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Barry Wordsworth

Barry Wordsworth's career has been dominated by his work for the Royal Ballet which started when he played the solo part in Frank Martin's Harpsichord Concerto, a score used by Sir Kenneth MacMillan for his ballet, Las Hermanas. In 1973 he became Assistant Conductor of the Royal Ballet's Touring Orchestra and in 1974 Principal Conductor of Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet. In 1987 while retaining his connection with both Royal Ballet companies as guest conductor, Barry Wordsworth also worked with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, the Philharmonia, the Ulster Orchestra, the BBC Concert and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. For the Naxos label Wordsworth has recorded a number of Mozart and Haydn symphonies, works by Smetana and Dvorák and for the Marco Polo label works by

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Discography

101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 2	101 GREAT ORCHESTRAL CLASSICS, Vol. 5	Art & Music: Canaletto - Music of His Time
Art & Music: Goya - Music of His Time	Art & Music: Turner - Music of His Time	BAX: Sinfonietta / Overture, Elegy and Rondo
BAX: Sinfonietta / Overture, Elegy and Rondo	BEETHOVEN (THE BEST OF)	BEETHOVEN (THE VERY BEST OF)
BEETHOVEN: Adagio	BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Rondo in B flat major	BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 / Piano Sonata No. 15
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 5	BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 5	BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 and 4
BEETHOVEN: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 and 5	BEETHOVEN: Romantic Beethoven (The)	BERCEUSE - CLASSICS FOR RELAXING AND DREAMING