Since you are interested in Three Funeral Odes / from the Cradle to the Grave / etc, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
STRAVINSKY
The Fairy's Kiss / Scenes de ballet BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2010 ] "here are striking instances of [Stravinsky's] art of pure delectation...Volkov offers brilliantly clear, high-energy accounts" Sunday Times, 4th April 2010 *** |
ANTON BRUCKNER
Bruckner: Symphony No 7 in E BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Donald Runnicles [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] "...it's not often you hear cries of "encore" after a Bruckner symphony, but I would gladly have heard this one repeated in full' (The Guardian) |
HUMPHREY SEARLE
The Complete Symphonies BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Alun Francis [ CPO / 2 CD ] This British composer created a highly expressive and personal style by uniting elements of twelve-tone music with traditional subjects and dramatic spirit. His output includes three operas, six symphonies, two piano concertos, several ballets, and a... |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: The Symphonies / Helios Overture / Saga-Drom / Pan and Syrinx BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vanska [ BIS / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "Collectors who have not yet sampled Osmo Vänskä in Nielsen should hasten to make good that omission by investing in this excellent set." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb June 2011) |
ROSLAVETS
Chamber Symphony / In the hours of the New Moon BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov [ Hyperion / CD - released 23/Nov/2006 ] "A major new discovery from a much-maligned Soviet composer. Often spoken of as a fast-rising young star, Ilan Volkov will win many friends here for the Russian composer Nikolay Roslavets, a figure whose early success was countered when he later fell... |
STRAVINSKY
Jeu de cartes, Agon & Orpheus BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Ilan Volkov [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "With such purposeful, sensitive conducting and such assured playing, this can be very warmly recommended' (International Record Review) |
ALBERIC MAGNARD
Magnard: The Four Symphonies BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Jean-Yves Ossonce [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] 'Superb performances by Ossonce and his Scottish players' (American Record Guide) |
FREDERIC LAMOND / EUGEN d'ALBERT
Symphony in A major; Overture 'From the Scottish Highlands' / Overture to 'Esther', Op. 8 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] 'Martyn Brabbins and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra do offer vivid accounts that are inspired, insightful, and invigorating and that succeed in capturing the music's strengths. The brass are potent, the strings sumptuous, the winds rich in tone,... |
BRUCKNER
Symphony No 3 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vanska [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Nov/2000 ] 'Vänskä conducts Bruckner with power and understanding and draws rich and finely nuanced playing'(Gramophone) |
TIPPETT
Piano Concerto / Ritual Dances from The Midsummer Marriage Benjamin Frith (piano) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / George Hurst, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Feb/2002 ] "Those of you who know little about Tippett should start here, as it is the ideal entry into his sound world, and you don't risk much of the family budget." - Fanfare |