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PAGANINI / PIAZZOLLA / PUCCINI / TURINA / VERDI / WOLF
In the South Brodsky Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Apr/2013 ] "Not unexpectedly, the performances by the Brodsky Quartet are full of spontaneously imaginative insights and equal to all the diverse demands of these six composers." (Gramophone) |
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BARBER / BRUBECK / COPLAND / DVORAK / GERSHWIN
New World Quartets Brodsky Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] "the most persuasive playing comes in the shorter items. Gershwin's sultry Lullaby is nicely contrasted with the spicy seasoning and rhythmic zest of Copland's Two Pieces and the 'Hoe-Down' from Rodeo" (Gramophone) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Petits Fours: Favourite Encores Brodsky Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] "so swaggeringly sensual is the Brodsky's Playera (Sarasate), so alluringly suave their Caprice viennois (Elgar), in which they are joined by gifted viola player Robert Smissen, that it becomes hard to imagine these pieces played any other way - or... |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: String Quartets [complete] (recorded 2016) Brodsky Quartet [ Chandos / 6 CD Box Set - released 16/Oct/2016 ] This new box set with the Brodsky Quartet features Shostakovich's fifteen string quartets at a special price. |
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BRAHMS
String Quartet No. 1 & Piano Quintet Brodsky Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] The Brodsky Quartet presents this second volume in its exploration of Brahms's complete string quartets. |
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ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
String Quartets Brodsky Quartet [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] "The Brodsky Quartet play with intensity compositions that chart a journey from the romantic to the modern." (Financial Times) |
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem) Bror Magnus Tødenes (tenor) / Choir of Collegiûm Mûsicûm, Bergen Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Royal Northern College of Music Choir, etc, Edward Ga [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2018 ] With this surround-sound recording of Berlioz's Requiem, Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra tackle the infinite and the immeasurable.All the grandiose, striking beauty of the Requiem's large-scale ceremonial is encapsulated by... |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Verklarte Nacht (with Schubert 'Death & the Maiden' arr Mahler) Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/2013 ] |
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LEHAR / OFFENBACH / STRAUSS / etc
Bruce Ford sings Viennese Operetta (operetta in English) Bruce Ford, tenor, Chorus Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 5/Nov/2002 ] world renowned tenor Bruce Ford performing arias from Viennese operettas |
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BARTOK
Bluebeard's Castle -: Sung in English (translation by Chester Kallman) Sally Burgess, Sir John Tomlinson / Opera North Orchestra, Richard Farnes [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2006 ] |
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WILLIAM BOYCE
Boyce: 12 Overtures / 3 Concerti Grossi Cantilena, Adrian Shepherd [ Chandos Collect / 2 CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] Collect - the midprice Chandos label |
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JOHN HEBDEN
Hebden: String Concertos Cantilena / Adrian Shepherd [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 17/May/2002 ] Hebden's counterpoint flows so irresistibly - Gramophone |
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THOMAS ARNE
Four Symphonies Cantilena / Adrian Shepherd (cond) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] Recorded in: Glasgow City Hall 7 January 1985 |
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ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV
Grechaninov: Passion Week, Op. 58 Caroline Markham (mezzo-soprano) Paul Davidson (tenor) Bryan Taylor (baritone) / Phoenix Bach Choir / Kansas City Chorale / Charles Bruffy [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] "The massed forces of the Phoenix Bach Choir and the Kansas City Chorale make a formidable choral machine…If Grechaninov's music is sentimental in the best sense, this performance has an integrity and honesty to it which I found profoundly... |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No 5 / Valiant for truth / Prelude and Fugue in C minor / etc Carys Lane (soprano) Ian Watson (organ) Malcolm Hicks (organ) / Richard Hickox Singers; London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2003 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format - PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. - "this stimulating VW compilation undoubtedly deserves a hearty welcome." (Gramophone) |
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GUSTAV HOLST / RICHARD STRAUSS
Holst: The Planets / Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra (LP) CBSO Youth Chorus, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner [ Chandos LP / LP - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "Edward Gardner's driven, finely balanced conducting ensures this is one for collectors as well as supporters." The Guardian, 10th February 2017 **** |
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ARNOLD / BOZZA / DAHL / MAURER / etc
Center City Brass Quintet Center City Brass Quintet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Sep/2002 ] the third release on Chandos from the USA's Brass Quintet. |
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Center City Brass Quintet Feza Zweifel, drums
Streetsong [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2004 ] Renowned for its high energy and finely polished style, the Center City Brass Quintet comprises well-known soloists and leading players in America's top orchestras who convene regularly and who perform a diverse range of musical styles with equal... |
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NIGEL HESS
New London Pictures: Works for Symphonic Wind Orchestra by Nigel Hess The Central Band of the RAF, Nigel Hess [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Apr/2013 ] Nigel Hess is a British composer, best known for his television, theatre, and film soundtracks, which include the theme tunes to Wycliffe, Dangerfield, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, and Ladies in Lavender starring Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
British Classics The Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Mar/2015 ] This new recording with The Central Band of the Royal Air Force, conducted by Wing Commander Duncan Stubbs, features some of the greatest British pieces in the repertoire. |