BENJAMIN BRITTEN / HENRY PURCELL
Britten / Purcell: String Quartets Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 24/May/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Chamber |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 64 Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 4/May/2018 ] "… Nos 5 and 6 are profoundly satisfying throughout, their first movements amply spacious, the minuets unpredictably and wittily timed, and the finales - high-class show-off music if ever there was - breathtaking in their mingled precision, delicacy... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op.33 Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2020 ] Composed in the summer and autumn of 1781, Haydn's Op. 33 Quartets were dedicated to the Grand Duke Paul of Russia and premiered on Christmas Day that year in the apartment of the Duke's wife, the Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna. |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: The String Quintets Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 8/Apr/2022 ] The Doric String Quartet is firmly established as one of the leading quartets of its generation, receiving enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics around the globe. Following their acclaimed recordings of Mendelssohn's string quartets, here... |
JANACEK / MARTINU
String Quartets Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Mar/2015 ] This new recording by the Doric String Quartet pays homage to the Czech chamber music of the 1920s, featuring string quartets by Janáček and Martinů. |
WALTON
String Quartets Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 7/Mar/2011 ] This new release represents one of the comparatively rare recordings of the highly attractive string quartets by William Walton, one of England's finest composers. The works are performed by the Doric String Quartet, exclusive Chandos artists and... |
KORNGOLD
String Quartets Nos 1, 2 & 3 Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Sep/2010 ] "English Quartet superb exploring the chamber music of Hollywood Kapellmeister." Five Stars William Dart NZ Herald |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 13 & 14 Doric String Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Sep/2012 ] "The Dorics have enormous flair for this kind of music, getting comfortably under the skin of music written by Schubert when he was about the same as their average age and displaying a similar degree of maturity and insight" (Gramophone) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Vol 1 [Op. 20] Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 26/Sep/2014 ] "The musicians of the Doric String Quartet respond with imagination to each fresh idea, bringing into play a lightness of touch, much spirit and wit..they fill the two-disc set with affection for Haydn's inexhaustible creativity." Financial Times |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: String Quartets, Op. 41 Nos. 1-3 Doric String Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Dec/2011 ] "Here's a disc that merits an especially big welcome...At last comes a strong challenger which brings together all three of these wonderful but so often misunderstood quartets." (BBC Music Disc of the Month December 2011) |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets, Vol. 2 [Op. 76] Doric String Quartet [ CHANDOS / 2 CD - released 29/Apr/2016 ] "No quartet in my experience has employed such a wide range of colour and dynamics in this music, often with revelatory results…the Doric's daring, imaginative and technically superb performances demand to be heard" (Gramophone) |
KORNGOLD
String Sextet & Piano Quintet Doric String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Mar/2012 ] "The Quintet opens with one of those glorious Korngoldian melodies of the type that would later translate into music for the silver screen...The Sextet is given an equally vigorous and stylish reading with passages of great tenderness" (Gramophone) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Symphony No. 1 / Introduction and Allegro for strings Doric String Quartet / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2017 ] This new Elgar surround-sound recording brings together some of Chandos' finest exclusive British artists for the first time. The Doric String Quartet - highly praised for its series of Haydn and Schubert quartets - joins the BBC Symphony... |
Palm Court Theatre Orchestra. Anthony Godwin-conductor
Down Peacock Alley [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] Popular light music from the 20s and 30s in a Palm Court style |
ANONYMOUS
A Dance in the Garden of Mirth - medieval instrumental music Dufay Collective [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/2001 ] * * * * * Five Stars - Classic CD |
Dufay Collective with Vivian Ellis, voice & Jacob Heringman, lute
On the Banks of the Seine: Music of the Trouveres [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/2001 ] hauntingly beautiful |
W. A. MOZART
Duo Sonatas, Volume 4 Duo Amadè [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jul/2011 ] The violinist Catherine Mackintosh has long been recognised as a pioneering early music performer, and in recording the complete cycle of duo sonatas by Mozart she is fulfilling the ambition of a lifetime. Best known as the former leader of the... |
W. A. MOZART
Duo Sonatas, Volume 5 (Nos 32 & 36) Duo Amadè [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] Catherine Mackintosh and Geoffrey Govier formed Duo Amadè in the 1980s, specifically to perform the charming and intimate works for keyboard and violin by Mozart in concert. |
W. A. MOZART
Duo Sonatas Volume 1 (sonatas 18, 19, 20) Duo Amada (Catherine Mackintosh and Geoffrey Govier) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] "For Catherine Mackintosh and Geoffrey Govier the "rules" of historically informed performance have become second nature; we get the impression they're playing for sheer enjoyment of the music." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice, January 2009 |
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concertos / Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini Earl Wild (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Jascha Horenstein [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 9/Jun/2003 ] 'Wild is a 'larger than life' pianist, one who can spin out a lyrical line and use romantic gestures without ever sounding self-conscious. His balance of excitement and control, and, indeed, his gorgeous sound, are a constant marvel.' - American... |