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RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R,): Symphony No. 2, Op. 12 / Romanze in F major / Six Songs, Op. 68 Eileen Hulse (soprano) Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Oct/2004 ] 'Järvis Strauss series is an important set of recordings that will hold an honoured place alongside Chandos Prokofiev and Bax cycles.' Fanfare |
GIOVANNI BOTTESINI
Bottesini: Duetto / Capriccio / Gran Quintetto Elda Laro (piano) & Alessandro Dorella (clarinet) Davide Botto, Davide Ghio (double-bass) / Quintetto d'Archi del Teatro Regio Torino [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Jun/2015 ] Musicians from the Orchestra del Teatro Regio Torino with Elda Laro (piano) here bring up a unique recording of chamber works by Giovanni Bottesini. |
MEL BONIS / GABRIEL FAURÉ / REYNALDO HAHN / LILI BOULANGER
Le Temps retrouvé Elena Urioste (violin), Tom Poster (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 23/Feb/2024 ] The three sonatas on this album were all published during the decade 1916 - 26, a musical period to which we often find ourselves drawn, when the world - and the artistic landscape - was changing beyond recognition. |
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Symphony No. 2 / Suite from the Film 'the Red Violin' Eleonora Turovsky (violin) / I Musici de Montreal / Yuli Turovsky, conductor [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] "This new Chandos version of the Second Symphony now takes pride of place on the Corigliano part of the shelf" (MusicWeb) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Violin Sonata, Op. 134 in D major / 19 Preludes from Op. 34 (arr for violin & piano) Eleonora Turovsky (violin) Peter Pettinger (piano) Rostislav Dubinsky (violin) Luba Edlina (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] This is the only available recording of the brilliant arrangement for violin and piano of nineteen of Shostakovich's Twenty-four Preludes, Op. 34 by Dmitri Mikhailovich Tsyganov. |
ELGAR
Cello Concerto / Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5 / etc Paul Watkins (cello) / BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos / CD - released 22/Apr/2012 ] "Watkins plays with consummate artistry, his golden-toned and technically flawless contribution striking a judicious balance between classical poise and unexaggerated depth of feeling...Durable rewards guaranteed" Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Starlight Express, Op. 78 Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Simon Callow (narrator) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "Davis secures absolutely first-rate results from the Scottish CO. Elin Manahan Thomas's light and slivery soprano could hardly be more suited to the parts of the Laugher and Jane-Anne, while Roderick Williams is in glorious voice throughout."... |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: The Beauty Stone (complete opera) Elin Manahan Thomas, Toby Spence, Rebecca Evans, Alan Opie, Stephen Gadd, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Richard Suart / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Rory [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] "It has never been recorded by professional singers before, and Rory Macdonald seems to have prepared with academic scrupulousness...it's very strongly cast, too, but there's no sense of an important rediscovery here." (Guardian) |
Elizabeth Futral, Alan Opie, Peter Wedd, Philharmonia Orchestra, David Parry
Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor (Complete Opera in English) [ Chandos Opera in English / 2 CD - released 4/Sep/2002 ] "the choral and orchestral work is of the highest standard..." Gramophone |
HANDEL / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / MOZART / BELLINI / BERLIOZ / GOUND / DeLIBES / FLOYD / OFFENBACH
Opera Arias Elizabeth Futral soprano ; Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Steven White [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] 'No opportunity of hearing an artist as delightful as the soprano Elizabeth Futral should be missed, so this disc is very welcome!' (BBC Music Magazine) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No.14 Op.135 for soprano, bass and chamber orchestra Elizabeth Holleque (soprano) Nikita Storojev (bass) / I Musici de Montraal / Yuli Turovsky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2005 ] Recorded in: L'Église de la Nativite de la Sainte Vierge, La Prairie, Quebec 1 January 1988 |
JANACEK
Jenufa (Complete opera in English) Elizabeth Vaughan; Nigel Robson; Dame Josephine Barstow / Orchestra and Chorus of Welsh National Opera. Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/May/2004 ] "There are few opera composers whose language seems totally to defy time and remain as startlingly new and potent 100 years on. Janá?ek is one of them and his Jen<=fa of 1904 is as powerful today as it must have been a century ago. In the hands of... |
IGNACY FELIKS DOBRZYNSKI
Overture to 'Monbar' / Piano Concerto / Symphony No. 2 Emilian Madey (piano) / Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Łukasz Borowicz [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "Madey proves an uncommonly deft and sympathetic soloist in the concerto, and Łukasz Borowicz draws some nicely tuned and consistently bright-eyed playing" (Gramophone) |
SIR ARTHUR BLISS
Bliss: the Beautitudes Emily Birsan (soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor), Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / SACD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Excelling in recordings of Delius, Elgar, and Holst, Sir Andrew Davis here presents a spirited programme of works by Sir Arthur Bliss. It follows a recording of Morning Heroes that made the top recommendations of 2015; likewise recorded in... |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2 (Includes '49th Parallel' & 'the England of Elizabeth') Emily Gray (soprano) Martin Hindmarsh (tenor) Chetham's Chamber Choir / BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 8/Sep/2004 ] Premiere recording of the extended suites of 49th Parallel and The England of Elizabeth, and the premiere recording of the complete version of The Dim Little Island. |
J.S. BACH
Early Cantatas :-Volume 1 Emma Kirkby (soprano) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) Charles Daniels (tenor) Peter Harvey (baritone) / The Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2005 ] 'For sheer brilliance of technique, the Purcell Quartet and friends take the biscuit.' International Record Review |
BUXTEHUDE
Membra jesu nostri / Laudate, pueri, Dominum (with Weckmann - Kommet her zu mir alle) Emma Kirkby (soprano) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) Charles Daniels (tenor) Peter Harvey (bass) / Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "Charles Daniels's soft high tenor has a hushed devotional character...The Purcell Quartet play with reliable stylishness." (Gramophone) |
BUXTEHUDE
Sacred Cantatas - Volume 2 Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Michael Chance (counter-tenor) / Charles Daniels (tenor) / Peter Harvey (bass) / Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] "If Buxtehude cantatas are the object of your enthusiasm, this disc provides a good number of them performed by some of the best early music specialists out there. They are a homogeneous bunch of works, so listening to the disc in one sitting borders... |
J.S. BACH
Early Cantatas, volume 2 (Weimar) Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Michael Chance (counter-tenor) / Charles Daniels (tenor) / Peter Harvey (bass) / The Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "This undirected group of soloists and instrumentalists works together with impressive cohesiveness. Without the sense - which in other kinds of performance one can never quite escape, for good or ill - of the personality and interpretative of a... |
J.S. BACH
Early Cantatas, volume 3 (Weimar) Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Michael Chance (counter-tenor) / Charles Daniels (tenor) / Peter Harvey (bass) / The Purcell Quartet [ Chandos Chaconne / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] This 2-CD set with The Purcell Quartet and a distinguished group of soloists is the third in a series devoted to Bach's early cantatas and the second focussing on the Weimar period. |
