BBC Concert Orchestra
Type
Orchestra
Location
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Formed
January 1952
Members
Albums81
- Three British Accordion ConcertosJonathan Dove, Gordon Jacob, Edward McGuire; Owen Murray, BBC Concert Orchestra, Sir James MacMillan20265.00 ★
- Orchestral WorksErrollyn Wallen; BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews2025
- Fide et literisGustav Holst; BBC Concert Orchestra, Leigh O'Hara, Paulina Voices2024
- Visions of St Anne and Other Orchestral WorksRoderick Elms; Carlos Bonell, Joanna Smith, Derek Hannigan, BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth2024
- Discovering ImogenImogen Holst; BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers, Alice Farnham2024
- BBC Music, Volume 32, Number 12: Japanese Suite / A Somerset Rhapsody / IndraHolst; Susan Gritton, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Singers, Barry Wordsworth, David Atherton, David Hill2024
- Orchestral SongsCharles Villiers Stanford; Sharon Carty, Morgan Pearse, BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews2024
- Orchestral WorksDorothy Howell; BBC Concert Orchestra, Rebecca Miller2024
- Volume 2 - Méandres / Double concerto for trumpet, piano and strings / Rhapsodies / Suite in CJean‐Michel Damase; Gareth Hulse, Phillip Cobb, Min-Jung Kym, Andriy Viytovych, Hugh Webb, Anna Noakes, BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates2024
- Concerto for Horn and Orchestra / Symphony no. 2 / Rapsodie sur des airs du Pays d’Oc / Suite for Piano and OrchestraPaul Lacombe; Peter Francomb, Victor Sangiorgio, BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates2024
- Maltworms & MilkmaidsPeter Warlock, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers, David Hill & Ben McAteer2023
- African Rhapsodies (A Work for Kora & Symphonic Orchestra)Seckou Keita with BBC Concert Orchestra20233.00 ★
- 49th Parallel: The Complete Music Written For The FilmRalph Vaughan Williams; BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates2023
- BBC Music, Volume 31, Number 8: A Coronation CelebrationElgar, Byrd, Handel, Parry, Henry VIII; BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth2023
- Works for Piano & OrchestraMaconchy, Lutyens, Wallen; Martin Jones, Rebeca Omordia, BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews2023
- Les Animaux modèles / Sinfonietta / Discours du général / La Baigneuse de Trouville / PastourellePoulenc; BBC Concert Orchestra, Bramwell Tovey2022
- BBC Music, Volume 30, Number 13: Symphony no. 2 / Spitfire Prelude & FugueWilliam Walton; BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Concert Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka, Adrian Boult2022
- BBC Music, Volume 29, Number 7: Malcolm Arnold: Symphonies Nos 2 & 4Malcolm Arnold; BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, Keith Lockhart2021
- Saint Nicolas / A Ceremony of CarolsBritten; Crouch End Festival Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra, Mark le Brocq, Sally Pryce, David Temple2020
- The Dancing Master, op. 34Malcolm Arnold; Eleanor Dennis, Catherine Carby, Fiona Kimm, Ed Lyon, Mark Wilde, Graeme Broadbent, BBC Concert Orchestra, John Andrews2020
- Missa SabrinensisHowells; The Bach Choir, BBC Concert Orchestra, Helena Dix, Christine Rice, Benjamin Hulett, Roderick Williams, David Hill2020
- Simon: Piano Concerto in A-flat major / La Revue de nuit / Danse de Bayadère / Plainte élégiaque / Deux Danses de Don Quixote / Chaminade: Suite no. 1 for OrchestraAntoin Simon, Cécile Chaminade; BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates, Victor Sangiorgio2020
- Swing: A Benny Goodman StoryPierre Genisson, The BBC Concert Orchestra, Keith Lockhart2020
- RapturesStuart Hancock; Jack Liebeck, BBC Concert Orchestra, Levon Parikian2019
- Mademoiselle in New YorkLucienne Renaudin Vary, BBC Concert Orchestra, Bill Elliott20192.00 ★
- The Light of the WorldArthur Sullivan; BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, John Andrews2018
- The Hills of Dreamland: Elgar Orchestral SongsElgar; Kathryn Rudge, Henk Neven, BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, Nathalie de Montmollin, Barry Collett2018
- BBC Music, Volume 26, Number 12: Saxophone Concerto / Reflections on a 16th-Century TuneRichard Rodney Bennett; John Harle, Opus 20, BBC Concert Orchestra, Scott Dunn, Scott Stroman2018
- BBC Music, Volume 26, Number 9: Enigma Variations / Cockaigne Overture / Organ SonataEdward Elgar; BBC Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra, Charles Mackerras, Juanjo Mena, Vernon Handley2018
- BBC Music, Volume 25, Number 13: Opera ClassicsMozart, Haydn, Handel, Rossini; Henk Neven, Rebecca Bottone, Ruby Hughes, Clara Mouriz, Lawrence Renes, Garry Walker, Johannes Wildner, Andrew Gourlay, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra2017
- 2017
- McCarthy: Codebreaker / Todd: Ode to a NightingaleJames McCarthy, Will Todd; Julia Doyle, Hertfordshire Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra, David Temple2017
- Spielberg - Soundtrack HighlightsL’Orchestra Cinematique, BBC Concert Orchestra2017
- BBC Music, Volume 24, Number 13: Best of BritishJudith Weir, Jonathan Harvey, John McCabe; BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales2016
- Symphony no. 2 in D major, op. 97 / Ode on the Morning of Christ’s Nativity, op. 81Cyril Rootham; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers, Vernon Handley2016
- Divertissement espagnol / La Villanelle du Diable / Une nuit de mai / Divertissement in A minorCharles Martin Loeffler; BBC Concert Orchestra, Johannes Wildner, Lorraine McAslan, Amy Dickson2015
- Volume 2: Symphonic Variations on a French Children’s Song / Sinfonia Brevis / Suite from Der Gläserne BergWalter Braunfels; BBC Concert Orchestra, Johannes Wildner2015
- Piano Concerto / Cello Concerto / Overture to Pelleas and MelisandaCyril Scott; Peter Donohoe, Raphael Wallfisch, BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates2013
- Frozen PlanetGeorge Fenton; The BBC Concert Orchestra2013
- The ‘Longed-for Light’: Elgar’s Music in WartimeElgar; BBC Concert Orchestra, John Wilson, Simon Callow, Susan Gritton2012
- BBC Music, Volume 20, Number 11: Malcolm Arnold: Symphony no. 1 / Coates / Enescu / J. Strauss IIMalcolm Arnold, Coates, Enescu, J. Strauss II; BBC Concert Orchestra2012
- Be My Love: A Tribute To Mario LanzaJoseph Calleja, BBC Concert Orchestra & Steven Mercurio2012
- Piano Concerto no. 1 / Piano Concerto no. 2 / Fantaisie pour piano et orchestreCharles‐Marie Widor; BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Roscoe, Martin Yates2011
- Bowen: Rhapsody for Cello & Orchestra / Bush: Concert Suite for Cello & Orchestra / Brian: Concerto for Cello & OrchestraYork Bowen, Alan Bush, Havergal Brian; Raphael Wallfisch, BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates2011
- Songs and Orchestral MusicToivo Kuula; BBC Concert Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Susan Gritton2011
- The Film Music of Mischa SpolianskyMischa Spoliansky; Rumon Gamba, BBC Concert Orchestra, Roderick Elms, Mark Coles, John Wright2009
- Vaughan Williams: Heroic Elegy & Triumphal Epilogue / Alwyn: Prelude / Blackdown / Peter Pan Suite / Ad Infinitum / Overture in the Form of a Serenade / Bowen: Eventide / Parry: HypatiaRalph Vaughan Williams, William Alwyn, York Bowen, Hubert Parry; BBC Concert Orchestra, John Wilson2009
- 2008
- The Film Music of Lord Berners & Constant LambertConstant Lambert, Lord Berners; Rumon Gamba, BBC Concert Orchestra, Mary Carewe, The Joyful Company of Singers & Peter Broadbent2008
- Gibbs: Odysseus / Dyson: Four Songs for SailorsCecil Armstrong Gibbs, Sir George Dyson; BBC Concert Orchestra, London Oriana Choir, David Drummond, Susan Gritton, Mark Stone2008
- Orchestral Music, Volume 5Leroy Anderson; Kim Criswell, William Dazeley, BBC Concert Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2008
- Orchestral Music, Volume 3Leroy Anderson; BBC Concert Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2007
- Sea Fever: Roderick Williams Sings Baritone Songs by British ComposersBax, Ireland, Dyson, Boughton, Bainton, Parry; Roderick Williams, Ailish Tynan, BBC Concert Orchestra, Martin Yates2007
- Orchestral Music, Volume 1Leroy Anderson; Jeffrey Biegel, BBC Concert Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2006
- The Film Music of Clifton ParkerClifton Parker; Rumon Gamba & BBC Concert Orchestra2005
- Fantasia and Ceremonial Prelude, Trumpet Concertino, Four Movements for String Orchestra, A Song for All Seasons and other Orchestral ClassicsLangford; Rumon Gamba, BBC Concert Orchestra, Crispian Steele‐Perkins & William Stephenson2003
- Waltzing in the Clouds: The Music of Robert StolzRobert Stolz; Julia Migenes, Sebastian Reinthanller, BBC Concert Orchestra, Iain Sutherland19995.00 ★
- Die KathrinErich Wolfgang Korngold; Diener, Rendall, Hayward, Watson, Jones, BBC Concert Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins1998
- The Enchanted Garden: 10 Orchestral PiecesEric Coates; The BBC Concert Orchestra, John Wilson19985.00 ★
- The Essential British Light Music CollectionBBC Concert Orchestra, Vernon Handley1997
- Under The Stars (17 Orchestral Miniatures)Eric Coates, BBC Concert Orchestra, John Wilson1997
- 1997
- BBC Concert Orchestra Plays the Hits From BroadwayBBC Concert Orchestra, David Arnold, Mary Carewe, Michael Dore1997
- Master Works II for Organ and OrchestraMarcel Dupré, Joseph Gilles, Jeanne Demessieux; BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, Jeremy Filsell1997
- Robert & Clara SchumannRobert Schumann, Clara Schumann; Lucy Parham, BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth1997
- Soprano in HollywoodLesley Garrett, BBC Concert Orchestra, Paul Bateman1996
- London Transport Suite / Petite Valse / Barbecue / Concerto Incognito / Mexican Fiesta / Duel for Drummers / Cresta Run / Going for a RideSidney Torch; BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth1996
- Britten: Spring Symphony / Bridge: Enter Spring / SummerBritten, Bridge; Eiddwen Harrhy, Linda Finnie, Robert Tear, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Sir Charles Groves, BBC Concert Orchestra, Ashley Lawrence1996
- The Last Night of the Proms CollectionBBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth1996
- 1996
- Milhaud: Double Piano Concerto / Symphonic Suite no. 2 (Protee) / Suite provençale (five movements) / Auric-Poulenc-Tailleferre-Honegger-Milhaud: Les Maries de la Tour EiffelMilhaud, Auric, Poulenc, Tailleferre, Honegger; Jacqueline Robin, Genevieve Joy, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Darius Milhaud,BBC Concert Orchestra, Ashley Lawrence1996
- Faure: Pavanne / Martin: Mass for Double Choir / Britten: A Boy Was Born / Duparc: MotetFaure, Martin, Britten, Duparc; BBC Singers, The Choristers of Westminster Cathedral, John Poole, BBC Concert Orchestra, Simon Joly1995
- Walton: Crown Imperial / Grainger: Molly on the Shore / Smetana: Vlatava / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Arnold: Concerto for HarmonicaWalton, Grainger, Smetana, Borodin, Arnold; Tommy Reilly, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Vilem Tausky, BBC Concert Orchestra, Henry Krips1995
- Hooked on Instrumental ClassicsLouis Clark & The BBC Concert Orchestra1994
- Goodbye Mr. Chips / A Tale of Two CitiesRichard Addinsell; BBC Concert Orchestra, Kenneth Alwyn1994
- Aspects of Andrew Lloyd WebberAndrew Lloyd Webber; The BBC Concert Orchestra1993
- D-Day: 50th AnniversaryThe BBC Concert Orchestra1993
- Lambert: The Rio Grande / Concerto / HoroscopeKathryn Stott, Della Jones, BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra & Barry Wordsworth1992
- The Butterfly Lovers Violin ConcertoChen Gang, He Zhanhao; Yu Li-Na, BBC Concert Orchestra, Li Jian
- The Magic Fountain / Margot la RougeFrederick Delius; BBC Concert Orchestra, Norman Del Mar
- Violin Concerto, op. 33 / Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 11York Bowen; BBC Concert Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Michael Dussek, Lorraine McAslan
Singles5
- Cello Concerto: III. MeditazioneDanny Elfman, Gautier Capuçon, BBC Concert Orchestra & Lionel Bringuier2026
- Ice Dance (From "Edward Scissorhands")Danny Elfman, Gautier Capuçon, BBC Concert Orchestra & Lionel Bringuier2026
- Delta Goodrem (live with the BBC Orchestra)Delta Goodrem & BBC Concert Orchestra2024
- Sword From the Stone (Radio 2 House Music Show)Passenger, The BBC Concert Orchestra2021
- Stop Crying Your Heart Out (BBC Radio 2 Allstars)BBC Children In Need, Anoushka Shankar, Ava Max, BBC Concert Orchestra, Bryan Adams, Cher, Clean Bandit, Ella Eyre, Grace Chatto, Gregory Porter, Izzy Bizu, Jack Savoretti, James Morrison, Jamie Cullum, Jay Sean, Jess Glynne, KSI, Kylie Minogue, Lauv, Lenny Kravitz, Melanie C, Nile Rodgers, Paloma Faith, Rebecca Ferguson, Robbie Williams, Sheku Kanneh-Mason & Yola20203.00 ★
Live Albums10
- Aethernal Score (Live with the BBC Concert Orchestra)Aïsha Devi / BBC Concert Orchestra2024
- BBC Music, Volume 18, Number 4: Britten: St. Nicolas / Howells: Three Carol-AnthemsBritten, Howells; BBC Singers, Choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral, BBC Concert Orchestra, Daniel Norman, Paul Brough, Andrew Carwood2009
- The Seldom Seen Kid Live at Abbey RoadElbow and the BBC Concert Orchestra2008
- Live in Londonk.d. lang with the BBC Concert Orchestra2008
- ConcretePet Shop Boys with the BBC Concert Orchestra20064.00 ★
- BBC Music, Volume 11, Number 6: Fiesta!Falla, Ginastera, Gershwin, Piazzolla, Moncayo, Plaza, Ann Murray, BBC Concert Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Barry Wordsworth2003
- 1997
- Grainger: Brigg Fair / Delius: Brigg Fair / Irmelin Prelude / Norwegian Suite / In a Summer Garden / A Dance Rhapsody no. 2Grainger, Delius; Gareth Roberts, BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, Ashley Lawrence1995
- The London ConcertBetty Buckley with the BBC Concert Orchestra and The BBC Big Band1995
- Great Summer of Music: Sibelius: Symphony no. 1 / Mozart: Horn Concerto no. 4 / Dvorak: Carnival OvertureSibelius, Mozart, Dvorak; BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Tuckwell, Owain Arwel Hughes1992
Compilations16
- Complete Orchestral WorksLeroy Anderson; BBC Concert Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin2021
- BBC Music, Volume 24, Number 4: Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad Rhapsody / MacCunn: Land of the Mountain and the FloodButterworth, Hamish MacCunn; BBC Scottish Symphony, BBC Concert Orchestra, Andrew Manze, Osmo Vänskä, Martyn Brabbins. Keith Lockhart2015
- BBC Music, Volume 18, Number 7: Great American Classics: Gershwin: Second Rhapsody / Bernstein: Chichester PsalmsGershwin, Bernstein; BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, National Youth Choir of Scotland, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Rodolfus Choir, Peter Jablonski, Duke Ellington. Ferde Grofé2010
- The Dam BustersAcademy of St Martin in the Fields, The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra & BBC Philharmonic2008
- Beethoven: Quintet for Piano & Wind Instruments / Jacob: Sextet for Wind Quintet & Piano / Hindemith: Sonata for Horn & Piano / Vinter: Hunter's MoonBeethoven, Jacob, Hindemith, Vinter; Brain, Dennis Brain Wind Quintet, Benjamin Britten, George Malcolm, Noel Mewton-Wood, BBC Concert Orchestra, Vilem Tausky2002
- The Music of Charles WilliamsCharles Williams; The BBC Concert Orchestra2002
- Pomp & Circumstance: An English FestivalAcademy of St Martin in the Fields, BBC Concert Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Marriner, Wordsworth, Previn2000
- 1999
- 1997
- Litolff: Scherzo / Tchaikovsky: Marche Slave / Offenbach: Dances from "Gaite Parisienne" / Lennon-McCartney: YesterdayLitolff, Tchaikovsky, Offenbach, Liszt, Lennon/McCartney; Dame Moura Lympany, BBC Concert Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler1996
- The Music of Eric CoatesEric Coates; BBC Concert Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult1995
- Instrumental ClassicsLouis Clark and The BBC Concert Orchestra1994
- BBC Music, Volume 1, Number 6: French FavouritesBerlioz, Chausson, Debussy, Dukas, Ravel, BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, Maurice Hasson1993
- 1992
- The Jameson CollectiomDerek Jameson, The BBC Concert Orchestra1988
Others3
- (Ocean) BloomRadiohead featuring BBC Concert Orchestra & Hans Zimmer2017
- ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin CafeSimon Jeffes; BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth1990
- 100 Years of the MoviesThe BBC Concert Orchestra
Bootlegs3
- 2022
- Friday Night is Music Night - Queen: A Friday Night At the OperaBBC Concert Orchestra with Rachael Wooding, Peter Eldridge, Jenna Lee-James and Michael Falzon2017
- 198x-xx-xx: Princess Ida: [unknown location]Sir William Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan; BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Singers, Philip Langridge & Sir Charles Mackerras