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GLAZUNOV
Symphony No 4 & 5 Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Vareri Polyansky [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Polyansky |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No 10 'The Big Lightning' Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Vsevolod Grivnov (tenor) / Valeri Polyansky, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 5/Nov/2000 ] The monumental tenth coupled with the unusual! |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 4 (Composer's arrangement for two pianos) Rustem Haydroudinoff (piano) / Colin Stone (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Apr/2005 ] Recording of the Month - MusicWeb April 2005 "This will be compulsory and compulsive listening for admirers of DSCH" - MusicWeb |
RACHMAINOV
Complete Piano Preludes Rustem Hayroudinoff (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Sep/2003 ] "Strong competition but this young Russian finds a distinctive voice in Rachmaninov" (Gramophone) |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Theatre Music Rustem Hayroudinoff (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/May/2001 ] Critic's Choice-The Best CDs of 2001 (BBC Music Magazine) |
RACHMANINOV
Atudes-Tableaux, Opp 33 & 39 Rustem Hayroudinoff (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 24/Nov/2006 ] BBC Magazine Award Finalist 2008 (Best instrumental recording) - 'These forthright, beautifully weighted performances keep the emotion in check but never at bay. Op. 39 No. 7 emerges as one of Rachmaninov's greatest creations in a drama of life and... |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Sea Drift / Songs of Farewell / Songs of Sunset Sally Burgess (mezzo-soprano) Bryn Terfel (baritone) / Waynflete Singers, Southern Voices, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 1/Aug/2015 ] Gramophone 'Choral' award winner |
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG
Schoenberg: Erwartung, Op.17 / Pelleas und Melisande, Op.5 Sara Jakubiak (soprano) / Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2020 ] "Stunning performances." MusicWeb |
FRANK BRIDGE
Orchestral Works, Volume 8 (Incl The Pageant of London) Sarah Connelly (mezzo) Philip Langridge (tenor) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2008 ] 'The nine orchestral songs prove the most rewarding. Connolly sings two exquisite Tagore songs with rapturous intensity, while Langridge is superb in Bridge's 1918 setting of Rupert Brooke's 'Blow Out, You Bugles'.' The Guardian |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Songs of love and loss (Incls 'Liederkreis, Op. 39' & 'Frauenliebe und-leben, Op. 42') Sarah Connolly (mezzo soprano) Eugene Asti (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] The British mezzo-soprano Sarah Connolly here performs a collection of songs by Robert Schumann in a new album whose theme is 'Songs of Love and Loss'. There are two song cycles from the extremely prolific year of 1840 along with several songs from... |
BRITTEN / HOWELLLS / IRELAND / RODNEY BENNETT / etc
My True Love Hath My Heart: English Songs Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano) [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 12/Dec/2011 ] "It is good to find an English singer in her prime championing the lesser-known art songs of her native tradition, and making them sound not so much twee as magical" (Financial Times) |
GEFFREY BURGON
Viola Concerto ‘Ghosts of the Dance’ / Cello Concerto / Merciless Beauty Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Philip Dukes (viola) / Josephine Knight (cello) / City of London Sinfonia, Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / CD - released 10/Apr/2010 ] Chandos releases premiere recordings of Geoffrey Burgon's viola and cello concertos, alongside the song cycle Merciless Beauty, all performed by the City of London Sinfonia under Rumon Gamba. |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius / Sea Pictures Sarah Connolly, Stuart Skelton, David Soar / BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos Classics SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] "[Davis's] patient and scrupulously observant conception of the whole work evinces a selfless authority, wisdom and instinctive ebb and flow" (Gramophone Magazine Award WINNER 2015 - Choral) |
HUBERT PARRY
Parry: Scenes from Shelley''s ''Prometheus Unbound'' / Blest Pair of Sirens Sarah Fox (soparno) Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo) David Butt Philip (tenor) Neal Davies (baritone) / Crouch End Fesitval Chorus, London Mozart Players [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 8/Sep/2023 ] "Worthy and welcome as earlier recordings are, they pale in energy, in precision and conviction beside the performances here." Gramophone Award Finalist 2024 - Choral |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Christmas Music (Incls 'On Christmas Night' & 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols') Sarah Fox (soprano) Roderick Williams (baritone) / Joyful Company of Singers / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 22/Oct/2006 ] "Beautifully sensitive performances atmospherically recorded … irresistible … There's even a sprig of holly on the CD!" (MusicWeb Nov 2006) |
ERNEST JOHN MOERAN
String Quartet No. 1 / Fantasy Quartet for Oboe and Strings / Sonata for Violin and Piano Sarah Francis (oboe) / English String Quartet / Melbourne String Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2004 ] "Here are some rarely recorded works by a superb composer in excellent performances at mid-price." American Record Guide |
MANUEL de FALLA
Falla: Love the Magician / Nights in the Gardens of Spain / Interlude and Spanish Dance from 'La vida breve' Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano) Margaret Fingerhut (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra / Geoffrey Simon [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Feb/2005 ] ' The brightly lit Chandos recording emphasis the vigour of Geoffrey Simon's very vital account…' - The Penguin Complete Guide |
BERG
Complete Chamber Music Schoenberg Quartet [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Sep/2002 ] 'The Lyric Suite is among the crowning works of modern quartet literature, and the Schoenberg Quartet has the measure of its diverse moods and twin-track trajectory of increasing dynamism and emotional intensity' - Gramophone |
SZYMANOWSKI / JANACEK
String Quartets Schoenberg Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 28/Sep/2007 ] 'The Schoenberg Quartet adds that element of emotional daring which makes all the difference in the world. Outstanding.' Gramophone |
Schoenberg Quartet with Sepp Grotenhuis piano
Webern - String Quartet, Op. post; Rondo,Op. post; Four Pieces, Op. 7; Five Movements, Op. 5; String Quartet, Op. 28: etc [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] 'If you like your Webern to have an almost unearthly fragility, while not ignoring more explicitly dramatic moments, then this new Chandos release will be ideal.' (Gramophone) |
