Stephen Bryant

Stephen Bryant is an English violinist, best known as the leader of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Biography Stephen has led all the British orchestras as well as performed as a soloist. He has taken part in more than hundred commercial recordings.

Albums As violinist Symphonic Stories (2012) Virtues (2010) Born To the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins (2008) Mono In VCF (2008) Truth in Sincerity (2007) The Golden Age of Hollywood (2003) A Life in Reverse: The Music of Minna Keal (1999) Atlantis (1991) B.C. (1979) Handy Dandy Man (1978)

As Concertmaster

Wagner - The Ride of the Valkyries and various / 2002 Classics for Pleasure / London Philharmonic Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring / 1999 Classics for Pleasure / London Philharmonic Mozart – Requiem / Mass in C Minor / 2002 Classics for Pleasure / London Philharmonic Busoni – Orchestral Suite No 2 / 2002 Chandos / BBC Philharmonic ‘A String Around Autumn’ / 2002 Bis / BBC National Orchestra of Wales ‘Best of British’ from the BBC Proms 2007 / 2007 Deutsch Grammophon / BBC Symphony Orchestra Judith Weir – The Welcome Arrival of Rain / 2008 NMC / BBC Symphony Orchestra Scottish Fantasies for Violin and Orchestra / 2005 CEDIZLE / Scottish Chamber Orchestra ‘Perfect Day’ (BBC Children in Need)(Single) / 1997 Chrysalis / BBC Symphony Orchestra Gerhard – Symphony / Harpsichord Concerto / 1999 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra L’Enfant et les Sortileges / L’Heure Espagnole (DVD) / 2009 / London Philharmonic Camilo – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra / 2001 Decca / BBC Symphony Orchestra Walton – Symphony No 1 and Takemitsu / 1993 BBC Music Magazine CD / BBC Symphony Orchestra Bach – The Conductors’ Transcriptions / 2004 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra Elgar – Symphony No2, Serenade / 1989 RCA Victor Red Seal / London Philharmonic Rakhmaninov – Symphony No 2, Vocalise / 1992 Nimbus Records / BBC National Orchestra of Wales Rakhmaninov – Orchestral Works / 1998 Nimbus Records / BBC National Orchestra of Wales Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade / 2005 Classics for Pleasure / London Philharmonic ‘Joie de Vivre’ / 2005 Decca / BBC Symphony Orchestra Tippett Conducts Tippett Symphonies 2 and 4 / 1993 BBC Music Magazine CD / BBC Symphony Orchestra Shostakovich – Daniel Hope / 2006 Warner Classics / BBC Symphony Orchestra Bantock – Omar Khayyam / 2007 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra ‘The Last Night of the Proms 2003’ / Warner Classics / BBC Symphony Orchestra Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto, Symphony No 3 / 2002 Linn Records / Scottish Chamber Orchestra Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade / 1990 EMI Eminence / London Philharmonic Foulds – A World Requiem / 2008 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra Joel – Francois Durand – La Terre et Le Feu / 2004 Mode / BBC Symphony Orchestra John Corigliano, Zhou Long / 2005 Warner Classics / BBC Symphony Orchestra Bax – Symphony No 6, Festival Overture / 1988 Chandos / London Philharmonic Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique / 1993 BBC Music Magazine CD / BBC Symphony Orchestra Janacek – The Excursions of Mr Broucek / 2008 Deutsch Grammophon / BBC Symphony Orchestra Susan Graham – Poemes De L’Amour / 2005 Warner Classics / BBC Symphony Orchestra The Grainger Edition, Volume 1 / 1996 Chandos / BBC Philharmonic Chausson – Le Roi Arthus / 2005 Telarc / BBC Symphony Orchestra John Veale, Benjamin Britten – Violin Concertos / 2001 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra Medtner – Piano Concerto No 1 in C Minor / 1994 Hyperion / BBC Symphony Orchestra Malcolm Arnold – Vernon Handley / 2006 LPO Recording / London Philharmonic Bax – Orchestral Works Volume 5 / 2003 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra Marx – Orchestral Songs and Choral Works / 2009 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra Nikos Skalkottas – 36 Greek Dances, The Return of Ulysses / 2002 Bis / BBC Symphony Orchestra Martinu – The 6 Symphonies / 2010 Onyx Classics-BBC / BBC Symphony Orchestra Elgar – Dream of Gerontius, Sea Pictures / 2014 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra Delius – Concertos / 2011 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra Szymanowski – Stabat Mater, Harnasie / 2013 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra Szymanowski – Symphony No 2 and 4 / 2013 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra Walton – Symphony No 1 / 2014 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra British Clarinet Concertos / 2012 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra Vaughan Williams – Symphony No 5 / 2007 BBC Music Magazine CD / BBC Symphony Orchestra Britten – Phaedra and various / 2011 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra Delius – Appalachia / 2011 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra Donizetti – Caterina Cornarno / 2013 Opera Rara / BBC Symphony Orchestra Smetana – The Bartered Bride / 2012 Harmonia Mundi / BBC Symphony Orchestra Lutoslawski – Symphonic Variations / 2012 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra Lutoslawski – Vocal Works / 2011 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra Lutoslawski – Symphony No 3 / 2010 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra Brahms – Schoenberg Piano Quartet / 1991 Collins Classics / London Philharmonic Crosse, Bedford / 1997 NMC / BBC Symphony Orchestra Gerhard – Various / 1997 Chandos / BBC Symphony Orchestra Nyman – Trombone Concerto / 1997 EMI / BBC Symphony Orchestra Matthews, Musgrave / 1998 NMC / BBC Symphony Orchestra Tchaikovski, Scriabin / 1993 Hyperion / BBC Symphony Orchestra Dillon – Ignis Noster / Helle Nacht / 1994 Disques Montaigne / BBC Symphony Orchestra Sackman, Hawthorn / 1995 NMC / BBC Symphony Orchestra Martinu – The Epic of Gilgamesh / 1995 BBC Music Magazine CD / BBC Symphony Orchestra Sawer – Byrnan Wood / 1995 NMC / BBC Symphony Orchestra Ruders – Concerto in Pieces / 1995 Dorling Kindersley / BBC Symphony Orchestra Brahms – Symphony No 4 / 1997 BBC Music Magazine CD / BBC Symphony Orchestra Bax – Tintagel / 1997 BBC Music Magazine CD / BBC Symphony Orchestra Mozart – Violin Concertos / 1989 Pony Canyon / London Philharmonic Vivaldi – Seasons / 1989 Collins Classics / London Philharmonic Mozart – La Clemenza di Tito / 1995 Poorhouse Productions DVD / London Philharmonic Furtwangler – Symphony No 2 / 1992 Naxos / BBC Philharmonic

As Soloist

Timothy Salter – Parallax / 1996 Usk A Life in Reverse – The music of Minna Keal / 1996 Lorelt The Golden Age of Hollywood / 2003 BBC Music Magazine CD