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 ] Also with 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) |
PER NORGARD
Frostsalme Danish National Choir/DR, Athelas Sinfonietta Copenhagen, Stefan Parkman [ Chandos / CD - released 16/Sep/2002 ] |
MICHAEL TIPPETT
King Priam (complete opera) Norman Bailey, Heather Harper, Thomas Allen / London Sinfonietta, David Atherton [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2012 ] |
JACOB ter VELDHUIS
Paradiso Oratorio: Oratorio based on Dante's 'Divine Comedy' Claron McFadden (soprano), Tom Allen (tenor) / North Netherlands Concert Choir & Orchestra [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/May/2003 ] "it is hard to imagine a better testament to their partnership than this magnificent two-disc set of Debussy's orchestral works. These are especially sensuous accounts, luxuriating in not only Debussy's wondrous orchestral colours, but also his love... |
RICHARD STRAUSS / RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Strauss/Wagner: Vocal and Orchestral Works Robert Plane (clarinet), Lesley Hatfield (violin), Jard van Nes (contralto) / Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/1995 ] "This is a disc for anyone who prefers Wagner out of the opera house, and more intimate than grandiloquent. Hero and lover alike are seen at one remove, through the shimmering haze of Hans Werner Henze's chamber-orchestra scoring of the Wesendonck... |
BARTOK / JANACEK
Music for Strings Norwegian Chamber Orchestra / Iona Brown [ Chandos / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] Iona Brown became Artistic Director of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra in 1981. It has since become established as one of the foremost chamber orchestras in Europe, appearing regularly at prestigious venues in Europe and the USA. The orchestra is... |
RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Dances / The Bells Olga Lutsiv-Ternovskaya / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] A new recording of some brilliant Russian choral singing! |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Concerto for Piano & Strings / Requiem Olga Sizova (soprano) Anaida Agadzhanian (soprano) Ludmilla Kuznetsova (mezzo) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Polyansky (cond) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Requiem - music to Schiller's drama Don Carlos |
SCHUMANN
Concerto for Orchestra / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Olivier Charlier (violin) / BBC Philharmonic, Gerard Schurmann [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2002 ] premiere recordings from this Dutch East Indies composer |
EDOUARD LALO
Lalo: Violin Concerto / Le Roi d'Ys Olivier Charlier (violin) BBC Philharmonic / Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 25/Jul/2005 ] '…Olivier Charlier is staggering virtuosic… Yan Pascal Tortelier and the BBC Philharmonic are matchless in this music. Very highly recommended indeed.' The Guardian |
CYRIL SCOTT
Festival Overture / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / etc Olivier Charlier (violin) / Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus / BBC Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] "Another strong entrant in the Scott renaissance which continues to assault both ignorance and the accumulation of ill-informed assumptions about this fine composer" (MusicWeb July 2007) |
JONATHAN DOVE
Tobias and the Angel - Church Opera in 1 Act Omar Ebrahim / Hyacinth Nicholls / choruses and instrumental [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "The solo roles are expertly cast and sung...Everyone involved sounds as though they are having the time of their lives. An outstanding release." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, September 2010 |
NINO ROTA
'La Strada' Ballet Suite; Sinfonia sopra una canzone d'amore; Waltzes from 'Il Gattopardo' Orchestra Sinfonica del Teatro Massimo di Palermo; Marzio Conti [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] Rota's orchestral music has recently undergone a reappraisal. Much of this music is rare on CD and this programme is unique. |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
The Essential Stravinsky (Incls Symphony in E flat, le Chant du Rossignol, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring & Oedipus Rex) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2002 ] All the best of Stravinsky in a specially priced CD set. |