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SCHOENBERG / FRIED / LEHAR / KORNGOLD
Verklärte Nacht Christine Rice (mezzo), Stuart Skelton (tenor) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Jan/2021 ] "Adventurously conceived, and with the BBC Symphony Orchestra on top form, this is a stimulating disc from first note to last." BBC Music |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Henry V: A Shakespeare Scenario Christopher Plummer (narrator) Celia Nicklin (oboe) / Academy of St.Martin / Sir Neville Marriner [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] 'Chandos's stunning sound captures with unflinching ease the rousing spectacle of the battle music at full tilt. In all, another winner of a CD in what's turning out to be a most distinguished series.' Hi-Fi News |
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MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn in Birmingham - Volume 1 [Incls Symphonies 4 & 5] City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2014 ] "So it's three cheers for this disc, and all the more exciting that this is only Volume 1. It's a nice bonus that the cover of the disc is a drawing of Birmingham by Mendelssohn himself, and the essays in the booklet are up to Chandos' usual very hig |
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MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn in Birmingham - Volume 2 [Incls Symphony No. 3 'Scottish'] City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] "The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and its principal guest conductor, Edward Gardner, prove to be interpreters in the best tradition of the city. The symphonies Nos 1 and 3, the "Scottish", get splendidly vital performances that go at quite a |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Volume 5 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 31/May/2019 ] Edward Gardner's Mendelssohn in Birmingham series continues with an album that collects eight overtures. As on the previous volumes, a reduced-size CBSO joins Gardner in Birmingham's Town Hall, where Mendelsohn himself conducted many of the UK... |
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FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert Symphonies, Vol.1 [Nos 3, 5 & 8] City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Following the highly successful series 'Mendelssohn in Birmingham', the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and its former Principal Guest Conductor Edward Gardner here present the first volume in a new surround-sound series devoted to Schubert's... |
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HERBERT HOWELLS
Music for Strings City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Hickox Legacy / CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "[Noseda's] Russian immersion lends dividends...to Ehnes's sizzling accounts of the two popular concertos...Just as compelling are the chamber works...Ehnes and his pianist give performances worthy of the giants (Oistrakh and Richter) for whom their |
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JOHN IRELAND
Orchestral Music (Incls A Downland Suite & Concertino Pastorale) City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Aug/2006 ] *** Three Stars Penguin Stereo Guide |
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JOHN IRELAND
Ireland: Orchestral Works City of London Sinfonia; Richard Hickox (conductor) [ Chandos The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 12/Aug/2016 ] In 1971, Richard Hickox founded the Richard Hickox Orchestra, which in 1979 became the City of London Sinfonia. Fifteen years later he made this highly praised recording of orchestral works by John Ireland, now made available at 'classic Chandos'... |
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MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Concertos (Incls 'Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra') Claes Gunnarsson (cello) Anders Jonhall (flute) Urban Claesson (clarinet) / Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Thord Svedlund [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "The present Chandos issue is another disc to show that the music of Russia is a much broader church than the image presented by Shostakovich and Prokofiev. These works could in the broadest sense be said to belong on the same shelf and sector as the... |
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JOAQUIN TURINA
Danzas Fantasticas Clara Mouriz (mezzo-soprano) / BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "Simply magnificent and a must-hear for all those with a penchant for all things Spanish and ripely orchestrated." Recording of the Month MusicWeb March 2013 |
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ELGAR
Crown of India, Op. 66 [Orchestrations by Anthony Payne] Clare Shearer (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Finley (baritone), various narrators / Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus & BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2009 ] "The music… is from start to finish authentic middling Elgar, highly enjoyable and well worth revival. Gerald Finley shines as St George in 'The Rule of England', however embarrassing the words." BBC Music Magazine |
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SIR RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 [Incls Marimba Concerto] Colin Currie (marimba) / BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] "Wilson is the ideal interpreter of this fine retrospective of five symphonic works by a genuine "crossover" composer, famous for his film and television scores." Sunday Times |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 103 ('Drum Roll'); 104 ('London'); 95 Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Haydn Symphony Edition / CD - released 22/Aug/2002 ] The Chandos Haydn Symphony Edition |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Symphonies 101 ('the Clock'); 94 ('surprise'); 102 Collegium Musicum 90 / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Haydn Symphony Edition / CD - released 22/Aug/2002 ] The Chandos Haydn Symphony Edition |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: String Concertos Vol 1 Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 30/Oct/2001 ] Chandos presents the first volume of Vivaldi's string concertos. |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: String Concertos Vol 2 Collegium Musicum 90. Simon Standage [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 30/Oct/2001 ] 'Another excellent disc from Collegium Musicum 90'-Early Music Review |
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MANFREDINI / SCARLATTI / VIVALDI / TELEMANN / CORELLI
Christmas Concertos and Cantatas Collegium Musicum 90 / Simon Standage (director/violin) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] 'This is a delightful addition to the Christmas market, and the careful selection of its items and superb recording ensure that, like the traditional puppy, it's not just for Christmas' Classic CD on its original release |
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ALESSANDRO MARCELLO
La cetra-6 Concertos Collegium Musicum 90 / Simon Standage (director/violin) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 1/Jun/2008 ] 'Collegium Musicum 90 yield stylish performances with well detailed and crisp articulation throughout.' Classic CD |
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THOMAS ARNE
Arne: Complete Trio Sonatas Collegium Musicum 90 (Simon Standage, violin) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 22/Aug/2002 ] ''The perfection of the band's intonation and ensemble playing makes them sovereign in largo and andante movements.'' International Record Review |