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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) |
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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... |
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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 |
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CHAMINADE
Piano works Eric Parkin (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] Eric Parkin (piano) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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... |
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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... |
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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 |
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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... |
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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... |
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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 |
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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... |
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MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Symphonies / New Year Suite Faye Robinson, soprano / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor [ Chandos Classics / 3 CD - released 18/Oct/2005 ] 'This is keen-eyed, thoroughly committed playing. What cannot be overstated is the mastery of Hickox's imaginative reading… Chandos's sound throughout possesses exciting realism.' - Hi-Fi News |
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MOZART
Mozart: Works for Solo Piano, Vol.1 Federico Colli (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] raised by Gramophone as 'one of the more original thinkers of his generation', the Italian pianist Federico Colli is internationally recognised for his highly imaginative and philosophical interpretations and impeccable technique. This album is the... |
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MOZART
Mozart: Works for Solo Piano, Volume 2 Federico Colli (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Aug/2025 ] International sensation Federico Colli continues his personal exploration of the music of Mozart with this second volume of works for solo piano. Colli opens his programme with the Adagio in B minor, K. 540, from 1788, toward the end of Mozart's... |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Four Last Songs / Lieder Felicity Lott (soprano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] 'Voice, orchestra and sound are all gorgeous; this is well worth having, and I think you will play it often, as I have already. I could never tire of a voice as beautiful as this.' (American Record Guide) |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Orchestral Songs Vol 1 Felicity Lott (soprano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 26/May/2003 ] 'Voice, orchestra and sound are all gorgeous; this is well worth having, and I think you will play it often, as I have already. I could never tire of a voice as beautiful as this.' (American Record Guide) |