BBC Concert Orchestra
-
Dobrinka Tabakova: Sun Triptych
Maxim Rysanov (viola), Dasol Kim (piano), Roman Mints (violin, hurdygurdy), Kristina Blaumane (cello), BBC Concert Orchestra, Dobrinka Tabakova
Perhaps the most engaging work in this recital is the Sun Triptych, a three-movement nature piece for violin, cello and strings that traces the movement of light from dawn to dusk. Here, Tabakova... —
Awards:
-
BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2025, Orchestral Choice
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Winner - Premiere
-
-
Maconchy, Lutyens & Wallen: Works for Piano and Orchestra
RecommendedMartin Jones (piano), Rebeca Omordia (piano), BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews
All the pieces are premieres on disc – and they are discoveries you’ll want to hear many times again. —
Awards:
-
Presto Editor's Choice, March 2023
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - World Premiere Recording (New Work)
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Winner - Premiere
-
-
Alice Farnham, the BBC Concert Orchestra and BBC Singers do affectionate homage to this interesting music, to Imogen Holst’s special legacy, her creative individuality and her significant, often... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - Rediscovery
-
-
Howells: Missa Sabrinensis & Michael Fanfare
RecommendedHelena Dix (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo-soprano), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Concert Orchestra, Bach Choir, David Hill
The combined forces certainly make a glorious noise, at its most impressive with the extensive Gloria section. —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 1st May 2020
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2020
-
Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2020
-
-
This Signum recording, to be welcomed with open arms, is a fine advert for Howell’s talents. Under Miller’s direction, the resplendent climaxes and intimate detail in Lamia – luxuriantly recorded... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 8th March 2024
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
-
Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - Rediscovery
-
-
Special offer. Malcolm Arnold: The Dancing Master
Mark Wilde, Ed Lyon, Fiona Kimm, Graeme Broadbent, Catherine Carby, Eleanor Dennis
BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews
This premiere recording from conductor John Andrews, a vivacious cast and BBC Concert Orchestra is dollops of fun, and more besides. Arnold’s inventive, eclectic score is vividly brought to... —
Awards:
-
Gramophone Magazine, November 2020, Editor's Choice
-
BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - Opera
-
-
The range of repertoire enables her to explore a wide breadth of moods and atmospheres. Dancelike pieces… contain by-now trademark Gillam-isms – lively characterisation combined with technical... —
Awards:
-
Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
-
-
Havergal Brian: The Gothic Symphony
RecommendedSusan Gritton (soprano), Christine Rice (mezzo), Peter Auty (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass), David Goode (organ)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Concert Orchestra, various choirs, Martyn Brabbins
the best [recording] yet. There's an ongoing buzz of Proms atmosphere that grips from start to finish; and the recorded sound succeeds phenomenally at somehow fitting Brian's hugest climaxes... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 28th November 2011
-
Gramophone Magazine, February 2012, Editor's Choice
-
-
Both Murray and the BBC Concert Orchestra come into their own with Dove's varied and wonderfully atmospheric textures. —
-
Elgar: The Longed-for Light
RecommendedElgar's Music in Wartime
Simon Callow (speaker), Simon Callow (speaker) & Susan Gritton (soprano)
BBC Concert Orchestra, John Wilson
Here's a supremely enjoyable Elgar survey centred around a clutch of works composed during the Great War...Throughout, the BBC Concerto Orchestra respond with bright-eyed conviction and commendable... —
Awards:
-
Presto Recording of the Week, 5th November 2012
-
Gramophone Magazine, January 2013, Editor's Choice
-
