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JACOB ter VELDHUIS
Paradiso Oratorio: Oratorio based on Dante's 'Divine Comedy' Claron McFadden (soprano), Tom Allen (tenor) / North Netherlands Concert Choir & Orchestra [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 5/May/2003 ] "it is hard to imagine a better testament to their partnership than this magnificent two-disc set of Debussy's orchestral works. These are especially sensuous accounts, luxuriating in not only Debussy's wondrous orchestral colours, but also his love... |
BARTOK / JANACEK
Music for Strings Norwegian Chamber Orchestra / Iona Brown [ Chandos / CD - released 20/May/2008 ] Iona Brown became Artistic Director of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra in 1981. It has since become established as one of the foremost chamber orchestras in Europe, appearing regularly at prestigious venues in Europe and the USA. The orchestra is... |
RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Dances / The Bells Olga Lutsiv-Ternovskaya / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] A new recording of some brilliant Russian choral singing! |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Schnittke: Concerto for Piano & Strings / Requiem Olga Sizova (soprano) Anaida Agadzhanian (soprano) Ludmilla Kuznetsova (mezzo) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Polyansky (cond) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Nov/2011 ] Requiem - music to Schiller's drama Don Carlos |
SCHUMANN
Concerto for Orchestra / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Olivier Charlier (violin) / BBC Philharmonic, Gerard Schurmann [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Mar/2002 ] premiere recordings from this Dutch East Indies composer |
EDOUARD LALO
Lalo: Violin Concerto / Le Roi d'Ys Olivier Charlier (violin) BBC Philharmonic / Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 25/Jul/2005 ] '…Olivier Charlier is staggering virtuosic… Yan Pascal Tortelier and the BBC Philharmonic are matchless in this music. Very highly recommended indeed.' The Guardian |
CYRIL SCOTT
Festival Overture / Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / etc Olivier Charlier (violin) / Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus / BBC Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Apr/2007 ] "Another strong entrant in the Scott renaissance which continues to assault both ignorance and the accumulation of ill-informed assumptions about this fine composer" (MusicWeb July 2007) |
JONATHAN DOVE
Tobias and the Angel - Church Opera in 1 Act Omar Ebrahim / Hyacinth Nicholls / choruses and instrumental [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2010 ] "The solo roles are expertly cast and sung...Everyone involved sounds as though they are having the time of their lives. An outstanding release." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, September 2010 |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Brass works from the UK & USA Onyx Brass [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Jul/2025 ] This album combines pieces for the core quintet of Onyx Brass with works for extended brass forces, plus piano in the case of Florence Price's Octet for Brasses and Piano. The majority of the pieces here receive their first commercial recording, the... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: The Turn of the Screw Op 54 (complete opera) OperaGlass Works / Robert Murray, Rhian Lois, Leo Jemison, Alys Mererid Roberts / John Wilson (cond) [ Chandos DVD / DVD - released 29/Oct/2021 ] Henry James's novella The Turn of the Screw has become notorious as at once the most stylish and elusively ambiguous of all nineteenth-century ghost stories. In June 1932, the eighteen-year-old Benjamin Britten heard a radio adaptation of James's... |
NINO ROTA
'La Strada' Ballet Suite; Sinfonia sopra una canzone d'amore; Waltzes from 'Il Gattopardo' Orchestra Sinfonica del Teatro Massimo di Palermo; Marzio Conti [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] Rota's orchestral music has recently undergone a reappraisal. Much of this music is rare on CD and this programme is unique. |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
The Essential Stravinsky (Incls Symphony in E flat, le Chant du Rossignol, Petrushka, The Rite of Spring & Oedipus Rex) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2002 ] All the best of Stravinsky in a specially priced CD set. |
JOACHIN RAFF
Symphony No 2 / Four Shakespeare Preludes Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2013 ] "Järvi and his Suisse Romande players seem to be having a whale of a time, or least that's the impression that these extremely vital performances suggest...a perfect place to dip a toe into Raffian waters." (Gramophone) |
EMMANUEL CHABRIER
Neeme Järvi conducts Emmanuel Chabrier Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 19/Jul/2013 ] "the unifying feeling [is] the sheer joy, craftsmanship and radiance that Chabrier's music possesses and which these performances encapsulate so ear-catchingly." (Gramophone) |
JACQUES IBERT
Neeme Järvi conducts Ibert Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos Classics SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] "Ibert emerges from it all as a fine composer, whose unity lies in his almost impudent diversity, and who is often far from frivolous as some have maintained..the disc allows Järvi to show off his Swiss orchestra to perfection. Very fine" Gramophone |
DEBUSSY / RAVEL
String Quartets Original Borodin Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 3/Apr/2002 ] This is the latest in Chandos' series of digitally remastered important and rare recordings by the Borodin Quartet. The legendary Borodin Quartet was founded in 1946 by violinist Rostislav Dubinsky. toured extensively and played over 3000... |
ALEXANDER BORODIN
Borodin: String Quartets Nos 1 & 2 Original Borodin Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2001 ] 'The Borodin's utter ease in this music is astonishing. They know instinctively how to let every phrase breathe, and how to let Tchaikovsky's lyricism take wing, while their tonal refinement seems to command an infinite variety of colour.' The Guardian |
BERNARD HERRMANN
The Film Music of Bernard Herrmann (Hangover Square & Citizen Kane) Orla Boylan (soprano) & Martin Roscoe (piano) / BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos Movies / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "Orla Boylan sings Salammbô's aria wonderfully, her vibrato adding to the tension of the performance. Gamba and the BBC PO give first-class performances and it's clear from these results why this orchestra is held in such high regard in Britain.... |
Orquesta SinfAnica de Entre RAÂos Gabriel Castagna, conductor
Escenas Argentinas: A Symphonic Anthology [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] 'Gabriel Castagna has already proved himself something of a Piazzolla specialist... all the perofrmances sound affectionate and thoroughly idiomatic, and overall it's an undeniably enjoyable disc.' BBC Music Magazine |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Belle Époque: French Music for Wind Orsino Ensemble, Pavel Kolesnikov (piano) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] "A delightful and thoughtful debut disc from the Orsino Ensemble… a thoroughly charming recording." Five Stars BBC Music magazine - June 2021 |
