BBC Philharmonic reviews

Ben-Haim: Symphony No. 1; Pan, etc

BBC Philharmonic/Omer Meir Wellber, et al (Chandos)
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HK Gruber: Percussion Concertos

Colin Currie (percussion); BBC Philharmonic/John Storgårds, Juanjo Mena (Colin Currie Records)
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Martin Suckling: This Departing Landscape, etc

Katherine Bryan (flute), Tamara Stefanovich (piano); BBC Philharmonic; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (NMC)
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David Matthews: A Vision of the Sea, etc

BBC Philharmonic/Jac van Steen (Signum Classics)
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James MacMillan: Symphony No. 4; Viola Concerto

Lawrence Power (viola); BBC Philharmonic/Martyn Brabbins (Hyperion)
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Ginastera: Piano Concerto No. 1; Concierto argentino, etc

Xiayin Wang; BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena (Chandos)
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Roussel: Suite for Orchestra in F; Pour une fête de printemps; Évocations

Kathryn Rudge, Alessandro Fisher, François le Roux; 
CBSO Chorus; BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos)
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11 (Storgårds)

BBC Philharmonic/John Storgårds (Chandos)
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 5

Louis Lortie (piano); BBC Philharmonic/Edward Gardner (Chandos)
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos 1, 2 & 4

Louis Lortie; BBC Philharmonic/Edward Gardner (Chandos)
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Copland: Orchestral Works Vol 4

BBC Philharmonic/John Wilson (Chandos)
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Antheil: Symphonies Nos 3 & 6; Spectre of the Rose Waltz; Archipelago; Hot-Time Dance

BBC Philharmonic/John Storgårds (Chandos)
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Arriaga: Los esclavos felices – Overture; Herminie; Overture, Op. 20; Air de Médée; Symphony in D minor

Berit Norbakken Solset; BBC Philharmonic/Juanjo Mena (Chandos)
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The Symphonic Euphonium II

David Childs (euphonium); BBC Philharmonic/Ben Gernon (Chandos)
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Wilson and BBC Philharmonic perform Copland

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Andrew Davis conducts Elgar's Falstaff and Orchestral Songs

Andrew Davis’s Falstaff brought at least one thing into focus for me: years after I first heard it I’m still waiting for a light to go on. This profusely inventive late score is so full of brilliant, colourful, atmospheric music that by rights it ought to be a masterpiece. And yet, even after a performance as vivid and authoritative as this one, I still can’t see the whole for the parts. Overall there’s something bafflingly elusive about it. Above all there’s that bizarre ending: definitely not a bang, and barely even a whimper.

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