Andrew Davis
British conductor and organist.
Born: 2nd February 1944 Ashridge, Hertfordshire, UK.
Died: 20th April 2024 Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Musical director of the Glyndebourne Festival from 1988 to 2000, chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 1989 - 2000 (the second longest tenure of the post after Sir Adrian Boult) and Music Director of Lyric Opera of Chicago from 2000 -2021.
Appointed CBE in 1992 and knighted in 1999. Husband of soprano Gianna Rolandi who died in 2021.
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A Child Of Our Time
Tippett*, Pumeza Matshikiza, Dame Sarah Connolly*, Joshua Stewart (2), Ashley Riches, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2024
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Violin Concerto / Scherzo À La Russe / Apollon Musagète / Orchestral Suites
Stravinsky*, James Ehnes, Sir Andrew Davis*
2024
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
A Tribute To Andrew Davis
Andrew Davis, Holst*, Tippett*, Debussy*, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus*, BBC Philharmonic, Trinity Laban Chamber Choir
2024
Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, Symphony No. 6 & Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Tasmin Little, Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra
2022
Warner Classics
2xLP, Album
Complete Symphonies
Vaughan Williams*, Richard Hickox, Sir Andrew Davis*
2022
Chandos
6xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Comp + Box, Comp
Violin Concerto / Three Orchestral Pieces / Piano Sonata / Passacaglia
Berg*, James Ehnes, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2022
Symphony In C / Symphony In Three Movements / Divertimento / Circus Polka / Greeting Prelude
Stravinsky*, BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis*
2022
Symphony No. 5 / Symphony No. 6
Robert Simpson (6) - LSO*, Andrew Davis / LPO*, Charles Groves*
2021
Lyrita
CD
The World Was Once All Miracle
Raymond Yiu, Andrew Watts, Roderick Williams (3), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis, Edward Gardner, David Robertson (5)
2021
Thaïs
Massenet*, Erin Wall, Joshua Hopkins, Andrew Staples, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2020
Chandos
2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Orchestral Works Vol. 3
Sir Eugene Goossens, Tasmin Little, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2020
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
The Lark Ascending
Vaughan Williams*, Iona Brown, Robin Tritschler, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, London Conchord Ensemble, Andrew Davis, Elgar Howarth, Michael Francis (3)
2020
Symphonie Fantastique / Fantaisie Sur la Tempête de Shakespeare
Berlioz*, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2019
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Mary Of Magdala / The Enchantress / The Meditations On A Theme By John Blow
Bliss*, Dame Sarah Connolly*, James Platt, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*, Sir Andrew Davis*
2019
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
L'Enfance Du Christ
Berlioz* - Sasha Cooke, Andrew Staples, Roderick Williams (3), Matthew Brook, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra And Chorus*, Sir Andrew Davis*
2019
Chandos
2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album + Box, Sli
Violin Concerto; Don Quixote
Richard Strauss, James Ehnes, Daniel Müller-Schott, Christopher Moore (4), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2019
ABC Classics
CD, Album
Don Quixote; Sonata For Cello And Piano; Songs Op. 10 And Op. 32
Richard Strauss, Daniel Müller-Schott, Herbert Schuch, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2019
Orfeo (2)
CD, Album
The British Line: A Celebration Of British Music
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*, Sir Andrew Davis*
2019
Warner Classics
16xCD, RE + Box, Comp
An Alpine Symphony; Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks
Richard Strauss, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2018
ABC Classics
CD, Album
The Beatitudes; Introduction And Allegro; God Save The Queen
Sir Arthur Bliss*, Emily Birsan, Ben Johnson (31), Sir Andrew Davis*
2018
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Cello Concerto / Eclogue / New Year Music / Grand Fantasia And Toccata
Finzi* / Paul Watkins (3), Louis Lortie, Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra
2018
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
The Music Makers, Etc.
Elgar*, Dame Sarah Connolly*, Andrew Staples, BBC Symphony Orchestra And Chorus*, Sir Andrew Davis*
2018
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Orchestral Works, Vol. 4
Holst*, Guy Johnston, BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis*
2018
Job • Symphony No. 9
Vaughan Williams*, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra*, Sir Andrew Davis*
2017
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Ives: Orchestral Works, Vol.3
Ives* - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis
2017
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Falstaff / Orchestral Songs / 'Grania And Diarmid' Incidental Music And Funeral March
Elgar*, Sir Andrew Davis*, Roderick Williams (3), BBC Philharmonic
2017
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Sinfonía Antartica, Concerto For Two Pianos And Orchestra, Four Last Songs
Vaughan Williams* - Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier, Roderick Williams (3), Mari Eriksmoen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra*, Sir Andrew Davis*
2017
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Berlioz - Romeo Et Juliette
Andrew Davis
2016
Chandos
2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel + Box
Messiah
Handel* - Erin Wall, Elizabeth DeShong*, Andrew Staples, John Relyea, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2016
Chandos, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
2xSACD, Multichannel, Album, DSD
Ein Heldenleben I Intermezzo: Four Symphonic Interludes
Richard Strauss, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis
2016
ABC Classics
CD
King Olaf / The Banner Of Saint George
Elgar*, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra*, Sir Andrew Davis*
2015
Chandos
2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Orchestral Works, Vol. 1
Charles Ives / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis
2015
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
British Violin Concertos
Haydn Wood, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Frederick Delius - Tasmin Little, BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis*
2015
Chandos
CD, Album
Morning Heroes ● Hymn To Apollo (Original Version)
Bliss*, Samuel West, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Andrew Davis
2015
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Organ Concerto / Requiem (Vol. 23 No. 9)
Poulenc*, Duruflé*, Dame Gillian Weir*, Ruby Hughes, Gerald Finley, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, BBC National Chorus Of Wales, National Youth Choir Of Wales, Sir Andrew Davis*, Thierry Fischer (2)
2015
Orchestral Works, Vol. 2
Charles Ives / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis
2015
Violin Concertos
Britten* & Brahms* ; Ida Haendel, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*, Rozhdestvensky*
2015
The Dream Of Gerontius / Sea Pictures
Elgar* - Sarah Connolly • Stuart Skelton • David Soar, BBC Symphony Chorus • BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2014
Chandos
2xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel + Box
Delius In Norway
Delius*, Ann-Helen Moen, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra* / Sir Andrew Davis*
2014
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Phantasy / Four Orchestral Pieces / Overture, Elegy And Rondo
Bax*, Philip Dukes, BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis*
2014
Chandos
CD, Album
Don Juan / Four Last Songs / Also Sprach Zarathustra
Richard Strauss - Erin Wall, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2014
ABC Classics
CD, Album
Violin Concerto ° Karelia Suite ° Finlandia ° Valse Triste ° Andante Festivo ° Valse Lyrique ° The Swan Of Tuonela
Sibelius*, Jennifer Pike - Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra*, Sir Andrew Davis*
2014
Overtures
Berlioz* - Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra*, Sir Andrew Davis*
2013
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
The Lark Ascending
Vaughan Williams* / Moeran* / Delius* / Elgar* / Holst* / Tasmin Little, BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis*
2013
Chandos
CD, Album
Orchestral Works (Volume 3)
Holst* - Susan Gritton, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2013
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Percy Grainger Works for Large Chorus and Orchestra
Percy Grainger, Andrew Davis, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Chamber Choir, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus
2013
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Orchestral Works: Vol. 2
Sir Eugene Goossens, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2013
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Elgar: Cello Concerto, Introduction & Allegro, Elegy, Pomp & Circumstance Marches
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis*, Paul Watkins (3)
2012
Chandos
CD, Album
Orchestral Works
Alexander Borodin, Andrew Davis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg Camerata, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein
2012
Newton Classics
2xCD, Comp
Piano Concerto / Paris / Idylle De Printemps / Brigg Fair
Delius* – Howard Shelley, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2012
Chandos
CD, Album
The Starlight Express
Sir Edward Elgar - Elin Manahan Thomas ∙ Roderick Williams (3) ∙ Simon Callow ∙ Scottish Chamber Orchestra ∙ Sir Andrew Davies*
2012
Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
York Bowen - BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis*
2011
Chandos
CD, Album
Concertos For Violin And Cello
Delius* / Tasmin Little, Paul Watkins (3), Sir Andrew Davis*, BBC Symphony Orchestra
2011
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Orchestral Works (Volume 2)
Holst* - BBC Philharmonic, Manchester Chamber Choir, Sir Andrew Davis*
2011
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Appalachia / The Song of the High Hills
Delius* - BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2011
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Symphony No 9 / Elegy For Brahms
Vaughan Williams* / Parry* – BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2011
Enigma Variations/In The South (Alassio)/Serenade For Strings
Elgar* / Sir Andrew Davis* / Philharmonia Orchestra
2010
Signum Classics
CD
Symphony No.1 • Symphony No.2 • Overture, Froissart
Elgar*, Andrew Davis, Philharmonia Orchestra
2010
Signum Classics
2xCD, Album
Violin Concerto - Interlude from The Crown of India - Polonia
Elgar* - Tasmin Little, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2010
Chandos
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album
Essential Handel
Handel*, Maurice André, Dame Janet Baker*, Sir John Barbirolli, Harry Bicket, Ian Bostridge, Sir Andrew Davis*, Richard Hickox, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Neville Marriner, Yehudi Menuhin, Simon Preston, Sviatoslav Richter, Lionel Rogg, Robert Tear
2010
EMI Classics
2xCD, Comp
Der Rosenkavalier
Strauss* - Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Kurt Moll, Ann Murray, Barbara Bonney, Royal Opera Chorus*, Orchestra Of The Royal Opera House*, Andrew Davis
2010
Opus Arte
3xCD, Album, RM + Box
Lest We Forget: Poetry And Music Of Remembrance
Sir John Gielgud*, Sir Derek Jacobi*, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2010
Warner Classics & Jazz
CD, Album
Violin Concerto No. 4 / Violin Concerto
Mozart*, Korngold*, Hilary Hahn, Andrew Haveron, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*, Jiří Bělohlávek
2010
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini / Symphony No. 3
Rachmaninov*, Tchaikovsky*, Simon Trpčeski, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis*, Gianandrea Noseda
2010
すこやかクラシック-盛夏
Michel Legrand, Daniel Barenboim, Tribio Santos, Kurt Masur, Andrew Davis, Jesús López-Cobos
2009
Warner Classics
CD, Comp
The Crown Of India / Imperial March / Coronation March / Empire March
Sir Edward Elgar, Anthony Payne*, BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis*
2009
Falstaff Symphonic Study - Enigma Variations On An Original Theme - Pomp And Circumstance March No. 5
Elgar*, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Andrew Davis
2008
Lyrita
CD, RM
Symphony No. 5 / Mass In G Minor
Vaughan Williams*, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Sir Andrew Davis*, Andrew Carwood
2008
BBC Music
CD
Piano Concerto No.1
Stephen Hough, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis - Brahms*
2008
Virgin Classics
CD
Gloria, L'Ascension, Symphony Of Psalms
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus*, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Christine Brewer, Sir Andrew Davis*, Vladimir Jurowski, Poulenc*, Messiaen*, Stravinsky*
2008
BBC Music Magazine
CD, Album
Violin Concerto, Violin Sonata No. 7
Ludwig van Beethoven, Min-Jin Kym, Philharmonia Orchestra, Andrew Davis
2008
Sony Classical
CD, Album
The Vaughan Williams Experience
Vaughan Williams*, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2008
Warner Classics & Jazz
2xCD, Album, Comp
Piano Concerti
Beethoven*, Anton Kuerti, Andrew Davis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra
2008
CBC Records
3xCD
The Planets
Gustav Holst, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis*
2008
Warner Music Entertainment
CD + DVD, Copy Prot.
Music For Horn And Orchestra
Hoddinott*, Searle*, Banks*, Maw*, Barry Tuckwell, New Philharmonia*, Royal Philharmonic*, Alan Civil, Ian Harper, English Chamber Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Andrew Davis
2008
Lyrita
CD, Comp
Great Proms Premieres
Walton* / Ireland* / Guto Puw* - Nobuko Imai, Kathryn Stott, BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Tadaaki Otaka, Andrew Davis, Sir Henry Wood, David Atherton (2)
2008
Piano Concertos 1 & 2, Clarinet Concerto, Harp Concerto
Alun Hoddinott, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, Andrew Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton (2), Gervase de Peyer, Philip Fowke, Martin Jones (3), Osian Ellis
2007
Lyrita
CD, Album, Comp, RM
Violin Concerto • Serenade For Strings
Elgar*, James Ehnes, Philharmonia Orchestra, Andrew Davis
2007
Onyx (6)
CD, Album
The Mask Of Orpheus
Harrison Birtwistle, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins
2007
NMC (3)
3xCD, Album
Best Of British From The BBC Proms 2007
Britten* | Delius* | Elgar* | Knussen* | Bennett* | Tippett* | Walton* - BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus* | Jiří Bělohlávek | Sir Andrew Davis* | Stephen Jackson | Oliver Knussen
2007
Deutsche Grammophon
2xCD, Album
Soprano
Nicole Cabell, Andrew Davis, London Philharmonic Orchestra
2007
Concertos - Symphonies
Chostakovitch* - Cristina Ortiz, David Oïstrakh*, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Truls Mørk, Paavo Berglund, Maxime Chostakovitch*, Mariss Jansons, Andrew Davis
2006
EMI Classics
5xCD, Comp
Kát'a Kabanová
Leoš Janáček / Nancy Gustafson, Felicity Palmer, Ryland Davies, Barry McCauley, John Graham-Hall, Louise Winter, The London Philharmonic Orchestra* , Conducted By Andrew Davis , Directed For Television By Derek Bailey (3)
2006
RM Associates, Edizioni Del Prado
DVD-V, RE, PAL
Symphony No. 1
The Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy : Mahler*, Frederica von Stade, Andrew Davis, London Philharmonic Orchestra
2006
RCA Red Seal
CD, Comp
Piano Concerto No. 1
Chopin*, Liszt*, Yundi Li, Philharmonia Orchestra, Andrew Davis
2006
Frescoes · Double Concerto / Our Father · Hukvaldy Songs
Martinů* · BBC Symphony Orchestra · Sir Andrew Davis* · Prague Philharmonia · Jiří Bělohlávek / Janáček* · Czech Philharmonic Choir Of Brno · Petr Fiala (2) · BBC Symphony Chorus · Stephen Jackson
2005
Warner Classics
CD, Album
Elgar
Sir Edward Elgar, Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra
2005
Warner Classics
5xCD, Comp + Box
Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9 · In Nature · Serenade For Winds · Serenade For Strings Etc.
Dvořák* - Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2005
Royal Palace - Der Neue Orpheus
Kurt Weill - Watson* - Richardson* - Holland* - Coxon* - Harries* - Davis* - BBC Symphony Orchestra - Sir Andrew Davis*
2004
Capriccio (2)
CD, Album
La Clemenza Di Tito
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Philip Langridge, Ashley Putnam, Diana Montague, Martine Mahé, Elzbieta Szmytka, Peter Rose (3) / The Glyndebourne Chorus*, The London Philharmonic* / Andrew Davis, Nicholas Hytner*
2004
Edizioni Del Prado
DVD-V, RE, PAL
At The Exactest Point
Stephen Jones*, Chicago Symphony Orchestra + Sir Andrew Davis*
2004
Tantara Records
CD, Single
Serenades Nos.1 & 2
Brahms*, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra*, Sir Andrew Davis*, Ensemble Orchestral De Paris, Armin Jordan
2004
Apex
CD, Album, Comp
Perséphone/Overture "Polyeucte"
Igor Stravinsky, Paul Dukas, Nicole Tibbels, Paul Groves, Trinity Boys' Choir, Cantate Youth Choir, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis, Yan Pascal Tortelier
2004
Warner Classics
CD, Album
The Firebrand Of Florence
Kurt Weill - BBC Symphony Orchestra • Sir Andrew Davis*, Gilfry* • Fuller* • Palmer* • Dvorsky* • Beale*
2003
Capriccio (2)
2xCD, Album
Lulu
Alban Berg - Christine Schäfer, Kathryn Harries, Wolfgang Schöne , Conductor: Andrew Davis , Director: Graham Vick
2003
Janácek: Sinfonietta; Ballad of Blanek; Fiddler's Child; Taras Bulba
Leoš Janáček, Andrew Davis, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra*
2003
Sibelius En Saga, The Swan Of Tuonela, Finlandia, The Oceanides, Tapiola
Sibelius*, Andrew Davis, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
2003
Belshazzar's Feast / Job
Walton* / Vaughan Williams* - Bryn Terfel, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra And Chorus*, Sir Andrew Davis*
2002
Apex
CD, Album
Symphony No. 1, Elegy For Strings, Sospiri
Elgar* - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis*
2002
Apex
CD, Album
Little Suite - Holberg Suite - Serenade
Nielsen*, Grieg*, Stenhammer* - Bernt Lysell, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra*, Sir Andrew Davis*, Norwegian Radio Orchestra*, Ari Rasilainen
2002
Apex
CD, Comp
Vaughan Williams : The Lark Ascending
Andrew Davis
Elgar : Enigma Variations Op.36 : X Nimrod
Andrew Davis
Vaughan Williams : Fantasia on Greensleeves
Andrew Davis
Vaughan Williams : Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Andrew Davis
Elgar : 5 Pomp and Circumstance Marches Op.39 : No.1 in D major
Andrew Davis
Holst : The Planets Op.32 : IV Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
Andrew Davis
Holst : The Planets Op.32 : I Mars, the Bringer of War
Andrew Davis
Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Andrew Davis
Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Andrew Davis
Parry / Arr Elgar : Jerusalem
Andrew Davis
Elgar : Engima Variations Op.36 : X Nimrod
Andrew Davis
Elgar : Salut d'amour Op.12
Andrew Davis
Arne : Rule Britannia!
Andrew Davis
Elgar : 5 Pomp and Circumstance Marches Op.39 : No.1 in D major [Land of Hope and Glory]
Andrew Davis
The Lark Ascending
Andrew Davis
Parry / Arr Elgar: Jerusalem
Andrew Davis
Messiah, Part One: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed
Andrew Davis
Messiah, Part Two: Behold, The Lamb of God
Andrew Davis
Zadok The Priest
Andrew Davis
Messiah, Part One: Ev'ry valley shall be exalted (tenor)
Andrew Davis
