Edward Gardner
Edward Gardner is an English conductor. In his childhood he was a chorister at Gloucester Cathedral, and he took lessons in clarinet, piano, and organ. After graduating from the King's School and Eton College, he attended the University of Cambridge as a choral scholar in the celebrated King's College Choir. He developed an interest in conducting at Eton and Cambridge, and pursued it at the Royal Academy of Music, where he studied under Colin Metters and graduated in 2000. He was the musical director of the Wokingham Choral Society from 1997 to 2002. At the invitation of Michael Gielen, Gardner became a répétiteur at the Salzburg Festival in 1999, and he also became assistant conductor of the Hallé Orchestra, working with Mark Elder. From 2004 to 2007, Gardner was the music director of Glyndebourne on Tour. He won the Young Artist prize of the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2005, and the following year he was named the music director of the English National Opera, a position he held until 2015. He was named principal guest conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 2010, and principal guest conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in 2013. He has recorded for EMI Classics, Glyndebourne, and Chandos.
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Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 1, 3 & Love Songs of Hafiz
Edward Gardner, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ben Johnson, BBC Symphony Chorus
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Nov 2014
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Holst: The Planets & Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Edward Gardner, National Youth Orchestra Of Great Britain, CBSO Youth Chorus
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Feb 2017
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Britten: Violin Concerto & Piano Concerto
Edward Gardner, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Shelley, Tasmin Little
Concertos - Released by Chandos on 1 May 2013
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Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Dance Suite & Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2
Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, James Ehnes, Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Nov 2017
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Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust (Live)
Opera - Released by London Philharmonic Orchestra on 3 Nov 2023
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Lutoslawski: Vocal & Orchestral Works
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Feb 2018
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Berlioz : Grande messe des morts, "Requiem" (Live)
Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir
Masses, Passions, Requiems - Released by Chandos on 5 Oct 2018
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Lutosławski: Symphony No. 1, Partita, Chain 2 & Preludia Taneczne
Edward Gardner, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Tasmin Little, Michael Collins
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Mar 2013
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Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 - Concert Overture
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Louis Lortie, Edward Gardner
Symphonic Music - Released by Chandos on 1 Jan 2013
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Szymanowski & Karlowicz: Violin Concertos
Edward Gardner, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Tasmin Little
Concertos - Released by Chandos on 1 Sep 2017
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Lutosławski: Orchestral Works III
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Paul Watkins, Edward Gardner
Symphonic Music - Released by Chandos on 1 Nov 2012
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Janáček: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Oct 2014
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos, Vol. 2
Edward Gardner, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Louis Lortie
Concertos - Released by Chandos on 1 Jan 2020
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Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian", Symphony No. 5 "Reformation" & The Hebrides Overture (Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 1)
Edward Gardner, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Feb 2014
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Mendelssohn in Birmingham (Volume 1)
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Symphonic Music - Released by Chandos on 1 Feb 2014
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Schubert: Symphonies, Vol. 1
Edward Gardner, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Feb 2019
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Schoenberg: Erwartung
Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sara Jakubiak
Mélodies - Released by Chandos on 1 May 2020
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Lutosławski: Symphony No. 3, Chain 3 & Concerto for Orchestra
Edward Gardner, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Oct 2010
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Britten: Phaedra, A Charm of Lullabies, Lachrymae, Two Portraits & Sinfonietta
Edward Gardner, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Dame Sarah Connolly, Maxim Rysanov
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 May 2011
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Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 3
City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, Benjamin Hulett, Mary Bevan, Edward Gardner, Sophie Bevan
Symphonic Music - Released by Chandos on 1 Feb 2015
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