STRAVINSKY
Le Sacre Du Printemps [The Rite of Spring] / The Firebird Ballet Suite Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Simonov [ Royal Philharmonic / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "There are other versions that will over dramatize this incredible work and occasionally more incisive strident hammer blows but seldom will the impact be as great as the beautifull playing and recording quality in this version." (SACD.net) |
STRAVINSKY
Le Sacre Du Printemps [The Rite of Spring] / The Firebird Ballet Suite Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Simonov [ Royal Philharmonic / SACD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] "Musical, detailed and a huge acoustic...The Firebird has the silkiest string tone Ive yet heard" SACD.net |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture / Capriccio Italien / 1812 Overture / etc Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Simonov [ Royal Philharmonic / CD - released 10/Oct/2008 ] "The recording quality was first rate and so is the playing." (SA-CD.net) |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Highlights) / Lieutenant Kije / 'Classical' Symphony Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Simonov (Conductor) [ Alto / CD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] "The Suites do not conform to the order of their playing in the ballet and often Prokofiev (eg. Montagues and Capulets / Dance of the Knights) incorporates passages from other scenes. One of the highlights is Death of Tybalt which is a conflation of... |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4 (1946-1952) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Historical Great Conductors / CD - released 28/Feb/2005 ] "Naxos have put us in their debt by restoring these performances to the catalogue. Strongly recommended." MusicWeb |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony no 9 in D Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Gilbert [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice November 2009 - Mahler collectors surely will want to hear this recording right away, but less specialized collectors also should give it serious consideration as a prime choice among available Ninths" (10/10... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
The Bolt (Complete Ballet) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2004 ] "Rozhdestvensky plainly believes passionately in this score, and he draws an electrifying performance from the Swedish orchestra...demonstration sound." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
HUGO ALFVEN
The Swedish Rhapsodies (Nos 1 - 3) / Suite from Bergakungen Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/1995 ] "Jarvi draws playing of total distinction from the Stockholm orchestra" (BBC Music) |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: La Valse and other works Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Sakari Oramo [ BIS SACD / CD - released 25/Feb/2022 ] Sakari Oramo and the RSPO revel in Ravel's masterful orchestrations. |
CARL NIELSEN
Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 'Sinfonia espansiva' Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Dec/2014 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Finalist 2016 - Orchestral |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 / Cockaigne Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 21/Jun/2014 ] It was during the winter of 1900-01 that Elgar began to sketch what he hoped would turn into a symphony - his first. But the sketches were quickly absorbed into several shorter pieces, one of which was the Cockaigne overture. |
CARL NIELSEN
Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 'The Four temperaments' / Symphony No. 6, 'Sinfonia semplice' Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] "A feisty, unfettered Second and a benchmark Sixth; a triumph for all concerned." (recording of the Month MusicWeb April 2015) |
ANDERS HILLBORG
Eleven Gates / King Tide / Exquisite Corpse / Dreaming River Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Sakari Oramo / Alan Gilbert [Exquisite Corpse] / Esa-Pekka Salonen [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] As demonstrated by the four works on this disc, the music of Anders Hillborg couples complexity with directness, sensuality with humour, hypnotic meditation with pulsating rhythms, and all is combined with an original sense of form and unfaltering... |
VICTORIA BORISOVA-OLLAS
Borisova-Ollas: Angelus Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, Andrey Boreyko, Martyn Brabbins [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Aug/2020 ] Born in Russia, Victoria Borisova-Ollashas lived in Sweden since 1993. In the international music press, she has been described as 'a composer with a sparkling individual voice' and an 'orchestrator of the greatest virtuosity'. |
RORBJORN IWAN LUNDQUIST
Lundquist: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 9 Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Umeå Symphony Orchestra, Stig Westerberg, Roy Goodman [ Sterling (Nimbus) / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] |
ELGAR
Symphony No. 2 / Sospiri / Elegy for Strings Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] As the present principal conductor of the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo has chosen works by Edward Elgar, a composer whose music he has been a fervent advocate of since his tenure at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Carl Davis
Movie Magic: Epics & Westerns [ Alto / CD - released 10/Sep/2012 ] |
HOLST
Holst: The Planets Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Barry Wordsworth [ Alto / CD - released 6/Aug/2007 ] In 1914 Gustav Holst began work on a new work tentatively named Seven Pieces for Large Orchestra. Holst had been considering the idea of composing a work on this scale with an astrological centre for some time; it began to take shape when he read... |
JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: Symphony No 1 / Pohjola's Daughter / Tapiola London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Kajanus [ Naxos Historical Kajanus Conducts Sibelius Vol 1 / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "Kajanus's understanding of Sibelius's novel structures is fully in evidence in that most mysterious of scores, Tapiola." Gramophone |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Also Sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan & Till Eulenspiegel Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras [ Alto / CD - released 10/Sep/2012 ] |