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RODRIGO / LLOBET SOLES / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO / PIAZZOLLA
Krzysztof Meisinger - Elogio de la guitarra Krzysztof Meisinger (guitar) [ Chandos / CD - released 15/Oct/2021 ] Krzysztof Meisinger, born in 1984, has seen his artistic development benefit from the immense influence of such teachers and music authorities as Aniello Desiderio (Italy) and Christopher Parkening (USA) |
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WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Christopher Columbus (A Musical Journey) Julian Glover, Jamie Glover (speakers) / Caroline Carragher (sop) / Jean Rigby (mezzo) / Tom Randle (ten) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 6/Apr/2005 ] This exciting release is conducted by Richard Hickox, the recipient of numerous accolades for previous recordings of Walton's music, and features father and son actors Julian and Jamie Glover |
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ALWYN
Piano Works (Incls Sonata alla toccata) Julian Milford (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] Four premiere recordings are on this debut disc! |
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RUTH GIPPS
Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 Juliana Koch (oboe), BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba (conductor) [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Oct/2022 ] Ruth Gipps (1921 - 1999) was born in the English seaside resort of Bexhill-on-Sea. Encouraged as a child by an ambitious pianist mother, she appeared locally as a prodigy pianist. She was accepted by the Royal College of Music in 1937, at the age of... |
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JANACEK
Idyll for String Orchestra / Suite for Strings / Taras Bulba / etc Jupiter Orchestra, Gregory Rose / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Jira Belohlavek [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 30/Aug/2008 ] "This admirable collection contains good to excellent performances of just about all the orchestral music that Janácek wrote." (Classics Today) |
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JOHANNES BRAHMS / LUISE ADOLPHA LE BEAU
Brahms and Contemporaries, Volume 1 Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective [ Chandos / CD - released 14/Jul/2024 ] In this new series, the Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective juxtaposes piano quartets by Brahms with ones by his lesser-known contemporaries. For this first volume the group has chosen the piano quartet of Luise Adolpha Le Beau. |
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FANNY & FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet / Piano Quartet / Piano Trio Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/Jul/2022 ] 'In sum, an exuberant, brilliantly executed celebration of the most prodigious brother-sister double act in music history.' Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 22 |
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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Symphony No.10 / Symphony in C Major for Piano, Cello and Violin Op. 56 Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio / English Chamber Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Walter Weller [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide |
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RENE CLAUSEN
Life and Breath: Choral Works by René Clausen Kansas City Chorale, Charles Bruffy [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] "Although he writes in all genres, René Clausen is today one of America's most popular choral composers...On this release, choral works by Clausen are performed by the Kansas City Chorale, another choir of great international renown" |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Bassoon Concertos Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / CD - released 17/Nov/2010 ] "The instrument is precisely focused and the fineness of her playing shows her to be a musician of cultivated taste and sensibility...Geoghegan arrests attention immediately." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice November 2010 |
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CARL MARIA von WEBER
Weber: Symphonies 1 and 2 / Bassoon Concerto / Invitation to the Dance Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Nov/2012 ] "Mena immediately sounds like a natural Weberian who, together with his smart horns and timpanist, has absorbed enough of historic-instrument practice to spare the music the false-sounding weighty Viennese classicism that used to be inflicted on many |
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WOLF-FERRARI
Orchestral Works Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) John Bradbury (solo clarinet) Peter Dixon (solo cello) / BBC Philharmonic / Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/May/2004 ] "The richly romantic themes in the overture from La dama boba are also particularly sumptuous and enormously enjoyable. The sound quality of this recording is consistently excellent, as we have come to expect from Chandos." (MusicWeb March 2009) |
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HUMMEL / WEBER / ELGAR / JACOBI / etc
Works for Bassoon Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) / Opera North Orchestra / Benjamin Wallfisch [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "It is clear that Geoghegan has spent her life so far working hard and nurturing her abilities, under the careful guidance of some excellent teachers, such as Janet Bloxwich and John Orford. With a disc such as this, it is impossible not to take the... |
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ELGAR / RACHMANINOV / SCHRECK / SCHUMANN / SPOHR / etc
Fantasies for Bassoon Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) Philip Edward Fisher (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] "There's a wonderfully natural quality to Geoghegan's phrasing and expression - especially in the Schumann - and she is partnered adeptly at all times by Philip Edward Fisher." (Classic FM) |
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GROVLEZ / TANSMAN / KOECHLIN / FAURE / BOUTRY / GALLON / DUTILLEUX / BITSCH / JANCOURT / PIERNE / DEBUSSY
French Bassoon Works Karen Geoghegan (bassoon) Philip Fisher (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] For the popular young bassoonist Karen Geoghegan this is her third recording with Chandos and aptly demonstrates the capabilities of the bassoon in this unique collection of French music, ably accompanied by Philip Fisher. |
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SCHREKER
Orchestral Works Vol 2 Katarina Karnaus (mezzo-soprano), BBC Philharmonic, Vassily Sinaisky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Sep/2001 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine |
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BEETHOVEN / WEINBERG / SHOSTAKOVICH / GUBAIDULINA / RACHMANINOV / etc
Russian Roots Katharina Konradi (soprano), Trio Gaspard [ Chandos / CD - released 7/Feb/2022 ] |
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MOZART / PUCCINI / GOUNOD / DVORAK / etc
Silver Voice: Opera Arias played by Flute and Orchestra Katherine Bryan (flute) / Orchestra of Opera North, Bramwell Tovey [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jan/2018 ] With her first Chandos recording, the scintillating flautist Katherine Bryan explores the relationship between her instrument and the human voice by providing a new take on some of the world's most famous opera arias, from Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro... |
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ALBERT ROUSSEL
Roussel: Évocations etc Kathryn Rudge (mezzo-soprano), Alessandro Fisher (solo tenor), François le Roux (baritone), CBSO Chorus, BBC Philharmonic [ Chandos / CD - released 4/May/2018 ] Maestro Yan Pascal Tortelier celebrates his twenty-five-year recording career and seventy-album discography on Chandos with this album of three of Roussel's most remarkable compositions. It follows a highly praised Birmingham concert with the same... |
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DMITRY KABALEVSKY
Kabalevsky: Piano Concertos, Vol 2 (Nos 1 & 4) Kathryn Stott (piano) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 22/Oct/2006 ] 'Beautifully recorded and executed, the new Chandos disc is self-recommending for collectors of Soviet music and/or 20th-century piano concertos.' Gramophone |