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DELIUS / BRIDGE / IRELAND / RUBBRA / etc
Twentieth Century Cello Sonatas Alexander Baillie (cello), John Thwaites (piano) [ Somm / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2013 ] "Six significant British cello sonatas impeccably performed. " (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Aug 2013) |
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Long John Baldry
Live at the Iowa State University, 1987 [ Umbrella Entertainment / DVD - released 16/May/2008 ] G :- All Regions - Regular 1.33:1 / 4:3 - Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - Colour - 47 Minutes - PAL One of the driving forces of British blues, rock & pop music captured at the top of his form. Long John Baldry is a highly influential singer... |
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The Band of the Coldstream Guards, John Mackenzie Rogan
The Band of the Coldstream Guards: Marches 1902-1922 No. 3 [ British Military Music Archive / CD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] The Band of the Coldstream Guards, formed by the Duke of York over two centuries ago, has a recorded catalogue over 125 years old. The earliest recordings in the BMMA, heard in this series, date from 1902; later recordings were broadcast on the air... |
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The Band of the Coldstream Guards, John Mackenzie Rogan
The Band of the Coldstream Guards: Marches 1902-22 No. 1 [ British Military Music Archive / CD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] The Band of the Coldstream Guards, formed by the Duke of York over two centuries ago, has a recorded catalogue over 125 years old. The earliest recordings in the BMMA, heard in this series, date from 1902; later recordings were broadcast on the air... |
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The Band of the Coldstream Guards, John Mackenzie Rogan
Gilbert & Sullivan 1902-22 [ British Military Music Archive / CD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] The Band of the Coldstream Guards, formed by the Duke of York over two centuries ago, has a recorded catalogue over 125 years old. The earliest recordings in the BMMA, heard in this series, date from 1902; later recordings were broadcast on the air... |
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The Band of the Coldstream Guards, John Mackenzie Rogan
Marches & Bugle Calls 1902-22 [ British Military Music Archive / CD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] The Band of the Coldstream Guards, formed by the Duke of York over two centuries ago, has a recorded catalogue over 125 years old. The earliest recordings in the BMMA, heard in this series, date from 1902; later recordings were broadcast on the air... |
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The Band of the Coldstream Guards, John Mackenzie Rogan
Musicals 1902-22 [ British Military Music Archive / CD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] The Band of the Coldstream Guards, formed by the Duke of York over two centuries ago, has a recorded catalogue over 125 years old. The earliest recordings in the BMMA, heard in this series, date from 1902; later recordings were broadcast on the air... |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer [The Flying Dutchman] (Complete opera recorded in 2021) BLU-RAY & DVD Bayreuth Festival / John Lundgren, Georg Zeppenfeld, Asmik Grigorian, Attilio Glaser / Oksana Lyniv (conductor) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc/DVD - released 20/Apr/2024 ] "Lyniv's conducting is superb in terms of pacing and tonal weight and balance...Grigorian and Zeppenfeld sing as fluently and fearlessly as they act." Gramophone Magazine September 2022 Blu-ray of the Month |
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ELGAR
The Longed-for Light: Elgar's Music in Wartime BBC Concert Orchestra, John Wilson [ Somm / CD - released 25/Jan/2013 ] "Elgarians should ceratinly lend an ear to this entreprising and rewarding Somm anthology" (Gramophone Editor's Choice Jan 2013) |
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GEORGE ANTHEIL
Antheil: Symphonies Nos 3 & 6, etc BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds [ Chandos / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] The symphonic output of George Antheil, the self-proclaimed 'bad boy of music', is further investigated by the BBC Philharmonic and its Chief Guest Conductor, John Storgårds, in the second album of the series. |
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SIBELIUS
Complete Symphonies (plus 'Three Late Fragments') BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "this is a fine and distinctive set from an orchestra playing consistently at somewhere near its best and conducted by a Sibelian of stature." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Orchestral) |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No.11 'The Year 1905' BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] "There's much to commend John Storgårds' account of the Eleventh Symphony. He has a firm vision of the score and the splendid BBCPO executes this vision with incisive, committed playing." MusicWeb |
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AARON COPLAND
Copland: Symphonies, Vol. 3 [Includes Symphony No 3] BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Nov/2018 ] "Wilson's empathy with this music is infectious." The Sunday Times |
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AARON COPLAND
Copland: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Ballets BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] "John Wilson shows an instinctive flair for Copland's syncopated and changing rhythms, and brings out all the music's broad humour and intimate poetry" (BBC Music Orchestral Choice - March 2016) |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 and No. 3 'The First of May' - Two Scherzos BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Aug/2025 ] For this, the fifth instalment of his Shostakovich symphony cycle, John Storgårds turns to some of the earliest of the composer's orchestral output, works which Shostakovich largely wrote during his student years. The orchestral scherzo was a... |
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MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Dawn / Symphony No. 12 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] "The disc is a welcome offshoot from the ongoing work on Shostakovich's symphonies by John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic, and displays the same high level of stylistic discernment and emotional commitment." Gramophone Editor's Choice Dec 2023 |
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AARON COPLAND
Copland: Orchestral Works Vol 3 - Symphonies BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Jan/2018 ] The exploration by John Wilson of Copland's major orchestral output with the BBC Philharmonic has now reached Volume 3, with this invigorating programme recorded in surround-sound. It opens with An Outdoor Overture, a cheerful and breezy piece which... |
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ERIC COATES
Coates: Orchestral Works Vol.2 [Incls 'London Bridge - March' & 'The Enchanted Garden - ballet'] BBC Philharmonic (orchestra); John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2020 ] For the second volume of the music of Eric Coates, John Wilson has built his programme around three contrasting 'major' works. The Suite Summer Days was premiered in October 1919, shortly after Henry Wood had fired Coates from his position as lead... |
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ERIC COATES
Coates: Orchestral Works Vol.4 [Incls 'The Three Bears' & 'From Meadow to Mayfair'] BBC Philharmonic (orchestra); John Wilson, with Alex Jakeman (flute) [ Chandos / CD - released 19/Jul/2024 ] John Wilson's fourth volume devoted to music by Eric Coates opens with Music Everywhere, a rousing march that was commissioned by Britain's first independent TV and radio service, Rediffusion, for use as its signature tune. The concert waltz... |
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GILES SWAYNE
CRY for 28 amplified solo voices BBC Singers / John Poole (conductor) [ NMC / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] "Giles Swayne caused a stir with this gigantic work... with the benefit of hindsight, it is easy to understand why... Excellent singing from the BBC Singers under John Poole." BBC Music Magazine 1994 |