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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... |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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... |
LÉO DELIBES
Delibes: Ballet Suites Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Oct/2020 ] "The RSNO is on scintillating form, with idiomatically characterful woodwind, vibrant brass, luminescent strings and crisp percussion" Orchestral Choice - BBC Music Magazine Christmas 2020 |
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 |
ARAM KHACHATURIAN
An Introduction to Khachaturian: (Incls 'Spartacus Ballet Suite No 2' & Symphony No. 3) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi / Fedor Glushchenko [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] 'Chandos has released a knockout, state of the art digital recording.' (American Record Guide) |
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) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Golden Age (Complete Ballet) Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 21/Sep/2001 ] "..anyone with the least interest in Shostakovich, or ballet music, or Soviet music, or indeed Soviet culture as a whole, from investigating this weird and intermittently wonderful score. A really fascinating disc." Gramophone |
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Korngold: Violin Concerto / String Sextet Andrew Haverson (violin) / RTE Concert Orchestra, John Wilson (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 3/Apr/2020 ] "[The Sextet] gets an absolutely cracking performance here from key members of Wilson's newly reformed Sinfonia of London led by Haveron" Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2020 |
GOFFREDO PETRASSI
Petrassi: Magnificat / Psalm IX Sabina Cvilak (soprano) / Orchestra and Chorus, Teatro Regio, Torino, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Musica Italiana / CD - released 20/Jan/2012 ] BBC Music Magazine Awards 2014 - Choral Finalist |
DAME ETHEL SMYTH
Smith: The Prison (Choral Symphony) Sarah Brailey, Dashon Burton / Experiential Orchestra and Chorus, James Blachly [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] GRAMOPHONE Award Nomination 2021 - Choral GRAMMY Awards 63rd Awards (2021) Winner - Best Classical Solo Vocal Album |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius / Sea Pictures Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar / BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos Classics SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "[Davis's] patient and scrupulously observant conception of the whole work evinces a selfless authority, wisdom and instinctive ebb and flow" (Gramophone Magazine Award WINNER 2015 - Choral) |
KENNETH LEIGHTON
Leighton: Orchestral works Vol 2 (Incls 'Symphony No 2 'Sinfonia mistica') Sarah Fox (soprano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Nov/2008 ] Sarah Fox is a pure-voiced, poignant soloist, and the BBC National Chorus of Wales sound very confident, as if this was a repertoire standard for them." BBC Music Five Stars |
ANTONIN DVORAK
Dvorak: Symphony No. 7 / The Golden Spinning Wheel Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jan/1987 ] Recorded in the SNO Centre, Glasgow on 8-9 May 1986 |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Ballet Suites / Festive Overture, Op. 96 / Suite from 'Katerina Ismailova' Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] "I've heard no conductor handle this music better than Järvi… These are vibrant, colourful, incisive performances of colourful, cheeky music in first-rate sound." American Record Guide |
