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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Olga Mykytenko - Verdi Arias Olga Mykytenko (soprano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kirill Karabits [ Chandos / CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] The Ukrainian soprano Olga Mykytenko has won numerous international awards, including the Grand Prix at the Maria Callas International Singing Contest in Athens. Her extraordinary musicality, solid vocal technique, easy coloraturas, and strong... |
SIR JOHN BLACKWOOD McEWEN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: McEwen: Violin Sonatas & Prince Charlie Rhapsody Olivier Charlier (violin) Geoffrey Tozer (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 12/Feb/2001 ] 'This attractive program, easy on the ear, will please all British music lovers.' The Delian (Delius Society) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Fanfares Onyx Brass [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 11/May/2018 ] Among all the many Chandos brass recordings, each release having played a major role in the label's successful history, this one may well be the loudest. In the vast acoustic of St Jude's Church, London, rendered in surround-sound, and in the... |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Neeme Järvi conducts Offenbach Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 22/Nov/2015 ] "A melt-in-the-mouth confection, attractively played and presented; Järvi père is back on form at last." (MusicWeb Nov 2015) |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No 5, Op 64 Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] "taut, passionate and very well played… a slice of recording history in its own right.' Gramophone |
GIOVANNI PIERLUIGI da PALESTRINA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Palestrina: Music For Maunday Thursday Musica Contexta, Simon Ravens [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/Feb/1998 ] "these singers are well on the way to achieving perfection here... overall this is a well-thought-out and moving performance" Gramophone [on another Palestrina recording with the same choir] |
Palm Court Theatre Orchestra. Anthony Godwin-conductor
Down Peacock Alley [ Chandos Flyback / CD - released 1/Jan/1998 ] Popular light music from the 20s and 30s in a Palm Court style |
ALBERT KETELBEY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Grand Passions of Albert W. Ketelbey (Including 'In a Persian Market '; 'Bells across the Meadows' & 'Sanctuary of the Heart The Palm Court Theatre Orchestra, directed by Anthony Godwin [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2004 ] 'The performances are all one could ask, the recording is excellent, the notes and the packaging are very good.' - American Record guide |
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... |
JOHN IRELAND
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ireland: Piano Concerto In E flat / Legend for Piano and Orchestra / Mai-Dun, Symphonic Rhapsody Eric Parkin (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1986 ] "I recommend this outstanding recording with enthusiasm, and it would make an unbeatable introduction to Ireland's music for anyone wishing to take the plunge; it's well worth it!" MusicWeb |
PARRY / DELIUS / BANTOCK / FOULDS
British Works for Cello & Piano Vol 1 Paul Watkins (cello) / Huw Watkins (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Oct/2012 ] "Paul Watkins shows himself once again to be peerless in this repertory, while Huw demonstrates that his sparkling playing can be as effective in music of this period as it is so regularly in contemporary repertoire. They lavish great care and good... |
GERALD FINZI
Finzi: Cello Concerto / Eclogue / etc Paul Watkins (cello), Louis Lortie (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Sep/2018 ] "Nothing is exaggerated or over-assertive...allowing Finzi's very individual musical voice to speak for itself, as it does so clearly in all the other performances on this disc too." The Guardian |
HENRI DUTILLEUX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dutilleux: Cello Concerto & Selected Orchestral Works Boris Pergamenschikow (cello), BBC Philharmonic, Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos / CD ] The virtues of those earlier issues remain evident here, with meticulously prepared, well-played performances, and recordings carefully adapted to the coloristic subtlety and textural delicacy of the music. |
ISAAC ALBÉNIZ / ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Albéniz/Granados: Iberia / Goyescas Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Jun/2024 ] Claude Debussy wrote of Albéniz's compositions: 'Never has music attained such diverse impressions and colours. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Felix Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Vol. 2 Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Apr/2023 ] Lieder ohne Worte - Songs without Words - seems to be a description invented by Mendelssohn himself for these short, lyrical and descriptive piano pieces which he composed so prolifically. Indeed, it is arguable that these works define his pianistic... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words Vol.1 Peter Donohoe (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 28/Jan/2022 ] "Brilliantly and excitingly played: Peter Donohoe's Mendelssohn series gets off to a great start…impresses with its warm and rich sound." ***** Pizzicato.lu |
FERRUCCIO BUSONI
Busoni: Fantasia Contrappuntistica, etc Peter Donohoe (Solo Piano), Karl Lutchmayer (Fantasia contrappuntistica) [ Chandos / CD - released 24/Jan/2025 ] Peter Donohoe's first album devoted to Busoni was enthusiastically received by the critics, and nominated for a BBC Music Magazine award. This second volume offers playing and musicality of the same high standards. |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold: Scottish, Irish, Cornish, English Dances The Philharmonia, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "resplendently recorded....It sports the booziest bassoon solo I have ever heard in the Vivace of the Scottish Dances." MusicWeb |
OTTORINO RESPIGHI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Respighi: Belkis, Queen of Sheba (orchestral suite) / Metamorphoseon Philharmonia Orchestra, Geoffrey Simon [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] "I shall be surprised and disappointed if the arrival of this disc does not popularize this work and I strongly recommend that you buy it and have a little game asking your friends to guess the composer." (Gramophone) |
BELA BARTOK
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bartok: The Wooden Prince Suite / Hungarian Pictures Philharmonia Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Jul/1991 ] "The drama of the fairy story is told in glowing colours and, unlike most rivals, Jarvi ignores the many little cuts that the composer sanctioned, reluctantly or not, over the years. The opulent playing of the Philharmonia is greatly enchanced by the... |
