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STEVE REICH
Reich: The Desert Music / Three Movements Chorus Sine Nomine / Tonkunstler-Orchester, Kristjan Jarvi [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2011 ] "As thrilling as Reich's works usually are, they rely strongly on perfect performance - and this honestly isn't far off." (BBC Music Magazine Awards 2012 - Choral Finalist) |
SAMUEL BARBER
Vanessa (complete opera) Christine Brewer, Susan Graham, Catherine Wyn-Rogers, William Burden, Neal Davies / BBC Singers / BBC Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin (conductor) [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM - Leonard Slatkin is one of the greatest champions of the works of Samuel Barber. He conducted an all-star concert performance of Vanessa at the Barbican last year - one of the few... |
MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Concertos (Incls 'Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra') Claes Gunnarsson (cello) Anders Jonhall (flute) Urban Claesson (clarinet) / Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Thord Svedlund [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Jul/2008 ] "The present Chandos issue is another disc to show that the music of Russia is a much broader church than the image presented by Shostakovich and Prokofiev. These works could in the broadest sense be said to belong on the same shelf and sector as the... |
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Die Seejungfrau (Fantasy for orchestra) / Symphony in D minor Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Antony Beaumont [ Chandos / SACD - released 1/Nov/2003 ] HybridMultichannel SACD. This is the second disc in Antony Beaumont's Zemlinsky survey. The first was released to excellent critical acclaim. |
BERNARD HERMANN
Moby Dick (Cantata) / Sinfonietta for Strings Richard Edgar-Wilson (tenor) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) / Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Choir, Michael Schønwandt [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] "The recorded sound of this new Chandos recording is natural and balanced with some lovely performances by chorus and orchestra. The recording features a demonstration-worthy bass and rich sonorities" (MusicWeb) |
KURT WEILL
Symphony Nos 1 & 2 / Quodlibet Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Antony Beaumont (cond) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 29/Jun/2006 ] 'This disc is marked by a sense of urgency and top quality playing.. The performers give a freshly inspiring account of this rarely heard but wonderfully entertaining work.' The Times |
JOHN CORIGLIANO
Symphony No. 2 / Suite from the Film 'the Red Violin' Eleonora Turovsky (violin) / I Musici de Montreal / Yuli Turovsky, conductor [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] "This new Chandos version of the Second Symphony now takes pride of place on the Corigliano part of the shelf" (MusicWeb) |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Starlight Express, Op. 78 Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Simon Callow (narrator) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis [ Chandos SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "Davis secures absolutely first-rate results from the Scottish CO. Elin Manahan Thomas's light and slivery soprano could hardly be more suited to the parts of the Laugher and Jane-Anne, while Roderick Williams is in glorious voice throughout."... |
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... |
GUILLAUME CONNESSON
Cosmic Trilogy / The Shining One Eric le Sage (piano) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Stephane Deneve [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "If there's another living composer who combines fantasy with shimmering orchestral virtuosity as brilliantly as Guillaume Connesson, I've yet to hear him." (Daily Telegraph) |
HOLST
'The Perfect Fool', Op. 39 / The Golden Goose, Op. 45 No 1 / The Morning of the Year, Op. 45 No. 2 Joyful Company of Singers & BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Richard Hickox [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2009 ] "Holst's distinctive sound is carefully manicured in this recording; the rapid "mercurial" passages of string-and wind-writing of The Perfect Fool are delivered with exemplary crispness and vitality…" Disc of the Month Gramophone Magazine, Feb 2009 |
MENDELSSOHN / EWALD / BOHME
Romantic Music For Brass Geoffrey Hardcastle (solo cornet) / Center City Brass Quintet [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jan/2004 ] On Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) format, presented in stereo & multi-channel sound! PLAYABLE ON ANY CD SYSTEM. |
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) |
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... |
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... |
KURT ATTERBERG
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, with Sara Trobäck Hesselink (violin), and Per Högberg (viola) [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "Järvi's is the truest and most opulent [Sixth Symphony]...The couplings are equally beguiling...Järvi's accounts of these at least match their rivals and together comprise an excellent start to the series." Gramophone Magazine, June 2013 |
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. |
IAN LAWSON / BEN HENEGHAN
Celtic Fanfares ; Ghost Train / House at the North Pole ; Walking the Wild Rhondda Heneghan & Lawson Virtual Orchestra [ Chandos SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Mar/2003 ] This CD features premiere recordings of music by two of Britain's most exciting contemporary composers. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Fantaisie Triomphale: Symphonic Organ Works Ian Tracey (organ) / BBC Philharmonic / Rumon Gamba [ Chandos / SACD - released 1/Apr/2007 ] Following on from the tremendous popularity of the two previous volumes, this is Ian Tracey's third symphonic organ works CD for Chandos on the enormous Willis organ of Liverpool Cathedral. |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Grandes PiAces Symphoniques (Incls Widor-Symphonie, Op. 13 No. 4) Ian Tracey (organ of the Liverpool Cathedral) [ Chandos / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "First-class performances and recording make this the ideal CD for beginners and aficionados of the French organ repertoire alike: very strongly recommended." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Nov 2007) |
