DVORAK
Dvorak: Tone Poems Ulster Orchestra. Vernon Handley, conductor [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] Penguin Guide three stars *** |
GOUNOD
Petite Symphonie in B flat major (with works by Poulenc & Ibert) Athena Ensemble [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1991 ] |
SOUSA
The Invincible Eagle: Famous Sousa Marches The Band Of The Blues And Royals / Major E.W. Jeanes [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] All the popular Sousa marches on one specially priced CD. |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Black Dyke Plays Rossini John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band / Peter Parkes (conductor) [ Chandos Brass / CD - released 1/Feb/1992 ] Chandos Brass now at a special price |
FRANK BRIDGE
Summer / There is a Willow Grows aslant a Brook / Suite for String Orchestra (with works by Butterworth & Bantock) Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Norman Del Mar [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/1991 ] British Music For Small Orchestra |
PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 23 / Suite No. 4 Op. 61 'Mozartiana' Constantine Orbelian (piano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Sep/2004 ] A popular Tchaikovsky concerto now released at budget price. |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams: Hymns & Other Choral Works Choir of Worcester Cathedral / Choir of Westminster Abbey [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Sep/1992 ] "If that Englishness in music can be encapsulated in words at all, those words would probably be: ostensibly familiar and commonplace, yet deep and mystical as well as lyrical, melodic, melancholic, and nostalgic yet timeless." (Peter Ackroyd) |
CHRISTMAS CAROLS FROM ST JOHNS
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, with Philip Kenyon organ, conducted by George Guest Christmas Carols from St John's [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] In addition to their commitments in chapel, the Choristers at St John's College are continually committed to touring and concerts. Here is a reissue of their classic christmas carol CD originally issued in 1986. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Brass Favourites (Incls 'William Tell Overture' & 'Entry of the Gladiators') The Fairey Band / Kenneth Dennison [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/1991 ] This collection of 'Brass Favourites' comprises a varied selection of marches, transcriptions and solos. It features the Fairey Band of twenty years ago, under the direction of its then Musical Director, Kenneth Dennison. |
FAMILY CAROLS
Family Christmas (Incls 'Sussex Carol', 'When Christ was Born' & 'The Holly & The Ivy') Bach Choir with the Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, conducted by Sir David Willcocks [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] Reissue of classic recording |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Classic Brass John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band / Geoffrey Brand / Roy Newsome [ Chandos Brass / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] A selection of popular classics arranged for Brass ensemble |
SCHOENBERG
Pierrot Lunaire (with Webern-Concerto, Op.24) Jane Manning (Sprechstimme) / Nash Ensemble / Simon Rattle [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/1991 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Jane Manning has very much made the work her own, and her partnership with Simon Rattle may be regarded as definitive." (1001 recordings on Pierrot Lunaire) |
WILLIAM RIMMER / HERMANN LOUSID BLAKENBURG / ROBERT BROWNE HALL
World Famous Marches (Incls 'Flying Eagle' & 'North Star') John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1991 ] This recordings brings together music by three of the world's greatest march writers - 23 top class marches, representative of three gifted march writers, each with a different background and a different nationality. |
TRADITIONALLY BRITISH
Traditionally British John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band / Geoffrey Brand / Roy Newsome [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] Traditionally British is the British band - from 'Jerusalem' to 'Loch Lomond'. from 'The Minstrel Boy' to 'All Through the Night' |
Kennedy Nigel
Plays Jazz [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] |
The King's Singers
The King's Singers: Original Debut [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1992 ] Recorded in: Olympic Studios, Barnes. Released on Collect - the midprice Chandos label. |
IVOR NOVELLO
Songs (Including 'A Violin Began to Play', 'Some Day My Heart Will Awake' & 'We'll Gather Lilacs' Marilyn Hill Smith (soprano) / The Chandos Concert Orchestra; Gordon Langford, piano; Stuart Barry, conductor [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] 'Chandos, Marilyn Hill Smith and Stuart Barry deserve full marks for taking the task so seriously - orchestrations sound to be authentic…' Gramophone |
BACH / MENDELSSOHN / WIDOR / LISZT / CLARKE / etc
Organ Classics Michael Austin (organ) [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 10/Nov/2017 ] Michael Austin (organ of The Church of St Augustine, Kilburn) |
ELGAR / DELIUS / HOLST
A Tribute To Elgar, Delius & Holst John Foster Black Dykes Band, John Foster [ Chandos Brass / CD ] John Foster & Son Black Dyke Mills Band, is one of the oldest and best-known brass bands in the world. In 2014, the band won the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain for a record 23rd time, and the British Open Championship for another... |
Palm Court Theatre Orchestra. Anthony Godwin (conductor)
The Picnic Party [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Popular light music from the 20s and 30s in a Palm Court style |