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BUXTEHUDE
Sacred Cantatas - Volume 2 Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Michael Chance (counter-tenor) / Charles Daniels (tenor) / Peter Harvey (bass) / Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/2005 ] "If Buxtehude cantatas are the object of your enthusiasm, this disc provides a good number of them performed by some of the best early music specialists out there. They are a homogeneous bunch of works, so listening to the disc in one sitting borders... |
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J.S. BACH
Early Cantatas, volume 2 (Weimar) Emma Kirkby (soprano) / Michael Chance (counter-tenor) / Charles Daniels (tenor) / Peter Harvey (bass) / The Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/2007 ] "This undirected group of soloists and instrumentalists works together with impressive cohesiveness. Without the sense - which in other kinds of performance one can never quite escape, for good or ill - of the personality and interpretative of a... |
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HEINRICH SCHUTZ
Symphoniae Sacrae II Emma Kirkby, Suzie Le Blanc, James Bowman, Charles Daniels / Purcell Quartet [ Chandos / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/1994 ] Emma Kirkby (soprano), Suzie Le Blanc (soprano), James Bowman (alto), Charles Daniels (tenor), Nigel Rogers (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Richard Wistreich (bass) |
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SHOSTAKOVICH
Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2 Enrico Dindo (cello) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] "His playing here is remarkably rich, obtaining deep and richly expressive tones from a Rogeri instrument from 1717. The cello sound is forward, bordering on the surrealist as with so many concerto recordings these days, but not intolerably massive... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Brass Favourites (Incls 'William Tell Overture' & 'Entry of the Gladiators') The Fairey Band / Kenneth Dennison [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/1991 ] This collection of 'Brass Favourites' comprises a varied selection of marches, transcriptions and solos. It features the Fairey Band of twenty years ago, under the direction of its then Musical Director, Kenneth Dennison. |
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FAMILY CAROLS
Family Christmas (Incls 'Sussex Carol', 'When Christ was Born' & 'The Holly & The Ivy') Bach Choir with the Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, conducted by Sir David Willcocks [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/2002 ] Reissue of classic recording |
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VIVALDI
L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3 Federico Guglielmo (violin) L'Arte dell'Arco / Christopher Hogwood, maestro al cem [ Chandos / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2002 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "Vitality and glorious clarity in the allegros, with warmly expressive slow-movements" (GP 1001 Classical) |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Classic Brass John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band / Geoffrey Brand / Roy Newsome [ Chandos Brass / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] A selection of popular classics arranged for Brass ensemble |
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SIR EDWARD ELGAR / SIR WILLIAM WALTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar/Walton: String Quartets Gabrieli String Quartet [ Chandos / CD - released 20/Jul/1986 ] "The Gabrieli performance, recorded in 1986 when Kenneth Sillito was leader (was) made in the warm, rich acoustic of The Maltings, Snape" Gramophone |
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Prokofiev: Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution / 'The Tale of the Stone Flower' [excerpts] Gennady Rozhdestvensky (narrator) / Philharmonia Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 1/Sep/1992 ] 'It is good to have so sharply original and refreshingly dramatic a piece complete on disc at last, and occasional disc that rises far above its first inspiration." 3 stars, Penguin Guide. |
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ROBERTO GERHARD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gerhard: Symphony No.3 'Collages' / Concerto for Piano and Strings Geoffrey Tozer (piano) / BBC Symphony Orchestra, Matthias Bamert [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1997 ] "Chandos have given the work a splendid recording which does full justice to the wide ranging colours of this score and Mathias Bamert and the BBC Symphony Orchestra are as impressive in this early example of Gerhard's symphonic writing as they are... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / WEBER / ADAMS / WAGNER / BIZET / etc
Great Operatic Arias in English Gerald Finley (baritone) / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Edward Gardner [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] "All essentials for a recital are present here: the featured artist in good voice, imagination capable of bringing 13 different characters to life..., apt recording decisions and on-the-pace accompaniment" Editor's Choice: Gramophone Magazine - April... |
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WEINBERG
Cello Concerto / Symphony No. 20 Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra / Thord Svedlund [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2012 ] This is the fourth disc in our series dedicated to the orchestral works of Mieczysław Weinberg, performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under Thord Svedlund. The cello soloist is Claes Gunnarsson, one of Sweden's leading cellists, who combines... |
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WEINBERG
Symphony No. 3 in B minor, Op. 45 / Suite No. 4 from 'The Golden Key', Op. 55d Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Thord Svedlund [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2011 ] The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Thord Svedlund is back with a new recording in Chandos' ongoing series devoted to orchestral works by Weinberg. |
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Grimethorpe Colliery Band
A White Christmas With Grimethorpe [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Nov/1997 ] |
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GRIMETHORPE
Grimethorpe Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Gary Gutt, Major Peter Parkes [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Dec/1996 ] The Grimethorpe Colliery Band has premiered some of the most important brass music of the twentieth century, including Sir Harrison Birtwistle's Grimethorpe Aria, written for the band, Hans Werner Henze's Ragtimes and Habaneras as well as several... |
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ALEXANDER ARUTIUNIAN
Aratunian: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra / Sinfonietta / Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Ilya Grubert (violin) Narine Arutiunian (piano) / Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian [ Chandos / CD ] Alexander Grigori Arutiunian[a] (23 September 1920 - 28 March 2012), was a Soviet and Armenian composer and pianist, widely known for his 1950 Trumpet Concerto. A professor at Yerevan State Conservatory, he was recognized with many awards for his... |
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DANIEL PURCELL
The Unknown Purcell: Sonatas by Daniel Purcell Hazel Brooks (violin) & David Pollock (harpsichord) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2012 ] On this recording we have a selection of works for solo harpsichord and for violin and continuo by Daniel Purcell, most of which are premiere recordings. |
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LASSUS
Laudent Deum - Sacred Music by Orlande de Lassus His Majestys Sagbutts & Cornetts / Choir of St John’s College Cambridge / Andrew Nethsingha [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge, an exclusive Chandos artist, here presents its third release on the label. Established in the 1670s, the choir has a long and distinguished tradition of performing religious music and here offers... |
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MONTEVERDI
Sweet Torment: Monteverdi Series Vol 3 I Fagiolini / Barokksolistene / Robert Hollingworth [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] 'This is a disc to be relished as much for its sudden contrasts as for the ensemble's unfailingly spirited, idiomatic performances… In terms of expressive range, I Fagiolini is without equal' (Independent on Sunday on Vol.2) |