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SAMUEL BARBER
Cello Concerto / Medea (Orchestral Works Vol 2) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop, Conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2001 ] Volume Two of Barber's orchestral music on Naxos |
SAMUEL BARBER
Barber: The School for Scandal Overture / Symphonies 1 & 2 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Marin Alsop (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2001 ] "the two Symphonies are played by the Scottish orchestra with passionate commitment and deep lyrical feeling." Rosette (highest rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
ANTON BRUCKNER
The Complete Bruckner Symphonies Royal Scottish National Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Georg Tintner, conductor [ Naxos / 12 CD Box Set - released 22/Dec/2015 ] "The pattern of the later symphonies is set here, emotional slow movement, galumphing scherzo and all. But there are moments of almost Sullivanesque sparkle. Tintner's account is wonderfully cohesive and fresh." - The Sunday Times (Paul Driver), May |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Complete Symphonic Poems (Incls 'The Golden Spinning Wheel' & 'The Wood Dove') Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/1999 ] "excitingly played and conducted" (ClassicsToday) |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / The Miraculous Mandarin, (suite) / The Wooden Prince Suite / etc Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2014 ] This '2for1' reissue brings together the best performances by Neeme Järvi of the music by Bartók, taken from his extraordinarily prolific recording career with Chandos Records. |
WAGNER
Parsifal (an orchestral quest) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2010 ] "The Tannhauser excerpt...really begins to boil in the infamous ballet music, giving the sonorous RSNO brass something they can finally tuck into with relish" BBC Music Magazine, August 2010 ** |
WAGNER
The Ring, an orchestral adventure (with Siegfried Idyll) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2008 ] "Dutch composer Henk de Vlieger describes his symphonic synthesis of the complete Ring cycle as "An Orchestral Adventure"… A bold concept, which in a performance as fine as this works remarkable well…" (Gramophone) |
LÉO DELIBES
Delibes: Ballet Suites Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] "The RSNO is on scintillating form, with idiomatically characterful woodwind, vibrant brass, luminescent strings and crisp percussion" Orchestral Choice - BBC Music Magazine Christmas 2020 |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Josephslegende / etc Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "The RSNO under Neeme Jarvi perform it with aplomb and with plenty of colour derived from the massive palette of orchestration...The Love Scene from Feuersnot and the vigorous Festmarsch make for useful fill-ups." (Gramophone) |
SERGE PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphonies 3 & 4 (original 1930 version) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
WAGNER
Overtures and Preludes Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Oct/2013 ] " Järvi is a master of this repertoire and he continually conjures splendid playing from his Scottish orchestra." (Gramophone) |
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
An Introduction to Khachaturian: (Incls 'Spartacus Ballet Suite No 2' & Symphony No. 3) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi / Fedor Glushchenko [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] 'Chandos has released a knockout, state of the art digital recording.' (American Record Guide) |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Best Of Delius (Incls 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra & 2 Aquarelles) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / English Northern Philharmonia / various conductors [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Frederick Delius had a strong champion in the conductor Sir Thomas Beecham, who praised the composer as "the last great apostle of romantic beauty in music". |
HUGO ALFVEN
Alfven: Festival Overture, Op. 25 / Symphony No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 7 / etc Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Niklas Willen [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] "Recorded in Henry Wood Hall, the sound is very truthful, capturing many details among the winds, giving due prominence to the combined brass sections and laying the heavy drums in its rightful place in the whole picture." Flying Inkpot |
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 1 / Prince Rostislav, symphonic poem (1891) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Owain Arwel Hughes [ BIS / CD - released 20/Feb/2007 ] Owain Arwel Hughes, known to BIS fans for his pioneering recordings of Vagn Holmboe's symphonies, is an inspired guide to this youthful work with the committed support of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Harmonielehre / Doctor Atomic Symphony / Doctor Atomic Symphony Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] "The music is played with huge élan by the RSNO...The results are highly charged and exciting performances of three works that place Adams at the very forefront of American contemporary classical music and deservedly so." MusicWeb |
Royal Scottish National Orchestra Petter Sundkvist, conductor
Stenhammer-Symphony No. 2 / Excelsior! [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Nov/2002 ] "persuasive and vibrant readings...plenty of fire and passion" |
THOMAS WILSON
Symphonies Nos. 2 & 5 Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Rory MacDonald (cond) [ Linn Records / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] Described by The Herald as Scotland's leading modern symphonist, composer Thomas Wilson (1927-2001) was central to the renaissance of 20th-century music in Scotland. Wilson's music was championed by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra throughout... |
BERLIOZ
Overtures (Includes 'Le Carnaval Romain' & 'Le Corsaire') Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2002 ] "This is music-making with plenty of character, unflagging gusto, and a forthright sensibility" Fanfare |
ROUSSEL
Bacchus et Ariane (Bacchus and Ariadne) / Symphony No. 3 Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Stephane Deneve [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Jun/2007 ] "Denève persuades his Scottish forces to play with real affection and, where appropriate, real force....this new Naxos carves a niche firmly for itself on any serious record collector's shelves. The recording (Tim Handley) is fabulous; there is... |
