Since you are interested in Symphonies, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
CYRIL SCOTT
Scott: Piano Concerto No.1 / Symphony No.4 Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins [ Chandos / CD - released 8/May/2006 ] 'Scott's scoring is extravagant but lucid, his harmony sensuous and involving, and his structures are free but controlled… This is a CD of terrific music, its demands comprehensively met by the musicians, and the recording' International Record Review |
SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL
Herschel: Symphonies (Nos 2, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17) London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 20/Mar/2003 ] 'Matthias Bamert's lively direction and the higly professional playing of the London Mozart Players provide Herschel with the best imaginable advocacy...' Gramophone |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Piano Concertos in A and F major / Theme and Variations in F major London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Mar/2001 ] 'And it receives eloquent advocacy from Howard Shelley, with his aristocratic command of the glittering Keyboard pyrotechnics'. Fanfare |
HUMMEL
Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 34 / Rondo brillant, Op. 56 in A major (premiere recording) / Rondo brillant, Op. 98 in B flat major London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano and director) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] '...this one is every bit as fine as its predecessors, with full, open, well-balanced sound nand sparkling performances... These are rarities well worth sampling, unlikely to be performed or recorded better.' Gramophone |
JOHANN NEPOMUK HUMMEL
Hummel: Ballet Suites / Twelve Waltzes and Coda London Mozart Players, Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] "Howard Shelley's light touch, fresh and colourful orchestral playing, and excellent recording, make this very well worth hearing on its own account, not simply as a rediscovered rarity." BBC Music |
JONANN BAPTIST CRAMER
Concerto No. 2, 7 & 8 London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] 'Howard Shelley plays with dazzling brilliance throughout...' The Guardian |
JOSEF MYSLIVECEK
Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] This latest release in Chandos' Contemporaries of Mozart series features music by Josef Myslivecek. |
JOHN MARSH
Marsh: Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 20/May/2011 ] "As always in this series, the London Mozart Players under Matthias Bamert provide impeccably stylish performances." (BBC Music) |
SALIERI
Symphonies, Overtures and Variations London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Feb/2001 ] '…this release is commended by committed, clean, and lively playing, not to mention crisp articulation and nicely sprung rhythms.' Fanfare |
WRANITZKY
Symphony in D major, Op. 36 / Symphony in C min Op 11 / etc London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/Jan/2002 ] 'I cannot imagine better advocacy for it that this recording...'-Gramophone |
WESLEY
Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] 'The performances brim with joie de vivre, and are further commended by the London Mozart Player's focussed, accurate and committed readings'. (Fanfare) |
HOFFMEISTER
Symphonies London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Dec/2005 ] "As in the preceeding instalments of Chandos's 'Contemporaries of Mozart' series, Matthias Bamert and the London Mozart Players produce splendidly alert and stylish performances. No one interested in the byways of the late 18th century repertoire... |
W.A. MOZART
Requiem Mass, K.626 Yvonne Kenny (sop) Sarah Walker (mezzo) William Kendall (tenor) / Choir of St John's College, Cambridge / English Chamber Orchestra/ George Guest [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] 'George Guests new recording is distinguished by its deliberate tempos but also its very powerful rhythmic momentum and an expressive intensity of a kind one might not expect from a conductor and choir who belong to the English cathedral tradition.... |