Ben Gernon
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The Romantic Piano Concerto 76 - Rheinberger & Scholz
Simon Callaghan (piano)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ben Gernon
The only piano concerto by Josef Rheinberger dates from 1877 and is a vast, rich work, owing as much to Brahms as to Schumann. And if Bernhard Scholz’s concerto (1883) is somewhat looser in... —
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Special offer. A Vision in A Dream - Concertos By Edward Gregson
Ross Knight (tuba), Edward Gregson (piano), Rachel Roberts (viola), Jennifer Galloway (oboe), BBC Philharmonic, Ben Gernon
This release focuses on three concertos that between them tellingly underline the evolution of his idiom throughout those intervening decades but are audibly and gratifyingly his music alone. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2025, Editor's Choice
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Emily Howard: The Anvil
RecommendedKate Royal, Claire Booth (sopranos), Hugh Cutting (countertenor), Christopher Purves (bass-baritone), BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers, Hallé Choir, Ben Gernon, Vimbayi Kaziboni
it’s an immersive and emotional experience...Visceral and brilliant. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Shortlisted - World Premiere Recording (New Work)
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Premiere
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Not many musicians become popular enough to be identifiable by their first name alone. That the Montenegrin guitarist Milo Karadaglic has achieved this is testament to his charismatic brilliance... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Editor's Choice
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Luke Bedford: in the Voices of the Living
BBC Philharmonic, Juan José Mena, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen, Mark Padmore (tenor), London Sinfonietta, Geoffrey Paterson, Arcis Saxophon Quartett, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ben Gernon
The quality of performances, as of performers, says much for the respect in which Bedford’s music is held. Aficionados and newcomers alike should investigate this release. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Contemporary
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[Wang is] a young player with a formidable technique and grasp of detail vital in this circumstance…Her partners, the BBC Philharmonic, respond in kind under Ben Gernon’s enthusiastic direction.... —
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His writing is thematically concentrated, notably evocative and clearly heartfelt. It is close to Szymanowski in sound and in its solutions in pitting a solo violin against a lustrous orchestra.... —
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Special offer. Maxwell Davies: An Orkney Wedding & other works
Sean Shibe (guitar)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Ben Gernon
Aficionados will not mind hearing, yet again, those trademark Maxwell Davies devices of whooping horn glissandos and hyperactive chattering trumpets, especially when delivered with the Scottish... —
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The Symphonic Euphonium II
David Childs plays Vaughan; Williams, Gregson, Mealor, Ball
David Childs (euphonium)
BBC Philharmonic, Ben Gernon
Performances are out of the top drawer. David Childs’s contribution throughout strikes me as a marvel of technical security, nimble poise and rewarding musicality. What’s more, he enjoys simply... —
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Special offer. Blackford: Niobe, Kalon & Blewbury Air
Tamsin Waley-Cohen (violin), Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Adrian Farmer (piano), Albion Quartet, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Ben Gernon, Jiři Rožeň
Ranging from the Shostakovich-like angst of Niobe for violin and orchestra to the more Romantic wanderings of Blewbury Air for cello and piano, this is an excellent introduction to Blackford’s... —
