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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Vol 1 [Op. 20] Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 26/Sep/2014 ] "The musicians of the Doric String Quartet respond with imagination to each fresh idea, bringing into play a lightness of touch, much spirit and wit..they fill the two-disc set with affection for Haydn's inexhaustible creativity." Financial Times |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: String Quartets, Op. 41 Nos. 1-3 Doric String Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Dec/2011 ] "Here's a disc that merits an especially big welcome...At last comes a strong challenger which brings together all three of these wonderful but so often misunderstood quartets." (BBC Music Disc of the Month December 2011) |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets, Vol. 2 [Op. 76] Doric String Quartet [ CHANDOS / 2 CD - released 29/Apr/2016 ] "No quartet in my experience has employed such a wide range of colour and dynamics in this music, often with revelatory results…the Doric's daring, imaginative and technically superb performances demand to be heard" (Gramophone) |
KORNGOLD
String Sextet & Piano Quintet Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] "The Quintet opens with one of those glorious Korngoldian melodies of the type that would later translate into music for the silver screen...The Sextet is given an equally vigorous and stylish reading with passages of great tenderness" (Gramophone) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 / Introduction and Allegro for strings Doric String Quartet / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2017 ] This new Elgar surround-sound recording brings together some of Chandos' finest exclusive British artists for the first time. The Doric String Quartet - highly praised for its series of Haydn and Schubert quartets - joins the BBC Symphony... |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Naive and Sentimental Music / Absolute Jest Doric String Quartet, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] "...a magnificent reading of Naïve and Sentimental Music…with the balance of pace and introspection skilfully managed by Oundjian." Recording of the Month BBC Music July 2018 |
Palm Court Theatre Orchestra. Anthony Godwin-conductor
Down Peacock Alley [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Popular light music from the 20s and 30s in a Palm Court style |
Dufay Collective with Vivian Ellis, voice & Jacob Heringman, lute
On the Banks of the Seine: Music of the Trouveres [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/2001 ] hauntingly beautiful |
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concertos / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Earl Wild (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jascha Horenstein [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 9/Jun/2003 ] 'Wild is a 'larger than life' pianist, one who can spin out a lyrical line and use romantic gestures without ever sounding self-conscious. His balance of excitement and control, and, indeed, his gorgeous sound, are a constant marvel.' - American... |
LILI BOULANGER / MARGUERITE CANAL / CLAUDE DEBUSSY / ARMANDE DE POLIGNAC
Horizons: French Mélodies Edwige Herchenroder (piano), Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano) [ Chandos / CD - released 27/Jun/2025 ] The mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately and pianist Edwige Herchenroder present a programme of French mélodies from a range of composers, all based in Paris at the turn of the twentieth century. This was an exciting and stimulating time in the city, when the... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R,): Symphony No. 2, Op. 12 / Romanze in F major / Six Songs, Op. 68 Eileen Hulse (soprano) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Oct/2004 ] 'Järvis Strauss series is an important set of recordings that will hold an honoured place alongside Chandos Prokofiev and Bax cycles.' Fanfare |
GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Duetto / Capriccio / Gran Quintetto Elda Laro (piano) & Alessandro Dorella (clarinet) Davide Botto, Davide Ghio (double-bass) / Quintetto d'Archi del Teatro Regio Torino [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Jun/2015 ] Musicians from the Orchestra del Teatro Regio Torino with Elda Laro (piano) here bring up a unique recording of chamber works by Giovanni Bottesini. |
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Symphony No. 2 / Suite from the Film 'the Red Violin' Eleonora Turovsky (violin) / I Musici de Montreal / Yuli Turovsky, conductor [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] "This new Chandos version of the Second Symphony now takes pride of place on the Corigliano part of the shelf" (MusicWeb) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Sonata, Op. 134 in D major / 19 Preludes from Op. 34 (arr for violin & piano) Eleonora Turovsky (violin) Peter Pettinger (piano) Rostislav Dubinsky (violin) Luba Edlina (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] This is the only available recording of the brilliant arrangement for violin and piano of nineteen of Shostakovich's Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 34 by Dmitri Mikhailovich Tsyganov. |
ELGAR
Cello Concerto / Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5 / etc Paul Watkins (cello) / BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos / CD - released 22/Apr/2012 ] "Watkins plays with consummate artistry, his golden-toned and technically flawless contribution striking a judicious balance between classical poise and unexaggerated depth of feeling...Durable rewards guaranteed" Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Starlight Express, Op. 78 Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Simon Callow (narrator) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "Davis secures absolutely first-rate results from the Scottish CO. Elin Manahan Thomas's light and slivery soprano could hardly be more suited to the parts of the Laugher and Jane-Anne, while Roderick Williams is in glorious voice throughout."... |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: The Beauty Stone (complete opera) Elin Manahan Thomas, Toby Spence, Rebecca Evans, Alan Opie, Stephen Gadd, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Richard Suart / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rory [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] "It has never been recorded by professional singers before, and Rory Macdonald seems to have prepared with academic scrupulousness...it's very strongly cast, too, but there's no sense of an important rediscovery here." (Guardian) |
HANDEL / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / MOZART / BELLINI / BERLIOZ / GOUND / DeLIBES / FLOYD / OFFENBACH
Opera Arias Elizabeth Futral soprano ; Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Steven White [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] 'No opportunity of hearing an artist as delightful as the soprano Elizabeth Futral should be missed, so this disc is very welcome!' (BBC Music Magazine) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.14 Op.135 for soprano, bass and chamber orchestra Elizabeth Holleque (soprano) Nikita Storojev (bass) / I Musici de Montraal / Yuli Turovsky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2005 ] Recorded in: L'Église de la Nativite de la Sainte Vierge, La Prairie, Quebec 1 January 1988 |
MEL BONIS
Bonis: Orchestral Works Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Rumon Gamba (conductor), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra [ Chandos / CD - released 12/Jun/2026 ] Mel (Mélanie Hélène) Bonis was born in Paris in 1858, and showed a prodigious talent for music from an early age, attending the Paris Conservatoire from the age of sixteen, studying alongside Debussy and Pierné under César Franck. Her passionate... |
