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ARENSKY
Symphony No. 1, Op. 4; Cantata on the Tenth Anniversary of the Coronation, Op. 26; Fantasia on Themes by I.T. Ryabinin, Op. 48; etc Tatiana Sharova (soprano) Andrei Baturkin (baritone) Tatiana Polyanskaya (piano) Dmitri Miller (cello) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] 'This is a sympathetic overview of Arensky's career and a second volume would be welcome. The booklet notes are a helpful introduction to the man and his music.' - International Record Review |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: From Jewish Folk Poetry (Song Cycle), New Babylon (from the film) Tatiana Sharova (soprano) Ludmila Kuznetsova (mezzo soprano) / Russian State Symph. [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 22/Jul/2001 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "The recording, by Russian engineers, feels almost too good to be true!" Gramophone June 1998 |
PROKOFIEV
Zdravitsa (Hail to Stalin) / Autumnal, Op. 8 / Hamlet, Op. 77 / Flourish Mighty Land / Egyptian Nights, Op. 61 Tatyana Sharova (soprano) Andrei Baturkin (baritone) / Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2003 ] This disc comprises some of Prokofiev's lesser-known orchestral works, as well as two striking choral works, some of which are not otherwise available. |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Aleko Sergey Murzaev, Evgeny Akimov, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Svetla Vassileva / Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Apr/2010 ] "Noseda's skill here is to maintain control of pacing and to keep the drama both tense and fluid...Turin's Teatro Regio chorus adeptly assumes its role as a band of Bessarabian gipsies and the BBC Philharmonic plays superbly." (Daily Telegraph) |
J.S. BACH
Trio Sonatas Nos. 1-6, BWV525-530 Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra [ CHANDOS / CD - released 2/Jun/2014 ] Bach compiled his set of six trio sonatas for organ during the late 1720s. They are thought to have been put together as training material for Bach's son Wilhelm Friedemann and can be grouped among other pedagogical keyboard collections such as the... |
JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH
Orchestral Works (Incls 'Concerto in B flat') Tempesta di Mare / Gwyn Roberts & Richard Stone [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/2008 ] Richard Stone of Tempesta di Mare describes the pieces as 'fantastic, true discoveries… they have the breadth and complexity of J.S. Bach without the austerity, and have a much more evolved sense of orchestral colour that's truly extraordinary'. |
LULLY / MARAIS / REBELI
Comédie et Tragédie, Vol. 1: Orchestral music for the theatre Tempesta di Mare & Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] This is Volume 1 of Tempesta di Mare's two disc project of late seventeenth century French instrumental music. 'Suites' of music were often compiled from stage works that were being performed at the time and presented in the form of instrumental... |
JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH
Orchestral Works, Volume 2 Tempesta di Mare Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Premiere recordings This is Volume 2 in Chandos' series of orchestral works by Johann Friedrich Fasch, a contemporary of J.S. Bach and Telemann. In his day, his output in terms of cantatas, concertos, symphonies, and chamber music was performed... |
JOHANN FRIEDRICH FASCH
Orchestral Works, Volume 3 Tempesta di Mare Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/2012 ] This is the third and concluding volume in Tempesta di Mare's series of orchestral works by Johann Friedrich Fasch, a contemporary of J.S. Bach and Telemann. In his day, the works of Fasch - cantatas, concertos, symphonies, and chamber music - were... |
JOHANN GOTTLIEB JANITSCH
Janitsch: Rediscoveries from the Sara Levy Collection Tempesta di Mare Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Players [ Chandos / Chaccone / CD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] "They are tidy performances of what are equally tidy but otherwise fairly unremarkable mid-18th century pieces, though the sonatas da chiesa and sonatas di camera indicate Janitsch was writing for highly competent instrumentalists...and remain a bit |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: The Concerti-En-Suite Tempesta di Mare Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, Gwyn Roberts, Richard Stone [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 4/May/2018 ] "..beautifully blended sound of the whole: crisp strings, mellow woodwind, subtle-but-there harpsichord and theorbo and a gorgeous soft-focus halo of horns. In short, every instrumental timbre is beautifully looked after." Gramophone |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op.44 / The Spirit of England, Op.80 Teresa Cahill (sop) Anne Collins (alto) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1992 ] "Gibson's performances combine fire and panache, and the recorded sound has an ideal Elgarian expansiveness, the choral tone rich and well focused, the orchestral brass given plenty of weight." Penguin Guide |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Flavio (complete opera) Tim Meade, Rosemary Joshua, Iestyn Davies, Hilary Summers, Renata Pokupic / Early Opera Company / Christian Curnyn [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2010 ] "Curnyn and his spruce period band finely catch the tone and tinta of his delectable opera. Tempi - mobile but never frenetic - are aptly chosen, rhythms buoyant" (Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Baroque Vocal) |
Timothy West (Narr), Samuel West, Dominic Matham, Sinfonia 21, Sir Edward Downes
Prokofiev - Eugene Onegin (Melodrama in sixteen scenes) [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] Incidental music to the play |
SIR CHARLES HUBERT H. PARRY
Parry: Judith, or The Regeneration of Manasseh (complete oratorio recorded in 2019) Toby Spence, Kathryn Rudge, Sarah Fox, Henry Waddington / London Mozart Players, William Vann [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "Conductor William Vann, who avoids any suggestion of bombast or sentimentality, and builds Parry's great paragraphs so eloquently and with such assurance that you'd think he'd been conducting this music all his life" Gramophone Award 2020 Short List |
SARASATE / SCARLATTI / BACH / RACHMANINOFF
A Life in Music - Vintage Tommy Reilly Tommy Reilly (harmonica); Norwegian Radio Orchestra; Øivind Bergh (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 19/Aug/2019 ] Born in Ontario in August 1919, Tommy Reilly studied violin from the age of eight, and began playing harmonica at the age of eleven. Though he had played in England in 1935 - 37 and continental Europe in 1937 - 39, it was not until his arrest (while... |
SCHUBERT / FAURE / MASSENET / ELGAR / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Violin Favourites Yan Pascal Tortelier (violin) / Ulster Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Jan/2014 ] |
Tribute To Elgar, Delius, Holst
Black Dyke Mills Band, Peter Parkes, conductor [ Chandos Brass / CD - released 19/Apr/2003 ] Chandos Brass now at a special price |
HANDEL
Chandos Anthems Trinity College Choir Cambridge / Academy of Ancient Music / Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 20/May/2009 ] "Stephen Layton directs the small forces of the Academy of Ancient Music with precision and tact." (MusicWeb May 2009). |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Joseph Haydn: Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 3 Trio Gaspard [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jun/2024 ] Those who have followed this series so far will not be surprised by the high levels of virtuosity and performative imagination that are evident throughout. - Gramophone |
