Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is one of Britain's oldest orchestras, and among the country's regional orchestras (its mission is to serve South and South West England), it has attracted an unusually strong roster of international conductors and collaborators. The orchestra has premiered an impressive number of significant 20th century British works. The Bournemouth Symphony was founded by the city of Bournemouth in 1893 and was called the Bournemouth Municipal Orchestra until 1954. Its musical organizer and first director was Dan Godfrey, a bandmaster's son who also helped the BBC Philharmonic and BBC Symphony Orchestras. It began as a wind band but added strings and began performing symphonic repertory two years later. Godfrey remained the orchestra's music director until 1933, performing numerous concerts of British music including one, in 1927, consisting entirely of music by women composers. The orchestra's fame was spread by radio broadcasts in the 1930s, but it was reduced to a Sunday-only concert schedule during World War II. After the war, the orchestra rebuilt its schedule and grew in size under conductors Rudolf Schwarz and Charles Groves, taking its present name in 1954. Romanian conductor Constantin Silvestri expanded the orchestra's international reputation, and all its conductors since then have come from outside Britain. Silvestri also helped organize a chamber music offshoot, the Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Finland's Paavo Berglund (1972-1979) was succeeded by the Israeli Uri Segal and, from 1982 to 1988, by the Soviet Russian Rudolf Barshai. Andrew Litton (1988-1994) was the orchestra's first American conductor; he was succeed by the Russian-American Yakov Kreizberg and by the orchestra's first female conductor, Marin Alsop. The Ukrainian Kirill Karabits has been principal conductor since 2009. Under the last several conductors, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra has amassed a catalog of more than 85 recordings, issuing as many as seven in a single year. A 1997 album featuring the oratorio Belshazzar's Feast won a Grammy award in the U.S. Many Bournemouth recordings have appeared on the Naxos label, but the orchestra has also recorded periodically for Warner Classics and Chandos; on the latter label, under Karabits, the group released an album of music by Ukrainian composer Boris Lyatoshynsky in 2019.
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Symphonies (Volume 4)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Robert Plane, David Lloyd-Jones
Classical - Released by Naxos on 29 Sep 2008
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Delius: Orchestral Works
Richard Hickox, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Aug 2016
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Stanford: Choral Music
Classical - Released by Naxos on 9 Sep 2016
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Tippett: Symphony No. 3 & Praeludium
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Faye Robinson, Richard Hickox
Classical - Released by Chandos on 1 Apr 1994
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Walton: Symphony No.1; Cello Concerto
Robert Cohen, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1995
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Tippett: Symphony No. 1 & Piano Concerto
Richard Hickox, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Jan 1995
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Symphony No. 1, "A Sea Symphony"
Joan Rodgers, Christopher Maltman, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paul Daniel
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Sep 2003
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Michael Hersch : Symphonies n°1 & n°2
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
Classical - Released by Naxos on 21 Nov 2006
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BEST OF BRITISH
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Naxos on 2 Jul 2007
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Symphonie n° 1 - Concerto pour piano & orchestre
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley, Richard Hickox
Classical - Released by Chandos on 1 Jan 1995
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Goodwin: Drake 400 Orchestral Suite
Ron Goodwin, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on 1 Oct 1989
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DEVIL'S MUSIC (The)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Naxos on 29 Sep 2009
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NIELSEN, C.: Violin Concerto / Clarinet Concerto / Flute Concerto
Jonathan Carney, Kevin Banks, Gareth Davies, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kees Bakels
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Jun 2000
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Andreae: Symphony in C Major, Notturno and Scherzo, Music for Orchestra, Kleine Suite Op. 27
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Guild GmbH on 15 Jan 2012
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Symphonie en ré mineur
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset
Classical - Released by Naxos on 6 Sep 2011
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SVENDSEN: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bjarte Engeset
Classical - Released by Naxos on 30 Jul 1998
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Grétry: Zémire et Azor (The Beecham Collection)
Classical - Released by SOMM Recordings on 1 Feb 2014
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Elgar: Concert Allegro & Symphony No. 2
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Iain Farrington
Classical - Released by Dutton on 1 Jan 2010
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Serebrier & Rorem: A Conversation with Raymond Bisha
Classical - Released by Naxos on 26 Oct 2010
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Symhonie n° 4 - Fantaisie concertante sur un thème de Corelli ...
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Howard Shelley, Richard Hickox
Symphonic Music - Released by Chandos on 1 Sep 1993
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Symphonie n° 2 - Fancy Free - Ouverture de Candide
Jeffrey Kahane, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 3 Nov 2008
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