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) |
JUAN CRISÓSTOMO DE ARRIAGA
Arriaga: Symphony / Herminie etc Berit Norbakken Solset (soprano), BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] The Spanish music specialist and former Chief Conductor of the BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena, continues the series 'La Música de España', which has seen the recording of orchestral works by de Falla, Turina, and Albéniz, with another important... |
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / MIKHAIL GLINKA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rimsky-Korsakov: Mozart & Salieri / Glinka: Songs Vladimir Bogachov (tenor), Nikita Storojev (bass) / I Musici de Montreal, Yuli Turovsky [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] 1993 recording. Now rare on CD! |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Music Vol 2 (Incls Visions Fugitives Op.22 & Piano Sonata No. 7 Op.83) Boris Berman (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 12/Jun/2006 ] Boris Berman was born in Moscow, Russia in the former Soviet Union. He studied piano at the Tchaikowsky Conservatory in Moscow with the great Lev Oberin where he graduated with distinction in both piano and harpsichord. |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms / Symphony in C / Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments Boris Berman (piano) / Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Jarvi, Choeur de Chambre Romand, Choeur pro Arte de Lausanne [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Jun/1993 ] "(This recording) contains some superb performances by an orchestra with a long Stravinsky tradition, and Järvi's dedication to this composer has produced some of his finest efforts." ClassicsToday |
HENRY PURCELL
Purcell - Miscellany Catherine Bott (soprano), Mark Bennett (trumpet) / The Purcell Quartet [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 19/Sep/1996 ] Pièces vocales et instrumentales : Fairy Queen (extraits), Sonate pour trompette, Ouvertures, Suites... |
PERCY GRAINGER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Grainger: Famous Folk Settings [Incls 'Country Gardens' & 'Shepherd's Hey'] Bournemouth Sinfonia, Kenneth Montgomery, with Philip martin (piano) [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 21/Jul/2003 ] Originally recorded March 1978 |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring & other Delius favourites Bournemouth Sinfonia, Norman del Mar [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 21/Jul/1990 ] Originally recorded in 1977 |
DEBUSSY / BACH / FAURE / SHOSTAKOVICH / KHACHATURIAN / SATIE / etc
Golden Oldies: A 50th Birthday Celebration Brodsky Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 24/Mar/2023 ] "In the greatest encore piece of them all the Brodsky's players battle exuberantly through Khachaturian's 'Sabre Dance', with swoops and biting down bows and, surely, big smiles on their faces. The recording does them full justice." The Strad |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem) Bror Magnus Tødenes (tenor) / Choir of Collegiûm Mûsicûm, Bergen Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra, Royal Northern College of Music Choir, etc, Edward Ga [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Nov/2018 ] With this surround-sound recording of Berlioz's Requiem, Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra tackle the infinite and the immeasurable.All the grandiose, striking beauty of the Requiem's large-scale ceremonial is encapsulated by... |
VINCENT D'INDY
D'Indy: Orchestral Works Volume 6 - Wallenstein, Op. 12 / Lied, Op. 19 / etc Bryndís Halla Gylfadóttir (cello) / Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 26/Apr/2015 ] "Gamba's conducting evinces the care and thought characteristic of the retrospective as a whole. There's an admirable awareness of the crafted sensuousness of d'Indy's textures, the slightly studied novelty of his compositional style." Gramophone |
SIR LENNOX BERKELEY
Berkeley: Piano Concerto,Op. 29 in B flat major / Berkeley, Michael-Gethsemane Fragment; Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila, Op. 27 Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto) Celia Craig (cor anglais) Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Richard Hickox [ Chandos Berkeley Edition Vol 5 / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] "This eloquent father-and-son series restores the scintillating concerto." Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (February 2005) |
SIR GRANVILLE BANTOCK
Bantock: Omar Khayyam Catherine Wyn-Rogers, Toby Spence & Roderick Williams / BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Chandos SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 27/Aug/2007 ] "It's a fascinating rediscovery on a huge scale, especially in the detail and depth of SACD surround-sound, seductively performed by Handley's forces, Toby Spence appropriately poetic and Catherine Wyn-Rogers sensuous." BBC Music Five Stars |
GUSTAV HOLST / RICHARD STRAUSS
Holst: The Planets / Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra (LP) CBSO Youth Chorus, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner [ Chandos LP / LP - released 24/Feb/2017 ] "Edward Gardner's driven, finely balanced conducting ensures this is one for collectors as well as supporters." The Guardian, 10th February 2017 **** |
CECILIA & BRYN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia & Bryn at Glyndebourne - Arias & Duets Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Myung-Whun Chung [ BBC / Chandos DVD / DVD - released 29/Jul/2008 ] "Two well-loved singers captured for prosterity." - GRAMOPHONE |
PAVEL HAAS / ANTOINE REICHA / LEOŠ JANÁCEK / BOHUSLAV MARTINU
Echoes of Bohemia: Czech Music for Wind Chamber: Orsino Ensemble, with James Baillieu (piano) [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] Following their début album, Belle Époque, the Orsino Ensemble turns its attention to music from Bohemia. There is a strong tradition of Czech wind playing, and hence a wealth of great repertoire on which to draw. Antoine Reicha was a contemporary... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vivaldi Chamber Concertos Chandos Baroque Players [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] 'As refreshing a package of out-of-the-way Vivaldi as has recently come my way' (The Magic Flute, USA) |
ARNOLD BAX
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bax - Choral Works Christine Bunning (soprano), Huddersfield Choral Society / BBC Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins (conductor) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] All the glorious choral music of Bax on one Chandos CD |