1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-11-17
Hummel stayed in Vienna between 1811 and 1816 and it is likely that he knew and played pianofortes by Joseph Brodmann, identical to the 1814...continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-11-17
This is the final volume in Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's much acclaimed series of the solo piano works of Debussy. The disc consists of the composer's piano...continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-11-17
Philippe Schartz is establishing quite a name for himself as a top trumpet player. He is Principal Trumpet with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales,...continue...
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-11-17
Chandos are delighted to present the first complete recording of the masque The Crown of India, performed here by Clare Shearer and Gerald Finley, with...continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-11-17
With his recordings of the composer's symphonies with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Oleg Caetani has done much to revive interest in the music of Alexandre...continue...
3 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-11-17
Based on Schiller's play 'Don Carlos', Verdi's magnificent and arguably greatest opera has everything: deeply felt personal passion and pain intertwined in the web of...continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-10-27
Catherine Mackintosh and Geoffrey Govier formed Duo Amade in order to perform the charming and intimate works for violin and fortepiano by Mozart in concert,...continue...
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-10-27
Works: John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43
Performers:
Batho, Katy; Bickley, Susan; Evans, Bryn; Fox, Sarah [Soprano]; Gardiner, Robert Anthony; Gibson, Siobhain; Hopwood, Paul; Jenkin, Kathryn; Jones, Leah-Marian; Katherine Peterson; Lord, Bernadette; M...
Ensemble:
City of London Sinfonia
The popularity of Britten's three chamber operas proper (The Rape of Lucretia, Albert Herring and The Turn of the Screw) has tended to somewhat overshadow...continue...
Recording information: Blackheath Halls, London (02/04/2009-02/04/2009)....continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-10-27
Works: Sir Malcolm Arnold: Homage to the Queen Suite, Op. 42a; Rinaldo and Armida, Op. 49; Sweeney Todd; Electra, Op. 79
Ensemble:
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
This unique anthology of ballet music should be quite popular, for the music is illustrative and entertaining. Few of the ballets here are available elsewhere...continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester (12/09/2008-12/10/2008)....continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-10-27
Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Piano Quartet, H 287; Quartet, H 315, for oboe, violin, cello and piano; Duo No. 2, H 371 in D major, for violin and cello; Piano Trio No. 3, H 332 in C major
Performers:
Caird, George
Ensemble:
Schubert Ensemble of London
The highlight of this chamber music survey is the Piano Quartet, one of the composer's finest chamber compositions, which Martinu wrote during his American years....continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, England (01/19/2009-01/21/2009)....continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-10-27
Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata No. 1, Op. 32 in C minor, for cello and piano; Sonata No. 2, Op. 123 in F major, for cello and piano; Prière, Op. 158 in G major, for cello and organ; The Swan '...
Performers:
Poltera, Christian; Stott, Kathryn
Saint-Saens was one the most important composers for the cello in his time and wrote a considerable amount of music for the instrument. Here the...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, England (03/30/2009-04/01/2009)....continue...
8 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-10-27
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in F major, Op. 18/1; String Quartet in G major, Op. 18/2; String Quartet in D major, Op. 18/3; String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18/4; String Quartet in A major, Op...
Beethoven's string quartets need no introduction. These recordings, previously issued across six individual releases, are here collected in a box set for less than half...continue...
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2 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-10-27
Works: Frank Bridge: The Sea; Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39; War Requiem, Op. 66; Peter Grimes, Op. 33; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2) (Original 1913 version); The Pil...
Performers:
Ainsley, John Mark; Barker, Cheryl; Bullock, Susan; Burgess, Sally; Davies, Arthur; Eckhoff, Herbert; Elms, Roderick; Gilchrist, James; Gritton, Susan; Harper, Heather; Kanga, Skaila; Langridge, Phil...
Ensemble:
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Welsh Symphony; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Musicum 90; London Symphony Orchestra; R...
The premature death of Richard Hickox on 23 November 2008, aged sixty, deprived the musical world of one of its greatest conductors. The depth and...continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-09-29
Works: Johann Christian Bach: Six Sonatas, Op. 5
Performers:
Yates, Sophie
Besides the many operas and works for the concert hall, Johann Christian Bach also composed keyboard music of a predominantly light character. Much of it...continue...
Recording information: St. George's Church, Brandon Hill, Bristol (11/28/2005-11/29/2005)....continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-09-29
Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Lectio III, Sabbato Sancto. Incipit oratio Jeremiæ Prophetæ; Lectio III, Feria VI in Passione Domini. Aleph - Ego vir videns paupertatem meam; Lectio I, Sabbato...
Nordic Voices is a six-member a cappella group blending solo and ensemble qualities. On the group's first disc with Chandos - 'Reges Terrae: Music from...continue...
Recording information: Ringsaker Church, Hedmark, Norway (02/28/2009-03/01/2009); Ringsaker Church, Hedmark, Norway (05/18/2009-05/20/2009)....continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-09-29
Works: Mischa Spoliansky: Suite from North West Frontier; Three Songs from Sanders of the River; Suite from The Man who Could Work Miracles; Wanted for Murder, film score; Suite from The Ghost Goes West; Id...
Performers:
Coles, Mark; Elms, Roderick; Ruhemann, Ileana; Wright, John [Organ]
Ensemble:
BBC Concert Orchestra
Chandos Movies, conducted by Rumon Gamba has the deserved reputation as a label preserving under-recorded film music from the halcyon days of British cinema. In...continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-09-29
Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: The miserly knight, Op. 24
Ensemble:
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
"Ildar Abdrazakov's Baron is a nasty portrait, snarling, self-involved, perpetually sneering. Terrific, in fact... The BBC Philharmonic plays wonderfully and the recording is spotless, with...continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester (11/23/2008-11/24/2008); Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester (04/21/2009)....continue...
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1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-09-29
Works: Carlos Vieco Ortiz: Patasd'hilo; Pedro Morales Pino: El Fusagasugueño; Luis Eduardo Nieto: Valle del Cauca; Manos Hadjidakis: Mother and Sister (from the Era of Melissanthi); Kemal; Vangelis Bou...
Performers:
Ogden, Craig; Stephens, Alison
In 1999 Chandos released an album featuring 'Music from the Novels of Louis de Bernieres' to great acclaim, and it launched the ingenious partnership of...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (01/22/2009-01/23/2009)....continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-09-29
Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (The Touring Company); Arrigo Boito: Mephistopheles; Jake Heggie: The End of th...
Performers:
Barker, Cheryl; Dazeley, William; Keith, Gillian
Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Following her superb performances as Emilia in 'The Macropulos Case' and in the title role of 'Katya Kabanova' and 'Madam Butterfly' for the Opera in...continue...
Recording information: Blackheath Halls (04/05/2009-04/08/2009)....continue...
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-08-25
Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Evgeny Onegin, Op. 71
Performers:
Cusack, Niamh; Fuge, Katherine; Hardiman, Terrence; Mafham, Dominic; McCarthy, Helena; Rutt, Andrew; Walker, Julian; West, Samuel
Ensemble:
New Company Singers; Sinfonia 21
With an eminent cast of actors including Niamh Cusack, Samuel West and Timothy West (who directed the production) this was the first complete recording of...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude's Church, Central Square, London (03/22/1994-03/23/1994); St. Jude's Church, Central Square, London (07/25/1994)....continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-08-25
Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Suite No. 1, Op. 64bis; Suite No. 2, Op. 64ter; Romeo and Juliet Suite no 3, Op. 101
Ensemble:
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Together, these suites, assembled by the composer himself, offer all the highlights from the ballet 'Romeo and Juliet' and are here performed by the Scottish...continue...
Recording information: SNO Centre, Glasgow....continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-08-25
Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Symphonic Suite from 'War and Peace'; Summer Night; Russian Overture, Op. 72
Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
This disc offers the Symphonic Suite from 'War and Peace', arranged by Christopher Palmer, the suite "Summer Night" from the music to 'The Duenna', Op....continue...
Recording information: St Jude's Church, Central Square, London NW11....continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-08-25
Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Twentieth Anniversary of the October Revolution, Op. 74; The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118 (excerpts)
Performers:
Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble:
Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra
The Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus are conducted here by Neeme Jarvi with Gennady Rozhdestvensky as the speaker. This recording comprises the 'Cantata for the Twentieth...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (06/08/1992-06/09/1992)....continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-08-25
Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible, Op. 116
Performers:
Finnie, Linda; Storojev, Nikolai
Ensemble:
Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra
The Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Neeme Jarvi are joined here by the bass Nikita Storojev and the contralto Linda Finnie on this re-issue...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude's Church, Central Square, London (03/02/1991-03/03/1991)....continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-08-25
Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19; Concerto for Violin no 2 in G minor, Op. 63; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Performers:
Mordkovitch, Lydia; Oppitz, Gerhard
Ensemble:
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
"Jarvi is an outstanding collaborator. His feeling for this composer's music is well established, and he brings out details that other conductors are content to...continue...
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