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Michael Collins

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(born 27 January 1962) is a British classical clarinetist and conductor.

ALBA

Arnold*, Michael Collins (3), BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba

Clarinet Concerto No. 1 / Philharmonic Concerto / Divertimento No. 2 / The Padstow Lifeboat / Commonwealth Christmas Overture / Larch Trees

2023, CD, Chandos

Sharon Bezaly, The Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Michael Collins (3), Michala Petri, Walter Auer (2), Bram Van Sambeek

2022, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, BIS,

Mozart*, Schumann*, Bruch*, Stravinsky*, Wigmore Soloists, Michael Collins (3), Isabelle van Keulen, Michael McHale

2022, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, BIS,

Michael Collins (3), Noriko Ogawa

La Clarinette Parisienne

2021, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, BIS

Brahms*, Michael Collins (3), Stephen Hough

Michael Collins (3), Michael McHale, Robert Schumann, Fritz Kreisler, Philippe Gaubert (2), Maria Theresia von Paradis, Achille-Claude Debussy*, Gabriel Fauré, Felix Mendelssohn*, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck

The Lyrical Clarinet, Volume 3

2020, CD, Chandos,

Vaughan Williams*, Finzi*, Philharmonia Orchestra, Michael Collins

Symphony No. 5; Clarinet Concerto

2020, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, BIS

Richard Strauss, Tasmin Little, Michael McHale, Julie Price, Michael Collins

Concertante Works

2019, CD, Album, Chandos,

Reger*, Michael Collins (3), Michael McHale

Clarinet Sonatas

2017, CD, Album, Chandos,

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart*, Matthias Mueller, Michael Collins (3), Zurich Chamber Orchestra*, Ensemble Remixed

Piccolo Concerto Grosso

2017, CD, Album, Neos,

Classical/Contemporary

Michael Collins (3), Michael McHale, Robert Schumann, John Field (2), Ernest Chausson, Carlos Guastavino, Claude Debussy, Jules Massenet, Jean Françaix, Maurice Ravel

The Lyrical Clarinet, Volume 2

2016, CD, Chandos,

Classical/Romantic/Modern

Charlotte de Rothschild, City Of London Sinfonia, Michael Collins

Hana Wa Saku - 'Flowers Will Bloom'

2016, CD, Album, Nimbus Alliance

Britten*, Mathias*, Finzi*, Cooke*, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Michael Collins

British Clarinet Concertos Volume 2

2016, CD, Album, Chandos

Brahms*, Reinecke*, Michael Collins (3), Michael McHale

Works for Clarinet & Piano

2015, CD, Chandos

Michael Collins (3) / Michael McHale

The Virtuoso Clarinet (Volume 2)

2014, CD, Album, Chandos

Brahms*, Michael Collins (3), Brodsky Quartet

String Quartet In A Minor, Op. 51 No. 2 / Clarinet Quintet

2014, CD, Album, Chandos

Mozart* / Copland* / Kats-Chernin* / Swedish Chamber Orchestra* / Michael Collins

Works For Clarinet And Orchestra

2013, CD, Album, Chandos

Lutosławski* - Michael Collins (3), Tasmin Little, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Orchestral Works IV: Symphony No. 1 • Partita • Chain 2 • Preludia Taneczne

2013, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Chandos,

Michael Collins

British Clarinet Sonatas - Vol. 2

2013, CD, Album, Chandos

Spohr*, Michael Collins (3), Swedish Chamber Orchestra*, Robin O'Neill

Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

2012, CD, Album, Hyperion

Luciano Berio, Schubert*, Brahms*, Mahler*, Roderick Williams (3), Michael Collins (3), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra*, Edward Gardner

2012, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Chandos,

Mark-Anthony Turnage | London Philharmonic Orchestra – Vladimir Jurowski, Marin Alsop, Markus Stenz / Christian Tetzlaff, Michael Collins (3), Lawrence Power

Mambo, Blues And Tarantella | Riffs And Refrains | Texan Tenebrae | On Opened Ground | Lullaby For Hans

2012, CD, London Philharmonic Orchestra,

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Michael Collins

British Clarinet Concertos

2011, CD, Chandos

Michael Collins (3), Piers Lane

The Virtuoso Clarinet

2010, CD, Album, Chandos,

Romantic/Modern

Spohr*, Michael Collins (3), Swedish Chamber Orchestra*, Robin O'Neill

Clarinet Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

2008, CD, Album, Hyperion,

Michael Collins*, Ailish Tynan, Malcolm Martineau, Schubert*

Octet, Shepherd On The Rock

2007, CD, Album, Wigmore Hall Live,

Mozart*, London Winds, Michael Collins

Serenades K361 (Gran Partita) & K388

2006, CD, Album, Onyx (6),

John Corigliano, Zhou Long, Kaija Saariaho - Michael Collins (3), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Clarinet Concerto / The Immortal / Orion

2005, CD, Album, Warner Classics

Gregson* / Olivier Charlier, Michael Collins (3), BBC Philharmonic, Martyn Brabbins

Blazon/Clarinet Concerto/Stepping Out/Violin Concerto

2003, CD, Album, Chandos

Bartók* - Michael Collins (3), Susanne Stanzeleit, Peter Frankl, The Lindsays

Contrasts - Dance Suite - Allegro Barbaro - String Quartet No. 6 - Rumanian Folk Dances

2002, CD, Comp, ASV,

Russian National Orchestra, Michael Collins (3), Mikhail Pletnev, Mozart*, Beethoven*

Clarinet Concertos

2000, CD, Album, Deutsche Grammophon,

Classical/Romantic

Aaron Copland, Vanbrugh Quartet*, Martin Roscoe, Michael Collins

Sextet / Piano Quartet / Vitebsk / 3 String Quartet Pieces

2000, CD, Album, ASV Digital,

Brahms* / Frühling* / Schumann* - Steven Isserlis, Michael Collins (3), Stephen Hough

Clarinet Trios / Märchenerzählungen / Träumerei

1999, CD, RCA Victor Red Seal, RCA Victor Red Seal

Elliott Carter : Collins* / London Sinfonietta - BBC Symphony Orchestra / Knussen*

Symphonia - Clarinet Concerto

Bartók* - Liszt* - Prokofiev* - Martha Argerich, Michael Collins (3), Nelson Freire, Chantal Juillet, Harold Robinson (6), Isabelle van Keulen, Richard Woodhams

Music From Saratoga Chamber Music

Messiaen*, Shostakovich* / Bell*, Isserlis*, Mustonen*, Collins*

Quatuor · Piano Trio No.2

1997, CD, Album, Decca,

Michael Collins (3) & Kathryn Stott

1997, CD, Album, EMI Eminence

Richard Strauss, London Winds, Michael Collins

Complete Music For Winds

Mikhail Pletnev • Michael Collins (3), Brahms*, Weber*

Clarinet Sonatas, Grand Duo Concertant

1990, CD, Album, Virgin Classics

Bartók* - Krysia Osostowicz, Susan Tomes, Michael Collins

Sonata For Unaccompanied Violin / Two Rhapsodies / Romanian Folk Dances / Contrasts

Finzi* - Martyn Hill • Michael Collins (3), City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Dies Natalis / Clarinet Concerto / Farewell To Arms

Simon Rattle* : Milhaud*, Gershwin*, Stravinsky*, Bernstein*, Peter Donohoe, Michael Collins (3), Harvey And The Wallbangers*, London Sinfonietta

The Jazz Album (A Tribute To The Jazz Age)

Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Royal Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Michael Collins

Clarinet Concertos / Introduction et air suédois

SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Chandos

Michael Collins (3) & Kathryn Stott

CD, Album, EMI Classics

Nonesuch At Carnegie

2003, CD, Album, Promo, Nonesuch, Carnegie Hall

KOMPILACE +

Beethoven*, Berwald*, Wigmore Soloists

2023, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, BIS,

Ferguson*, Bliss*, Holloway*, Wigmore Soloists

2023, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, BIS

The Complete Warner Classics Edition

2023, 27xCD, Comp, RE + Box, Comp, Warner Classics,

Romantic/Modern/Classical/Contemporary

Mozart*, Birchall*

Concerto & Quintet • Concerto

2022, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, BIS

Schubert*, Wigmore Soloists

Octet In F Major, D803

2021, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, BIS

Lutosławski*, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner

Vocal and Orchestral Works

2018, 5xSACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Comp, Chandos,

Olivier Messiaen

Quartet For The End Of Time

Henryk Górecki

A Nonesuch Retrospective

2016, Box, Comp + 7xCD, Album, Nonesuch,

Martha Argerich

The Warner Classics Recordings

2016, 20xCD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Warner Classics,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Impressionist/Modern/Contemporary

Ian Bostridge, Antonio Pappano

Shakespeare Songs

2016, CD, Album, Warner Classics

Steven Isserlis

The Complete RCA Recordings

Das Mozart-Album

2015, CD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon,

Janáček* / Nielsen* / Barber* / Hindemith* / Ligeti* - London Winds

Music For Winds

Bartók*, James Ehnes

Chamber Works For Violin, Volume 3

2014, CD, Album, Chandos,

Reisen Sie Entspannt (Klassik Für Unterwegs)

2014, 2xCD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon

On a Piece of Tapestry

2014, File, FLAC, Single, NMC (3)

The Complete Columbia Album Collection

Modern/Post-Modern/Twelve-tone/Contemporary/Romantic/Impressionist/Opera/Baroque

The Complete Orchestral And Instrumental Music

2013, 13xCD, Album, RE + Box, Comp, Decca,

Symphonia: Sum Fluxae Pretium Spei

London Sinfonietta, Sir Simon Rattle

The Jazz Album - A Tribute ToThe Jazz Age

2012, CD, Comp, RE, EMI Classics

Symphonies No.2 & No.3, Ophelia Dances, Trumpets, Coursing, Cantata

2012, CDr, Album, Comp, NMC (3)

Constant Lambert, The Nash Ensemble, Nigel Hawthorne (2), Ian Brown (4), Philip Langridge, Lionel Friend

Piano Concerto / Piano Sonata / Eight Poems Of Li-Po / Mr Bear Squash You All Flat

Ludwig van Beethoven

2011, CD, Comp, Mono, Virgin Classics,

Martha Argerich

Edition Chamber Music

Classical/Romantic/Impressionist/Modern

Modern/Contemporary

Boulez*, Schoenberg* - BBC Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Intercontemporain, London Sinfonietta

Boulez Conducts Schoenberg II

2009, 6xCD, Comp, Sony Classical, Sony Music

Benjamin Britten, Sandrine Piau, Northern Sinfonia, Thomas Zehetmair

Unknown Britten

2009, CD, Album, NMC (3),

Sir Simon Rattle, Stravinsky*

The Firebird • Petrushka • The Rite Of Spring • Pulcinella • Apollo • Symphonies

Modern/Neo-Classical

Orchestral & Chamber Works, Song Cycles

2008, 6xCD, Comp + Box, Decca,

Simon Rattle*, John Adams, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington

2008, Box, Comp + 7xCD, EMI Classics, EMI Classics

Gramophone Collector's Edition CD No 16: The Real Delius

2007, CD, Promo, Smplr, Gramophone Magazine,

Vol. 2: Seventeen Concertos

2006, 4xCD, Comp + Box, Decca,

Modern/Contemporary

Cecilia Bartoli • Plácido Domingo* • Anna Netrebko • Anne-Sophie Mutter • Bryn Terfel • Claudio Abbado • Herbert von Karajan • James Levine

Mozart-Gala Der Weltstars

2006, CD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon,

The Most Relaxing Chamber Music Album In The World ... Ever!

2005, 2xCD, Comp, Angel Records

Turnage* – The Nash Ensemble, Sally Matthews

This Silence: Chamber Works

2005, CD, Onyx (6)

Sir Lennox Berkeley* - The Nash Ensemble

A Centenary Tribute

Sextet • Piano Quartet • Clarinet Concerto • Rodeo - 4 Dance Episodes

2002, CD, ASV Platinum

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Clarinet Concerto . Clarinet Quintet

2002, CD, Deutsche Grammophon, Deutsche Grammophon

Baccalauréat 2002

2001, CD, Comp, Virgin Classics

Johannes Brahms

Brahms For Relaxation

2000, CD, Comp, BMG Classics,

Dvořák* / Komarova* / Strawinsky* / Schönberg* / Messiaen*

Spannungen: Musik Im Kraftwerk Heimbach 1999

2000, 2xCD, Album, EMI Classics,

Modern/Romantic/Post-Modern

Gramophone 2000 Awards Winners

2000, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Gramophone Magazine, www.VDCGroup.com

Shostakovich*, Schoenberg*, The Nash Ensemble

2000, 2xCD, Comp, Virgin Classics

Bliss*, Geraldine McGreevy, Toby Spence, Henry Herford, Kathron Sturrock, The Nash Ensemble, Martyn Brabbins

A Knot Of Riddles, Angels Of The Mind And Other Songs

2000, 2xCD, Hyperion

Festival Sampler 1999

1999, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Promo, Smplr, EMI Classics

Schubert* - Michael Collins And Friends

The John Adams Earbox

Modern/Contemporary

The Nash Ensemble - Mozart*

1998, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Virgin Classics

Mozart*, Poulenc*, Debussy*, Andreas Blau, Karl Leister, Evelyn Rothwell, John Harle

The Best Ever Woodwind Classics

1998, CD, Comp, Disky Classics,

Robin Holloway, The Nash Ensemble, Toby Spence, Martyn Brabbins

Fantasy-Pieces On The Heine Liederkreis Of Schumann, Serenade In C

1998, CD, Hyperion,

John Adams, London Sinfonietta & Kronos Quartet

Gnarly Buttons & John's Book Of Alleged Dances

György Ligeti - Saschko Gawriloff · Marie-Luise Neunecker* · Pierre-Laurent Aimard · London Winds · Tabea Zimmermann

Chamber Music: Trio For Violin, Horn And Piano · Ten Pieces & Six Bagatelles For Wind Quintet · Sonata For Solo Viola

Takemitsu* : Paul Crossley (2) · Peter Serkin, London Sinfonietta · Oliver Knussen

Quotation Of Dream

Instruments (The Collection)

1997, 5xCD, Comp, Promo, RM + Box, Comp, Ltd, Promo, Sli, EMI Classics, Η Καθημερινή,

Baroque/Classical/Romantic

Debussy*, Ravel*, Delphine Seyrig, Sarah Walker (2), The Nash Ensemble

1997, 2xCD, Comp, Virgin Classics, Virgin Classics,

Impressionist/Modern

Schnittke* / Lourié* / Stravinsky* / Tchaikovsky* - Gidon Kremer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach

1997, CD, Album, Teldec

Anders Nordentoft, London Sinfonietta, Elgar Howarth

1997, CD, Album, Dacapo (4), Marco Polo,

Richard Strauss, London Winds

The Complete Music For Winds

Beethoven*, Spohr*, Pascal Rogé, London Winds, Chantal Juillet, Christopher Van Kampen

Beethoven: Piano Quintet - Spohr: Septet

1996, CD, Album, Decca

Music For Violin & Piano Vol. 3

1996, CD, Album, ASV

Mozart* / Bellini* / Weber* / Franz Strauss - BBC Philharmonic, Adrian Leaper

BBC Young Musicians Past Finalists

All Time Great Chamber Music

Oliver Knussen — Barry Tuckwell, Lucy Shelton, London Sinfonietta

Knussen Dirigiert Knussen = Knussen Conducts Knussen

Britten* - Jean Rigby, Nigel Hawthorne (2), Roger Chase, The Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend

Phaedra • Lachrymae • The Sword In The Stone • Night Mail • Sinfonietta

Bax*, The Nash Ensemble

Nonet • Oboe Quintet • Elegiac Trio • Clarinet Sonata • Harp Quintet

Jerome Moross / The Philharmonia Orchestra* Conducted By Tony Bremner

The Big Country

Colin Matthews, London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen

Broken symmetry / Suns dance / Fourth Sonata

Sinfonie Nr. 1 / Vier Fantasien Für Klavier / Mahler/Skizze Für Ensemble / Drei Gesänge Aus Carmen Von Wolf Wondratschek (Sinfonie Nr. 2)

1994, CD, Album, WERGO, Deutscher Musikrat,

Neo-Classical/Contemporary

Malcolm Arnold, London Musici - Mark Stephenson

1993, CD, Conifer Classics, Conifer Classics

Mozart*, Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Flute And Harp Concerto K. 299 - Sinfonia Concertante K. 297B

1993, CD, Album, Deutsche Grammophon

Herbert Howells

1992, CD, Album, Metier,

Alexander Goehr, Jeanine Thames, London Sinfonietta Conducted By Oliver Knussen

...A Musical Offering (J.S.B. 1985) / Behold The Sun / Lyric Pieces / Sinfonia

1991, CD, Unicorn-Kanchana,

Modern/Contemporary

Schoenberg*, The Nash Ensemble, Thomas Allen

Ode To Napoleon / Verklärte Nacht / Kammersymphonie Nr 1

1991, CD, Virgin Classics

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki*

Already It Is Dusk / Lerchenmusik

Schönberg* - John Shirley-Quirk · Günther Reich · BBC Singers · BBC Chorus* & Symphony Orchestra* · Pierre Boulez

Das Chorwerk With »A Survivor From Warsaw«

1990, 2xCD, Comp, Sony Classical,

Mozart*, The Nash Ensemble

Mozart Chamber Music

The Nash Ensemble - Beethoven*

Septet / Clarinet Trio

Mozart* - London Chamber Orchestra*

Sinfonia Concertante For Violin & Viola / Sinfonia Concertante For Wind

Saint-Saëns*, The Nash Ensemble

Le Carnaval Des Animaux · Piano Trio Op. 18 · Septet Op. 65

Schubert* - The Nash Ensemble

Oktett = Octet In F Major

Concerto For Two Violins and Orchestra / Concerto For Clarinet And Strings / Concerto For Flute And Strings / Concerto No. 2 For Horn And Strings

Modern/Neo-Classical

Stravinsky* - Vanessa Redgrave, Sting, Ian McKellen, London Sinfonietta, Kent Nagano

The Soldier's Tale = Histoire Du Soldat = Geschichte Vom Soldaten

Luciano Berio / John Cage / Henri Pousseur / Cathy Berberian - Linda Hirst / London Sinfonietta / Diego Masson

Songs Cathy Sang

Malcolm Arnold, The Nash Ensemble

The Chamber Music Of Malcolm Arnold - 2

Gerald Finzi, City Of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Dies Natalis/Clarinet Concerto/A Farewell To Arms

Oliver Knussen / Philharmonia Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas, London Sinfonietta, The Nash Ensemble

Symphonies 2 & 3, etc.

Michael Berkeley - The Nash Ensemble

Clarinet Quintet / Piano Trio / Fierce Tears / Chamber Symphony

1987, LP, Hyperion,

Schubert* - The Nash Ensemble With Felicity Lott

Piano Quintet In A, D.667 'Trout' / Der Hirt Auf Dem Felsen, D.965 (The Shepherd On The Rock)

Simon Rattle*, London Sinfonietta

Medzinárodná Tribúna Mladých Interpretov --- UNESCO 1985

1986, 2xLP, Comp, Opus

Howard Ferguson (3) - The Nash Ensemble, Levon Chilingirian

Octet - Bagatelles - Violin Sonata No.2

Malcolm Arnold, The Nash Ensemble

The Chamber Music Of Malcolm Arnold - 3

Poul Ruders / Hans Abrahamsen - London Sinfonietta

Four Compositions / Winternacht, Walden

Arthur Bliss - The Nash Ensemble, Elizabeth Gale, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Lionel Friend

Rout • Madam Noy • The Women Of Yueh • Conversations • Rhapsody • Oboe Quintet

Oliver Knussen, London Sinfonietta, The Nash Ensemble, Elaine Barry, Linda Hirst, Oliver Knussen

Symphony No.2 / Trumpets / Coursing / Cantata

CD, Comp, Classic CD

Maurice Ravel ? The Nash Ensemble

Introduction & Allegro ? Piano Trio ? Sonata For Violin & Cello

CD, RE, CRD Records, CRD Records

111 More Classic Tracks

2010, 6xCD, Comp + Box, Deutsche Grammophon,

Renaissance/Baroque/Classical/Modern/Neo-Classical/Opera/Operetta

Music Of Our time

2002, CD, Comp, Promo, 20/21 - Music of Our Time, Deutsche Grammophon

Virgin Classics Presents Chamber Music

1991, CD, Comp, Virgin Classics

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Jacek Kaspszyk, Philharmonia Orchestra

Symphony No.2 (complete), Vocalise

1989, CD, Album, Collins Classics

Henryk Mikołaj Górecki*

String Quartet No. 1 Op.62 / Recitatives And Ariosos Op.53