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Royal Scottish National Orchestra Petter Sundkvist, conductor
Stenhammer-Symphony No. 2 / Excelsior! [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Nov/2002 ] "persuasive and vibrant readings...plenty of fire and passion" |
THOMAS WILSON
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Rory MacDonald (cond) [ Linn Records / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] Described by The Herald as Scotland's leading modern symphonist, composer Thomas Wilson (1927-2001) was central to the renaissance of 20th-century music in Scotland. Wilson's music was championed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra throughout... |
BERLIOZ
Overtures (Includes 'Le Carnaval Romain' & 'Le Corsaire') Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2002 ] "This is music-making with plenty of character, unflagging gusto, and a forthright sensibility" Fanfare |
ROUSSEL
Bacchus et Ariane (Bacchus and Ariadne) / Symphony No. 3 Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Stephane Deneve [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jun/2007 ] "Denève persuades his Scottish forces to play with real affection and, where appropriate, real force....this new Naxos carves a niche firmly for itself on any serious record collector's shelves. The recording (Tim Handley) is fabulous; there is... |
DEBUSSY
Orchestral Works (Incls 'La Mer' & 'Images for orchestra') Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stephane Deneve [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2012 ] "This is Debussy in the great French tradition, the sort of playing and conducting that used to be associated with national schools of performance. A major achievement." (10/10 ClassicsToday June 2012) |
ROUSSEL
Symphony No. 1 "Poeme de la Foret" / Resurrection / La Marchand de Sable que Passe Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Stephane Deneve [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Dec/2009 ] "Really this is an essential acquisition for anyone who loves French music and the late Romantic school in general. Don't pass it up." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com) |
ALBERT ROUSSEL
Roussel: Symphony No. 2 / Pour une fete de printemps / Suite in F major Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stephane Deneve [ Naxos / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] "Naxos' engineering is the most natural of all in terms of balance and perspective. Crank it up and wallow in some of the most marvelous symphonic music yet composed in France." -- ClassicsToday, April 29, 2008 (10/10) |
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ALBERT ROUSSEL
Roussel: The Complete Symphonies [4 CD set] Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Stéphane Denève [ Naxos / 4 CD Box Set - released 6/Dec/2010 ] "an excellent disc, splendidly and idiomatically performed and a superb advertisement for composer, conductor and orchestra. Highly recommended." Gramophone Magazine on Symphony No 4 |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphony Nos. 1 & 5 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård [ Linn / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Thomas Søndergård's sophomore album as Music Director marks his first symphonic recording with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Søndergård conducts an all-Prokofiev programme juxtaposing two contrasting symphonies: Symphony No. 1 in D major... |
HOLST
An Introduction to Holst (Incls 'The Planets' & 'Brook Green Suite') Royal Scottish National Orchestra / women's voices of the RSNO Chorus / Sir Alexander Gibson / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] 'In every respect this latest Holst anthology from Chandos will be hard to beat. The recording is superb - very real indeed…' The Penguin Complete Guide |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No.5 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Georg Tintner [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] "His Bruckner Fifth is revelatory. I found myself making comparison with Karajan, Jochum, Wand and Furtwaengler, finding that Tintner was bringing insights to the music worthy of any of those great names." Hi-fi News & Record Review |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: Complete Symphonies & Concertos Rachel Barton Pine (violin), Wen-Sinn Yang (cello), Alexander Romanovsky (piano) / Royal Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Jose [ Warner Classics / 8 CD Box Set - released 10/Sep/2018 ] "Clear and slightly reverberant recording maximises the textures and appeal of these works making the disc worthy of consideration as a benchmark recording" (MusicWeb on Symphony 5 & Seasons) |
FREDERICO de FREITAS
The Silly Girl's Dance Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Álvaro Cassuto [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Feb/2014 ] "Cassuto and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra are obviously on the same wave-length and the orchestra clearly enjoys itself in these colourful, unpretentious but entertaining scores...I have already returned to this lovely disc of refreshingly e |
GLAZUNOV
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, José Serebrier [ Warner Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2006 ] "Serebrier gets very characterful and brilliant performances from the RSNO and his account of No.4 in particular has a good claim to be a first recommendation…" (Penguin Guide) |
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GLAZUNOV
Symphonies Nos 1, 2, 3 & 9 [2 CDs] Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jose Serebrier [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] |
DUKAS
L'apprenti sorcier / La péri / Symphony in C Major RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] Paul Dukas is famed for his brilliant, meticulously scored symphonic scherzo The Sorcerer's Apprentice, first performed in 1897, which almost immediately entered the international repertoire. It was subsequently the focus of a ballet and later Walt... |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Roma / Jeux d'enfants (Petite Suite) / etc RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] The success of Bizet's opera Carmen has overshadowed the rest of his output, but this fascinating orchestral programme, which includes a number of seldom performed works, reveals more of his talent for writing colourful, atmospheric and melodic... |
LUIS DE FREITAS BLANCO
Orchestral Works Volume 4 RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra / Álvaro Cassuto [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Mar/2011 ] This fourth volume in Naxos's critically acclaimed series of Portuguese composer Luís de Freitas Branco's orchestral music juxtaposes his magnificent Symphonic Poem in the form of variations on an Oriental Theme, Vathek, with Symphony No. 4. As his... |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
In Memoriam / Symphony No 17 / Symphony No 32 / etc RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra/Adrian Leaper [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "The sound quality is outstanding, the playing is convincing and the programme is ultimately satisfying. (MusicWeb January 2011) |
LUIS DE FREITAS BRANCO
Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 1 / Scherzo Fantastique / Suite Alentejana No. 1 RTE National Symphony Orchestra / Alvaro Cassuto [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Sep/2011 ] Luís de Freitas Branco was a pre-eminent figure in Portuguese music of the first half of the twentieth century. This first disc of a four-volume series of Freitas Branco's orchestral works features the First Symphony, in which the influence of César... |
