DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 1 - Symphony No. 11, The Year 1905 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "This is pretty terrific on all counts. I recommend it accordingly, and look forward to the continuation of the cycle." (ClassicsToday 9/9) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 4 - Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "Petrenko's Shostakovich cycle goes from strength to strength...If there has been a finer account of the Tenth in recent years, I confess I must have missed it." Gramophone Award WINNER 2011 - Orchestral |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 5 - Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "This series… is developing into something really special. These RLPO Shostakovich recordings withstand comparisons with some of the greatest performances on disc." Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 6 - Symphonies Nos 6 & 12 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Oct/2011 ] "The deftness of the RLPO is admirable and the performance certainly rounds off in great style what is a very fine reading of the entire work...Petrenko and the RLPO and their commitment never wavers; nor does the excellence of the playing... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphonies 3, 4 & 6 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Onyx / 2 CD - released 9/May/2017 ] "The RLPO play their socks off and must rank as one of the finest 'Russian orchestras' in the UK today...I commend Petrenko's as the finest modern cycle of Tchaikovsky's symphonies currently available." Gramophone Disc of the Month March 2017 |
ROSSINI / TCHAIKOVSKY / SOUSA / ELGAR / PARRY / HOLST / VAUGHNA WILLIAMS
Last Night of the Proms Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Goldsmiths Choral Union, Philip Ellis, Robin Stapleton, Owain Arwel Hughes & David Arnold [ Orchid Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performs the ultimate British spectacular! This two-disc classical extravaganza is full of Pomp and Circumstance celebrating the best of British music plus other well-loved light classics. Featuring powerful Proms... |
MIKLOS ROZSA
Rozsa: Ben Hur, Julius Caesar & Quo Vadis Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Miklos Rozsa & Bernard Herrmann [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2010 ] "The whole disc is brilliantly played and as brilliantly recorded" (Gramophone on Ben Hur) |
ALEXANDER BORODIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Borodin: Symphony No.2 / Polovtsian Dances / Prince Igor Overture / Steppes Central Asia Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Ole Schmidt (conductor) [ Regis Records / CD - released 17/Aug/2005 ] "Too long neglected on disc.. Ole Schmidt and the Royal Philharmonic offers an outstanding version of the second symphony - beautifully played and recorded and with excellent and ideal fillers. One of the very finest at any price.." Penguin Guide... |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra / Two Portraits / The Miraculous Mandarin - Suite The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rafael Kubelik / The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 1/Feb/2000 ] "The Bartok Concerto for Orchestra is characterful...Compact Disc collector's will enjoy these performances." Gramophone |
JOHN DUFFY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Duffy: Heritage Symphonic Dances / Heritage Suite For Orchestra (with Bernstein: Dance Episodes from 'On the Town') Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Williams [ ASV / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] John Duffy has composed more than 300 works for symphony Orchestra, theater, television and film. |
EDVARD GRIEG
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grieg: Peer Gynt / Symphonic Dance No.2 / In Autumn / etc. Ilse Hollweg (soprano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Beecham Choral Society, Sir Thomas Beecham [ EMI Classics Studio Plus / CD - released 10/Oct/1993 ] "Beecham showed a very special feeling for this score and to hear (these excerpts) under his baton is a uniquely rewarding experience. Ilse Hollweg makes an excellent soloist." Rosette - Penguin Stereo Guide |
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Tolga Kashif
The Queen Symphony [ EMI Classics / DVD - released 1/Jan/2003 ] A symphony in six movements inspired by the music of Queen. Recorded live on 6th November 2002, Royal Festival Hall, London. Produced and directed by Gavin Taylor. Tolga Kashif is a London-based composer, and for this CD he has orchestrated... |
SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
Bantock: Celtic Symphony / Tone Poem No 5 'the witch of Atlas' / Hebridean Symphony Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Hyperion / CD - released 11/Nov/2000 ] 'Magnificently recorded and performed. When audiences are crying out for 'melodious music' how can such music as this have been ignored for so long?' (Gramophone) |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold - Symphonies Nos 1 & 5 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Conifer / CD - released 20/May/1996 ] "In Symphony No. 1 the expressive Andantino is perfectly judged and there is much else to enjoy in this reading, which is accompanied by a desirable version of the Fifth Symphony." MusicWeb |
SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bantock: Pagan Symphony / Fifine at the Fair / Two Heroic Ballads Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Hyperion / CD - released 4/Nov/2001 ] .'The performances are stunning, the recordings most sumptuous' (Gramophone) |
SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bantock: The Cyprian Goddess Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/May/2005 ] 'Outstanding. A sumptuous wallow for all unashamed Romantics' - BBC Music Magazine |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet / Capriccio Italien / Francesca da rimini Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca / CD - released 8/Oct/1989 ] "Recorded in the late '80s these recordings bring out their programmatic excitement and Ashkenazy clearly has command of the orchestral detail: recordings and performances stand up well against rival versions." Mr B. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Golden Age (Complete Ballet) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 21/Sep/2001 ] "..anyone with the least interest in Shostakovich, or ballet music, or Soviet music, or indeed Soviet culture as a whole, from investigating this weird and intermittently wonderful score. A really fascinating disc." Gramophone |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 'The Inextinguishable' & Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jan/2014 ] These two central works in Nielsen's production have now been selected for the first instalment of a complete Nielsen cycle by Sakari Oramo and his Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. |