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HANDEL / CIAMPI / ARNE / HAYES / SMITH
Handel's Last Prima Donna: Giulia Frasi in London Ruby Hughes (soprano) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Laurence Cummings [ Chandos Chaconne SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Mar/2018 ] "Ruby Hughes has a direct, clean, and unaffected soprano voice that, judging from descriptions, probably matches Frasi's quite well. The orchestral work under Cummings is exemplary" American Record Guide |
HUBERT PARRY
Parry: Scenes from Shelley''s ''Prometheus Unbound'' / Blest Pair of Sirens Sarah Fox (soparno) Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo) David Butt Philip (tenor) Neal Davies (baritone) / Crouch End Fesitval Chorus, London Mozart Players [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] Hubert Parry regarded by many as the finest English composer since Purcell, and as the father of the modern English tradition, is best known for his hymn Jerusalem and his anthem I was glad, written for the coronation of Edward VII, in 1902. |
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) |
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) |
MAURICE RAVEL
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, M57 Sinfonia of London Chorus & Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/Nov/2023 ] This recording uses John Wilson's new performing edition of the work, a project which Wilson took on during the pandemic lockdown in 2020. |
MAURICE RAVEL / LENNOX BERKELEY / ADAM POUNDS
Ravel/Berkeley/Pounds: Orchestral Works Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Feb/2024 ] "...perfect interpreters in Wilson and the Sinfonia of London, who luxuriate in Ravel's wondrous Le Tombeau de Couperin and make a persuasive case for Pounds's third symphony in this world premiere recording." Sunday Times |
RICHARD STRAUSS / FRANZ SCHREKER / ERICH KORNGOLD
Orchestral Works: Metamorphosen Sinfonia of London, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2022 ] "These militant, tightly controlled, sometimes breathtaking performances demand to be heard and may divide opinion." Gramophone Award Finalist 2022 - Orchestral |
JANACEK
Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 (Incls 'Glagolitic Mass') Stuart Skelton (tenor) Sara Jakubiak (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano) Gábor Bretz (bass) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2016 ] "It's a very fine, exciting performance and Chandos have captured it in thrilling sound." (MusicWeb March 2016) |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Symphony No. 1 / Violin Concerto Tasmin Little (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] "Gardner brings out all the harmonic tension in the music in a reading which never loses momentum, even when Gardner reins back the pace to capture the aching passion of the slower episodes. There's explosive energy a-plenty and no lack of dynamism. |
KAROL SZYMANOWSKI / MIECZYSLAW KARLOWICZ
Szymanowski / Karlowicz: Violin Concertos Tasmin Little (violin) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Nov/2017 ] "[Little] doesn't initially let herself go. Yet working closely with Edward Gardner and the BBC SO, eventually she enters the music's seductive web" Gramophone |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Violin Concerto / Double Concerto / Cello Concerto Tasmin Little (violin) Paul Watkins (cello) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] "Spellbinding performances of three concertos of languid beauty." (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Nov 2011) |
ANTONIO VIVALDI / ROXANNA PANUFNIK
A Violin for All Seasons Tasmin Little (violin & conductor) / BBC Symphony Orchestra [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] Encapsulating the voluptuous sound of the BBC SO's strings, Tasmin Little is both the soloist and conductor in this unique coupling: Vivaldi's ever-popular 'Four Seasons' meets Roxanna Panufnik's Four World Seasons, the premiere recording of a set of... |
SIR EUGENE GOOSSENS
Sir Eugene Goossens: Orchestral Works, Vol.3 Tasmin Little (violin), Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] "For those not familiar with the other volumes in the series and encountering Goossens' music fresh, this compelling release will steer the aspiring supplicant on the right path." MusicWeb |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Violin Concerto / Polonia / Crown of India: Interlude Tasmin Little (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "Little...finds an element of wit in the fast-moving figuration [of the finale], leading to a more tender treatment of the lyrical contrasting sections." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Dec 2010 |
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 |
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Scheherazade, Op. 35 Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Peter Oundjian [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] This disc marks the beginning of an new recording relationship between Chandos Records and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Conducting this performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's ever popular symphonic suite Sheherazade is Peter Oundjian, who this season... |
MASSENET
Neeme Järvi conducts Massenet Truls Mørk (cello) / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Apr/2014 ] Jules Massenet has long been associated primarily with opera, while his orchestral works have gone unappreciated. This collection of overtures, ballet music, and concert pieces, each with its own unique orchestral colour, showcases Massenet's... |
PIAZZOLLA
Orchestral Works (Incls Tangazo: Variations on Buenos Aires & Sinfonietta for Chamber Orchestra) Warttembergische Philarmonie Reutlingen / Gabriel Castagna [ Chandos SACD / SACD - released 20/Mar/2003 ] The Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla is best remembered for his tangos which combine the raw energy of that dance form with the brilliance of a master orchestrator. - On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound!... |
GERSHWIN / COPLAND / BARER
American Piano Concertos Xiayin Wang (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2013 ] "This is a fine detailed and stylish account of [the Gershwin] that can sit confidently among the best." (Gramophone) |
TCHAIKOVSKY / KHATCHATURIAN
Tchaikovsky & Khachaturian: Piano Concertos Xiayin Wang (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian, with Maya Iwabuchi (violin) & Aleksei Kiseliov (cello) [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] "Xiayin Wang astounds at every turn, as does the recording; a terrific coupling, too." (MusicWeb March 2016) |
