RESPIGHI
Complete Orchestral Music Volume 4 [Incls 'Ancient Airs and Dances'] Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Francesco La Vecchia [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 8/Nov/2013 ] Brilliant Classics' survey of Respighi's complete orchestral music continues here, with a release that explores the Italian composer's modernising of the past, as well as two of his most mature creations, written in the last eleven years of his life. |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Orchestral Works [Incls 'Rapsodie Espagnole', 'La Valse', 'Daphnis & Chloe' & 'Bolero'] Orchestre National de France, Eliahu Inbal / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Jesus Lopez-Cobos [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] An outstanding compilation of the very best of Ravel. Recordings originally made in Paris and released on Denon. |
CRISTIAN CARRARA
Magnificat / Ondanomala / Suite per bicicletta e orchestra Orchestre Symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy Flavio, Emilio Scogna [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] No, there are no bicycles in Suite per bicicletta and orchestra, which arose from a commission for the Orchestra Regionale Toscana and the 2013 UCI Road World Championships. The work was originally conceived as a show comprising music, text and... |
STRAVINSKY
Shadow Dances (Miniatures) [Incls Suites Nos. 1 & 2 for Small Orchestra] Orpheus Chamber Orchestra [ Brilliant Classics / Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Oct/2009 ] "This is a most enjoyable disc revealing a very concise and pungent side of stravinsky which you are the poorer for not knowing. Superb recording and great notes from Emanuel Overbeeke." (MusicWeb) |
BIZET
The Complete Orchestral Works (Incls Carmen Suites & Symphony in C) Orquestra Filarmonica de Maxico / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Batiz [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 29/Sep/2006 ] French composer Georges Bizet is famous for only one masterpiece: the opera Carmen. From that we can already hear that he is a brilliant orchestrator. |
DVORAK
Symphonies Nos 5, 7, 8 & 9 / Othello Overture / Scherzo Capriccioso Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Nov/2005 ] "If the coupling appeals this box will serve the listener well and deliver a Dvorak that is not merely affable but also lyrically urgent" (MusicWeb Nov 2005) |
BELLINI
Beatrice di Tenda (complete opera recorded in 1992) Paolo Gavanelli, Lucia Aliberti, Camille Capasso / Chorus and Orchestra of the Deutschen & Oper Berlin, Fabio Luisi [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 22/Jul/2013 ] Packed with intrigue, jealousy and revenge, Beatrice di Tenda is a tragic opera in two acts that retells the final months of one of Renaissance history's most fascinating and ill-fated characters. |
SCRIABIN
Complete Symphonies and Tone Poems Philadelphia orchestra / Riccardo Muti (with Stefania Toczyska, mezzo, & Dmitri Alexeev, piano) [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Nov/2005 ] "This Muti box is very strong indeed and at less than Naxos price its virtues are irresistible….Brilliant Classics have issued a splendid set with sumptuous sound and a propulsive pulse." (MusicWeb) |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: The complete overtures and orchestral music (Incls 'Siegfried Idyll') The Philharmonia, Yuri Simonov [CD 1 & 2] / Various orchestra & conductors [CD 3] [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 26/Jan/2016 ] This 3CD set contains the complete Overtures as well as the orchestral interludes from Wagner's operas. |
W.A. MOZART
Piano Concertos - Complete Pieter-Jan Belder (harpsichord and clavichord) Derek Han (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Paul Freeman [ Brilliant Classics / 11 CD - released 14/Aug/2005 ] "Fascinating, charming works they could not be better played or recorded than here, especially as accompanied by excellent clavichord performances of the original sonatas. This disk is a must-have for any serious Mozart collector" (MusicWeb June 2004) |
GIOVANNI PAISIELLO
Complete Piano Concertos Pietro Spada (piano) / Orchestra da Camera di Santa Cecilia [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "…as Spada's lyrical cantilena in the slow movements of the D major, B flat major and A major Concertos testify, Paisiello touched a vein of genuine pathos in the slow movements. Most impressive, though, is the C major Concerto (No. 8), whose bold... |
LUTOSLAWSKI
Orchestra Works (Incls Symphonies 1 & 2 & Concerto for Orchestra) Polish Radio National Symphony orchestra / Witold Lutoslawski [ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] 'It's my guess that posterity will judge Witold Lutowslaski among the supreme twentieth century musical colourists. All in all, this must surely count as the introduction to Lutoslawski's symphonic world.' Gramophone reviewing the original release |
W. A. MOZART
Idomeneo, K366 Richard Lewis (Idomeneo), Léopold Simoneau (Idamante), Sena Jurinac (Ilia), Lucilla Udovich (Elettra) / Glyndebourne Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Si [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 8/Nov/2013 ] A classic performance of Idomeneo from 1956 Glyndebourne, conducted by Sir John Pritchard, featuring an excellent cast, with brilliant Sena Jurinac and formidable Leopold Simoneau. |
MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Complete incidental music) Lynne Dawson, Susanne Mentzer, English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2012 ] Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 94, 96, 97 (with Bruckner - Symphony No 7) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Eduard van Beinum [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 8/Jun/2008 ] |
VIVALDI / TCHAIKOVSKY / SCHUMANN / BACH / BRAHMS / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / CHOPIN / etc
Four Seasons: generous selection of music suitable for the respective seasons Royal Philharmonic / Academy of St Martins / Armenian Philharmonic / London Symphony Orchestra / etc [ brilliant classics / 4 CD - released 17/Nov/2005 ] "Safe gift fodder then, for all grandmothers and relatives who have ‘good taste’." (MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Orchestral Favourites Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Choral Society, Owain Arwel Hughes, Philip Ellis, Nick Davies, with soloists [ Brilliant Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2020 ] Classical hits from one of the world's great orchestras: a fabulous introduction to the world of music at a super-budget price. |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Owain Arwel Hughes, Philip Ellis, John Rigby, Barry Wordsworth, Robin Stapleton
Classics for the People, Vol. 2 [ Brilliant Classics SACD / 2 CD - released 30/Nov/2014 ] The second volume of this well‐received series again features some of the world's most popular masterpieces of classical music performed by the ever‐reliable Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and some of the most experienced British conductors of our day. |
ALEXANDER BORODIN
Symphonies / Petite Suite / etc Tord Wallstrom (baritone) Larissa Dyadkova (mezzo) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2008 ] "Essentially this set offers us the three Borodin symphonies plus all in superlative sound. Lovely music in poetically accented readings at bargain price." (MusicWeb May 2009) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Complete Ballets [Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty] Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicolae Moldoveanu , Barry Wordsworth & David Maninov [ Brilliant Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] The magnificent Royal Philharmonic Orchestra does justice to each musical world, under the baton of three different and seasoned conductors, each of whom very much makes his mark on these multi‐interpretable works of genius. |