Residentie Orchestra the Hague Matthias Bamert, conductor
Verhulst - Symphony in E minor, Op. 46 [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 14/Apr/2004 ] "This is enjoyable and cultivated music and is persuasively performed here, the Residentie Orchestra responging eagerly to Matthias Bamert's clear-sighted direction and ear for detail. The recording is excellent" (Gramophone) |
BRUCKNER
Symphony No 5 Residentie Orchestra The Hague / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Apr/2010 ] "Järvi is too good a technician not to take his players with him. Indeed the Dutch musicians display a certain daredevil nonchalance as they breeze their way through the epic 635-bar finale." (Gramophone) |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor Residentie Orchestra the Hague, Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] "[it is] as if Järvi wants to stress beyond all doubt that the symphony represents a new direction for Mahler: more experimental, more abstracted...[He] plainly revels in the spookhouse effects of the nocturnal inner movements" (Gramophone) |
MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn in Birmingham - Volume 4 [Violin Concerto / A Midsummer Night's Dream] Rhian Lois (soprano I), Keri Fuge (soprano II) & Jennifer Pike (violin) / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jan/2016 ] For this new recording of orchestral works by Mendelssohn, the CBSO and its principal guest conductor, Edward Gardner, join the violinist Jennifer Pike, who made a remarkable debut at Carnegie Hall this year. She here performs the Violin Concerto in... |
WILLIAM WALTON
Walton: Facade - An Entertainment Richard Baker (narrator), Susana Walton (narrator), City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Jul/2002 ] -The lighter side of William Walton |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphony No 4 / Mass in G minor / Six Choral Songs Richard Hickox Singers / London Symphony Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / SACD - released 9/Jun/2003 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in multichannel sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. Nominated for two Grammys, including the prestigious 'Classical album of the year' award. |
RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Words and Music Richard Rodney Bennett (vocals and piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2007 ] Claire Martin wrote on Rodney Bennett: “He sings beautifully and he plays great piano, he has such a beautiful touch and really cool ideas. Plus he knows loads of great quirky songs…” |
WEISS
Lute Concerti Richard Stone (lute) / Tempesta di Mare [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2004 ] 'Clearly a lot of work has gone into the reconstructions and they not only convince, they delight.' International Record Review |
ALBAN BERG
Orchestral Works Robert Murray (tenor) Isabelle van Keulen (violin) Saga Danielsson (child soprano) Geraldine McGreevy (soprano); Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra [ Chandos / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2009 ] "Thanks to the lucid conducting of Mario Venzago, the magnificent and fearless playing of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, and a Chandos recording which combines clarity and enormous weight, this set represents an outstanding addition to the... |
YORK BOWEN
Bowen: Chamber Works [incls 'Sonata for Clarinet & Piano op.109'] Robert Plane (bass clarinet) Mia Cooper (violin) & David Adams (viola) / Gould Piano Trio [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Feb/2014 ] "The Gould Piano Trio...well recorded, play with fine teamwork and a strong feeling for Bowen's idiom...this is a valuable introduction to a formidably well equipped, if doggedly conversative, late Romantic composer." (BBC Music) |
GEORGE DYSON
The Canterbury Pilgrims (complete opera in English) Robert Tear / Stephen Roberts / Yvonne Kenny / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Richard Hichox [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] "'The Canterbury Pilgrims' by 20th century English composer George Dyson is a highly orchestrated song cycle or oratoria based on eleven stories out of Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales'." (Amazon.com) (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Feb 2006) |
BERNARDO PASQUINI
Sonate per gravicembalo Roberto Loreggian (harpsicord & spinet) with Francesco Ferrarini (cello) [ Chandos Chaconne / CD - released 8/Mar/2004 ] 'The excellent Roberto Lorregian brings an attractive improvisatory quality to his playing, starting some pieces with a flourish of his own and employing rubato here and there.' Gramophone |
JAMES MacMILLAN
Quickening / Three Interludes from 'The Sacrifice' Robin Blaze (counter-tenor) Rogers Covey-Crump (tenor) Gordon Jones (baritone) / BBC Philharmonic / James MacMillan [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Suffice it to say, the composer secures admirably disciplined and committed results from all involved." Gramophone Magazine |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin Roderick Williams (baritone) Iian Burnside (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 5/Jul/2019 ] In this, the first of a series of three recordings of Schubert's great song cycles for Chandos, Roderick Williams and Iain Burnside bring their formidable talents to bear on one of the pinnacles of classical lieder. |
FRANK BRIDGE
Orchestral Works Volume 5 (Includes Suite for Strings & Two Songs of Robert Bridges) Roderick Williams, baritone BBC National Orchestra of Wales Richard Hickox, conductor [ Chandos / CD - released 5/Oct/2004 ] "Charming miniatures performed with great refinement ... enchants from beginning to end. Strongly recommended" - MusicWeb Oct 2004 |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphonies Nos 6 & 8 / Nocturne Roderick Williams (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 7/Sep/2003 ] 'Finally, there's a real treat: the first recording of a recently discovered Nocturne, an intensely moving setting of Walt Whitman's 'Whispers of Heavenly Death' composed in 1908. It's evocatively sung here by Roderick Williams.' (BBC Music Magazine) |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Symphonies Nos 6 & 8 / Nocturne Roderick Williams (baritone) / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / SACD - released 7/Sep/2003 ] "The surround sound balance offers considerably enhanced definition" (Gramophone) - On Hybrid Surround Super Audio CD (SACD) format - PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. |
SIR LENNOX BERKELEY
A Dinner Engagement, Op. 45 (An Opera in Two Scenes, Libretto by Paul Dehn) Roderick Williams, Yvonne Kenny, Claire Rutter, Jean Rigby, Anne Collins, Robin Leggate, Blake Fischer / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 6/Jul/2004 ] "A long-neglected British opera at last makes a sparkling début on record" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine Sept 2004 |
NIELS W. GADE
Symphonies Vol 4 (Symphony Nos 1 & 5) Ronald Brautigam (piano) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra / Christopher Hogwood [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/2003 ] 'Splendidly played and evocative recordings to finish Hogwood's fine Gade cycle.' Gramophone |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
A Cotswold Romance / The Death of Tintagiles Rosa Mannion / Thomas Randle / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/2012 ] 'Richard Hickox directs a vivid performance [of A Cotswold Romance] with splendid support from his assembled forces. Although not major works, these are notable additions to the catalogue, and the performances could hardly be better' BBC ***** |