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 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / HENRY PURCELL
Britten / Purcell: String Quartets Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 24/May/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Chamber |
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... |
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. |
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 |
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... |
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. |
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 |
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) |
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 |
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) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets, Vol. 2 [Op. 76] Doric String Quartet [ CHANDOS / 2 CD - released 29/Apr/2016 ] "No quartet in my experience has employed such a wide range of colour and dynamics in this music, often with revelatory results…the Doric's daring, imaginative and technically superb performances demand to be heard" (Gramophone) |
KORNGOLD
String Sextet & Piano Quintet Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] "The Quintet opens with one of those glorious Korngoldian melodies of the type that would later translate into music for the silver screen...The Sextet is given an equally vigorous and stylish reading with passages of great tenderness" (Gramophone) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 / Introduction and Allegro for strings Doric String Quartet / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2017 ] This new Elgar surround-sound recording brings together some of Chandos' finest exclusive British artists for the first time. The Doric String Quartet - highly praised for its series of Haydn and Schubert quartets - joins the BBC Symphony... |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Naive and Sentimental Music / Absolute Jest Doric String Quartet, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2018 ] "...a magnificent reading of Naïve and Sentimental Music…with the balance of pace and introspection skilfully managed by Oundjian." Recording of the Month BBC Music July 2018 |
Palm Court Theatre Orchestra. Anthony Godwin-conductor
Down Peacock Alley [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Popular light music from the 20s and 30s in a Palm Court style |
REINHOLD GLIERE
Gliere: Symphony No. 1 BBC Philharmonic, Sir Edward Downes [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1993 ] |
ANONYMOUS
A Dance in the Garden of Mirth - medieval instrumental music Dufay Collective [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/2001 ] * * * * * Five Stars - Classic CD |
Dufay Collective with Vivian Ellis, voice & Jacob Heringman, lute
On the Banks of the Seine: Music of the Trouveres [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/2001 ] hauntingly beautiful |
W. A. MOZART
Duo Sonatas, Volume 4 Duo Amadè [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] The violinist Catherine Mackintosh has long been recognised as a pioneering early music performer, and in recording the complete cycle of duo sonatas by Mozart she is fulfilling the ambition of a lifetime. Best known as the former leader of the... |