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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 |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 / Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1 Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi (cond) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1985 ] "As a Prokofiev interpreter Neeme Järvi is among the best." Gramophone |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphonies No. 2 & 5 Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Nov/1991 ] "Alexander Gibson's 1980s Sibelius cycle on Chandos, one of the first digital sets, was praised for its clean lines, propulsive phrasing, and bracing impact." MusicWeb |
JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: The Complete Symphonies Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos Collect / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/1991 ] "Alexander Gibson's 1980s Sibelius cycle on Chandos, one of the first digital sets, was praised for its clean lines, propulsive phrasing, and bracing impact." MusicWeb |
EDMUND RUBBRA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubbra: Symphony No. 1, Op. 44, etc. Howard Shelley (piano), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD ] It was not until 1937 that Rubbra's first symphony was completed. Symphonies 2, 3 and 4 followed in quick succession, the fourth being completed in March 1942. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Shostakovich: Ballet Suites 1, 2 & 3 Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jan/1989 ] Original recording: City Hall, Glasgow & The Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow. April 1988 |
GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
Bacewicz: The two Piano Quintets, Quartet for four Violins, Quartet for four Cellos Silesian Quartet and friends [ Chandos / CD - released 4/May/2018 ] "Adrian Thomas' notes are wholly admirable and the recording highly sympathetic. Another Bacewicz winner." MusicWeb |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / ARTHUR BLISS / FRANK BRIDGE / LENNOX BERKELEY
Britten, Bliss, Bridge, Berkeley: English Music For Strings Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Jan/2021 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Orchestral |
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3 / Vocalise / The Isle of the Dead Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] "I have never heard Rachmaninov's imaginative scoring here [in The Isle of the Dead] brought out so vividly, allowing us to appreciate the powerful pictorial imagination of the composer." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Orchestral |
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Korngold: Symphony in F Sharp / Straussiana / Theme & Variations Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] "The playing of the Sinfonia of London is astonishingly brilliant, with Hollywood-dream glories in the string tone" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2020 WINNER - Orchestral |
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU
Rameau: Pieces de clavecin Sophie Yates (harpsichord) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/2000 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Baroque Instrumental |
JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rameau: Pieces de clavecin Volume 2 (Includes Suites in A & G) Sophie Yates (harpsichord) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/Aug/2004 ] 'Yates's strengths are clearly suited to those of Rameau: depth of characterisation, polarised moods and a delight in the instrument's sonorities.' - BBC Music Magazine |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Il Cembalo Transalpino Sophie Yates (solo harpsichord) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 3/May/2019 ] All the music in this programme comes from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and most of it was collected by its founder, Richard, Seventh Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion (1745 - 1816). A polymath, lover of music, amateur composer and... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Schubert: String Quartets D.87, D.112, D173 Sorrel Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Sep/2005 ] Originally recorded in 1997 at the Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk |
SIR EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Part-Songs The Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1994 ] "Among Paul Spicer's many recordings with the Finzi Singers, this recording stands out as a highlight...Spicer delivers finely tuned, crisp and intense readings of all these pieces, and the Chandos sound is both vivid and warmly atmospheric." Penguin... |
MOZART / WAGNER / BRAHMS / REGER
Neeme Jarvi In Concert State Choir Latvija Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Jan/2023 ] The legendary conductor Neeme Järvi celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday in the summer of 2022, in Tallinn, giving a series of concerts with his beloved Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. This album serves not just as a commemoration of those... |
EDMUND RUBBRA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rubbra: Song of the Soul, Four Mediaeval Latin Lyrics, Op. 32, Inscape, Op. 122 Stephen Varcoe (baritone) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 9/Sep/2001 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Chandos Anthems Nos 5a, 6a & 8 Susan Gritton (sop) Thomas Hobbs (ten) Iestyn Davies (cntten) / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layon [ Hyperion / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "Layton directs his young singers with such a perfect control of texture and rhythm that there's no hint of stodginess" (Gramophone) |
HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Howells: Choral Works (Incls Mass in the Dorian Mode & Requiem) Susan Gritton (soprano) Mark Milhofer (tenor) Rachel Wheatley (soprano) William Purefoy (countertenor) / Finzi Singers (with Andrew Lumsden, organ) [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2006 ] 'The Finzi Singers, 18-strong, give a fresh and atmospheric, beautifully-moulded performance' The Penguin Complete Guide |
