GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: Orchestral Works (Incls 'St Paul's Suite') Andrew Watkinson (violin) & Nicholas Ward (violin) Duke Dobing (flute) & Christopher Hooker (oboe) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] This 1994 recording is one of the first Holst collections made by Hickox and the City of London Sinfonia. An orchestra he conducted for thirty seven years, until his death. Having brought neglected works by Holst to a more deserved fame in the early... |
ALICE MARY SMITH
Smith: Symphony in A minor / Andante for Clarinet and Orchestra / Symphony in C minor Angela Malsbury (clarinet) / London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] Penguin Stereo Guide (Rosette Recording) - "The sound-quality nicely balances warmth and detail, and the music itself is undemanding if delightful to listen to" (MusicSource.com) |
WILLIAM ALWYN
Alwyn: Miss Julie (complete opera) Anna Patalong, Benedict Nelson, Rosie Aldridge, Samuel Sakker / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] ""It is sensationally gripping…There is a highly strung, obsessive streak to the music that could come straight out of Vertigo, and how heartening it is to find an English composer writing with such passion" Financial Times |
MARGARET HUBICKI
Dedication in Time (Incls Goladon Suite) Annemarie Sand (mezzo-soprano) Daniel Pailthorpe (flute) Robert Max (cello) James Kirby (piano) / Bochmann Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Jul/2005 ] Chandos expands its considerable discography of works by women composers with this CD of music by the distinguished composer and teacher, Margaret Hubicki (or Peggy, as she is more widely known). |
TOMASO ALBINONI
Albinoni: The Collected Concertos for Oboes & Strings [3 CD set] Anthony Robson, Catherine Latham (oboes) / Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage [ Chandos / 3 CD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "[Robson's] tone is most appealing and his phrasing and musicianship are second to none. Simon Standage provides alert accompaniments, also using original instruments, and creates bright, athletic string timbres...The artistic results are very lively |
TOMASO ALBINONI
Albinoni: Double Oboe and String Concertos, Vol. 1 Anthony Robson, oboe, Catherine Latham, oboe / Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/1996 ] Collegium Musicum 90 is one of today's premiere period ensembles. It regularly receives outstanding reviews for its Chandos recordings. |
CASTELLO & OTHERS
The Contest of Apollo and Pan: An anthology of instrumental music by Castello and his contemporaries Apollo & Pan [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "The performances revel in their distinctive sound world, making much of the music's textural oppositions without straying into mannerism. Sally Holman's dulcian is a reliable and forthright pleasure." Gramophone Magazine, May 2009 |
YORK / ROSSINI / HENSHALL / GINASTERA / PRITCHARD / etc
Aspects Aquarelle Guitar Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 16/Nov/2016 ] "All is performed with that same customary blend of high octane virtuosity, relaxed lyricism, tonal richness and perfection of ensemble which has made the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet not merely one of the world's leading guitar ensembles but, for sheer |
ALBENIZ / KROUSE / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / SOR
Cuatro Aquarelle Guitar Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] "As with the AGQ's previous three albums, not only are the playing and overall ensemble razor-sharp but every tone colour available to a guitarist is exploited to the full. The drama inherent in Sor's Grand Solo is rendered with a lightness redolent |
VARIOUS
Final Cut: Film Music for Four Guitars Aquarelle Guitar Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Jul/2012 ] "Music from these and many other famous films is here performed by the Aquarelle Guitar Quartet, a dynamic and innovative ensemble that captivates audiences with eclectic repertoire and spell-binding performances." |
ALBERTO HEMSI
Chamber Works ARC Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Alberto Hemsi was born in 1898 in Turgutlu (also known as Cassaba), in Anatolia (present-day Turkey). Although there had been a Jewish presence in Anatolia for more than 2000 years, the population expanded considerably following the Alhambra Decree... |
DMITRI LVOVICH KLEBANOV
Klebanov: Chamber Works ARC Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Oct/2021 ] "… Fine and fascinating works, superbly played, by a composer who should have much more recognition." MusicWeb |
SZYMON LAKS
Laks: Chamber Works ARC Ensemble [ Chandos Music In Exile Vol. 3 / CD - released 15/Jul/2017 ] "This collection of his chamber music - all claimed as premiere recordings, and sparkily played by the ARC Ensemble - speaks of musical development thwarted by an experience that only the inward-looking Passacaille of 1945 hints at." Guardian |
PAUL BEN-HAIM
Music in Exile: Chamber Music by Paul Ben-Haim ARC Ensemble [ Chandos Music in Exile / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "It's all beautifully and wonderfully captured by the players and the Chandos recording team...This is a fascinating disc which begins to open up the world of a truly significant composer who should be much better known." (MusicWeb) |
JOACHIM RAFF
Orchestral Works Volume 2 (incls Symphony No 5) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Mar/2014 ] "Järvi's performance is an absolutely splendid one - both markedly more propulsive and, to my ears, more excitingly cogent than any other I have encountered, yet with no loss in terms of technical sophistication or affectionate glow...Collectors with |
WALTER KAUFMANN
Music in Exile: Chamber Works by Walter Kaufmann Arc Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Sep/2020 ] For the fourth instalment in its Music in Exile series, the Toronto-based ARC Ensemble turns its attention to the music of Walter Kaufmann. Kaufmann's intriguing and extensive body of work remains largely forgotten, certainly underappreciated.... |
JERZY FETELBERG
MUSIC IN EXILE, Vol. 2: Chamber Works by Jerzy Fitelberg ARC Ensemble [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 9/Oct/2015 ] This is Volume 2 in our series of works by Jewish composers who were forced to flee the Third Reich during the 30s.The Grammy-nominated ARC Ensemble here presents premiere recordings of chamber works by Jerzy Fitelberg. |
ARCADELT / PALESTRINA / SILVA
Le Divin Arcadelt: Candlemas in Renaissance Musica Contexta with The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] Through the works of Arcadelt, de Silva, and Palestrina, the vocal ensemble Musica Contexta, with The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble, takes us on a journey of musical Rome on a February day at the end of the sixteenth century. |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: String Quartets Vol. 2 - String Quartets Nos. 1, 7 & 11 Arcadia Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] For this the second volume in their series of Weinberg's string quartets, the Arcadia Quartet again presents three quartets from contrasting periods in the stylistic development of the composer. The first quartet of the self-taught teenager, written... |
MYASKOVSKY / SCHNITTKE / DENISOV
Chamber Works Stepan Arman (violin) / I Musici de Montréal, Yuli Turovsky [ Chandos / CD - released 12/Mar/2001 ] "This is a nicely contrasted programme of 20th-Century Russian music for small orchestra, strongly played and well recorded. Arman is a superb soloist here, creating a dazzling conclusion to a most enjoyable disc." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the... |