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 |
DVORAK
Mass Op 86 / Te Deum Op 103 [with free Chandos catalogue] Marina Meshcheriakov (soprano) Sergei Miasnikov (bass) / Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD/Book - released 20/Mar/2003 ] |
Marina Shaguch, soprano, Alexander Kisselev, bass, Residentie Orchestra The Hague
Nabokov, Nicolas - Ode: Maditation sur la majesta de Dieu / Union Pacific [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2002 ] "projected with great fervour and commitment by Polyansky" (BBC Music) |
PANCHO VLADIGEROV / DOBRINKA TABAKOVA
Slavic Roots Marina Staneva (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Apr/2022 ] Awarded the title Young Steinway Artist in 2020, the Bulgarian pianist Marina Staneva received the 2019 Sam Hutchings Piano Prize and was a 2018 Britten-Pears Young Artist. She has been praised for her serious talent, outstanding musicianship,... |
LUKAS FOSS
Griffelkin (Opera in Three Acts Libretto by Alastair Reid) Marion Dry (contralto) ; Kendra Colton (soprano) ; Elizabeth Keusch (soprano) ; Yeghishe Manucharyan (tenor) [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 26/May/2003 ] This is the premiere recording of Lukas Foss's opera Griffelkin. |
LUKAS FOSS
Griffelkin (Opera in Three Acts Libretto by Alastair Reid) Marion Dry (contralto) ; Kendra Colton (soprano) Elizabeth Keusch (soprano) Yeghishe Manucharyan (tenor) / Members of Boston Children's Opera and gues [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 26/May/2003 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
JOSEF HAYDN
Masses ''Groae Orgelmesse' & 'Missa Cellensis' Mark Padmore, Susan Gritton / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2002 ] "Hickox chooses lively yet never hectic tempi, secures clean choral and orchestral textures and strikes a happy balance between dancing energy and due liturgical gravity...a clear first choice." ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Sept 2002) |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
On Wenlock Edge / Piano Quintet / etc Mark Padmore (tenor) Alison Dods (violin) / The Schubert Ensemble [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "Listening to this fine new release and revisiting the comparative versions of On Wenlock Edge - sheer indulgence! - I'm struck by the excellence of all of them...this new Chandos disc is an outstanding release and admirers of Vaughan Williams can... |
GEORGE DYSON
Nebuchadnezzar / Woodland Suite / etc Mark Padmore (tenor) Neal Davies (bass-baritone) / BBC Symphony Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2007 ] "Enthusiasts for the festive yet idiosyncratic mainstream of British choral music need look no further." (MusicWeb April 2008) |
ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albeniz - Orchestral Works [Incls 'Piano Concerto No 1'] Martin Roscoe (piano) / BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena [ Chandos / CD - released 29/May/2016 ] "Mena has the BBC Phil sounding more Spanish than most Spanish orchestras in this music." Recording of the Month MusicWeb May 2016 |