DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] This album is a tribute features Lydia Mordkovitc's famous 1989 recording of Shostakovich's violin concertos with Neeme Järvi and the Scottish National Orchestra. |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Violin sonata No 1 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "..She is aided by a most lovely, close yet lustrous and deep Chandos recording. This is a precise yet yieldingly romantic version which can be placed alongside the finest: Oistrakh and Sitkovetsky." (MusicWeb Aug 2009) |
KABALESKY / VOLKONSKY / KHANDOSHKIN / PROKOFIEV / STRAVINSKY
Russian works for violin and piano Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) with Julian Milford & Nicholas Walker (pianos) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/2009 ] Lydia Mordkovitch performs a personal selection of violin and viola works, chosen for their idiom which combines brilliant violin technique and strong expressivity and the theme of Russia. This album has been generously supported by the Royal Academy... |
PROKOFIEV / BRAHMS / SCHUMANN / STRAUSS / etc
Lydia Mordkovitch plays Violin Sonatas Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) Gerhard Oppitz (piano) [ Chandos Collect / 4 CD Box Set - released 15/Jul/2002 ] |
LILI BOULANGER
Boulanger: Faust et Hélène / L: D'un soir triste / etc Lynne Dawson, soprano, Ann Murray, Bonaventura Bottone, BBC Sym., Tortelier [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] Gramophone Magazine 2000 Winner - Choral Recording |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Chandos Anthems - complete Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor) Patrizia Kwella (soprano) James Bowman (alto) / The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers [ Chandos Chaconne / 4 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1994 ] The Sixteen are a United Kingdom-based choir and period instrument orchestra; founded by Harry Christophers, they started as an unnamed group of sixteen friends in 1977, giving their first billed concert in 1979. |
MICHAEL BERKELEY
Baa Baa Black Sheep: A Jungle Tale (Complete opera) Malcolm Lorimer (boy treble) Ann Taylor-Morley (mezzo-soprano) William Dazeley (baritone) Fiona Kimm (contralto) / Chorus of Opera North; English Nort [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 8/Mar/2004 ] 'This recording was made at performances by a uniformly strong Opera North cast... warmly recommended: even if you don't think you like contemporary opera, give it a try.' - BBC Music Magazine |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Amarcord d'un Tango Marco Albonetti (soprano saxophone), Daniele di Bonaventura (bandoneón), Orchestra Filarmonica Italiana [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Apr/2022 ] Marco Albonetti writes: '"Amarcord" signifies memory, the nostalgic re-enactment of the past. Here, it evokes the idea of joining two instruments, the saxophone and the bandoneón, both of which were invented in the middle of the nineteenth century.... |
ROSSINI
Complete Piano Edition Vol. 4 - Peches de Vieillesse / Album pour les enfants degourdis Marco Sollini (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] The fourth volume of this well-received series, is subtitled 'Post-Adolescent Shrewdness' and covers Book 6 of the Péchés de vieillesse. This substantial works of 13 books offers the listener an ironic and irreverent look - visually and aurally of... |
ROSSINI
Complete Piano Works, Volume 2 Marco Sollini (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] This is the second in Chandos' series of Rossini's complete piano works. |
ROSSINI
Complete Piano Works, Volume 3 (Incls 'Album pour les enfantes adolescentes') Marco Sollini (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 22/Oct/2006 ] ‘The relish and panache of his (Sollini) playing here are not to be gainsaid and the recordings are superb’' Gramophone |
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! |