# 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’ / 2004 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
* Suk – Summer’s Tale, Prague / 2012 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