PROKOFIEV
The Prodigal Son Op. 46 / Divertimento, Op. 43 / Symphonic Song Op. 57 / etc Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "Once again, Chandos provides their usual reverberant and vibrant sound. In all its facets, this innovative and distinguished release continues their Prokofiev winning streak." American Record Guide |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Orchestral Suites (Including The Golden Cockerel & The Tale of Tsar Saltan) Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / 3 CD - released 28/Nov/2004 ] "Neeme Jarvi draws the most seductive response from the SNO; he consistently creates orchestral textures which are diaphanously sinuous. Yet the robust moments, when the brass blazes or the horns ring out sumptuously, are caught just as strikingly... |
PROKOFIEV
Waltzes (Incls Waltz Suite, Op. 110 & Two Pushkin Waltzes, Op. 120) Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 9/Jun/2003 ] 'As performances, these are equal to the best.' The Penguin Complete Guide |
Scottish National Orchestra. Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Elegy for Strings [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] Music for relaxation and for moments of pleasure |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Symphonic Poems Vol. 1 (Includes Ein Heldenleben & Eine Alpensinfonie) Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] 'the skilled Chandos engineering ensures that the orchestral layout is very believable, heard within a natural perspective.' - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Symphonic Poems Vol. 3: Aus Italien, Op. 16 / Metamorphosen Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] 'This is as good a recording of Aus Italien as any. The sound is sumptuous… Metamorphosen sounds beautiful here.' American Record Guide |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Overtures Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 20/Sep/2002 ] "energetically played, vividly recorded " (Fanfare) |
STEPHAN
Orchestral Works (Incls Music for Violin and Orchestra) Sergey Stadler (violin) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra / Oleg Caetani (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / SACD - released 16/Nov/2005 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format. PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - "Conductor Caetani..immerses himself and his orchestra in the opulence of these scores." (MusicWeb April 2006) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Suite and Concertino for 2 pianos (with music by Khachaturian) Seta Tanyel & Jeremy Brown (pianos) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] Jeremy Brown (piano), Seta Tanyel (piano) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Film Music (Incl The Man with a Gun & King Lear) Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus & BBC Philharmonic / Vassily Sinaisky [ Chandos Film Music / CD - released 5/Nov/2002 ] Shostakovich's film scores are characteristic of his music at its best: full of atmosphere, invention, colour and energy. |
FRANK BRIDGE
Orchestral Music Vol 3 (Incls 'Coronation March' & 'Phantasm') Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Dec/2003 ] "The performances under Hickox are as authoritative as ever." (The Guardian) |
Showcase For Brass
Besses O` Th` Barn Band, Roy Newsome, conductor [ Chandos Brass / CD - released 19/Apr/2003 ] Chandos Brass now at a special price |
VINCENT D'INDY
Orchestral Works Volume 3 (including Symphony No. 3 & ‘Istar’ –Symphonic Variations) Sigurur Flosason (saxophone) / Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] Rumon Gamba and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra follow their Grammy-nominated volume 1 and Editor's Choice winning Volume 2 with four rare orchestral works from Vincent D'Indy's legacy. |
GRAZYNA BACEWICZ
Bacewitz: String Quartets Silesian Quartet [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] "These seven works, composed between 1938 and 1965, add up to a compelling portrait of a powerfully original creative spirit...the whole group seem to understand this life-affirming music from the inside." Gramophone Award WINNER 2017 - Chamber |
KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI
Penderecki: Complete Quartets Silesian Quartet; Piotr Szymyslik (clarinet) [ Chandos / CD - released 21/Sep/2021 ] "there is great warmth to the sound picture, with immaculate phrasing and detail (and the occasional faint grunt). Intensity and concentration are hallmarks of the Silesian Quartet." MusicWeb Recommended |
BACH / LISZT / KARG-ELERT / BRAHMS / SCHUMANN
B-A-C-H - Anatomy of A Motif Simon Johnson (organ) [ Chandos / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] "The listener is quickly drawn into a sonic and musical feast...An outstandingly good release and a perfect combination of repertory, player and organ." Gramophone Editor's Choice March 2022 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Something's Gotta Give Simon Keenlyside (baritone) & Scarlett Strallen (soprano) / BBC Concert Orchestra, David Charles Abell [ Chandos / CD - released 3/Nov/2014 ] "He is in easy, laid-back voice in characters ranging from Fagin to Freddy Eynsford-Hill. Strallen is a delight, and David Charles Abell and the BBC Concert Orchestra give sumptuous support" Sunday Times |
J.S. BACH
The Violin Concertos Simon Standage, Micaela Comberti, Miles Golding (violins) / Collegium Musicum 90 / Simon Standage [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1996 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "A notable virtue of Aimon Standage's recording lies in its chamber music approach, which allows us to listen to performances of unusual intimacy." (NA 1001 Classical) |
LECLAIR
Violin Sonatas, Nos 1, 3, 5 & 8 Simon Standage (violin) / Nicholas Parle (harpsichord) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] -- 'What an exquisite recording this is! Presented under the overall title 'Excess of Good Taste', this performance of music by Leclair and his contemporaries fully justifies its name.' Goldberg |
HUMMEL/SCHUBERT
Piano Quintets Simon Standage (violin), Peter Collyer (viola), Poppy Walshaw (cello), Elizabeth Bradley (double-bass), Susan Alexander-Marx (fortepiano, director) [ Chandos / CD - released 28/Jan/2014 ] This release on the Chaconne label is presented by the leading fortepianist and clavichordist Susan Alexander Max and her ensemble The Music Colllection. World-renowned specialists in the period performance of late eighteenth- / early... |