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BELA BARTOK
Bartok: Violin Concerto Nos 1 and 2 / Viola Concerto James Ehnes (violin / viola) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 21/Sep/2011 ] "I can't think of a finer CD version of the First Concerto than this...[Ehnes's] rich, yielding tone makes an even stronger impression [in the Viola Concerto], reminiscent of William Primrose in his prime" Gramophone Award Finalist 2012: Concerto |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Harold en Italie / Reverie et Caprice, Op. 8 / etc James Ehnes (violin & viola) / Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2015 ] The virtuosic and nine-times Juno-winning Canadian James Ehnes is centre stage in a new recording of orchestral works by Berlioz, with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. This recording follows an extraordinarily rare... |
GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
Cox and Box / Trial by Jury (Complete operettas) James Gilchrist, Neal Davies, Donald Maxwell, Rebecca Evans / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Jul/2005 ] "If you are a G& If S fan, you won't be able to live without this disc; if you are not, this CD just might convert you." (William Dart NZ Herald 3rd Aug 2005) |
ROGER QUILTER
Quilter: Songs James Gilchrist (tenor) Anna Tibrook (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 19/Jul/2024 ] Born in Sussex in 1877, Roger Quilter was a fellow-student of Percy Grainger, Cyril Scott, and H. Balfour Gardiner at the Hoch Conservatory, in Frankfurt, where he studied for almost five years under the guidance of the German professor of... |
LENNOX BERKELEY
Songs of Lennox Berkeley James Gilchrist (tenor) Anna Tibrook (piano) Alison Nicholls (harp) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Apr/2012 ] "The tenor James Gilchrist sings sweetly and cleanly, without affectation, and Anna Tilbrook is finely responsive to the subtleties of the piano parts." (Daily Telegraph) |
JANACEK / MARTINU / HAAS
Czech Music for Strings Janácek Chamber Orchestra [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 11/Aug/2011 ] "The centrepiece of this disc is Pavel Haas's Study, written in 1943 in the concentration camp at Terezín...Its quality is undeniable, and while we should never forget the circumstances in which it was written, it also seems right that Haas's music... |
PUCCINI
Tosca (Complete Opera in English) Jane Eaglen soprano, Dennis O'Neill tenor, Gregory Yurisich bar, Philharmonia Or [ Chandos Opera in English / 2 CD - released 20/Sep/2001 ] 'Jane Eaglen's Tosca is a high-voltage performance.'-BBC Music Magazine |
SCHOENBERG
Pierrot Lunaire (with Webern-Concerto, Op.24) Jane Manning (Sprechstimme) / Nash Ensemble / Simon Rattle [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/1991 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Jane Manning has very much made the work her own, and her partnership with Simon Rattle may be regarded as definitive." (1001 recordings on Pierrot Lunaire) |
DONIZETTI
Mary Stuart (Scenes from the opera in English) Janet Baker, English National Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos Opera in English / CD - released 17/Nov/2001 ] Janet Baker made her last appearances with English National Opera |
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea (complete opera recorded in English in 1971) Janet Baker / Robert Ferguson / Anne Collins / Katherine Pring / Clifford Grant / Sadler's Wells Chorus and Orchestra / Raymond Leppard [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2010 ] "Richly enjoyable...Baker catches the langour and the selfish ambition of this unpleasant character with subtly varied tone...And the diction! Put down the libretto, listen, and weep for what was." Gramophone Award Finalist 2011 - Historic |
CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Complete Works for Clarinet Janet Hilton (clarinet) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi / Lindsay String Quartet / Keith Swallow (piano) [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] 'Janet Hilton's is a very fine performance. The slow movements are ruminative and beautifully played.' Fanfare |
W.A. MOZART
Cosi Fan Tutti (Complete opera in English) Janice Watson, Diana Montague, Cristopher Maltman / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2008 ] "This may seem a bit repetitive but the music making here has the same quality as in the symphonies and Cosi is one of my favourite operas. Here it is sung in English and the OAE, chorus and cast are excellent. This is a considerable bargain too."... |
JOSEF HAYDN
Masses 'theresienmesse' 'Kleine Orgelmesse' Janice Watson, Pamela Helen Stephen, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/1996 ] The Chandos Mass Edition continues |
ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Sullivan: Ivanhoe (Complete Opera) Janice Watson (sop) Geraldine McGreevy (sop) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-sop) Toby Spence (ten) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, David Lloyd-Jones [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "The singers provide a polished performance, sing superbly and support each other admirably. Special mention should be made of Janice Watson with sincerity of portrayal and effortless top notes" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Feb 2010) |
BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Symphony No. 1 / Concerto for Double String Orchestra, Piano and Timpani Jaroslav Saroun (piano) Vaclav Mazacek (timpani) / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Jira Belohlavek [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Jiri Belohlavek has a superb command of the work's ebb and flow." |
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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mozart: Piano Concertos Vol. 8 Jean Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Mancheter Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy [ Chandos / CD - released 6/Oct/2023 ] Volume 8 of Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's survey of Mozart's piano concertos with Gábor Takács- Nagy and Manchester Camerata features two late concertos - Nos 26 and 27 - along with the overtures to Così fan tutte, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), and La... |
LENNOX BERKELEY
Ruth Op. 50 (complete opera) Jean Rigby (mezzo-soprano) Mark Tucker (tenor) Yvonne Kenny (soprano) Claire Rutter (soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Joyful Company of Singers [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/May/2005 ] Premiere recording of Sir Lennox Berkeley's opera Ruth. |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn Piano Sonatas Vol 8 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet [ Chandos / CD - released 5/Jul/2019 ] After leaving the boys' choir of St Stephens Cathedral in Vienna, one of the ways the young Haydn found to support himself was as a harpsichord teacher. The three early sonatas featured on this recording were almost certainly intended for his... |
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Piano Sontas, Vol. 6 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 12/May/2017 ] The highly acclaimed series of Haydn's complete piano sonatas with multi-award winning pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has now reached Volume 6. |
