BBC Symphony Orchestra
The BBC Symphony Orchestra is a British symphony orchestra founded in 1930.
It was created as the principal orchestra of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
The orchestra has been central to British broadcast music, the BBC Proms and performances of both standard and contemporary repertory.
BRITTEN Billy Budd
Studio broadcast recording, 1960
Total duration: 2hr 27:09
Edward Fairfax Vere - Peter Pears
Billy Budd - Joseph Ward
John Claggart - Michael Langdon
BBC Men's Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Benjamin Britten
ELGAR Cello Concerto
BRAHMS Cello Sonata No. 2
plus music by FAURÉ, GODARD, GRANADOS, SAINT-SAËNS
Studio recordings, 1926-1945
Total duration: 72:42
Pau Casals, cello
Mieczyslaw Horszowski, piano
Nicolai Mednikov, piano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op.74 (Pathétique)
RAVEL Boléro
SAINT-SAËNS Carnival of the Animals
STRAVINSKY The Rite of Spring
ELGAR Cockaigne Overture
Studio recordings · 1929-1933
Total duration: 74:03
Sir Edward Elgar - BBC Symphony Orchestra
Serge Koussevitzky - Boston Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski - The Philadelphia Orchestra
GRIEG 10 Songs
GRIEG In Autumn
GRIEG Lyric Suite
GRIEG Homage March
Live concert recording, 1957
Total duration: 77:29
Kirsten Flagstad, soprano
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
RATHAUS Symphony No. 3 (world première)
KORNGOLD Prelude and Carnival Music from Violanta
SCHREKER Prelude to a Drama
Broadcast and studio recordings, 1956-65
Total duration: 71:50
Jascha Horenstein, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
BBC Symphony Orchestra
R. STRAUSS Metamorphosen
R. STRAUSS Sinfonica Domestica
Studio and live recordings · 1953 and 1961
Total duration: 71:20
Jascha Horenstein, conductor
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
BBC Symphony Orchestra
