The English Chamber Orchestra

Press & Media Quotes

"The English Chamber Orchestra under Stephen Barlow give exceptionally strong support…..every detail in Dvorak's imaginative score glistens."
^{The Times,June 25 2008}

"The English Chamber Orchestra balances Dvorak's dark-hued scoring perfectly"
^{The Guardian, June 24 2008}

"...a score of transcendent lyrical beauty, marvellously played by the English Chamber Orchestra"
^{The Stage, June 24 2008}

"The English Chamber Orchestra makes a huge difference..."
^{The Times, June 9 2008}

"Setting the seal on the evening is the resplendent playing of the English Chamber Orchestra"
^{The Guardian, June 7 2008}

"Rory Macdonald conducts, drawing superior playing from the English Chamber Orchestra and riveting the audience to the backs of their seats"
^{The Stage, June 6 2008}

"No band plays quite so lightly and elegantly as the ECO."
^Gramophone

"An undemonstratively flawless sense of style."
^{The Times}

"...a thrillingly vibrant performance."
^{The Evening Standard}

"...the ECO's playing is world-class."
^{International Record Review}

"...the ECO remains the choicest of orchestras."
^{The Scottish Herald}

"...playing of this standard transcends questions of style or authenticity."
^{Financial Times}

"...breathtaking beauty and fluency... nothing less than superb."
^{Sri Lanka Times}

"The ECO still plays with taut ensemble and an aristocratic finesse of sound and phrasing. The players still have that wonderful way of listening and reacting to each other."
^{The Daily Telegraph}

"The English Chamber Orchestra is a treat in itself. This orchestra is world class and has an impressive pedigree."
^{Sunday Business Post (Ireland)}

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ECO Recordings

In fifty years the orchestra has made over eight hundred recordings. Three versions of the complete Mozart Piano Concertos (Barenboim, Perahia and Uchida) are readily recalled, but the Flute Concertos have been recorded eight times and we doubt whether anyone can reel off a list of all the soloists.

So, we have compiled a COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY of all our commercial recordings, from Handel with Raymond Leppard to Mozart with Jeffrey Tate, from Benjamin Britten’s last orchestral sessions to Nigel Kennedy’s first and from L’Oiseau-Lyre LPs to Signum Classics CDs. Besides working for all the majors and most of the British independents, we have recorded for Swiss, Spanish and Japanese labels and can be heard on the soundtracks of a dozen films. If you would like a copy of the discography then please email us at mail@englishchamberorchestra.co.uk.

Ordering CDs

Please send us an e-mail with your order and full contact details to mail@englishchamberorchestra.co.uk or give us a call on 020 8840 6565 to arrange your order.

New Release: After Rachmaninov

This new cd (Novelbond 5) with Joseph James’s Concerto in C minor and Cinq Morceaux de Fantaisie after Rachmaninov, was released on 15 January 2009. It was recorded by the strings and soloists (Stephanie Gonley, Annabelle Meare, Jonathan Barritt, Caroline Dale, Timothy Walden, Stephen Williams) of the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Orlando Jopling in June, September and December 2007. The recording is dedicated to the memory of Francis James Brown (1925-2008). The CD is on sale at £10.99 (plus £1.00 p & p).

ECO London Series

Gianluca Marciano, Paul Watkins, Igor Levit, Sergey Krylov and a concert performance of Acis & Galatea with Raymond Leppard... see our concert diary for details of the ECO at Cadogan Hall.