SAMUEL BARBER
Vanessa (complete opera) Christine Brewer, Susan Graham, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, William Burden, Neal Davies / BBC Singers / BBC Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - Leonard Slatkin is one of the greatest champions of the works of Samuel Barber. He conducted an all-star concert performance of Vanessa at the Barbican last year - one of the few... |
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 |
CHRISTMAS CAROLS FROM ST JOHNS
Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, with Philip Kenyon organ, conducted by George Guest Christmas Carols from St John's [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] In addition to their commitments in chapel, the Choristers at St John's College are continually committed to touring and concerts. Here is a reissue of their classic christmas carol CD originally issued in 1986. |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Complete Works for Orchestra (Incls 'La Mer', 'Images' & 'Children's Corner') Christopher King (clarinet) Rachel Masters (harp) Gerard McChrystal (saxophone) / Ulster Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Classics / 4 CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] '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 |
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 |
Christopher Robson; Claron McFadden; Richard Coxon; London Philharmonic Orchestra; David Parry
Dove, Jonathan - Flight (an opera in three acts) [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 5/May/2004 ] 'From the haunting sound of a plucked cello to the full orchestra rampaging with organ, it makes the best possible case for Scott's virtues.' - The Times |
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 |
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 |
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... |
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 |
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 |
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'... |
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... |
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 |
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI
Cantatas and Chamber Music Clara Rottsolk (soprano) / Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] The soprano Clara Rottsolk joins Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players for a disc of cantatas and instrumental music by Alessandro Scarlatti. |
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 |
MONTERVERDI
Monteverdi Series: 1 'Flaming Heart' Clare Wilkinson / I Fagiolini / Robert Hollingworth (director) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2006 ] "An unmissable and astounding disc of Monteverdi...I Fagiolini offer an overview of the composer's secular work, infused with nobility, with drama and with style." (Editor's Choice Gramophone February 2007) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Chamber Vespers - Miniature Masterpieces of the Italian Baroque Clare Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano) / Gawain Glenton (cornett) / The Gonzaga Band [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] The psalms, by Banchieri, Finetti, Petrobelli, and Monferrato, are complemented and framed by a variety of joyous instrumental works by Tarditi, Cima, Piccinini, Frescobaldi, Crotti, Sances, and Cazzati. |
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 |
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 |