The very best of the BBC : recent recordings by the BBC orchestras and the BBC Singers.

Format Audio (CD)
Publication InfoWoking, Surrey : BBC Music Magazine, ℗1997.
Description1 audio disc : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorTunstall, Helen, performer.
Other author/creatorMorris, Manon, performer.
Other author/creatorLimbrick, Simon, performer.
Other author/creatorWright, Timothy (Percussionist), performer.
Other author/creatorWallace, Robert (Bagpiper) performer.
Other author/creatorWigglesworth, Mark, 1964- conductor.
Other author/creatorSerebrier, José, 1938- conductor.
Other author/creatorDavis, Andrew, 1944-2024 conductor.
Other author/creatorTortelier, Yan Pascal, conductor.
Other author/creatorCleobury, Stephen conductor.
Other author/creatorVänskä, Osmo, 1953- conductor.
Included WorkWagner, Richard, 1813-1883. Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Selections arranged.
Included WorkSaint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Princesse jaune. Ouverture.
Included WorkBax, Arnold, 1883-1953. Tintagel.
Included WorkGershwin, George, 1898-1937. Girl crazy. Overture.
Included WorkSawer, David. Songs of love and war.
Included WorkMcGuire, Edward, 1948- Calgacus.
Other author/creatorBBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra performer.
Other author/creatorBBC Concert Orchestra performer.
Other author/creatorBBC Symphony Orchestra performer.
Other author/creatorBBC Philharmonic Orchestra performer.
Other author/creatorBBC Singers performer.
Other author/creatorBBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra performer.
Variant title Subtitle on container spine: 75th anniversary celebration
Contents Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg : suite / Richard Wagner (18:14) -- La princesse jaune overture / Camille Saint-Saëns (6:58) -- Tintagel / Arnold Bax (14:49) -- Girl crazy overture / George Gershwin (5:42) -- Songs of love and war / David Sawer (12:11) -- Calgacus / Edward McGuire (15:43).
General noteThe 3rd work a symphonic poem.
General note"75 years of the BBC, 1922-1997."
General noteGirl crazy overture also released on Chandos CHAN 9325.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteListening guide published in BBC music magazine, v. 6, no. 3 (Nov. 1997).
Performer In the 1st work: BBC National Orchestra of Wales ; Mark Wigglesworth, conductor. In the 2nd: BBC Concert Orchestra ; José Serebrier, conductor. In the 3rd: BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Andrew Davis, conductor. In the 4th: BBC Philharmonic ; Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor. In the 5th: BBC Singers ; Helen Tunstall, Manon Morris, harp ; Simon Limbrick, Timothy Wright, percussion ; Stephen Cleobury, conductor. In the 6th: Robert Wallace, highland bagpipe ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra ; Osmo Vänskä, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded Jan. 20-21, 1994, New Broadcasting House, Manchester (4th work) ; live on July 30, 1996, Royal Albert Hall, London (1st work) ; live on Oct. 24, 1996, Studio I, Maida Vale, London (5th work) ; live on Nov. 27, 1996, Megaron Concert Hall, Athens, Greece (3rd work) ; Apr. 15, 1997, Golders Green Hippodrome, London (2nd work) ; and live on Aug. 18, 1997, Royal Albert Hall (6th work).
Publisher numberBBC MM63 BBC Music Magazine

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