BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Founded in 1893 by Sir Dan Godfrey, the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra has had among its Principal Conductors some of the finest musicians in the world, including Rudolf Schwarz, Constantin Silvestri, Sir Charles Groves and Paavo Berglund. More recently Andrew Litton raised the orchestra's standards to new levels, crowning its centenary season with a triumphant début tour of the United States in April 1994, followed by Yakov Kreizberg and débuts at the Musikverein, Vienna, the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, and Carnegie Hall, New York. Marin Alsop took up the position in October 2002 and has already helped raise the profile of the BSO still further including concerts at the Philharmonie, Berlin, and in Madrid, Prague, Bruges and a return trip to Vienna. The name of the orchestra is internationally known through over three hundred recordings, including the award-winning Naxos release of Anthony Payne's sketches for Elgar's Symphony No. 3 (8.554719) with Paul Daniel, the symphonies of Vaughan Williams with the former Chief Guest Conductor Kees Bakels and Paul Daniel, and recordings of works by Philip Glass, Leonard Bernstein, and John Adams under Marin Alsop for Naxos (8.559031), this last chosen as Editor's Choice in the November 2004 issue of The Gramophone Magazine. The Naxos BSO/Serebrier Mussorgsky recording (8.557645) reached No. 2 in the top twenty Classical Chart, and was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2006. In addition to its recording and international touring commitments, the BSO is dedicated to providing orchestral music across the South and West of Britain, enhanced by a programme of educational and community projects, and makes regular appearances in major festivals and concert-halls throughout the United Kingdom.

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra (BSO)


BSO with conductor Marin Alsop

Photos courtesy of Chris Zuidyk

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20 YEARS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC: Naxos Anniversary Collection (Naxos Denmark)	8.570598
A TO Z OF CLASSICAL MUSIC	8.555319-20
ADAMS: Shaker Loops / Wound Dresser / Short Ride in a Fast Machine	8.559031
ALWYN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Sonata alla toccata	8.557590
AMERICAN CLASSICS SAMPLER	8.559118
AMERICAN SALUTE (AN) - SPIRIT OF THE NATION	8.559147
BACH, J.S. / PURCELL / HANDEL: Stokowski Transcriptions	8.557883
BARTOK: Bela Bartok - A Portrait (JOHNSON)	8.558200-01
BARTOK: Bluebeard's Castle	8.660928
BARTOK: Miraculous Mandarin (The) (Complete Ballet) / Hungarian Pictures / Dance Suite	5.110088
BARTOK: Miraculous Mandarin (The) (Complete Ballet) / Hungarian Pictures / Dance Suite	6.110088
BARTOK: Miraculous Mandarin (The) (Complete Ballet) / Hungarian Pictures / Dance Suite	8.557433
BARTOK: Wooden Prince (The)	8.570534
BERNSTEIN: Chichester Psalms / On the Waterfront	8.559177
BERNSTEIN: Serenade / Facsimile / Divertimento	8.559245
BEST OF BRITISH	8.570573-74
BEST OF LONDON	8.572098-99
BRAGA SANTOS: Symphony No. 2 / Encruzilhada	8.225216
Christmas Choral Spectacular (A) (arr. Peter Breiner)	5.110095
Christmas Choral Spectacular (A) (arr. Peter Breiner)	8.557585
CINEMA CLASSICS 1999	8.551183
CLASSICAL CHILLOUT - The Essential Collection	8.570223-24
Classics at the Movies: Epics	8.556803
CLASSICS FOR LOVERS	8.570013-14
Discover Music of the Romantic Era	8.558155-56
Discover Music of the Twentieth Century	8.558168-69
DISCOVER THE CLASSICS, VOL. 3: The Concerto	8.554486-87
DISCOVER THE SYMPHONY (1998 edition)	8.554337-38
DYSON: Symphony in G Major / Concerto da Chiesa / At the Tabard Inn	8.557720
ELGAR (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552133-34
ELGAR: Enigma Variations (UK)	8.554585
ELGAR: Enigma Variations / In the South / Coronation March	8.553564
ELGAR: Music Makers / Sea Pictures	8.557710
ELGAR: Symphony No. 3	5.110003
ELGAR: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38	8.553885-86
ELGAR-PAYNE: Symphony No. 3	8.554719
EXPLORE AMERICA	8.559187
FARBERMAN / BIZET & SHCHEDRIN: Concerto for Jazz Drummer & Orch / Carmen Suite	BIS-CD-382
FINZI (THE BEST OF)	8.556836
FINZI: Dies natalis / Farewell to Arms / 2 Sonnets	8.570417
FINZI: Intimations of Immortality / For St Cecilia	8.557863
GLASS, P.: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3	8.559202
GLASS: Symphony No. 4, 'Heroes' / The Light	8.559325
Gramophone Awards 2000	8.555303
GROFE: Death Valley Suite / Hudson River Suite / Hollywood Suite	8.559017
GROFE: Grand Canyon	5.110002
GROFE: Grand Canyon Suite / Mississippi Suite / Niagara Falls	6.110002
GROFE: Grand Canyon Suite / Mississippi Suite / Niagara Falls	8.559007
HERSCH: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 / Fracta / Arrache	8.559281
HOWELLS: Hymnus paradisi / Sir Patrick Spens	8.570352
LISTEN, LEARN AND GROW, Vol. 2: Lullabies	8.554790
MOERAN: Symphony in G minor / Sinfonietta	8.555837
Music and Video Club Vol. 2 (UK Only)	8.555082
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition / Boris Godunov (Stokowski Transcriptions)	5.110101
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition / Boris Godunov (Stokowski Transcriptions)	6.110101
MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition / Boris Godunov (Stokowski Transcriptions)	8.557645
Naxos Audiophile Kingdom	8.554915DX
NIELSEN, C.: Violin Concerto / Clarinet Concerto / Flute Concerto	8.554189
ORFF: Carmina Burana	8.570033
PILGRIM'S PROGRESS: PIONEERS OF AMERICAN CLASSICAL MUSIC	8.559200
RAWSTHORNE: Symphonies Nos. 1-3	8.557480
ROREM: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 3	8.559149
SCHUMAN: Violin Concerto / New England Triptych	8.559083
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto / SINDING: Violin Concerto No. 1	5.110056
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto / SINDING: Violin Concerto No. 1	6.110056
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto / SINDING: Violin Concerto No. 1	8.557266
STANFORD: Symphonies, Vol. 1 (Nos. 4 and 7)	8.570285
STANFORD: Symphonies, Vol. 2 (Nos. 2 and 5)	8.570289
STANFORD: Symphonies, Vol. 3 (Nos. 3 and 6)	8.570355
STORY OF AMERICAN CLASSICAL MUSIC (THE)	8.558164-65
SVEN GORAN ERIKSSONS - Klassiska Favoriter	8.503135
SVENDSEN: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2	8.553898
TAKEMITSU: Orchestral Works	8.557760
THANKSGIVING - A Classic Thanksgiving: Songs of Praise	8.555294
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (Eternal)	8.572080
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (THE BEST OF)	8.556835
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphonies Nos. 3, 'Pastoral', and 6	8.550733
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 9	8.550738
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8	8.550737
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 1, "A Sea Symphony"	8.557059
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 1, 'A Sea Symphony'	5.110016
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 1, 'A Sea Symphony'	6.110016
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 2, 'London' / The Wasps Overture	8.550734
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Symphony No. 4 / Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 / Flos Campi	8.557276
WAGNER: Symphonic Syntheses by Stokowski	8.570293
WEILL: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / Lady in the Dark - Symphonic Nocturne	8.557481