BBC Sym. Orch. Archive
Sir Adrian Boult = ELGAR: Symphony No. 2 in E-flat Major; WAGNER: Ov. and Venusberg Music – BBC Chorus/ BBC Sym. Orch./ Sir Adrian Boult – ICA Classic.
Elgar and Wagner realized in grand style by Sir Adrian Boult in live and studio performance, here re-united with the BBC ensemble he had led thirty years prior.
ELGAR: Cello Concerto in E Minor; TCHAIKOVSKY: Rococo Variations; DVORAK: Rondo in G Minor; Silent Woods – Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello/ BBC Sym. Orch./ Jiri Belohlavek – Harmonia mundi
The passionate young cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras and Jiri Belohlavek combine for a second disc, one that extols in loving terms the virtues of Elgar, Dvorak, and Tchaikovsky.
LUTOSLAWSKI Vocal Works: Chantefleurs et Chantefables; Les Espaces du sommeil; Paroles tissees; Sleep, sleep; Lacrimosa; Silesian Triptych – Lucy Crowe, sop./ Toby Spence, tenor/ Christopher Purves, bar./ BBC Sym. Orch./ Edward Gardner – Chandos
Chandos continues its highly-regarded Lutoslawski series…