Lyadov – Orchestral Works – Vassily Sinaisky

Anatol Lyadov (1855-1914):
Baba Yaga, op.56
From the Apocalypse, op.66
Polonaise, op.55
The Enchanted Lake, op.62
Mazurka 'Village Scene by the Inn', op.19
Kikimora, op.63
Eight Russian Folksongs, op.58
Scherzo, op.16
Polonaise, op.49

BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky - conductor

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Bartok – The Piano Concertos – Bavouzet

celebrating 3 years of posts

Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Piano Concerto no.1, Sz 83
Piano Concerto no.2, Sz 95
Piano Concerto no.3, Sz 119

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet - piano
BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda - conductor

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Shostakovich – Film Music – Vassily Sinaisky (Vol.3)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) - film music (Vol.3):
Suite from "Hamlet"
from "The Unforgettable Year 1919" *
Suite from "Five Days, Five Nights"
Suite from "The Young Guard"

Martin Roscoe - piano *
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky - conductor

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Dohnanyi – Piano Concerto no.2, Violin Concerto no.2, Harp Concertino – Matthias Bamert

Ernő von Dohnányi (1877-1960):
Violin Concerto no.2 in C minor
Concertino for Harp and Chamber Orchestra
Piano Concerto no.2 in B minor

James Ehnes - violin
Clifford Lantaff - harp
Howard Shelley - piano
BBC Philharmonic
Matthias Bamert - conductor

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'Stokowski's Mussorgsky' – Matthias Bamert

Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) / Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977):
A Night on the Bare Mountain
Boris Goudonov: Symphonic Synthesis
Entr'acte to Act IV of Kovanschchina
Pictures at an Exhibition

BBC Philharmonic
Matthias Bamert - conductor

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Shostakovich – Film Music – Vassily Sinaisky (Vol.2)

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) - film music (Vol.2):
Suite from 'The Golden Mountain', Op.30
Suite from 'The Gadfly', Op.97
Volochayev Days, Op.48

BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky - conductor

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Dohnányi – Symphonic Works – Matthias Bamert

Ernő von Dohnányi (1877-1960):
Suite in F sharp minor, op.19
Variations on a Nursery Theme for Piano and Orchestra, op.25
The Veil of Pierrette, op.18 - suite

Howard Shelley - piano
BBC Philharmonic
Matthias Bamert - conductor

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Fauré – Orchestral Works – Yan Pascal Tortelier

Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Masques and Bermagasques op. 112
Ballade for Piano and Orchestra op. 19
Pavane op. 50
Preldue to Penelope
Fantasie for Flute and Orchestra op. 79 (orch.: L. Aubert)
Elegie for Cello and Orchestra op. 24
Dolly Suite op. 56 (orch.: H. Rabaud)

Kathryn Stott - piano
Richard Davis - flute
Peter Dixon - cello
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier - conductor

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Dohnányi – Piano Concerto no.1, Ruralia Hungarica – Matthias Bamert

Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960):
Ruralia hungarica, op.32b
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no.1, op.5

Howard Shelley - piano
BBC Philharmonic
Matthias Bamert - conductor

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Shostakovich – Film Music – Vassily Sinaisky

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) - film music (Vol.1):
Fragments from the music to the Maxim Trilogy, Op.50a
Music from 'The man with a gun', Op.53
Music from 'A girl alone', Op.26
Music from 'King Lear', Op.137

Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky - conductor

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Glinka – Orchestral Works – Vassily Sinaisky

Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Capricio brillante
Overtute in D Major
Souvenir d'une nuit d'été à Madrid
Symphony on Two Russian Themes
Kamarinskaya
Overture to 'Ruslan and Lyudmila'
Suite from 'Ruslan and Lyudmila'
Valse-Fantasie

BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky - conductor

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Dohnányi – Symphony No.1, American Rhapsody – Matthias Bamert

Ernő von Dohnányi (1877-1960):
Symphony No.1 in D minor, op.9
American Rhapsody, op.47

BBC Philharmonic
Matthias Bamert - conductor

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Bach – Transcriptions – Leonard Slatkin

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Passacaglia and Fuge in C minor BWV 582 (orch.: Ottorino Respighi)
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 645 (orch.: Sir Granville Bantock)
Preludium and Fuge in C major BWV 545 (orch.: Arthur Honegger)
O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sünde groß, BWV 622 (orch.: Max Reger)
Fantasia and Fuge in C minor BWV 537 (orch.: Sir Edward Elgar)
Die 'große' Fuge (Wir glauben all' an einen Gott, BWV 680) (orch.: Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Chaconne from Partita Nr. 2 in D minor BWV 1004 (orch.: Joseph Joachim Raff)
'Fuge a la Gigue' in G major BWV 577 (orch.: Gustav Holst)
Preludium und Fuge in E flat major 'St Anne', BWV 552 (orch.: Arnold Schoenberg)

BBC Philharmonic
Leonard Slatkin - conductor

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Lalo – Works for Violin and Orchestra – Olivier Charlier

Édouard Lalo (1823-1892):
Overture "Le Roi d'Ys"
Violin Concerto in F major, op.20
Scherzo in D minor
"Concert russe" for Violin and Orchestra, op.29

Olivier Charlier - violin
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier - conductor

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Karłowicz – Symphonic Poems – Gianandrea Noseda

remembering Mieczysław Karłowicz on the anniversary of his death

(11 December 1876 – 8 February 1909)

Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876-1909):
Returning Waves, op.9 - symphonic poem
A Sorrowful Tale, op.13
Episode at a Masquerade, op.14

BBC Philharmonic
Gianandrea Noseda - conductor

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Hindemith – Symphonia Serena, Symphony 'Die Harmonie der Welt' – Yan Pascal Tortelier

Paul Hindemith (1895-1963):
Symphonia Serena
Symphony "Die Harmonie der Welt"

BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier - conductor

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Stokowski's Symphonic Bach – Matthias Bamert

remembering Leopold Stokowski on the anniversary of his death

(18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977)

Bach / Stokowski:
Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565
Aria (Air on a G string) from Orchestral Suite No.3 BWV 1068
Little Fugue in G minor BWV 578
Sheep may safely graze from Cantata No. 208
Prelude in B minor BWV 869
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor BWV 582
Siciliano (from BWV 1017)
Mein Jesu BWV 478
Chorale from the Easter Cantata BWV 4
Adagio in C from BWV 564
Komm suesser Tod BWV 478
Wir glauben all an einen Gott (Giant Fugue) BWV 690

BBC Philharmonic
Matthias Bamert - conductor

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Arensky – Symphony No.2 – Vassily Sinaisky

Anton Arensky (1861-1901):
Overture to "Un songe sur le Volga", op.16
Introduction to "Nal and Damayanti", op.47
Suite No.3 "Variations", op.33
Intermezzo for Orchestra, op.13
Symphony No.2 in A major, op.22

BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky - conductor

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Korngold – Sursum Corda, Sinfonietta – Bamert

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957):
Sursum Corda, op.13
Sinfonietta, op.5

BBC Philharmonic
Matthias Bamert - conductor

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Lili Boulanger – Choral Symphonic Works – Yan Pascal Tortellier

remembering Lili Boulanger on her birthday

(21 August 1893 – 15 March 1918)

Lili Boulanger (1893-1918):
Psaume 24 *
Faust et Hélène +
D'un soir triste
D'un matin de printemps
Psaume 130: Du fond de l'abîme #

Lynne Dawson - soprano +
Ann Murray - mezzo-soprano #
Bonaventura Bottone - tenor +
Neil MacKenzie - tenor * #
Jason Howard - bass +
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus * #
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortellier - conductor

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