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 |