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SIR LENNOX & MICHAEL BERKELEY
Symphony No. 4 / The Garden of Earthly Delights / Cello Concerto Alban Gerhardt (cello) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] 'Throughout Richard Hickox draws brilliant playing from his band, energetic where necessary, sonically overwhelming in the Garden. Anthon Burton's notes are excellent, too, helpful and so objective that they don't tell you how good all the music on... |
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LENNOX & MICHAEL BERKELEY
Symphony No. 4 / The Garden of Earthly Delights / Cello Concerto Alban Gerhardt (cello) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] This third volume in Chandos' successful Berkeley series, featuring music by Lennox and Michael Berkeley, is released to celebrate the centenary of Sir Lennox Berkeley's birth. |
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GUBAIDULINA
In croce o Ten Preludes o Quaternion Alexander Ivashkin (cello) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Oct/2001 ] three works for cello by this contemporary Russian composer. |
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ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Symphony No 7 / Cello Concerto Alexander Ivashkin (Cello) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Jul/2000 ] 'Alexander Ivashkin… reveals himself here to be a cellist of international standing… this is a distinguished release, one that gives eloquent reportage on two of this composer's most important and contrasting scores'. American Record Guide |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Cello Concertos & Sonatas Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] 'This is wonderful playing, with a characteristically fine recording from Chandos.' The Strad |
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MYASKOVSKY
Symphony No. 27, Op. 85 / Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 66 Alexander Ivashkin (cello) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra. Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] ***** Five Stars BBC Music Magazine (Jan 03) "Symphony No 27 is given a reading to match its nobility and proud assertion of a Russian symphonic tradition that goes back, predominantly, to Tchaikovsky. Superbly played and recorded." |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 / Symphony-Concerto, Op. 125 Alexander Ivashkin (cello) Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 22/Sep/2002 ] 'With its subtle understanding of the interplay between soloist and orchestra, and among sections of the orchestra, this recording is a wonderful addition to the Prokofiev catalogue.' Fanfare |
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Complete Works for Cello and Piano Alexander Ivashkin (cello) Rustem Hayroudinoff (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Jun/2004 ] 'Alexander Ivashkin and Rustem Hayroudinoff are both players in the great Russian virtuoso tradition, and in the Sonata the piano flourishes all come over with the necessary brilliance, while Ivashkin's tone is strong enough to sail above the most... |
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ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Schnittke: Cello Concertos / Cello Sonatas / Concerto grosso No. 2 Alexander Ivashkin (cello) Tatiana Grindenko (violin) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "A disc that critic Philip Clark calls in his review "the definitive document of Schnittke's relationship with the cello" can make for uncomfortable listening. Properly so, as the First Concerto was composed around Schnittke's dreadful stroke in... |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
The Unknown Shostakovich Alexander Ivashkin / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] A nifty orchestration of Schumann's Cello Concerto by Shostakovich! |
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: Spring Symphony / Welcome Ode / Psalm 150 Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Elizabeth Gale (soprano), Martyn Hill (tenor) / Southend Boys Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Hickox Legacy / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] This re-release of the Spring Symphony, complemented by two smaller but equally life-confirming works by Britten, marks the composer's centenary year. It also forms part of our ongoing Richard Hickox Legacy series, which pays tribute to this great co |
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FINZI / BRITTEN / HOLST
Works for Choir and Orchestra Alison Barlow (sop) John Mark Ainsley (ten) David Hoult (bar) Stephen Varcoe (bar) / Britten Singers, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Hickox Legacy / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "If any lover of the music of English twentieth century composers does not have this disc in their collection, they should take steps to rectify the omission immediately." (Recording of the Month musicWeb Aug 2013) |
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HUMMEL
Mandolin Concerto, Trumpet Concerto, Ballet Music 'Das ZauberglAckchen' Alison Stephens (mandolin) Urban Agnes (trumpet), London Mozart Players, Shelley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 19/Jun/2001 ] the first recording of the newly discovered Mandolin Concerto. |
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VERDI / ROSSINI / VERDI / BELLINI
Great Operatic Arias Alistair Miles (bass) with various accompaniments [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 4/Apr/2000 ] Sensational bass arias recorded in English for the first time! |
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ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Gurrelieder Alwyn Mellor, Anna Larsson, Thomas Allen, Stuart Skelton / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] "A top class performance and magnificent recording of this vast piece." MusicWeb International, 20th January 2017 |
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SCHOENBERG
Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5 / Piano Concerto, Op. 42 Amalie Malling (piano) Scottish National Orchestra / Matthias Bamert. Danish National Symphony Orchestra / Michael Schonwandt [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Feb/2005 ] 'Amalie Malling proves an intelligent and sympathetic soloist… Michael Schønwandt gets very good results from the Danish Orchestra and the texture is lucid and transparent, and splendidly recorded.' The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs on the Piano... |
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HUBERT PARRY
Choral Works (Incls 'Jerusalem' & 'The Birds of Aristophanes') Amanda Roocroft (soprano) / BBC National Chorus & Orchestra of Wales, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Oct/2012 ] "This is breast-swelling stuff...the BBC National Orchestra of Wales gives warmly sympathetic renditions of music which was probably completely unfamiliar to them before the recording sessions. The Chandos sound is excellent." (BBC Music) |
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AMY BEACH
Quartet for Strings, Op. 89; Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 34; Pastorale, Op. 151; etc Ambache (with Gabrielle Lester (violin), Helen Keen (flute ) and Diana Ambache (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] Penguin Stereo Guide (Rosette Recording) - 'Amy Beach's music inhabits conservative rather than progressive ground, a universe or two removed from American contemporaries like Ives. Nevertheless it is fine work, and it's good to welcome this... |
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WALTON
Belshazzar's Feast / Coronation Te Deum / Gloria Ameral Gunson (contralto) Gwynne Howell (baritone) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Willcocks [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] "The soloist, Gwynee Howell, firm and dark of tone, is among the finest of all exponents." (Penguin Stereo Guide) |
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CESAR ANTONOVICH CUI
A Feast in Time of Plague: A dramatic work in one act Andrei Baturkin (baritone) Dmitri Stepanovich (bass) Ludmila Kuznetsova (mezzo) / Valeri Polyansky (cond) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jun/2004 ] Chandos presents the premiere recordings of the one-act opera A Feast in Time of Plague, Three Scherzos, Op. 82 and three songs for solo voice and orchestra. |