John McLaughlin; Alsop, Marin; ; Davies, Dennis R.; Sinclair, James; Stromberg, William T.; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Brion, Keith
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Kreutzer Quartet; Nashville Chamber Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia Chorus; Royal Artillery Band; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Ukraini...

The American Classics series captures some of the great moments of American music. In this collection, as wide-ranging and diverse as our land, little-known gems...continue...

Elgar-Payne: Symphony no 3 / Daniel, Bournemouth SO

1 DVD Audio / Naxos (USA) / 2003-04-01

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 3 (incomplete; completed by Anthony Payne)
Conductors: Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Elgar's Symphony No. 3 was commissioned by the BBC in 1932, but the work was left far from complete at the time of the composer's...continue...

Tchaikovsky, Respighi / Silvestri, Bournmouth Symphony

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-02-01

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58; Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome
Conductors: Silvestri, Constantin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"...Silvestri puts the right abandon into this teeming score, and the results are most telling. The other item is a brilliant account of the Pines...continue...

Richard Hickox - CBE - A Celebration

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-11-26

Works: Herbert Howells: Pageantry, suite for brass band; Hymnus Paradisi for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra; Percy Grainger: Country Gardens; Scotch Strathspey and Reel, folk song for male chorus (or ma...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Harper, Heather; Little, Tasmin; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Rodgers, Joan; Tear, Robert; Terfel, Bryn; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Musicum 90; London Symphony Chorus; London Symp...

Moeran: Symphony in G minor, Sinfonietta / David Lloyd-Jones

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-10-01

Works: E.J. Moeran: Symphony in G minor, R. 71; Sinfonietta for orchestra
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"This performance is well done and easily recommendable if you like its singular view and distant sound. I find it rather light and place it...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Les Concertos / Cziffra, Kogan, Fournier, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-09-03

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Concerto for Piano no 2 in G major, Op. 44; Concerto for Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 75; Concerto for Violin in D major...
Performers: Bronschwak, Henri; Cziffra, György; Donohoe, Peter; Fournier, Pierre; Kersenbaum, Sylvia; Kogan, Leonid; Neilz, Jacques
Conductors: Vandernoot, Andre; Martinon, Jean; Barshai, Rudolf; Silvestri, Constantin; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris; ORTF National Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

"Donohoe's much-praised recording of Tchaikovsky's Second Piano Concerto is coupled with his excellent account of the Third. This superb recording... in every way justifies the...continue...

American Classics - Grofé: Death Valley Suite, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-09-01

Works: Ferde Grofé: Hollywood Ballet (Hollywood Suite), ballet; Hudson River Suite, for orchestra; Death Valley Suite, for orchestra
Conductors: Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"This is American light music at its best, to which the British players respond as though the 'Pond' didn't exist. Wessex hall in Poole, Dorset,...continue...

American Classics -An American Salute - Spirit of the Nation

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-06-01

Works: Morton Gould: American Salute; Stephen Foster Gallery; American Ballads, for orchestra; Aaron Copland: Rodeo; John Philip Sousa: Hail to the Spirit of Liberty; Stars and Stripes Forever; Victor Herbe...
Performers: Band, Royal Artillery; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony; Philharmonic Rock Orchestra; Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hayman & His Symphony Orchestra; Royal Sco...
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Brion, Keith; Stromberg, William T.; Hayman, Richard; Alsop, Marin; Serebrier, José; Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Royal Artillery Band; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Or...

American Salute: Spirit of the Nation is a tasteful collection of orchestral pieces devoted to the history and vitality of the United States. Performed by a series of orchestras, highlights include Aa...continue...

Classical Chill

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-05-01

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus (Concerto for Birds & Orchestra), for orchestra & taped bird songs, Op. 61; Arthur Bliss: Adam Zero, ballet in one scene, Op. 67, F. 1a; E.J. Moeran: Trio for s...
Performers: Alanko, Petri; Anthony, Adele; Bakels, Kees; Bloch, Thomas; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Camerata, Oxford; CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra/Peter Breiner; Edison, Noel; Edlinger, Richard; Europea...
Conductors: Lintu, Hannu; Lloyd-Jones, David; ; Yuasa, Takuo; Griffiths, Howard; Panula, Jorma; Penny, Andrew; Kamu, , Okko; Bakels, Kees; Robinson, Christopher; Wit, Antoni; Summerly, Jeremy; Edison, Noel; Good...
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra Kosice; Elora Festival Singers; English Northern Philharmonia; European Union Baroque Orchestra; Ge...

Naxos jumps onto the downbeat/chillout bandwagon with Classical Chill, a two-disc collection that shoehorns selected pieces from the classical canon into a package that might hook a few young listener...continue...