Ulster Orchestra

Cecilia McDowall: Shipping Forecast; Theatre of Tango; Crossing the Bridge et al. / Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone; Madeleine Easton, violin; Kathryn Thomas, flute; Andrew Hobday, narrator

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2012-09-12

Works: Cecilia McDowall: Great Hills, concertante for violin, 2 flutes & orchestra; Pavane, for orchestra; Theatre of Tango, for voice, violin & orchestra; Crossing the Bridge, for orchestra; Rain, Steam & ...
Performers: Easton, Madeleine; Kocsis, Tamas; Shaw, Joanna; Thomas, Kathryn; Williams, Jeremy Huw
Conductors: Vass, George
Ensemble: ; Ulster Orchestra

George Vass conducts the Choir of Merton College, Oxford, the Ulster Orchestra and Orchestra Nova in Dutton Epoch's fifth CD devoted entirely to the music...continue...

Holst: Cotswolds Symphony; Walt Whitman Ov.; Indra; Japanese Suite; A Winter Idyll / JoAnn Falletta

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Gustav Holst: Walt Whitman Overture, for orchestra, Op. 7, H. 42; Symphony in F major ("The Cotswolds"), Op. 8, H. 47; A Winter Idyll, H 31; Japanese Suite, for orchestra, Op. 33, H. 126; Indra, Op. ...
Conductors: Falletta, JoAnn
Ensemble: ; Ulster Orchestra

Gustav Holst's youthful enthusiasm for Wagner is reflected in his ebullient Walt Whitman overture written in 1899. Shortly afterwards he composed the Cotswolds Symphony which...continue...
Recording information: Ulster Hall, Belfast (10/11/2011-10/12/2011)....continue...

Vaughan Williams: Fantasy for Piano & Orchestra; Mathias: Piano Concertos / Mark Bebbington

1 CD / SOMM / 2012-02-14

Works: William Mathias: Concerto for Piano no 1; Concerto for Piano no 2; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia for piano and orchestra
Performers: Bebbington, Mark
Conductors: Vass, George
Ensemble: ; Ulster Orchestra

This is an extremely important album - not only does it contain three world premiere recordings, but the Vaughan Williams Fantasia has excited and intrigued...continue...
Recording information: Ulster Hall, Ulster (05/15/2011-05/16/2011)....continue...

Rare French Works for Violin and Orchestra - Cantaloube, Faure, Guiroud, Lalo, Saint-Saens / Philippe Graffin, violin / Ulster Orchestra, Thierry Fischer

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-03-08

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Concerto for Violin in D minor (fragment), Op. 14; Camille Saint-Saëns: Morceau de concert, for violin & orchestra in G major, Op. 62; Edouard Lalo: Fantaisie norveggienn...
Performers: Graffin, Philippe
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: ; Ulster Orchestra

This is a collection of absolute gems. The one-movement Concerto by Fauré is the only movement to have survived from an original three-movement violin concerto,...continue...
Recording information: Ulster Hall, Belfast (05/31/2001-06/01/2001)....continue...

Rejoice - A Vision of Christ through Music / Fasolis, Summerley, Pitts, Brown, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-03-18

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri, BuxWV 75; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe des morts a 4 voix et symphonie, H 10; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Antony Pitts: Hark, my soul!; Anonymous: De ...
Performers: Bailey, Simon; Balconi, Roberto; Balducci, Antonella; Cecchetti, Mario; Fasolis, Diego; Faulner, Julia; Gilchrist, James; Gonda, Anna; Invernizzi, Roberta; Labusch, Dorothee; Rausch, Ulrich; Thomas, ...
Conductors: ; Fasolis, Diego; Niquet, Hervé; Halász, Michael; Pitts, Antony; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Summerly, Jeremy; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Edison, Noel; Brown, Timothy; Donath, Klaus; Yu...
Ensemble: Amici; Budapest Camerata; Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne; City of London Sinfonia; Clare College Choir; Cologne Cathedral Boys Choir; Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Dresden Chamber Cho...

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...

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...

Bax, Britten, Bridge, Stanford / Handley, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-02-13

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); Frank Bridge: The Sea, suite for orchestra, H. 100; Arnold Bax: On the Sea-Shore, tone poem for orchestra (c...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Britten's Peter Grimes has been described as "the most successful of all modern English operas". The opera is distinguished by a series of Interludes, linking...continue...

Tovey: Cello Concerto, Air, Elegiac Variations / Neary, Vass

1 CD / Toccata / 2007-01-09

Works: Donald Francis Tovey: Concerto for cello & orchestra in C major, Op. 40; Air (Andante cantabile) for strings; Elegiac Variations, Op 25
Performers: Dowdeswell, Gretel; Neary, Alice
Conductors: Vass, George
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

After the runaway success of the first release of Tovey's 'Symphony in D' (TOC 33), this second CD brings three more works - one a...continue...

An Introduction to Claude Debussy

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-09-19

Works: Claude Debussy: Children's Corner; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Petite suite for Piano 4 hands; La plus que lente; L'isle joyeuse; Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); La mer
Performers: Bell, Derek; Fleming, Colin
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Debussy's most famous music on one CD, making it an ideal introduction to composer Yan Pascal Tortelier's French repertoire, of which this disc undoubtedly represents...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...

The Essential Dukas / Tortelier, Fingerhut, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-05-23

Works: Paul Dukas: La Péri, fanfare to the ballet; La Péri, ballet; The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra; Symphony in C major; Polyeucte, overture for or...
Performers: Fingerhut, Margaret
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Ulster Orchestra

Paul Dukas is almost entirely known for his popular tone poem 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice.' This work is, of course, included in this release; however, these...continue...

British Piano Concertos - Harty / Donohoe, Yuasa, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-02-21

Works: Hamilton Harty: A Comedy Overture, for orchestra; Fantasy Scenes (from an Eastern Romance), for orchestra; Concerto for Piano in B minor
Performers: Donohoe, Peter
Conductors: Yuasa, Takuo
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Many of Sir Hamilton Harty's works, such as An Irish Symphony and With the Wild Geese, recorded on Naxos 8554732 are overtly Celtic in character,...continue...

The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 39 - Delius, Ireland

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-02-14

Works: Frederick Delius: Concerto for Piano in C minor, RT vii/4; John Ireland: Legend, for piano & orchestra (also 2 pianos); Concerto for Piano in E flat major
Performers: Lane, Piers
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

This is, for the first time, the original version of Delius's piano concerto. Two years after completing this work in 1904, Delius recast it, rejecting...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...

Arvo Pärt - A Portrait

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: Arvo Pärt: Für Alina, for piano; Symphony no 1 ("Polyphonic"), Op. 9; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell; Passio, for tenor, bass, vocal quartet, chorus, oboe...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin; Davis, Peter R.; Eisrich, Antal; Falvay, Sandor; Hatfield, Lesley; Helmerson, Frans; Hirsch, Rebecca; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Kovacs, Miklos; Lubimov, Alexei [Piano]; Mulligan, Simon; P...
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme; Benedek, Tamás; Pitts, Antony; Edison, Noel; Yuasa, Takuo; Cox, Neil
Ensemble: ; Choir of Lancing College; Elora Festival Orchestra; Elora Festival Singers; Strings of the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra (St; Tonus Peregrinus; Ulster Orchestra

This absorbing, two-CD anthology combines quality performances . . . Certainly, there is no more contextual way of getting to know the composer than this...continue...

Français: Le Roi Nu, etc / Fischer, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-04-12

Works: Jean Françaix: Le Roi Nu (The Naked King), ballet in 4 scenes after Hans Christian Andersen's "The Emperor's New Cl; Les Demoiselles de la Nuit (The Ladies of the Night), ballet for cats in 2 sc...
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

The third in Hyperion's series of orchestral recordings featuring music by Jean Francaix perfectly encapsulates the world of his humorous, civilized and quintessentially French composer....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...

Ravel: Orchestral Music / Tortelier, Ulster Orchestra

4 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-10-19

Works: Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Don Quichotte à Dulcinée; Tzigane; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Boléro; Valses nobles et senti...
Performers: Blake, Christopher; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fleming, Colin; Masters, Rachel; Miller, Charles; Roberts, Stephen; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: Belfast Philharmonic Society Chorus; Ulster Orchestra

"...for those who above all simply with to luxuriate in some of the most spellbinding scores in existence, Torelier's set could well prove to be...continue...

Bliss: A Colour Symphony, etc / Handley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-09-21

Works: Arthur Bliss: A Colour Symphony, for orchestra, Op. 24, F. 106; The Enchantress, scena for alto voice & orchestra, Op. 71, F. 157; Concerto for cello & orchestra, Op. 120, F. 107
Performers: Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Wallfisch, Leo
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

These recordings of Sir Arthur Bliss's orchestral works, conducted by the great champion of British music, Vernon Handley, were exceedingly popular when first released. "The...continue...

Moeran: Rhapsodies no 1 & 2, etc / Handley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-09-21

Works: E.J. Moeran: Serenade for orchestra in G major; In the Mountain Country, symphonic impression for orchestra; Rhapsody for orchestra no 1 in F major; Rhapsody for orchestra no 2 in E major; Nocturne, ...
Performers: Mackey, Hugh
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

"Moeran composed beautiful melodies woven into imaginative orchestral textures that make him one of the most interesting and listenable of the generation of British composers...continue...

Bizet: Carmen Suite no 1 & 2, etc / Tortelier, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-07-27

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 1; L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 2
Performers: Fleming, Colin; Hubar, Theresia van Hellenburg; Swann, Christopher
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Schubert: Symphonies / Vernon Handley, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-05-25

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 3 in D major, D 200; Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485; Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"
Conductors: Schiff, Heinrich; Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia Chorus; Ulster Orchestra

"...the Ulster Orchestra is a first-rate ensemble. Intonation is splendid, rhythm is precise, intrumental balances are beautiful and transparent. Vernon Handley has drilled this band...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...

Klimt - Music of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-05-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Das Lied von der Erde; Alexander Scriabin: Prelude in ...
Performers: Donose, Ruxandra; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Hill, Peter; Zagorzanka, Barbara; Zarafiants, Evgeny
Conductors: Bogár, István; Walter, Alfred; Halász, Michael; Seipenbusch, Edgar; Yuasa, Takuo; Kosler, Zdenek; Stryja, Karol
Ensemble: ; Polish State Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak State Symphony Orchestra, Kosice; Ulster Orchestra

Classical Favourites / Vernon Handley, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-04-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Romantic Favourites / Vernon Handley, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-04-27

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture; Antonín Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Hay...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Françaix: Piano Concertino, etc / Cassard, Fischer, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-04-01

Works: Jean Françaix: Le malheurs de Sophie, ballet; Concertino for piano & orchestra; Les bosquets de Cythère, waltzes (7) for orchestra
Performers: Cassard, Philippe
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

'Music so agreeably appealing needs no further comment from me, and when the performances are as idiomatic and perky as these, captured in such fine...continue...

John Tavener - A Portrait

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: John Tavener: In alium, for high soprano, strings, piano, grand organ, Hammond organ, bells, gongs & four-track ta; To a Child Dancing in the Wind, for soprano, flute, harp & viola; The Lamb "Little ...
Performers: Bjork; Bowyer, Kevin; Fleezanis, Jorja; Hulse, Eileen; Kliegel, Maria; Murphy, Heidi Grant; Myers, Thalia; Richards, Jonathan; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Shaw, Ian [Organ]; Varcoe, Stephen [...
Conductors: Yuasa, Takuo; ; Christophers, Harry; Friend, Lionel; Goodwin, Paul
Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble; Aureole Trio; Members of the Duke Quartet (Members); Minnesota Chorale; The Sixteen (Choir); Ulster Orchestra

Sir John Tavener has been a unique, controversial and ever evolving figure on the contemporary music scene since the late sixties. These CDs encompass a...continue...

Classics - Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, etc / Handley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-03-23

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Lyric Suite for Orchestra, Op. 54; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16
Performers: Fingerhut, Margaret
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Both Vernon Handley and Margaret Fingerhut have made significant contributions to the Chandos catalog, and have received high praise for their recordings....continue...

Yamada: Symphony in F "Triumph & Peace," etc / Yuasa, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-03-01

Works: Kosaku Yamada: Overture for orchestra in D major; Symphony in F major ("Kachidoki to heiwa" (Triumph and Peace)); Kurai tobira (The Dark Gate), symphonic poem; Madara no Hana, symphonic poem
Conductors: Yuasa, Takuo
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Ulster Orchestra

"Naxos continues an extensive exploration of the fringes of the repertoire with a well-recorded account of the first symphony by a Japanese composer." - Hansen,...continue...

Classics - Moeran: Violin Concerto, Lonely Waters, etc

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-02-24

Works: E.J. Moeran: Concerto for Violin & orchestra; Lonely Waters, for orchestra (& soprano ad lib); Whythorne's Shadow, for orchestra; Concerto for cello & orchestra in B minor
Performers: Mordkovitch], Lydia; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; del Mar, Norman
Ensemble: ; Ulster Orchestra

"Lydia Mordkovitch is a superb violinist who merely lacks the name recognition of a superstar. She delivers profound, sensitive performances without undue mannerism or eccentricity....continue...

Classics - Moeran: Symphony, Rhapsody, Overture for a Masque

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-02-24

Works: E.J. Moeran: Symphony in G minor, R. 71; Overture for a Masque; Rhapsody for piano & orchestra in F sharp major
Performers: Fingerhut, Margaret
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

The performances under one of the masters of British music are quite supberb, and the rich Chandos recording is well up to the best vintage...continue...

Debussy: Complete Works for Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier

4 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-01-20

Works: Claude Debussy: La mer; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Printemps, symphonic suite for chorus, piano & orchestra, L. 61; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Images for Orchestra; Jeu...
Performers: Bell, Derek; Blake, Christopher; Fleming, Colin; Ingelton, Rachel; King, Christopher; Martin, Louise; Masters, Rachel; McChrystal, Gerard; Michael McGuffin [Piano/Conductor]; Queffelec, Anne
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Romantic Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-01-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite no 3 in G minor, BWV 808; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Enigma Variations; Stanley Myers: The ...
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Byfield, Jack; Cantilena [Instrumental Ensemble]; Edlina, Luba; Fingerhut, Margaret; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafa...
Conductors: Shepherd, Adrian; Shelley, Howard; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Hickox, Richard; Shostakovich, Maxim; Handley, Vernon; Byfield, Jack; Horenstein, Jascha; Järvi, Neeme; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tortel...
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Cantilena (Instrumental Ensemble); Cathedral Strings; I Musici de Montreal; London Mozart Players; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharm...

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings....continue...

Stanford: Six Irish Rhapsodies, etc / Handley, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-01-20

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 1 in D minor, Op. 78; Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 2 in F minor, Op. 84 ("The Lament for the Son of Ossian"); Irish Rhapsody for orchestr...
Performers: Fingerhut, Margaret; Mordkovitch], Lydia; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

"This series has proved to be quite popular owing to the superb quality of Stanford's compositional skills and the brilliance of the Ulster Orchestra's performances...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...

British Piano Concertos - Rawsthorne: Piano Concertos

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

Works: Alan Rawsthorne: Concerto for Piano no 1; Improvisations on a theme by Constant Lambert, for orchestra; Concerto for Piano no 2
Performers: Donohoe, Peter
Conductors: Yuasa, Takuo
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

"This is their tenth disc of his music, as far as I know. It is also part of an ongoing project of the Brittish Piano...continue...

Bear Essentials - Wedding Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-03-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Cantata no 147, ...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Austin, Michael [Organ]; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bott, Paula; Elms, Roderick; Hicks, Malcolm; Isserlis, Steven; Jackson, Francis; Kee, Piet; Kennedy, Nig...
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Thomas, Ronald [Violin]; Newsome, Roy; ; Shepherd, Adrian; Hickox, Richard; Standage, Simon; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Spicer, Paul; Williams, Glyn; Williams, J. Glyn; Robinson, Chris...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ens.; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Besses o' th' Barn Band; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Cantilena (Instrumental Ensemble); Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Mu...

Personnel: Nigel Kennedy (violin); Steven Isserlis (cello); Phillip McCann (cornet); Peter Pettinger (piano); Michael Austin , Roderick Elms, Malcolm Hicks, Francis Jackson, Simon Lindley (organ)....continue...

Yashiro: Piano Concerto, Symphony / Yuasa, Okada, et al

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

Works: Akio Yashiro: Piano Concerto; Symphony
Performers: Okada, Hiromi
Conductors: Yuasa, Takuo
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

"Pianist Hiromi Okada marries cutglass precision to pyrotechnic dazzle, and the Ulster Orchestra under Takuo Yuasa plays with inspired abandon. To top everything off there's...continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...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...

Françaix: Scuola di Ballo, Sérénade, Symphonie, etc /Fischer

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-05-01

Works: Jean Françaix: Symphony no 3 in G major (1953); Sérénade for small orchestra; Ouverture anacréontique, for symphony orchestra; Pavane pour un Génie vivant (à la memoire ...
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

"This round-up covers 50 years of [Francaix's] creative life, starting from the Serenade which helped get his name around in his precocious early twenties. With...continue...

Webern: Passacaglia, Symphony, etc / Yuasa, Ulster Orchestra

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

Works: Anton Webern: Passacaglia for orchestra, Op. 1; Movements (5) for string quartet, Op. 5; Pieces (6) for orchestra, Op. 6; Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 10; Symphony, Op. 21; Variations for orchestra,...
Conductors: Yuasa, Takuo
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

"If you're new to the music of Anton Webern, this superb budget CD is just the introduction you need... Yuasa's account of the Op. 1...continue...

American Classics - MacDowell: Suites, Hamlet & Ophelia

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-02-01

Works: Edward MacDowell: Suite no 1 for orchestra in D minor, Op. 42; Suite no 2 for orchestra ("Indian"), Op. 48; Hamlet and Ophelia, Op. 22
Conductors: Yuasa, Takuo
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

A contemporary of Mahler, pupil of Raff and protege of Liszt, the American-born MacDowell received his main musical education in France and Germany during the...continue...

Pärt: Tabula Rasa, Symphony no 3, Collage / Yuasa, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-01-01

Works: Arvo Pärt: Tabula rasa, concerto for 2 violins (or violin & viola), prepared piano & string orchestra; Collage sur B-A-C-H for Strings, Oboe, Harpsichord and Piano; Symphony no 3
Performers: Hatfield, Lesley; Hirsch, Rebecca
Conductors: Yuasa, Takuo
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

For any seasoned collector who already knows these great works by Arvo Part, these splendid performances merit a duplication in your collection. And for those...continue...

Ravel: Orchestral Music - Bolero, etc / Tortelier, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-11-28

Works: Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Miroirs; Don Quichotte à Dulcinée; Tzigane; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Boléro
Performers: Miller, Charles; Roberts, Stephen; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

A-Z of Classical Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-10-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: De profundis clamavi, offertory in mode 2 (Liber Usualis no 1076; GR 388); Hildegard von Bingen: O virga mediatrix; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; William Byrd: Pavan and ...
Performers: Anthony, Adele; Biret, Idil; Jandó, Jenö; Kejmar, Miroslav; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Nishizaki, Takako; Ottensamer, Ernst; Szkolay, Balazs [Piano]
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Bychkov, Semyon; Edlinger, Richard; Krcek, Jaroslav; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Skvor, Petr; Dvorak, Jaroslav; ; Wordsworth, Barry; Grodd, Uwe; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Wildner, Johannes; Mor...
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata Budapest; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak State Philharmoni...

Delius: Florida Suite, North Country Suite, etc / Handley

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-09-26

Works: Frederick Delius: Florida Suite; North Country Sketches, for orchestra, RT vi/20; Pieces (2) for small orchestra, RT vi/19; Air & Dance, for string orchestra, RT vi/21
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Ulster Orchestra

"This is a glorious record. Chandos have provided a wonderful quality of sound; it is warm, atmospheric and totally natural..." -Gramophone...continue...