Person · Male
Sir Andrew Davis
conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger
- From
- Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
- Active
- 1944–2024
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 157
- classical
About
Sir Andrew Frank Davis (2 February 1944 – 20 April 2024) was an English conductor. He was the long-time chief conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He was music director at the Glyndebourne Festival from 1988 to 2000, and especially known for conducting the traditional Last Night of The Proms, including Last Night speeches. He was music director and principal conductor of the Lyric Opera of Chicago from 2000 to the 2020/21 season.
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Music critic Alan Blyth described Davis as "a conductor whose technical skill was enhanced by an inborn enthusiasm for and dedication to the task in hand that he was able to transfer to the forces before him."
Member of
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Academy of St Martin in the Fields harpsichord, organ, piano
Discography
Albums
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3 concerti per 1 and 2 cembali, BWV 1056, 1060, 1061
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Symphony no. 10
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Borodin: The Three Symphonies
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Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Rückertlieder / 2 Lieder
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The Nutcracker: The Complete Ballet
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Requiem, op. 48 / Pavane, op. 50
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Rossini, Respighi: La Boutique fantasque / Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite no. 2, Jeux d'enfants
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Symphony no. 2
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Symphony in D minor / Pelléas et Mélisande
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Andrew Davis plays the organ at Roy Thomson Hall
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Salome (Höhepunkte) / Vier letzte Lieder / Malven
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Kanon and other Baroque masterpieces
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The Planets
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Sir Michael Tippet, The Mask of Time 1 of 2
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The Mask of Time
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Messiah
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Violin Concerto / Romance in F
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"Chaconne": Music For Viola & Orchestra
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Cello Concertos
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Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8
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Violin Concertos 1 & 2
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Don Quixote / Die Liebe der Danae
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Symphony no. 4 / Songs of a Wayfarer
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Enigma Variations / Cockaigne Overture / Introduction and Allegro / Serenade for Strings in E minor
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Symphony no. 1 / Pomp and Circumstance Marches 1, 3 & 4
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The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra / Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge / Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia from Peter Grimes
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Symphony no. 6 / The Lark Ascending / Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
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Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5
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Enigma Variations / Pomp and Circumstance
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Symphony No. 2 "A London Symphony" & No. 8
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A Sea Symphony
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Ben Heppner Sings Richard Strauss
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Earth Dances / Panic
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Concerto for Double String Orchestra / Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli / Ritual Dances
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Symphonies nos. 1 & 2 / Overture "In the South" / Pomp & Circumstance Marches 1, 3 & 5
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The Sketches for Symphony no. 3, Elaborated by Anthony Payne
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En Saga / The Swan of Tuonela / Finlandia / The Oceanides / Tapiola
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Der Rosenkavalier Suite / Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite, op. 60 / Die Liebe der Danae, Symphonic Fragment
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Symphonies Nos. 7 & 3
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Symphonic Dances / The Isle of the Dead / The Rock
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Baroque Favorites
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Piano Concertos 1 & 2
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Symphony No. 6 / Scherzo capriccioso / "American" Suite
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Falstaff / Romance for Bassoon / Grania and Diarmid / Froissart
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Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Ravel: Piano Concerto in G / Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
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Leos Janacek
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BBC Music, Volume 7, Number 11: Walton: Belshazzar’s Feast / Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
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Messiah (Highlights)
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Der Nußknacker / Schwanensee
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I Hear the Water Dreaming
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Symphony no. 1 "A Sea Symphony" / Symphony no. 6
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Symphony No. 2 / In the South (Alassio)
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Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
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On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring / The Walk to the Paradise Garden / Paris / Brigg Fair / Summer Night on the River
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Orpheus in Town - Suite / Symphony no. 3 / Louisville Concerto
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Symphony • Scenes from Comus
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The Planets / Egdon Heath
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Lulu
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Piano Concerto No. 1
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Soprano
Live
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Violin Concertos
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BBC Music, Volume 33, Number 1: A Tribute to Andrew Davis
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Stravinsky: Orchestral Works
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Symphony no. 5 / Symphony no. 6
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Don Juan / Four Last Songs / Also sprach Zarathustra
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BBC Music, Volume 19, Number 10: Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 9 / Parry: Elegy for Brahms
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BBC Music, Volume 18, Number 12: Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini / Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 3
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BBC Music, Volume 18, Number 14: Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 4 / Korngold: Violin Concerto
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Turangalîla-symphonie
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Walton: Belshazzar's Feast / Vaughan Williams: Job
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Last Night of the Proms (The 100th Season)
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BBC Music, Volume 2, Number 11: Live From The Proms: Walton: Symphony no. 1 / Takemitsu: From Me Flows What You Call Time
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BBC Music, Volume 2, Number 1: Symphonie fantastique
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony no. 6 (Pathétique) / Britten: Sinfonia da requiem
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BBC Music, Volume 1, Number 3: Carl Nielsen: Symphony no. 2 “The Four Temperaments”, op. 16 / Jean Sibelius: Symphony no. 5 in E flat, op. 82
Compilations
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The Best of Tasmin Little
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Symphonies nos. 1-9 / In Nature / Serenade for Winds / Serenade for Strings
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The Symphonies
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Concertos for Orchestra
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Concertos / Symphonies
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Symphonies 1 & 2 / Pomp & Circumstance / Marches / Enigma Variations
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Ballets: Casse-noisette, Le Lac des Cygnes...
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The Planets / A Somerset Rhapsody / Brook Green Suite
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The Last Night of the Proms
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Violin Concertos
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The Planets / Simple Symphony
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Enigma Variations / Pomp and Circumstance / Cello Concerto / Violin Concerto
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Fauré: Requiem, op. 48 / Duruflé: Requiem, op. 9 Apple Music
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Symphonies No. 1 & 5 / Lt. Kijé Suite / Suite from The Love for Three Oranges
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The Concertos for One and Two Harpsichords
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Piano Concerto no. 2 / Rhapsody-Paganini / Prelude
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Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3 / Overtures & Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor" / In the Steppes of Central Asia
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Das Lied von der Erde / Rückert Lieder
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Holst: The Planets / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
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Praise the Lord
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Ballet Music
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Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 & 9 / Carnival Overture
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Symphonies Nos. 1, 2 & 3 / Excerpts from "Prince Igor" / In the Steppes of Central Asia
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Masterpieces of Edvard Grieg
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Also known as
A. Davis · Andrew Davis · Davis, Andrew
Tags
- conductor
- british conductor
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 2630df0b-56ab-445c-a25f-dbaae15458f3
- ISNI
- 0000000110426097
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 6 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.