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J.S. BACH
Early Cantatas, volume 3 (Weimar) Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Michael Chance (counter-tenor) / Charles Daniels (tenor) / Peter Harvey (bass) / The Purcell Quartet [ Chandos Chaconne / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] This 2-CD set with The Purcell Quartet and a distinguished group of soloists is the third in a series devoted to Bach's early cantatas and the second focussing on the Weimar period. |
Ensemble Dreiklang Berlin
Music at the Court of Henry VIII [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 8/Sep/2004 ] This is a fascinating anthology which shows the richness and variety of music performed at the court of Henry VIII. |
ANONYMOUS / CORNYSHE / HENRY VIII / etc
Pastyme With Good Companye: Music at the Court of Henry VIII Ensemble Dreiklang Berlin [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 9/Aug/2004 ] When Henry VIII was crowned king in 1509, aged seventeen, he was the youngest king in Europe. He spent the first decade of his reign predominantly on chivalrous self-display. This was his most productive period as a composer. Pastyme with good... |
NINO ROTA
Chamber Music Ensemble Nino Rota / Massimo Palumbo (piano, director) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Jul/2000 ] 'These are sensitive chamber music players, and the sound of the recording is beautiful'. American Record Guide |
JOHANN ADOLF HASSE
Trio Sonatas Epoca Barocca [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 17/Nov/2004 ] The delightful instrumental works by Hasse on this recording are performed by one of Europe's premiere period instrument ensembles. Epoca Barocca has performed with many of the biggest names in Early Music. Its strength lies in its flexible line-up... |
GUILLAUME CONNESSON
Cosmic Trilogy / The Shining One Eric le Sage (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Stephane Deneve [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "If there's another living composer who combines fantasy with shimmering orchestral virtuosity as brilliantly as Guillaume Connesson, I've yet to hear him." (Daily Telegraph) |
MAYERL
Billy Mayerl - The Piano Music Eric Parkin, piano [ Chandos Classics / 3 CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] Billy Mayerl was one of the most brilliant figures in British musical life between the two World Wars - a kind of English Scott Joplin of the novelty rag, a King of Syncopation as composer, pianist, educator and celebrity. These immensely popular... |
ARNOLD BAX
Piano Music (Incls piano sonatas) Eric Parkin (piano) [ Chandos Classics / 4 CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] 'Four CDs of well-textured, luscious, strong-willed music, its influences ranging from Russian church bells to the emotional impact of the Great War. Sympathetic, brilliant playing from Parkin.' Classic FM Magazine |
CHAMINADE
Piano works Eric Parkin (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] Eric Parkin (piano) |
GEORGE DYSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dyson: Three Concertos Eric Parkin (piano) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/1993 ] Dyson was born in Halifax, Yorkshire. Studied with Charles Stanford at the Royal College of Music (he later became director of that institution) and traveled to Germany and Italy on A Mendelssohn Scholarship. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Messiah [New Concert Edition by Sir Andrew Davis] Erin Wall, Elizabeth DeShong, Andrew Staples, John Relyea / Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jan/2017 ] "A performance I will return to often and with great pleasure." MusicWeb International, 13th December 2016 |
EUGEN SUCHON
Baladická suita / Metamorfózy / Symfonietta rustica Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Apr/2015 ] Although his music is rarely performed nowadays, Eugen Suchoň was the most influential and respected Slovak composer of the twentieth century. Three of his greatest symphonic works are performed here by the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and... |
EUGEN SUCHON
Baladická suita / Metamorfózy / Symfonietta rustica Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] "Suchoň clearly wrote in a style that paralleled Vaughan Williams and others who resisted the urge to "modernise". I very much enjoyed meeting the music of Eugen Suchoň for the first time, and wish that more was available." (MusicWeb April 2015) |
HENRI SAUGUET / JULES MASSENET / JACQUES IBERT
French Music For Ballet Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Mar/2019 ] In this fascinating recording the legendary Neeme Järvi explores two lesser-known French ballets by Sauguet and Ibert, complemented by the Ballet Suite from Massenet's opera HérodiadeLes Forains. Sauget's wide-ranging influences, notably the... |
DELIBES / MASSENET / AUBER / BOIELDIEU / THOMAS
French Music for the Stage Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / CD - released 5/Mar/2021 ] "All in all, this is a most rewarding and highly recommendable disc." MusicWeb Recommended |
AUBER / PLANQUETTE / LECOQU
French Opera Overtures Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / CD - released 12/Jul/2024 ] The nineteenth-century French opera overture was for many years looked down on by certain music critics (and musicians) - largely as the genre turned its back on the historical adherence to strict musical form (fugue, sonata form, etc.). Percy... |
WILHELM FURTWANGLER
Furtwangler - Symphony no.2 in E minor Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2015 ] Wilhelm Furtwängler was born in Schöneberg (now a district of Berlin) in 1886, but spent most of his childhood in Munich, where his father, an archaeologist, taught at the university. He received a musical education from an early age, and soon became... |
LEO WEINER
Leó Weiner: Serenade, Divertimentos Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Oct/2017 ] Within his extended discography, Neeme Järvi has explored the work of some magnificent Eastern European composers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, recently including Suchoň and Scharwenka. He here reveal s the delightful, witty... |
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BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Martinu: Špalíček [suites] / Rhapsody -Concerto Mikhail Zemtsov (viola) / Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ CHANDOS / CD - released 26/Jan/2016 ] "The Estonian strings sing their hearts out…the woodwind solos are very lovely, too. Viola-player Mikhail Zemtsov impresses with the sheer beauty of tone." BBC Music |
JOHANN STRAUSS II
Strauss In St Petersburg Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 28/Apr/2017 ] This is a double-anniversary disc, offering a rare collection of lively works to celebrate the ninetieth anniversary of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra as well as the eightieth birthday of its principal conductor, Neeme Järvi. Cheerful... |
