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HERMAN LOVENSKJOLD
La Sylphide (Ballet) Royal Danish Orchestra / David Garforth, with Kim Sjogren, violin [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1991 ] "Performance and recorded sound alike are excellent. The recording first appeared in conjunction with the ballet's 150th anniversary and its reissue at reduced price is to be warmly welcomed." (Gramophone) |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / SHOSTAKOVICH / GLAZUNOV / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Russian Masterpieces (Incls 'Sabre Dance', 'Procession of the Nobles' & 'The Flight of the Bumble Bee') Royal Scottish National Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] All the best Russian classics from the large Chandos catalogue. |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / GLAZUNOV / SHOSTAKOVICH / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / etc
Russian Dances (Incls Dance of the Tumblers, Pushkin Waltzes & Pas de Deux from 'The Nutcracker')) Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jul/1993 ] A great collection of popular Russian favourites with all top performances drawn from the vast Chandos catalogue. Great for car listening. |
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WAGNER
Tristan and Isolde - An Orchestral Passion Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Feb/2011 ] "...with fine playing and vivid sonics, this disc is certainly recommendable." (ClassicsToday Feb 2011) |
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WAGNER
Die Meistersinger: an Orchestral Tribute (arranged by Henk de Vlieger) / Eine Faust-Ouvertüre / Overture to ‘Columbus’ Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Sep/2011 ] Neeme Järvi conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in the fourth album of their Wagner series. |
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SUPPE
Overtures & Marches Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "Jarvi is back with the orchestra with which he won so many laurels in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He brings both zip and sentiment to these orchestral delights. He is, for example, as soulful as Bruch in the preamble to Dichter und Bauer and... |
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TCHAIKOVSKY / PROKOFIEV / GLAZUNOV / SHOSTAKOVICH
Russian Ballet Masterpieces (Incls excerpts from 'SwanLake', 'Raymonda' & 'Nutcracker') Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Neeme Jarvi [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] "The recording, made in the Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow has plenty of ambience but is brilliant too...the Scottish orchestra in good form throughout." (Gramophone on the Nutcracker/Swan Lake) |
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SAINT-SAENS
Orchestral Works (Incls 'Phaéton, Op. 39' & 'Danse macabre, Op. 40') Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2012 ] The works on this disc are all early, dating from the first half of the composing life of Saint-Saëns - that is, with the one exception of the Marche du couronnement which the composer wrote for the coronation of Edward VII in 1902. |
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WAGNER
Wagner Transcriptions Volume 5: Orchestral Works Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Neeme Järvi [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2012 ] "It's still a pleasure, though, fresh and vigorous; Neeme Jarvi's fairly brisk reading, beautifully played by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, amply explains why Clara Schumann warned Robert he had a new rival." (BBC Music Five Stars) |
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DUKAS / SAINT-SAENS / ROSSINI-RESPIGHI
The Sorcerer`s Apprentice / Danse macabre, Op.40 / La Boutique fantasque Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] Collect - the midprice Chandos label |
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SIBELIUS
Lemminkainen Suite / Luonnotar / etc Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1992 ] |
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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. |
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PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano) Gerald Finley (baritone) / Lucy Crowe (soprano) / Choir and orchestra of the Enlightenment / Elizabeth Kenny [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Here is England's first great opera presented with a truly cohesive sense of theatrical purpose… Sarah Connolly is the driving force from the start" Gramophone Magazine - Editor's Choice (February 2009) |
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FRANZ SCHMIDT
Das Buch mit Sieben Siegeln (The Book of the Seven Seals) Johannes Chum (tenor), Robert Holl (bassbaritone), Sandra Trattnigg (soprano), Michelle Breedt (mezzo-soprano) / Wiener Singverein, Kristjan Järvi [ Chandos / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] "With Robert Holl a sympathetically soft-grained God and Johannes Chum a sweetly lyrical rather than heroically over-forced St John, this Book now stands as top choice." (BBC Music) |
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Scottish National Orchestra. Neeme Jarvi, conductor
Elegy for Strings [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] Music for relaxation and for moments of pleasure |
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JEAN SIBELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sibelius: Symphonies No. 2 & 5 Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson [ Chandos Collect / CD - released 1/Nov/1991 ] "Alexander Gibson's 1980s Sibelius cycle on Chandos, one of the first digital sets, was praised for its clean lines, propulsive phrasing, and bracing impact." MusicWeb |
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J.S. BACH
The Violin Concertos Simon Standage, Micaela Comberti, Miles Golding (violins) / Collegium Musicum 90 / Simon Standage [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Aug/1996 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1700-1760) - "A notable virtue of Aimon Standage's recording lies in its chamber music approach, which allows us to listen to performances of unusual intimacy." (NA 1001 Classical) |
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LECLAIR
Violin Sonatas, Nos 1, 3, 5 & 8 Simon Standage (violin) / Nicholas Parle (harpsichord) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/2006 ] -- 'What an exquisite recording this is! Presented under the overall title 'Excess of Good Taste', this performance of music by Leclair and his contemporaries fully justifies its name.' Goldberg |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Summertime - music for oboe & guitar Simon Wynberg (guitar) John Anderson (oboe & cor anglais) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Jun/1992 ] |
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SIR THOMAS ALLEN
Great Operatic Arias: Thomas Allen Vol 2 Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) / Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry (with Susan Gritton soprano) [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2008 ] "The careful husbanding of his vocal resources, and choice of repertoire, over his career means he can take on a recording such as this without fear for his reputation. Darker tone of course, but, unlike many others there is no sign of vocal spread... |