Creswick, Bradley

Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-09-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, Op. 60; Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60
Performers: Beveridge, Catriona; Creswick, Bradley; Watkin, David
Conductors: Armstrong, Richard

Appearances in opera, concert, and recital by the Grammy Award winning American soprano Christine Brewer are marked by her unique timbre, at once warm and...continue...
Recording information: Trident Audio Post, London (2010-01-17_2010-01-28&2010-); Usher Hall, Edinburgh (2010-01-17_2010-01-28&2010-)....continue...

Vaughan Williams - The Collector's Edition / Willcocks, Boult, Bean, Barbirolli, et al

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Symphony no 8 in D minor; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Allen, Thomas; Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Aronowitz, Cecil; Asch, David van; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balmain, Ian; Barlo...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Silvestri, Constantin; Banks, Eric; Groves, Charles, Sir; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Hickox, Richard; O'Brien, Brendan; Davies, Meredith; Willcocks, Davi...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Madrigal Singers; London Music Group; London Philharmonic Orch...

This 30-CD budget boxed set contains all of the hits, as well as other gems such as 'A Sea Symphony', 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols', 'On...continue...

Braga Santos: Concerto for Strings, etc / Cassuto, et al

1 CD / Marco Polo / 2002-01-01

Works: Joly Braga Santos: Concerto for strings in D major; Sinfonietta for Strings, Op. 35; Variaçoes concertantes, for string orchestra, harp & solo string quartet; Double Concerto for violin, cello, ...
Performers: Creswick, Bradley
Conductors: Cassuto, Alvaro
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

"...The playing and recording are of a high standard; the disc broadens our knowledge of a fine, and likeable, 20th-century composer." ***** -BBC Music...continue...

British Composers - Hickox conducts Vaughan Williams

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-08-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; The Poisoned Kiss, overture; Old King Cole, ballet for chorus & orchestra; Easter ("Rise heart"), song for baritone, chorus (ad lib.) orchestra (Mystical So...
Performers: Creswick, Bradley; Roberts, Stephen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia Chorus; Northern Sinfonia of England

"Richard Hickox's affection for Vaughan Williams's music suffuses this generous compilation of his Eighties recordings with the Northern Sinfonia...Creswick is eloquent in 'The Lark Ascending'...he...continue...

Russian Orchestral Masterworks

7 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-01-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Romeo & Juliet; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36; ...
Performers: Ashton, Graham; Creswick, Bradley; Ives, George; Jones, Martin [Piano]
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Boughton, William; Otaka, Tadaaki; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; English String Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

The passion, color, and emotional fervor of Russian music shine through in this diverse collection. "Otaka has already done wonders with the BBC Welsh Symphony...continue...