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LUKAS FOSS
Griffelkin (Opera in Three Acts Libretto by Alastair Reid) Marion Dry (contralto) ; Kendra Colton (soprano) ; Elizabeth Keusch (soprano) ; Yeghishe Manucharyan (tenor) [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 26/May/2003 ] This is the premiere recording of Lukas Foss's opera Griffelkin. |
LUKAS FOSS
Griffelkin (Opera in Three Acts Libretto by Alastair Reid) Marion Dry (contralto) ; Kendra Colton (soprano) Elizabeth Keusch (soprano) Yeghishe Manucharyan (tenor) / Members of Boston Children's Opera and gues [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 26/May/2003 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in full 5.1 surround sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
On Wenlock Edge / Piano Quintet / etc Mark Padmore (tenor) Alison Dods (violin) / The Schubert Ensemble [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] "Listening to this fine new release and revisiting the comparative versions of On Wenlock Edge - sheer indulgence! - I'm struck by the excellence of all of them...this new Chandos disc is an outstanding release and admirers of Vaughan Williams can... |
GEORGE DYSON
Nebuchadnezzar / Woodland Suite / etc Mark Padmore (tenor) Neal Davies (bass-baritone) / BBC Symphony Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 31/Oct/2007 ] "Enthusiasts for the festive yet idiosyncratic mainstream of British choral music need look no further." (MusicWeb April 2008) |
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ISAAC ALBENIZ
Albeniz - Orchestral Works [Incls 'Piano Concerto No 1'] Martin Roscoe (piano) / BBC Philharmonic, Juanjo Mena [ Chandos / CD - released 29/May/2016 ] "Mena has the BBC Phil sounding more Spanish than most Spanish orchestras in this music." Recording of the Month MusicWeb May 2016 |
JAMES MacMILLAN
MacMillan: Britannia / The Berserking / Into the Ferment Martin Roscoe (piano) / BBC Philharmonic, James MacMillan [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Aug/2003 ] 'Energy and wit abound in music with plenty of stories to tell.' (Gramophone) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: The Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Volume 3 (Incls Suites from 'Hamlet' & 'the Young Guard') Martin Roscoe (piano) / BBC Philharmonic / Vassily Sinaisky [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] "The Chandos issue will appeal to film music buffs and Shostakovich completists but it deserves to reach a wider audience given the flair and dynamism of the music-making and the high quotient of tunes. As I observed last time round, Sinaisky is... |
RICHARD ADDINSELL
The Film Music of (music from 'Goodbye, Mr Chips'; 'Dangerous Moonlight'; 'Blithe Spirit'; etc) Martin Roscoe (piano) Chetham's Chamber Choir / Manchester Cathedral Choir / BBC Philharmonic; Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 25/Feb/2003 ] 'this generously-filled CD is undoubtedly the best single-CD selection now available.' - Gramophone |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Complete String Quartets, Vol. 6 (Nos 1 & 12 plus the Piano Quintet) Martin Roscoe (piano) / Sorrel Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Sep/2005 ] The members of the Sorrel Quartet have an unassailable claim to authenticity in their interpretations of Shostakovich's works. They were coached by the late Rostislav Dubinsky, founder member and leader of the Borodin Quartet, an ensemble closely... |
ARNOLD BAX
Orchestral Works, Volume 8 (Incls 'Enchanted Summer' & 'Walsinghame') Martyn Hill (tenor) Anne Williams-Kingm, Lynore McWhirter (sopranos) / Brighton Festival Chorus / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] 'This issue represents a considerable achievement for all involved. The spacious recording copes beautifully with everything Bax can muster.' Hi-Fi News |
ARNOLD BAX
Orchestral Works, Volume 6 (Includes Russian Suite ; Four songs for tenor and orchestra & Romantic Overture) Martyn Hill (tenor) Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Nov/2003 ] "This disc, at mid-price, is an excellent place to start for anyone wishing to dip their aural toe into Bax's music" (MusicWeb April 2004) |
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MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn in Birmingham - Volume 3 [Incls Symphony No. 2 'Lobgesang''] Mary Bevan (soprano I), Sophie Bevan (soprano II) & Benjamin Hulett (tenor) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2015 ] "The playing of the CBSO is of the highest quality, and the perfectly balanced and blended sound of the wind sections is something very special. It is all so well rendered by the engineers; they have successfully preserved the feeling of spaciousness |
NINO ROTA
The film music of Nino Rota Massimo Palumbo (piano) [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 29/Nov/1999 ] Original scores and transcriptions for piano |
NINO ROTA
Piano Concertos in E minor & C major Massimo Palumbo (piano) / I Virtuosi Italiani / Daniel Boico [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "Both concertos are played by Massimo Palumbo with brilliant technique, the recorded sound is excellent and I Virtuosi Italiani under Marco Boni provide excellent support. These works are unashamedly romantic and nostalgic in style. It will be... |
PAGANINI
24 Caprices for Solo Violin Massimo Quarta (violin) [ Chandos / CD - released 11/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1801-1850) - 'Massimo Quarta is a real virtuoso, tossing off the difficult passages boldly, nonchalantly and with an impressive degree of polish and accuracy… ' Gramophone |
PAGANINI
24 Caprices, Op. 1 for solo violin Massimo Quarta, violin [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Feb/2005 ] "Undeniably extraordinary music, and extraordinary violin-playing" - MusicWeb April 2005 |
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH / ROXANNA PANUFNIK / JOHANN LUDWIG KREBS / RICHARD BARNARD etc
Fantasia: Works for Trumpet and Organ Matilda Lloyd (Solo Trumpet trumpets, flugelhorn) [ Chandos / CD - released 26/Sep/2025 ] Matilda Lloyd and Richard Gowers, recital partners for more than a decade, present a diverse programme of music for trumpet and organ. Transcriptions of baroque works are interspersed with four world-première recordings of new works by British... |
ERNST von DOHNANYI
Dohnányi: Orchestral Works BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Matthias Bamert (conductor), with Howard Shelley (piano), James Ehnes (violin) & Clifford Lantaff (harp) [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 15/Jul/2016 ] Ernst von Dohnányi was for many years a little-known and unjustly neglected composer. Chandos' series of recordings of his orchestral works, performed by the BBC Philharmonic under Matthias Bamert, with a distinguished roster of soloists,... |
MAX REGER
Bocklin Suite Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / CD - released 17/Nov/2013 ] Anyone who warms to Vaughan Williams's TallisFantasia will immediately respond to the 'Hermit playing the violin', the first of the four Böcklin tone-poems. |
JOHN FIELD
Piano Works (Incls the Sonatas & Rondo in A flat major) Míceál O'Rourke (piano) [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] 'Field's impeccably classical sonatas do not plumb great depths, but are consistently engaging in Miceál O'Rourke's hands. The gathering of shorter pieces offers great variety.' BBC Music Magazine |
