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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / 9 CD Box Set - released 15/Feb/2018 ] Jean-Efflam Bavouzet returns for the second volume of his survey of Beethoven's Piano Sonatas. The project, set to conclude with Vol. 3 in 2014, runs alongside his complete recording of Haydn's Piano Sonatas. Vol. 1 of the Beethoven series was... |
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CLEMENTI / DUSSEK / HUMMEL / WOLFL
The Beethoven Connection: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays Sonatas Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Piano |
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Volume 10 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] "Bavouzet captures much of the essential 'Papa Haydn' style behind these works. Measured, lively, sparkling and beautifully phrased, his playing is unimpeachable. Alongside oodles of charm, there is an unfailing brilliance to his articulation" BBC |
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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Volume 11 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 29/Jul/2022 ] "Bavouzet's gifts of insightful exposition and revelation are matched by the wisdom of his curation…A triumph." Sunday Times Five Stars |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Piano Concertos 1 - 3 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Nozeda [ Chandos / CD - released 12/Oct/2010 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine November 2010 // BBC Music Magazine Orchestral Choice - October 2010 // BBC Music Award Finalist 2011 Orchestral // Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Concerto |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart Piano Concertos etc. Volume 11 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) / Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy [ Chandos / CD - released 24/Oct/2025 ] This eleventh volume adds the three juvenile concertos which Mozart composed in 1771 - 72, all re-writes of keyboard sonatas by J.C. Bach. Bach had been something of a mentor to Mozart whilst he was living in London (1764 - 65) and these concertos... |
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ALFVEN / BINGHAM / GJEILO / MAHLER / STANFORD etc
Like To The Lark Jennifer Pike (violin), Maria Forsström (mezzo-soprano), The Swedish Chamber Choir, Simon Phipps [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] The Swedish Chamber Choir makes its debut on Chandos with this fascinating programme of works for choir, choir and solo voice, and for choir and violin. The founder and conductor, Simon Phipps, leads the choir in unaccompanied works by Swedish and... |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Johanna Wallroth (soprano), Brian Mulligan (baritone), Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra and Choirs, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 31/Jan/2025 ] Composed between 1865 and 1868, Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem has become a repertoire staple for choirs around the world, amateur and professional alike, possibly because it relies so much more on the choir than its soloists to convey the texts than... |
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MICHAEL KEMP TIPPETT
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tippett: Concerto For Double String Orchestra and other Orchestral Works John Mark Ainsley (tenor) City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox (conductor) [ CHANDOS / CD - released 1/Nov/1995 ] Recorded at St Jude's Church, London NW11; 7-8 March 1995 |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Alwyn: Fantasy-Waltzes / Twelve Preludes John Ogdon (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1985 ] Recorded in Snape Maltings in October 1984 |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / HERBERT HOWELLS / FREDERICK DELIUS / SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Music for Strings John Wilson, Sinfonia Of London [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "I expect it has been said before, but the Sinfonia of London belongs in the Formula 1 class of orchestras, and in this repertoire sits in pole position." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Orchestral |
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YORK BOWEN
Works for Piano, Volume 3 (Incls Three Pieces, Op. 20) Joop Celis (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2009 ] The music of Bowen is timeless and very individual, setting him apart from many of his British contemporaries. It was in his solo piano music that he contributed the most, for it was the piano, above all, that was his natural, and most often turned... |
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HANDEL / J. C. SMITH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Ouverture in C major, HWV456 / Smith: Six Suites of Lessons for the Harpsichord, Op. 3 Julian Perkins (harpsichord) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 20/May/2015 ] "The exuberantly stylish Julian Perkins is just the man for the job and tellingly collides the work of master and servant with a Handel keyboard transcription at the start." (Sunday Times) |
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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss: Concertante Works Julie Price (bassoon), Tasmin Little (violin), Michael McHale (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra [ Chandos / CD - released 3/May/2019 ] Written when Strauss was only fifteen, the Romanze is his first attempt at writing for a soloist and orchestra. The influence of Mozart's piano concertos, which Strauss was studying at the time, is apparent, not least in the writing for solo clarinet... |
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AMY BEACH / FLORENCE PRICE / SAMUEL BARBER
American Quintets Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective, with Matthew Rose (bass) [ Chandos / CD - released 28/May/2021 ] "The hit, undoubtedly, is the premiere recording of Price's structurally lopsided but endearing A minor Quintet...And the icing on the cake? The Collective's vigour and warmth." BBC Music Magazine Awards 2022 Shortlisted - Chamber |
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DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Kabalevsky: Second & Third Piano Concertos / Colas Breugnon Overture / The Comedians Kathryn Stott (piano) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 19/May/2003 ] "such is the class of the BBC Philharmonics playing for their principal guest conductor that by the end of the disc I felt that I had at least been shown facets of his [Kabalevskys] art that I had never before appreciated" Gramophone 'Editor's Choice |
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JOHANNA MULLER-HERMANN / RICHARD STRAUSS / MARGARETE SCHWEIKERT / GUSTAV MAHLER
Befreit: A Soul Surrendered Kitty Whately (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 17/Mar/2023 ] The mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately trained at Chetham's School of Music, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and the International Opera School of the Royal College of Music. Having won both the Kathleen Ferrier Award and Royal Overseas League... |
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ERICH KORNGOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Korngold: Abschiedslieder / Symphony 3 Linda Finnie (contralto) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Edward Downes [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "Korngold's lush orchestration needs sound with a full bloom, and the Chandos engineers provide that in spades" The Times |
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FRANCISCO TÁRREGA / ISAAC ALBÉNIZ / FEDERICO MOMPOU / CARLO DOMENICONI
Krzysztof Meisinger - Mystique Krzysztof Meisinger (guitar) [ Chandos / CD - released 11/Aug/2023 ] Before a phrase from the Gran vals by Francisco Tárrega unexpectedly shot to international fame as the Nokia ringtone, his most celebrated pieces included the Capricho árabe, composed in 1892. The piece is inspired by the mixture of Muslim Castilian... |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Britten: Peter Grimes (complete opera with libretto) Philip Langridge, Janice Watson, Alan Opies, Anne Collins / Opera London, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1997 ] "The casting of Philip Langridge in the title-role is central to the set's success. As on stage, he is unrivalled at conveying the character's moutning hysteria, and the result is chilling. Janice Watson makes a most touching Ellen Orford." Penguin |