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JAMES MacMILLAN
The Confession of Isobel Gowdie / Symphony No. 3 'silence' BBC Philharmonic / James MacMillan [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Feb/2005 ] To everyone's amazement, MacMillan's work was greeted with a warmth and intensity rarely experienced in Britain after the death of Benjamin Britten. The work's success brought a new realisation: that it was possible for a modern composer to address... |
GEORGE ANTHEIL
Antheil: Symphonies Nos 3 & 6, etc BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds [ Chandos / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] The symphonic output of George Antheil, the self-proclaimed 'bad boy of music', is further investigated by the BBC Philharmonic and its Chief Guest Conductor, John Storgårds, in the second album of the series. |
SIBELIUS
Complete Symphonies (plus 'Three Late Fragments') BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "this is a fine and distinctive set from an orchestra playing consistently at somewhere near its best and conducted by a Sibelian of stature." (Gramophone Award Nomination 2015 - Orchestral) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphony No.11 'The Year 1905' BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] "There's much to commend John Storgårds' account of the Eleventh Symphony. He has a firm vision of the score and the splendid BBCPO executes this vision with incisive, committed playing." MusicWeb |
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AARON COPLAND
Copland: Symphonies, Vol. 3 [Includes Symphony No 3] BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Nov/2018 ] "Wilson's empathy with this music is infectious." The Sunday Times |
AARON COPLAND
Copland: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Ballets BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Jan/2016 ] "John Wilson shows an instinctive flair for Copland's syncopated and changing rhythms, and brings out all the music's broad humour and intimate poetry" (BBC Music Orchestral Choice - March 2016) |
JOAQUIN TURINA
Turina: Canto a Sevilla BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena [ CHANDOS / CD - released 2/Jun/2014 ] "This is one of the finest discs coming from the BBC Philharmonic in quite a while. Do try to hear it." ClassicsToday 9/9 |
J. S. BACH
Bach Transcriptions (arrangements by great composers) BBC Philharmonic / Leonard Slatkin [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Jul/2000 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Oct 2000) - Five Stars (*****) Classic CD (Oct 2000) |
NOVAK
Toman and the Wood Nymph / De profundis / Overture: Lady Godiva BBC Philharmonic / Libor Pesek [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] 'It is good that we are finally becoming aware of him [Novak]. Certainly this outstanding release does its share. It includes good notes and has stunning sound'. American Record Guide |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 / Japanese Suite, Op. 33 / Beni Mora, Op. 29 No. 1 BBC Philharmonic & Manchester Chamber Choir, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "'Mars', one of his best performances, is quite fast, rigidly controlled, frighteningly bleak and with a cold sound...Even the terrific climax, with ffff organ chords, has a barren quality to it." (International Record review) |
ARNOLD BAX
London Pageant, Concertante for Three Wind Instruments and Orchestra BBC Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2001 ] 'Martyn Brabbins directs a set of performances as crisply polished as they are infectious, and Chandos' sound is characteristically sumptuous to match' Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Stokowski's Symphonic Bach (Orchestrated by Leopold Stokowski) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] "Bamert's warmly sympathetic readings obviously follow his mentor's way with this music...the result is very enjoyable, and the Chandos stereo here is very much in the demonstration bracket." (Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Stokowski's Symphonic Baroque BBC Philharmonic / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/2001 ] arrangements by one of the twentieth century's greatest conductors. |
WAGNER
Stokowski's Wagner: music from Parsifal, Tristan und Isolde & Die Walkare BBC Philharmonic / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] Recorded in: New Broadcasting House, Manchester |
J. S. BACH
Stokowski's Symphonic Bach (Vol 2) BBC Philharmonic / Matthias Bamert, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] "Extraordinary how Bach's influence on later composers can suddenly snap into focus in Stokowski's ingenious orchestrations - Brahms, Mendelssohn and Mahler are among the allusions. Excellent sound." (BBC Music) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Leopold Stokowski: The Art of Orchestral Transcription BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Apr/2016 ] "Bamert brings much commitment to these performances" MusicWeb |
KARLOWICZ
Bianca da Molena / Serenade for String Orchestra / Symphony, Op. 7 in E minor BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Mar/2004 ] "A young talent cut short early that deserves to be heard." (Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2004) |
SMETANA
Orchestral Works Vol 1 (Incls 'Wallenstein's Camp' & 'Hakon Jarl') BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / CD - released 28/Sep/2007 ] "Brass thrillingly to the fore: have these stirring tone-poems sounded better?" Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Dec 2007) |
SMETANA
Orchestral Works Vol 2 (Incls 'The Bartered Bride' Overture & excerpts & 'The Kiss' Overture) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Jun/2009 ] "Even the most familiar pages from The Bartered Bride… come up fresh as paint, the BBC Philharmonic's immaculate virtuosity as musicianly and refined as it is sparkling." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice - August 2009 |
LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA
Orchestral Works Vol 2 (Incls Quattro Liriche di Antonio Machado) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Gianandrea Noseda, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "Dallapiccola's music may not be easy but is ultimately richly rewarding on repeated hearings, especially when helped by committed and carefully prepared readings such as these. The recording and the production of this release are up to Chandos's... |
