ROYAL SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA

Formed in 1891 as the Scottish Orchestra, and subsequently known as the Scottish National Orchestra before being granted the title Royal at its centenary celebrations in 1991, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra is one of Europe’s leading ensembles. Distinguished conductors who have contributed to the success of the orchestra include Sir John Barbirolli, Karl Rankl, Hans Swarowsky, Walter Susskind, Sir Alexander Gibson, Bryden Thomson, Neeme Järvi, now Conductor Laureate, and Walter Weller who is now Conductor Emeritus. Alexander Lazarev, who served as Principal Conductor from 1997 to 2005, was recently appointed Conductor Emeritus. Stéphane Denève was appointed Music Director in 2005. Denève’s first recording with the RSNO, Albert Roussel’s Symphony No. 3 and the complete ballet Bacchus et Ariane (Naxos 8.570245) was released in May 2007, and in November received the Diapason d’Or de l’Année for Symphonic Music.

The orchestra made an important contribution to the authoritative Naxos series of Bruckner Symphonies under the late Georg Tintner, and recorded a complete cycle of the orchestral works of Samuel Barber under former Principal Guest Conductor Marin Alsop.

The orchestra performs a busy schedule of concerts across Scotland with annual appearances at the Edinburgh International Festival and regular performances in the BBC Promenade Concerts in London.

Photo courtesy of Peter Devlin

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ADAGIO CHILLOUT	8.556783
ALFVEN: Midsummer Vigil (Sweden Only)	8.555852
ALFVEN: Symphony No. 1 / Uppsala Rhapsody / Mountain King	8.553962
ALFVEN: Symphony No. 3 / Legend of the Skerries	8.553729
AMERICAN CLASSICS SAMPLER	8.559118
AMERICAN SALUTE (AN) - SPIRIT OF THE NATION	8.559147
BARBER: Capricorn Concerto / A Hand of Bridge / Canzonetta / Intermezzo	8.559135
BARBER: Cello Concerto / Medea Suite / Adagio for Strings	8.559088
BARBER: Knoxville: Summer of 1915 / Essays for Orchestra Nos. 2 and 3	8.559134
BARBER: Piano Concerto / Die Natali / Medea's Meditation	8.559133
BARBER: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / Essay for Orchestra No. 1	8.559024
BARBER: Violin Concerto / Serenade for Strings / Souvenirs	8.559044
BAX: Symphonic Poems	8.557599
BAX: Symphony No. 1 / In the Faery Hills / Garden of Fand	8.553525
BAX: Symphony No. 2 / November Woods	8.554093
BAX: Symphony No. 3 / The Happy Forest	8.553608
BAX: Symphony No. 4 / Nympholept	8.555343
BAX: Symphony No. 5	8.554509
BAX: Symphony No. 6 / Into the Twilight	8.557144
BAX: Symphony No. 7 / Tintagel	8.557145
BEST OF BRITISH	8.570573-74
BLISS: Checkmate / Melee Fantasque	8.557641
BLISS: Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Concerto for 2 Pianos	8.557146
BLOCH: Violin Concerto / Baal Shem / Suite hebraique	8.557757
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 00, 'Study Symphony', WAB 99 / Finale to Symphony No. 4, 'Volkfest', WAB 104	8.554432
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 1, WAB 101 / Adagio to Symphony No. 3, WAB 103	8.554430
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 3, WAB 103	8.553454
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 4, 'Romantic', WAB 104	8.554128
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 5, WAB 105	8.553452
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 7, WAB 107	8.554269
BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 9, WAB 109	8.554268
CLASSICAL CHILL 1 - The Ultimate Collection	8.570171-72
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES (Den Klassiske Onskekonserten)	8.503129
CLASSICAL MEDITATION	8.570364-65
CLASSICS FOR LOVERS	8.570013-14
DELIUS (THE BEST OF)	8.556837
DELIUS: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring	8.557143
DOHNANYI, E.: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 2	8.570833
EXPLORE AMERICA	8.559187
EXTREME CLASSICS	8.557941-42
FRY: Santa Claus Symphony / Niagara Symphony	8.559057
GARDNER: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 1 / Midsummer Ale Overture	8.570406
GE GAN-RU: CHINESE RHAPSODY	BIS-SACD-1509
Gramophone Awards 2000	8.555303
GREENSLEEVES - English Pastoral Music	8.557535
GRIEG (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552123-24
GRIEG: Orchestral Music, Vol. 1 - Piano Concerto / Symphonic Dances / In Autumn	8.557279
GRIEG: Orchestral Music, Vol. 2 - Orchestrated Piano Pieces	8.557854
GRIEG: Piano Concerto / Symphonic Dances / In Autumn	5.110060
GRIEG: Piano Concerto / Symphonic Dances / In Autumn	6.110060
HOLST: Beni Mora / Somerset Rhapsody / Hammersmith	8.553696
HOLST: Planets (The) / The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18	8.555776
HOLST: Planets (The) / The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18	8.555776SACD
HOLST: The Planets	5.110004
HOLST: The Planets / Mystic Trumpeter	6.110004
HOVHANESS: Guitar Concerto No. 2 / Symphony No. 63 / Fanfare for the New Atlantis	8.559336
MACMILLAN, J.: Epiclesis / Ninian	BIS-CD-1069
MAGIC OF SPRING (THE)	8.557785
MIRACLE OF SUMMER (THE)	8.557998
Music and Video Club Vol. 2 (UK Only)	8.555082
MUSIC TO DIE FOR	8.557411
NAXOS 15TH ANNIVERSARY CD	8.555964
Naxos Audiophile Kingdom	8.554915DX
Nordic Favourites	8.554782
PARRY: Symphony No. 2 / Symphonic Variations in E minor	8.553469
PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: PIONEERS OF AMERICAN CLASSICAL MUSIC	8.559200
RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13 / Prince Rostislav	BIS-CD-1309
RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27	BIS-CD-1279
RACHMANINOV: Symphony No. 3 / Vocalise / Youth Symphony	BIS-CD-1299
RAUTAVAARA: Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 3	8.554147
RAUTAVAARA: Symphony No. 7 / Angels and Visitations	8.555814
RAWSTHORNE: Cello Concerto / Oboe Concerto / Symphonic Studies	8.554763
ROREM: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Cello Concerto	8.559315
ROUSSEL: Bacchus et Ariane (Bacchus and Ariadne) / Symphony No. 3	8.570245
ROUSSEL: Symphony No. 2 / Pour une fete de printemps / Suite in F major (Deneve)	8.570529
SHOSTAKOVICH: Golden Age (The), Op. 22	8.570217-18
STENHAMMAR: Symphony No. 2 / Excelsior!	8.553888
STORY OF AMERICAN CLASSICAL MUSIC (THE)	8.558164-65
STORY OF BRITISH CLASSICAL MUSIC (THE)	8.558193-94
SVEN GORAN ERIKSSONS - Klassiska Favoriter	8.503135
TORKE: Rapture / An American Abroad / Jasper	8.559167
TVEITT: 100 Hardanger Tunes - Suites Nos. 1 and 4	8.555078
TVEITT: 100 Hardanger Tunes - Suites Nos. 2 and 5	8.555770
TVEITT: Piano Concerto No. 4 / Variations on a Folk Song	8.555761
TVEITT: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 5	8.555077