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TRADITIONAL
The Voice of Wales Tredegar Orpheus Male Voice Choir / Rhos Orpheus Male Voice Choir [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1991 ] The choir popularly known as "Tredegar Orpheus" can trace its origin to the 1880's when it was known as the Tredegar Male Voice Society. In October 1909 a group of 20 or so men decided to form a glee party to take part in an eisteddfod which was... |
ARNOLD BAX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bax: Symphony No 4 / Tintagel Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/May/2004 ] Winner - Engineering Gramophone Awards 1984 |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Symphony in G Minor & Overture for a Masque Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] Recorded in the Ulster Hall, Belfast, on 7-9 September 1987. |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Serenade No 1 in D / Variations on a theme by Haydn Ulster Orchestra. Vernon Handley, conductor [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] Recorded at the Ulster Hall, Belfast, January/March, 1988 |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
An introduction to Debussy (Incls 'La Mer' & 'Prelude a l'apras-midi d'un faune') Ulster Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] Often described as an 'Impressionist' composer, French composer Claude Debussy was one of the most original voices of the early 20th Century, with a distinctly French musical outlook in his compositions. |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Nocturnes (with Ravel: Sheherazade) Ulster Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier, with Linda DFinnie (mezzo) & Colin Fleming (solo flute) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/1990 ] 'What a glorious instrument the Ulster Orchestra is in Torteliers hands - eloquent principals in every section and supple consummate ensemble in this most subtle and flexible of repertoire…' American Record Guide |
SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stanford: Symphony No. 4 / Irish Rhapsody No 6 / etc Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Chandos / CD ] Originally released in 1980 |
ROMANTIC CLASSICS
Romantic Classics (Incls Salut d'amour', Liebestraum No. 3' & 'Clair de lune') Various artists incls Margaret Fingerhut, Earl Wild (pianos) Craig Ogden (guitar), London Mozart Players, Scottish National Orchestra, etc [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Romantic Classics features some of the world's most requested music, taken from Chandos' distinguished catalogue and digitally remastered to the company's usual, uncompromising standards. |
CLASSICS FOR FUNERALS
In Memory of... (Classics for Funerals) Various performers incls Scottish National Orchestra, the Sixteen, BBC Philharmonic, Emma Kirkby, Detroit Symphony [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2005 ] Morbid though the subject of this disc may seem, it was very definitely the logical next Bear Essentials release. We are regularly contacted by bereaved relatives, who ask us to suggest suitable music for use at funerals - as indeed, we are told, are... |
MENDELSSOHN
Elijah, Op. 70 Willard White, Rosalind Plowright, Linda Finnie & Arthur Davies / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] 'Never was there a more complete triumph', wrote The Times after the premiere of Mendelssohn's Elijah. The performance, conducted by the composer at the 1846 Birmingham Music Festival, marked the beginning of the life of Elijah as one of the... |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands / O salutaris Hostia 1 - 3 / Light of the World Worcester Cathedral Choir, Christopher Robinson [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 28/Jul/1993 ] World premiere recording of "From The Bavarian Highlands" Op. 27 |
VARIOUS
The World's Most Beautiful Melodies Black Dyke Mills Band with Phillip McCann (cornet) [ Chandos Brass / CD - released 1/Jan/1985 ] Recorded in: St Anne's Cathedral, Leeds 13/09/1984, 14/09/1984 |
ENRIQUE GRANADOS
Granados: Piano Works Xiayin Wang (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] A pianist of keen musicality and sweeping virtuosity, Xiayin Wang returns to solo repertoire with this fascinating exploration of works by Enrique Granados, revealing a technically challenging and complex musical language, yet full of colour and... |
ALBERTO GINASTERA
Ginastera: Orchestral Works 2 Xiayin Wang (piano) / Ladies of Manchester Chamber Choir / BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena [ Chandos / CD - released 16/Nov/2016 ] "This performance strikes me as alert and compelling...the music itself is percussive, less folksy and overtly melodic...Mena and the BBC Philharmonic do the composer proud. A fine release." ClassicsToday Jan 2017 |
HERBERT HOWELLS
Howells: Orchesral Works (Incls Pastoral Rhapsody & King's Herald Suite) Yvonne Kenny (soprano) / Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / Moray Welsh (cello) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox, conductor [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] These recordings offer what are regarded by the Penguin Guide to Compact Discs as definitive interpretations of the repertoire. |
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CARL FRIEDRICH ABEL
Symphonies Op. 17 Nos. 1-6 Cantilena, Adrian Shepherd [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Jan/2006 ] German composer who was a boy pupil of J.S. Bach, who in turn was a god-father to one of Abel's children. |
ARTHUR BENJAMIN / LEIGHTON LUCAS
Film Music of Arthur Benjamin & Leighton Lucas Abigail Sara, mezzo-soprano, Catherine Roe-Williams, piano, Rob Court, organ [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 26/Apr/2012 ] All works are performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Rumon Gamba who records exclusively for Chandos. The disc features exquisite performances by a number of soloists - the mezzo-soprano Abigail Sara, pianist Catherine Roe-Williams,... |
J. C. BACH
Bach (J.C.): Symphony for Double Orchestra / Symphony, Op. 18 No. 4 / Overture: Adriano in Siria / etc. The Academy of Ancient Music / Simon Standage (director) [ Chandos Chaconne Classics / CD - released 17/Nov/2004 ] '…I have very much enjoyed this record and can recommend it warmly…' - Gramophone |
GRAINGER
Volume 18: Works for Unaccompanied Chorus Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 16/Jul/2002 ] This is Volume 18 of the Chandos Grainger Edition |
