MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: String Quartets Volume 4 Arcadia Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 19/Jul/2024 ] John Wilson's fourth volume devoted to music by Eric Coates opens with Music Everywhere, a rousing march that was commissioned by Britain's first independent TV and radio service, Rediffusion, for use as its signature tune. The concert waltz... |
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... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Stabat Mater Arthur Davies (tenor) Della Jones (contralto) Roderick Earle (bass) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Richard Hickox Legacy / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide "..the London Symphony Chorus sings with a fine attack as well as producing the most refined pianissimos in the unaccompanied quartet." - Penguin Guide |
WALTON
Christopher Columbus - Suite / Songs after Edith Sitwell / The Twelve Arthur Davies (tenor) Jill Gomez (soprano) Martyn Hill (tenor) / Westminster Singers [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] Unusual works of William Walton |
PAUL TORTELIER
Paul Tortelier - Hommage to (Double Concerto, Suite in D minor & Offrande) Arto Noras, Maud Martin Tortelier, Paul Tortelier, BBC Ph. Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Historical / CD - released 15/Jan/2001 ] Paul Tortelier and his family all feature on this unique disc, masterminded by his violinist and conductor son Yan Pascal, released on the tenth anniversary of the death of Paul Tortelier. |
Asmf
Grainger:13 Wrks Fr Chamber En [ Chandos / CD ] |
SCHUBERT
'Trout' Quintet / Adadio & Rondo Concertante Academy of St martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Oct/2002 ] The Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble was created in 1967 to perform the larger chamber works-from quintets to octets-with players who customarily work together, instead of the usual string quartet with additional guests. |
NIELSEN
Chamber Works for Wind (Incls Quintet, Op. 43) Athena Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Feb/2008 ] This re-issue gathers together all the great and several of the smaller works by Nielsen for wind instruments in chamber format. A number of pieces on the disc are not otherwise available. Nielsen's most important chamber works for wind were composed... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Complete Works for Wind Quintet (Incls 'Harmony Music' & 'six Promenades') Athena Ensemble [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] 'These bubbly versions [10 Pieces for Wind] by the Athena Ensemble, the only ones in the catalogue, are highly recommended at bargain price.' The Observer |
GOUNOD
Petite Symphonie in B flat major (with works by Poulenc & Ibert) Athena Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1991 ] |
GALUPPI
Gloria / Credo / Concertos (with Bertoni - Kyrie a quattro concertato) Athestis Chorus Academia de li Musici / Filippo Maria Bressan [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] This disc contains the premiere recordings of Galuppi's Gloria and Credo. |
MARCELLO
Requiem in the Venetian Manner Athestis Chorus / Academia de li Musici / Filippo Maria bressan [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/Feb/1999 ] Recorded in: Duomo Vecchio, Monselice, Italy 13-14 July 1998 |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Die Donner-Ode, TWV 6:3 / Deus judicium tuum Patrizia Kwella (soprano), Catherine Denley (contralto), Mark Tucker (tenor), Michael George (bass), Stephen Roberts (bass) / Collegium Musicum 90, Ri [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/1993 ] Patrizia Kwella (soprano), Catherine Denley (contralto), Mark Tucker (tenor), Michael George (bass), Stephen Roberts (bass) |
BACH / HOMILIUS / KAUFFMANN:/ KREBS / TAG
Harmonische Freude; Works for Baroque Oboe, Trumpet and Chamber Organ Austral Harmony [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 15/Aug/2015 ] Harmonische Freude features chamber music by Johann Sebastian Bach and his extended circle, played on authentic period instruments by Austral Harmony. Taking its name from an early collection of Australian poetry, the Australian ensemble,... |
HAAS / JANACEK / SZYMANOWSKI
Quartets Arr. For String Orchestra Australian Chamber Orchestra [ Chandos / CD - released 19/Aug/2002 ] |
PETER SCULTHORPE
Sculthorpe: Irkanda I / Irkanda IV / Lament (1991) / Second Sonata for strings / Cello Dreaming / Djilile Australian Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tognetti [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 26/May/2003 ] "Exceptionally sympathetic advocacy for the doyen of Australian composers" - Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (August 2003) |
J. S. BACH
Bach: St John Passion (complete oratorio) Bach Camerata, Crouch End Festival Chorus, David Temple [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] "The solo line-up is without a weak link; among its glories Sophie Bevan's deeply affecting 'Zerfliesse, mein Herze', Benjamin Hulett's finely nuanced 'Erwage', and Robin Blaze's exquisitely judged 'Es ist vollbracht'." BBC Music |
Bamert/London Mozart Players
Pichl:symphonies [ Chandos / CD ] |
Bamert/Shelley/Bbc Philharmoni
Dohnanyi/The Veil Of Pierrette [ Chandos / CD ] |