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SIR ARTHUR BLISS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bliss: A Colour Symphony / The Enchantress / Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Linda Finnie (mezzo-soprano) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Ulster Orchestra / Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Chandos Enchant / CD - released 8/Sep/1997 ] 'Chandos's generous compilation is an ideal introduction to his music… the Ulster Orchestra is outstanding and, as ever, Chandos' engineering produces a luxurious sound, highlighting the brilliance and richness of Bliss's orchestration.' - BBC Music |
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PUCCINI / DONIZETTI / BELLINI / VERDI
Italian Opera Arias Linda Richardson (soprano), Sinfonia Of London, John Wilson [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] The British soprano Linda Richardson has performed extensively across the UK and continental Europe under conductors such as Bernard Haitink, Edo de Waart, Sir Mark Elder, Daniele Rustioni, Libor Pešek, and Carlo Rizzi. Her extensive repertoire... |
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FRANK MARTIN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martin: Maria-Triptychon / Sechs Monologue aus Jedermann / Suite from Der Sturm Linda Russell (soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Duncan Riddell (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1996 ] Recorded: 26-27 September 1994 |
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DEBUSSY / FAURE
Essence - Lisa Friend plays Fauré & Debussy Lisa Friend (flute) [ Chandos / CD - released 3/May/2019 ] The flute takes a very special place in French music, particularly so in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As a result (and in addition to a great deal of original repertoire for the instrument) there is a significant body of work... |
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JANACEK / HINDEMITH / PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Janacek:Suite for Strings / On An Overgrown Path / Idyll For String Orchestra London Jupiter Orchestra, Gregory Rose [ Chandos / CD - released 26/Feb/1993 ] "The sound quality is impeccable... enjoyable. Recommended." MusicWeb |
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JONANN BAPTIST CRAMER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cramer: Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 7 & 8 London Mozart Players / Howard Shelley (piano/director) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] 'Howard Shelley plays with dazzling brilliance throughout...' The Guardian |
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SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL
Herschel: Symphonies (Nos 2, 8, 12, 13, 14, 17) London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 20/Mar/2003 ] 'Matthias Bamert's lively direction and the higly professional playing of the London Mozart Players provide Herschel with the best imaginable advocacy...' Gramophone |
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VOGLER
Symphonies, Overtures and Ballets London Mozart Players / Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Contemporaries of Mozart / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] The celebrated Contemporaries of Mozart series continues apace with the compositions of German composer George Joseph Vogler. The London Mozart Players which celebrates their 60th anniversary in 2009 perform under the direction of Matthias Bamert. |
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SIR CHARLES HUBERT H. PARRY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Parry: Symphony No. 2 'The Cambridge' / Symphonic Variations London Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Oct/1992 ] "Bamert proves a masterly interpreter and takes us convincingly through the symphonic terrain of a highly influential composer....The sound is rich and full to match the outstanding playing." Penguin Guide |
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RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams:Complete Symphonies London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos Classics / 6 Hybrid SACD - released 27/May/2022 ] 'Impeccable playing' The Times |
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GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: Orchestral Works London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox (conductor) [ Chandos The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 12/Aug/2016 ] "Punchy, in-your-face accounts, in turbo charged sound." BBC Music |
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ERNEST BLOCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bloch: Sacred Service (Avodath Hakodesh) Louis Berkman (baritone) / The Zemel Choir / Members of the London Chorale and the London Concord Singers / London Symphony Orchestra / Geoffrey Simon [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/1988 ] "Apart from the language of its ritual, the Sacred Service often sounds like Vaughan Williams. The music is four-square and at times obsessively contrapuntal, yet the scoring has a deftness and luminosity that may come as a surprise." Gramophone |
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Piano Duets Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Regular duet and two-piano partners Hélène Mercier and Louis Lortie have returned to the studio for this all-Debussy programme. The album features duets written by the composer himself -such as the Petite Suite, the Six Épigraphes antiques and the... |
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GABRIEL FAURE
In Paradisum - A Faure Recital Louis Lortie (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] "Lortie more than meets the pianistic and musical challenge of Fauré's unshowy virtuosity, his riding of each dappled ebb and flow of the Barcarolles reflecting a mature mastery. Lortie provides an object lesson in pacing of the Nocturnes." BBC Music |
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Louis Lortie Plays Chopin, Vol. 7 Louis Lortie (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] "Louis Lortie is in sparkling form... Every bar of this Chopin disc is to be savoured, thanks to Lortie's subtle rubato and rhythmic inventiveness, as well as his delightfully relaxed virtuosity" International Piano |
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WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Lutoslawski: Symphonic Variations / Symphony No. 4 / Piano Concerrto Louis Lortie (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine April 2012 |
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RAVEL / MESSIAEN / DEBUSSY / VIARDOT etc
French Songs: "Chère Nuit" Louise Alder (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Jun/2021 ] 'Here's a peach of a recital disc, wonderfully programmed...At piano and pianissimo, Alder's soprano possesses a lovely range of pastel colours.' Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2021 |
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RACHMANINOFF / SIBELIUS / GRIEG / TCHAIKOVSKY / MEDTNER / BRITTEN
Lines Written During A Sleepless Night Louise Alder (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] "..she engages emotionally with what she sings, shaping vocal lines with rare sensitivity and a wide range of colours." Daily Telegraph Five Stars |
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HOLST / WEIR / RAJASEKAR / POSTON / MacGREGOR / etc
Welcome Joy - A Celebration of Women's Voices Louise Thomson, Corvus Consort, Freddie Crowley [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Aug/2024 ] "The 12 superb sopranos and altos of the Corvus Consort sing the complex, close-knit textures of these works with delicacy and pinpoint accuracy." Five Stars - Recording of the Month BBC Music Magazine December 2024 |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
MARBECKS COLLECTALE: Howells: Stabat Mater Neill Archer (tenor) / London Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos / CD - released 8/Aug/1994 ] |