Experience the SCO - Recordings

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra has a discography of over 140 recordings and continues to be showered with praise for its recordings. The SCO has a partnership with Glasgow-based Linn Records, with whom it has recorded 13 CDs.

The hotly anticipated Italia featuring Nicola Benedetti and the SCO is now on sale. Recorded following the hugley successful 2010 South of Scotland Tour, Benedetti traces her Italian roots through timeless classics by Vivaldi, Tartini and Veracini.

 

Benedetti Italia CD cover

The SCO's third instalment in its successful Mozart Serenades series with violinist Alexander Janiczek, released on Linn Records. Recorded in August 2010, the CD features Janiczek and an SCO ensemble performing Mozart's Divertimento K.334 and Oboe Quartet K.370.

Mozart Oboe Quartet white box

Following a performance at Perth Concert Hall in March 2010, the Orchestra and members of the SCO LAB went into the studio with conductor David Murphy and Indian sarod maestro Amjad Ali Khan, to record Khan's Samaagam. The piece is a fusion of Eastern and Western music and was recorded for the World Village label.

Samaagam white box

In earlier recordings, conductor Emeritus Joseph Swensen conducts and takes the solo in Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No 2 and the 'Classical' Symphony, as well as performing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and conducting the 'Scottish' Symphony and Hebrides Overture. Sir Charles Mackerras conducts superb music by Kodály and Bartók while SCO Principals take the solos in Mozart's Wind Concertos under conductor Alexander Janiczek.

And don't forget about the must-have complete box set of Beethoven's symphonies, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras. This box set was recorded live at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2006. Featuring the Scottish Chamber Orchestra on Symphonies 1-8, and the bigger forces of the Philharmonia Orchestra on Symphony No 9, the CD has received wonderful reviews and remains popular with both those seeking to relive the live performances and those who missed the chance.

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