JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Handel Variations Lars Vogt (piano/conductor) / Royal Northern Sinfonia [ Ondine / CD - released 2/May/2020 ] "if you want an excellent performance with vivid, well balanced sound, this one by Vogt will serve you very well." MusicWeb |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: The Lighter Elgar / From the Bavarian Highlands / Serenade for Strings (with works by Sanford & Parry) Frederick Harvey (baritone) John Mark Ainsley (tenor) / Northern Sinfonia, Neville Marriner / Royal Philharmonic, Lawrence Collingwood / etc [ EMI British Composers / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Dec/2011 ] A 5CD set containing titles from the acclaimed EMI British Composers series, based around the music of Sir Edward Elgar and his contemporaries; Sir Charles Villiers Stanford and Sir Hubert Parry. |
EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Orchestral Works Halle Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli / Bournemouth Symphony, Paavo Berglund / Royal Philharmonic, Sir Thomas Beecham / Northern Sinfonia, Paul Torteli [ EMI Classics Gemini / CD - released 2/Feb/2005 ] Recorded: Kingsway Hall, London. 1969 & 1970 (Halle) Guildhall, Southampton 1981 (Bournemouth) Abbey Road Studios, London. 1973 & 1955 (Northern Sinfonia & Royal Philharmonic) |
ALAN PAUL / GUY WOOLFENDEN / GEOFFREY BUSH / ALAN RIDOUT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: British Clarinet Concertos Ian Scott (clarinet) Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Barry Wordsworth [ ASV / CD - released 20/Nov/2003 ] "Ian Scott plays beautifully throughout; and all concerned seem to enjoy themselves enormously. I cannot but recommend this attractive collection of unfamiliar, but rewarding works that all deserve much more than the occasional hearing" (MusicWeb) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 5 'Emperor' Lars Vogt (piano/conductor) / Royal Northern Sinfonia [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] "Vogt's playing in the slow movement [of the Emperor] is suitably rapt, and the whole performance radiates that sense of well-being which the piece demands" BBC Music |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 2 + 4 Lars Vogt (piano/conductor) / Royal Northern Sinfonia [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] "The rapport between the soloist and this highly accomplished band of musicians is everything it should be, and more. These are marvellous performances" Gramophone Editor's choice May 2018 |
DAVID LYON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Lyon: Concerto For Horn And Strings - Fairytale Suite Michael Thompson, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, David Lloyd-Jones [ Marco Polo British Light Music / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] The English composer David Lyon was a pupil of John Gardner at the Royal Academy of Music in London. His career has involved music for the theatre and an association with the activities of younger people. He writes in an approachable style,... |
Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Gavin Sinfonia
British Light Overtures Vol 2 (Including 'the Moor Of Venice' by William Alwyn and 'A Snowdon Overture' by Gareth Glyn) [ ASV White Line / CD - released 15/Mar/2003 ] A seductive disc of Rodrigo's colourful music, including a new recording of the Concierto de Aranjuez arranged for harp and orchestra |
JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies Nos. 52, 53 & 59 Royal Northern Sinfonia, Rebecca Miller (leader & conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] This new release follows Miller's acclaimed recording of the works of CPE Bach with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Rebecca Miller leads the Royal Northern Sinfonia in performances of three Haydn Symphonies. |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Violin and Cello Concertos Tasmin Little (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] This recording presents a comprehensive programme of some of Finzis finest works. Featuring probably his greatest work, the Cello Concerto played here by Raphael Wallfisch, a regular on Chandos, receives a passionate and keenly felt performance... |
BARTÓK / CASKEN / BEETHOVEN
Bartók / Casken / Beethoven Thomas Zehetmair, Ruth Killius, Royal Northern Sinfonia [ ECM New Series / CD - released 17/Feb/2023 ] This powerful New Series album represents "a résumé and a departure" for Thomas Zehetmair, a summing up of his work with the Royal Northern Sinfonia. In his years as Music Director of the British chamber orchestra, Zehetmair was noted both for... |
HOLST / KHACHATURIAN / GLINKA / PROKOFIEV / ORFF / RACHMANINOV / etc
Classical Heat: music to warm you up [incls 'The Planets', 'Ride of the Valkyries', Carmina Burana & Ritual Fire Dance] Royal Scottish National Orchestra / National Symphony Orchestra of the Ukraine / Maggini String Qtet / Maria Kliegel / Royal Ballet Sinfonia / etc [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] Over two and a half hours of music to warm you up! |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: Complete Overtures Alaster Bentley (oboe) / Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Andrew Penny (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Mar/2001 ] "I can't see why anyone wanting a collection of Sullivan's comic opera overtures should wish to look elsewhere " - Gramophone |
SCHUMANN / SAINT-SAENS / TCHAIKOVSKY
Saint-Saens, Schumann, Tchaikovsky Cello Concertos Antonio Meneses (cello), Claudio Cruz, Royal Northern Sinfonia [ Avie / CD - released 18/Aug/2017 ] In celebration of the 35th anniversary of winning First Prize and the Gold Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow, as well as his 60th birthday in August 2017, Antonio Meneses adds to his distinguished discography with three... |
THE BEST OF LONDON
The Best of London (Incls 'London Transport Suite', The Westminster Waltz', 'London Again Suite' & 'St. Paul's Suite') BBC Concert Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic / Bournemouth Symphony / Royal Artillery / Band Royal Ballet Sinfonia / etc [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] A rousing collection of music evoking Britain's capital city in all its pomp and glory. CD 1 takes the listener on a nostalgic journey though British light music from Sullivan to Farnon, whilst CD 2 embraces traditional classical music from all eras. |
LORD BERNERS
Berners.: Triumph of Neptune / L'uomo dai baffi / Valses bourgeoises / Champagne Charlie "Polka" English Northern Philharmonia, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Aug/2021 ] "...Indeed, his forces respond with hugely committed performances full of gusto and bouncy swagger that make Berners' works as accessible as possible to new listeners." Classical Music Daily |
LORD BERNERS
Berners: Ballet Music - Les Sirènes / Cupid and Psyche Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland / RTÉ Sinfonietta, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] Lord Berners excelled in the ballet medium where he enjoyed collaborations with leading choreographers and conductors with whom his natural flair for spectacle and design could be explored to the full. |
RICHARD STRAUSS / AARON COPLAND
Strauss: Duet Concertino, Prelude To Capriccio / Copland: Clarinet Concerto, Appalachian Spring Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet) Stepan Turnovsky (bassoon) / Academy of London, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Richard Stamp [ Signum / CD - released 11/Dec/2020 ] "Richard Stamp secures real zip in the faster music, secures real zip in the faster music, and there is some lovely tender playing from the Royal Northern Sinfonia principals in the more tender passages." BBC Music |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / LUCAS / PROCTER-GREGG / CARMICHAEL
English Clarinet Concertos Ian Scott (clarinet) Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Barry Wordsworth [ Dutton / CD - released 20/Nov/2005 ] "Ian Scott plays beautifully throughout; and all concerned seem to enjoy themselves enormously. I cannot but recommend this attractive collection of unfamiliar, but rewarding works that all deserve much more than the occasional hearing" (MusicWeb... |
GREGSON / STEPTOE / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / GOLLAND
British Tuba Concertos James Gourlay (tuba) / Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Feb/2007 ] James Gourlay is a considerable player, an imposing presence in the Gregson Concerto with his glowing lyricism (he conveys a strong brass-band identity but nuanced with a thoughtful and cultivated chamber-music sound) and a direct, unequivocal... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
English Recorder Music John Turner (recorder) / Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Gavin Sutherland [ Naxos / CD - released 18/Oct/2010 ] |
W. A. MOZART / NIELSEN
Mozart / Nielsen: Clarinet Concertos Julian Bliss (clarinet) / Royal Northern Sinfonia, Mario Venzago [ Signum / CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] "Bliss responds to the work's mercurial switches of mood with a wide range of colour and articulation, and meets its considerable technical challenges with seemingly offhand virtuosity." (BBC Music) |
CARL NIELSEN / W. A. MOZART
Nielsen / Mozart: Flute Concertos Juliette Bausor (flute), Royal Northern Sinfonia [ Signum / CD - released 28/Oct/2016 ] "[the Nielsen] turns out to be a perfect foil to the Mozart's warm, elegant exuberance. This later work allows the orchestra to display their harder edge but also at times to draw out unexpectedly Mozartian parallels, with Bausor herself commanding t |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Four Ballades Lars Vogt (piano) / Royal Northern Sinfonia [ Ondine / CD - released 1/Feb/2020 ] "A wealth of seldom-heard orchestral detail emerges, with exquisite wind-playing especially prominent. Nothing is extraneous; every gesture seems bent towards maximum expressivity." Gramophone Editors Choice Jan 2020 |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Triple Concerto / Piano Concerto No 3 Lars Vogt (piano/conductor) / Royal Northern Sinfonia [ Ondine / CD - released 22/Aug/2017 ] "Vogt and the Tetzlaff siblings approach the Allegro [of the Triple] with warmth and a bristling energy…The crucial opening [of the C minor Concerto] just misses utter serenity here, but a devilish Rondo is pure delight." BBC Music |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / ELGAR / DELIUS / HOLST / BAX
O, to be in England: Music for a green and pleasant land New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / The English Northern Sinfonia [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] A fine collection of moving and wistful orchestral works which celebrate the English landscape and its natural beauty. English composers have always excelled at pastoral music with a hint of nostalgia: from 'the lark ascending' to the strains of... |
AARON JAY KERNIS
Kernis: Dreamsongs Paul Neubauer (viola), Joshua Roman (cello), Royal Northern Sinfonia, Rebecca Miller (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 26/Jan/2018 ] Winner of the 2002 Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, 1998 Pulitzer Prize, and 2011 Nemmers Award, Aaron Jay Kernis is one of America's most honoured composers. His music appears prominently on concert programs worldwide, and he has been... |
GREGORY ROSE
Rose: Orchestral Works Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin) / Royal Ballet Sinfonia; Gregory Rose [ Toccata / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "the composer is conducting a responsive Royal Ballet Sinfonia in top-notch accounts, the sound is splendid, and the annotations are generous and informative" ClassicalSource. |
MATTHEW TAYLOR
Symphony no.1 'sinfonia Brevis' / Horn Concerto op.23 / Symphony no.3 op.33 Richard Watkins (horn) / Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Matthew Taylor (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Feb/2007 ] Recorded in St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London 27-28 April 2006 |
JOHN IRELAND & OTHERS
Orchestral songs and miniatures Roderick Williams (baritone) / BBC Concert Orchestra / Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Gavin Sutherland, John Wilson, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Apr/2010 ] Dutton Epoch's survey of tuneful short works by John Ireland (including the last two unrecorded songs orchestrated by Ireland himself and sung here by Roderick Williams) is filled out with a selection of encores by British composers and two... |
Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Barry Wordsworth
McCabe, John - Edward II (Ballet in 2 Acts) [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2000 ] 'Stirringly dramatic, strikingly colourful... it is good to see McCabe's recent 60th birthday being marked by a number of fine new recordings. This could prove the most widely popular of them all.' (International Record Review) |
BRITISH LIGHT MUSIC PREMIERES
British Light Music Premieres Vol 1 (music by Geoffrey Wright. Peter Lawson, Philip Lane, John Fox, etc) Royal Ballet Sinfonia. City of Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gavin Sutherland, with Philip Lane (piano) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 18/Mar/2005 ] Recorded at various locations from 1974-2004 |
BERKELEY / LAMBERT-SCARLATTI / LAMBERT-LISZT / LANCHBERY
Sir Frederick Ashton Ballets Royal Ballet Sinfonia conducted by Barry Wordsworth [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 18/Mar/2005 ] Recorded at Watford Town Hall, Watford, 20-21 September 2004 |
RUTTER / CORDELL / MELACHRINO / DOUGLAS / etc
English String Miniatures Vol 1 Royal Ballet Sinfonia / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] "Winningly entertaining, and marvelous value for money."-Gramophone |
MARTELLI / FINZI / HOLST / BLEZARD / HURD / etc
English String Miniatures Vol 3 Royal Ballet Sinfonia / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Sep/2001 ] Continuing the series |
JAMES LANGLEY / CARLO MARTELLI / CLIFTON PARKER / ERNEST TOMLINSON / etc
British Light Music Premieres Vol 3 Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Gavin Sutherland and Paul Murphy [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 15/Jun/2006 ] Recorded at Whitfield Street Studios and Angel Studios, London 2005 |
ANTHONY HEDGES / ALUN HODDINOTT / PHILIP LANE / DAVID MORGAN / etc
British Light Music Premieres Vol 6 Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland / BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] British Light Music Premieres |
IRELAND / PAUL LEWIS / THOMAS ROSEINGRAVE
English String Miniatures, Vol. 5 Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Gavin Sutherland (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] A collection of small-scale English string music. |
HOLST / PURCELL / SAINSBURY / LEWIS
English String Miniatures, Vol. 6 Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Gavin Sutherland (Conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 13/Oct/2006 ] "A mixture of contemporary and classical. I question the mixing of styles. Modern recording of high calibre and readings that are alert and intuitive" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
BRITISH LIGHT MUSIC PREMIERES
British Light Music Premieres Vol 4 (music by Peter Flinn, Carey Blyton, Ernest Tomlinson, Jim Cooke, etc) Royal Ballet Sinfonia / Gavin Sutherland, with Christopher Perry (hammered dulcimer) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] The forth instalment in Dutton Epoch's ongoing series focusing on British light music features sumptuous works by Phillip Lord, Peter Flinn and Ernest Tomlinson. |