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EDWARD GREGSON
Blazon / Clarinet Concerto / Stepping Out / Violin Concerto Michael Collins (clarinet) Olivier Charlier (violin) / BBC Philharmonic ; Martyn Brabbins [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Oct/2003 ] "Two fine concertos stand out in the new music from this dynamic composer" - Editor's Choice. Gramophone Magazine Nov 2003 |
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VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
An Introduction To Vaughan Williams (incls 'The Lark Ascending' & 'A London Symphony') Michael Davis (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Bryden Thomson [ Chandos Intro / CD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "Thomson's mighty London risks creating a following. This is a magnificent performance which impresses more with each hearing" (MusicWeb bargain of the Month Sept 2006) |
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BELA BARTOK
Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle Michelle De Young (mezzo); John Relyea (bass); Pál Mácsai (actor); Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] Following outstanding reviews for his interpretation of Duke Bluebeard around the world, notably at the Paris Opéra and then in Philadelphia and New York with Michelle DeYoung, John Relyea stars in the first studio SACD Surround Sound recording of... |
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BERNSTEIN
Bernstein - Symphony No 1 'Jeremiah', Symphony No 2 'Anxiety', Divertimento Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano), James Tocco (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/2001 ] 'Strong Soloists, idiomatic playing and nuanced conducting bring Bernstein to bustling life.' Gramophone |
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MAX BRUCH
Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 Lydia Mordkovitch (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] As part of a tribute to Lydia Mordkovitch, this re-issue features Bruch's Violin Concertos Nos 2 and 3 performed by Lydia Mordkovitch with Richard Hickox and the London Symphony Orchestra. Both were recorded in 1998 in Blackheath Halls in London. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Letter to Kamilla: Music in Jewish Memory Mosaic Voices [ Chandos / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Mosaic Voices are the Resident Choir at the New West End Synagogue, in London. The synagogue, designed in 1877 by the Scottish architect George Audsley, is a masterpiece of Victorian architecture, known for its beautiful choral acoustic. |
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BORIS TCHAIKOVSKY
Sebastopol Symphony / Music for Orchestra / The Wind of Siberia Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra / Vladimir Fedoseyev, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Apr/2005 ] The works on this disc represent some of Boris Tchaikovsky's finest orchestral music, and the release marks the start of a mini-series of Boris Tchaikovsky historical recordings which will feature some major Russian artists. |
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COPLAND / MOZART / KATS-CHERNIN
Works For Clarinet & Orchestra Michael Collins (clarinet, basset clarinet & conductor) / Swedish Chamber Orchestra [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] Michael Collins combines the roles of clarinet soloist and conductor as he leads the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in three works that chart the journey of the clarinet from Mozart's late eighteenth-century Europe, via Aaron Copland's 1940s America, to... |
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PALESTRINA
Music for Holy Saturday Musica Contexta / Simon Ravens [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 27/Aug/2002 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2002 - Early Music |
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HASSE / C.P.E BACH / HERTEL
Cello Concertos Musica Viva (Moscow Chamber Orchestra) [ Chandos / CD - released 27/May/2016 ] This album presents three rarely performed or heard early German cello concertos, played by Alexander Rudin. The multi-prize winning soloist is also a well-established conductor, in his native Russia as well as worldwide, fulfilling both roles in... |
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J. S. BACH
Mass in B minor BWV232 Nancy Argenta (soprano) Mark Tucker (tenor) / Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/1992 ] The almighty B minor Mass conducted by Richard Hickox |
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ROBERT CASADESUS
Symphonies Nos 1, 5 & 7 Natasha Jouhl soprano, Alexandra Gibson mezzo-soprano, Mark Wilde tenor, Northern Sinfonia Chorus. Northern Sinfonia.Howard Shelley [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 15/Jul/2005 ] "Performances excellent though in truth the music is variable. I warmed to the warmth and piety of the last, late symphony but the First is the strongest" (MusicWeb Feb 2007) |
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MICHAEL BERKELEY
Jane Eyre (Complete Opera) Natasha Marsh, Fflur Wyn, Beverley Mills / The Music Theatre Wales Ensemble [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Oct/2002 ] 'Michael Rafferty's deeply committed conducting elicits fine performances from the entire cast and ensemble' - Sunday Times |
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RICHARD RODGERS / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
Rodgers: Oklahoma! Nathaniel Hackmann, Sierra Boggess, Rodney Earl Clarke, Louise Dearman, Jamie Parker / Oklahoma! Ensemble, Sinfonia of London, John Wilson [ Chandos / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 15/Sep/2023 ] Chandos Records announce the release of the world première recording of the Complete Original Score of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! from John Wilson and Sinfonia of London. |
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MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Symphony No. 5, Op. 76 / Sinfonietta No. 1, Op. 41 National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Gabriel Chmura [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 28/Nov/2003 ] '...Gabriel Chmura has a demostrable feel for the fine-honed intensity which chracterizes Weinberg's thinking. On the basis of its first instalment, the, this traversal of his symphonies is set to be a rewarding one.' International Record Review |
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MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Symphonies Nos 14 and 16 National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice / Gabriel Chmura (cond) [ Chandos / CD - released 22/Oct/2006 ] 'This third volume of Gabriel Chmura's Weinberg cycle features two single-movement symphonies from the years of after Shostakovich's death. Each one is out of the top drawer… Here [in the Fourteenth] and in the Sixteenth, the Polish orchestra do... |
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MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Symphony No. 4, Op. 61, Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes, Op. 47 No. 1, Sinfonietta No. 2, Op. 74 National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Katowice / Gabriel Chmura, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/2004 ] "Gabriel Chmura and the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra deliver vibrant and committed accounts of the Symphony and the Sinfonietta. Add to this equation Chandos's customary state-of-the-art engineering, and you have a release that deserves... |
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BERNSTEIN / FOOTE / KORNGOLD
American Moments Neave Trio [ Chandos / CD - released 30/Jan/2017 ] Engage, Exchange, Connect. That is what this young American piano trio is all about, on stage as well as on this album, its very first. Experience the group at its revelatory best in these idiomatic and fresh interpretations of... |
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FARRENC / BEACH / CLARKE
Her Voice: Piano Trios by Farrenc, Beach & Clarke Neave Trio [ Chandos / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] For this their third album for Chandos, the Neave Trio chose to celebrate the work of three outstanding female musical pioneers. Louise Farrenc studied piano with Clementi and Hummel, and composition with Reicha. She was the first female Professor... |