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DAG WIREN
Wirén: Orchestral Works Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Bright and lively music from the Swedish composer Dag Wirén is unveiled here in surround-sound by the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and Rumon Gamba, only a few years after the completion of their Grammy-nominated and highly acclaimed series devoted to... |
MALCOLM WILLIAMSON
Orchestral Works Vol. 1 (Incls Sinfonietta) Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 5/Mar/2006 ] 'Williamson's technical facility and stylistic diversity is one this; what he did with his skills is another: the music here is really quite wonderful and played (the occasional lapse of ensemble notwithstanding) with palpable affection and devotion... |
PURCELL / HUMFREY
My Beloved Spake : Anthems by Henry Purcell & Pelham Humfrey Iestyn Davies, James Gilchrist, David Stout & Neal Davies / Choir of St John's College, Cambridge & St John's Sinfonia, Andrew Nethsingha [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "Nethsingha juxtaposes such relatively unfamiliar fare with masterpieces including O Sing unto the Lord. He is a committed custodian of the Oxbridge choral tradition, as are his fine soloists" (Sunday Times) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Suite on Words of Michelangelo / Six Romances / October Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 5/Mar/2006 ] "An excellent release, but if Melodiya were to re-issue their original recordings with Yevgeny Nestorenko there would be no contest" (MusicWeb March 2006) |
Ilma Achmadeeva / Residentie Orchestra The Hague/Rozhdestvensky
Dukelsky-Zephyr et Flore [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] Classical Music from the song master Vernon Duke! |
SCHUMANN
Abegg Variations / Davidsbündlertänze / Novelettes, Op. 21 Nos 2 & 8 / Geisternähe Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] 'Every piece in this recital is a study in portraiture worthy of Schumann's beloved ETA Hoffmann' (BBC Music Instrumental Choice November 2015) |
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN / BÉLA BARTÓK
Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] Regarded as one of the finest interpreters of classical and romantic repertoire, Imogen Cooper is internationally renowned for her virtuosity and lyricism. Dame Imogen writes: 'It has taken many years for me to perceive the last three sonatas by... |
CHOPIN
Imogen Cooper's Chopin Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 27/May/2016 ] "This is intelligent music-making of the hihest order and, with a total duration of 80 minutes, real value for money" InternationalPiano |
FRANZ LISZT / RICHARD WAGNER
Liszt & Wagner: Piano Works Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Sep/2017 ] After highly successful recordings of works by Brahms, the Schumanns, and Chopin, Imogen Cooper plunges into the world of another great romantic, Franz Liszt, and places him alongside that other giant, Richard Wagner. This is an evocative programme... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Schumann / Brahms: Piano Recital Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "the highpoint of this marvellous release is her playing of the Brahms transcription...Forget that old canard that Brahms is 'thick'. The sound here is positively luminous." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
ROBERT & CLARA SCHUMANN
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11 / etc Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] "Cooper has a thorough command of the Schumann language in the major works buttressing her recital...judiciously differentiated, finely balanced and sustained by a compelling impulse." (Gramophone) |
BRAHMS
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (German Requiem) Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Bo Skovhus (baritone) / Danish National Choir/DR / Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR / Gerd Albrecht [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] 'What sets this performance apart from most others are the comparative lightness of its orchestral and choral sonority, transparency of its texture and utter avoidance of stodgy sentimentality… In short this is a warmly recommended release' -... |
HOLST
The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50 / Suite de Ballet, Op. 10 / etc Ingrid Attrot (soprano), Neill Archer (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone) & Donald Maxwell (bass) / Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] 'Holst's Chaucer-like farce [The Wandering Scholar] comes up freshly minted in this lively recording… the couplings reveal Holst in light-music and Romantic modes, respectively, and throughout Hickox inspires some full-blooded music-making.' (BBC Music) |
TCHAIKOVSKY
The Snow Maiden Op 12 Irina Mishura-Lekhtman (mezzo-soprano), Vladimir Grishko (tenor) / Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "These are charming pieces that any lover of Tchaikovsky's music will surely be delighted to encounter." [The Gromophone Classical Music Guide] |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: The Queen of Spades (Symphonic Suite) / On Guard for Peace Irina Tchistjakova (mezzo-soprano), Niall Docherty (boy soprano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Neeme Järvi is universally applauded for his Prokofiev recordings. Here he conducts the first recording of Symphonic Fragments from The Queen of Spades, as arranged and elaborated by Michael Berkeley, coupled with the seldom performed oratorio On... |
JOSEPH JONGEN
Jongen: 13 Preludes / 24 Petits Preludes Ivan Ilić (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 6/Jan/2023 ] "He doesn't ever repeat himself, but the first set come over like keyboard exercises, while the pieces of the later set, for all their brevity, have a pleasing vividness...Ivan Ilić plays impeccably throughout." BBC Music |
ANTOINE REICHA
Reicha: Rediscovered, Volume 2 Ivan Ilić (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 18/Sep/2018 ] "This rich, rewarding recital is delivered with consummate grace, Ilić is fully alert to Reicha's pleasing idiosyncrasies, stillness and sly humour. No hesitation in recommending this latest instalment in what is fast turning out to be the discovery" |
ANTOINE REICHA
Reicha: Rediscovered, Volume 1 Ivan Ilić (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 18/Sep/2018 ] "Ilić's playing is wonderfully attuned to the style and content of the music and Chandos' sound is superb. Highly recommended." International Piano |
ROSLAVETS
Complete Music for Cello and Piano Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Tatyana Lazareva (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Jul/2013 ] |
GIYA KANCHELI
Simi / Mourned by the Wind Alexander Ivashkin (cello) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos / CD - released 9/May/2005 ] |
