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ERNST von DOHNANYI
Dohnanyi: Symphony No 2 / Symphonic Minutes BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "Matthias Bamert and the BBC Philharmonic give both works the performance of their lives… Bamert makes every bar of it a real joy." Fanfare |
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WILLIAM ALWYN
The Film Music of William Alwyn, Volume 4 [Incls 'Shake Hands with the Devil' & 'The Black Tent'] BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 30/Jan/2017 ] Started seventeen years ago with the LSO under Richard Hickox, the series continued with Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic, who released volumes 2 and 3 in 2001 and 2005. |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: In memoriam, Suite from 'the Tempest', Op. 1, Symphony in E 'Irish' BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2000 ] 'Hickox directs first-rate performances, full of colour and rhythmic life, in a nicely resonant acoustic that suits the young Sullivan's astonishing skill'. (BBC Music Magazine) |
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MIKLOS ROZSA
Film Music Suites [incls 'Jungle Book' & 'The Thief of Bagdad'] BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] "These performances by the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Rumon Gamba, who have many a cinematic credit to their name, carry the conviction of an original soundtrack recording in state-of-the-art sound." (Gramophone) |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Arnold: Ballet Music (Includes 'Rinaldo & Armida' & 'Sweeney Todd') BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2009 ] "What an absolute winner of a disc! The BBC Philharmonic respond with commendable polish and gusto for Rumon Gamba, and their efforts have been afforded typically ripe and lustrous Chandos sound. A hearty endorsement whichever way you look at it."... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: Symphonies, Divertmento, etc BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Dec/2022 ] The Symphony in C was conceived in Paris in the late 1930s, but completed in America in 1940, and is dedicated to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary. Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic and premièred in... |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: Complete Symphonies (with Rogue's Comedy Overture & Tintagel ) BBC Philharmonic / Vernon Handley [ Chandos Classics / 5 CD - released 3/Dec/2003 ] "Handley is in total sympathy with Bax's music and his direction is authoritative as well as idiomatic. Superb sound from the Chandos and BBC engineers. We would not be without this set" Penguin Guide |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Francesca da Rimini BBC Singers, BBC Philharmonic, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Gianandrea Noseda Rachmaninov series / CD - released 29/Oct/2007 ] "This is an excellent way of coming to know a flawed but interesting piece of Rachmaninov, and it is much helped by excellent presentation from Chandos" Gramophone |
REINGOLD GLIERE
Gliere: Symphony No.3 In B minor 'Il'ya Murometz' BBC Philharmonic, Sir Edward Downes [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] "If not the symphony's first outing on disc, it remains the best...Chandos's recordings still sound glorious and the orchestra's manifest engagement with the music shines through." Gramophone |
ARNOLD BAX
Bax: The Symphonies BBC Philharmonic, Vernon Handley [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2003 ] "Handley is in total sympathy with Bax's music and his direction is authoritative as well as idiomatic. Superb sound from the Chandos and BBC engineers. We would not be without this set." Penguin Guide |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Appalachia / The Song of the High Hills BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2011 ] "This is a magnificent, clear-edged recording of two challenging, problematic works, performed here with vibrancy and confidence...Davis's diligent control of this extraordinary material makes for compelling listening." (Gramophone Award Finalist... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette Michèle Losier (mezzo-soprano), Samuel Boden (tenor), David Soar, (bass) / BBC Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 16/Sep/2016 ] "... Davis's reading is warm and full of subtle atmospheric nuances... Davis takes full advantage of a magnificent SACD recording epically spacious, illuminating the excellent chorus and soloists vocal and instrumental in sharp detail " (BBC) |
WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI
Lutoslawski: Vocal and Orchestral Works BBC Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / 5 Hybrid SACD - released 2/Feb/2018 ] This exceptional box set offers Chandos' complete Lutosławski series, featuring a string of the composer's masterpieces performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Edward Gardner in exemplary partnership, along with some of Chandos' finest soloists,... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: "Eroica" Variations / etc Louis Lortie (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2018 ] |
SERGEI RACHMANINOV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaques Bekova Sisters [ Chandos / CD - released 20/May/1994 ] Rachmaninov's two Piano Trios, both bearing the subtitle "Elegiaque" (elegiac), are dark, passionate works, composed under the influence of Tchaikovsky; the first is a short, one-movement piece rich in typically Slavic sentimentality, the second was... |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Martinu: Piano Trios Nos 2 & 3 / Czech Rhapsody / Nocturnes The Bekova Sisters [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1998 ] The Bekova Sisters were born in Kazakhstan and studied at the Moscow Conservatory. After their much-publicised reunion in the West and sensational debut in 1989 on the South Bank, London, the Sisters have rapidly established themselves on the... |
QUILTER / MOERAN / BRITTEN / GRANGER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: I Love My Love - a collection of British Folk Songs Benjamin Luxon (baritone), David Willison (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1992 ] 26 TRACKS - beautifully recorded |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphonies Nos 1 and 3 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under its Chief Conductor, Edward Gardner, embarks on a new Brahms cycle with this first instalment, containing the first and third symphonies. Recorded in Surround Sound in Bergen's Grieghallen - the orchestra's... |
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (complete ballet) Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, with James Ehnes (violin) [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "The Bergen Philharmonic proves an ideal instrument for one of Tchaikovsky's most magical scores. Neeme Jarvi's every demand is met with immaculate playing, recorded in a warm but not too resonant acoustic." (BBC Music) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: King Olaf / The Banner of Saint George Emily Birsan, Barry Banks, Alan Opie, Bergen Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 12/Feb/2015 ] "The Chandos sound is full-blooded and excellent in every respect... for this project Ralph Couzens was assisted by Gunner Herleif Nilsen of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation; between them they've produced very fine results." (MusicWeb Feb '15) |
