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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." -... |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 ] |
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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... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Landmarks - 40 Years of Chandos Dmitri Shostakovich Jr. (piano), James Thompson (trumpet), Stephen Hough (piano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor), Michael George (bass) [ Chandos / CD Box Set - released 5/Jul/2019 ] Released to celebrate Chandos' 40th Anniversary, this is a handsomely packaged 40-disc set. Each of the four decades is represented, and each recording has been hand-picked by Managing Director Ralph Couzens. |
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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 |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN / HENRY PURCELL
Britten / Purcell: String Quartets Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 24/May/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Chamber |
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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... |
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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. |
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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 |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 12 & 15 Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] "..the main event is the G major Quartet...And very impressive it is too, spacious without ever sounding ponderous." Gramophone Magazine Award Nomination 2017 - Chamber |
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WALTON
String Quartets Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 7/Mar/2011 ] This new release represents one of the comparatively rare recordings of the highly attractive string quartets by William Walton, one of England's finest composers. The works are performed by the Doric String Quartet, exclusive Chandos artists and... |
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JANACEK / MARTINU
String Quartets Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] This new recording by the Doric String Quartet pays homage to the Czech chamber music of the 1920s, featuring string quartets by Janáček and Martinů. |
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KORNGOLD
String Quartets Nos 1, 2 & 3 Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "English Quartet superb exploring the chamber music of Hollywood Kapellmeister." Five Stars William Dart NZ Herald |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 13 & 14 Doric String Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] "The Dorics have enormous flair for this kind of music, getting comfortably under the skin of music written by Schubert when he was about the same as their average age and displaying a similar degree of maturity and insight" (Gramophone) |
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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 |
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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) |