EDWARD GREGSON
Orchestral Works [incls 'Concerto for Orchestra'] Richard Watkins (horn) Wissam Boustany (flute) / BBC Philharmonic, Bramwell Tovey [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Jun/2014 ] "There really is something for everyone in this disc - glorious Arnoldesque tunes, stimulatingly serious expression, brilliant orchestration: a very Gregsonian cocktail. Enjoy!" (Gramophone) |
GEORGE ENESCU
Enescu: The Three Symphonies / Romanian Rhapsodies / etc BBC Philharmonic, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos / CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2017 ] From the Bolshoi to La Scala, from the Stockholm Philharmonic to the Vienna Symphony, the forty-five-year carrier and notably famous supple stick technique of Gennady Rozhdestvensky have made him one of hte most respected twentieth-century conductors... |
ALFREDO CASELLA
Complete Symphonies / etc BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2016 ] After being named Conductor of the Year at last year's Musical America Awards, Gianandrea Noseda has this year been appointed new chief conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington DC, taking up this new position at the start of the... |
RACHMANINOV
The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 / Symphony No. 1, Op. 13 / etc BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] 'Gianadnrea Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic have the work's measure and their performance has a full-blooded intensity and fire.' - BBC Music Magazine Orchestral Recording of the Month July 2008 |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Orchestral Works Vol 1: La Boutique Fantasque (complete ballet based on music by Rossini) / La pentola magica / etc BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] 'Playing that's full of zest fully matches Respighi's brilliance as an orchestrator.' (Gramophone 'Editor's Choice') |
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) |