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KENNETH LEIGHTON
Cello Concerto, Symphony No. 3 'Laudes musicae' Neil Mackie (tenor) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Scottish National Orchestra / Bryden Thomson, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/2005 ] 'Raphael Wallfisch plays the Concerto as if his life depended on it, and the Symphony draws every bit as much dedication from its performers. The recording is very immediate, and has stunning clarity and detail.'- The Penguin Complete Guide |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Missa Sabrinensis / Stabat Mater Neill Archer (tenor) Janice Watson (soprano) Della Jones (contralto) Martyn Hill (tenor) / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra. [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 27/Sep/2005 ] 'Gratitude, then, for an essential contribution towards the re-evaluation of an original visionary…' Gramophone 'Editor's Choice' on Missa Sabrinensis |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart - Wind Serenades Netherlands Wind Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/2010 ] The Netherlands Wind Ensemble (Dutch: Nederlands Blazers Ensemble, NBE) comprises musicians from all the major Dutch symphony orchestras. Playing together for the sheer joy of it, the NBE's twenty or so members meet up around eighty times per year. |
KEVIN VOLANS
Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments / etc Netherlands Wind Ensemble / Peter Donohoe (piano) / Kevin Volans (piano) / Daniel Harding (conductor) / Wim Steinmann (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Jun/2009 ] Born in South Africa, but now resident in Ireland, Kevin Volans' musical idiom has been shaped by an unusually diverse range of influences, including studies with Stockhausen in Cologne, field trips to Africa to study traditional music, his own... |
JOHN ADAMS / DAVID LANG
Short Ride in A Fast Machine, Grand Pianola Music / Under Orpheus Netherlands Wind Ensemble / Stephen Mosko [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Sep/2001 ] Chandos series on contemporary and avant-garde repertoire. |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Symphonies Nos 1 & 7 Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra, Thord Svedlund [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2010 ] The Chandos series of Weinberg orchestral works is proving a benchmark series, and contributed significantly to his reappraisal. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Harpsichord Works (Volume 1) Sophie Yates (harpsichord) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1999 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "A disc to whet the appetite for further volumes in the series." (The Daily Telegraph ) |
MADELEINE DRING
Dring: Complete Works for Oboe Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Adam Walker (flute), Amy Harman (bassoon), Antonio Oyarzabal (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 23/May/2025 ] Madeline Dring was born into a musical and theatrical family, and gained an exhibition scholarship to the junior department of the Royal College of Music aged nine. Her focus changed from violin to piano and composition, which she studied with... |
SIR LENNOX BERKELEY
Symphony No. 3 / Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 84 / etc Nicholas Daniel (oboe) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2002 ] Performance **** Sound Quality ***** BBC Music Magazine |
ARNOLD BAX / GERALD FINZI / RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
British Oboe Quintets Nicholas Daniel (oboe, cor anglais); Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 21/Sep/2021 ] The legendary British oboist Leon Goossens inspired all the composers represented on this recording, and they wrote all but one of the pieces for his oboe, on which he premièred the works by Delius, Bax, Bliss, and Finzi featured here. |
ELIZABETH MACONCHY
The Sofa / The Departure Nicholas Sharratt (tenor) Sarah Tynan (sop) Anna Leese (sop) George von Bergen (baritone) Louise Poole (mezzo-soprano) / Independent Opera Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Apr/2009 ] "Independent Opera's young singers do full justice to both works, with good diction and a real sense of ensemble performance, finely honed under Dominic Wheeler's incisive direction. There's some fine instrumental playing, and an exceptionally clear... |
ALBENIZ
Iberia (Twelve New 'Impressions' in Four Books) Nicholas Unwin (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/Sep/2000 ] The delightful piano music of Albeniz |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Violin, Flute & Clarinet Concertos Kim Sjogren (violin), Niels Thomsen (clarinet), Toke Lund Christiansen (flute) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra / Michael Schonwandt [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Nov/2007 ] "there is real depth here, thanks in no small measure to Schønwandt. The recording is first class." Penguin Guide |
Nienke Oostenrijk soprano; Margriet van Reisen contralto ; Marcel Reijans tenor ; Hubert Claessens bass ; The Netherlands Concert Choir ; Residentie O
Verhulst - Mass, Op. 20 for 4 solo voices, choir and orchestra [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 25/Feb/2003 ] 'A large scale Mendelssohn-style mass receives a delightful performance from native performers.' Gramophone |
EDWARD ELGAR
Kennedy Plays Elgar Favourites Nigel Kennedy (violin) Peter Pettinger (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1984 ] Also featuring Steven Isserlis (cello) |
TRADITIONAL
Kalinka - Popular Russian Songs (Including Kalinka & Song of the Volga boatman) Nikita Storojev (bass) David Ashkenazy (piano) [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] Reissue at a special price |
YOSHIMATSU / HONDA / IBERT / LARSSON
Saxophone Concertos Nobuya Sugawa (saxophone) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Yutaka Sado [ Chandos / CD - released 5/Jun/2008 ] "Nobuya Sugawa plays wonderfully throughout. The sheer beauty of his sound is simply superb, and his flawless technique clearly matches his musicality which is never at fault. The BBC Philharmonic plays beautifully." (MusicWeb August 2008) |
YOSHIMATSU
Saxophone Concerto / Symphony No 3 Nobuya Sugawa (saxophone) / BBC Philharmonic Orcjestra / Sachio Fujioka [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] Based in Manchester, the BBC Philharmonic has established an international reputation, having travelled extensively to the USA, the Far East, South America and all over Europe. |
Noel Mangin, bass, John Fryatt, tenor, Ambrosian Singers, Bath Festival Orchestr
Mozart, W.A.-The Abduction from the Seraglio (Complete opera in English) [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2002 ] Complete opera recorded in 1967 with a top cast |
TOMAS LUIS de VICTORIA
Nordic Voices Sing Victoria Nordic Voices [ Chandos Chaconne SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Jul/2017 ] "This Chandos SACD deserves the closest attention and headphones to register the full impact, in terms of both separation and integration, of this exquisite group." (AudAud.com) |
