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W.A. MOZART
Der Zauberflote (The Magic Flute) Highlights Barbara Hendricks / June Anderson / Ulrike Steinsky / Jerry Hadley / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Sir Charles MacKerras [ Telarc Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] "...the sound is outstanding-both clean and rich." -American Record Guide |
DEL TREDICI
Final Alice-Grand concerto for voice and orchestra Barbara Hendricks (soprano) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Sir Georg Solti [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Apr/2008 ] Commissioned for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and dedicated to Sir Georg Solti, Final Alice is scored for gargantuan forces and is based on the last two chapters of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It has been described by the composer as a "grand... |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 / Japanese Suite, Op. 33 / Beni Mora, Op. 29 No. 1 BBC Philharmonic & Manchester Chamber Choir, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "'Mars', one of his best performances, is quite fast, rigidly controlled, frighteningly bleak and with a cold sound...Even the terrific climax, with ffff organ chords, has a barren quality to it." (International Record review) |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
King of Kings - Orchestral Transcriptions of Bach BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Aug/2025 ] Sir Andrew Davis was a talented keyboard player as a child and teenager, and after study with Peter Hurford, at St Albans, he spent four years at the University of Cambridge as organ scholar at King's College, under Sir David Willcocks. It was this... |
VERDI
Complete Preludes, Overtures and Ballet Music BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Edward Downes (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / 4 CD Box Set - released 16/Nov/2005 ] This collection programmes all Verdi’s Preludes, Overtures and Ballet Music in chronological order. Each disc contains a mixture of well-known and less familiar music. |
YORK BOWEN
Symphony No. 1 / Symphony No. 2 BBC Philharmonic / Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 26/Apr/2011 ] York Bowen has a distinguished reputation as a composer and was considered to be one of Britain's finest pianists. |
REINGOLD GLIERE
Gliere: Symphony No.3 In B minor 'Il'ya Murometz' BBC Philharmonic, Sir Edward Downes [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] "If not the symphony's first outing on disc, it remains the best...Chandos's recordings still sound glorious and the orchestra's manifest engagement with the music shines through." Gramophone |
SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: Morning Heroes / Hymn to Apollo Samuel West (orator) / BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] "This is a splendid disc. The performance standard is extremely high and Ralph Couzens' engineering is excellent. Similarly excellent are the notes by Andrew Burn. Bliss devotees should acquire this as a matter of urgency" (Recording of the Month MW |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Appalachia / The Song of the High Hills BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2011 ] "This is a magnificent, clear-edged recording of two challenging, problematic works, performed here with vibrancy and confidence...Davis's diligent control of this extraordinary material makes for compelling listening." (Gramophone Award Finalist... |
BEETHOVEN / MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No 5 in C minor, Op.67 / Symphony No.4 in A, Op.90 Italian (Rec 1974-76) BBC Symphony Orchestra. Boston Symphony Orchestra Sir Colin Davis [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Jul/2005 ] "The performances of two of the most venerable warhorses in the symphonic repertoire sound as fresh and vibrant in their SACD reincarnations as if heard for the first time." Classik Reviews (May 2004) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 (with Elgar: Enigma Variations) BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult [ ICA Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/2011 ] "this Brahms 1 is superbly paced: hard-driven yet flexible, virile yet richly expressive. The opening's 6/8 - relentless, tragic - has, rightly, the same pulse as the ensuing allegro (where Boult, unusually, observes the repeat). In Elgar, Boult... |
ELGAR
Enigma Variations - A hidden portrait and complete performance. BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Andrew Davis [ Kultur / BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] "This DVD will give enormous pleasure and it is an example of what the BBC can do when they are not trying to dumb down or be clever." (MusicWeb) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Last Night of the Proms 2000 Hilary Hahn (violin) Jane Eaglen (soprano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ BBC / Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 11/Apr/2002 ] G :- "The Last Night of the Proms" is one of the most famous musical events in the world, watched and listened to by millions. It celebrates British tradition and encapsulates the unique spirit of the BBC Proms, by featuring leading international... |
GRACE WILLIAMS
Ballads for Orchestra / Symphony No 2 / etc BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves [ Lyrita / CD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 / etc Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Testament / CD ] |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Odyssey Ben Heppner, Michelle de Young, Petra Lang, Enkelejda Shkosa, Tabea Zimmermann / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / CD / 16 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2002 ] This 16 disc box set brings together all of Davis' iconic Berlioz recordings made for LSO Live, from celebrated interpretations of popular orchestral works to landmark opera recordings, including the double Grammy Award-winning Les Troyens. |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: The Troyens (Complete Opera) Ben Heppner, Michelle de Young, Petra Lang / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER - 2002 (Best Opera recording) |
PURCELL / DEBUSSY / RESPIGHI / TCHAIKOVSKY / SCHUBERT / BRAHMS / SIBELIUS / etc
Sir John Barbirolli - The Complete RCA and Columbia Album Collection Nathan Milstein (violin) , Benny Goodman (clarinet), Robert Casadesus (piano), Nathan Milstein (violin) / New York Philharmonic, Sir John Barbirolli [ Sony Classical / RCA / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2007 ] The young John Barbirolli was hardly known in America when the New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra chose him to be Arturo Toscanini's successor starting in 1937. The 36-year-old Londoner's first season was a triumph with both players and... |
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 |
