DUKAS / SAINT-SAENS / ROSSINI-RESPIGHI
The Sorcerer`s Apprentice / Danse macabre, Op.40 / La Boutique fantasque Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] Collect - the midprice Chandos label |
SIBELIUS
Lemminkainen Suite / Luonnotar / etc Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1992 ] |
BERLIOZ
Overtures (Includes 'Le Carnaval Romain' & 'Le Corsaire') Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Apr/2002 ] "This is music-making with plenty of character, unflagging gusto, and a forthright sensibility" Fanfare |
DEBUSSY
Orchestral Works (Incls 'La Mer' & 'Images for orchestra') Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stephane Deneve [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2012 ] "This is Debussy in the great French tradition, the sort of playing and conducting that used to be associated with national schools of performance. A major achievement." (10/10 ClassicsToday June 2012) |
HOLST
An Introduction to Holst (Incls 'The Planets' & 'Brook Green Suite') Royal Scottish National Orchestra / women's voices of the RSNO Chorus / Sir Alexander Gibson / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] 'In every respect this latest Holst anthology from Chandos will be hard to beat. The recording is superb - very real indeed…' The Penguin Complete Guide |
SHOSTAKOVICH
The Bolt (Complete Ballet) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2004 ] "Rozhdestvensky plainly believes passionately in this score, and he draws an electrifying performance from the Swedish orchestra...demonstration sound." *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide. |
CARL NIELSEN
Symphonies Nos. 1-6 (Complete) Gillian Keith (soprano) & Mark Stone (baritone) / BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Jun/2015 ] John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic here present a complete set of Nielsen's symphonies, following on from the successful release a year ago of Sibelius' complete symphonies. The two sets together celebrate the 150th anniversary this year of the... |
HANDEL / CIAMPI / ARNE / HAYES / SMITH
Handel's Last Prima Donna: Giulia Frasi in London Ruby Hughes (soprano) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Laurence Cummings [ Chandos Chaconne SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Mar/2018 ] "Ruby Hughes has a direct, clean, and unaffected soprano voice that, judging from descriptions, probably matches Frasi's quite well. The orchestral work under Cummings is exemplary" American Record Guide |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Moskva Cheryomushki, Op.105 (Complete Opera) Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Residentie Orchestra The Hague / Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 21/Sep/2001 ] Complete operetta |
REGER
Psalm 100, Op. 106 / Variations and Fugue on a theme of Mozart Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/Jan/2002 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (April 2002) |
ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV
The Seven Days of Passion Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos / CD - released 26/Jan/2006 ] Grechaninov left Russia in 1922 and settled first in Paris and then in the United States where he obtained American citizenship in 1946. |
BORTNYANSKY
Scared Concertos Vol 2 (Nos 10-16) Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Valeri Polyansky [ CHANDOS / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] The rare repertoire featured in this series was originally recorded in Russia but never released. |
TANEYEV
Symphony in B flat major (No. 2); Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 12 Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Sep/2002 ] 'This is a striking, and very well-recorded pair of performances, well worth the attention of lovers of Russian music who have not yet encountered the works.' Gramophone |
TANEYEV
Symphony in E minor (No. 1) / Symphony in D minor (No. 3) Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] 'The performances are of quality and the notes by Anastasia Belina with copious music-type illustrations, exemplary… a highly interesting and valuable disc.' BBC Music Magazine |
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No 1 (with Respighi's Cinq Etudes-tableaux Op 160) Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Sep/2001 ] This disc completes Chandos' Rachmaninov symphonic cycle |
GLAZUNOV
Symphony No. 6, Op. 58 / Characteristic Suite,Op. 9 Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Polyansky, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/2004 ] On this disc the powerfully romantic Sixth Symphony is coupled with the rarely heard, but charmingly balletic Characteristic Suite. |
GLAZUNOV
Introduction and Dance of Salome / The King of the Jews (Tsar Iudeskiy) Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Vareri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] 'The outstanding performances on this disc make a convincing case… But it's the shattering tension of the orchestral playing that really makes this disc special…' BBC Music Magazine |
GLAZUNOV
Symphony No 4 & 5 Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Vareri Polyansky [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Polyansky |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 10 'The Big Lightning' Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor) / Valeri Polyansky, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2000 ] The monumental tenth coupled with the unusual! |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 4 (Composer's arrangement for two pianos) Rustem Haydroudinoff (piano) / Colin Stone (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Apr/2005 ] Recording of the Month - MusicWeb April 2005 "This will be compulsory and compulsive listening for admirers of DSCH" - MusicWeb |