VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2 (Includes '49th Parallel' & 'the England of Elizabeth') Emily Gray (soprano) Martin Hindmarsh (tenor) Chetham's Chamber Choir / BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 8/Sep/2004 ] Premiere recording of the extended suites of 49th Parallel and The England of Elizabeth, and the premiere recording of the complete version of The Dim Little Island. |
J.S. BACH
Early Cantatas :-Volume 1 Emma Kirkby (soprano) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) Charles Daniels (tenor) Peter Harvey (baritone) / The Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] 'For sheer brilliance of technique, the Purcell Quartet and friends take the biscuit.' International Record Review |
BUXTEHUDE
Membra jesu nostri / Laudate, pueri, Dominum (with Weckmann - Kommet her zu mir alle) Emma Kirkby (soprano) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) Charles Daniels (tenor) Peter Harvey (bass) / Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "Charles Daniels's soft high tenor has a hushed devotional character...The Purcell Quartet play with reliable stylishness." (Gramophone) |
BUXTEHUDE
Sacred Cantatas - Volume 2 Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Michael Chance (counter-tenor) / Charles Daniels (tenor) / Peter Harvey (bass) / Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] "If Buxtehude cantatas are the object of your enthusiasm, this disc provides a good number of them performed by some of the best early music specialists out there. They are a homogeneous bunch of works, so listening to the disc in one sitting borders... |
J.S. BACH
Early Cantatas, volume 2 (Weimar) Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Michael Chance (counter-tenor) / Charles Daniels (tenor) / Peter Harvey (bass) / The Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "This undirected group of soloists and instrumentalists works together with impressive cohesiveness. Without the sense - which in other kinds of performance one can never quite escape, for good or ill - of the personality and interpretative of a... |
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. |
HEINRICH SCHUTZ
Symphoniae Sacrae II Emma Kirkby, Suzie Le Blanc, James Bowman, Charles Daniels / Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/1994 ] Emma Kirkby (soprano), Suzie Le Blanc (soprano), James Bowman (alto), Charles Daniels (tenor), Nigel Rogers (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Richard Wistreich (bass) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Enrico Dindo (cello) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] "His playing here is remarkably rich, obtaining deep and richly expressive tones from a Rogeri instrument from 1717. The cello sound is forward, bordering on the surrealist as with so many concerto recordings these days, but not intolerably massive... |
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 |
Epic Brass
Black Dyke Mills Band, Peter Parkes, Roy Newsome, conductors [ Chandos Brass / CD - released 19/Apr/2003 ] Chandos Brass now at a special price |
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... |
Eric Halfvarson, Nina Stemme, Kim Begley, Patricia Bardon, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra David Parry, conductor
Wagner - The Flying Dutchman (the complete opera in english) [ Chandos Opera in English / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2004 ] "Emotionally charged ... capturing the nervous tension in what is an exuberant and passionate performance." - MusicWeb Dec 2004 |
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) |
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 SuchoĆ 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... |