RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
-The Film Music of Vaughan Willams Vol 1 (Incls 'scott of the Antarctic' & 'Coastal Command Suite') BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] '…a full-blooded performance by the BBC Phil on cracking form.' Classic FM Magazine |
KORNGOLD
The Film Music (Incls 'the Sea Wolf' & 'the Adventures of Robin Hood') BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 18/Oct/2005 ] "All credit to Chandos: a superb disc. It valuably fills a yawning gap in the discography and opens the door on one of the most subtle and grown-up of film scores." (MusicWeb Oct 2005) |
FRANCIS CHAGRIN
The Film Music of Francis Chagrin (Incls 'Greyfriars Bobby' & 'An Inspector Calls') BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] "A most welcome and timely release, since 2005 is the centenary year of Chagrin's birth. I hope now that Gamba might have a look at Chagrin's symphonies." (MusicWeb Aug 2005) |
WILLIAM ALWYN
The Film Music of William Alwyn, Volume 3 (Incls ''the Magic Box' & 'Geordie') BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Dec/2005 ] "A third collection of Alwyn's film music has the composer ranging far and wide" Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice Dec 2005 |
DAVID MATTHEWS
Orchestral Works (Includes 'The Music of Dawn') BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Sep/2009 ] Gramophone Awards 2009 Finalist:Contemporary -- "A welcome disc shines light on David Matthews's rhapsodic, fantastic music. Guy Johnstonis a technically immaculate soloist, while Ruman Gamba with the BBC Philharmonic are excellent throughout in... |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Overtures (Includes 'A Grand Grand Festival Overture') BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Apr/2005 ] "Hugely entertaining music conducted with incisiveness and flair. A pretty unmissable disc. I urgently recommend it." (MusicWeb) |
GOODWIN / BLISS / ARNOLD / RAWSTHORNE / COATES / ALWYN / etc
British Film Classics [2 CD set] BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba; London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox; Earl Wild piano / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jascha Horenstein [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2003 ] 'British Film Classics' represents some of the greatest film music ever written in some of the finest recorded performances. The repertoire juxtaposes some much-loved film scores with unexpected and original items, to form a highly satisfying and... |
WILLIAM ALWYN
The Film Music of Vol 2 (Includes 'A Night to Remember' & 'Winslow Boy') BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba with Susan Bullock (soprano) [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 17/Nov/2001 ] 'A fine showcase of a melodically gifted and subtle English composer of film scores'. - Gramophone |
YOSHIMATSU
Symphony No. 5, Op. 87 / Atom Hearts Club Suite No. 2, Op. 79a / Prelude to the Celebration of Birds, Op. 83 BBC Philharmonic / Sachio Fujioka [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] The latest release from Chandos of the complete orchestral works of in-house composer,Takashi Yoshimatsu. |
YOSHIMATSU
Symphony No.1 / Ode BBC Philharmonic / Sachio Fujioka [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2000 ] 'Good performances, good sound. If you want to sample Yoshimatsu's music, this is a good place to start'. Fanfare |
YORK BOWEN
Symphony No. 1 / Symphony No. 2 BBC Philharmonic / Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 26/Apr/2011 ] York Bowen has a distinguished reputation as a composer and was considered to be one of Britain's finest pianists. |
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) |
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 |