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WILLIAM RIMMER / HERMANN LOUSID BLAKENBURG / ROBERT BROWNE HALL
World Famous Marches (Incls 'Flying Eagle' & 'North Star') John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1991 ] This recordings brings together music by three of the world's greatest march writers - 23 top class marches, representative of three gifted march writers, each with a different background and a different nationality. |
TRADITIONALLY BRITISH
Traditionally British John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band / Geoffrey Brand / Roy Newsome [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] Traditionally British is the British band - from 'Jerusalem' to 'Loch Lomond'. from 'The Minstrel Boy' to 'All Through the Night' |
Black Dyke Mills Band / Roy Newsome (conductor) / Don Lusher (trombone)
The Spectrum of Brass (featuring the music and arrangements of Gordon Langford) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1994 ] In 1816 Peter Wharton founded a brass and reed band in the Yorkshire village of Queenshead - later to become Queensbury. John Foster, apart from being the founder of Black Dyke Mills, played French Horn in this band. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
An introduction to Beethoven (Incls Piano Concerto No. 5 'Emperor' & Symphony No. 5 in C minor) John Lill (piano) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Walter Weller [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] 'You'll know the meaning of the term 'heart-rending beauty' when you listen to the slow movement of the Piano Concerto.' CD Review |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Great Operatic Arias John Tomlinson (bass) / Philharmonic Orchestra / David Parry [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/2000 ] |
DEBUSSY
Pelleas and Melisande (Complete Opera in English recorded in 1981) John Tomlinson (bass) Sarah Walker (mezzo) Robert Dean (baritone) / English National Opera / Mark Elder [ Chandos / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2012 ] This live BBC broadcast of Claude Debussy's ground-breaking opera Pelléas and Mélisande was recorded at the Coliseum in 1981. The unique performance is now available on CD for the first time, as part of Chandos' Opera in English historical series,... |
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / HERBERT HOWELLS / FREDERICK DELIUS / SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Music for Strings John Wilson, Sinfonia Of London [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 3/Feb/2023 ] "I expect it has been said before, but the Sinfonia of London belongs in the Formula 1 class of orchestras, and in this repertoire sits in pole position." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Orchestral |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton - Orchestral Works Vol.2: Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 1 / Scapino Jonathan Aasgaard (cello), Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 14/Nov/2025 ] '...a perfect example of how conductor John Wilson's vital, yet penetrating, approach combines with the orchestra's trademark lustre to fit this composer's music like a glove. It's evident from the outset in a rumbustious reading of Scapino" Guardian |
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Orchestral Works, Volume 1 (Incls 'songs before Sleep') Jonathan Lemalu (baritone) / Paul Watkins (cello) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Richard Hickox (cond) [ Chandos / CD - released 24/Nov/2006 ] 'It's hard to imagine a more beguiling start to this series or a more appealing introduction to Richard Rodney Bennett than this CD…I can't imagine anyone not being enraptured by this CD.' Gramophone |
AARON COPLAND
Copland: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - Symphonies Jonathan Scott (organ), BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 16/Sep/2016 ] "Wilson obtains [a] superbly drilled and articulate response from the BBC Philharmonic…an outstanding release" (Gramophone) |
YORK BOWEN
York Bowen: Piano Works Joop Celis (piano) [ Chandos / 4 CD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] Bowen composed more than 160 works, which show a blend of romanticism and strong individuality. This collection ranges widely over his output for solo piano, from relatively large-scale structures to quite short, almost miniature, pieces. |
YORK BOWEN
Bowen, York - Sonata No. 6, Op. 160 / 24 Preludes, Op. 102 / Raªverie, Op. 86 Joop Celis, piano [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] York Bowen has been described as 'the English Rachmaninov'. The reason for his subsequent obscurity remains a mystery, for his distinctive music is of the highest quality. |
YORK BOWEN
Works for Piano, Volume 2 (Incls Sonata No. 5 Op. 78 & Four Bagatelles, Op. 147) Joop Celis (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] 'Dutch pianist Joop Celis displays impeccable technique in Bowen's demanding scores. He is clearly an excellent musician. Chandos offers clear, vibrant sound. A lot of dedicated work and effort has gone into this recording.' American Record Guide |
YORK BOWEN
Works for Piano, Volume 4 (Incls Three Novelettes, Op. 124) Joop Celis (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Apr/2010 ] "The playing by Joop Celis is, as with the other three volumes in this series, superb. York Bowen and his champion certainly deserve each other!" Recording of the Month MusicWeb May 2010 |
REICHE / GRAUPNER / WEICHLEIN / MONROE etc
Altissima - Works For High Baroque Trumpet Josh Cohen (Baroque Trumpet), Ensemble Sprezzatura, Daniel Abraham (director) [ Chandos / Chaconne / CD - released 6/Jan/2023 ] The baroque trumpeter Josh Cohen is among the most sought-after clarino specialists in North America. A native of the Washington, DC area, he performs regularly with most of the leading early music ensembles in North America and has appeared as... |
ASTOR PIAZZOLLA
Symphonic Works, Volume 2 (Incls 'Concerto for BandoneAn, String Orchestra and Percussion') Juan Jose Mosalini (bandoneon) / Wurttembergische Philarmonie Reutlingen / Gabriel Castagna [ Chandos / CD - released 22/May/2007 ] This long-awaited release contains several premiere recordings, including Sinfonía Buenos Aires and Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas |
TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV
Piano Concertos Terence Judd (piano) / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Lazarev [ Chandos / CD - released 21/May/2001 ] |
ELGAR
The Light of Life (Lux Christie) Op. 29 Judith Howarth, Linda Finnie / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] 'Hickox's superior Elgarian credentials are immediately established in the glorious orchestral "Meditation", where his conducting demonstrates a noble flexibility, sensitivity to dynamic nuance and feeling for climax that are wholly beguiling'... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Caractacus / Severn Suite Judith Howarth (Soprano), Arthur Davies (Tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (Baritone), Alastair Miles (Bass), Stephen Roberts (Bass) London Symphony Chorus [ Chandos 241 Hickox Legacy / 2 CD - released 12/Aug/2016 ] "Another classic Hickox recording from the early '90s; an uneven work, but well worth hearing when done as brilliantly as this." (MusicWeb) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Where Corals Lie - a journey through songs by Elgar Julia Sitkovetsky (soprano) Christopher Glynn (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Oct/2021 ] "..she addresses some of Elgar's greatest songs with the full might of a fine coloratura, highly appropriate for pieces that, to the uninitiated, might sound like Puccini. She does a creditable Sea Pictures, too, in their original soprano key." |
