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Øystein Baadsvik, Mats Rondin, Lewis Lipnick, Andrew Litton - Kalevi Aho: Tuba and Contrabassoon Concertos (2007)

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Øystein Baadsvik, Mats Rondin, Lewis Lipnick, Andrew Litton - Kalevi Aho: Tuba and Contrabassoon Concertos (2007)

Øystein Baadsvik, Mats Rondin, Lewis Lipnick, Andrew Litton - Kalevi Aho: Tuba and Contrabassoon Concertos (2007)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 238 Mb | Total time: 63:42 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-CD-1574 | Recorded: 2006

Recent BIS issues of Kalevi Aho’s concertos for flute and clarinet – entrancingly beautiful and elementally energetic works, respectively – have confirmed him as one of the foremost composers of concertos in our day. The two concertos on this new disc for the bassi profundi of the orchestra strike me as less instantly rewarding, but that may be just that their rewards are more of the slow-release kind.

Andrew Litton, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Rachmaninov: Symphonies; Symphonic Dances; Vocalise; The Isle of the Dead (2023)

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Andrew Litton, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Rachmaninov: Symphonies; Symphonic Dances; Vocalise; The Isle of the Dead (2023)

Andrew Litton, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonies; Symphonic Dances; Vocalise; The Isle of the Dead (2023)
WEB FLAC | Tracks ~ 787 Mb | Total time: 3 h 34 min | Cover
Classical | Label: Erato | Recorded: 1990

The month of March will be marked by the 150th birthday of the great Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov. Though mostly remembered for his piano compositions, he excelled in every genre, and his symphonies and tone poems are no exception. We release here the highly praised complete recordings made by Andrew Litton and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, including the famous Vocalise in its instrumental version, and the Symphonic Dances, both making their digital debut.

Alexander Ullman, Andrew Litton, BBC Symphony Orchestra - Franz Liszt: Piano Concertos 1 & 2; Piano Sonata (2022)

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Alexander Ullman, Andrew Litton, BBC Symphony Orchestra - Franz Liszt: Piano Concertos 1 & 2; Piano Sonata (2022)

Alexander Ullman, Andrew Litton, BBC Symphony Orchestra - Franz Liszt: Piano Concertos 1 & 2; Piano Sonata (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 228 Mb | Total time: 72:50 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Rubicon Classics | # RCD1057 | Recorded: 2020, 2021

Alexander Ullman was the winner of the 2011 Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest. He studied at the Purcell School, the Curtis Institute and the Royal College of Music. His teachers include William Fong, Leon Fleisher and Dmitri Alexeev. Alexander’s debut album on Rubicon was a recital of great Russian ballet music arranged for piano – Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Stravinsky – and received enthusiastic reviews from around the world. This album is his first concerto recording – the two Liszt Concertos are coupled with the B minor Sonata.

Andrew Litton, Singapore Symphony Orchestra - Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites (2022)

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Andrew Litton, Singapore Symphony Orchestra - Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites (2022)

Andrew Litton, Singapore Symphony Orchestra - Dmitri Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 315 Mb | Total time: 69:14 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS Records | # BIS-2472 SACD | Recorded: 2019

Dmitri Shostakovich was the most versatile of composers: popular and serious styles came to him with equal ease and are frequently found together in the same work. In his twenties, before the heavy hand of Soviet officialdom slapped him down in 1936, music of every kind poured out of him: symphonies, operas and full-length ballets but also a great amount of music for film and theatre. Here Andrew Litton leads the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in a programme which explores this lighter side of a composer who is otherwise often regarded as unrelentingly serious.

Iyad Sughayer, The BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Khachaturian: The Concertante Works for Piano (2022)

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Iyad Sughayer, The BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Khachaturian: The Concertante Works for Piano (2022)

Iyad Sughayer, The BBC National Orchestra of Wales & Andrew Litton - Khachaturian: The Concertante Works for Piano (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 270 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 183 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:15:15
Classical | Label: BIS

The expressive immediacy of Aram Khachaturian's music, with its sensuous melodic writing, vibrant orchestration and rhythmic drive, resulted in a popularity equalled by few composers of his generation. Composed in 1936, the Piano Concerto was the work that established Khachaturian’s name. Cast in the customary three movements, it is scored for a sizable orchestra, with notable contributions from both side-drum and military drum in the percussion section. In the second movement there is also an extensive solo for a so-called ‘flexatone’; it is often put forward that Khachaturian in fact intended the part to be played on the musical saw, as it is on the present recording. Thirty years after the Concerto, the composer returned to the genre with his Concerto-Rhapsody for piano and orchestra. This time the score offers prominent roles for the xylophone, marimba and vibraphone, which contribute towards making this one of the composer’s most colourful works.

Peter Donohoe, Andrew Litton - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 26: Henry Litolff: Concertos symphoniques Nos 3 & 5 (2001)

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Peter Donohoe, Andrew Litton - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 26: Henry Litolff: Concertos symphoniques Nos 3 & 5 (2001)

Peter Donohoe, Andrew Litton, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 26: Henry Charles Litolff: Concertos symphoniques Nos 3 & 5 (2001)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & no Log) ~ 301 Mb | Total time: 65:58 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67210 | Recorded: 2000

This recording is the companion to Donohoe and Litton's earlier recording of Litolff's Concerto Symphoniques 2 & 4 (CDA66889) and completes our survey of the composer's works for piano and orchestra (Litolff's first concerto was never published and is lost).

Peter Donohoe, Andrew Litton - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 14: Litolff: Concertos symphoniques Nos 2 & 4 (1997)

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Peter Donohoe, Andrew Litton - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 14: Litolff: Concertos symphoniques Nos 2 & 4 (1997)

Peter Donohoe, Andrew Litton, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra - The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol. 14: Henry Charles Litolff: Concertos symphoniques Nos 2 & 4 (1997)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 296 Mb | Total time: 70:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA66889 | Recorded: 1996

Litolff was one of the great virtuosi of the nineteenth century. His five Concertos Symphoniques (the first of which is now unfortunately lost) were of major influence in the transition from the Classically-derived concertos of Hummel, Moscheles and Chopin to the more symphonic late-Romantic concertos. He pioneered the use of a four-movement structure which included a Scherzo (as in Brahms's Second Concerto) and gave the orchestra much more of the thematic material. Indeed, although the piano writing is very brilliant, much of it is accompanimental. The Second Concerto is a real rarity, the orchestral parts proving very hard to locate. This is probably its first performance in over 130 years.

Alexander Ullman, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Litton - Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Sonata (2022)

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Alexander Ullman, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Litton - Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Sonata (2022)

Alexander Ullman, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Litton - Liszt: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Sonata (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 229 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 169 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:12:48
Classical | Label: Rubicon Classics

Alexander Ullman was the winner of the 2011 Franz Liszt International Piano Competition in Budapest. He studied at the Purcell School, the Curtis Institute and the Royal College of Music. His teachers include William Fong, Leon Fleisher and Dmitri Alexeev. Alexander’s debut album on Rubicon was a recital of great Russian ballet music arranged for piano – Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and Stravinsky – and received enthusiastic reviews from around the world. This album is his first concerto recording – the two Liszt Concertos are coupled with the B minor Sonata.

Piers Lane, Bergen PO, Andrew Litton - Eyvind Alnaes & Christian Sinding: Piano Concertos (2007)

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Piers Lane, Bergen PO, Andrew Litton - Eyvind Alnaes & Christian Sinding: Piano Concertos (2007)

The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 42: Eyvind Alnæs & Christian Sinding (2007)
Piers Lane, piano; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Andrew Litton, conductor

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 233 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 152 Mb | Artwork included
Genre: Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67555 | Time: 01:05:10

You're going to love this disc. It does everything this wonderful series of "Romantic Piano Concertos" is supposed to: present captivating repertoire in excellent performances. Christian Sinding was a notoriously spotty composer when working in large forms. After all, if you live well into your 80s writing tons of music along the way, but remain famous for one three-minute piano miniature ("Rustle of Spring"), then something's not right. That said, this youthful concerto offsets its tendency to ramble with an abundance of fresh, enjoyable tunes and fistfuls of pianistic fun and games. When the melodies are so attractive it's impossible to deny Sinding his right to dwell on them at length.

Andrew Litton, Lev Markiz - Felix Mendelssohn: The Complete Symphonies, String Symphonies and Concertos [11CDs] (2012)

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Andrew Litton, Lev Markiz - Felix Mendelssohn: The Complete Symphonies, String Symphonies and Concertos [11CDs] (2012)

Andrew Litton, Lev Markiz - Mendelssohn: The Complete Symphonies, String Symphonies and Concertos [11CDs] (2012)
dBpoweramp | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 2.83 Gb | Total time: 12:02:35 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-2002 CD | Recorded: 1993-2008

Gathered here, the three discs with Felix Mendelssohn’s symphonies recorded in 2007 and 2008 by Andrew Litton and his Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra were warmly received by the reviewers when they were first released.

Andrew Litton, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra - Gustav Holst: The Planets; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations (2019)

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Andrew Litton, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra - Gustav Holst: The Planets; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations (2019)

Andrew Litton, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra - Gustav Holst: The Planets; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations (2019)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 339 Mb | Total time: 82:42 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS | # BIS-2068 SACD | Recorded: 2013, 2017

It is striking that two of the true classics in English orchestral music were composed within the short space of some fifteen years around the turn of the previous century. Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations have charmed as well as fascinated listeners since the first performance in 1899. In 14 remarkably diverse variations Elgar demonstrates his compositional mastery while creating miniature portraits of his closest friends, as well as of his wife and himself. By turns gentle, idyllic, tempestuous and boisterous, the pieces – which often run seamlessly into each other – nevertheless make up a coherent whole, like a group portrait taken during a country weekend.

Andrew Litton, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 (2002)

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Andrew Litton, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 (2002)

Andrew Litton, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra - Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 (2002)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 557 Mb | Total time: 79:21+72:43 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Virgin Classics | # 7243 5 62037 2 3 | Recorded: 1990

Rachmaninov’s three symphonies reflect three very different phases in his creative development: the First (1895) is a stormy synthesis of contemporary trends in Russian symphonic music, the Second (1906-07) an epic study in Tchaikovskian opulence, and the Third (1935-36) a seemingly unstoppable stream of original ideas and impressions. The Second was the first to gain wide acceptance, and with good reason. It shares both the key and general mood of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth. Cast in E minor, its initial gloom ultimately turns to triumph, and the symphony includes enough glorious melodies to keep Hollywood happy for decades.