DANIEL PURCELL
The Unknown Purcell: Sonatas by Daniel Purcell Hazel Brooks (violin) & David Pollock (harpsichord) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] On this recording we have a selection of works for solo harpsichord and for violin and continuo by Daniel Purcell, most of which are premiere recordings. |
GOTTFRIED FINGER
Finger: A Bohemian in London - Violin Sonatas Hazel Brooks (violin) David Pollock (harpsichord / organ) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 2/Aug/2019 ] "The Duo brings this music valuably to life and shows that Finger's is a voice that deserves to be heard." MusicWeb |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: War Requiem / Sinfonia da Requiem / Ballad of Heroes Heather Harper (soprano) John Shirley-Quirk (bass) Martyn Hill (tenor) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 10/May/2004 ] "Heather Harper has at last recorded the 'role' she created-indeed it is her farewell to her many admirers as she has now retired. I heard her sing it in St Paul's not long ago and thought then that her peculiar accents, her inevitable shaping of so... |
SIR HAMILTON HARTY
Orchestral Works (Includes the Violin Concerto, Variations on a Dublin Air & An Irish Symphony) Heather Harper (soprano) Ralph Holmes (violin) Malcolm Binns (piano) / Ulster orchestra. Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / 3 CD - released 5/May/2004 ] 'The Irish symphony has won great acclaim for its excellent scoring and good craftsmanship. The Scherzo is particularly engaging. It is extremely well played by the Ulster Orchestra under Bryden Thomson… The recording is absolutely first class in... |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Chamber Symphonies No's 3 and 4 Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Thord Svedlund [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Feb/2015 ] "Bittersweet, nostalgic, often restrained in expression, this is a musically compelling work...Collectors of Chandos's already excellent Weinberg series should seriously consider investing in this disc," BBC Music |
LAWSON / HENEGHAN
Celtic Fanfares; Ghost Train / House at the North Pole; Walking the Wild Rhondda Heneghan & Lawson Virtual Orchestra [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2003 ] This CD features premiere recordings of music by two of Britain's most exciting contemporary composers. |
IAN LAWSON / BEN HENEGHAN
Celtic Fanfares ; Ghost Train / House at the North Pole ; Walking the Wild Rhondda Heneghan & Lawson Virtual Orchestra [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2003 ] This CD features premiere recordings of music by two of Britain's most exciting contemporary composers. |
KODALY / BRITTEN
Works for solo cello Henrik Dam Thomsen, cello [ Chandos / CD - released 5/Apr/2004 ] "Put simply, these wonderful performances belong in any serious collection, so this CD is highly recommended. The superb recording captures the cello's full sonorities in a fairly live acoustic. (Allmusic.com) |
KODALY / BRITTEN
Works for Solo Cello Henrik Dam Thomsen, cello [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/May/2004 ] 'Henrik Dam Thomsen is a splendid player, technically assured, showing strong rapport with both the main works.' Gramophone |
W. A. MOZART
Divertimento in E flat major / Prelude & Fugues for String Trio Hermitage String Trio [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "If you do not have a recording of the Divertimento already here is an ideal opportunity to do so, and I am sure that in so doing many hours of supreme musical pleasure are guaranteed." (MusicWeb Feb 2011) |
NIGEL HESS
Hess: The Winds of Power Pupils of Daubeney Middle School, The London Symphonic Wind Orchestra [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Nov/1999 ] |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Riders to the Sea / Flos Campi / etc Philip Dukes (viola) / Ingrid Attrot, Lynne Dawson, Linda Finnie, Pamela Helen Stephen / Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 1/Aug/2015 ] As he proved with his recording of A London Symphony - Record of the Year, Gramophone Awards 2001 - Richard Hickox was a Vaughan Williams specialist. This reissue of an original 1995 recording features several lesser known works. |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Kingdom, Op. 51 / Sursum corda, Op. 11 / etc Margaret Marshall, Felicity Palmer, Arthur Davies & David Wilson-Johnson / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2015 ] Following the success of The Dream of Gerontius in 1900 and The Apostles in 1903, the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival commissioned Elgar to produce another large oratorio for the 1906 festival. The Kingdom continues the narrative of the lives of... |
LASSUS
Laudent Deum - Sacred Music by Orlande de Lassus His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts / Choir of St John’s College Cambridge / Andrew Nethsingha [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, an exclusive Chandos artist, here presents its third release on the label. Established in the 1670s, the choir has a long and distinguished tradition of performing religious music and here offers... |
HUMMEL
Piano Works (Incls Sonata Op 13) Howard Shelley (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/Apr/2000 ] Unusual and rare repertoire from Hummel! |
FRANK BRIDGE
Orchestral Works, Volume 3 (Includes Sir Roger de Coverley: A Christmas Dance ) Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 18/Nov/2004 ] 'The performances exhibit commitment and a strong sense of familiarirty with all these works. Hickox is thoroughly persuasive at all times, and the BBC National Orchestra of Wales delivers the goods with deserved confidence... Full marks for this... |
DOHNANYI
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Nos 1 & 2 Howard Shelley (piano), BBC Philharmonic, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] 'This new account from Bamert, by turns opulent and incisive and making the most of the colourful orchestral detail, seems to me to be the best currently available.' BBC Music Magazine |
BALAKIREV
Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 / Piano Concerto / Overture to King Lear / In Bohemia / Tamara Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky (conductor) [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2005 ] "This set is at two-for-one price and the recordings are just over five years old. It is irresistible if you like these couplings for the two symphonies and want very good modern recording technology." (MusicWeb 2005) |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC Symphony/ Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2001 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Concerto |