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BRITTEN / DELIUS / ELGAR / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / TIPPETT / HOLST
The British Line: A celebration of British Music BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, with Dame Evelyn Glennie, Thomas Hampson, Tasmin Little, Sir Bryn Terfel, etc [ Warner Classics / 16 CD Box Set - released 19/Jul/2019 ] In 1991, Hamburg-based record label Teldec Classics embarked on a fruitful partnership with Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. "The British Line" was soon to become an essential series of critically acclaimed digital recordings of major... |
Ben Monder / Pete Rende / Andrew Cyrille / Paul Motian
Amorphae [ ECM / CD - released 20/Jan/2016 ] Guitarist Ben Monder first recorded for ECM as a member of the Paul Motian Band on "Garden of Eden" in 2004, and Amorphae was originally conceived as a series of duets for Ben and Paul. A first exploratory duo session was recorded in 2010. After... |
GUSTAV HOLST / EDWARD ELGAR
Holst: The Planets / Elgar: Enigma Variations Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / CD - released 5/Jul/2019 ] "The sound reproduction BIS provides on this SACD is vivid and well balanced, quite state of the art. Now as for comparisons with the very plentiful competition, I can say Litton finishes very high in each work." MusicWeb |
RACHMANINOV
Isle of the Dead / The Rock / Symphonic Dances Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra follow their acclaimed recordings of ballets by Stravinsky with a disc that features the first and last published orchestral works by Sergei Rachmaninov. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos 1-3 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton [ BIS / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] As a composer Sergei Prokofiev was so versatile that audiences never quite knew what to expect. As a strategy, this could misfire but with his first symphony he got things just right. He once described what he had wanted to achieve: 'If Haydn had... |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphonies Nos 4 [1947] & 7 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2016 ] There is nothing unusual about a composer returning to a major work in order to make revisions, but among such works Sergei Prokofiev's Fourth Symphony is a unique case in that it exists in two such different versions that the composer considered... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: The Symphonies / Scythian Suite / Romeo and Juliet, Suites Nos 1-3 / etc Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / 5 Hybrid SACD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] "Litton and the Bergen players brilliantly point up the wit, elegance and joy of this great work, turning out one of its finest performances on record...this superb set of Prokofiev's symphonies. Highly recommended!" MusicWeb Recommended |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: The Three Suites Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Feb/2007 ] "Andrew Litton is obviously in sympathy with this miraculous score, and he has coaxed playing of considerable warmth and character from his Bergen players." Gramophone Magazine, July 2007 |
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 (with Liadov - The Enchanted Lake, Op. 62) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Oct/2015 ] Since his appointment as chief conductor and later music director in 2003, Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra have richly proven a particular affinity for Russian repertoire, both on their numerous tours and in recording. Works by... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 / Scythian Suite, Op. 20 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Mar/2015 ] With his Fifth, Prokofiev achieved something that he had long been aiming for: a big work of wide appeal that at the same time fulfilled the most demanding expectations of form and structure. |
PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev - Symphony No.6 / Lieutenant Kijé / etc Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Andrew Litton, with Andrei Bondarenko, baritone [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] herald the victorious end of World War Two. In stark contrast to this, his Symphony No.6, which received its first performance in 1947, is one of his deepest and most personal works. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Overtures Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "If you're looking for a set of Berlioz overtures then this disc has very strong claims on your attention." (MusicWeb March 2013) |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Job / Symphony No. 9 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Feb/2017 ] 'Andrew Davis's journey through the sequence is quite briskly paced, but never in a way that's perfunctory. He also gets a superlative response from the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.' recording of the Month BBC Music April 2017 |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: King Olaf / The Banner of Saint George Emily Birsan, Barry Banks, Alan Opie, Bergen Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 12/Feb/2015 ] "The Chandos sound is full-blooded and excellent in every respect... for this project Ralph Couzens was assisted by Gunner Herleif Nilsen of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation; between them they've produced very fine results." (MusicWeb Feb '15) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Die Liebe der Danae, Op. 83 (complete opera recorded in 2011) BLU-RAY Berlin Opera / Manuela Uhl, Mark Delavan, Matthias Klink, Thomas Blondelle / Andrew Litton (cond) [ Arthaus Musik BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2016 ] "fine dynamic control (here is one heroic baritone who really can sing intimately), expansive personality and fabulously clear and meaningful textual projection...the orchestra revel in the score under Andrew Litton." (International Record Review) |
MARTIN SHAW
Shaw: Songs - The Airmen Sophie Bevan (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Delphian / CD - released 6/Feb/2012 ] "This attractive selection benefits from having three excellent singers, all with good diction. With persuasive performances like these it looks as if there's a case for making room for another English song composer." Gramophone |
GUILLAUME DUFAY
Music for St Anthony of Padua Binchois Consort / Andrew Kirkman [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] "The recording is equally excellent - as usual with Hyperion, it never intrudes on one's enjoyment of the music." (MusicWeb baragain of the Month Jan 2008) |
DUFAY
Mass for St Anthony Abbot (with Binchois - Motets) The Binchois Consort / Andrew Kirkman, conductor [ Hyperion / CD - released 13/Apr/2005 ] 'these singers are superbly experienced in this kind of repertoire, and they thrill us with the supple lines of the Alleluia, the vigour of the Credo and the swirling counterpoint of the Sanctus … These singers are at their best, though, in the... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Lily & the Rose: Adoration of the Virgin in sound and stone The Binchois Consort, Andrew Kirkman (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 27/Jul/2018 ] ""this music is of exquisite beauty, and I am hard pressed in exploring my collection of recordings to find any one recording or ensemble that matches the sonic clarity of the Binchois Consort." AudAud.com |
The Binchois Consort. Andrew Kirkman
Josquin and his Contemporaries [ Hyperion / CD - released 24/Aug/2002 ] Gramophone Award Nomination 2002 - Early Music |
