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CONSTANT LAMBERT
The Bird Actors / Pomona / Romeo and Juliet State Orchestra of Victoria / John Lanchbery [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2001 ] 'All in all, an extremely welcome and entertaining disc'. Gramophone |
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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 Stephen Hough (piano) / English Chamber Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] "In Stephen Hough's virtuosic hands, the coruscating final coda of the A minor Concerto is one of the most exciting things I've heard for years. Bravo!" - Lionel Salter (Gramophone) |
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PERCY GRAINGER
An Introduction to Percy Grainger (Including Country Gardens & Handel in the Strand) Stephen Varco (baritone) Penelope Thwaites (piano) / Joyful Company of Singers / BBC Philharmonic / City of London Sinfonia / etc [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "Here's a recipe guaranteed to delight Grainger acolytes and inquisitive newcomers alike: a liberal sprinkling of old friends." (Gramophone) |
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J. S. BACH
Goldberg Variations Steven Devine (harpsichord) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 31/May/2011 ] "Devine has the technique, the imagination and the mastery of period style to give a thoroughly satisfying performance...Devine's reading is worthy of consideration alongside other distinguished recent traversals" (Gramophone) |
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J. S. BACH
'Italian' Concerto / 'French' Overture Steven Devine (harpsichord) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/Jan/2015 ] "It's a lineup oozing virtuosic exuberance, and, as in his heel-kicking additions to the ouverture's Echo, Devine can do 'brilliance'; but he's never interested in virtuosity for its own sake." (BBC Music) |
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JANACEK
Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (Incls 'Glagolitic Mass') Stuart Skelton (tenor) Sara Jakubiak (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) Gábor Bretz (bass) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "It's a very fine, exciting performance and Chandos have captured it in thrilling sound." (MusicWeb March 2016) |
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MENOTTI
The Consul (Complete opera) Susan Bullock (soprano) John Horton Murray (tenor) Louis Otey (baritone) / Spoleto Festival / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2008 ] 1001 Classical Recording you must hear before you die (1901-1950) |
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BRITTEN
Choral Edition Vol. 2 - Missa Brevis / Ceremony of Carols / Festival Te Deum Susan Drake (harp) / Andrew Lumsden (organ) / The Finzi Singers / Paul Spicer [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] Finzi Singers, Paul Spicer |
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MENDELSSOHN
Paulus (St Paul) Op.36 Susan Gritton / Jean Rigby / Barry Banks / Peter Coleman-Wright / BBC National Chorus & Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2009 ] 'Another superb performance from Hickox, who gets a quartet of tremendous soloists and a first-rate orchestra and chorus… One of this year's musts.' (Cathedral Music) |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Mass in E flat major, D950 Susan Gritton, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, James Gilchrist / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] Schubert's final mass and most ambitious setting was composed during the summer of 1828, only months before his death. It was premiered posthumously, on October 4, 1829, under the direction of his brother, Ferdinand. |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Quatre Chansons francaises / Les Illuminations (with songs by Delius & Finzi) Susan Gritton (soprano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Apr/2010 ] "Susan Gritton, too, sings with heartfelt empathy, radiance and intelligence, and her alliance with Gardner certainly distills the necessary tingle-factor." (Gramophone) |
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GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: Orchestral Works Volume 3 [incls 'The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18'] Susan Gritton (soprano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Oct/2013 ] "A superb release, in excellent sound. By far the best recording of the Choral Symphony available." (MusicWeb Nov 2013) |
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JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Mass, Op 111 in D / Mass Op 77 in B flat major Susan Gritton (soprano) / Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] 2003 Gramophone Magazine Award Finalist - Recording of the month - Gramophone (Dec 2002) |
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MEDTNER
Goethe Lieder Susan Gritton (soprano) Geoffrey Tozer (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] "Real gems among the songs ... the vocalise works stand out in this and indeed any other company - works of the most eloquent melodic and lyric faculty superbly presented and lived" (MusicWeb April 2004) |
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RALF VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony (Symphony No. 1) / Overture to 'the Wasps' Susan Gritton (soprano) Gerald Finley (baritone) London Symphony chorus and orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / SACD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] 'Gritton's fearless and star-bright soprano waved the flags of the nations, and with [Geralrd] Finley, finally hoisted the anchor to set free the voyaging soul.' Hilary Finch, The Times, 06 June 2006 |
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JORGE GRUNDMAN
A Mortuis Resurgere (The Resurrection of Christ) Susana Cordón (soprano) Brodsky Quartet [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Jun/2014 ] Jorge Grundman uses his unique compositional voice to create music which, above all, communicates with remarkable directness. The simplicity and strength of his artistic vision... is clear in A Mortuis Resurgere, here receiving its premiere recording |
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RACHMANINOV
The Bells / Vocalise / Dances from 'Aleko' / Capriccio bohemien Suzanne Murphy (soprano) Keith Lewis (tenor) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Jul/2005 ] Rachmaninov, one of the twentieth-century's most enduringly popular composers, is represented here with acclaimed performances of some of his greatest compositions. |
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RACHMANINOV
The Bells / Spring / Three Russian Songs Svetla Vassileva (soprano), Misha Didyk (tenor) & Alexei Tanovitski (bass) / Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre & BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Nov/2011 ] This is the seventh and final volume in our acclaimed Rachmaninoff series, which has been performed by the BBC Philharmonic under Gianandrea Noseda. They are joined in this recording by the Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre and the soloists Svetla... |
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SAINT-SAENS
La Princesse Jaune / Suite Algerienne Swiss Italian Orchestra / Francis Travis / Maria Costanza Nocentini, soprano [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2000 ] ***** Five Stars. BBC Music Magazine (Jan 2001) |
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J.S. BACH
Orchestral Transcriptions by Leopold Stokowski Sydney Symphony Orchestra / Robert Pikler [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] Recorded in: ABC Studios, Sydney 1980 |