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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Sinfonia Drammatica BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Edward Downes [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] ".. If you enjoy the Alpine Symphony, you should try this. An excellent performance and outstanding recording." Penguin Guide |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: A Mass Of Life - Requiem Bourneouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox (conductor) [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] Requiem June 1996; A Mass of Life July 1996. |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits & 5 Variants of 'Dives & Lazarus' [ Chandos / CD ] First heard at the 1936 Norwich Festival, Vaughan Williams's Five Tudor Portraits find the composer at his most dazzlingly inventive, the resourceful and witty writing fitting Skelton's words like a glove. |
VILLA-LOBOS / CHAVEZ / RODRIGO
Latin Winds RNCM Wind Orchestra, Clark Rundell, Mark Heron [ Chandos / CD - released 4/May/2018 ] "Congratulations to all involved in this superb and enterprising issue, perhaps most of all to the brilliant young musicians of the RNCM. Manchester rules!" MusicWeb May 2018 |
GEORGE DYSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims / At the Tabard Inn / In Honour of the City Robert Tear, Stephen Roberts, Yvonne Kenny / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Richard Hichox [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2007 ] "...The London Symphony Chorus sings with incandescent tone, superbly recorded, and the orchestra brings out the clarity and colourfulness of Dyson's instrumentation." Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 |
MARCELLO
Sonatas for Harpsichord Roberto Loreggian, harpsichord [ Chandos Chaconne / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] Chandos presents a premiere recording of Marcello's harpsichord sonatas |
JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: Quickening / Three Interludes from 'The Sacrifice' Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor) Gordon Jones (baritone) / BBC Philharmonic / James MacMillan [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "The three interludes from MacMillan's opera The Sacrifice are more than an interesting filler. The same exuberant invention can be found here as in Quickening... The sound is stunning..." BBC Music Magazine, March 2009 ***** |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Schwanengesang (with Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op.98) Roderick Williams (baritone) Iain Burnside (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "Williams sings German as a non-native speaker in the best sense, harnessing the words with a sense of discovery of how much closer they bring him to the archetypes within the various verses" Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2020 |
THOMAS ARNE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arne: The Six Organ Concertos Roger Bevan Williams (organ) / Cantilena, Adrian Shepherd [ Chandos Chaconne / 2 CD - released 22/Aug/1989 ] Recorded: 12-13 April 1987 |
ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT
Bennett: Old American Dances Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, Clark Rundell, Mark Heron [ Chandos / CD - released 16/Sep/2016 ] The Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra and its director Clark Rundell, with the guest conductor Mark Heron, explore the works of Robert Russell Bennett in this eagerly-awaited new recording. Bennett is best known for his orchestrations... |
JULIUS FUCIK
A Festival of Fučík Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] "this is a highly enjoyable reminder of the delights of Romanticism's popular side." BBC Music |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suites 1 - 3 (complete) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'No one is more warmly dramatic in Prokofiev than Jarvi, making his issues consistently recommendable…' The Guardian |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Symphonies / The Fairy's Kiss / Ode Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson, Neeme Jarvi / Nash Ensemble [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 30/Aug/2008 ] "A program that offers exceptional value for the money. A fine reissue." (ClassicsToday) |
ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grechaninov: Liturgica Domestica Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Kuzmich Polyansky [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/1995 ] Recorded: St Sophia Cathedral, Polotsk |
GOFFREDO PETRASSI
Petrassi: Magnificat / Psalm IX Sabina Cvilak (soprano) / Orchestra and Chorus, Teatro Regio, Torino, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Musica Italiana / CD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 - Choral Finalist |
DAME ETHEL SMYTH
Smith: The Prison (Choral Symphony) Sarah Brailey, Dashon Burton / Experiential Orchestra and Chorus, James Blachly [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Choral GRAMMY Awards 63rd Awards (2021) Winner - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Phaedra, Op. 93 / A Charm of Lullabies / Lachrymae / Two Portraits / Sinfonietta, Op. 1 Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) / Maxim Rysanov (viola) / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 26/Apr/2011 ] "Gardner's sensitivity to the bittersweet Thirties idiom of the first portrait and the elegiac eloquence of viola soloist Maxim Rysanov in the second combine to highly atmospheric effect. Imaginative programme, highly recommended." Editor's Choice... |
KENNETH LEIGHTON
Leighton: Orchestral works Vol 2 (Incls 'Symphony No 2 'Sinfonia mistica') Sarah Fox (soprano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] Sarah Fox is a pure-voiced, poignant soloist, and the BBC National Chorus of Wales sound very confident, as if this was a repertoire standard for them." BBC Music Five Stars |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 / The Golden Spinning Wheel Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jan/1987 ] Recorded in the SNO Centre, Glasgow on 8-9 May 1986 |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Ballet Suites / Festive Overture, Op. 96 / Suite from 'Katerina Ismailova' Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] "I've heard no conductor handle this music better than Järvi… These are vibrant, colourful, incisive performances of colourful, cheeky music in first-rate sound." American Record Guide |
