WALTON / BERKLEY / ARNOLD
English Guitar Concertos Craig Ogden (guitar) / Northern Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2001 ] these guitar works are celebratory in more ways than one. |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Die Seejungfrau (Fantasy for orchestra) / Symphony in D minor Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Antony Beaumont [ Chandos / SACD - released 1/Nov/2003 ] HybridMultichannel SACD. This is the second disc in Antony Beaumont's Zemlinsky survey. The first was released to excellent critical acclaim. |
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 |
WAGNER
Dame Gwyneth Jones sings Wagner (Excerpts from Tannhauser, Lohengrin, Tristan und Isolde, Gatterdammerung) Dame Gwyneth Jones (soprano) / WDR Symphony Orchestra of Cologne / Roberto Paternostro [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Feb/2005 ] Fans of Dame Gwyneth Jones will be grateful for the reissue of this recording, for she is surprisingly underrepresented on disc. 'Chandos proves it can record a voice as well as an orchestra alone - state of the art' - Gramophone |
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... |
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 |
PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet (Complete Ballet) Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Kitajenko [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] Complete performance of the famous Prokofiev ballet |
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... |