Two releases:
Florent Schmitt: Orchestral Works
Peter Donohoe (piano), Bbc Philharmonic Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier
(https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9958191--florent-schmitt-orchestral-works)
Works are: Çançunik, Stèle pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas, Symphonie concertante, Trois danses
Granville Bantock: Orchestral Works
Rumon Gamba, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
(https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9958188--granville-bantock-orchestral-works)
Works are: Hebridean Symphony, English Scenes, Prelude to "The Bacchae" of Euripides
Thanks a lot for the head-up! Although the Florent Schmitt disc is unlikely to be in the remit of this forum, I look forward to it more.
Also, I think all of the works on the Bantock CD have been recorded before, the symphony several times? This might be true of the Schmitt but I don't know of another recording of the "Scherzo-tarantelle poche" Çançunik op.79 from the late 1920s offhand? (Then again, the Bacchae prelude isn't even listed on the IMSLP worklist anywhere; I added the published 5 choral songs with piano from the Bacchae published in 1930, but am guessing the orchestral prelude to the Bacchae, unlike that to Euripides' Hippolytus, might be in manuscript...)
As far as I am aware only the Hebridean Symphony has been recorded before (and that, as Eric points out, more than once). I don't know of a previous recording of the English Scenes (not to be confused with the Old English Suite, which has been recorded before on Marco Polo/Naxos). And I believe this is a first for the prelude to "The Bacchae". It's a pity Chandos didn't record some other orchestral works by Bantock which have NOT appeared commercially before instead of the Hebridean Symphony (e.g. the Symphonic Overture "Saul", the overture "Macbeth", the tone poems "Hudibras" and "Lalla Rookh"), but it will be interesting to hear Gamba's take on the symphony.
I think the prelude to "The Bacchanals" recorded by Botstein and ASO, which has been discussed in an old thread (https://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/index.php/topic,2703.0.html), is the Prelude to "The Bacchae" of Euripides here.
ah. According to ASO (https://americansymphony.org/concert-notes/prelude-to-the-bacchanals-192945/) which mentions the 1910-published-in-1930 songs and choruses the prelude was possibly not performed until 2010. Interesting.
These recordings have now been released. Regarding the Bantock (Presto (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9958188--granville-bantock-orchestral-works)): I'm absolutely no expert on this repertoire, but sonically the symphony is an improvement over the older Vernon Handley recording, although the Gamba's approach to the work seems largely similar (which isn't a bad thing per se). The English Scenes are really lovely, and perhaps even more attractive than the symphony manages to be.
The Schmitt (Presto (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9958191--florent-schmitt-orchestral-works)) is quite well executed, too, as one might expect from the Donohoe/Tortelier combo. But my reservation is that this particular selection seems to highlight Schmitt's rather limited range of expression in his later works. It's all very expressive and exuberant, but it quickly gets difficult to make out where one piece stops and the next one begins.