FINZI / LEIGHTON
Cello Concertos Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2001 ] This is a new coupling featuring these two cello concertos |
PATRIC STANFORD
Stanford: Symphony No. 1 / Cello Concerto / Prelude to a Fantasy Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] Patric Standford wrote in a wide variety of forms, from large-scale orchestral and choral music to a cappella, chamber and instrumental pieces. While teaching at the Guildhall School of Music in London he won several major international composition... |
HOLBROOKE
Symphony No. 4 / Cello Concerto Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / George Vass [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 23/Aug/2010 ] Enquiries for Joseph Holbrooke's orchestral music have been heard from enthusiasts for many years, and are now answered by Dutton Epoch's recording shared between the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Soloist... |
PROKOFIEV
Divertimento, Op. 43 / Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 125 / Sinfonietta, Op. 5/48 Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/2006 ] 'The Divertimento is a lovely piece… its long neglect is puzzling since it is highly attractive and ought to be popular… the recording is first class - as, indeed are the performances. An indispensable item in any Prokofiev collection.' The Penguin... |
HAVERGAL BRIAN
Wine of Summer / Symphonies Nos 19 & 27 Roderick Williams (baritone) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins [ Dutton Epoch SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] More world premiere symphony recordings for Havergal Brian fans! In this programme, Martyn Brabbins and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra continue their Havergal Brian series for Dutton Epoch with one of Brian's most delightful scores, Wine of... |
THOMAS WILSON
Thomas Wilson: Symhonies Nos. 3 & 4 Rory Macdonald; Royal Scottish National Orchestra [ Linn Records / CD - released 8/Feb/2019 ] Rory Macdonald conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in the premiere recording of three orchestral works by 'the father of Scottish music', composer Thomas Wilson (1927-2001). Wilson was an important figure in Scotland's musical renaissance,... |
STRAVINSKY
Jeu de cartes (The Card Game) / Orpheus / Suite from 'the Soldier's Tale' Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/May/2004 ] 'Järvi's 1992 coupling of Stravinsky's Jeu des cartes (still relatively rare on CD) and Orpheus was welcomed 'with open arms…' when it first appeared; he has an orchestra [the Royal Concertgebouw] capable of lightness of touch and tone without... |
CESAR FRANCK
Franck: Le Chasseur maudit, Psyche & Les Eolides Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Voices, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Jean-Luc Tingaud [ Naxos / CD - released 20/May/2020 ] César Franck was a childhood prodigy who gained later renown as an organist and teacher. His compositions received scant attention until the success of Le Chasseur maudit, a symphonic morality tale that vividly portrays the 'accursed huntsman' from... |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No 11 Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Alexander Lazarev (conductor) [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Apr/2005 ] "This well mastered disc assumes a worthy position in the RSNO/Shostakovich at tradition, confirming the orchestra's standards and international credentials" (MusicWeb Juen 2005) |
WILLIAM GRANT STILL
Still: Summerland / Violin Suite / Pastorela / American Suite Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Avlana Eisenberg, with Zina Schiff (violin) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 27/May/2022 ] William Grant Still, the "Dean of Afro-American Composers," was part of the Harlem Renaissance and wrote nearly 200 works including nine operas and five symphonies. |
GEIRR TVEITT
A Hundred Hardanger Tunes Suites 2 & 5 Royal Scottish National orchestra / Bjarte Engeset [ Naxos / CD - released 14/May/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (July 2002) |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2 - Orchestrated Piano Pieces Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Bjarte Engeset [ Naxos / CD - released 3/Apr/2007 ] "This delightful collection, dazzlingly performed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the young Norwegian conductor Bjarte Engeset, brings together some of the composer's most attractive folk-based pieces." Three Stars Penguin Guide |
MARTINU
Symphonies Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] 'Conductor Bryden Thomson and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra perform with passion and purpose in this, the find of the year.' "Time, 'The Best Music of 1992'" |
CARL NIELSEN
Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / 3 CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] |
RACHMANINOV
Symphonies Vol 1: Symphony No 2 in E minor Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes [ BIS / CD - released 17/May/2002 ] the first in a cycle of Rachmaninov symphonies. |
RACHMANINOV
The Three Symphonies (3 discs for the price of 2) Royal Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes [ BIS / 3 CD - released 15/Jul/2002 ] ‘Hughes is the first conductor to convince me that the First Symphony is on a par with its two successors.’ (International Record Review) |
ARTHUR BLISS
Checkmate (complete ballet) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] "I recommend this CD without reservation. I’m sure it will be on my shortlist of Recordings of the Year." (MusicWeb Dec 2005) |
DELIUS
Poem of Life and Love Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Apr/2011 ] The four Delius works contained on this new Dutton Epoch release are seldom heard, yet each is of outstanding musical interest and contains passages of characteristic beauty. Life's Dance teems with an almost Straussian richness of thematic material,... |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Symphony No. 3 / The Happy Forest Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2003 ] He dedicated the work, described by the viola-player Bernard Shore as 'as thrilling to playas to listen to,' to Sir Henry Wood, a champion of his music, who conducted the first performance of the symphony in March 1930. |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Symphony No 4 / Overture to a Picaresque Comedy / Nympholept Royal Scottish National Orchestra / David Lloyd-Jones [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Jun/2002 ] Editor's Choice (Gramophone Magazine) May 2002 |