BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra is Scotland's national broadcasting orchestra and considered one of the leading orchestras in Europe. It is one of the five full-time BBC orchestras, and the oldest full-time radio orchestra in Scotland. While most of its performances are in studio for the BBC, it has enjoyed success performing throughout the U.K. and internationally.
The BBC SSO was founded as the BBC Scottish Orchestra in 1935 by conductor and composer Ian Whyte while he served as the first head of music in Scotland for the BBC. Originally located in Edinburgh, the orchestra moved in 1938 to its newly built home in Glasgow. Throughout World War II, the orchestra continued broadcasting its live studio performances for the BBC Home and World Services. Following the war, Whyte expanded the size of the orchestra and in 1948 began the orchestra's annual trip to perform in the Edinburgh Festival. However, the majority of its performances remained in studio.
In 1960, Norman Del Mar was named principal conductor. In 1961, Del Mar lead the BBC Scottish Orchestra, along with the Scottish National Orchestra, in the U.K. premiere of Stockhausen's Gruppen für drei orchester. The following year he would lead the orchestra in its first performance at the BBC Proms. The orchestra expanded further under Del Mar, and in 1963 was renamed the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Following Del Mar's departure in 1965, the BBC SSO had a number of principal conductors, including James Loughran (1965-1971), Christopher Seaman (1971-1977), and Jerzy Maksymiuk (1983-1993). In 2003, Ilan Volkov became the youngest chief conductor of a BBC orchestra; during Volkov's tenure, the orchestra moved to its new home at City Halls in Glasgow. He served as chief conductor until 2009. In 2016, Thomas Dausgaard was named chief conductor with a contract running through 2022.
In the 1990s, while continuing to perform for BBC programming, the BBC SSO began performing more often in public. It went on international tours across Europe, the Americas, India, and China. The orchestra also attended more festivals, including the Cheltenham Festival and the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
Alongside its live broadcast performances, the BBC SSO has released a multitude of commercial recordings, with a majority on the Hyperion label. The BBC SSO under Dausgaard released a recording of Sibelius' Kullervo in 2019 on Hyperion.
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York Bowen: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 46)
Danny Driver, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 nov. 2008
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Schumann: Violin Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto 13)
Anthony Marwood, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Boyd
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 31 août 2012
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Walton: Violin Concerto, Partita & Hindemith Variations
Anthony Marwood, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 30 juin 2017
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Parry & Stanford: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 12)
Piers Lane, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 21 nov. 1995
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MacDowell: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 etc. (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 25)
Seta Tanyel, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 mars 2001
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Stojowski & Wieniawski: Violin Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto 20)
Bartłomiej Nizioł, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 29 juil. 2016
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Mackenzie: Orchestral Music incl. Twelfth Night and Coriolanus
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 févr. 1995
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Stanford: Violin Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto 2)
Anthony Marwood, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 nov. 2000
5 de Diapason24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bortkiewicz: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 sept. 2002
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Coleridge-Taylor & Somervell: Violin Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto 5)
Anthony Marwood, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 févr. 2005
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Hubay: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto 6)
Hagaï Shaham, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 févr. 2006
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Ferdinand David: Violin Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto 9)
Hagaï Shaham, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 27 sept. 2010
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Lyapunov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 etc. (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 30)
Hamish Milne, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 oct. 2002
5 de Diapason16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Moszkowski & Karłowicz: Violin Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto 4)
Tasmin Little, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 avr. 2004
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Zarzycki & Żeleński: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 59)
Jonathan Plowright, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 31 mars 2013
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Hindemith: Complete Viola Music, Vol. 3 – Music for Viola and Orchestra
Lawrence Power, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 31 janv. 2011
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Rubinstein: Piano Concerto No. 4 – Scharwenka: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 38)
Marc-André Hamelin, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 oct. 2005
9 de Classica-Répertoire16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Wooden Prince, Sz. 60 (Final Version): I. Introduction
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Classique - Paru chez Onyx Classics le 8 mars 2024
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Frederic Lamond: Symphony in A Major & Other Works
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 mars 2004
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Dubois: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 60)
Cédric Tiberghien, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Manze
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 30 juin 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Wallace: Creation Symphony & Other Orchestral Works
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins
Classique - Paru chez Hyperion le 1 nov. 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo