Ian Whyte
Ian Whyte (1901-1960) was a Scottish conductor and composer, closely associated with broadcasting and orchestral life in Scotland. He was a major figure in the development of the BBC Scottish Orchestra.
In the Pristine catalogue he appears in the Jascha Spivakovsky series, conducting Beethoven with the BBC Scottish Orchestra and linked to the wider Australian and British performance trail preserved there.
Whyte’s importance lies...
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor"
Live broadcast recordings, 1953 & 1961
Total duration: 73:09
Jascha Spivakovsky, piano
Victorian State Orchestra
conducted by Clive Douglas
BBC Scottish Orchestra
conducted by Ian Whyte
Music by Bach, Beethoven, Bloch, Busoni, Chopin, Brahms, Debussy, Kabalevsky, Liszt, Mozart, Rachmaninov, Saeverud, Schumann et al
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 1
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 2
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 3
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 4
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 5
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 6
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 7
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 8
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 9
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 10
JASCHA SPIVAKOVSKY Bach to Bloch - Volume 11
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1
Recorded 1958
Total duration: 47:32
Peter Katin, piano
BBC Scottish Orchestra
conducted by Ian Whyte
STEVENS Miniature Overture 'In A Nutshell'
STEVENS Symphony No. 1
STEVENS Coronation Overture 'Lion and Unicorn'
STEVENS Symphony No. 2
STEVENS Musique Concrète from the film 'The Rival World'
Recorded as broadcast 1953-1956
(Duration 67'44")
BBC Northern Orchestra
conducted by Stanford Robinson
BBC Scottish Orchestra
conducted by Ian Whyte
