LISZT
Works for Piano and Orchestra (Includes Fantasia on a theme from Beethoven's Ruins of Athens & Piano Concertos 1 & 2) Louis Lortie (piano) / Residentie Orchestra The Hague / George Pehlivanian [ Chandos Classics / 3 CD - released 15/May/2006 ] "Interesting essays by Jeremy Siepmann and Beryl Chempin further enhance the value of the set which with superlative pianism, fine rapport between soloist and conductor, excellent orchestral playing and first class sound is a triumph for all... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music Louis Lortie (piano), Sarah Jeffrey (oboe), Teng Li (viola), Toronto Symphony Orchestra [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jul/2018 ] With this celebratory release completing his fourteen-year tenure as Music Director of the TSO, Peter Oundjian conducts an exquisite Vaughan Williams programme, supported by an all-Canadian cast of star soloists. |
SCHUBERT
Piano Works (Incl Twelve Landler) Luba Edlina (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2000 ] 'Throughout the disc, she [Luba Edlina] comes across as a supremely sensitive artist whose exquisitely refined and tasteful playing is altruistically placed at the service of the music'. (International Piano Quarterly) |
ALBERTO GINASTERA
Ginastera: Orchestral Works 1 Lucas Somoza Osterc (baritone) / BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena [ Chandos / CD - released 16/Nov/2016 ] Impressive in our ongoing, very successful Spanish music series, the BBC Philharmonic and its chief conductor, Juanjo Mena, also explores the works of the Argentinean composer Alberto Ginastera in three orchestral volumes. Not only acknowledged as a... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Acis and Galatea (complete opera) Lucy Crowe / Benjamin Hulett / Alan Clayton / Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn [ Chandos Chaconne SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Mar/2019 ] "Lucy Crowe as Galatea excels especially in turning words, and word-pictures, into sound…This is, altogether, a benchmark that will be hard to beat." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2019 Winner - Opera |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Alceste (complete opera) Lucy Crowe / Benjamin Hulett / Andrew Foster Williams / Early Opera Company / Christian Curnyn [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2012 ] "Alcestis's journey to the Underworld is enchanting, with Curnyn's fleet strings, intimately proportioned chorus, and polished soloists" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013 Opera WINNER |
ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV
Symphony No. 3, Op. 100 / Cantata 'Kvalite Boga' (Praise the Lord), Op 65 Ludmila Kuznetsova (mezzo) / Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos / CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] After graduating from the Moscow State Conservatoire, Valeri Polyansky attended a postgraduate course in opera and symphonic conducting, where he studied with Gennady Rozhdestvensky. |
Ludmila Kuznetzova, Russian State Symphonic Cappella, Russian St Sym, Polyansky
Bruckner - Mass No. 2 in E minor, O du liebes Jesu Kind, etc [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Dec/2000 ] "The catalogue already boasts some admirable versions of the E minor Mass but I think this one from Polyansky, with its unique timbre and approach and vibrant recording, is likely to stand high in my affections henceforth." International Record... |
NINO ROTA
Rota: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra./ Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra / etc Luisa Prandina (harp) Paolo Carlini (bassoon) Andrea Conti (trombone) / I Virtuosi It [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/Apr/2002 ] "Altogether a pleasure. These are bright, capable, affectionate, well-pointed performances in good sound, with soloists who sound totally at home with the music" International Record Review |
ARTHUR BLISS
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / A Colour Symphony Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] 'Bliss's A Colour Symphony needs a full Technicolour acoustic to do justice to its heraldic splendour. The Chandos sound certainly gives us that...A rewarding release.' The Times |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / JOHN VEALE
Violin Concertos Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] 'It is a fine piece, at times not far from Walton in manner, and Lydia Mordkovitch obviously enjoys its resourceful writing for her instrument.' - Gramophone |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Appassionato Lydia Mordkovitch (violin), James Kirkby (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] |
EDWARD ELGAR
Music for Violin & Piano Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Julian Milford (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Jul/2005 ] Rosette Recording (Penguin Stereo Guide) - Lydia Mordkovitch was born in Russia and studied at the Odessa Conservatory, then at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow where she was assistant to David Oistrakh. |
WALTON
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Sonata for Violin and Orchestra / etc Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Jan Latham-Koenig [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Feb/2003 ] Recorded in: St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead, London |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Tribute to David Oistrakh Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Nicholas Walker (piano) / Marina Gusak-Grin (piano) / Clifford Benson (piano) / Julian Milford (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Oct/2010 ] David Oistrakh, one of the most famous violin virtuosos of the last century, made many recordings and was the dedicatee of numerous works for violin. Among the many violin virtuosi of the younger generation whom he inspired is Lydia Mordkovitch, one... |
KABALEVSKY
Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 19/May/2003 ] The quirky fun music of Kabalevsky |
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Irish Rhapsody Nos 1 - 6 / Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 126 / Concert Variations upon an English Theme, Op. 71 'Down among the Dead Men' Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] 'With a distinguished array of soloists, committed playing from the Ulster Orchestra and richly sonorous sound, these discs will give much pleasure.' BBC Music Magazine |
KHACHATURIAN
Violin Concerto in D minor / Cello Concerto in E minor Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Scottish National Orchestra [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2002 ] This disc couples two of Khachaturian's best concertos |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Violin Concerto / Lonely Waters / Whythorne's Shadow / Cello Concerto Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Raphael Wallfisch / Ulster Orchestra / Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Vernon Handley; Norman Del Mar [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] 'The Cello Concerto was written for Peers Coetmore who was to become his wife. Raphael Wallfischs playing makes the neglect of this glorious piece all the more astonishing.' Gramophone |
SERGEY IVANOVICH TANEYEV
Taneyev: Suite de Concert, Op. 28 (with Rimsky-Korsakov - Fantasy on Two Russian Themes, Op. 33) Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] "A mellower Mordkovitch is outstanding in this splendid Russian pairing. A disc to enjoy. Sounds like she did." (Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Awards Issue 2008) |