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... |
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 |
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 ***** |
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... |
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) |
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... |
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... |
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. |
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... |
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 |
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. |
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) |
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
A White Christmas With Grimethorpe [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/1997 ] |
GRIMETHORPE
Grimethorpe Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Gary Gutt, Major Peter Parkes [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Dec/1996 ] The Grimethorpe Colliery Band has premiered some of the most important brass music of the twentieth century, including Sir Harrison Birtwistle's Grimethorpe Aria, written for the band, Hans Werner Henze's Ragtimes and Habaneras as well as several... |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Aladdin Op. 34, Fairy Tale drama in Five Acts Guido Paevatalu (baritone) Mette Ejsing (contralto) / Danish National Radio Chamber Choir. Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] "The two soloists are very good and the Danish forces respond keenly to Rozhdestvensky'a baton...excellent recording." (Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide) |
DANCLA / SAINT-SAENS / MASSENET
Petite Ecole de la Melodie Guido Rimonda (violin) Christina Canziani (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Apr/2009 ] Giudo Rimonda is a highly respected violinist in Italy. He is accompanied here by Cristina Canziani and together they perform three intimate works arranged for piano and violin. |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst - Orchestral Works, Vol 4 [Includes Symphony 'The Cotswolds'] Guy Johnston (cello), BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Oct/2018 ] "Remarkably translucent SACD sound distinguishes this latest addition to a highly collectable Holst series. None of the music recorded here was published in his lifetime, but all of it is worthy of the attention of Holstians." CD Choice |
HUMMEL
Piano Concerto in E major / Double Concerto Hagai Shaham (piano) / London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano/director) with Hagai Shaham (violin) [ Chandos / CD - released 6/Apr/2008 ] 'Shelley… is outstanding in this music, synthesizing the classical and romantic elements perfectly.A natural Mozartian, he allies his poise and clarity to a fearless technique, and absorbs Hummels most ostentatious demands into the musical fabric,... |
ERNEST BLOCH
Concerto symphonique in B minor / Scherzo fantasque / Hiver-Printemps Halida Dinova (piano) / Symphony Orchestra of the State Academic Cappella of St Petersburg; Alexander Tchernushenk [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] This is an important collection of Bloch's rarely recorded music for piano and orchestra. |
JOSEF GURETZKY
Concertos of Josef Guretzky The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen [ Chandos / Chaccone / CD - released 27/Jan/2017 ] The Harmonious Society of Tickle-Fiddle Gentlemen takes its name from the original ensemble that gave London's first public concerts, from 1678, and which continued to meet well into the middle of the eighteenth century. The members of the group are... |