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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Lyrical Clarinet Michael Collins (clarinet) Michael McHale (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Feb/2011 ] Michael Collins, the virtuoso clarinettist and exclusive Chandos artist, returns for a second volume in Chandos' series showcasing the extraordinarily wide range of music written for his instrument. |
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Various Composers
The Lyrical Clarinet Volume 2 Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 27/May/2016 ] "Françaix's Tema con variazioni stimulates Collins's virtuosity, seamless line and control of dynamics. It also demonstrates the splendid piano playing of McHale, whose transcription of two John Field Nocturnes further enhances the disc's attractions |
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BRAHMS / REINECKE
Michael Collins plays clarinet sonatas Michael Collins (clarinet) Michael McHale (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Feb/2015 ] "This is a most desirable issue, with a recording that balances the two instruments perfectly." Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine, March 2015 |
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MAX REGER
Reger: Clarinet Sonatas Michael Collins (clarinet), Michael McHale (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] Michael Collins and Michael McHale here present a new volume in their exploration of the lyrical clarinet repertoire. Their journey through works that encapsulate the variety of nuance and colour of which the instrument is capable, inevitably led... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Virtuoso Clarinet Vol 2 Michael Collins (clarinet) Michael McHale (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2010 ] Chandos exclusive artist Michael Collins here presents the second volume in his series designed to display the extraordinarily wide range of music written for the clarinet. Volume 1 was BBC Music Magazine Editor's Choice and received IRR Outstanding... |
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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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TCHAIKOVSKY / DELIBES / LANGSFORD / DVORAK / ROSSINI / etc
Morning Cloud John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band, with Phillip McCann, cornet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1994 ] Classic recordings by the Black Dyke Mills Band |
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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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Mozart
Don Giovanni-Cpt(In English/ [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2001 ] |
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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
Lutheran Masses, Vol 2 (BWV529 & 236) Nancy Agenta (soprano) Michael Chance (counter-tenor) Mark Padmore (ten) Peter Harvey (basses) / Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2000 ] 'The Singers balance beautifully… and oboes shadowed their parts and thicken the texture. Everyone bounced along in autonomous counterpoint.' Evening Standard on the concert of this recording |
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JOSEF HAYDN
Masses 'Paukenmesse' / Incidental music to 'Alfred, Kanig der Angels / Te Deum Nancy Argenta, Catherine Denley, Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/1998 ] The Chandos Mass Edition continues |