Symphonies

François-Xavier Roth, Les Siècles, Sabine Devieilhe

Symphonies - Released by harmonia mundi on 26 Aug 2022

After a period-instrument reading of the Symphony No. 1 that received unanimous acclaim from the critics, François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles return ...

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Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson

Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 28 Oct 2022

Rachmaninoff’s tone poem The Isle of the Dead was composed in Dresden in 1908–1909, inspired by the 1880 painting of that name by the Swiss symbolist ...

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The BBC Concert Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey

Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 4 Nov 2022

When this album was recorded, in March 2022, no-one could have imagined that it would be Bramwell Tovey’s last recording. Chandos Records would like t ...

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Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson

Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Apr 2022

John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London orchestra continue their musical journey around the world, dedicating this album to three German-language compo ...

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Peter Donohoe, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo

Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 29 Apr 2022

Countess Mária Theodora (Dora) Paulina Pejacevic was born in September 1885 in Budapest. Young Dora grew up with all the advantages of an aristocrat: ...

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Neeme Järvi, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Truls Mørk, Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier

Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Jan 2016

The essence of Camille Saint-Saëns' music comes through perhaps most clearly in his music for solo instrument and orchestra, which exemplifies his ele ...

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Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko

Symphonies - Released by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra on 10 May 2019

Conductor Kirill Petrenko emerged as something of a dark horse to become conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, and this live performance of Tchaikovsk ...

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Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Symphonies - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 1 Mar 1965

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Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson

Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 10 Jun 2022

John Ireland was something of a child prodigy, entering the Royal College of Music at the age of fourteen. There he studied piano, organ and compositi ...

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Sir Simon Rattle, London Symphony Orchestra

Symphonies - Released by LSO Live on 16 Sep 2022

The air shimmers and glows, and somewhere in the mists, a solitary horn gives a lonely call. The stuff of fairytales? The truth is, it’s impossible to ...

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Münchner Philharmoniker, Pablo Heras-Casado

Symphonies - Released by harmonia mundi on 3 Jun 2022

Four symphonies were enough for Robert Schumann to leave his mark. Without allowing himself to be overawed by Beethoven’s shadow, he succeeded from th ...

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Edward Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Lise Davidsen, Ann-Helen Moen, Victoria Nava, Johannes Weisser, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet

Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Jan 2018

This much awaited recording offers keenly idiomatic performances of the most famous works by Grieg, played by the composer’s own orchestra, the ...

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James Ehnes, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis

Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 30 Sep 2022

Born in 1885, Alban Berg was one of the most significant composers of the Second Viennese School, whose output proved tremendously influential in the ...

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Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, François-Xavier Roth

Symphonies - Released by Myrios Classics on 11 Feb 2022

Without reaching the same heights of mythical ecstasy as the great Brucknerian conductors of the past such as Jochum, Schuricht, Wand, Haitink or Kara ...

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London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Davis

Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 5 Feb 2007

To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vaughan Williams, we are proud to reissue this outstanding symphony cycle. Started in 1999 by Richa ...

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Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

Symphonies - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 6 Jul 2018

Clocking in at over an hour for the Fourth, and almost an hour for the Eleventh or "1905", these are the two longest and fullest of Shostakovich's sym ...

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BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Davis

Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 11 Nov 2022

The Symphony in C was conceived in Paris in the late 1930s, but completed in America in 1940, and is dedicated to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on th ...

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Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons

Symphonies - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on 27 May 2016

How to encapsulate the incredible life and times of Dmitri Shostakovich? His story of tragedy and triumph is the stuff of Hollywood political thriller ...

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Juliana Koch, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Rumon Gamba

Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 14 Oct 2022

Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) was born in the English seaside resort of Bexhill-on-Sea. Encouraged as a child by an ambitious pianist mother, she appeared lo ...

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The Cleveland Orchestra, Franz Welser-Möst

Symphonies - Released by Cleveland Orchestra on 3 Jun 2022

Strauss wrote a total of nine tone poems — orchestral works that depict a storyline. Don Juan and Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks are among his earli ...

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Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson

Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 3 Feb 2023

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