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WAGNER
The Ring, an orchestral adventure (with Siegfried Idyll) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2008 ] "Dutch composer Henk de Vlieger describes his symphonic synthesis of the complete Ring cycle as "An Orchestral Adventure"… A bold concept, which in a performance as fine as this works remarkable well…" (Gramophone) |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / GLAZUNOV / SHOSTAKOVICH / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / etc
Russian Dances (Incls Dance of the Tumblers, Pushkin Waltzes & Pas de Deux from 'The Nutcracker')) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jul/1993 ] A great collection of popular Russian favourites with all top performances drawn from the vast Chandos catalogue. Great for car listening. |
WAGNER
Tristan and Isolde - An Orchestral Passion Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "...with fine playing and vivid sonics, this disc is certainly recommendable." (ClassicsToday Feb 2011) |
WAGNER
Die Meistersinger: an Orchestral Tribute (arranged by Henk de Vlieger) / Eine Faust-Ouvertüre / Overture to ‘Columbus’ Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] Neeme Järvi conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in the fourth album of their Wagner series. |
DVORAK
Complete Slavonic Dances Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 17/Jul/2001 ] Neeme Järvi's wonderful account of Dvorák's Slavonic Dances |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Josephslegende / etc Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "The RSNO under Neeme Jarvi perform it with aplomb and with plenty of colour derived from the massive palette of orchestration...The Love Scene from Feuersnot and the vigorous Festmarsch make for useful fill-ups." (Gramophone) |
SUPPE
Overtures & Marches Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "Jarvi is back with the orchestra with which he won so many laurels in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He brings both zip and sentiment to these orchestral delights. He is, for example, as soulful as Bruch in the preamble to Dichter und Bauer and... |
PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet - Suites 1 - 3 (complete) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'No one is more warmly dramatic in Prokofiev than Jarvi, making his issues consistently recommendable…' The Guardian |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / GLAZUNOV / SHOSTAKOVICH
Russian Ballet Masterpieces (Incls excerpts from 'SwanLake', 'Raymonda' & 'Nutcracker') Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] "The recording, made in the Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow has plenty of ambience but is brilliant too...the Scottish orchestra in good form throughout." (Gramophone on the Nutcracker/Swan Lake) |
SAINT-SAENS
Orchestral Works (Incls 'Phaéton, Op. 39' & 'Danse macabre, Op. 40') Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] The works on this disc are all early, dating from the first half of the composing life of Saint-Saëns - that is, with the one exception of the Marche du couronnement which the composer wrote for the coronation of Edward VII in 1902. |
SERGE PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphonies 3 & 4 (original 1930 version) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
WAGNER
Overtures and Preludes Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Oct/2013 ] " Järvi is a master of this repertoire and he continually conjures splendid playing from his Scottish orchestra." (Gramophone) |
WAGNER
Wagner Transcriptions Volume 5: Orchestral Works Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "It's still a pleasure, though, fresh and vigorous; Neeme Jarvi's fairly brisk reading, beautifully played by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, amply explains why Clara Schumann warned Robert he had a new rival." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Best Of Delius (Incls 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra & 2 Aquarelles) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / English Northern Philharmonia / various conductors [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Frederick Delius had a strong champion in the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, who praised the composer as "the last great apostle of romantic beauty in music". |
HUGO ALFVEN
Alfven: Festival Overture, Op. 25 / Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 7 / etc Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Niklas Willen [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] "Recorded in Henry Wood Hall, the sound is very truthful, capturing many details among the winds, giving due prominence to the combined brass sections and laying the heavy drums in its rightful place in the whole picture." Flying Inkpot |
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 1 / Prince Rostislav, symphonic poem (1891) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Owain Arwel Hughes [ BIS / CD - released 20/Feb/2007 ] Owain Arwel Hughes, known to BIS fans for his pioneering recordings of Vagn Holmboe's symphonies, is an inspired guide to this youthful work with the committed support of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Harmonielehre / Doctor Atomic Symphony / Doctor Atomic Symphony Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] "The music is played with huge élan by the RSNO...The results are highly charged and exciting performances of three works that place Adams at the very forefront of American contemporary classical music and deservedly so." MusicWeb |
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" |
ELINOR REMICK WARREN
The Legend of King Arthur / Along the Western Shore / Suite for Orchestra / etc Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Ronald Corp / BBC COncert Orchestra, Martin Yates [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] Don't miss this delightful collection of colourful and tuneful complete orchestral music by the American west coast composer Elinor Remick Warren. Warren, whose life spanned the twentieth century, lived from 1900 to 1991 and was known as a leading... |
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... |
