Sir James MacMillan

Recordings conducted by MacMillan:

Alpha & Omega: Choral Music by James MacMillan (Linn, 2013)
Madeleine Mitchell, violin
Capella Nova, cond. Alan Tavener & James MacMillan
MacMillan choral works

A Scotch Bestiary (Chandos, 2006)
Wayne Marshall, organ & piano
BBC Philharmonic, cond. James MacMillan
MacMillan A Scotch Bestiary / Piano Concerto No.2

The Beserking (Red Seal, 1996)
Peter Donohoe, piano
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, cond. Markus Stenz & James MacMillan
MacMillan The Beserking / Britannia / Sinfonietta / Sowetan Spring

The Birds of Rhiannon (Chandos, 2002)
BBC Singers, dir. Stephen Betteridge
BBC Philharmonic, cond. James MacMillan
MacMillan Magnificat / Nunc dimittis / Exsultet / Màiri / The Gallant Weaver / The Birds of Rhiannon

Into the Ferment (Chandos, 2003)
Martin Roscoe, piano
BBC Philharmonic, cond. James MacMillan
MacMillan Britannia / The Beserking / Into the Ferment

Magnificat (MacMillan Series, Vol.2) (Challenge Classics, 2013)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, cond. James MacMillan
Netherlands Radio Choir, dir. Edward Caswell
MacMillan Ó / Tryst / Magnificat / Nunc Dimitis

Oboe Concertos (Harmonia Mundi, 2015)
Nicholas Daniel, oboe
Britten Sinfonia, cond. James MacMillan
Vaughan Williams Concerto for Oboe and Strings in A minor
MacMillan One / Oboe Concerto
Britten Suite on English Folk Tunes: 'A Time There Was', Op.90 

Quickening (Chandos, 2009)
The Hillard Ensemble
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus & Youth Chorus, dir. Simon Halsey
BBC Philharmonic, cond. James MacMillan
MacMillan Three Interludes from The Sacrifice / Quickening

Seven Last Words from the Cross (Catalyst, 1995)
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ
Polyphony, dir. Stephen Layton
London Chamber Orchestra, cond. James MacMillan
MacMillan Seven Last Words from the Cross / Cantos Sagrados

Sinfonietta (Bis, 2001)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, cond. James MacMillan
MacMillan Sinfonietta / Cumnock Fair / Symphony No.2

Symphony No.3 (Chandos, 2005)
BBC Philharmonic, cond. James MacMillan
MacMillan The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Symphony No.3 ‘Silence’

Veni, Veni Emmanuel (MacMillan Series, Vol.1) (Challenge Classics, 2012)
Gordan Nikolic, violin / Colin Currie, percussion
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, cond. James MacMillan
MacMillan A Deep but Dazzling Darkness / Ì (a Meditation on Iona) / Veni, Veni Emmanuel

Veni, Veni Emmanuel (Catalyst, 1993)
Evelyn Glennie, percussion
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, cond. James MacMillan
MacMillan Three Dawn Rituals / Veni, Veni Emmanuel / After the Tryst / As Others See Us

Visitatio Sepulchri (Catalyst, 1994)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, cond. James MacMillan
MacMillan Búsqueda / Visitatio Sepulchri

Visitatio Sepulchri – Sun Dogs (Bis, 2010)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic & Netherlands Radio Choir, cond. Celso Atunes & James MacMillan
MacMillan Visitatio Sepulchri / Sun Dogs 

Work for Chamber Orchestra with Soloists (MacMillan Series, Vol.3) (Challenge Classics, 2014)
Linus Roth / Lars Wouters van den Oudeweijer / Julius Berger
Netherlands Radio Chamber Philharmonic, cond. James MacMillan
MacMillan From Ayrshire / Tuireadh / Kiss on Wood / As Others See Us

Recordings featuring MacMillan as composer:

Adam’s Rib (Hyperion, 2001)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Brass, cond. Joseph Swensen
MacMillan Tryst / Adam’s Rib / They Saw the Stone had been Rolled Away / Í (A meditation on Iona)

In Sunlight: Pieces for Madeleine Mitchell (NMC, 2005)
Madeleine Mitchell, piano / Andrew Ball, piano
MacMillan Kiss on Wood / A Different World 

The Confession of Isobel Gowdie (LPO, 2009)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Marin Alsop
MacMillan The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Adès Chamber Symphony / Higdon Percussion Concerto

Kiss on Wood (Black Box, 2012)
John York, piano / Raphael Wallfisch, cello / Nash Ensemble
MacMillan Fourteen Little Pictures / Angel Lumen Christi / Cello Sonata No.1 / A Cecilian Variation for JFK / Kiss on Wood

Mass & Other Sacred Music (Hyperion, 2001)
The Choir of Westminster Cathedral, dir. Martin Baker
Andrew Reid, organ
MacMillan A New Song / Mass / Christus Vincit / Gaudeamus in loci pace / Seinte Mari moder milde / A Child's Prayer / Changed 

The Sacrifice (Chandos, 2010)
Lisa Milne, soprano / Sarah Tynan, soprano / Peter Hoare, tenor / Leigh Melrose, baritone / Christopher Purves, baritone
Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera, cond. Anthony Negus
MacMillan The Sacrifice

Seven Last Words from the Cross (Hyperion, 2005)
James Vivian, organ
Polyphony / Britten Sinfonia, cond. Stephen Layton
MacMillan Seven Last Words from the Cross / On the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin / Te Deum

St John Passion (LSO Live, 2009)
Christopher Maltman, baritone
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, cond. Sir Colin Davis
MacMillan St John Passion 

Symphony ‘Virgil’ (Bis, 2000)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, cond. Osmo Vänskä
MacMillan Symphony ‘Virgil’

Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 4 (Onyx, 2016)
Vadim Repin, violin
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, cond. Donald Runnicles
MacMillan Violin Concerto / Symphony No.4

Why is this Night Different? (Bis, 2002)
Emperor String Quartet / Robert Plane, clarinet
MacMillan Why is this Night Different? / Tuireadh / Visions of a November Spring / Memento

The World’s Ransoming (LSO Live, 2008)
Christine Pendrill, cor anglais
London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Sir Colin Davis
MacMillan The World’s Ransoming / The Confession of Isobel Gowdie

The World’s Ransoming (Bis, 2000)
Raphael Wallfisch, cello / Christine Pendrill, cor anglais
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, cond. Osmo Vänskä
MacMillan The World’s Ransoming / Cello Concerto