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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Kurt Weill : Symphonies n° 1 et 2
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop
Classical - Released by Naxos on Aug 1, 2005
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Jerusalem: Parry, Stanford & Elgar
Winchester Cathedral Choir, Waynflete Singers, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Oct 1, 1991
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I Vespri Verdiani, Verdi Arias
Kirill Karabits, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Olga Mykytenko
Opera - Released by Chandos on Feb 1, 2020
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Death Valley Suite / Hudson River Suite / Hollywood Suite
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, William Stromberg
Classical - Released by Naxos on Sep 2, 2002
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Walton: Centenary Edition
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Feb 1, 2002
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Messager: Les deux pigeons
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, John Lanchbery
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 22, 2021
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Oeuvres orchestrales
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits
Classical - Released by Naxos on Mar 4, 2013
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Tippett: Symphonies Nos. 1-4 & New Year Suite
Richard Hickox, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Faye Robinson
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on Jan 1, 1995
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ELGAR: Enigma Variations (UK)
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, George Hurst, Adrian Leaper
Classical - Released by Naxos on Dec 15, 1999
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ELGAR: Enigma Variations / In the South / Coronation March
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, George Hurst
Classical - Released by Naxos on Dec 4, 1997
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Karayev: Seven Beauties Suite, Leyla and Mejnuin, Don Quixote & Lullaby from "The Path of Thunder"
Kirill Karabits, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Symphonies - Released by Chandos on Oct 1, 2017
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Variations symphoniques
Ashley Wass, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, James Judd
Classical - Released by Naxos on Apr 6, 2009
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Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, Piano Concerto No. 2, Cello Concerto No. 1 & Fantastic Dances
Cristina Ortiz, Paul Tortelier, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Mar 29, 2024
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SCHUMAN: Violin Concerto / New England Triptych
Philippe Quint, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, José Serebrier
Classical - Released by Naxos on May 15, 2001
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Terterian : Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
Tigran Aleksanyan, Vahe Hovanesian, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits
Classical - Released by Chandos on Nov 1, 2019
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DYSON: Symphony in G Major / Concerto da Chiesa / At the Tabard Inn
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Duncan Riddell, David Lloyd-Jones, Helen Cox, Stuart Green, Timothy Walden
Classical - Released by Naxos on May 1, 2005
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Béla Bartók : Le Prince de bois (Intégrale)
Classical - Released by Naxos on Mar 25, 2008
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The Malcolm Arnold Edition, Vol.1 - The Eleven Symphonies
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, The BBC Concert Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Classical - Released by Decca (UMO) on Jan 1, 2006
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Symphonie n°1
Classical - Released by Naxos on Aug 24, 2010
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Walton: Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 2; Scapino
Andrew Litton, Tasmin Little, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 1995
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A Bournemouth Love Affair
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Classical - Released by Nimbus Alliance on Jul 1, 2010
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