Since you are interested in Wedding Classics (Incls Air on the G String, Sheep May Safely Graze & Trumpet Voluntary), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
Palm Court Theatre Orchestra. Anthony Godwin-conductor
Down Peacock Alley [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Popular light music from the 20s and 30s in a Palm Court style |
ANONYMOUS
A Dance in the Garden of Mirth - medieval instrumental music Dufay Collective [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/2001 ] * * * * * Five Stars - Classic CD |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R,): Symphony No. 2, Op. 12 / Romanze in F major / Six Songs, Op. 68 Eileen Hulse (soprano) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Oct/2004 ] 'Järvis Strauss series is an important set of recordings that will hold an honoured place alongside Chandos Prokofiev and Bax cycles.' Fanfare |
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) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Sonata, Op. 134 in D major / 19 Preludes from Op. 34 (arr for violin & piano) Eleonora Turovsky (violin) Peter Pettinger (piano) Rostislav Dubinsky (violin) Luba Edlina (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] This is the only available recording of the brilliant arrangement for violin and piano of nineteen of Shostakovich's Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 34 by Dmitri Mikhailovich Tsyganov. |
HANDEL / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / MOZART / BELLINI / BERLIOZ / GOUND / DeLIBES / FLOYD / OFFENBACH
Opera Arias Elizabeth Futral soprano ; Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Steven White [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] 'No opportunity of hearing an artist as delightful as the soprano Elizabeth Futral should be missed, so this disc is very welcome!' (BBC Music Magazine) |
J.S. BACH
Early Cantatas :-Volume 1 Emma Kirkby (soprano) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) Charles Daniels (tenor) Peter Harvey (baritone) / The Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] 'For sheer brilliance of technique, the Purcell Quartet and friends take the biscuit.' International Record Review |
ELGAR
Symphony 1 & 2 / The Sanguine Fan / Froissart London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 6/Apr/2005 ] 'The playing of the LPO is beyond praise and the attention to the myriad details of the scores of both works will supply revelations to the most ardent Elgarians.' - Gramophone |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Complete Symphonic Poems (Incls 'The Golden Spinning Wheel' & 'The Wood Dove') Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/1999 ] "excitingly played and conducted" (ClassicsToday) |