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.

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