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Oliver Knussen
British composer and conductor
- From
- Glasgow, United Kingdom
- Active
- 1952–2018
- Rating
- ★ 5
- Releases
- 46
- classical
About
Stuart Oliver Knussen (12 June 1952 – 8 July 2018) was a British composer of contemporary classical music and conductor. Among the most influential British composers of his generation, his relatively few compositions are "rooted in 20th-century modernism, [but] beholden to no school but his own"
Discography
Albums
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Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 3 / Trumpets / Ophelia Dances / Coursing / Cantata
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The Prince of the Pagodas
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Psalmodies / Vox In Rama / Nightshade
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Sing, Ariel / The Mouse Metamorphosed Into a Maid
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Melencolia 1 / Ritual Fragment / Meridian
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Grohg / Hear ye! Hear ye! / Prelude
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An Alice Symphony
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Stravinsky: The Flood / Abraham and Isaac / Variations / Requiem Canticles / Wuorinen: A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky
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The Fairy's Kiss / Faun and Shepherdess / Ode
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Concerto for Orchestra / The Sentinel of the Rainbow / The Ring of Eternity / The Circles of Light
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Undine
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Quotation of Dream
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Portrait
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Clarinet Concerto / Symphonia: Sum Fluxai Pretium Spei
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Aura / Engine
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Rain Spell
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Higglety Pigglety Pop! & Where The Wild Things Are
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Riverrun / Water-Ways / Rain Coming / Rain Spell / Tree Line
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Horn Concerto / Whitman Settings / Way to Castle Yonder
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Vintage Alice / Syzygy / Songs
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Pictures at an Exhibition / Night on Bare Mountain / Khovanshchina / Boris Godunov
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Dialogues / Boston Concerto / Cello Concerto / ASKO Concerto
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Alhambra Fantasy / Khorovod / The Stations of the Sun / The Crazed Moon / Diptych
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Arc Green
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Book of Hours
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Concerto for Orchestra / Violin Concerto / Three Occasions for Orchestra
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Taverner
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Four Dances
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Liszt: Sonata in B minor / Schumann: Humoreske / Knussen: Ophelia's Last Dance
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The Prince of the Pagodas / The Miraculous Mandarin
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Choral / Autumnal / Violin Concerto / Requiem – Songs for Sue
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The Soldier's Tale
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A Tribute to Janet
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Late Works
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The Comedy of Change / Heaven Is Shy of Earth
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Heliogabalus imperator / Works for orchestra
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Tippett, Beethoven, Knussen
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Knussen Dirigiert Knussen
Live
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The Rape of Lucretia
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Ashkenazy in Moscow 2: The English Works
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2002-06-05: Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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2009-06: Aldeburgh Festival, Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh, England, UK
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2006-02-14: Muziekgebouw aan het IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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2009-01-15: Muziekgebouw aan het IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Tags
- composer
- conductor
- british
- british composer
- british conductor
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 85391dc7-8a0d-4bda-a299-c74a2135525e
- ISNI
- 0000000114751137
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.