The Jac
Nerve [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] The Jac started out as a rehearsal band for students and tutors at the NZSM jazz school in Wellington, transcribing and performing charts by New York and San Francisco composers. Before long they began writing and performing their own music, and... |
The Jac
The Green Hour [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 9/Oct/2015 ] Formed in late 2010, The Jac started out as a rehearsal band for students and tutors at the NZSM jazz school in Wellington, transcribing and performing charts by New York and San Francisco composers. Before long they began writing and performing... |
SAMUEL / BERG / MAHLER
Clytemnestra - Orchestral Songs Ruby Hughes (soprano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jan/2020 ] "Her eloquence is always unfussy and direct. The instrumental fabric is equally strong, with beautiful playing from the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, on the top of its top form, conducted by Jac van Steen" The Times Five Stars |
KURT WEILL
Weill: Violin Concerto / Symphony No 2 Tamas Kocsis (violin) Ulster Orchestra, Jac van Steen [ Somm / CD - released 1/Mar/2022 ] "At 24, Weill's iconic Berlin-cabaret sound is already identifiable: the dance-like flute solo in the 'Serenata'; and the rollicking finale. Soloist Tamás Kocsis, leader of the Ulster Orchestra, is superb throughout this pristine recording" BBC Music |
GUTO PRYDERI PUW
Reservoirs: Orchestral Works by Guto Pryderi Puw BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jac van Steen [ Signum / CD - released 16/Aug/2014 ] " Presented with great clarity by the orchestra under Jac van Steen, they show Puw revelling in the opportunity to write challengingly for such a proficient band, though at times that enthusiasm does get the better of him...[Reservoirs] is the most i |
DAVID MATTHEWS
Matthews: A Vision of the Sea BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Jac van Steen [ Signum / CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] "The world of nature is never far away in Matthews's music, and two other recent orchestral works bear witness to his delight in contexts where haunting fragments of birdsong can emerge." Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2021 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Love from a Stranger (with works by Bennett, Gerhard & Lutyens) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jac van Steen [ NMC / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "Polished performances hail from the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jac van Steen" The Times |
CHRISTOPHER ROUSE / JACQUES IBERT
Rouse / Ibert: Flute Concertos Katherine Bryan (flute) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jac van Steen [ Linn / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2013 ] "Bryan certainly has complete mastery of the [Rouse's] technical and expressive demands, as she does in Ibert's Concerto of 1933...Her playing of Debussy's Syrinx, the ne plus ultra of the solo flute repertoire, is exquisitely eloquent." Gramophone |
MARTIN / HONEGGER / SCHOECK
Cello Concertos Christian Poltera (cello) / Malmo Symphony Orchestra, Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen / Jac Van Steen [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] The Swiss cellist Christian Poltéra here performs works by Frank Martin, Arthur Honegger and Othmar Schoeck. |
DUTILLEUX
Toute un monde lointain... / Trois strophes sur le nom se Sacher (with Lutoslawski - Cello Concerto, etc) Christian Poltera (cello) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra / Tuomas Ollila-Hannikainen / Jac Van Steen [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] Christian Poltéra (cello) |