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JOHN IRELAND
Ireland: Orchestral Works Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jun/2022 ] "An absolutely outstanding disc in superb sound...The presentation is up to Chandos's normal high standards, with a very detailed analysis of each work and a history of the orchestra." MusicWeb recommended June 2022 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera) Stuart Skelton; Erin Wall; Roderick Williams; Susan Bickley; Hanna Husáhr / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 4/Sep/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award WINNER 2021 - Opera |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / PAUL JUON / NIKOS SKALKOTTAS
Berlin Stories: Mendelssohn, Juon, Skalkottas Trio Gaspard [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jun/2023 ] Berlin Stories is the first in a new series of recordings by the Trio Gaspard, based on different cultural capitals and composers associated with them. The album features three composers who lived and worked in Berlin for a period of their lives -... |
JOSEPH HAYDN / JOHANNES FISCHER
Joseph Haydn: Complete Piano Trios, Vol.1; Johannes Fischer: One Bar Wonder Trio Gaspard [ Chandos / CD - released 7/Oct/2022 ] "The Gaspard players like to keep the music sounding lively and spontaneous, and although their improvised runs and ornaments are discreet, this may not be to everyone's taste." BBC Music |
GERARD SCHURMANN
Schurmann: Piano Concerto Xiayin Wang (soloist) / BBC Philharmonic featuring Ben Gernon BBC Philharmonic, Ben Gernon [ Chandos / CD - released 16/Sep/2024 ] The composer, pianist, and conductor Gerard Schurmann (1924 - 2020) was born in Kertosono, Java, which was then part of the Dutch East Indies. The family lived within earshot of the resident gamelan orchestras at the Sultan's Palace, and hearing the... |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Hassan - Complete Incidental Music Zeb Soanes, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Britten Sinfonia, Jamie Phillips [ Chandos / CD - released 19/May/2024 ] Although he had initially declined the commission, Delius was persuaded to write the incidental music for Hassan by the actor and director Basil Dean, in July 1920, for performances he was planning for His Majesty's Theatre, London, the following... |
BOWEN / VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / L. BERKELEY / BAX / FERGUSON
Shadow Dances: British Works for Flute and Piano Adam Walker (flute) Huw Watkins (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 5/May/2023 ] For his second album for Chandos, the flute virtuoso Adam Walker explores the music of British composers with pianist Huw Watkins. Vaughan Williams's Suite de ballet was commissioned by the French flute virtuoso Louis Fleury (who had given the... |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thaïs (complete opera) Anna Maria Chiuri, Michael Nagy, Stephan Rugamer, Adam Riis / Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] Gianandrea Noseda continues his series of recordings of the works of Luigi Dallapiccola, this time with his Danish forces. Seen by many as Dallapiccola's masterpiece, Il prigioniero (The Prisoner) is a one-act opera composed in the late 1940s, and... |
HUBERT PARRY
Parry: The Soul's Ransom / The Lotos-Eaters / Blest pair of Sirens / Invocation to Music Anne Dawson / Della Jones / Arthur Davies / Brian Rayner Cook / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert & Richard Hickox (conductors) [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2006 ] "The choral singing and the playing of the LPO under Matthias Bamert is magnificent, ably championing these deserved revivals." Classic CD |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius in Norway [incls 'On hearing the first cuckoo in spring' & 'Eventyr'] Ann-Helen Moen (soprano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2014 ] "A string of orchestral and vocal works inspired by the composer's love for the landscape of the Scandinavian country" Financial Times |
CLARICE ASSAD / VILLA-LOBOS / EGBERTO GISMONTI / SERGIO ASSAD / ROLAND DYENS / PAULO BELLINATI
Spirit of Brazil Aquarelle Guitar Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Apr/2009 ] This rarely recorded repertoire is linked by Brazil. The group expands on this: 'Both as soloists and as a group, all four of us have been inspired by the music of Brazil. Far from being just the national property of Spain, the guitar is integral to... |
ROBERT MÜLLER-HARTMANN
Müller-Hartmann - Chamber Works ARC Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 17/Nov/2023 ] Ralph Vaughan Williams wrote many letters to fellow composer Robert Müller-Hartmann between 1938-1950. Over the twelve years he and Vaughan Williams developed a strong friendship and Müller-Hartmann became an important collaborator. |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Vol. 1 - String Quartets Nos 2, 5, and 8 Arcadia Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] The seventeen string quartets of Weinberg span nearly half a century, from his student days in Warsaw to the end of his career in Moscow, and show his development as a composer more clearly than his work in any other genre. The Second Quartet,... |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: String Quartets Nos. 4 and 16 Arcadia Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 31/Mar/2023 ] "The individual instruments might be clearly positioned, yet the group's unity is never endangered. The Arcadia Quartet knows how to present all this in an exquisite performance." Pizzicato |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: String Quartets Volume 4 Arcadia Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 19/Jul/2024 ] John Wilson's fourth volume devoted to music by Eric Coates opens with Music Everywhere, a rousing march that was commissioned by Britain's first independent TV and radio service, Rediffusion, for use as its signature tune. The concert waltz... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Stabat Mater Arthur Davies (tenor) Della Jones (contralto) Roderick Earle (bass) / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Richard Hickox Legacy / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
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EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Complete Works for Wind Quintet Vol 1 [Incls 'Harmony Music No 5' & 'Five Intermezzos'] Athena Ensemble [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Mar/2000 ] "Elgar was a slow developer, and these pieces written in his youth are hardly prophetic - but they're craftsmanlike, charming and fun. This pioneering recording stands up well." BBC Music Magazine, September 2006 **** |
FRANZ KROMMER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Krommer: Symphonies Op 40 & Op 102 London Mozart Players, Matthais Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/1994 ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Volume 6 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] "This final stage of Douglas's Brahms survey offers an engaging, always surprising sequence of short (with one exception) and often fugitive pieces." (Sunday Times) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Music, Vol. 6 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] This sixth volume in Barry Douglas's acclaimed Schubert series features two major works. The Sonata in A minor, D 845 was completed in 1825, just before Schubert started work on his 'great' Symphony in C major. As in so much of his later writing,... |
