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MICHAEL TIPPETT
A Child of Our Time (Oratorio) Cynthia Haymon soprano, Cynthia Clarey alto, Damon Evans tenor, Willard White bass, London Symphony Chorus. London Symphony Orchestra. Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 1/Aug/2015 ] "Hickox's version establishes its place against severe competition largely through the exceptionally rich recording and its distinctive choice of soloists, a quartet of black singers." (Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide) |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Symphony in B flat major; Sinfonietta, Op. 23 ; etc Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Antony Beaumont [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] 'The Czech Philharmonic is the perfect orchestra for such an approach, and it plays with cleanly honed elan. Good as the James Conlon's reading is, it is Beaumont who convinces me that Zemlinsky's Symphony is a major work.' - American Record Guide |
Dame Janet Baker, Christopher Booth-Jones, Sarah Walker, English National Opera
Handel - Julius Caesar (Scenes from the opera in English) [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] Dame Janet Baker's famous interpretation |
SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Music Makers / The Spirit of England Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Staples (solo tenor), BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Nov/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 - Choral |
SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: Mary of Magdala Dame Sarah Connolly (Mezzo-soprano), James Platt (Bass), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Bliss composed The Enchantress in 1951, the year of his sixtieth birthday, for Kathleen Ferrier. The text is a free adaptation of the Second Idyll of Theocritus, made by Henry Reed, and well suited to Bliss's love of classical Greek... |
ERNEST CHAUSSON / SAMUEL BARBER / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / AARON COPLAND / ERROLLYN WALLEN
The World Feels Dusty Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 26/Sep/2025 ] Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton present a richly rewarding programme of art songs from a variety of composers. The recital opens with Chausson's Poème de l'amour et de la mer, which took almost a decade to compose and shows Wagner's... |
PER NORGARD
Frostsalme (choral works) Danish National Choir / Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen / Stefan Parkman, director [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] Per Nørgård's mastery of choral writing is well displayed in these works, which include early works of relatively simple choral writing along with some of his most complex and powerful compositions. |
GRIEG / GADE
Sacred Choral Works Danish National Radio Choir [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] '…this is one of the best choirs of its kind and sounds like it in this repertoire.' American Record Guide |
NIELS W. GADE
Symphonies Vol 1 (Symphony Nos 2 & 8 / In the highlands) Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Hogwood [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2001 ] First volume of Gade symphonies which also includes two premiere-recordings |
NIELS W. GADE
Symphonies Vol 2 (Symphony Nos 7 & 4) Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Hogwood [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/2001 ] Volume Two of the series of orchestral works by Gade. |
NIELS W. GADE
Symphonies Vol 3 (Symphony Nos 3 & 6 / Echoes of Ossian, Op. 1) Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Hogwood [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR, Christopher Hogwood |
MAHLER
Symphony No 4 Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Leif Segerstam, with Eva Johansson (soprano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2000 ] .'Segerstam has provided a fine Mahler Fourth'-Fanfare Magazine |
BERNARD HERMANN
Moby Dick (Cantata) / Sinfonietta for Strings Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Michael Schønwandt [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] "The recorded sound of this new Chandos recording is natural and balanced with some lovely performances by chorus and orchestra. The recording features a demonstration-worthy bass and rich sonorities" (MusicWeb) |
LUMBYE
Festival at Tivoli (Incls 'Copenhagen's Steam Railway Galop') Danish National Symphony Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Dec/2005 ] "A most worthwhile reissue of charm-laden music which should cheer you up on a cold winter's day" (MusicWeb Jan 2006) |
PER NORGARD
Sinfonia Austera / Symphony 2 Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Leif Segerstam, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] "Per Nørgård is the leading Danish composer of his generation ... There are some striking and imaginative effects here. Very good performances too from Leif Segertam and the Danish national Symphony Orchestra." Penguin Guide - 1000 Greatest Classical |
PER NORGARD
Norgard, Per-Symphony No. 6 'At the End of the Day' ; Terrains Vagues Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Dausgaard [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Sept 2002) |
HODDINOTT / WILBY / HOROVITZ / KARL JENKINS
The Symphonic Euphonium David Childs (euphonium) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Bramwell Tovey [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Dec/2014 ] For many years since its invention in 1843, the euphonium was only to be heard in ensembles, but recent decades have seen a dramatic increase in the popularity of the euphonium as a solo instrument. Today, David Childs leads the way as the world's... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / GREGSON / MEALOR / BALL
The Symphonic Euphonium David Childs (euphonium), BBC Philharmonic, Ben Gernon [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Unlocking the full potential of the euphonium as a concerto instrument with symphony orchestra has been an ambition for David Childs since he premiered the orchestral version of Philip Wilby's Euphonium Concerto in the BBC Young Musician of the Year... |
GUBAIDULINA
The Canticle of the Sun by St Francis of Assisi (1997); Hommage a Marina Tsvetayeva (1984) David Geringas (cello) Percussionists of Danish National Symphony Orchestra / Danish National Choir / Stefan Parkman [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] Sofia Gubaidulina is one of the word's most famous living composers and her music has a tremendous worldwide following. |
LENNOX & MICHAEL BERKELEY
Berkeley, Lennox & Michael-Symphony No 1; Serenade; Horn Concerto; Coronach David Pyatt, horn, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 22/Aug/2002 ] "Lennox Berkeley and his son Michael represent two of the brightest stars in 20th-Century British music and Chandos has found excellent advocates for their compositions in Richard Hickox and the BBC National orchestra of Wales." ***** Five Stars BBC... |
