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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Violin Concoerto / Piano Concerto Tasmin Little (violin) Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC Philharmonic, Edward Gardner [ Chandos / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] Gramophone Magazine - Disc of the Month - May 2013 |
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JOHN IRELAND / YORK BOWEN / WILLIAM ALWYN / ERIC COATES / JAMES FRANCIS BROWN
British Violin Sonatas Vol.3 Tasmin Little (violin) Piers Lane (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "The performers respond to both aspects of [Bowen's] music with muscular virtuosity and affection." BBC Music Award WINNER 2021 - Chamber |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op.44 / The Spirit of England, Op.80 Teresa Cahill (sop) Anne Collins (alto) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Sep/1992 ] "Gibson's performances combine fire and panache, and the recorded sound has an ideal Elgarian expansiveness, the choral tone rich and well focused, the orchestral brass given plenty of weight." Penguin Guide |
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NICCOLO CASTIGLIONI
Castiglioni: Salmo XIX, La Buranella & Altisonanza Teresia Bokor (soprano) & Sine Bundgaard (soprano) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra & Concert Choir, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Apr/2015 ] Conductor of the Year in the 2015 Musical America Awards, Gianandrea Noseda continues his Musica Italiana series with this recording of works by Castiglioni, with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. As an intellectual and an aesthete, Niccolò... |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vaughan Williams: Concertos & String Music Howard Shelley (piano) David Theodore (oboe) Kenneth Sillito (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set ] The perfect introduction to the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams |
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JOSEPH HAYDN / JOHANNES FISCHER
Joseph Haydn: Complete Piano Trios, Vol.1; Johannes Fischer: One Bar Wonder Trio Gaspard [ Chandos / CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] "The Gaspard players like to keep the music sounding lively and spontaneous, and although their improvised runs and ornaments are discreet, this may not be to everyone's taste." BBC Music |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 and other works Truls Mørk (cello) Louis Lortie (piano), Hélène Mercier (piano) & Alasdair Malloy (glass harmonica) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jan/2016 ] "This is one of those recordings where it seems invidious to look for faults and which just encourages you to sit back, relax, listen and wallow. Mørk brings his characteristic incisiveness and mountain-spring tone to the concertos" (Gramophone) |
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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites / Nursery Suite / Dream Children Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson / Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 22/May/2007 ] 'The playing in Ulster is attractively spirited; the music-making engagingly combines refinement and warmth. The Nursery Suite is strikingly well characterised, and with first-class digital sound this is highly recommendable.' Penguin Guide |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Nocturnes (with Ravel: Sheherazade) Ulster Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier, with Linda DFinnie (mezzo) & Colin Fleming (solo flute) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/1990 ] 'What a glorious instrument the Ulster Orchestra is in Torteliers hands - eloquent principals in every section and supple consummate ensemble in this most subtle and flexible of repertoire…' American Record Guide |
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ROMANTIC CLASSICS
Romantic Classics (Incls Salut d'amour', Liebestraum No. 3' & 'Clair de lune') Various artists incls Margaret Fingerhut, Earl Wild (pianos) Craig Ogden (guitar), London Mozart Players, Scottish National Orchestra, etc [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Romantic Classics features some of the world's most requested music, taken from Chandos' distinguished catalogue and digitally remastered to the company's usual, uncompromising standards. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Milestones: Chandos 30th anniversary Box Set Various performers incls Susan Gritton, Richard Hickox, Lydia Mordkovitc, Craig Ogden, Stephen Hough, Lynne Dawson, Emma Kirkby, The Kings Singers [ Chandos / 30 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2009 ] VERY SPECIAL PRICE. DON'T DELAY! |
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JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: A Scotch Bestiary / Piano Concerto No. 2 Wayne Marshall (Organ & Piano) / BBC Philharmonic / James MacMillan (cond) [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Jun/2006 ] "In both works Wayne Marshall covers himself in glory, as, for that matter, does the BBC Philharmonic under the composer's direction. The sound is superlative to match." Gramophone |
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EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands / O salutaris Hostia 1 - 3 / Light of the World Worcester Cathedral Choir, Christopher Robinson [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 28/Jul/1993 ] World premiere recording of "From The Bavarian Highlands" Op. 27 |
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VARIOUS
The World's Most Beautiful Melodies Black Dyke Mills Band with Phillip McCann (cornet) [ Chandos Brass / CD - released 1/Jan/1985 ] Recorded in: St Anne's Cathedral, Leeds 13/09/1984, 14/09/1984 |
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ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Piano Works Xiayin Wang (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] A pianist of keen musicality and sweeping virtuosity, Xiayin Wang returns to solo repertoire with this fascinating exploration of works by Enrique Granados, revealing a technically challenging and complex musical language, yet full of colour and... |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Orchesral Works (Incls Pastoral Rhapsody & King's Herald Suite) Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Moray Welsh (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] These recordings offer what are regarded by the Penguin Guide to Compact Discs as definitive interpretations of the repertoire. |
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CARL NIELSEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nielsen: String Quartets Volume 1 [incls Little Suite for Strings] Zapolski Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Feb/2008 ] "They are marvellous pieces and their neglect outside Scandinavia strikes me as quite unaccountable." Gramophone |
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Latin Connections
[ Chandos / CD - released 24/Oct/2025 ] 'A project some six years in the making, Latin Connections was originally conceived as a collaborative project with the multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer Clarice Assad. Global Covid restrictions forced us to postpone the recording, by which... |
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CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL
Symphonies Op. 17 Nos. 1-6 Cantilena, Adrian Shepherd [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jan/2006 ] German composer who was a boy pupil of J.S. Bach, who in turn was a god-father to one of Abel's children. |
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ARTHUR BENJAMIN / LEIGHTON LUCAS
Film Music of Arthur Benjamin & Leighton Lucas Abigail Sara, mezzo-soprano, Catherine Roe-Williams, piano, Rob Court, organ [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 26/Apr/2012 ] All works are performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Rumon Gamba who records exclusively for Chandos. The disc features exquisite performances by a number of soloists - the mezzo-soprano Abigail Sara, pianist Catherine Roe-Williams,... |