ALEXANDRE TANSMAN
Symphony Nos 4, 5 & 6 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Oleg Caetani [ Chandos SACD / SACD - released 10/Aug/2007 ] 'These fine performances do more that merely champion a neglected cause, revealing as they do a composer who, for all his diverse stylistic leanings, forged music of strength and integrity.' The Telegraph |
EUGENE GOOSSENS
Symphony No. 1 / Phantasy Concerto Howard Shelley, piano / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / SACD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] "With Howard Shelley as the soloist, the performance has a glittery sheen; it's an attractive, likable work that deserves at least an occasional outing." The Guardian, 20th February 2009 **** |
CHARLES IVES
Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 [Symphonies 1 & 2] Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ CHANDOS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Mar/2015 ] An amateur genius of avant-garde composing, who experimented with groundbreaking techniques years ahead of their time, Ives started out with more conventional works - as shown by the two early symphonies recorded here. |
CHARLES IVES
Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 [Central Park in the Dark, etc] Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ CHANDOS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jan/2016 ] In this second volume, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor Sir Andrew Davis play some of the most characteristic pieces of Charles Ives, an insurance salesman by trade and one of the most precociously original of all American... |
EUGENE GOOSSENS
Orchestral Works Volume 2 Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "Chandos's rich sound is up to the usual high standards and outshines Goossens's own 1922 recording of Tam O'Shanter" Gramophone Magazine, May 2013 |
JANACEK
Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 (Incls Violin Concerto 'Pilgrimage of the Soul') Melina Mandozzi (violin) James Ehnes (violin) Susanna Andersson (soprano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2015 ] "James Ehnes is the plush-toned soloist, but it is the intense and gritty playing of the Bergeners, and Gardner's evident empathy with Janacek, that make this music so compelling and dramatic." (Sunday Times) |
CYRIL SCOTT
Chamber Works (Incls 'Clarinet Quintet' & Piano Trios) Mia Cooper (violin), David Adams (viola) & Robert Plane (clarinet) / Gould Piano Trio [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "Only the amiable 1951 Clarinet Quintet for Gervase de Peyer has been recorded before, but it's the 1955 Clarinet Trio, first performed in New Zealand, that seems the most striking and characterful work here. The excellent Gould Trio are the... |
BACH / MENDELSSOHN / WIDOR / LISZT / CLARKE / etc
Organ Classics Michael Austin (organ) [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 10/Nov/2017 ] Michael Austin (organ of The Church of St Augustine, Kilburn) |
BUXTEHUDE / SCHUTZ / GEIST / BACH
Klaglied: German Sacred Concertos Michael Chance (counter-tenor) Purcell Quartet [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] '…all the performances are smooth and characterful, and the Purcell Quartet and their guests clearly relish the lugubrious texts which are so much a part of many of these pieces.' Gramophone |
ARNOLD / FINZI / STANFORD
British Clarinet Concertos, Vol. 1 Michael Collins ((clarinet & conductor) / BBC Philharmonic [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] This disc marks the beginning of a new survey of British Clarinet Concertos, featuring the exclusive Chandos artist Michael Collins, who here combines the role of soloist with that of conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Indisputably one of... |
BRITTEN / MATHIAS / FINZI / COOKE
British Clarinet Concertos, Vol. 2 Michael Collins (clarinet & conductor) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2016 ] This second volume of British Clarinet Concertos follows 'a stunning recording' made a Critic's Choice of the Year in Gramophone (2013). Here again, the exclusive Chandos artist Michael Collins combines the role of soloist with that of conductor of... |
WEBER
Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 & Concertino Michael Collins (clarinet & conductor) / City of London Sinfonia [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2011 ] On this disc, the exclusive Chandos artist, Michael Collins, plays the clarinet in three works for clarinet and orchestra by Weber, as well as conducting the City of London Sinfonia. The disc also includes Weber's horn concertino, featuring the... |
BAX / BLISS / HOWELLS / IRELAND / STANFORD
British Clarinet Sonatas Volume 1 Michael Collins, clarinet, Michael McHale, piano [ Chandos / CD - released 26/Apr/2012 ] This is Volume 1 in a new series of British Clarinet Sonatas, featuring the exclusive Chandos artist Michael Collins in works by Bax, Bliss, Howells, Ireland, and Stanford. |
ARNOLD / BENJAMIN, A / COOKE, A / GREGSON / HOROVITZ
British Clarinet Sonatas Volume 2 Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 17/Mar/2013 ] "This is a delightful disc, not just through the warmth and fun of the five works by five composers, but through the magic of the great clarinettist Michael Collins" Gramophone Magazine, June 2013 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Lyrical Clarinet Michael Collins (clarinet) Michael McHale (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] Michael Collins, the virtuoso clarinettist and exclusive Chandos artist, returns for a second volume in Chandos' series showcasing the extraordinarily wide range of music written for his instrument. |
Various Composers
The Lyrical Clarinet Volume 2 Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 27/May/2016 ] "Françaix's Tema con variazioni stimulates Collins's virtuosity, seamless line and control of dynamics. It also demonstrates the splendid piano playing of McHale, whose transcription of two John Field Nocturnes further enhances the disc's attractions |
BRAHMS / REINECKE
Michael Collins plays clarinet sonatas Michael Collins (clarinet) Michael McHale (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] "This is a most desirable issue, with a recording that balances the two instruments perfectly." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, March 2015 |
MAX REGER
Reger: Clarinet Sonatas Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] Michael Collins and Michael McHale here present a new volume in their exploration of the lyrical clarinet repertoire. Their journey through works that encapsulate the variety of nuance and colour of which the instrument is capable, inevitably led... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Virtuoso Clarinet Vol 2 Michael Collins (clarinet) Michael McHale (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] Chandos exclusive artist Michael Collins here presents the second volume in his series designed to display the extraordinarily wide range of music written for the clarinet. Volume 1 was BBC Music Magazine Editor's Choice and received IRR Outstanding... |
EDWARD GREGSON
Blazon / Clarinet Concerto / Stepping Out / Violin Concerto Michael Collins (clarinet) Olivier Charlier (violin) / BBC Philharmonic ; Martyn Brabbins [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Oct/2003 ] "Two fine concertos stand out in the new music from this dynamic composer" - Editor's Choice. Gramophone Magazine Nov 2003 |