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FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Piano Works (Including Sonatina No.6; Toccatas; Prelude & Fugue in D) Geoffrey Tozer (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] "Altogether an excellent release bringing together many of Busoni's best works. Geoffrey Tozer may not be a natural Busonian compared to others but he does portray Busoni's work in a convincing light." |
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NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Complete piano works Vol 7 (Includes Four Lyric Fragments & Four Fairy Tales) Geoffrey Tozer (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2001 ] 'Wonderful stuff.' - Fanfare Magazine |
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NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Piano Works Vol 8 (Includes Three Arabesques, Op. 7 & Two Fairy Tales, Op. 8) Geoffrey Tozer (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] "A welcome addition to this complex but rewarding composer's discography. Tozer plays this music with skill, understanding and obvious high regard" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
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NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Complete symphonies / Piano Concerto / etc Geoffrey Tozer (piano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitajenko [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2000 ] Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitajenko |
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NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
MARBECKS COLLECTION: Rimsky-Korsakov: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 'Antar' / Capriccio Espagnol Geoffrey Tozer (piano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitri Kitajenko [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jul/1993 ] …in Kitajenko's warmly expressive reading, its [Symphony No. 2] structure is clarified, with well-sprung playing from the Bergen Orchestra, richly recorded in opulent digital sound.' The Guardian |
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NIKOLAI MEDTNER
Medtner: Piano Concertos / Sonate-Ballade Geoffrey Tozer (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi, conductor [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2005 ] Geoffrey Tozer's substantial recorded survey of Medtner's music has helped generate new interest in the composer. Two discs for the price of one. |
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HANDEL
Sacred Choral Works (Incls Nisi Dominus) Lynne Dawson, Lynda Russell, Charles Brett, Ian Partridge, Michael George / The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/Jan/2005 ] |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / WEBER / ADAMS / WAGNER / BIZET / etc
Great Operatic Arias in English Gerald Finley (baritone) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] "All essentials for a recital are present here: the featured artist in good voice, imagination capable of bringing 13 different characters to life..., apt recording decisions and on-the-pace accompaniment" Editor's Choice: Gramophone Magazine - April... |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
Sibelius: In the Stream of Life [Songs] Gerald Finley (bass-baritone) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jan/2017 ] "Finley sings them all with his usual finesse and careful shading, reserving his full power for the few genuinely climactic moments...The subtle, respectful orchestrations wrap around his voice like a glove" Guardian |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim's Progress (Complete Opera) Gerald Finley, Rebecca Evans / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Hickox [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 21/Sep/2001 ] Rosette (Penguin Stereo Guide) - "The Chandos recording is superb, spacious and atmospheric, with the many onstage effects beautifully balanced, yet with words always clear…(an) overpowering recording." |
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ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Solo Songs (Complete) Geraldine McGreevy (soprano) / Adrian Thompson (tenor) / Roderick Williams (baritone) / John Talbot (piano) [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 18/Aug/2010 ] "The songs comprise an impressive body, light-hued but intense, tinged with a distinctly Celtic melancholy...they're all well worth hearing." BBC Music Magazine, June 2010 ***** |
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BERLIOZ
Lelio, ou Le Retour a la vie / Helene / etc Sune Hjerrild, Gert Henning Jensen (tenors) Jean-Philippe Lafont (baritone) Danish National Choir & Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Jun/2007 ] The Danish National Symphony Orchestra adds to its large discography on Chandos with this unique coupling Of all the major works of Hector Berlioz, the monodrama Lélio, part II of the Symphonie Fantastique is surprisingly one of the least known... |
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ALFREDO CASELLA
Casella: Orchestral Works Volume 4 Gillian Keith (soprano) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Musica Italiana / CD - released 10/Nov/2015 ] "Hugely enjoyable for Casella fans and all those who enjoy Technicolor excitement in their music." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb October 2015) |
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GOFFREDO PETRASSI
Coro di morti / Quattro inni sacri / Partita / Noche oscura Giorgio Berrugi (tenor) & Vasily Ladyuk (baritone) / Orchestra and Chorus, Teatro Regio, Torino, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Musica Italiana / CD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] This new Petrassi recording with Gianandrea Noseda and his Italian forces is part of our ongoing Italian music series. Last year's release of Salmo IX° and the Magnificat (CHAN10750) was widely praised, Gramophone stating: 'The performances by the... |
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WEINBERG
Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 20 Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra / Thord Svedlund [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2012 ] This is the fourth disc in our series dedicated to the orchestral works of Mieczysław Weinberg, performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under Thord Svedlund. The cello soloist is Claes Gunnarsson, one of Sweden's leading cellists, who combines... |
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KURT ATTERBERG
Atterberg: Orchestral Works Volume 5 Anna Larsson (soprano) & Olle Persson (baritone) / Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Neeme Jarvi (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/Aug/2016 ] The final volume in our Atterberg series with Neeme Järvi and his Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra is finally out. Recorded on SACD like most of the previous ones, it features two late, again rarely performed symphonies: Nos 7 and 9. |
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KURT ATTERBERG
Symphony No 3 / Three Nocturnes from 'Fanal' / etc Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, with Sara Trobäck Hesselink (violin) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] The warm and tuneful music of Atterberg - one of Sweden's leading composers in the twentieth century - meets the idiomatic spirit and commitment of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Neeme Järvi, for volume four in this series. The... |
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KURT ATTERBERG
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, with Sara Trobäck Hesselink (violin), and Per Högberg (viola) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "Järvi's is the truest and most opulent [Sixth Symphony]...The couplings are equally beguiling...Järvi's accounts of these at least match their rivals and together comprise an excellent start to the series." Gramophone Magazine, June 2013 |
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WEINBERG
Symphony No. 3 in B minor, Op. 45 / Suite No. 4 from 'The Golden Key', Op. 55d Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Thord Svedlund [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2011 ] The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thord Svedlund is back with a new recording in Chandos' ongoing series devoted to orchestral works by Weinberg. |
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MESSIAEN
Quatuor pour la fin du temps / Theme and Variations for Violin and Piano / etc Gould Piano Trio [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Who would want to listen to anything after the Quartet for the end of Time? …while they lack the freedom of Messiaen's recording, the Gould Trio and Robert Plane are among the best modern accounts." (BBC Music) |