RECENT RECORDINGS

Brahms: The Symphonies

Robin Ticciati – Conductor

Our new recording of Brahms Symphonies with Robin Ticciati has received universal praise since its release at the end of March. Here are a few of the highlights:

These are revelatory performances that make you listen afresh to this wonderful life-enhancing music. BBC Music Magazine Recording of the Month

... think about what you gain in the clarity of texture... brighter, lighter sounds balanced against the smaller string sections... BBC Radio 3 ‘Record Review’ Disc of the Week

What stands out is the sheer range of sound and colour Ticciati has at his disposal...the playing is unfailingly vivid. The Guardian CD of the Week

...as always the playing is first class from the SCO... It’s a delight to listen to from start to finish. BBC Radio Scotland ‘Classics Unwrapped’ Album of the Week

... this is a set that sweeps aside recent rivals, brilliantly illuminating Brahms’s inner textures and making the familiar new. The Times

Ticciati’s is lean and quite dazzlingly transparent. Listening with score in hand, I marvelled at the conductor’s meticulous observance of Brahms’ markings. Nearly every instruction regarding dynamics, phrasing and articulation is accounted for. Gramophone Magazine

The Symphonies are available to buy from the merchandise desk at concerts. There is a final opportunity to hear these works live with Robin Ticciati and the SCO at the Edinburgh International Festival, 18 & 19 August 2018

Beethoven: Music for Winds

SCO Wind Soloists

Continuing to explore the Harmoniemusik repertoire, the SCO Wind Soloists’ new recording features youthful, entertaining and brilliant music by a young man who took Vienna by storm in the 1790s: Ludwig van Beethoven. Works include Sextet in E-Flat, Duo for Clarinet and Bassoon and the Octet in E-Flat

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All the wit and character of all the individual players coming through but yet still at the service of the whole ensemble. Something close to a perfect balance of individuality and team spirit. BBC Radio 3 ‘Record Review’

... a showstopper, where the very stuff of theatre – its tensions and releases, its compelling narrative vitality and emotional nuances – is played out in scintillating musical terms. The Scotsman