TRADITIONAL
Celtic Airs Barry Douglas (piano), Eimear McGeown (Irish flute, whistles), Catriona McKay (Scottish harp) & Chris Stout (Shetland fiddle) [ Chandos / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] "This ravishing, richly emotional collection of arrangements is a bittersweet joy. Providing his own eloquent piano arrangements, Barry Douglas plays with utter conviction in the quality of the material…gorgeous and sublime" Classical Ear |
BARTOK
Works For Violin & Piano Vol 2 James Ehnes (violin) & Andrew Armstrong (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Jan/2013 ] James Ehnes has previously explored Béla Bartók's concertos for violin and for viola, to great acclaim. This disc is the second in his equally successful survey of Bartók's chamber music for the violin. His accompanist, once more, is Andrew... |
ARNOLD BAX
Octet / String Quintet / Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Harp, and String Quartet / etc Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] In Memoriam, originally subtitle 'An Irish Elegy', is scored for cor anglais, harp and string quartet. The music is announced, bard-like, by the harp, with a repeated spread chordal motif; the cor anglais immediately sounds the folk-like main theme,... |
MISCHA SPOLIANSKY
The film music of Mischa Spoliansky [Incls ''The Man Who Could Work Miracles'' & "The Ghost Goes West''] BBC Concert Orchestra, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 7/Dec/2009 ] Chandos Movies, with conductor Rumon Gamba has developed quite a reputation for re-discovering music from the halcyon days of British cinema. In this latest instalment, Chandos Movies welcomes the film music of Mischa Spoliansky. |
CLIFTON PARKER
The Film Music of Clifton Parker (Includes 'treasure Island' & 'sink the Bismarck!') BBC Concert Orchestra / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 4/Feb/2005 ] "Clifton Parker's claim to fame rests on his film music and specifically on Seascape from Western Approaches. He had a real gift for sea music both tender and stormy. Don't miss it." - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
JOHN ADDISON
The Film Music of John Addison (Includes 'A Bridge Too Far' & 'the Charge Of The Light Brigade') BBC Concert Orchestra / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 22/May/2007 ] "One of the very best of Chandos's British film music series with Gamba and the BBC Concert Orchestra on top form" (MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
BRIAN EASDALE
The Film Music (Incls 'The Red Shoes' & 'Black Narcissus') BBC National Chorus of Wales & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "this excellent CD puts [Easdale] back where he belongs, in the top rank of film composers...The young voices of the BBC National Chorus of Wales add a vivid and dynamic dimension to both of these scores." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice May 2011 |
RUTH GIPPS
Gipps: Symphonies Nos 2 & 4, etc BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Sep/2018 ] "[Knight in Armour], and the single-movement Second Symphony, from 1945, are clearly both indebted to Gipps's teacher Vaughan Williams, while the Fourth, from 1972, seems to belong securely and less distinctively in the mainstream of mid-century cons |
FRANK BRIDGE
Orchestral Works, Volume 1 (Includes Mid of the Night & Two Poems for Orchestra) BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Oct/2001 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (Jan 2002) |
FRANK BRIDGE
Orchestral Works, Volume 2 (Incl Norse Legend) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] Performance **** Sound Quality **** BBC Music Magazine |
KENNETH LEIGHTON
Orchestral works Vol 1 (Incls 'Symphony for Strings, Op. 3') BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] 'John Scott is a first-rate soloist in this taxing work and Richard Hickox directs superbly paced and eloquent performances of this fine music.' BBC Music Magazine (five stars) |
ELGAR
Symphony No. 1 Op. 55 / Sonata for Organ, Op. 28 BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "Hickox and his players do Elgar proud on a spectacular disc. Richard Hickox is back on sovereign form for Elgar. The BBC Welsh forces are world-class here, in a reading that pulses along with clarity and splendour, building to a gloriously... |
ELGAR
Symphony No. 2 / In the South BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] 'Critical comment on the recording of the Second Symphony: Elgar's Second Symphony blossoms in the hands of Richard Hickox and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.' Classic FM Magazine 'Disc of the month' |
ELGAR
Symphony No. 3 / So Many True Princesses Who Have Gone / etc BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] 'I'm more favourably inclined towards this magnificent SACD release because it seems to lay out its typical Elgarian indirectness in a more logical and easily discerned way..No serious Elgarian should even think of passing it by.' American Record Guide |
TIPPETT
The Rose Lake / Ritual Dances BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 18/Oct/2005 ] To coincide with the centenary year of Tippett's birth, and following on from his highly successful recordings of the symphonies and other orchestral works, Richard Hickox has recorded two of the composer's most famous orchestral works, The Rose Lake... |
ALWYN / AUSTIN / BANTOCK / GARINER / GURNEY / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
British Tone Poems Volume 1 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 26/Mar/2017 ] " An encouraging start to a valuable series of British orchestral music." AudAud April 2017 |
AUSTIN / BANTOCK / COLERIDGE-TAYLOR / SULLIVAN / etc
Overtures from the British Isles, Volume 1 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] "as Rumon Gamba's nicely slick performances with BBCNOW show, these are all nicely proportioned pieces; if never especially memorable, they don't deserve the total neglect they've suffered for the last three-quarters of a century." (The Guardian) |
EDMUND RUBBRA
Symphonies Nos 3 & 7 BBC Nationl Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/May/2000 ] Rosette Recording (Penguin Stereo Guide) - "The seventh symphony receives a performance of real power from Hickox and his Welsh Orchestra. |
RUBBRA
Complete Symphonies BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 6/Aug/2001 ] |
EDMUND RUBBRA
Rubbra: Symphonies Nos 2 & 6 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] 'Thanks to all concerned are in order - for Hickox's perceptive interpretation, the players' dedication and sensitivity and last but not least, the exemplary recorded sound that we rather take for granted on this label. Strongly recommended.' Gramophone |