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 , 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 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 . 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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