EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Complete Works for Wind Quintet Vol 1 [Incls 'Harmony Music No 5' & 'Five Intermezzos'] Athena Ensemble [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Mar/2000 ] "Elgar was a slow developer, and these pieces written in his youth are hardly prophetic - but they're craftsmanlike, charming and fun. This pioneering recording stands up well." BBC Music Magazine, September 2006 **** |
FRANZ KROMMER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Krommer: Symphonies Op 40 & Op 102 London Mozart Players, Matthais Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/1994 ] |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Volume 6 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] "This final stage of Douglas's Brahms survey offers an engaging, always surprising sequence of short (with one exception) and often fugitive pieces." (Sunday Times) |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Piano Music, Vol. 6 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] This sixth volume in Barry Douglas's acclaimed Schubert series features two major works. The Sonata in A minor, D 845 was completed in 1825, just before Schubert started work on his 'great' Symphony in C major. As in so much of his later writing,... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky Plus One, Vol.3 (with Prokofiev: 10 pieces from 'Romeo & Juliet') Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] For the third volume of his musical tribute to Russia, Barry Douglas has selected a range of love songs and dances by Tchaikovsky that span much of his composing life. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Works for Solo Piano, Volume 5 Barry Douglas (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] "Douglas continues to create provocative playlists by liberating short pieces from opus-number groups and strategically programming them alongside larger-scale compositions…a mixed bag laced with genuine pearls" Gramophone |
STANLEY BLACK
The Film Music of Stanley Black (Incls 'Sands of the Desert' & 'Jack the Ripper') BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, conductor [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 3/May/2005 ] 'As the CD notes by Mervyn Cooke aptly put it, this music represents 'a lost age of innocently witty film writing'. As ever Chandos has done this repertoire proud with a luminous and full-bodied recording.' - Gramophone |
CONSTANT LAMBERT / LORD BERNERS
The Film Music of (Incls 'Anna Karenina' & 'Nicholas Nickelby') BBC Concert Orchestra / Rumon Gamba (with Mary Carewe, soprano) [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 30/May/2008 ] "Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic deliver for these few Constant Lambert and Lord Berners scores one of the best albums in the Chandos Film Music series." (MusicWeb June 2008) |
SIR CHARLES HUBERT H. PARRY
Parry: Symphony No.4 / Three Movements from 'Suite moderne BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Oct/2018 ] "… all this rewarding repertoire is decently served by Rumon Gamba and his combined BBC forces. Chandos's sound is ripe and true to match, and Jeremy Dibble supplies a most helpful annotation." Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Overtures from the British Isles, Volume 2 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Apr/2016 ] "The BBC National Orchestra of Wales play idiomatically and enthusiastically. This is thoroughly recommendable for any lover of British music." (MusicWeb June 2016). |
EDMUND RUBBRA
Rubba: Symphonies Nos 4, 10 & 11 BBC Nationl Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/May/2000 ] "Richard Hickox offers a particularly imaginative account of the Eleventh Symphony in one movement. The Chandos recording is excellent in every respect, with plenty of warmth and transparency of detail." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
EDMUND RUBBRA
Symphony Nos 5 & 8 / Ode to the Queen Op 83 BBC Nationl Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/May/2000 ] Another from the highly-praised Rubbra symphony series! |
ERNST von DOHNANYI
Dohnanyi: Symphony No. 1 / American Rhapsody BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] With Gillian Callow (cor anglais), Janet Fisher (viola), John Bradbury (clarinet) |
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44 / Prince Rostislav / Caprice bohémien, Op. 12 BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 11/Aug/2011 ] "The chief reason for investing in this disc would be the fine, lucid, characterful performance of Rachmaninoff's Third Symphony. But Noseda devotes as much care and attention to Prince Rostislav and the Caprice bohémien...they harbour music of... |
GEORGE ANTHEIL
Anthiel: Symphony No. 1, etc BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] In this their third volume of orchestral works of Antheil, John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic present a collection of scores spanning the whole of Antheil's compositional life. Written in the early 1920s, the First Symphony is full of Antheil's... |
AARON COPLAND
Copland: Symphonies, Vol. 3 [Includes Symphony No 3] BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Nov/2018 ] "Wilson's empathy with this music is infectious." The Sunday Times |
ERIC COATES
Eric Coates: Orchestral Works Vol. 1 [Incls 'The Jester at the Wedding' & 'London Suite'] BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] "With good recording, especially as heard in 24-bit sound, I'm very much looking forward to Volume 2. Did I mention the snazzy cover?" MusicWeb Recommended |
CYRIL SCOTT
Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1937) / Symphony No. 1 (1899) BBC Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Feb/2008 ] The Chandos survey of orchestral music by Cyril Scott comes to a close with the premiere recording of the Cello Concerto and Symphony No. 1. The BBC Philharmonic is conducted by Martyn Brabbins, with Paul Watkins as the cello soloist. From an early... |
GEORGE ANTHEIL
Antheil: Symphonies 4 & 5 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Chandos / CD - released 12/May/2017 ] "A brilliant recording all around, and an important one. Bring on the next instalment." Editor's Choice Gramophone June 2017 |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Weinberg: Dawn / Symphony No. 12 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, John Storgårds [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Oct/2023 ] "The disc is a welcome offshoot from the ongoing work on Shostakovich's symphonies by John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic, and displays the same high level of stylistic discernment and emotional commitment." Gramophone Editor's Choice Dec 2023 |