BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Film & TV Music of Christopher Gunning

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-11-16

Works: Christopher Gunning: Poirot Variants, for alto saxophone & orchestra; La Môme; Under Suspicion; Cold Lazarus; Rosemary and Thyme; Rebecca; Pollyanna; Firelight; When the Whales Came; Poirot; Lig...
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bradshaw, Julia; Compton, Matthew; Gamba, Rumon; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Robertson, Martin; Tibbels, Nicole; Torchinsky, Yuri [Violin]
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon

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Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester (2009-07-14&2010-01-04&2010-)....continue...

The Film Music of Francis Chagrin / Gamba, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-07-26

Works: Francis Chagrin: Helter Skelter, film score; An Inspector Calls, film score; The Colditz Story, film score; Suite from Greyfriars Bobby, for orchestra (arr. Philip Lane); The Four Just Men, televisio...
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gamba, Rumon
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon

"With its laudable policy of expanding the film music repertoire on disc, this time Chandos has selected a composer well worthy of attention. In fact,...continue...
Recording information: New Broadcasting House, Manchester, England (06/29/2004-06/30/2004)....continue...

The Film Music of Ron Goodwin / Rumon Gamba, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-01-25

Works: Ron Goodwin: 633 Squadron; Frenzy, film score for orchestra; Lancelot and Guinevere, film score for orchestra; Deadly Strangers, film score; Battle of Britain, Suite from the film score; Whirlpool, f...
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gamba, Rumon
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"Rumon Gamba's spirited, enthusiastic conducting and the spectacular playing of the BBC Ensemble are beyond cavil." - Koldys, American Record Guide...continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, England (03/10/2004/03/11/2004)....continue...

The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan WIlliams Vol 2

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-09-21

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Forty-Ninth Parallel; Dim Little Island, film score; The England of Elizabeth, film score
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gamba, Rumon; Gray, Emily; Hindmarsh, Martin
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon

This is the second release of Vaughan Williams's film music as part of Chandos' highly successful Film Music Series. "Rumon Gamba secures exemplary results from...continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, England (09/30/2003/10/01/2003)....continue...

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...

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The Film Music of Sir Arnold Bax / Gamba, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Arnold Bax: Oliver Twist, film score; Malta GC, film score
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gamba, Rumon; Janes, Paul
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon

"Bax wrote only two film scores, and although he found the form uncongenial and his music suffered at the hands of the directors, they were...continue...
Personnel: Paul Janes (piano).

Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, England (09/24/2002/09/25/2002).

This recording was first reported about on the Intern...continue...

Bear Essentials - Dining Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for strings & continuo in D major, Op. 12/3, RV 124; Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Australia, Soloists of; Barnert, Matthias; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Cantilena [Instrumental Ensemble]; City of Birmingham ...
Conductors: Shelley, Howard; ; Manze, Andrew; Thomas, Ronald [Violin]; Standage, Simon; Preston, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; Garforth, David; Shepherd, Adrian; Leppard, Raymond; Weller, Walter; Turovsky, Yuli; Bam...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Ambache Chamber Ensemble; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Cantilena; Collegium Musicum 90; Concerto Copenhagen; English Chamber Ensemble; English Cha...

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...

The Film Music of Richard Addinsell

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-03-25

Works: Richard Addinsell: Goodbye Mr. Chips, film score; Warsaw Concerto; Love on the Dole, film score; Blithe Spirit, film score; The Black Rose, film score; Scrooge, film score; Tom Brown's Schooldays, fi...
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Roscoe, Martin [Piano]
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Chetham's Chamber Choir; Manchester Cathedral Choir Boys

"In works not so familiar Addensell sounds less like Rachmaninov and more like the purveyors of British light music. Bliss and Eric Coates come to...continue...
Personnel: Martin Roscoe (piano).

Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting, Manchester, England (02/12/2002/02/13/2002).

If the public perception were correct, Richard Addinsel...continue...

The Film Music of Vaughan Williams / Gamba, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-10-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Scott of the Antarctic, film score; Coastal Command, suite from the film score for orchestra (arranged by Mathieson); The People's Land, film score (based on traditional melod...
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Scott, Jonathan
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

This is the first of two volumes of Vaughan Williams film music in Chandos' highly successful Film Music Series. Vaughan Williams film music constituted an...continue...
Personnel: Jonathan Scott (organ).

Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, England (03/12/2002-03/21/2002)....continue...

The Symphonic Eric Coates / Gamba, B.B.C. Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-06-25

Works: Eric Coates: Cinderella, phantasy for orchestra; The Selfish Giant, fantasy for orchestra; The Three Bears, phantasy for orchestra; Miniature Suite; London (London Every Day), suite for orchestra; Jo...
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gamba, Rumon
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

This recording has already been well-received by the British critical press: "...expertly played by the BBC Philharmonic conducted by rising star baton-Wielder Rumon Gamba." -Classic...continue...

Film Music of Richard Rodney Bennett

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-01-23

Works: Richard Rodney Bennett: Murder on the Orient Express, film score; Far from the Madding Crowd, film score; Lady Caroline Lamb, elegy for viola & orchestra; Tender is the Night, television score; Encha...
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Dukes, Philip; Gamba, Rumon; Millar, Cynthia
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon

This splendidly performed and recorded album of film music by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett is the first such CD since one conducted by the composer...continue...
Personnel: Philip Dukes (viola); Cynthia Miller (ondes martenot).

Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, England (01/24/2000-07/05/2000)....continue...