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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / HERBERT HOWELLS / FREDERICK DELIUS / SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Music for Strings John Wilson, Sinfonia Of London [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "I expect it has been said before, but the Sinfonia of London belongs in the Formula 1 class of orchestras, and in this repertoire sits in pole position." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Orchestral |
YORK BOWEN
Works for Piano, Volume 3 (Incls Three Pieces, Op. 20) Joop Celis (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] The music of Bowen is timeless and very individual, setting him apart from many of his British contemporaries. It was in his solo piano music that he contributed the most, for it was the piano, above all, that was his natural, and most often turned... |
REICHE / GRAUPNER / WEICHLEIN / MONROE etc
Altissima - Works For High Baroque Trumpet Josh Cohen (Baroque Trumpet), Ensemble Sprezzatura, Daniel Abraham (director) [ Chandos / Chaconne / CD - released 6/Jan/2023 ] The baroque trumpeter Josh Cohen is among the most sought-after clarino specialists in North America. A native of the Washington, DC area, he performs regularly with most of the leading early music ensembles in North America and has appeared as... |
HANDEL / J. C. SMITH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Ouverture in C major, HWV456 / Smith: Six Suites of Lessons for the Harpsichord, Op. 3 Julian Perkins (harpsichord) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 20/May/2015 ] "The exuberantly stylish Julian Perkins is just the man for the job and tellingly collides the work of master and servant with a Handel keyboard transcription at the start." (Sunday Times) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Concertante Works Julie Price (bassoon), Tasmin Little (violin), Michael McHale (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra [ Chandos / CD - released 3/May/2019 ] Written when Strauss was only fifteen, the Romanze is his first attempt at writing for a soloist and orchestra. The influence of Mozart's piano concertos, which Strauss was studying at the time, is apparent, not least in the writing for solo clarinet... |
AMY BEACH / FLORENCE PRICE / SAMUEL BARBER
American Quintets Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, with Matthew Rose (bass) [ Chandos / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] "The hit, undoubtedly, is the premiere recording of Price's structurally lopsided but endearing A minor Quintet...And the icing on the cake? The Collective's vigour and warmth." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2022 Shortlisted - Chamber |
REYNALDO HAHN
Reynaldo Hahn: Piano Quintet; Songs; Piano Quartet Karim Sulayman (tenor), Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective [ Chandos / CD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] The Lebanese-American Karim Sulayman joins the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective for this album of works by Reynaldo Hahn. |
DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Kabalevsky: Second & Third Piano Concertos / Colas Breugnon Overture / The Comedians Kathryn Stott (piano) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 19/May/2003 ] "such is the class of the BBC Philharmonics playing for their principal guest conductor that by the end of the disc I felt that I had at least been shown facets of his [Kabalevskys] art that I had never before appreciated" Gramophone 'Editor's Choice |
MADELEINE DRING
Dring: Songs Kitty Whately (mezzo), Julius Drake (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Mar/2026 ] English mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately presents an album of songs by Madeleine Dring. Born in 1923 to a theatrical family, Dring was admitted to the Royal College of Music at the age of nine. She went on to study composition with Herbert Howells, also... |
JOHANNA MULLER-HERMANN / RICHARD STRAUSS / MARGARETE SCHWEIKERT / GUSTAV MAHLER
Befreit: A Soul Surrendered Kitty Whately (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 17/Mar/2023 ] The mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately trained at Chetham's School of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the International Opera School of the Royal College of Music. Having won both the Kathleen Ferrier Award and Royal Overseas League... |
ERICH KORNGOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Korngold: Abschiedslieder / Symphony 3 Linda Finnie (contralto) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Edward Downes [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "Korngold's lush orchestration needs sound with a full bloom, and the Chandos engineers provide that in spades" The Times |
FRANCISCO TÁRREGA / ISAAC ALBÉNIZ / FEDERICO MOMPOU / CARLO DOMENICONI
Krzysztof Meisinger - Mystique Krzysztof Meisinger (guitar) [ Chandos / CD - released 11/Aug/2023 ] Before a phrase from the Gran vals by Francisco Tárrega unexpectedly shot to international fame as the Nokia ringtone, his most celebrated pieces included the Capricho árabe, composed in 1892. The piece is inspired by the mixture of Muslim Castilian... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera with libretto) Philip Langridge, Janice Watson, Alan Opies, Anne Collins / Opera London, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1997 ] "The casting of Philip Langridge in the title-role is central to the set's success. As on stage, he is unrivalled at conveying the character's moutning hysteria, and the result is chilling. Janice Watson makes a most touching Ellen Orford." Penguin |
PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / BELLINI / VERDI
Italian Opera Arias Linda Richardson (soprano), Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] The British soprano Linda Richardson has performed extensively across the UK and continental Europe under conductors such as Bernard Haitink, Edo de Waart, Sir Mark Elder, Daniele Rustioni, Libor Pešek, and Carlo Rizzi. Her extensive repertoire... |
FRANK MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martin: Maria-Triptychon / Sechs Monologue aus Jedermann / Suite from Der Sturm Linda Russell (soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Duncan Riddell (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Recorded: 26-27 September 1994 |
DEBUSSY / FAURE
Essence - Lisa Friend plays Fauré & Debussy Lisa Friend (flute) [ Chandos / CD - released 3/May/2019 ] The flute takes a very special place in French music, particularly so in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As a result (and in addition to a great deal of original repertoire for the instrument) there is a significant body of work... |
JANACEK / HINDEMITH / PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Janacek:Suite for Strings / On An Overgrown Path / Idyll For String Orchestra London Jupiter Orchestra, Gregory Rose [ Chandos / CD - released 26/Feb/1993 ] "The sound quality is impeccable... enjoyable. Recommended." MusicWeb |
JONANN BAPTIST CRAMER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cramer: Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 7 & 8 London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] 'Howard Shelley plays with dazzling brilliance throughout...' The Guardian |
SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL
Herschel: Symphonies (Nos 2, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17) London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 20/Mar/2003 ] 'Matthias Bamert's lively direction and the higly professional playing of the London Mozart Players provide Herschel with the best imaginable advocacy...' Gramophone |
VOGLER
Symphonies, Overtures and Ballets London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] The celebrated Contemporaries of Mozart series continues apace with the compositions of German composer George Joseph Vogler. The London Mozart Players which celebrates their 60th anniversary in 2009 perform under the direction of Matthias Bamert. |
