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GLINKA
Orchestral Music (Includes Symphony on Two Russian Themes) BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2001 ] 'The orchestral playing is accomplished, and the production is excellent too. David Brown provides informative notes and the engineers have mirrored the opulence of the performances with appropriately rich sound.' (International Record Review) |
NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral Works (Incls Capriccio espagnol & Sinfonietta on Russian Themes) BBC Philharmonic / Vassily Sinaisky [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] The BBC Philharmonic exploits Rimsky-Korsakov's colourful orchestrations in fantastic performances that highlight the music role as the epitome of the brilliance and pageantry of Tsarist Russia. |
ARENSKY
Overture to 'Un songe sur le Volga' / Suite No. 3 'Variations' / Symphony No. 2, Op. 22 / etc BBC Philharmonic / Vassily Sinaisky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] 'There is plenty to delight ear here, in the delicate dances and variations of the Suite No. 3, in the dramatic vigour of the introduction to the opera Nal and Damayanti, and in the charming little Intermezzo.' - The Telegraph |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Film Music of Vol. 2 (Includes 'the Gadfly' & 'the Golden Mountains') BBC Philharmonic Vassily Sinaisky, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] 'Shostakovich hated writing for films. Yet the melodic invention , orchestration and atmospheric variety of these scores completely belies their money-earning inspiration... Vivid recording, compelling performances.' - Classic FM Magazine |
ARNOLD BAX
Tone Poems Vol 1 (Incls 'The Garden of Fand' & 'November Woods') BBC Philharmonic / Vernon Handley [ Chandos / CD - released 13/Apr/2006 ] 'This recording makes a splendid follow-up to Vernon Handley's set of the complete Bax symphonies: here some of the composer's most powerful orchestral writing receives committed, full-blooded performance, the complex textures ideally balanced and... |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Tone Poems Vol 2 (Incls 'The Happy Forest' & 'Nympholept') BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "If I encounter a more rewarding issue all year, I shall be very surprised." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine June 2008 |
KARLOWICZ
Eternal Songs, Op. 10 / Stanislaw and Anna Oswiecim, Op. 12 / etc BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2002 ] RECORDING OF THE MONTH (Gramophone Magazine) October 2002 |
MIKLOS ROZSA
Orchestral Works Volume 1 BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] "it is exciting and accessible music. The earlier Three Hungarian Sketches re each descriptive movements which are vibrant with local colour and melody. Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic play these scores with brilliance, and the Chandos sound is |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Italian Intermezzo: music without words BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Jan/2011 ] "There are excerpts here from operas one can wait forever to hear on stage....and every one of these tracks is well worth recording in purely musical terms...The performances are suitably vivid and sensitive, always finely controlled and shaped with |
PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Overtures, Vol.2 BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Alpesh Chauhan [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Mar/2024 ] Alpesh Chauhan's début recording for Chandos - Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 (CHSA 5300) - met with widespread critical acclaim and awards, including recording of the week for both The Times and Presto Music, and the BBC Music magazine's... |
JAMES MacMILLAN
The Birds of Rhiannon; Magnificat; The Gallant Weaver; etc BBC Singers; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, James MacMillan [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Sep/2002 ] premiere recordings of James MacMillan's music for chorus and orchestra |
SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: Morning Heroes / Hymn to Apollo Samuel West (orator) / BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] "This is a splendid disc. The performance standard is extremely high and Ralph Couzens' engineering is excellent. Similarly excellent are the notes by Andrew Burn. Bliss devotees should acquire this as a matter of urgency" (Recording of the Month MW |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szmanowski: Stabat Mater & Harnasie Lucy Crowe, Pamela Helen Stephen & Gabor Bretz / BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Oct/2013 ] "Lucy Crowe especially has a beautifully clean and pure voice and makes the most ethereal sound in this gorgeous music. Her partnership with Pamela Helen Stephen is a joy to hear." (Musicweb) |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Appalachia / The Song of the High Hills BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2011 ] "This is a magnificent, clear-edged recording of two challenging, problematic works, performed here with vibrancy and confidence...Davis's diligent control of this extraordinary material makes for compelling listening." (Gramophone Award Finalist... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette / Marche troyenne / Chasse royale et Orage (Royal Hunt and Storm) Michèle Losier (mezzo-soprano), Samuel Boden (tenor), David Soar, (bass) / BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 16/Sep/2016 ] "... Davis's reading is warm and full of subtle atmospheric nuances... Davis takes full advantage of a magnificent SACD recording epically spacious, illuminating the excellent chorus and soloists vocal and instrumental in sharp detail " (BBC) |
DAME ETHEL SMYTH
Dame Ethel Smyth: Mass in D / 'The Wreckers' Overture BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Sakari Oramo [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Ethel Smyth was one of England's foremost Victorian composers, and a prominent suffragette. She was the first female composer to be honoured with a Damehood. She studied composition with Carl Reineke in Leipzig (alongside Dvorák, Grieg and... |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Concerto for Orchestra / Symphony No. 3 / Chain 3 BBC Symphony Orchestra / Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "On this evidence, Edward Gardner and the BBC SO are a dream team, pressing the claims of a composer who has been neglected since his death in 1994...This performance sets a seal on a disc that leaves one eager for its successors" Gramophone Magazine |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI
Szymanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 / Concert Overture BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner, with Louis Lortie, piano [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 Orchestral Finalist |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Symphony No. 2 / Cello Concerto Paul Watkins (cello) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Mar/2015 ] "The Symphony No. 2 gets a performance of élan from Edward Gardner and the BBC Symphony Orchestra." Financial Times, 14th March 2015 |
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WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Orchestral Works 4 [Incls 'Symphony No. 1'] BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Michael Collins (clarinet), Tasmin Little (violin) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "Gardner's interpretative decisions vary from Lutoslawski's, swifter in the fast movements, very slow in the Poco adagio...The composer had the balance between them just right but Gardner is very persuasive...Highly recommended." Editor's Choice Gram |
