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CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
Stanford: Songs of the Fleet / Songs of the Sea / A Ballad of the Fleet Gerald Finley (baritone) / BBC National Chorus of Wales / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/May/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2006: Choral Recording - "An out-and-out winner, with Finley on top form - heartily recommended!" (Recording of the Month Gramophone July 2006) |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Symphony No. 2 in A minor Op.55 / Symphony No. 3 in C minor Op.78 'Organ Symphony' Gillian Weir (organ) / Ulster Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 29/Jun/2005 ] "The most Francophone of the discs, this has some delightful touches like the subtle space before the second subject. Tortelier escorts Gillian Weir to church, wearing piety and learning elegantly." BBC Music |
VARIOUS
All The World's Most Beautiful Melodies (the complete five CD set) The Golden Cornet Of Phillip Mccann / Sellers Engineering Band / Boys Of Leeds Parish Church Choir / Simon Lindley (Organ) / Roy Newsome (Conductor) [ Chandos / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Sep/1995 ] From 'Panis Angelicus' to 'Believe Me If All Those Enduring Young Charms' here are all your favourites performed by the world's number one cornet player. |
WILLIAM ALWYN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Chamber Works Vol 1 Haffner Wind Ensemble of London, with Nicholas Daniel - oboe & Kate Hill - flute [ Chandos / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] "The Haffner Wind Ensemble is very impressive indeed, both individually as personalities and as a team matching timbres expertly. Their playing is full of spontaneity and conveyed enjoyment" Gramophone |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Chandos Anthems Volume 4 Lynne Dawson (soprano), Ian Partridge (tenor) / The Sixteen Choir & Orchestra, Harry Christophers [ Chaconne / CD ] The Sixteen are a United Kingdom-based choir and period instrument orchestra; founded by Harry Christophers, they started as an unnamed group of sixteen friends in 1977, giving their first billed concert in 1979. |
SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Stanford: Symphony No.2 in D minor 'Elegiac' / Clarinet Concerto Ulster Orchestra Vernon Handley [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] "For all its debt to Mendelssohn, Schumann and others, it has plenty of charm and is scored with all Stanford's customary adroitness." Gramophone |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Apostles Op.49 Alison Hargan, Alfreda Hodgson, David Rendall, Bryn Terfel, Robert lloyd / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] Inspiration for The Apostles came at an early age for Elgar who, as a child, was fascinated to learn about Christ's disciples, ordinary men who witness the most extraordinary events. A commission from the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival gave him... |
SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
Tippett: Symphony No. 4, Fantasia Concertante & Fantasia on a Theme of Handel Howard Shelley (piano) / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD ] Penguin Guide 3 Star Awarded for general excellence of the disc |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Harmoniemesse / Salve Regina in E Collegium Musicum 90, Richard Hickox, with Nancy Agneta, Pamela Helen Stephen, Mark Padmore, & Stephen Vacoe [ Chandos Chaconne / CD ] " Tempos are lively, rhythms alert and vital. In the Mass Hickox generates an exhilarating symphonic momentum in, say, the opening sections of the Gloria and Credo, and, aided by an outstandingly clear, well-balanced recording.." Gramophone |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arnold: Symphonies 3 & 4 London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD ] "Intriguing, stimulating, disturbing - this music is all these. Arnold's orchestral palette is all jewelled colours but his treatment is diamond hard. Hickox and the LSO are splendid." Classical-Music.com |
SIR EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: The Light Of Life, Op. 29 Judith Howarth, Linda Finnie, Arthur Davies, John Shirley-Quirk / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Richard Hickox/ [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1993 ] "In the glorious orchestral 'Meditation' Hickox's conducting demonstrates a noble flexibility, sensitivity to dynamic nuance and feeling for climax. Equally the engineering, sumptuous yet detailed, comes close to the ideal." Gramophone |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: The Kingdom, Op. 51 / Sursum corda, Op. 11 / etc Margaret Marshall, Felicity Palmer, Arthur Davies & David Wilson-Johnson / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2015 ] Following the success of The Dream of Gerontius in 1900 and The Apostles in 1903, the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival commissioned Elgar to produce another large oratorio for the 1906 festival. The Kingdom continues the narrative of the lives of... |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Rape Of Lucretia Jean Rigby, Nigel Robson, Catherine Pierard, Donald Maxwell / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos 241 / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2014 ] "Hickox allows his singers plenty of space with no loss of tension; they respond impressively, with Catherine Pierard exceptional as the Female Chorus." BBC Music Magazine, October 2014 **** |
MAX BRUCH / JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch/Brahms: Violin Concertos Hideko Udagawa (violin) / The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras [ Chandos / CD - released 2/Feb/1991 ] Originally recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, May, 1989 |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN / FRANK BRIDGE
Britten / Bridge: Works for Viola & Piano Hélène Clément (viola), Dame Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Alasdair Beatson (piano) [ Chandos / CD - released 12/Aug/2022 ] Hélène Clément, violist with the Doric String Quartet, is the current holder of the viola previously owned by both Frank Bridge and Benjamin Britten. Her ambition, quickly formed once she first played this instrument, has been to create a testament... |
SIR RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
Bennett: Orchestral Works, Volume 2 Howard McGill (saxophone), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, John Wilson [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jul/2018 ] The recent partnership of John Wilson and BBC SSO on record reaches this second volume in their invigorating exploration of fascinating orchestral works by Sir Richard Rodney Bennett. Less well known than his widely famous film music (Murder on the... |
KENNETH LEIGHTON
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leighton: Orchestral works Vol 3 (Incls 'Symphony No 1') Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Martyn Brabbins [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Mar/2011 ] "Shelley proves a marvellously stylish, involving exponent and is backed to the hilt by Brabbins and the BBC NOW. Chandos's sound and balance, too, are beyond reproach." (Gramophone) |
CYRIL SCOTT
Scott: Piano Concerto No.1 / Symphony No.4 Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC Philharmonic / Martyn Brabbins [ Chandos / CD - released 8/May/2006 ] 'Scott's scoring is extravagant but lucid, his harmony sensuous and involving, and his structures are free but controlled… This is a CD of terrific music, its demands comprehensively met by the musicians, and the recording' International Record Review |
MILY ALEXEYEVICH BALAKIREV
Balakirev: Symphony No. 2 / Piano Concerto / Tamara Howard Shelley (piano) / BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Vassily Sinaisky [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Oct/1999 ] "It is irresistible if you like these couplings and want very good modern recording technology." (MusicWeb 2005) |
WILLIAM ALWYN
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Alwyn: Symphony No.1 / Piano Concerto No 1 Howard Shelley (piano) / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Feb/1993 ] "Its unashamed flamboyance and energy, helped by Chandos's spectacular recording, brings great vitality to the music, while the opulent textures make the very most of the composer's spacious tapestries -of sound" Penguin Guide |
