Enrique Granados - Goyescas (Opera in three tableaux)

Enrique GRANADOS (1867-1916)

Goyescas – Opera in Three Tableaux (1915)

First performance on January 28, 1916 at the Metropolitan Opera

Nancy Fabiola Herrera (soprano)

Lidia Vinyes Curtis (mezzo soprano) 

Gustavo Peña (tenor)

José Antonio López (baritone)

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Josep Pons

rec. live, Barbican, London, January 2018

Ethel Smyth - Der Wald (Opera in One Act)

Ethel SMYTH (1858-1944)

Der Wald (1899-1901)

Natalya Romaniw (soprano) – Röschen

Claire Barnett-Jones (mezzo-soprano) – Iolanthe

Robert Murray (tenor) – Heinrich

Andrew Shore (baritone) – A Pedlar

Morgan Pearse (baritone) – Count Rudolf   

Matthew Brook (bass) – Peter

Rebecca Lea (soprano) – A Youth

Andrew Rupp (baritone) – First Huntsman

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Orchestra

John Andrews

rec. 2023, Studio 1, Maida Vale Studios, London

Bohuslav Martinu - The 6 Symphonies (Belohlavek; BBC Symphony)

Bohuslav MARTINU (1890-1959)

The Six Symphonies

Symphony No.1

Symphony No.2

Symphony No.3

Symphony No.4

Symphony No.5

Symphony No.6 'Fantaisies symphoniques'

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Jiří Bělohlávek

Recorded in the Barbican Hall, London, between October 2009 & May 2010

Anna Clyne - Mythologies (Orchestral Works)

Anna CLYNE (b.1980)

Mythologies

1-Masquerade (2013) 

2-This Midnight Hour (2015) 

3-The Seamstress, for viol, voice and orchestra (2014) 

4-Night Ferry (2012) 

5-<<rewind<< (2005, rev. 2006) 

Jennifer Koh (violin)

Irene Buckley (voice)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Marin Alsop 1 

Sakari Oramo 2-3

Andrew Litton 4 

André de Ridder 6

rec. live 7 September 2013, Royal Albert Hall (Masquerade), 7 May 2011, Barbican Hall (<<rewind<<), 11 January 2013, Barbican Hall (Night Ferry), 15 January 2016, Barbican Hall (The Seamstress) & 21 March 2018, Barbican Hall (This Midnight Hour)

Arnold Schoenberg - Chorus Music; A Survivor from Warsaw

Arnold SCHONBERG (1874 -1971)

Chorus Music with "A Survivor From Warsaw"

Friede auf Erden, Op.13

Kol Nidre, Op.39

Drei Volkslieder,Op.49

Zwei Kanons nach Goethe

Drei deutsche Volkslieder

Vier Stucke, Op.27

Drei Satiren, Op.28

Sechs Stucke, Op.35

Dremial tousend Jahre, Op.50A

Psalm 130, Op.50B

Modern Psalm No.1, Op.50C

A Survivor from Warsaw, Op.46 

John Shirley-Quirk (Narrator) 

Günther Reich (Narrator)

BBC Singers  

BBC Chorus & Symphony Orchestra 

Pierre Boulez

Tracks 1-1, 2-1 to 2-7, 2-14 and 2-15 recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios, 8 September 1982.

Tracks 1-2, 2-8 to 2-13 and 2-16 recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios, 19 February 1984.

Tracks 1-3 to 1-10 recorded at EMI Studios, London, 26 October 1986.

Track 2-17 recorded at EMI Studios, London, 23 September 1976.

David Matthews - In the Dark Times; Chaconne

David MATTHEWS (b.1943)

In The Dark Time Op.38 (1984-5)

Chaconne Op.43 (1986-7)

BBC Symphony Orcchestra

Jac Van Steen

Recorded between 26-29 May 1998

Matthew Taylor - Piano Trio; String Quartet No.3; Confict and Consolation

Matthew TAYLOR (b. 1964)

Piano Trio Op. 17 (1993-94) 

String Quartet No. 3 Op. 18 (1995) 

Conflict and Consolation Op. 19 (1996) 

Lowbury Piano Trio 

(Pauline Lowbury, violin; Ursula Smith, cello; Elizabeth Burley, piano)

Schidlof Quartet 

(Ofer Falk and Rafael Todes, violins; Graham Oppenheimer, viola; Oleg Kogan, cello)

Members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra

Martyn Brabbins

rec. St. George’s, Bristol, 10 November 1997 (Piano Trio); 

Music Department, University of Exeter, 19 April 1997 (String Quartet No. 3); 

St. Augustine’s Church, Kilburn, 13 November 1996 (Conflict and Consolation). DDD

 

Grazyna Bacewicz - Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4; Overture

Grażyna BACEWICZ (1909-1969)

Orchestral works Vol 1

Symphony No 3 (1952)

Symphony No 4 (1953)

Overture (1943)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Sakari Oramo

rec. 2023, Fairfield Halls, Croydon, UK

Lord Berners - Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement; Caprice péruvien

Lord BERNERS (1883-1950)

Caprice péruvien (arr. for orchestra by Constant Lambert)

Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement (based on Prosper Mérimée’s play, sung in English, 1920/23)

Ian Caddy (baritone): Viceroy

Alexander Oliver (tenor): Martinez

John Whitfield (tenor): Balthasar

Cynthia Buchan (soprano): La Périchole

Thomas Lawlor (bass): Thomas d’Esquival

Anthony Smith (bass): Bishop of Lima

RTÉ Sinfonietta

David Lloyd Jones (Caprice)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Nicholas Cleobury (Le Carrosse )

rec. 16 August 1983, BBC Studio 1, Glasgow, Scotland (Caprice), 

10 January 1995, O’Reilly Hall, Dublin, Ireland (Le Carrosse)

Mark-Anthony Turnage - Fractured Lines

Mark-Anthony TURNAGE (b.1960)

Fractured Lines

Another Set To

Silent Cities

Four-Horned Fandango

Fractured Lines

Christian Lindberg, trombone

Evelyn Glennie, Peter Erskine, percussion

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Leonard Slatkin

Premier Recordings

Released 2002

John McCabe - Symphony No.4 "Of Time and the River"; Flute Concerto

John McCABE (1939-2015) 

Symphony No. 4 'Of Time and the River (1993-94)

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (1989/90)

Emily Beynon (Flute) 

BBC Symphony Orchestra 

Vernon Handley

Recorded in Studio 1, BBC Maida Vale, London, on 15, 16 December 1998

Eliott Carter - Late Works

Elliott CARTER (1908-2012)

Late Works

Interventions (2007) 

Dialogues (2003) 

Dialogues II (2010) 

Soundings (2005) 

Two Controversies and a Conversation (2011) 

Instances (2012) 

Epigrams (2012) 

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano: all except Instances) 

Colin Currie (percussion: Controversies) 

Isabelle Faust (violin: Epigrams) 

Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello: Epigrams)

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Oliver Knussen

rec. 2015, CBSO Centre, Birmingham (Dialogues, Controversies); 2016, Maida Vale Studio 1, London (Interventions, Soundings, Instances); 2016, Teldex Studio Berlin (Epigrams)

Johann Sebastian Bach - The Conductors’ Transcriptions

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)

The Conductors’ Transcriptions

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565

Orchestrated by Stanislav Skrowaczewski (1923-2017)

Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, from Cantata, BWV147

Orchestrated by Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985)

Herzlich tut mich verlangen: Chorale Prelude, BWV727

Orchestrated by Erich Leinsdorf (1912-1993)

Suite No. 6 for full orchestra

Orchestrated by Sir Henry Wood (1869-1944)

Air, from Suite No. 3, BWV1068

Orchestrated by Sir Malcolm Sargent (1895-1967)

Sheep May Safely Graze, from Cantata, BWV208

Orchestrated by Sir John Barbirolli (1899-1970)

Fantasia and Fugue in G minor, BWV542

Orchestrated by Dimitri Mitropoulos (1896-1960)

Ich ruf’ zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ: Chorale Prelude, BWV639

Orchestrated by Vittorio Gui (1885-1975)

Bist du bei mir:, BWV508, from Clavierbüchlein

Orchestrated by Otto Klemperer (1885-1973)

A Mighty Fortress is Our God: Chroale Prelude, BWV720

Orchestrated by Walter Damrosch (1862-1950)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Leonard Slatkin

Recorded 7-8 October 2003, All Saints’ Church, Tooting, London

Julian Anderson - Alhambra Fantasy

Julian ANDERSON (b.1967)

Alhambra Fantasy

Khorovod* (1994)

The Stations of the Sun (1998)

The Crazed Moon (1999)

Alhambra Fantasy* (2000)

Diptych (1990)

World Premiere Recordings

BBC Symphony Orchestra 

London Sinfonietta* 

Oliver Knussen

Release Date: 7th Aug 2006

Herbert Howells - Piano Concertos Nos.1 and 2

Herbert HOWELLS (1892-1983)

Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor Op.4

Piano Concerto No.2 in C major Op.39

Penguinski

Howard Shelley (piano

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Richard Hickox

Recording Venue: Watform Colloseum: 22 & 23 May 2000.

Roberto Gerhard - Symphony No.2; Concerto for Orchestra

Roberto GERHARD (1896-1970)

Concerto for Orchestra

Symphony No.2 

(Premier recording of original version)

BBc Symphony Orchestra

Matthias Bamert

Recording venue:  Blackheath Concert Halls; 4-5 December 1997 (Concerto for Orchestra)

 and 7-8 May 1998 (Symphony No.2)

Roberto Gerhard - Symphony No.1; Violin Concerto

Roberto GERHARD (1896-1970)

Violin Concerto

Symphony No. 1

 Olivier Charlier (Violin)

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Matthias Bamert

Recorded in: Blackheath Halls, London 8 January and 3 April 1997

Lennox Berkeley - Nelson (Opera in Three Acts)

Lennox BERKELEY (1903-1989) 

Nelson  

An Opera In Three Acts

Op.41 (1954)

Richard Angas (Bass) , 

Elizabeth Bainbridge (Mezzo-Soprano) , 

Brian Rayner Cook (Baritone) , 

Eiddwen Harrhy (Soprano) , 

David Johnston (Tenor) , 

Richard Jackson (Baritone) , 

Margaret Kingsley (Mezzo-Soprano) , 

Philip O'Reilly (Bass-Baritone) , 

Eric Shilling (Bass-Baritone) , 

Mary Thomas (Soprano)

BBC Singers

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Elgar Howarth

Samuel Barber - Vanessa (Opera Op.32)

Samuel BARBER (1910-1981)

Vanessa Op.32

An Opera in Three Acts (1954-57; revised 1964)

Libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti

Christine Brewer, William Burden, Neal Davies, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Simon Birchall, Susan Graham, Stephen Charlesworth

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Leonard Slatkin

Julian Anderson - The Comedy of Change; Heaven is Shy of Earth

Julian ANDERSON (b.1967)

The Comedy of Change (2009)*

Heaven is Shy of Earth (2006/2009-10)**

London Sinfonietta *

BBC Symphony Chorus**

BBC Symphony Orchestra**

Oliver Knussen* **

Susan Bickley (Mezzo soprano)**