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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...

Classics - Bax - Orchestral Works Vol 9 / Bryden Thomson, London PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Arnold Bax: The Truth about the Russian Dancers, incidental music for orchestra; Between Dusk and Dawn, ballet
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Not top-drawer Bax, admittedly, but the LPO under Bryden Thomson relish both scores' undeniable period charm and they have been sumptuously served by the...continue...

Bax: Tone Poems Vol 2 / Vernon Handley, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Arnold Bax: Three Northern Ballads; Nympholept; Red Autumn; Happy Forest; Into the Twilight
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"Lewis Foreman provides an excellent note for the booklet, which has several interesting photographs, and Chandos has given us a sumptuous recording – very fitting....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...

Bax: Orchestral Works Vol 8 / Handley, Royal PO, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-04-18

Works: Arnold Bax: Enchanted Summer, for 2 sopranos, chorus & orchestra; Walsinghame, for tenor, chorus & orchestra; Fatherland, for tenor, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Griffiths, Barry; Hill, Martyn; McWhirter, Lynore; Williams-King, Anne
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Brighton Festival Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Even though Sir Arnold Bax was prolific in his career, he wrote little choral music and no operas or solo vocal pieces. The works on...continue...

Bax: Tone Poems / Handley, BBC Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-04-18

Works: Arnold Bax: In the Faery Hills, tone poem for orchestra; November Woods, tone poem for orchestra; Garden of Fand; Sinfonietta
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"Handley and the BBC Philharmonic strain all their musical sinews to bring out every detail of these highly wrought and texturally complex works, and Handley's...continue...

Bear Essentials - Great British Orchestral Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-09-20

Works: William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; Façade, Suite no 2, for orchestra; Coronation March "Crown Imperial"; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Gustav H...
Performers: Davis, Michael [Violin]; Kirshbaum, Ralph
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Thompson, Bryden; Hickox, Richard; del Mar, Norman; Latham-Koenig, Jan; Gamba, Rumon; Handley, Vernon; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Willcocks, David; Turovsky, Yuli; Garforth, David...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici de Montr&eacut...

Bear Essentials - Lullaby Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-08-24

Works: Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Préludes, Book 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Horn no 4 in E flat major, K 495; Camille Saint-Saën...

Classics - Bax: Orchestral Works / Fingerhut, Thomson, LPO

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-03-23

Works: Arnold Bax: Winter Legends, sinfonia concertante for piano & orchestra; Symphonic Variations, for piano & orchestra in E major
Performers: Fingerhut, Margaret
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"Although he seldom played in public, Bax was by all accounts a formidable pianist. He composed a great many piano pieces and four sonatas of...continue...

Bax: To the Name Above Every Name, etc / Brabbins, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-02-24

Works: Arnold Bax: St. Patrick's Breastplate, for chorus & orchestra; Nocturnes, for soprano & orchestra; The Morning Watch, for chorus & orchestra; To the Name above every Name, hymn for soprano, chorus & ...
Performers: Bunning, Christine
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Huddersfield Choral Society

"The Huddersfield singers do a good job with the very complicated harmonic writing, and their contribution is very welcome in the face of such hard...continue...

The Film Music of Sir Arnold Bax / Gamba, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Arnold Bax: Oliver Twist, film score; Malta GC, film score
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Gamba, Rumon; Janes, Paul
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon

"Bax wrote only two film scores, and although he found the form uncongenial and his music suffered at the hands of the directors, they were...continue...
Personnel: Paul Janes (piano).

Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, England (09/24/2002/09/25/2002).

This recording was first reported about on the Intern...continue...

Classics - Bax: Orchestral Works Vol 4 / Handley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Arnold Bax: Tale the Pine Trees Knew; Into the Twilight; In the Faery Hills, tone poem for orchestra; Roscatha, tone poem for orchestra; A Legend, tone poem for orchestra; On the Sea-Shore, tone poem...
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Ulster Orchestra

"...the performances are of outstanding imaginativeness and sympathy, the solo playing of great refinement, the atmosphere of each piece marvellously caught... A most distinguished achievement."...continue...

Classics - Bax: Orchestral Works Vol 5 / Thomson, London PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Arnold Bax: Festival Overture; Christmas Eve on the Mountains, tone poem for orchestra; Pieces (3) for Small Orchestra; Nympholept; Paean, for orchestra (arr. of piano piece); Overture to a Picaresqu...
Performers: Hicks, Malcolm
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"Bryden Thomson draws out all the romance and passion of these complex, colourful scores... You can sense the sultry, perilous enchantment of the midsummer forest...continue...

Bax: The Symphonies / Vernon Handley, BBC Philharmonic

5 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Arnold Bax: Symphony no 1 in E flat major; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 2 in E minor/C major; Symphony no 4; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 6; Rogue's Comedy Overture; Tintagel, tone poem ...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"Vernon Handley has long been considered our finest Bax interpreter... presented clearly by the Chandos engineers in sound that is balanced and slightly distant." -...continue...

Classics - Bax: Orchestral Works Vol 3 / Thomson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Arnold Bax: November Woods, tone poem for orchestra; Happy Forest; Garden of Fand; Summer Music, for orchestra; Tintagel, tone poem for orchestra
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

"The Celtic twilight in Bax's music is ripely and sympathetically caught... The Chandos recording is superb." - The Penguin Complete Guide...continue...

Classics - Bax: Orchestral Works Vol 6 / Thomson, London PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Arnold Bax: Russian Suite, for orchestra (arr. of piano pieces from 1912-1915); Work(s); Golden Eagle, incidental music for orchestra; Saga Fragment, for trumpet, strings, piano & percussion (arr. of...
Performers: Fingerhut, Margaret; Hill, Martyn; Nunn, Richard
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"Thomson possesses an intuitive understanding that allows more of the music to compel than one had dared hope... The London Philharmonic plays beautifully..." - The...continue...

Classics - Bax: Piano Music / Eric Parkin

4 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-11

Works: Arnold Bax: Lullaby, for piano; Country-Tune; Sonata for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor; Winter Waters, for piano; Sonata for Piano no 2 in G major; Sonata for Piano no 3 in G sharp minor; Water Music, ...
Performers: Parkin, Eric

"This wonderful music ranges from the melodic and folksy to the cragginess of the sonatas. Eric Parkin's pianism is beyond praise, and the recording is...continue...

Classics - Bax: Orchestral Works Vol 2 / Thomson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Arnold Bax: Spring Fire, symphony for orchestra; Three Northern Ballads; Mediterranean, for piano; Symphonic Scherzo, for orchestra (arr. of piano work)
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"Chandos' full and reverberant sonics set off Bax's lustrous textures in full measure. Bax is now well represented by recordings. But the works, for all...continue...

Classics - Bax: Orchestral Works Vol 1 / Thomson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Arnold Bax: Concerto for Violin; Concerto for Cello; Morning Song (Maytime in Sussex), symphonic variations for piano & orchestra in E major
Performers: Fingerhut, Margaret; Mordkovitch], Lydia; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone
He conducts a mellow affectionate performance of the Concerto... Lydia Mordkovitch plays the solo part with real flair and richness of tone and seems to...continue...

Bear Essentials - British Film Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-08-26

Works: Ron Goodwin: The Trap; Battle of Britain; 633 Squadron; Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines; Sir Arthur Bliss: Things to Come, F 131; Alan Rawsthorne: Uncle Silas; The Cruel Sea; William W...
Performers: Carewe, Mary [soprano]; Dukes, Philip; Roscoe, Martin; Wild, Earl
Conductors: Goodwin, Ron; Gamba, Rumon; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hickox, Richard; Stephens, D. S.; Horenstein, Jascha
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Air Force Regiment Band; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Bax: London Pageant, etc / Brabbins, BBC Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-03-27

Works: Arnold Bax: London Pageant, march & trio for orchestra; Concertante, for english horn, clarinet, horn & orchestra; Cathaleen-ní-Hoolihan, tone poem for small orchestra; Sigismondo d'India: Suite...
Performers: Bradbury, John
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

What a remarkably adaptable conductor is Martyn Brabbins - able to sound keen and in intelligent control in British music from Arnold Bax to Harrison...continue...

Bax: Concertante for Piano, etc / Fingerhut, Rigby, Handley

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-03-23

Works: Arnold Bax: In memoriam, for english horn, harp & string quartet; Concertante, for piano, left hand & orchestra; The Bard of Dimbovitza, song cycle for mezzo-soprano & piano (or orchestra)
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"This disc of works that have been abandoned or lost for years is a gold mine for Bax lovers....they are recorded here for the first...continue...

Bax: Octet, String Quintet, etc / ASMF Chamber Ensemble

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-03-17

Works: Arnold Bax: Octet, for horn, piano & string sextet; Quintet for strings; Concerto, for flute, oboe, harp & string quartet; Threnody & Scherzo, for bassoon, harp & string sextet; In memoriam, for engl...
Performers: Bosch, Leon Enrique; Brown, Timothy; Carter, Roy [Oboe]; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Fingerhut, Margaret; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; Latchem, Malcolm; Marrion, Paul; Orton, Stephen; Sheen, Graham; Sillito, Kenne...
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Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

"Baxians everywhere will rejoice at the appearance of this beautiful and enterprising collection, which fills so many gaps in the composer's current discography...No praise can...continue...

Bax: Symphony no 4, Tintagel / Thomson, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-07-29

Works: Arnold Bax: Symphony no 4; Tintagel, tone poem for orchestra
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Seascapes

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-06-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Arnold Bax: Mediterranean, for piano; Tintagel, tone poem for orchestra; Frank Bridge: The Sea; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sea So...
Performers: Seascapes
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon; Hurst, George

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

Bax: Clarinet Sonata; Bliss, Vaughan Williams / Janet Hilton

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Arnold Bax: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in D major; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Studies (6) in English Folksong; Arthur Bliss: Quintet for clarinet & string quartet, Op. 50, F. 20
Performers: Hilton, Janet; Swallow, Keith