The 2016 BBC Proms season was announced earlier today; we've been leafing through our Proms Guide in the office this afternoon, and have put together a selective discography of relevant recordings...
The full details of this year's entire Proms season are available in the BBC Proms 2016: the Official Guide - out now.
Prom 1 - Friday 15th July, 7.30pm (First Night of the Proms)
Elgar: Cello Concerto (Sol Gabetta, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Sakari Oramo)
Sol Gabetta (cello), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Prom 17 - Thursday 28th July, 7.30pm
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 (Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington)
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Prom 18 - Friday 29th July, 7.00pm
Mahler: Symphony No. 3 (Sarah Connolly, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Bernard Haitink)
Jard van Nes (contralto), Berliner Philharmoniker, Bernard Haitink
Available formats: 2 Presto CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Prom 20 - Saturday 30th July, 7.30pm
Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette (Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner)
Proms Chamber Music 3 - Monday 1st August, 1.00pm
Satie: Cabaret (Alexandre Tharaud, Jean Delescluse, Alistair McGowan)
Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Prom No. 23 - Monday 1st August, 7.30pm
Nielsen: Symphony No. 5 (BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds)
BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds
Available formats: 3 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Prom No. 24 - Tuesday 2nd August, 7.30pm
Britten: Piano Concerto (Steven Osborne, BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena)
Steven Osborne (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ilan Volkov
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Prom No. 31 - Sunday 7th August, 7.30pm
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Kirill Gerstein, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard)
Kirill Gerstein (piano), Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, James Gaffigan
Available formats: SACD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Prom 32 - Monday 8th August, 7.30pm
HK Gruber: 3 MOB Pieces & Busking (Håkan Hardenberger, Academy of St. Martin in The Fields)
Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Swedish Chamber Orchestra, HK Gruber
Available format: CD
Prom 32 - Monday 8th August, 7.30pm
Dutilleux: The Shadows of Time (Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen)
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Esa-Pekka Salonen
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Prom 38 - Saturday 13th August, 7.00pm
George & Ira Gershwin Rediscovered (John Wilson and his Orchestra)
Louise Dearman, Matthew Ford, John Wilson and his Orchestra
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Prom 40 - Monday 15th August, 7.30pm
Thomas Adès: Lieux retrouvés (Steven Isserlis, Britten Sinfonia, Thomas Adès)
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Prom No. 41 - Tuesday 16th August, 7.00pm
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (Alice Coote, Gregory Kunde, Hallé, Sir Mark Elder)
Alice Coote (mezzo), Burkhard Fritz (tenor), Netherlands Philharmonic, Marc Albrecht
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Prom 43 - Wednesday 17th August, 7.30pm
Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 (Martha Argerich, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim)
Martha Argerich (piano), London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Prom 50 - Tuesday 23rd August, 7.30pm
Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Stephen Hough, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov)
Stephen Hough (piano), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Prom 53 - Thursday 25th August, 7.30pm
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Prom 55 - Saturday 27th August, 7.30pm
Hans Abrahamsen: Let me tell you (Barbara Hannigan, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla)
Barbara Hannigan (soprano) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Andris Nelsons
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Prom 66 - Saturday 3rd September, 7.30pm
Brahms: Symphony No. 2 (Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Simon Rattle
Available formats: 3 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
Proms 69 & 70 - Monday 5th September, 7.30pm & Tuesday 6th September, 7.30pm
Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 (Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Prom 75 - Saturday 10th September, 7.15pm (The Last Night of the Proms)
Opera arias by Donizetti, Rossini and Offenbach (Juan Diego Flórez, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo)
Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), various conductors and orchestras.
Available format: Download (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
