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SIBELIUS
Incidental Music Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Petri Sakari [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Jun/2014 ] Appearing on the Chandos Classics label, this reissue features performances of incidental music by Jean Sibelius, recorded in 1992 by Petri Sakari and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. |
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HUGO ALFVEN
Swedish Rhapsodies / A Legend of the Skerries / etc Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Petri Sakari [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "The Iceland Symphony Orchestra under its Finnish conductor Petri Sakari brings Alfven's music to life with more style and passion than any rival recording." (1001 recordings) |
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VINCENT d'INDY
Orchestral Works Vol 1 (Incls 'La Foraªt enchantae') Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "What a promising start to this cycle. Apart from bringing these neglected scores to new audiences this recording also confirms Gamba as a conductor to watch. The orchestral playing is exemplary, the engineering spectacular...A sonic and musical... |
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MALCOLM WILLIAMSON
Williamson: Orchestral Works, Vol 2 (incls Symphonies Nos 1 & 5) Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Feb/2007 ] "I suppose it is too much to hope that the parlous state of the Icelandic economy will not hobble this series. Fingers crossed that the series will not end in just two volumes; the first appeared in 2007." (MusicWeb April 2009) |
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VINCENT D'INDY
Orchestral Works Volume 2 (including Symphony No. 2, Op. 57) Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2009 ] "The playing of the Iceland SO combines commendable polish and contagious dedication, and Chandos's sound has both tangible presence and enticing glow." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice June 2009 |
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VINCENT D'INDY
Orchestral Works Volume 4 - Symphony in A Minor Italian / Poeme des Rivages, Op. 77 Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 7/Mar/2011 ] "I doubt you'll hear a more persuasive performance than this. As always, a conductor's firm advocacy can make all the difference - and after four discs devoted to d'Indy no-one could doubt Gamba's affection for this composer." (MusicWeb Recording of... |
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MALCOLM WILLIAMSON
Orchestral Works Vol. 1 (Incls Sinfonietta) Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 5/Mar/2006 ] 'Williamson's technical facility and stylistic diversity is one this; what he did with his skills is another: the music here is really quite wonderful and played (the occasional lapse of ensemble notwithstanding) with palpable affection and devotion... |
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PURCELL / HUMFREY
My Beloved Spake : Anthems by Henry Purcell & Pelham Humfrey Iestyn Davies, James Gilchrist, David Stout & Neal Davies / Choir of St John's College, Cambridge & St John's Sinfonia, Andrew Nethsingha [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "Nethsingha juxtaposes such relatively unfamiliar fare with masterpieces including O Sing unto the Lord. He is a committed custodian of the Oxbridge choral tradition, as are his fine soloists" (Sunday Times) |
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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Suite on Words of Michelangelo / Six Romances / October Ildar Abdrazakov (bass) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 5/Mar/2006 ] "An excellent release, but if Melodiya were to re-issue their original recordings with Yevgeny Nestorenko there would be no contest" (MusicWeb March 2006) |
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Ilma Achmadeeva / Residentie Orchestra The Hague/Rozhdestvensky
Dukelsky-Zephyr et Flore [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] Classical Music from the song master Vernon Duke! |
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SCHUMANN
Abegg Variations / Davidsbündlertänze / Novelettes, Op. 21 Nos 2 & 8 / Geisternähe Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 16/Oct/2015 ] 'Every piece in this recital is a study in portraiture worthy of Schumann's beloved ETA Hoffmann' (BBC Music Instrumental Choice November 2015) |
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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN / BÉLA BARTÓK
Beethoven: The Last Three Sonatas Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 6/Feb/2026 ] Regarded as one of the finest interpreters of classical and romantic repertoire, Imogen Cooper is internationally renowned for her virtuosity and lyricism. Dame Imogen writes: 'It has taken many years for me to perceive the last three sonatas by... |
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CHOPIN
Imogen Cooper's Chopin Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 27/May/2016 ] "This is intelligent music-making of the hihest order and, with a total duration of 80 minutes, real value for money" InternationalPiano |
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FRANZ LISZT / RICHARD WAGNER
Liszt & Wagner: Piano Works Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Sep/2017 ] After highly successful recordings of works by Brahms, the Schumanns, and Chopin, Imogen Cooper plunges into the world of another great romantic, Franz Liszt, and places him alongside that other giant, Richard Wagner. This is an evocative programme... |
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ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Schumann / Brahms: Piano Recital Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "the highpoint of this marvellous release is her playing of the Brahms transcription...Forget that old canard that Brahms is 'thick'. The sound here is positively luminous." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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ROBERT & CLARA SCHUMANN
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 11 / etc Imogen Cooper (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/2015 ] "Cooper has a thorough command of the Schumann language in the major works buttressing her recital...judiciously differentiated, finely balanced and sustained by a compelling impulse." (Gramophone) |
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BRAHMS
Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (German Requiem) Inger Dam-Jensen (soprano) Bo Skovhus (baritone) / Danish National Choir/DR / Danish National Symphony Orchestra/DR / Gerd Albrecht [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 2/Jun/2003 ] 'What sets this performance apart from most others are the comparative lightness of its orchestral and choral sonority, transparency of its texture and utter avoidance of stodgy sentimentality… In short this is a warmly recommended release' -... |
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HOLST
The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50 / Suite de Ballet, Op. 10 / etc Ingrid Attrot (soprano), Neill Archer (tenor), Alan Opie (baritone) & Donald Maxwell (bass) / Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 1/Jul/2012 ] 'Holst's Chaucer-like farce [The Wandering Scholar] comes up freshly minted in this lively recording… the couplings reveal Holst in light-music and Romantic modes, respectively, and throughout Hickox inspires some full-blooded music-making.' (BBC Music) |
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TCHAIKOVSKY
The Snow Maiden Op 12 Irina Mishura-Lekhtman (mezzo-soprano), Vladimir Grishko (tenor) / Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2012 ] "These are charming pieces that any lover of Tchaikovsky's music will surely be delighted to encounter." [The Gromophone Classical Music Guide] |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: The Queen of Spades (Symphonic Suite) / On Guard for Peace Irina Tchistjakova (mezzo-soprano), Niall Docherty (boy soprano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] Neeme Järvi is universally applauded for his Prokofiev recordings. Here he conducts the first recording of Symphonic Fragments from The Queen of Spades, as arranged and elaborated by Michael Berkeley, coupled with the seldom performed oratorio On... |