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BALAKIREV / CUI / BORODIN / MUSSORGSKY / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Piano Works by The Mighty Handful Philip Edward Fisher (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 26/Apr/2011 ] "[Pictures and Islamey] give him a chance to show off his virtuosity and assured technique...Still, the real interest here resides in the more modest works that come in between...This music may be light, but it still stands up to repeated listening." |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Symphony 7 / Sinfonietta Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1986 ] ..."the performances simply knock your socks off. The recorded sound is great, the Scottish National Orchestra plays like a world class band.. (a) marvelous, charming, sweeping Järvi Seventh" MusicWeb |
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SERGE PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokoviev: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jan/1989 ] Recorded in Glasgow City Hall, September 1988 |
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Palm Court Theatre Orchestra. Anthony Godwin (conductor)
Puttin' on the Ritz [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Popular light music from the 20s and 30s in a Palm Court style |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast / Coronation Te Deum / Cello Concerto Ralph Kirshbaum (cello) Sherrill Milnes (baritone) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Mar/1992 ] "An excellent account of Belshazzar's Feast (1930)...this is a spectacular recording and there is particularly clear enunciation from the Royal Scottish National Chorus and from Sherill Milnes." (MusicWeb) |
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GERALD FINZI / KENNETH LEIGHTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Finzi: Cello Concerto / Leighton: Suite 'Veris Gratia' Raphael Wallfisch (cello), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/2001 ] .'…the panache of Wallfisch's playing comes over the more forcefully, and the tenderness of the slow movement is reinforced to at a more spacious speed.' - Gramophone |
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RICHARD WAGNER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Wagner: The Mastersingers Of Nuremberg (Complete opera in English) Norman Bailey, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Noel Mangin, Sadler's Wells Chorus & Orchestra, Reginald Goodall [ Chandos Opera in English / 4 CD Box Set - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "An ensemble singing an ensemble opera: that is perhaps the performance's greatest strength, but there are many moments when it rises far above that… Whether you were around or not, do listen to this supremely humane account of a supremely humane... |
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OTTORINO RESPIGHI
Respighi: Sinfonia Drammatica BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Edward Downes [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] ".. If you enjoy the Alpine Symphony, you should try this. An excellent performance and outstanding recording." Penguin Guide |
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FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: A Mass Of Life - Requiem Bourneouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox (conductor) [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/1997 ] Requiem June 1996; A Mass of Life July 1996. |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits & 5 Variants of 'Dives & Lazarus' [ Chandos / CD ] First heard at the 1936 Norwich Festival, Vaughan Williams's Five Tudor Portraits find the composer at his most dazzlingly inventive, the resourceful and witty writing fitting Skelton's words like a glove. |
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VILLA-LOBOS / CHAVEZ / RODRIGO
Latin Winds RNCM Wind Orchestra, Clark Rundell, Mark Heron [ Chandos / CD - released 4/May/2018 ] "Congratulations to all involved in this superb and enterprising issue, perhaps most of all to the brilliant young musicians of the RNCM. Manchester rules!" MusicWeb May 2018 |
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GEORGE DYSON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims / At the Tabard Inn / In Honour of the City Robert Tear, Stephen Roberts, Yvonne Kenny / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Richard Hichox [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2007 ] "...The London Symphony Chorus sings with incandescent tone, superbly recorded, and the orchestra brings out the clarity and colourfulness of Dyson's instrumentation." Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 |
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MARCELLO
Sonatas for Harpsichord Roberto Loreggian, harpsichord [ Chandos Chaconne / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2001 ] Chandos presents a premiere recording of Marcello's harpsichord sonatas |
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JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: Quickening / Three Interludes from 'The Sacrifice' Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor) Gordon Jones (baritone) / BBC Philharmonic / James MacMillan [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "The three interludes from MacMillan's opera The Sacrifice are more than an interesting filler. The same exuberant invention can be found here as in Quickening... The sound is stunning..." BBC Music Magazine, March 2009 ***** |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Schwanengesang (with Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op.98) Roderick Williams (baritone) Iain Burnside (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "Williams sings German as a non-native speaker in the best sense, harnessing the words with a sense of discovery of how much closer they bring him to the archetypes within the various verses" Gramophone Editor's Choice June 2020 |
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THOMAS ARNE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arne: The Six Organ Concertos Roger Bevan Williams (organ) / Cantilena, Adrian Shepherd [ Chandos Chaconne / 2 CD - released 22/Aug/1989 ] Recorded: 12-13 April 1987 |
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ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT
Bennett: Old American Dances Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, Clark Rundell, Mark Heron [ Chandos / CD - released 16/Sep/2016 ] The Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra and its director Clark Rundell, with the guest conductor Mark Heron, explore the works of Robert Russell Bennett in this eagerly-awaited new recording. Bennett is best known for his orchestrations... |
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JULIUS FUCIK
A Festival of Fučík Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Oct/2015 ] "this is a highly enjoyable reminder of the delights of Romanticism's popular side." BBC Music |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Suites 1 - 3 (complete) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] 'No one is more warmly dramatic in Prokofiev than Jarvi, making his issues consistently recommendable…' The Guardian |
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IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Symphonies / The Fairy's Kiss / Ode Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson, Neeme Jarvi / Nash Ensemble [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 30/Aug/2008 ] "A program that offers exceptional value for the money. A fine reissue." (ClassicsToday) |