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ROSSINI
Complete Piano Edition (Volume 1) Marco Sollini (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/May/2004 ] This is the first in Chandos' new series of Rossini's complete piano works. The disc contains many premiere recordings |
Margaret Fingerhut, piano
Berkeley, Sir Lennox / Michael Berkeley-Piano Works (Includes Six Preludes, Op. 23 & (1955) premiere) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Oct/2004 ] 'Margaret Fingerhut is an accomplished and stylish advocate; she is particularly eloquent in the dark colours of the Michael Berekely, and gives a penetrating account of the Sonata... For anyone interested in 20th-century British music, this is... |
Margaret Fingerhut, piano
Bloch - Piano music [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2002 ] "merits a strong recommendation." (BBC Music Magazine) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Endless Song: Encores for Piano Margaret Fingerhut (piano) [ CHANDOS / CD - released 2/Jun/2014 ] Pianist Margaret Fingerhut presents a collection of encore like pieces that explore the way in which composers have transformed the piano, in essence a percussion instrument, into one that can sing. |
JOSEF SUK
Piano Works Margaret Fingerhut (piano) [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 21/Sep/2001 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
LEIGHTON
Solo Piano Works Margaret Fingerhut (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "Margaret Fingerhut's strong and immaculate performances recall Leighton's own powerful style as a pianist almost exactly, and the recordings reveal his fine ear for keyboard resonance." (BBC Music) |
ARNOLD BAX
Orchestral Works, Volume 7 (Winter Legends & Symphonic Variations) Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] This is the only available recording of Winter Legends, one of Bax's most successful works for piano and orchestra, and there is only one other recording of the Symphonic Variations. |
DUKAS
The Essential Paul Dukas (Incls Symphony in C major & L'Apprenti sorcier) Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / BBC Philharmonic / etc [ Chandos 241 / CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "This is a notably generous double collection which is handsomely what it says on the box." (MusicWeb June 2006) |
GRIEG
Peer Gynt Suites / Lyric Suite / Piano Concerto Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / Ulster Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] "As a well-filled, single-disc collection of Grieg's Greatest Hits, this is a great buy." American Record Guide! |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
Moeran: Symphony in G minor / Overture for a Masque / Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra Margaret Fingerhut (piano) Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] "Handley's reading is superb, and both the remastered sound and generous timing of this disc require an automatic recommendation." American Reocrd Guide |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica / Four Last Songs / Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (pianos), Roderick Williams (baritone) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] "This would be my present first choice ... The Bergen players are especially effective, the huge orchestration never cluttered or opaque in SACD spaciousness ..." BBC Music magazine - Christmas 2017 |
SCHULHOFF / KRENEK / d'INDY
The 20th Century Concerto Grosso Maria Prinz (piano); Karl-Heinz Schütz (flute) Christoph Koncz (violin); Robert Nagy (cello) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marrine [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] .On this disc, we feature the works of three composers - Vincent d'Indy, Ernst Krenek, and Erwin Schulhoff - who all in the mid- to late-1920s adopted neoclassicism and chose to write works in the neo-baroque concerto grosso style, using a... |
JOHAN HALVORSEN
Orchestral Works Vol 1 Marianne Thorsen (violin) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Mar/2010 ] "Järvi is back to his old exciting, vigorous self, and the orchestra plays with total commitment and enthusiasm. Great sound too. A terrific release." (10/10 ClassicsToday.com June 2010) |
JOHAN HALVORSEN
Orchestral Works (4 CD set) Marianne Thorsen (violin) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "Halvorsen was a natural tone-painter and story-teller...The Bergen Philharmonic under Jarvi once more provide beautifully idiomatic performances caught in rich Chandos sound...a musical delight." Gramophone Magazine on Vol 4 |
JOHAN SVENDSEN
Orchestral Works Vol 3 Marianne Thorsen (violin) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2013 ] Neeme Järvi brings us Vol. 3 in his survey of orchestral works by the Norwegian composer Johan Svendsen. This series has received great reviews for its idiomatic performances by the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and the violinist Marianne Thorsen.... |
JOHAN HALVORSEN
Orchestral Works Volume 2 Marianne Thorsen (violin) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / CD - released 17/Nov/2010 ] "...if you respond to Dvorak, Borodin and Bruch, I'm sure that you will be thoroughly entertained. It will certainly find its way into my Recordings of the Year." Recording of the Month MusicWeb Nov 2010 |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Messe de Requiem / Partsongs Marie-Paule Dotti (sop) Guillemette Laurens (mezzo) Luca Lombardo (tenor) Nicolas Testa, bass Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano Orchestra del Italiana [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] This is the only available recording of the Requiem Mass, a highly appealing work with beautiful and complex harmonies. |
CARL MILLOCKER / CARL MICHAEL ZIEHRER / STRAUSS FAMILY
Vienna Premieres, Vols 1-3 Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano) / Johan Strauss Orchestra / Jack Rothstein [ Chandos Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 8/Sep/2011 ] Perhaps no composer is more associated with a city than Johann Strauss II with Vienna. Indeed it is hard to consider Vienna without thinking of the waltz, and the waltz empire is dominated by the Strauss family. |
ZIEHRER / JOHANN STRAUSS II / OSCAR STRAUSS / KALMAN / MESSAGER / etc
Treasures of Operetta (Music from Casanova, Veronique, Merry Widow, Maid of the Mountains, Floradora, Arcadians, White Horse Inn, etc) Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano) / Peter Morrison (baritone) / Ambrosian Singers / The Chandos Singers / The Chandos Concert Orchestra / Barry Knight [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2004 ] 'This is a terrific compilation, because the singers cover a huge range of operetta, from 1890s Paris and Vienna confections... up to such London Sweetmeats as Old Chelsea....' - American Record guide |
IVOR NOVELLO
Songs (Including 'A Violin Began to Play', 'Some Day My Heart Will Awake' & 'We'll Gather Lilacs' Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano) / The Chandos Concert Orchestra; Gordon Langford, piano; Stuart Barry, conductor [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] 'Chandos, Marilyn Hill Smith and Stuart Barry deserve full marks for taking the task so seriously - orchestrations sound to be authentic…' Gramophone |
