Since you are interested in Symphony No. 2 / In the South, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Appalachia / The Song of the High Hills BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2011 ] "This is a magnificent, clear-edged recording of two challenging, problematic works, performed here with vibrancy and confidence...Davis's diligent control of this extraordinary material makes for compelling listening." (Gramophone Award Finalist... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (complete ballet) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, with James Ehnes (violin) [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "The Bergen Philharmonic proves an ideal instrument for one of Tchaikovsky's most magical scores. Neeme Jarvi's every demand is met with immaculate playing, recorded in a warm but not too resonant acoustic." (BBC Music) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites / Nursery Suite / Dream Children Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson / Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 22/May/2007 ] 'The playing in Ulster is attractively spirited; the music-making engagingly combines refinement and warmth. The Nursery Suite is strikingly well characterised, and with first-class digital sound this is highly recommendable.' Penguin Guide |
LENNOX & MICHAEL BERKELEY
Symphony No. 4 / The Garden of Earthly Delights / Cello Concerto Alban Gerhardt (cello) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] This third volume in Chandos' successful Berkeley series, featuring music by Lennox and Michael Berkeley, is released to celebrate the centenary of Sir Lennox Berkeley's birth. |
ELGAR
Symphony No. 1 Op. 55 / Sonata for Organ, Op. 28 BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "Hickox and his players do Elgar proud on a spectacular disc. Richard Hickox is back on sovereign form for Elgar. The BBC Welsh forces are world-class here, in a reading that pulses along with clarity and splendour, building to a gloriously... |
ELGAR
Symphony No. 3 / So Many True Princesses Who Have Gone / etc BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] 'I'm more favourably inclined towards this magnificent SACD release because it seems to lay out its typical Elgarian indirectness in a more logical and easily discerned way..No serious Elgarian should even think of passing it by.' American Record Guide |
TIPPETT
The Rose Lake / Ritual Dances BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Oct/2005 ] To coincide with the centenary year of Tippett's birth, and following on from his highly successful recordings of the symphonies and other orchestral works, Richard Hickox has recorded two of the composer's most famous orchestral works, The Rose Lake... |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 / Japanese Suite, Op. 33 / Beni Mora, Op. 29 No. 1 BBC Philharmonic & Manchester Chamber Choir, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "'Mars', one of his best performances, is quite fast, rigidly controlled, frighteningly bleak and with a cold sound...Even the terrific climax, with ffff organ chords, has a barren quality to it." (International Record review) |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Concerto for Orchestra / Symphony No. 3 / Chain 3 BBC Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "On this evidence, Edward Gardner and the BBC SO are a dream team, pressing the claims of a composer who has been neglected since his death in 1994...This performance sets a seal on a disc that leaves one eager for its successors" Gramophone Magazine |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 / Concert Overture BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner, with Louis Lortie, piano [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 Orchestral Finalist |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Orchestral Works 4 [Incls 'Symphony No. 1'] BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Michael Collins (clarinet), Tasmin Little (violin) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "Gardner's interpretative decisions vary from Lutoslawski's, swifter in the fast movements, very slow in the Poco adagio...The composer had the balance between them just right but Gardner is very persuasive...Highly recommended." Editor's Choice Gram |
JOSEF SUK
Orchestral works: Praga, Symphonic Poem / A Summer's Tale BBC Symphony Orchestra. Jirí Belohlávek [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2012 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2013: Orchestral |
JOSEF SUK
Symphony in E major, Op. 14 / The Ripening, Op. 34 BBC Symphony Orchestra / Jirí Belohlávek [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "Ripening, a symphonic poem, is a highly charged piece, full of poignant emotion and anguished outbursts. Its power is echoed by the First Symphony...in which Belohlávek inspires the BBCSO to a blazing performance." The Telegraph, 2nd September 2010 **** |
J.S. BACH
The Conductors' Transcriptions (Incls Toccata and Fugue in D minor) BBC Symphony Orchestra. Leonard Slatkin, conductor [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2004 ] Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in multi-channel sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - "Bach poached from the organ loft, or ferried away from the recital stage and magnified to cinematic proportions" Editor's Choice Gramophone Oct 2004 |
LUCIANO BERIO
Orchestral realisations of Schubert, Brahms & Mahler Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2012 ] "Gardner shapes it all beautifully, and his soloists - Michael Collins in the Sonata, baritone Roderick Williams in the songs - are suave and refined." (Guardian) |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Overtures Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "If you're looking for a set of Berlioz overtures then this disc has very strong claims on your attention." (MusicWeb March 2013) |
ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV
Grechaninov: Passion Week, Op. 58 Caroline Markham (mezzo-soprano) Paul Davidson (tenor) Bryan Taylor (baritone) / Phoenix Bach Choir / Kansas City Chorale / Charles Bruffy [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] "The massed forces of the Phoenix Bach Choir and the Kansas City Chorale make a formidable choral machine…If Grechaninov's music is sentimental in the best sense, this performance has an integrity and honesty to it which I found profoundly... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5 / Valiant for truth / Prelude and Fugue in C minor / etc Carys Lane (soprano) Ian Watson (organ) Malcolm Hicks (organ) / Richard Hickox Singers; London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2003 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format - PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. - "this stimulating VW compilation undoubtedly deserves a hearty welcome." (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John's Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "The boy treble voices bring lustre and freshness to the sonority, and the singing throughout is stirring and polished." The Daily Telegraph |
MENDELSSOHN / GRUBER / RUTTER / WARLOCK / TRADITIONAL / etc
On Christmas Night: Carols from St John’s College, Cambridge The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha, with John Challenger (organ) [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "This is a warming disc, eloquently sung by the choir of St John's. There are some core Christmas hymns, but the bulk of the 24-track programme comprises some of the modern classics of the repertoire such as Elizabeth Poston's Jesus Christ the Apple... |