Proms CDs
Proms CDs on Warner Classics Released 4 July 2005
Warner Classics releases five new BBC Our Father; Proms CDs, recorded live at the 2004 Thomas Walker, tenor, Sioned Williams, harp, BBC Proms season. Featuring artists Thomas Trotter, organ. including Leonard Slatkin, Jirˇí BBC Symphony Chorus, Stephen Jackson Beˇlohlávek, Sir Thomas Allen, Michael 2564 61951-2 Collins, John Tomlinson and Jeanne- Michèle Charbonnet, these recordings • Modest Musorgsky: Pictures at an capture the range, richness and vitality Exhibition (various orchestrations) of the BBC Proms. BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Leonard Slatkin The recordings incorporate themes from the Ottorino Respighi: The Pines of Rome 2004 BBC Proms: East/West is celebrated with BBC National Orchestra of Wales, music from John Corigliano, Zhou Long and Tadaaki Otaka Kaija Saariaho, and Back To Bohemia with 2564 61954-2 recordings from Janácˇek and Martinu˚, including performances from the Prague Philharmonia • Béla Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle and the Czech Philharmonic Chorus.Also John Tomlinson,Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet, featured are classic symphonies, opera and, of Mátyás Sárközi course, the Last Night of the Proms. BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste 2564 61953-2 Each CD has a fully annotated booklet. • Last Night of The Proms 2004 • Kaija Saariaho: Orion (UK première) Dvorˇák Carnival overture (Op 92); Strauss BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste Horn Concerto No. 1 (Op 11) in E flat major2; Zhou Long: The Immortal (World première) Vaughan Williams Five Mystical songs for John Corigliano: Concerto for Clarinet and baritone*, chorus and orchestra; Barber Toccata Orchestra (London première) festiva for organ and orchestra1 (Op 36); Michael Collins, clarinet Maxwell Davies Ojai Festival Overture; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin Puccini Madama Butterfly – Humming chorus; 2564 61952-2 Rodgers Oklahoma! – Oh, what a beautiful mornin’*; Porter Kiss me, Kate – Where is the • Martinu˚: The Frescoes of Piero della life that late I led?*; Sullivan The Mikado – I’ve Francesca; got a little list*; Sousa The Liberty Bell – march; BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis Elgar Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1; Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano Wood Fantasia on British Sea-Songs; Parry and Timpani; orch. Elgar Jerusalem;The National Anthem Marcel Javorcˇek, piano, Ivan Hoznedr, timpani Prague Philharmonia, Jirˇí Beˇlohlávek Performers: Sir Thomas Allen (baritone)*, Janácˇek: Hukvaldy Songs; Simon Preston (organ)1, David Pyatt (horn)2; Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno, London BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Chorus; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Petr Fiala Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin 2564 61956-2
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