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STANLEY BLACK
The Film Music of Stanley Black (Incls 'Sands of the Desert' & 'Jack the Ripper') BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, conductor [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 3/May/2005 ] 'As the CD notes by Mervyn Cooke aptly put it, this music represents 'a lost age of innocently witty film writing'. As ever Chandos has done this repertoire proud with a luminous and full-bodied recording.' - Gramophone |
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) |
LEROY ANDERSON
Anderson: Orchestral Music, Vol. 4 (Incls 'Irish Suite' & 'Scottish Suite') BBC Concert Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (with Kim Criswell, soprano) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] "This fourth volume may seem to be mainly something of a gathering in of less well-known material and unusual, long-forgotten vocal arrangements of a few favourite pieces. Nevertheless they are delivered with such enthusiasm and joie de vivre, that... |
LEROY ANDERSON
Anderson: Orchestral Music, Vol. 5 (Incls 'Goldilocks') BBC Concert Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (with Kim Criswell, soprano & William Dazeley, baritone) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "'Goldilocks' is a real discovery and here is given a really dashing and sympathetic performance that should win for an overlooked show plenty of deserved new friends." ClassicalSource.com |
RICHARD ARNELL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnell: Ballet Music: The Great Detective & The Angels BBC Concert Orchestra / Martin Yates (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "... there's no lack of energy and swagger here ... Yates and his musicians have the full measure of both works and Dutton provides a fine, spacious, and colorful audio environment for the record, too. Highly recommended." Fanfare |
ROBERT FARNON / SIDNEY TORCH / STANLEY BLACK / RON GOODWIN / etc
Showtime: 25 years of BBC Concert Orchestra favourites BBC Concert Orchestra / Roderick Dunk (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 12/Dec/2009 ] Recorded: The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford, 29-30 September 2009 |
MONTAGUE PHILLIPS
Revelry Overture / Symphony in C minor / Sinfonietta in C minor / etc BBC Concert Orchestra / Gavin Sutherland (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 23/Jun/2006 ] “Filed under ‘light’ this may be, but this neglected music has true symphonic stature...Now here really is something!...Phillips’s voice, so eloquently served here by fine performances and recording, deserves to be heard not just as light music but... |
EDWARD GERMAN
Symphony No. 2 in A minor (The ËœNorwich) / The ËœLeeds Suite / etc BBC Concert Orchestra / John Wilson [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 26/Apr/2008 ] Dutton Epoch's series of Edward German Symphonies is now completed by this disc...This is tuneful music of some stature, and the BBC Concert Orchestra and their conductor John Wilson make a terrific case for scores that were once popular favourites. |
EDWARD GERMAN
Symphony no.1 in E minor / Overture “ The Tempter / Hamlet “ Symphonic Poem / etc BBC Concert Orchestra / John Wilson [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] "Under the exceptionally talented and versatile young conductor John Wilson, the always-reliable BBC Concert Orchestra provides rich and resonant realizations of these lovely gems of Edwardian ethos - all premiere recordings - which one hopes will... |
EDWARD GERMAN
Much Ado about Nothing / The Tempter / Romeo and Juliet (Incidental music) BBC Concert Orchestra; John Wilson (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] BBC Concert Orchestra, John Wilson |
ANTHONY COLLINS
Vanity Fair and other orchestral favourites BBC Concert Orchestra / John Wilson (conductor) [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 25/Apr/2006 ] Rosette Recording - Penguin Stereo Guide |
LEROY ANDERSON
Anderson: Orchestral Music, Vol. 3 (Incls 'Plink, Plank, Plunk!' & 'The Syncopated Clock') BBC Concert Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (with Catherine Moore, trumpet) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] "A great disc - and I am looking forward to what I imagine will be the fourth and final CD?" (MusicWeb July 2008) |
JOHN FOULDS
Orchestral Music Vol 1: Keltic Suite / Suite Fantastique BBC Concert Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 30/Aug/2010 ] "Outstanding? Abosolutely!" International Record Review pick of the month (Oct 2010) |
JOHN FOULDS
Orchestral Music Vol 2: Indian Suite / Suite Française / Henry VIII Suite / etc BBC Concert Orchestra / Ronald Corp [ Dutton Epoch / CD - released 20/Nov/2010 ] Recorded at The Colosseum, Town Hall, Watford, 8-10 March 2010; St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, 15 July 2010 |
THE BEST OF LONDON
The Best of London (Incls 'London Transport Suite', The Westminster Waltz', 'London Again Suite' & 'St. Paul's Suite') BBC Concert Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic / Bournemouth Symphony / Royal Artillery / Band Royal Ballet Sinfonia / etc [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2008 ] A rousing collection of music evoking Britain's capital city in all its pomp and glory. CD 1 takes the listener on a nostalgic journey though British light music from Sullivan to Farnon, whilst CD 2 embraces traditional classical music from all eras. |
CLIFTON PARKER
The Film Music of Clifton Parker (Includes 'treasure Island' & 'sink the Bismarck!') BBC Concert Orchestra / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 4/Feb/2005 ] "Clifton Parker's claim to fame rests on his film music and specifically on Seascape from Western Approaches. He had a real gift for sea music both tender and stormy. Don't miss it." - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
JOHN ADDISON
The Film Music of John Addison (Includes 'A Bridge Too Far' & 'the Charge Of The Light Brigade') BBC Concert Orchestra / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 22/May/2007 ] "One of the very best of Chandos's British film music series with Gamba and the BBC Concert Orchestra on top form" (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Best of British Composers Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury / Pro Arte Orchestra, George Weldon / Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox / etc. [ EMI Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2011 ] The very best of British music, featuring contributions from the finest British artists, including: Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, the late Richard Hickox and of course, the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. |
