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Overtures from the British Isles: Volume 3 BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - due 20/Feb/2026 ] Rumon Gamba directs the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra on the third instalment of his exploration of Overtures from the British Isles. As in the case of the previous volumes, the recorded repertoire is rarely played, and the album includes three world... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Elektra Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Edward Gardner [ Chandos / 2 CD - due 6/Mar/2026 ] First performed in Dresden in 1909, Elektra was Strauss's first collaboration (of many) with the librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal, and is the most modernist of all of his operas. Based on the (heavily reworked) play by Sophocles, Hofmannsthal's... |
MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Volume 12 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - due 6/Mar/2026 ] Jean-Efflam Bovouzet's acclaimed cycle of Mozart's piano concertos reaches its conclusion with this twelfth volume. The programme offers a suitably celebratory mood: the Overtures to Idomeneo and La finta semplice frame the A major and D major Rondos... |
MADELEINE DRING
Dring: Songs Kitty Whately (mezzo), Julius Drake (piano) [ Chandos / CD - due 20/Mar/2026 ] English mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately presents an album of songs by Madeleine Dring. Born in 1923 to a theatrical family, Dring was admitted to the Royal College of Music at the age of nine. She went on to study composition with Herbert Howells, also... |
CLARA SCHUMANN / DORA PEJACEVIC / CÉCILE CHAMINADE
In Her Hands Neave Trio [ Chandos / CD - due 21/Feb/2026 ] Hailed by the magazine BBC Music for its 'generous and warm-hearted, utterly beguiling playing', the GRAMMY®-nominated Neave Trio has emerged as one of the finest young ensembles of its generation. For this, their eighth album, they have once... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Orchestral Music Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos / CD - due 13/Mar/2026 ] Puccini is renowned as one of the greatest opera composers of all time and his early works - before Manon Lescaut catapulted him to international fame - offer a fascinating insight into his development as a composer. John Wilson and Sinfonia of... |
JOSEPH HAYDN / HELENA WINKELMAN
Haydn: Complete Piano Trios Vol.5 / Winkelman: Threesome in a High-den Trio Gaspard [ Chandos / CD - due 10/Apr/2026 ] One of the most sought-after young chamber ensembles of its type, Trio Gaspard is praised for its unique and fresh approach to the score, one recent recording prompting The Times to conclude: 'Kaleidoscopic textures and sprightly wit, wonderfully... |
CARL NIELSEN
Nielsen: Flute Concerto, Symphony No. 3, Pan and Syrinx Adam Walker (flute), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 5/May/2024 ] "An involuntary "whoa" escaped my lips when I heard the initial cannon volley that opens this new recording of Carl Nielsen's Symphony No. 3. Each successive shot came more powerful and faster than I had expected." MusicWeb Recording of the Month |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH / ARVO PÄRT
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 / Arvo Part: de Profundis Albert Dohmen (baritone), Estonian National Male Choir, Bbc Philharmonic, John Storgards [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 17/Jun/2024 ] John Storgårds's acclaimed series of Shostakovich symphonies continues with this recording of Symphony No. 13. The BBC Philharmonic is joined by the bass-baritone Albert Dohmen and the Estonian National Male Choir. The symphony, subtitled 'Babiy... |
FREDERICK BLOCK
Block: Chamber Works ARC Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Oct/2024 ] Friedrich Bloch (Frederick Block once he arrived in America) was born in Vienna in 1899. His father, Sigmund, supported music as a pastime, but opposed it as a career. His heart was changed when his son returned home unscathed at the end of World War... |
