Martyn Brabbins, the other conductor on this album, is known for his affinity with late 19th and early 20th-century music, especially British music, and has recorded around 120 CDs.
Performer Biography
The BBC Symphony Orchestra, featured on this recording, has been central to British musical life since 1930 and provides the backbone of the BBC Proms.
Performer Biography
Fabien Gabel, one of the conductors on this album, is the music director of the Quebec Symphony Orchestra since 2012 and previously served as assistant to Sir Colin Davis and Bernard Haitink at the London Symphony Orchestra.
Performer Biography
Louis Schwizgebel, the pianist on this recording, won the Geneva International Music Competition at age seventeen and was later named a BBC New Generation Artist.
Performer Biography
The BBC Symphony Orchestra is strongly committed to 20th-century and contemporary music, regularly commissioning and premiering works by modern composers.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded by the BBC at Maida Vale Studios in London, with the two concertos recorded on separate dates in 2014 and 2015.
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