Discography | Bernard Stevens

Discography and other recordings

A recording of The Bramble Briar for classical guitar has recently been remastered and uploaded to youtube. The performance by Ben Thompson was recorded in 1979, two years before Bernard Stevens died.

For all enquiries about Bernard Stevens’ CDs, please contact the Bernard Stevens Trust

	The Piano Music of Bernard Stevens CD 1 – Works for Solo Piano Florian Uhlig CD 2 – Works for Solo Piano, Piano (Four Hands), & Two Pianos (Four Hands) Michael Finnissy Isabel Beyer Harvey Dagul Dutton CDLX 7160Listen to an extract from CD1: “Ballad No.2” below: Listen to an extract from CD2: “Aria” below:
	Stevens – Chamber Music Piano Trio, Op.3 Sonata for Violin & Piano in one movement, Op.1 Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano, Op.38 Fantasia on a theme of Dowland for Violin and Piano, Op.23 Improvisation for Solo Violin, Op.48a Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble. Albany TROY 572Listen to an extract from the Chamber Music CD: “Piano Trio” below: Listen to an extract from the Chamber Music CD: “Violin Sonata” below:
	The Shadow of the Glen one-act opera from the J M Synge play Also on the disc is Bernard Stevens’ The True Dark song cycle from the epic poem by Randall Swingler. Listed in best CDs of 2001 – BBC Music Magazine Albany TROY 418Listen to an extract from the song cycle “The True Dark”: “Dear Comet Silence” below: Listen to an extract from the Opera “The Shadow of the Glen”: “I wasn’t long, Stranger” below:
	Symphony No 1 – A Symphony of Liberation with ‘Cello Concerto Baillie/BBC Philharmonic, cond: Edward Downes Meridian CDE 84124 This recording was sponsored by the Worshipful Company of MusiciansListen to an extract from “A Symphony of Liberation”, 2nd Movement: “Resistance”: Listen to an extract from the Cello Concerto, 1st Movement:
	Violin Concerto with Symphony No2 Kovacic/BBC Philharmonic cond: Edward Downes Meridian CDE 84174 This recording was sponsored by the Rex Foundation, USAListen to an extract from the Violin Concerto, 2nd Movement: Listen to an extract from Symphony No 2, 2nd Movement “Scherzo”:
	Theme and Variations for String Quartet with String Quartet No2 and Lyric Suite for String Trio, Delme Quartet Chamber Music CD of the Year – Classic CD 1991 Reissued on Albany in 2001 TROY 455Listen to an extract from “Theme & Variations”: Listen to an extract from “String Quartet No. 2”:
	Stevens and Howells Choral Music Mass for Double Choir Finzi Singers, cond: Paul Spicer Chandos CHAN 9021Available from The Classical Shop as a digital download only
	Max Rostal in Memoriam (Remastered Concerto performances) BUY NOW Bartok No 2/Stevens Violin Concerto/Berg/Shostakovitch No 1 Symposium 1142-3 Max Rostal commissioned Stevens’ Violin Concerto and gave its first performance in 1946 (This is a double CD)
	Piano Concerto, Dance Suite, Variations for Orchestra Roscoe/National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, cond: Adrian Leaper Marco Polo 8223480 CD This recording was sponsored by the Rex FoundationListen to an extract from the Piano Concerto, 1st Movement “Andante”: Listen to an extract from the Dance Suite, 1st Movement “Allegro”:
	Howells and Stevens Piano Music, Jeremy Filsell Guild GMCD 7119
	Classic Widows, music from the film by Ken Russell Includes extracts from A Symphony of Liberation and the film music, Mark of Cain Chandos CHAN 7008