SHOSTAKOVICH
Moskva Cheryomushki, Op.105 (Complete Opera) Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Residentie Orchestra The Hague / Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 21/Sep/2001 ] Complete operetta |
REGER
Psalm 100, Op. 106 / Variations and Fugue on a theme of Mozart Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/Jan/2002 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (April 2002) |
ALEXANDER GRECHANINOV
The Seven Days of Passion Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos / CD - released 26/Jan/2006 ] Grechaninov left Russia in 1922 and settled first in Paris and then in the United States where he obtained American citizenship in 1946. |
BORTNYANSKY
Scared Concertos Vol 2 (Nos 10-16) Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Valeri Polyansky [ CHANDOS / CD - released 20/Oct/2008 ] The rare repertoire featured in this series was originally recorded in Russia but never released. |
TANEYEV
Symphony in B flat major (No. 2); Symphony No. 4 in C minor, Op. 12 Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 4/Sep/2002 ] 'This is a striking, and very well-recorded pair of performances, well worth the attention of lovers of Russian music who have not yet encountered the works.' Gramophone |
TANEYEV
Symphony in E minor (No. 1) / Symphony in D minor (No. 3) Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos / CD - released 25/Apr/2007 ] 'The performances are of quality and the notes by Anastasia Belina with copious music-type illustrations, exemplary… a highly interesting and valuable disc.' BBC Music Magazine |
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No 1 (with Respighi's Cinq Etudes-tableaux Op 160) Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 30/Sep/2001 ] This disc completes Chandos' Rachmaninov symphonic cycle |
GLAZUNOV
Symphony No. 6, Op. 58 / Characteristic Suite,Op. 9 Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Polyansky, conductor [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 8/Sep/2004 ] On this disc the powerfully romantic Sixth Symphony is coupled with the rarely heard, but charmingly balletic Characteristic Suite. |
GLAZUNOV
Introduction and Dance of Salome / The King of the Jews (Tsar Iudeskiy) Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Vareri Polyansky [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 20/May/2000 ] 'The outstanding performances on this disc make a convincing case… But it's the shattering tension of the orchestral playing that really makes this disc special…' BBC Music Magazine |
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... |
BARTOK
Bluebeard's Castle (complete opera in English) Sally Burgess / John Tomlinson / Orchestra of Opera North / Richard Farnes [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2007 ] |
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 |
FRANCOIS-JOSEPH GOSSEC
Le Triomphe de la Republique ou Le Camp de Grand Pre SalomAFAC Haller / Antonella Balducci / Guillemette Laurens / Makato Sakurada / Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano / I Barocchisti / Diego Fasolis [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Apr/2006 ] Diego Fasolis has developed quite a reputation for innovative repertoire with the Suisse Radio musicians and is regarded as one of the leading lights in the performance of early music. |
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... |