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MENDELSSOHN
Sacred Choral Works (Incls 'Hear my prayer' & 'Ave Maria') Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge / Richard Marlow (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 8/May/2006 ] "Mendelssohn's sacred choral music tends to get overshadowed by that of Brahms and by Mendelssohn's own works in other genres. This highly recommendable disc brings his sacred music to the fore in fine, flexible performances from Richard Marlow and... |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Hymns & Other Choral Works Choir of Worcester Cathedral / Choir of Westminster Abbey [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Sep/1992 ] "If that Englishness in music can be encapsulated in words at all, those words would probably be: ostensibly familiar and commonplace, yet deep and mystical as well as lyrical, melodic, melancholic, and nostalgic yet timeless." (Peter Ackroyd) |
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STEVE REICH
Reich: The Desert Music / Three Movements Chorus Sine Nomine / Tonkunstler-Orchester, Kristjan Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "As thrilling as Reich's works usually are, they rely strongly on perfect performance - and this honestly isn't far off." (BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012 - Choral Finalist) |
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Christian Lindberg trombone; Evelyn Glennie percussion; Peter Erskine percussion; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin
Turnage - Another Set To; Silent Cities; Four-Horned Fandango; Fractured Lines [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Jan/2003 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Jan 03)- "This is stunning - and strongly recommended both to enthusiasts and new-music-phobics. Performances and recordings are outstanding." |
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WILHELM KIENZL
Kienzl: Lieder, Volume 1 Christiane Libor (soprano) / Carsten Süss (tenor) / Jochen Kupfer (baritone) / Stacey Bartsch (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Apr/2011 ] This is Volume 1 in a planned series of two, devoted to the rarely recorded but striking and imaginative Lieder by Wilhelm Kienzl, a composer of the romantic post-Wagner era. The works are performed by artists steeped in the Lieder tradition:... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Ariadne auf Naxos (complete opera recorded in English) Christine Brewer / Robert Dean Smith / Gillian Keith / Alice Coote / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Richard Armstrong [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "Richard Strauss in English? Yes, when the cast is as smart and committed as this...Hofmannsthal's fine but word-rich libretto is clear and audible in Christopher Cowell's translation...Sir Richard Armstrong conducts a voluptuous but brisk... |
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JOSEPH MARX
Orchestral Songs and Choral Works Christine Brewer (soprano) Elizabeth Roberts (soprano); Vernon Kirk (tenor); Graham Titus (bass) / BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Jira Belohlavek [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Feb/2009 ] "Such is the success of this CD that it must be considered as the disc with which to introduce this composer to music-lovers. An exciting experience." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Jan 2009) |
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MOZART / GLUCK / WAGNER / BRITTEN / BEETHOVEN / etc
Great Operatic Arias Vol. 2 Christine Brewer (soprano) with Judith Howarth (soprano) Timothy Robinson (tenor) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "Hats off, gentlemen. A diva. The real, rare, wondrous thing. Her name is Christine Brewer." Evening Standard |
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BEETHOVEN / GLUCK / KALMAN / ROSSINI / SULLIVAN / etc
Great Operatic Arias Vol. 1 Christine Brewer (soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 15/Apr/2009 ] "Hats off, gentlemen. A diva. The real, rare, wondrous thing. Her name is Christine Brewer." Evening Standard |
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SAMUEL BARBER
Vanessa (complete opera) Christine Brewer, Susan Graham, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, William Burden, Neal Davies / BBC Singers / BBC Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - Leonard Slatkin is one of the greatest champions of the works of Samuel Barber. He conducted an all-star concert performance of Vanessa at the Barbican last year - one of the few... |
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SCHOENBERG / FRIED / LEHAR / KORNGOLD
Verklärte Nacht Christine Rice (mezzo), Stuart Skelton (tenor) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Jan/2021 ] "Adventurously conceived, and with the BBC Symphony Orchestra on top form, this is a stimulating disc from first note to last." BBC Music |
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CHRISTMAS CAROLS FROM ST JOHNS
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, with Philip Kenyon organ, conducted by George Guest Christmas Carols from St John's [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] In addition to their commitments in chapel, the Choristers at St John's College are continually committed to touring and concerts. Here is a reissue of their classic christmas carol CD originally issued in 1986. |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario Christopher Plummer (narrator) Celia Nicklin (oboe) / Academy of St.Martin / Sir Neville Marriner [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] 'Chandos's stunning sound captures with unflinching ease the rousing spectacle of the battle music at full tilt. In all, another winner of a CD in what's turning out to be a most distinguished series.' Hi-Fi News |
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MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn in Birmingham - Volume 1 [Incls Symphonies 4 & 5] City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2014 ] "So it's three cheers for this disc, and all the more exciting that this is only Volume 1. It's a nice bonus that the cover of the disc is a drawing of Birmingham by Mendelssohn himself, and the essays in the booklet are up to Chandos' usual very hig |
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MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn in Birmingham - Volume 2 [Incls Symphony No. 3 'Scottish'] City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and its principal guest conductor, Edward Gardner, prove to be interpreters in the best tradition of the city. The symphonies Nos 1 and 3, the "Scottish", get splendidly vital performances that go at quite a |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Volume 5 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 31/May/2019 ] Edward Gardner's Mendelssohn in Birmingham series continues with an album that collects eight overtures. As on the previous volumes, a reduced-size CBSO joins Gardner in Birmingham's Town Hall, where Mendelsohn himself conducted many of the UK... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert Symphonies, Vol.1 [Nos 3, 5 & 8] City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Following the highly successful series 'Mendelssohn in Birmingham', the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and its former Principal Guest Conductor Edward Gardner here present the first volume in a new surround-sound series devoted to Schubert's... |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Music for Strings City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Hickox Legacy / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "[Noseda's] Russian immersion lends dividends...to Ehnes's sizzling accounts of the two popular concertos...Just as compelling are the chamber works...Ehnes and his pianist give performances worthy of the giants (Oistrakh and Richter) for whom their |
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JOHN IRELAND
Orchestral Music (Incls A Downland Suite & Concertino Pastorale) City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Aug/2006 ] *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
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JOHN IRELAND
Ireland: Orchestral Works City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox (conductor) [ Chandos The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 12/Aug/2016 ] In 1971, Richard Hickox founded the Richard Hickox Orchestra, which in 1979 became the City of London Sinfonia. Fifteen years later he made this highly praised recording of orchestral works by John Ireland, now made available at 'classic Chandos'... |