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British Clarinet Concertos, Vol. 1: Concertos by Stanford, Finzi and Arnold / Michael Collins, clarinet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Concerto for Clarinet in A minor, Op. 80; Gerald Finzi: Concerto for Clarinet & String Orchestra in C Minor, Op. 31; Malcolm Arnold: Concerto for Clarinet no 2, Op. 115
Performers: Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]
Conductors: Collins, Michael
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

This disc marks the beginning of a new survey of British Clarinet Concertos, featuring the exclusive Chandos artist, Michael Collins, who here combines the role...continue...

British Clarinet Sonatas: works by Stanford, Bliss, Bax, Ireland and Howells / Michael Collins, clarinet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-03-27

Works: John Ireland: Fantasy-Sonata, for clarinet & piano in E flat major; Charles Villiers Stanford: Sonata for clarinet & piano, Op. 129; Arthur Bliss: Pastoral, for clarinet & piano, F. 92; Arnold Bax: S...
Performers: Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; McHale, Michael

Chandos presents the first volume in a new series of British Clarinet Sonatas, featuring the exclusive Chandos artist Michael Collins in works by Bax, Bliss,...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (04/30/2011-05/01/2011)....continue...

Hear My Words: Choral Classics

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2010-11-16

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Edvard Grieg: Ave maris stella, EG 150; Arvo Pärt: Bogoroditse Devo; Sergey Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Giovanni Pierluigi da Pal...
Performers: De Minckwitz, Edward; Hambleton, Tristan; McDonald, Basil; Ravalde, Tim; Strong, Pablo; Tomita, Leo; Walker, Graham; Williams, Francis [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Nethsingha, Andrew

This new release of Choral Classics from St John's spans nearly 500 years of choral music. The earliest pieces date from the first half of...continue...
Recording information: St. John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (04/09/2010-04/11/2010)....continue...

Within a Dream - A Celebration of the Artistry of Richard Hickox

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-10-27

Works: Frank Bridge: The Sea; Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39; War Requiem, Op. 66; Peter Grimes; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); The Pilgrim's Pr...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Barker, Cheryl; Bullock, Susan; Burgess, Sally; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Eckhoff, Herbert; Elms, Roderick; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Voca...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
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...

Bax, Britten, Bridge, Stanford / Handley, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-02-13

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); Frank Bridge: The Sea, suite for orchestra, H. 100; Arnold Bax: On the Sea-Shore, tone poem for orchestra (c...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Britten's Peter Grimes has been described as "the most successful of all modern English operas". The opera is distinguished by a series of Interludes, linking...continue...

Stanford: Songs of the Sea, etc / Finley, Hickox, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2006-06-27

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Songs of the Fleet, for baritone voice, chorus & orchestra, no 1, "Sailing at Dawn" Op. 117/1; Songs of the Fleet, for baritone voice, chorus & orchestra, no 2, "The Song o...
Performers: Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Chorus of Wales; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Stanford was particularly known in his day for his choral works and declared that the poem should always remain the principal consideration, governing all other...continue...

Stanford: Six Irish Rhapsodies, etc / Handley, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-01-20

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 1 in D minor, Op. 78; Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 2 in F minor, Op. 84 ("The Lament for the Son of Ossian"); Irish Rhapsody for orchestr...
Performers: Fingerhut, Margaret; Mordkovitch], Lydia; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

"This series has proved to be quite popular owing to the superb quality of Stanford's compositional skills and the brilliance of the Ulster Orchestra's performances...continue...

Stanford: Stabat Mater, etc / Hickox, BBC Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-07-15

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Stabat Mater Op. 96; Hymns (6), Op. 113; Morning Service (Te Deum, Jubilate) for chorus, brass & organ, in B flat major, Op. 10
Performers: Attrot, Ingrid; Battiwalla, Darius; Robson, Nigel; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Ian
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Brass

"...Chandos again puts in a bid to be crowned champion among all record companies as a purveyor of gloriously realistic sound - plangent, imposing, yet...continue...

The Valley of Song / Tomlinson, Rossendale Male Voice Choir

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1994-06-01

Works: Vivian Ellis: Bless the Bride, musical play; Rudolf Friml: Donkey Serenade; Canadian Traditional: I gave my love a cherry (Nova Scotia); Anonymous: Phil the Fluter's Ball; Anonymous, American: Down i...
Performers: Farnworth, Hilary; Farnworth, Michael; Heys, Ken; Jackson, Florence; Rossendale Male Voice Choir; Rowland, Jane; Whitfield, Pete; Whitfield, Peter
Conductors: Tomlinson, Ernest
Ensemble: Rossendale Male Voice Choir

Personnel: Pete Whitfield (violin, piano, bass guitar); Jane Rowland (flute, piccolo, tin whistle); Michael Farnworth (piano); Hillary Farnworth (percussion).

Recording information: St John's C...continue...

A Choral Festival / Westminster Abbey & Ely Cathedral Choirs

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1994-06-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45; James Bain: Brother James' Air; Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Charles Villiers Stanford: Morning Service (Te Deum, Jubilate) for...
Performers: Farrell, Timothy; Gifford, Gerald

Stanford: Symphonies 1-7 / Handley, Ulster Orchestra

4 CD / Chandos Records / 1994-05-19

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Symphony no 1 in B flat major; Symphony no 2 in D major ("Elegiac"); Symphony no 3 in F minor, Op. 28 ("Irish"); Symphony no 4 in F major, Op. 31; Symphony, No 7 in D minor...
Performers: Davison, Donald
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

British Music for Clarinet & Piano / Johannesson, Jenkins

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-07-01

Works: William Hurlstone: Characteristic Pieces (4) for clarinet & piano; Arthur Bliss: Pastoral, for clarinet & piano, F. 92; Richard Stoker: Sonatina for clarinet & piano, Op 5; Howard Ferguson: Short Pie...
Performers: Jenkins, Philip; Johannesson, Einar

Stanford: Symphony no 1, etc / Handley, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-05-01

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Symphony no 1 in B flat major; Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 2 in F minor, Op. 84 ("The Lament for the Son of Ossian")
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Stanford: Symphony no 2, etc / Handley, Hilton, Ulster Orch

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-09-01

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Symphony no 2 in D major ("Elegiac"); Concerto for Clarinet in A minor, Op. 80
Performers: Hilton, Janet
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

An Irish Rhapsody / Handley, Thomson, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-02-01

Works: Hamilton Harty: Danny Boy (Londonderry Air); An Irish Symphony; Charles Villiers Stanford: Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 4 in A Minor, Op. 141 ("Fisherman of Loch Neagh"); Symphony no 3 in F minor,...
Performers: Lee, Pan Hon
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Stanford: Symphony no 3, etc / Handley, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Symphony no 3 in F minor, Op. 28 ("Irish"); Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 5 in G Minor, Op. 147
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Stanford: Symphony no 6, etc / Handley, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Symphony no 6 in E flat major, Op. 94 "In Memoriam G F Watts"; Irish Rhapsody no 1 in D minor, Op. 78
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Stanford: Symphony no 4, etc / Handley, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Symphony no 4 in F major, Op. 31; Irish Rhapsody no 6 for violin & orchestra, Op. 191; Oedipus Rex, incidental music, Op. 29
Performers: Mordkovitch], Lydia
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Stanford: Symphony no 7, etc / Handley, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Symphony, No 7 in D minor, Op. 124; Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 3, Op. 137; Concert Piece for organ & orchestra, Op.181
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]; Weir, Gillian
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra