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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 [German Requiem] David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone), Felicity Lott (soprano) / London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Richard Hickox Legacy / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] This reissue is a moving experience in itself, and not only for returning to the catalogue a superlative recording of Brahms's masterpiece, not the best known at the time of its release in 1991, but also for the exceptional soloists, majestically... |
NINO ROTA
Symphony No. 3 / Concerto soirée for piano and orchestra / Divertimento concertante for double-bass and orchestra Davide Botto (double-bass) / Barry Douglas (piano) / Filarmonica ’900 del Teatro Regio, Turin / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 26/Apr/2011 ] "Barry Douglas plays with admirable clarity and fondness, careful not to upset the precisely crafted balance between piano and orchestra... Three very engaging works, then, performed with skill and affection, excellently recorded and with good... |
HINDEMITH / KAHN / KLUGHARDT / LOEFFLER
Trios for Oboe, Viola & Piano Han de Vries (oboe), Henk Guittart (viola), Ivo Janssen (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 17/Jun/2002 ] |
PUCCINI / ROSSINI / SAINT-SAENS / LEONCAVALLO / DONIZETTI / FLOTOW / MASCAGNI/ etc
Great Arias & Ensembles from your favourite opera (sung in English) Della Jones / Dennis O'Neill / Jane Eaglen / Cynthia Haymon / Susan Parry / Alan Opie / Diana Montague / Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] "Here is a 74-minute sampler from Chandos' excellent Opera in English series. Tenor Dennis O'Neill features prominently in many excerpts and he's a known quantity...This is a nice collection, unique in its own way, and recommended."(ClassicsToday) |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Cloud Messenger / The Hymn of Jesus / Seven Part-songs / Ode to Death / etc Della Jones (mezzo-soprano) Patricia Rozario (soprano) Finzi Singers / London Symphony Chorus / Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/1999 ] All the best of Holst's choral works on a beautiful double CD |
VERDI / DONIZETTI / GIORDANO / MASCAGNI / ROSSINI / etc
More Favourite Tenor Arias Dennis O'neill (tenor) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 8/Mar/2004 ] This is the second recital disc from Dennis O'Neill, one of Britain's finest tenors.The first recital received great critical acclaim. |
SAMUEL BARBER
Symphonies Nos 1 & 2; Overture: The School for Scandal; Adagio for Strings Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Jul/2005 ] "Of the available performances of the symphonies, these Chandos versions are the ones to have. the Detroit orchestra turn in polished playing and the recording is rich and vivid." (Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide) |
DUKE ELLINGTON / W.G. STILL
The River / Symphony No 1, 'Afro-American' Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] "This is an imaginative coupling of two major figures in black American music. A modern recording of the Still is a real discovery which ought to bring this first Afro-American symphony to a wide audience."(Gramophone) |
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ROUSSEL
Symphony No. 3 / Suite No. 2 from Bacchus et Ariane / Symphony No. 4 / etc Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] "Neeme Järvi's account of the Third Symphony has an engaging vitality and character and the playing of the Detroit orchestra is highly responsive… very recommendable, given the superior sound and Järvi's obvious enthusiasm for this repertoire." -... |
BARBER
Three Essays for Orchestra, Excerpts from 'Vanessa', Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op. 23a Detroit Symphony Orchestra / Nemee Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/May/2001 ] Reissue remastered and with a new coupling |
KURT WEILL
Symphony Nos 1 & 2 / Quodlibet Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Antony Beaumont (cond) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Jun/2006 ] 'This disc is marked by a sense of urgency and top quality playing.. The performers give a freshly inspiring account of this rarely heard but wonderfully entertaining work.' The Times |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Three Sacred Hymns / Symphony No 4 Dmitri Pianov (tenor) Elena Adamovich (harpsichord) Iaroslav Zdorov (counter-tenor) Igor Khudolei (piano) Valeri Polyansky (cond) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Op.102 / Symphony for Strings in A flat Op.118a Dmitri Shostakovich Jr. (piano) / I Musici de Montreal / Maxim Shostakovich [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] "In the concerto the immediacy of Cd is also exciting, and the touch of hardness that the piano takes on once or twice did not strike me as inappropriate, nor even the slight trace of harshness in the deliberately vociferous tutti in the first... |
NINO ROTA
Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Dmitry Yablonsky (cello) / I Virtuosi Italiani / Daniel Boico [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] 'Rota remains largely unrecorded, so it's good to be able to offer an enthusiastic welcome to world premiere accounts of his two cello concertos… these concertos create a powerful impression.' BBC Music Magazine |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / HENRY PURCELL
Britten / Purcell: String Quartets Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 24/May/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Chamber |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 64 Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 4/May/2018 ] "… Nos 5 and 6 are profoundly satisfying throughout, their first movements amply spacious, the minuets unpredictably and wittily timed, and the finales - high-class show-off music if ever there was - breathtaking in their mingled precision, delicacy... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op.33 Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2020 ] Composed in the summer and autumn of 1781, Haydn's Op. 33 Quartets were dedicated to the Grand Duke Paul of Russia and premiered on Christmas Day that year in the apartment of the Duke's wife, the Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Volume Two Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 3/Dec/2021 ] Following an exceptional critical reception of their first volume of Mendelssohn Quartets, the Doric String Quartet now completes the project. As in the case of the previous volume, the players juxtapose one of the early quartets (No. 2) with two of... |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: The Three 'Prussian' String Quartets Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] "Their collective tone is both sweet and sinewy, with vibrato used for expressive effect rather than as a default setting. Contrapuntal textures are ideally lucid." Gramophone Editor's Choice September 2021 |
