Mark Wigglesworth
Conductor Mark Wigglesworth has a substantial international reputation in both symphonic and operatic literature. He has amassed a large recording catalog, including a complete cycle of Shostakovich's symphonies.
Wigglesworth was born in England's Sussex region on July 19, 1964. He attended the Bryanston School in Dorset and then Manchester University, rounding out his conducting education at the Royal Academy of Music. Making a splash with a win at the Kondrashin Conducting Competition in Amsterdam in 1989, Wigglesworth began to find guest conducting engagements. In 1991, he conducted Mozart's Così fan tutte at London's Opera Factory, and he has continued to be in demand on the operatic circuit. In the same year, he was appointed the associate conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, remaining in the post until 1993 and then, in 1996, moving to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales from 1996 to 2000. He also served as the principal guest conductor of the Swedish Radio Symphony from 1998 to 2001. During the 2000s and 2010s, Wigglesworth appeared in high-profile guest conducting engagements with both operas and orchestra companies. He conducted for the first of many times at Covent Garden in London in 2002 and made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 2005 with Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. Wigglesworth made frequent guest appearances with the National Symphony in Washington and the New World Symphony in Miami, as well as with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic. Wigglesworth was announced as the new music director of the La Monnaie opera company in Belgium for the 2008-2009 season but did not take up the position. For the 2015-2016 season, he served as the music director of the English National Opera but departed after disagreements with management over cost-cutting measures. Wigglesworth is the author of the book The Silent Musician: Why Conducting Matters, which was published in 2018 and has been translated into Spanish and Mandarin.
Wigglesworth has recorded a complete cycle of the Shostakovich symphonies with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic for the BIS label, beginning in 2005 with the Symphony No. 8 in C minor, Op. 65. These recordings have been successful and have been packaged by BIS in various combinations, including a complete set issued in 2021. He has also recorded music by Mahler and other composers in Australia, including with the Sydney and Melbourne Symphony Orchestras.
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Discography
16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Stephen Hough, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Mark Wigglesworth
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 24 Nov 2013
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1-15
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Mark Wigglesworth
Classical - Released by BIS on 4 Jun 2021
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Howard Skempton: Lento - EP
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth
Classical - Released by NMC Recordings on 1 Jan 1992
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7, "Leningrad"
Classical - Released by BIS on 30 Apr 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 14
Classical - Released by BIS on 30 Jun 2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
Classical - Released by BIS on 30 Jun 2009
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
MSO Live: Mahler Symphony No. 10 (Live)
Symphonic Music - Released by ABC Classic on 14 Oct 2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mso Live - Mahler: Symphony No. 6
Mark Wigglesworth, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by ABC Classic on 5 Jan 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1 - Symphony No. 15
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth
Classical - Released by BIS on 1 Feb 2014
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 & 10
BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Mark Wigglesworth
Classical - Released by BIS on 31 Mar 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13, "Babi Yar"
Classical - Released by BIS on 1 Sep 2006
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8
Classical - Released by BIS on 1 Sep 2005
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, "The Year 1905"
Classical - Released by BIS on 30 Mar 2010
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 1-3
Classical - Released by BIS on 24 Apr 2012
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 9 & 12
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth
Classical - Released by BIS on 1 Jul 2007
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Stephen Hough, Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Mark Wigglesworth
Classical - Released by Hyperion on 24 Nov 2013
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo