Browse: Vernon Handley (conductor)
This page lists all recordings conducted by Vernon Handley.
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This Bax symphony cycle comes under the baton of the composer's doughtiest champion, and superlatives are in order. Even seasoned Baxians will be startled by the propulsive vigour and sinewy... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, 100 Greatest Recordings
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2003, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Orchestral
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Finzi: Clarinet Concerto & Cello Concerto RecommendedJohn Denman (clarinet), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)
New Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
The Cello Concerto was in many ways the composer's swansong… The beautifully slow movement is deeply searching and draws on an Elgarian quality, a poignant nobility. Yo-Yo Ma's wistfully introspective... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2007, Re-issue of the Month
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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…some of the composer's most powerful orchestral writing receives utterly committed, full-blooded performance, the complex textures ideally balanced and superbly recorded. — More…
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Orchestral Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2006, Orchestral Choice
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Elgar: Violin Concerto & Introduction and Allegro
RecommendedNigel Kennedy (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
Kennedy's first recording of the Elgar Concerto is aflame with a young man's passionate inspiration, though never lacking subtler nuance, while Handley simply breathed Elgar like no-one else. — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 1985, Winner - Concerto
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Presto Greatest Recordings of the 1980s
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Rubbra: Symphony No. 6, Op. 80, etc. Rohan de Saram (cello)
Philharmonia Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Vernon Handley
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If you know that feeling of expectancy, of vast potential energy, at the outset of a great symphony, you'll surely respond to the opening of Simpson's Ninth – and be wholly engrossed. You'll... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Winner - Contemporary
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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British String Concertos
Lorraine McAslan (violin), Alexander Baillie (cello), Kenneth Sillito (violin), Emanuel Hurwitz (cello), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Rodney Friend (violin), Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John Georgiadis (violin), Rohan de Saram (cello), Yfrah Neaman (violin), Manoug Parikian (violin), Erich Gruenberg (violin),...
this is an historic collection for all sorts of reasons. These recordings will be listened to for many years to come. The heyday of Lyrita was an extraordinarily rich period for British music... — More…
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Bantock: Omar Khayyám Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Toby Spence & Roderick Williams
BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley
It's a fascinating rediscovery on a huge scale, especially in the detail and depth of SACD surround-sound, seductively performed by Handley's forces, Toby Spence appropriately poetic and Catherine... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2007, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2007, Disc of the Month
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Boughton: Symphony No. 3 & Concerto for Oboe and Strings No. 1 Sarah Francis (oboe)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
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Finzi: A Severn Rhapsody, Eclogue & other works Rodney Friend (solo violin), Peter Katin (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Vernon Handley
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