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Orchestral Works by Max Reger from Jaime Martín and the Gävle Symphony Orchestra
12th Dec 2025
Released back in August, this album (one of our Top 10 Classical Recordings of 2025) presents a marvellously evocative and captivating account of two orchestral works by Max Reger: the Four Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin, Op. 128, and the Romantic Suite, Op. 125.
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Berlioz's Les nuits d'été & Harold en Italie from John Nelson in Strasbourg
18th Nov 2022
Vocal shape-shifter Michael Spyres tackles the song-cycle in the original orchestral keys, whilst viola-player Timothy Ridout is a warmly collegiate soloist in Harold on this clear-eyed, affectionate recording from Strasbourg.
Popular Composers: Symphonic Poems
- Bax, Arnold Edward Trevor (1883–1953)
- Britten, Benjamin (1913–76)
- Chabrier, Alexis Emmanuel (1841–94)
- Copland, Aaron (1900–90)
- Debussy, Claude Achille (1862–1918)
- Delius, Frederick (1862–1934)
- Dukas, Paul (1865–1935)
- Dvořák, Antonín (1841–1904)
- Elgar, Edward William (1857–1934)
- Franck, César Auguste (1822–90)
- Gershwin, George (1898–1937)
- Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843–1907)
- Holst, Gustav Theodore (1874–1934)
- Ives, Charles (1874–1954)
- Janáček, Leoš (1854–1928)
- Lalo, Edouard (1823–92)
- Liszt, Ferencz (1811–86)
- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich (1839–81)
- Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeievitch (1891–1953)
- Rachmaninoff, Sergey Vassilievich (1873–1943)
- Respighi, Ottorino (1879–1936)
- Rimsky Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich (1844–1908)
- Saint-Saëns, Charles Camille (1835–1921)
- Schoenberg, Arnold (1874–1951)
- Sibelius, Jean (1865–1957)
- Smetana, Bedrich (1824–84)
- Strauss, Richard (1864–1949)
- Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich (1840–93)
- Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872–1958)
- Wagner, Richard (1813–83)
Popular Works: Symphonic Poems
- Chabrier: España (175)
- Debussy: La Mer (369)
- Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (602)
- Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (219)
- Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36 (188)
- Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36: Variation IX 'Nimrod' (140)
- Gershwin: An American in Paris, tone poem (211)
- Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 (124)
- Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 (173)
- Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 (177)
- Liszt: Les Préludes, symphonic poem No. 3, S97 (186)
- Mussorgsky: A Night on the Bare Mountain (277)
- Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (591)
- Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67 (140)
- Respighi: Pines of Rome (145)
- Rimsky Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 (154)
- Rimsky Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 (237)
- Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre, Op. 40 (293)
- Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux (165)
- Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne (371)
- Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (193)
- Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26 (334)
- Sibelius: Tapiola, Op. 112 (108)
- Sibelius: The Swan of Tuonela (from Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22) (174)
- Smetana: Má Vlast: Vltava (140)
- Strauss, R: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (239)
- Strauss, R: Don Juan, Op. 20 (326)
- Strauss, R: Don Quixote, Op. 35 (142)
- Strauss, R: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 (192)
- Strauss, R: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64 (164)
- Strauss, R: Metamorphosen (127)
- Strauss, R: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 (323)
- Strauss, R: Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 (192)
- Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49 (350)
- Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien, Op. 45 (237)
- Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32 (143)
- Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, Op. 31 (175)
- Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture (347)
- Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (202)
- Wagner: Siegfried Idyll (241)
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New. Homage to Heifetz
María Dueñas (violin), Itamar Golan (piano), Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
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Special offer. Copland: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Ballets
BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th January 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, Orchestral Choice
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Special offer. Respighi: Pines, Fountains & Festivals of Rome
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st January 2020
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2020, Editor's Choice
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New. Mussorgsky: Pictures From An Exhibition | Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives
Steven Osborne (piano)
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st January 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2013, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Winner - Instrumental
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New. Je chante la nuit
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Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine, Joseph Swensen
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