Edward Elgar - Symphony No. 1; Introduction and Allegro for Strings

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)

Symphony No. 1 in A flat

Introduction and Allegro for Strings

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Tadaaki Otaka

British Tone Poems Vol.1 (Austin, Alwyn, Bantock, Gurney, Balfour Gardiner, Vaughan Williams)

British Tone Poems - Volume 1

Frederic AUSTIN (1872-1952)

Spring. Symphonic Rhapsody (1902-07) 

William ALWYN (1905-1985)

Blackdown. A Tone Poem from the Surrey Hills (1926) 

Granville BANTOCK (1868-1946)

The Witch of Atlas. Tone Poem No 5 for Orchestra (1902) 

Ivor GURNEY (1890-1937)

A Gloucestershire Rhapsody for Orchestra (1919-21), ed. Philip Lancaster and Ian Venables 

Henry BALFOUR GARDINER (1877-1950)

A Berkshire Idyll for Small Orchestra (1913) 

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (1872-1958)

The Solent. Impression for Orchestra (1902-03) ed. James Francis Brown 

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Rumon Gamba

Recccorded:  14-16 September 2016, BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff

British Trombone Concertos (Jacob; Howarth; Bourgeois)

British Trombone Concertos

Gordon JACOB (1895-1984)

Concerto For Trombone And Orchestra

Elgr HOWARTH (1935-2025)

Concerto For Trombone And Orchestra

Derek BOURGEOIS (1941-2017)

Concerto For Trombone And Orchestra

Christian Lindberg (Trombone)

BBC National Orchestra Of Wales

Grant Llewellyn 

Recorded November & December 1993

Gavin Higgins - Horn Concerto; The Faerie Bride

Gavin HIGGINS (b. 1983)

Horn Concerto (2023)

Fanfare, Air and Flourishes for solo horn (2021)

The Faerie Bride (2021)*

Ben Goldscheider (horn)

Marta Fontanals-Simmons (mezzo-soprano); Roderick Williams (baritone)

Three Choirs Festival Chorus

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Martyn Brabbins*, Jaime Martin

rec. 2024, Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff (concerto) & the Concert Hall, Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, UK; live 23 July 2023, Gloucester Cathedral (Bride)

Christopher Gunning - Symphonies Nos. 2, 10 & 12

Chritopher GUNNING (1944-2023)

Symphony No 10 (2016)

Symphony No 2 (2003 revised 2018)

Symphony No 12 (2018)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Kenneth Woods

rec. live, 4-6 April 2019, Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, Wales

Arthur Bliss - A Colour Symphony; Violin Concerto

Arthur BLISS (1891-1975)

A Colour Symphony (1921-22, rev. 1932) 

Violin Concerto (1953-55) 

Lydia Mordkovitch (violin)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Richard Hickox

rec. Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 17-18 January 2006

Edison Denisov - Alto Saxophone Concerto; Peinture; Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano

Edison DENISOV (1929-1996)

Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra

Peinture 

Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano

Claude Delangle (saxophone)

Odile Delangle (piano)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Tadaaki Otaka

Recorded1994

at Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales

British Cello Concertos - Joubert; Simpson; Wright

John JOUBERT (1927-2019)

Concerto in Two Movements for Cello and Chamber Orchestra, Op.171

Robert SIMPSON (1921-1997)

Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

Christopher WRIGHT (1954-2009)

Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra

Raphael Wallfisch (cello)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

William Boughton

Recorded 11-13 December 2013 in BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff

Nicholas Maw - Spring Music; Voice of Memory; Sonata for Solo Violin

Nicholas MAW (1935-2009) 

Spring Music - for Orchestra (1982 rev.1984)*

Voice of Memory - Variations for orchestra (1995)*

Sonata For Solo Violin (1996-97)*

Harriet Mackenzie (solo violin)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

William Boughton 

* Firsst recordings

William Walton - Christopher Columbus; Hamlet and Ophelia

Sir William WALTON (1902 - 1983)

Christopher Columbus - 

A Musical Journey (1942) (concert version arr. 2002 Carl Davis and Patrick Garland)

Hamlet and Ophelia (1947)  

(Suite arr. 1967 Muir Matheson from the Hamlet film score.)

Julian Glover, speaker ... Christopher Columbus

Jamie Glover, speaker ... ironic spirit / herald

Caroline Carragher, soprano ... Isabella

Jean Rigby, Mezzo-soprano ... Beatriz / woman

Philip Lloyd Holtam, speaker ... Sailor / voice

Craig Ogden, guitar; Tom Randle, tenor solo; Roderick Williams, baritone solo

BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales

Richard Hickox

Nick Whiting, leader; Adrian Partington, chorus master

Recorded in Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, UK, 17 May 2004. 

Cipriani Potter - Symphony No.1; Overture to Cymbelene; Introduzione e Rondo

Cipriani POTTER (1792-1871)

Symphony No 1 in G minor (1826) 

Introduzione e Rondo (alla militaire) for Piano and Orchestra (1827) 

Cymbeline: Overture (1836) 

Claire Huangci (piano), 

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Howard Griffiths

rec. April-May 2019, BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff

British Piano Concertos: Addison, Bush, Maconchy, Searle, Rubbra, Benjamin

British Piano Concertos

John ADDISON (1920-1998)

Wellington Suite for Two Horns, Piano, Timpani, Percussion and Strings (1959)

Arthur BENJAMIN (1893-1960)

Concertino for Piano and Orchestra (1927) 

Elizabeth MACONCHY (1907-1994)

Concertino for Piano and String Orchestra (1949)

Humphrey SEARLE (1915-1982)

Concertante for Piano, Percussion and String Orchestra (1954) 

Edmund RUBBRA (1901-1986)

Nature’s Song, Tone Poem for Orchestra, Organ and Pianoforte (1920) 

Geoffrey BUSH (1920-1998)

A Little Concerto on Themes of Thomas Arne for Pianoforte and Strings (1939) 

Simon Callaghan (piano)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Martyn Brabbins

rec. 29-30 June 2021, Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, UK

The Film Music of Brian Easdale

Brian EASDALE (1909-1995)

Film Music

The Red Shoes - Ballet (1948)

Kew Gardens - Suite for Chamber Orchestra (1936) 

Black Narcissus - Suite for Chorus and Orchestra (1947) 

The Battle of the River Plate - Prelude and March for Orchestra (1956) 

Adventure On!- Suite for Orchestra - A musical progress for Sir John Barbirolli and the Hallé Orchestra (1957) 

Gone to Earth - Suite for Chorus and Orchestra (1950) 

BBC National Chorus of Wales

Adrian Partington

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Rumon Gamba

Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot) (Red Shoes)

rec. BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Bay, 

Cardiff, Wales, 8-10 March 2010

Matthew Taylor - Symphonies Nos.4 and 5; Romanza for Strings

Matthew TAYLOR (b. 1964)

Symphony No 4, Op 54 (2015-16)*

Romanza for strings, Op 36a (2006)** 

Symphony No 5, Op 59 (2018) 

BBC National Orchestra of Wales * ** 

English Symphony Orchestra

Kenneth Woods

rec. June 2019, St Jude’s on the Hill, London; January 2020, 

BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff, Wales

The Film Music of Arthur Benjamin and Leighton Lucas

The Film Music of Arthur Benjamin and Leighton Lucas

Arthur BENJAMIN (1893-1960)

Suite from The Conquest of Everest (1953) 

The Storm Clouds Cantata from The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

Waltz and Hyde Park Galop from An Ideal Husband (1947) 

Leighton LUCAS (1903-1982)

Portrait of the Amethyst from Yangtse Incident (1957) 

Dedication from Portrait of Clare (1950) 

Stage Fright Rhapsody from Stage Fright (1950)

Suite from Ice Cold in Alex (1958) 

This Is York (1953) 

March-Prelude from Target for Tonight (1941) 

Abigail Sara (mezzo)

Rob Court (organ)

Côr Caerdydd/Adrian Partington

Gwawr Owen

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Rumon Gamba

rec. BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff, Wales, 3-5 October 2011. DDD

Lutoslawski - Symphony No.3; Chantefleur et Chantefables

Witold LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)

Symphony No.3

Chantefleurs et Chantefables (Songflowers and songfables), for soprano & orchestra

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Valdine Anderson (Soprano)

Tadaaki Otaka 

Rubbra - Symphonies 3 and 7

Edmund Rubbra 

Symphony No. 3, Op. 49

Symphony No. 7 in C, Op. 88

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Richard Hickox

Rubbra- Symphony No.1, A Tribute, Sinfonia Concertante

Edmund RUBBRA (1901-1986)

Symphony  No.1

A Tribute

Sinfonia concertante *

* Howard Shelley, piano

BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Richard Hickox

Edmund Rubbra - Symphonies Nos.2 & 6

 

Edmund  RUBBRA (1901-1986)

Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 45; 

Symphony No. 6, Op. 80. 

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Richard Hickox.

Kenneth Leighton - Orchestral Works Vol.2

Kenneth Leighton 

Orchestral Works Vol.2

Symphony No.2 (Sinfonia mistica)

Te Deum laudamus [orchestral version]

Sarah Fox (soprano)

BBC National Chorus of Wales

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Richard Hickox