More By Artist: John Wilson
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ERIC COATES
Coates: Orchestral Works, Volume 3 [Incls 'Three Men Suite' & 'Dam Busters March'] BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Jun/2023 ] "The BBC Philharmonic plays with buoyancy and style. The booklet notes are invaluable: a slice of British history compressed into a few well chosen words." Guardian |
SIR RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Bennett: Orchestral Works, Volume 2 Howard McGill (saxophone), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jul/2018 ] The recent partnership of John Wilson and BBC SSO on record reaches this second volume in their invigorating exploration of fascinating orchestral works by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett. Less well known than his widely famous film music (Murder on the... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / HERBERT HOWELLS / FREDERICK DELIUS / SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Music for Strings John Wilson, Sinfonia Of London [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "I expect it has been said before, but the Sinfonia of London belongs in the Formula 1 class of orchestras, and in this repertoire sits in pole position." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Orchestral |
AARON COPLAND
Copland: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Symphonies Jonathan Scott (organ), BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Sep/2016 ] "Wilson obtains [a] superbly drilled and articulate response from the BBC Philharmonic…an outstanding release" (Gramophone) |
STRAUSS / SCHUMANN / BRAHMS MENDELSSOHN etc
Festmusik: A Legacy Onyx Brass, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] Described as 'easily the classiest brass ensemble in Britain' by BBC Music Magazine, Onyx Brass continues to be the leading light in establishing the brass quintet as a medium for serious chamber music, presenting it in the entertaining and... |
SERGE RACHMANINOFF
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 / Preludes in C Sharp Minor Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 31/Mar/2023 ] "… To experience the full magnificence of Rachmaninov's orchestration, we need Wilson's imaginative attention to details and Chandos's superior engineering" Gramophone |
ERICH KORNGOLD / FREDERICK LOEWE / JOHNNY MANDEL / DAVID RASKIN etc
Hollywood Soundstage Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 9/Sep/2022 ] "..it has never sounded so good thanks to Chandos's super high quality recording. A dazzlingly rich and ravishing treat." Five Stars BBC Music - Screen Choice Dec 2022 |
JOHN IRELAND
Ireland: Orchestral Works Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] "An absolutely outstanding disc in superb sound...The presentation is up to Chandos's normal high standards, with a very detailed analysis of each work and a history of the orchestra." MusicWeb recommended June 2022 |
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 / Vocalise / The Isle of the Dead Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] "I have never heard Rachmaninov's imaginative scoring here [in The Isle of the Dead] brought out so vividly, allowing us to appreciate the powerful pictorial imagination of the composer." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Orchestral |
WILLIAM ALWYN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Alwyn: Prelude / Blackdown / Peter Pan Suite / Ad Infinitum / etc (with music by Vaughan Williams, York Bowen & Hubert Parry) BBC Concert Orchestra, John Wilson [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] "This is a wonderful collection of little-known, long-forgotten British music. But what approachable, melodic, evocative, dramatic works they are." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Dec 2009) |
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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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SIR RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 [Incls Marimba Concerto] Colin Currie (marimba) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] "Wilson is the ideal interpreter of this fine retrospective of five symphonic works by a genuine "crossover" composer, famous for his film and television scores." Sunday Times |
GEORGE GERSHWIN / COLE PORTER / ROGERS & HAMMERSTEIN / etc
The Best Of The John Wilson Orchestra The John Wilson Orchestra, with Kim Criswell, Louise Dearman, Joyce DiDonato, Anne-Jane Casey & others [ Warner classics / 2 CD - released 5/Dec/2018 ] The Best of The John Wilson Orchestra - a double-album celebrating a decade of BBC Proms performances with a selection of hit songs and music from Hollywood's greatest movie musicals. Featuring Seth MacFarlane, Curtis Stigers, Joyce DiDonato plus a... |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin in Hollywood - Live at the Royal Albert Hall The John Wilson Orchestra, with Louise Dearman & Matthew Ford [ Warner classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2016 ] The John Wilson Orchestra follow up their acclaimed Cole Porter in Hollywood album with this tribute to America's iconic songsmith team - the Brothers Gershwin - and their successes for the silver screen. |
PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / BELLINI / VERDI
Italian Opera Arias Linda Richardson (soprano), Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] The British soprano Linda Richardson has performed extensively across the UK and continental Europe under conductors such as Bernard Haitink, Edo de Waart, Sir Mark Elder, Daniele Rustioni, Libor Pešek, and Carlo Rizzi. Her extensive repertoire... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / CARL MARIA VON WEBER / RICHARD STRAUSS
Horn Concertos Martin Owen (horn) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos / CD - released 11/Aug/2023 ] Regarded as one of Europe's leading horn players, Martin Owen appears as a soloist and chamber musician around the world. Currently principal horn at the BBC Symphony Orchestra, he has previously served as principal horn of the Royal Philharmonic... |
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RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol.4 [Includes Concerto for Piano and Orchestra] Michael McHale (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2020 ] In this fourth volume in their Richard Rodney Bennett series, John Wilson and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra turn to his Piano Concerto, commissioned by the John Feeney Trust for the CBSO and written in 1968. |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Turn of the Screw Op 54 (complete opera) OperaGlass Works / Robert Murray, Rhian Lois, Leo Jemison, Alys Mererid Roberts / John Wilson (cond) [ Chandos DVD / DVD - released 29/Oct/2021 ] Henry James's novella The Turn of the Screw has become notorious as at once the most stylish and elusively ambiguous of all nineteenth-century ghost stories. In June 1932, the eighteen-year-old Benjamin Britten heard a radio adaptation of James's... |
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Korngold: Violin Concerto / String Sextet Andrew Haverson (violin) / RTE Concert Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] "[The Sextet] gets an absolutely cracking performance here from key members of Wilson's newly reformed Sinfonia of London led by Haveron" Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2020 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / ARTHUR BLISS / FRANK BRIDGE / LENNOX BERKELEY
Britten, Bliss, Bridge, Berkeley: English Music For Strings Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Orchestral |
