Since you are interested in A World Requiem, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Songs of the Fleet / Songs of the Sea / A Ballad of the Fleet Gerald Finley (baritone) / BBC National Chorus of Wales / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2006: Choral Recording - "An out-and-out winner, with Finley on top form - heartily recommended!" (Recording of the Month Gramophone July 2006) |
STEVE REICH
Reich: The Desert Music / Three Movements Chorus Sine Nomine / Tonkunstler-Orchester, Kristjan Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "As thrilling as Reich's works usually are, they rely strongly on perfect performance - and this honestly isn't far off." (BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012 - Choral Finalist) |
SAMUEL BARBER
Vanessa (complete opera) Christine Brewer, Susan Graham, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, William Burden, Neal Davies / BBC Singers / BBC Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - Leonard Slatkin is one of the greatest champions of the works of Samuel Barber. He conducted an all-star concert performance of Vanessa at the Barbican last year - one of the few... |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Concertos (Incls 'Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra') Claes Gunnarsson (cello) Anders Jonhall (flute) Urban Claesson (clarinet) / Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Thord Svedlund [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "The present Chandos issue is another disc to show that the music of Russia is a much broader church than the image presented by Shostakovich and Prokofiev. These works could in the broadest sense be said to belong on the same shelf and sector as the... |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Die Seejungfrau (Fantasy for orchestra) / Symphony in D minor Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Antony Beaumont [ Chandos / SACD - released 1/Nov/2003 ] HybridMultichannel SACD. This is the second disc in Antony Beaumont's Zemlinsky survey. The first was released to excellent critical acclaim. |
BERNARD HERMANN
Moby Dick (Cantata) / Sinfonietta for Strings Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Michael Schønwandt [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] "The recorded sound of this new Chandos recording is natural and balanced with some lovely performances by chorus and orchestra. The recording features a demonstration-worthy bass and rich sonorities" (MusicWeb) |
KURT WEILL
Symphony Nos 1 & 2 / Quodlibet Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Antony Beaumont (cond) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Jun/2006 ] 'This disc is marked by a sense of urgency and top quality playing.. The performers give a freshly inspiring account of this rarely heard but wonderfully entertaining work.' The Times |
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Symphony No. 2 / Suite from the Film 'the Red Violin' Eleonora Turovsky (violin) / I Musici de Montreal / Yuli Turovsky, conductor [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] "This new Chandos version of the Second Symphony now takes pride of place on the Corigliano part of the shelf" (MusicWeb) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Starlight Express, Op. 78 Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Simon Callow (narrator) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "Davis secures absolutely first-rate results from the Scottish CO. Elin Manahan Thomas's light and slivery soprano could hardly be more suited to the parts of the Laugher and Jane-Anne, while Roderick Williams is in glorious voice throughout."... |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Enrico Dindo (cello) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] "His playing here is remarkably rich, obtaining deep and richly expressive tones from a Rogeri instrument from 1717. The cello sound is forward, bordering on the surrealist as with so many concerto recordings these days, but not intolerably massive... |