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... |
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... |
EDVARD GRIEG
Grieg: Bergliot / Symphonic Dances / etc Juni Dahr (reader) Mari Eriksmoen (soprano) Astrid Nordstad (mezzo) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Feb/2024 ] "What [Grieg] does with folk material is so enchanting that, in this beautiful incarnation with the Bergen players delivering so freshly and responding so well to Gardner's rhythmic drive in the livelier sequences, you'll be compelled throughout" BBC |
FANNY & FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet / Piano Quartet / Piano Trio Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/Jul/2022 ] 'In sum, an exuberant, brilliantly executed celebration of the most prodigious brother-sister double act in music history.' Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 22 |
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 |
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 |
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
A Sousa Celebration Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Kristjan Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] "Looking for something foot-tapping and beguiling, and with a fund of tunes? This Chandos Sousa release could be the answer." Classical Source |
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 |
LEOŠ JANÁCEK / ZOLTÁN KODÁLY / ANTONÍN DVORÁK / VITESZSLAVA KAPRÁLOVÁ
Pohádka - Tales from Prague to Budapest Laura van der Heijden (cello) Jâms Coleman (piano) [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Feb/2022 ] The label début of the Exclusive Chandos Artist Laura van der Heijden explores the rich musical heritage of Bohemia. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78 / Scythian Suite, Op. 20, from `Ala et Lolly` Linda Finnie (contralto) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Chorus / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/1988 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) "Neeme Jarvi's wide-screen spectacular captures the icy intensity in the scenes of devastation and the glitter of the musical patriotism in equal measure." (1001 recordings) |
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... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Flute Quartets Lisa Friend (flute) / Brodsky Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Jan/2017 ] Members of the Brodsky Quartet meet the internationally famous flautist Lisa Friend in an album of key works of the flute repertoire: Mozart's flute quartets. |
EDWARD GREGSON
Gregson: Music Of The Angels London Brass, Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] "The recording is superb and the informative notes by Paul Hindmarsh are a further asset." MusicWeb |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Chandos Te Deum HWV 281, Chandos Anthem No.8 HWV 253 London Handel Orchestra & Soloists, Adrian Butterfield [ Onyx / CD - released 23/Nov/2018 ] Before coming into contact with James Brydges, Earl of Carnarvon, Handel was is dire straits in London. His pension of £200 a year for teaching the Royal princesses had stopped, so had the public taste for opera. London had plunged into a hedonistic,... |
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 |