JOHANN RUFINATSCHA
Orchestral Works Volume 1 (Incls 'Symphony No 6') BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Apr/2011 ] This is Volume 1 of a planned series of three, bringing to life the rarely heard but colourful music of the Austrian composer Johann Rufinatscha. The works presented here have never been recorded before, and are performed by the BBC Philharmonic... |
ALFREDO CASELLA
Orchestral Works Volume 2 BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / CD - released 20/May/2012 ] "[A notte alta] has a dark beauty and some striking sonorities. Martin Roscoe is the exquisite soloist here, and this atmospheric performance should win new friends for a work that is among Casella's best...Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic capture the... |
ALFREDO CASELLA
Orchestral Works Volume 3 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Musica Italiana / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "The performances are exceptional: even by their own standards, Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic have done nothing finer. (The Guardian) |
RACHMANINOV
The Rock Op 7 / Symphony No. 2, Op. 27 BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "A certain strength in this recording lies in its leader, Yuri Torchinsky, who will be very much at home with this Russian composer...The orchestra provides an excellent reading of the score." (MusicWeb May 2010) |
PROKOFIEV
The Stone Flower (Complete Ballet) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 26/May/2003 ] This first ever digital recording of Prokofiev's music for the ballet The Stone Flower is released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the composer's death. |
LISZT
Symphonic Works, Volume 1 (Incls Les Preludes & Orpheus) BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Sep/2005 ] The winning combination of the BBC Philharmonic and Gianandrea Noseda turns its attention to the music of Franz Liszt, in this first volume of orchestral works. |
RESPIGHI
Orchestral Works Vol 2: Buerlesca / Rossiniana / etc BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ Chandos / CD - released 24/Nov/2006 ] 'Performances of all four works are outstanding, with the Chandos sound bringing out the full richness of Respighi's writing. How sad that he died so young.' Gramophone |
LISZT
Symphonic Poems, Volume 2 (Incls Eine Faust-Symphonie) BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Jun/2006 ] "The recorded sound on this splendid disc is considerably superior, with greater depth and resonance, and the strings, especially in the Mephistophelian fugue, have a bite and attack that the older technology was unable to capture." (BBC comparing to... |
LISZT
Symphonic Poems, Volume 3 (Incls Mazeppa) BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Aug/2009 ] "Mazeppa is the most familiar of these works, and Noseda gives it a rousing performance… Noseda deals well with the often episodic nature of this music… He does this by an acute sense of pacing, so that each section seems to inhabit its natural... |
KARLOWICZ
Returning Waves / A Sorrowful Tale / Episode at a Masquerade BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 16/Nov/2005 ] 'The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra plays with typical musicianship and commitment for its dynamic conductor, and the recording is equally typical in being resonant and ripe.' International Record Review on CHAN 10171 |
KURT SCHWERTSIK
Baumgesänge, Op. 65 / Herr K. entdeckt Amerika, Op. 101 / Nachtmusiken, Op. 104 BBC Philharmonic / HK Gruber [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 21/Sep/2011 ] The works by the Austrian composer Kurt Schwertsik are characterised by his own particular exploration of tonality, and his sense of musical irony and humour. |
GRUBER
Frankenstein!! / Dancing in the Dark / etc BBC Philharmonic / HK Gruber [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Feb/2007 ] '…a virtually uncategorizable work, a zanily bedazzling collage of different influences and styles, ranging all the way from bar-room cabaret to operatic declamation … great fun.' Classic CD |
JAMES MacMILLAN
The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Symphony No. 3 'silence' BBC Philharmonic / James MacMillan [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Feb/2005 ] To everyone's amazement, MacMillan's work was greeted with a warmth and intensity rarely experienced in Britain after the death of Benjamin Britten. The work's success brought a new realisation: that it was possible for a modern composer to address... |
GEORGE ANTHEIL
Antheil: Symphonies Nos 3 & 6, etc BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds [ Chandos / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] The symphonic output of George Antheil, the self-proclaimed 'bad boy of music', is further investigated by the BBC Philharmonic and its Chief Guest Conductor, John Storgårds, in the second album of the series. |
SIBELIUS
Complete Symphonies (plus 'Three Late Fragments') BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "this is a fine and distinctive set from an orchestra playing consistently at somewhere near its best and conducted by a Sibelian of stature." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Orchestral) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No.11 'The Year 1905' BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] "There's much to commend John Storgårds' account of the Eleventh Symphony. He has a firm vision of the score and the splendid BBCPO executes this vision with incisive, committed playing." MusicWeb |
AARON COPLAND
Copland: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Ballets BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] "John Wilson shows an instinctive flair for Copland's syncopated and changing rhythms, and brings out all the music's broad humour and intimate poetry" (BBC Music Orchestral Choice - March 2016) |
JOAQUIN TURINA
Turina: Canto a Sevilla BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena [ CHANDOS / CD - released 2/Jun/2014 ] "This is one of the finest discs coming from the BBC Philharmonic in quite a while. Do try to hear it." ClassicsToday 9/9 |
ROBERTO GERHARD
Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote (complete ballet); Suite from 'Alegrías'; Pedrelliana BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Aug/2024 ] The Catalan Roberto Gerhard studied piano with Granados, and was the only Spanish composer to study with Arnold Schoenberg. It was, however, over twenty years before he committed himself to writing twelvetone music. In the interim, his output brought... |
J. S. BACH
Bach Transcriptions (arrangements by great composers) BBC Philharmonic / Leonard Slatkin [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Jul/2000 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Oct 2000) - Five Stars (*****) Classic CD (Oct 2000) |