Davis, Colin

Performer

Sir Colin Davis, CH, CBE (25 September 1927 – 14 April 2013) was an English conductor. He was particularly noted for his advocacy of the music of Hector Berlioz and of Michael Tippett. Davis' discography is extensive, numbering over 300 recordings. He made his first record in 1959 on May 8 at Kingsway Hall, London, for Decca:- Peter Katin piano; New Symphony Orchestra of London, Rachmaninov. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor Op. 18. He made several records for the small independent label L'Oiseau Lyre, including a 1960 L'enfance du Christ and a 1962 Béatrice et Bénédict which, at April 2013, were both still available on CD. For EMI he made both operatic and orchestral recordings, the former with Sadler's Wells forces, including excerpts from Carmen and a complete Oedipus rex, and the latter including Harold in Italy with Yehudi Menuhin, and what remains one of his best-known recordings, a 1961 Beethoven Seventh Symphony. [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat major, K. 207
• Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211
• Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
• Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
• Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 - Turkish
• Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 26
• Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 74
• Concerto in E flat major - Dumbarton Oaks
• Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
• Concertone for 2 Violins and Orchestra in C major, K. 190
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
• Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major, K. 450
• Symphony No. 28 in C major, K. 200
• Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K. 319
• Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 - Linz
• Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504 - Prague
• Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
• Fantastic Symphony, H 48
• Divertimento No. 10 in F major, K. 247
• Divertimento No. 11 in D major, K. 251 - Nannerl-Septett
• Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K. 364
• The Childhood of Christ, H 130
• Beatrice and Benedick, H 138
• Danses Concertantes for Chamber Orchestra