More By Artist: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
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ARAM KHACHATURIAN
Khachaturian: Piano Concerto and Orchestral Suites Constantine Orbelian (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jan/2006 ] Recorded ta the SNO Centre, Glasgow in August 1987 |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: 'Enigma' Variations / Pomp and Circumstance Marches / Three Bavarian Dances / etc Leon Goossens (oboe) / Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar, George Hurst / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/1999 ] "A great bargain and highly recommended." (MusicWeb) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78 / Scythian Suite, Op. 20, from `Ala et Lolly` Linda Finnie (contralto) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Chorus / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Neeme Jarvi's wide-screen spectacular captures the icy intensity in the scenes of devastation and the glitter of the musical patriotism in equal measure." (1001 recordings) |
ARNOLD BAX / STANLEY BATE
Bax / Bate: Cello Concertos Lionel Handy (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Lyrita / CD - released 1/Aug/2016 ] "if the solo part's tenchical demands in the very opening stages hint at stretching even Lionel Handy's huge expertise, his delivery of the rest of the work is state-of-the-art" (BBC Music) |
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ARTHUR BENJAMIN
Violin Concerto / Elegy, Waltz & Toccata for viola 7 orchestra / etc Lorraine McAslan (violin) Sarah-Jane Bradley (viola) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, John Gibbons [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] |
SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: Suite de Concert, Op. 28 (with Rimsky-Korsakov - Fantasy on Two Russian Themes, Op. 33) Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] "A mellower Mordkovitch is outstanding in this splendid Russian pairing. A disc to enjoy. Sounds like she did." (Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Awards Issue 2008) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] This album is a tribute features Lydia Mordkovitc's famous 1989 recording of Shostakovich's violin concertos with Neeme Järvi and the Scottish National Orchestra. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Violin sonata No 1 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "..She is aided by a most lovely, close yet lustrous and deep Chandos recording. This is a precise yet yieldingly romantic version which can be placed alongside the finest: Oistrakh and Sitkovetsky." (MusicWeb Aug 2009) |
EDWARD GRIEG
Grieg: Complete Orchestral Works Malmö Symphony Orchestra & Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset [ Naxos / 8 CD Box Set - released 28/Apr/2014 ] This boxed set of Grieg's complete orchestral works is a celebration of the composer's rich and multi-faceted aesthetic. Grieg was an idealistic humanist whose music and writings underlined a harmony between humans and nature. The sense of nostalgia... |
GE GAN-RU
Chinese Rhapsody Margaret Leng Tan (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Jose Serebrier, conductor [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2005 ] Featuring a Western symphony orchestra accented by Chinese percussion, both Chinese Rhapsody and Wu are perfect introductions to Ge's compositional fusion CD... |
ESENVALDS / MacMILLAN / MUSGRAVE / TIPPETT / WHITACRE
Cantos Sagrados National Youth Choir of Scotland, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Christopher Bell [ Signum / CD - released 8/May/2020 ] "It's a supremely effective work impeccably delivered by these young and agile singers. The choir's superb technique is even more evident in the two Eric Whitacre works." Gramophone Editor's Choice August 2020 |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / ELGAR / DELIUS / HOLST / BAX
O, to be in England: Music for a green and pleasant land New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / The English Northern Sinfonia [ Heritage of Music / Gift of Music / CD - released 20/Jun/2011 ] A fine collection of moving and wistful orchestral works which celebrate the English landscape and its natural beauty. English composers have always excelled at pastoral music with a hint of nostalgia: from 'the lark ascending' to the strains of... |
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
Glazunov: The Seasons; Ballet Op.67 / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Op.82 Oscar Shumsky (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "Neeme Jarvi is always at his best in big, splashy Romantic pieces, and this performance is no exception. He whips the orchestra up to a fine frenzy where necessary, and given Chandos's fine sound and a sensible coupling, you're in for some good... |
ARTHUR BLISS
Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Peter Donohoe (piano) / Martin Roscoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] "Eager and polished performances that do Bliss absolutely proud." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (February 2004) |
JOHN GARDNER
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 1 / Midsummer Ale Overture Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos British Piano Concertos / CD - released 3/Oct/2007 ] This recording should help to re-establish [Gardner's] reputation with two relatively early works written in the post-war years, the Symphony No. 1, "a superbly crafted work... by a subtle and imaginative orchestrator" (Paul... |
ALAN BUSH
Africa Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 2 / Fantasia on Soviet Themes Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Alan Bush's stern face usually hid a tuneful heart, and in Dutton Epoch's second disc of orchestral music by this composer, the RSNO presents the popular, programmatic Nottingham Symphony evoking Sherwood Forest, Clifton Grove, Castle Rock and the... |
WITOLD MALISZEWSKI
Symphony No 3 / Piano Concerto in B flat minor Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2016 ] Witold Maliszewski (b. 1873) died in 1939 and thus his musical career spanned the great days of pre-Revolutionary Russia as well as the Soviet Union before the Second World War. He became associated with the publisher Belaieff and thus with a wide... |
WALTER BRAUNFELS
Symphony No 3 / Piano Concerto in B flat minor Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2016 ] Dutton Epoch's first two volumes of music by Walter Braunfels were a revelation to many to whom the composer was just a name. This third volume concentrates on music written between 1910 and 1946. It is surprising that the glorious four-movement... |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Philharmonic Concerto / Symphony No.7 / etc Peter Donohoe (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martyn Yates (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] With three major works by Malcolm Arnold from the mid-1970s, Dutton Epoch surveys his music written in Ireland. The focus of the programme is Arnold's Seventh Symphony, dissonant and exhilarating by turns in the first movement and ending with Irish... |
WILLIAM WALTON
Belshazzar's Feast / Symphony No. 1 / Cello Concerto / etc Ralph Kirshbaum (cello) Sherrill Milnes (baritone) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/1999 ] "An excellent account of Belshazzar's Feast (1930)...this is a spectacular recording and there is particularly clear enunciation from the Royal Scottish National Chorus and from Sherill Milnes." (MusicWeb) |
