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) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Voices - Live and Studio Recordings 1952-2007 Inga Nielsen (soprano) with various orchestras and conductors [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 29/Sep/2007 ] 'Nielsen is an extraordinary, magnificent singing actress in the title role. Her voice has something of the legendary Ljuba Welitsch's girlish innocence, and her way with the text reveals an artist totally attuned to every dramatic nuance that... |
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 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Spotless Rose - Hymns to the Virgin Mary Phoenix Chorale, Charles Bruffy [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] 'Where has this fabulous choir been all my life? No choral strength you can name eludes them…,' wrote American Record Guide on Shakespeare in Song, the first release by the Phoenix Chorale in 2004. |
PROKOFIEV / KHACHATURIAN / SHOSTAKOVICH / GLIERE / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Russian Wind Band Classics Jacques Mauger (trombone) / Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra / Clark Rundell [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] '..the performances get the thumbs up. Chandos' recording engineers have done their work with the necessary bravado.' - International Record Review |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: The Complete Ballets Jame Ehnes (violin), Robert de Maine (cello), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / 5 Hybrid SACD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] To celebrate the eightieth birthday of Neeme Järvi, one of today's most prolific conductors, Chandos have gathered his recent recordings of Tchaikovsky's three full-length ballets (complete versions) in a box set at special price. |
PIAZZOLLA
Song of the Angel James Crabb (classical accordian) Benjamin Martin (piano) Australian Chamber Orchestra. Richard Tognetti [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Dec/2003 ] 'Accordion wizard and company delight in a seductive and exuberant sound world.' Gramophone |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Viola Concerto / Partita for Orchestra / Sonata for String Orchestra James Ehnes (viola) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/May/2018 ] In this third volume of Edward Gardner's Walton series with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, James Ehnes leaves his violin to tackle the taxing soloist role in the Viola Concerto. In a recent Strad interview, Ehnes confesses: 'This is a piece I have loved... |
PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Complete Works for Violin James Ehnes (violin) with Amy Schwartz Moretti (violin) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 24/Sep/2013 ] "This is an outstanding Chandos set from James Ehnes of Prokofiev's complete works for violin. It includes quite stunning performances of the two violin concertos." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Sept 2013) |
BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Works for Violin and Piano Volume 3 James Ehnes (violin) & Andrew Armstrong (piano) [ CHANDOS / CD - released 2/Jun/2014 ] "Ehnes and Moretti possess precisely the degree of finesse required to bring both piquancy and a sense of stylish panache to the music here." (Daily Telegraph) |
BARTOK
Violin Sonatas & Rhapsodies James Ehnes (violin) Andrew Strong (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] "They are performances of outstanding musical insight and technical brilliance...James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong perfectly encapsulate the anxieties projecting in both works...But they also find room for repose and reflection...As with Ehnes's... |