JACOB ter VELDHUIS
Paradiso Oratorio: Oratorio based on Dante's 'Divine Comedy' Claron McFadden (soprano), Tom Allen (tenor) / North Netherlands Concert Choir & Orchestra [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/May/2003 ] "it is hard to imagine a better testament to their partnership than this magnificent two-disc set of Debussy's orchestral works. These are especially sensuous accounts, luxuriating in not only Debussy's wondrous orchestral colours, but also his love... |
JOACHIN RAFF
Symphony No 2 / Four Shakespeare Preludes Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "Järvi and his Suisse Romande players seem to be having a whale of a time, or least that's the impression that these extremely vital performances suggest...a perfect place to dip a toe into Raffian waters." (Gramophone) |
EMMANUEL CHABRIER
Neeme Järvi conducts Emmanuel Chabrier Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "the unifying feeling [is] the sheer joy, craftsmanship and radiance that Chabrier's music possesses and which these performances encapsulate so ear-catchingly." (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Belle Époque: French Music for Wind Orsino Ensemble, Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] "A delightful and thoughtful debut disc from the Orsino Ensemble… a thoroughly charming recording." Five Stars BBC Music magazine - June 2021 |
SIBELIUS / KLAMI / MELARTIN / MADETOJA / JARNEFELT / MIELCK / PALMGREN / etc
Overtures from Finland Oulu Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Aug/2023 ] Robert Kajanus was the leading figure in Finnish music before Sibelius became established. His Overtura sinfonica is a late work, from 1926, which epitomises his style. |
BERNSTEIN
Kaddish (Symphony No. 3); Chichester Psalms; etc Pablo Strong (treble) Ann Murray (mezzo) Simon Baker (counter-tenor) Jamie Bernstein (narrator) / BBC Singers / BBC Symphony / Slatkin [ Chandos SACD / SACD - released 8/Mar/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - Missa Brevis and of Symphony No. 3 Kaddish with a new text written and narrated by Bernstein's daughter Jamie, as well as the popular Chichester... |
JOSEF RHEINBERGER
Sacred Choral Works (Incls Mass, Op. 109) Phoenix Bach Choir / Kansas City Chorale / Charles Bruffy [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "This new recording was made by two professional American choirs, the Phoenix Bach Choir and the Kansas City Chorale, conducted by Charles Bruffy. The two groups come together annually to record double choir works. The resulting ensemble is... |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: All-night Vigil [Vespers], Op. 37 Phoenix Chorale & Kansas City Chorale, Charles Bruffy [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Mar/2015 ] 2016 Grammy Award WINNER - Best choral recording |
BRUCKNER
Symphony No 5 Residentie Orchestra The Hague / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "Järvi is too good a technician not to take his players with him. Indeed the Dutch musicians display a certain daredevil nonchalance as they breeze their way through the epic 635-bar finale." (Gramophone) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor Residentie Orchestra the Hague, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "[it is] as if Järvi wants to stress beyond all doubt that the symphony represents a new direction for Mahler: more experimental, more abstracted...[He] plainly revels in the spookhouse effects of the nocturnal inner movements" (Gramophone) |
MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn in Birmingham - Volume 4 [Violin Concerto / A Midsummer Night's Dream] Rhian Lois (soprano I), Keri Fuge (soprano II) & Jennifer Pike (violin) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jan/2016 ] For this new recording of orchestral works by Mendelssohn, the CBSO and its principal guest conductor, Edward Gardner, join the violinist Jennifer Pike, who made a remarkable debut at Carnegie Hall this year. She here performs the Violin Concerto in... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No 4 / Mass in G minor / Six Choral Songs Richard Hickox Singers / London Symphony Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / SACD - released 9/Jun/2003 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in multichannel sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. Nominated for two Grammys, including the prestigious 'Classical album of the year' award. |
JAMES MacMILLAN
Quickening / Three Interludes from 'The Sacrifice' Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor) Gordon Jones (baritone) / BBC Philharmonic / James MacMillan [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Suffice it to say, the composer secures admirably disciplined and committed results from all involved." Gramophone Magazine |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphonies Nos 6 & 8 / Nocturne Roderick Williams (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / SACD - released 7/Sep/2003 ] "The surround sound balance offers considerably enhanced definition" (Gramophone) - On Hybrid Surround Super Audio CD (SACD) format - PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. |
WAGNER
Parsifal (an orchestral quest) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2010 ] "The Tannhauser excerpt...really begins to boil in the infamous ballet music, giving the sonorous RSNO brass something they can finally tuck into with relish" BBC Music Magazine, August 2010 ** |
WAGNER
The Ring, an orchestral adventure (with Siegfried Idyll) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2008 ] "Dutch composer Henk de Vlieger describes his symphonic synthesis of the complete Ring cycle as "An Orchestral Adventure"… A bold concept, which in a performance as fine as this works remarkable well…" (Gramophone) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Josephslegende / etc Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "The RSNO under Neeme Jarvi perform it with aplomb and with plenty of colour derived from the massive palette of orchestration...The Love Scene from Feuersnot and the vigorous Festmarsch make for useful fill-ups." (Gramophone) |
WAGNER
Overtures and Preludes Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Oct/2013 ] " Järvi is a master of this repertoire and he continually conjures splendid playing from his Scottish orchestra." (Gramophone) |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Harmonielehre / Doctor Atomic Symphony / Doctor Atomic Symphony Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] "The music is played with huge élan by the RSNO...The results are highly charged and exciting performances of three works that place Adams at the very forefront of American contemporary classical music and deservedly so." MusicWeb |
DEBUSSY
Orchestral Works (Incls 'La Mer' & 'Images for orchestra') Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Stephane Deneve [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2012 ] "This is Debussy in the great French tradition, the sort of playing and conducting that used to be associated with national schools of performance. A major achievement." (10/10 ClassicsToday June 2012) |