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Handel: Alceste / Lucy Crowe, Benjamin Hulett, Andrew Foster-Williams - Christian Curnyn

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-05-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alceste, incidental music, HWV 45; Admeto, re di Tessaglia, HWV 22; Radamisto, HWV 12a
Performers: Foster-Williams, Andrew
Conductors: Curnyn, Christian
Ensemble: ; Early Opera Company

This recording of Alceste is performed by the Early Opera Company and Christian Curnyn, whose other Handel recordings for Chandos have all received glowing accolades:...continue...
Recording information: St Jude on the Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London (11/07/2011-11/08/2011)....continue...

Musical London c. 1700: From Purcell to Handel

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-01-25

Works: Giovanni Battista Draghi: Romulus and Hersilia, for soprano, two violins, bass viol, and harpsichord; Trio Sonata for 2 violins, bass viol & organ in G minor; Henry Purcell: Tell me, some pitying ang...
Performers: Hyde, Philippa
Conductors: Holman, Peter
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments

The late seventeenth century was a period of great change in English music. This was a time when the influences of Italian music were ever-increasing....continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (02/17/2010-02/19/2010)....continue...

Handel: Flavio, re di Longobardi, opera

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-10-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Flavio, Rè di Longobardi, HWV 16
Conductors: Curnyn, Christian

Although Flavio, premiered in 1723, deals with motives of love, honour, and duty, the tone is domestic, with less emphasis than in many other operas...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London (02/08/2010-02/12/2010)....continue...

Handel Duets

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-03-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Radamisto, HWV 12a; Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi, HWV 19; Solomon, HWV 67; Theodora, HWV 68; Ottone, re di Germania, HWV 15; Ariodante, HWV 33; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Tamerl...
Performers: Bicket, Harry; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Joshua, Rosemary
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: The English Concert

This new Handel collection features two great singers alongside the English Concert, arguably the best baroque orchestra in the UK. Duets play a key role...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London, E (07/20/2009-07/23/2009)....continue...

Complete Tranquility

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-01-26

Works: Johann Christian Bach: Concerto in C minor for cello and orchestra; Count Unico-Wilhelm van Wassenaer: Concerto armonico no 3 in A major; Concerto armonico no 4 in F minor; Concerto armonico no 1 in ...
Performers: Aubut, Alain; Baskin, Theodore; Hall, Lucia; Hurtubise, Benoit; Hutchins, Timothy; Montreal, I Musici de; Norris, David Owen; Prevost, Christian [Violin]; Shaverdian, Gregory [Piano]; Shostakovich, D...
Conductors: Turovsky, Yuli; Shostakovich, Maxim
Ensemble: Ensemble Repercussion; I Musici de Montréal

With fine performances from I Musici de Montreal, 'Complete Tranquility' is a generous three-disc set packed full of music that will encourage you to slow...continue...

Great Operatic Arias Vol 2 / Brewer, Parry, Philharmonia Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-03-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes; Lu...
Performers: Brewer, Christine; Howarth, Judith; Robinson, Timothy
Conductors: Parry, David

"Hats off, gentlemen. A diva. The real, rare, wondrous thing. Her name is Christine Brewer." With these words the 'Evening Standard' described the first of...continue...

Handel: Acis & Galatea Scenes / Sutherland, Boult, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-01-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel)
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Dart, Thurston; Galliver, David; Pears, Peter, Sir; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: Philomusica of London

Originally issued on LP by Decca in 1960, this vintage recording, representing a rare collaboration of Peter Pears and Joan Sutherland, has been out of...continue...

Handel: Semele / Curnyn, Joshua, Summers, et al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-01-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Semele
Performers: Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Joshua, Rosemary; Pearson, Gail; Sherratt, Brindley; Wallace, Stephen
Conductors: Curnyn, Christian
Ensemble: Early Opera Company

This 3 CD set represents the first complete recording on period insruments of Handel's 'Semele'. Written at the peak of Handel's powers, and derisively described...continue...

Inga Nielsen - Voices, Live & Studio Recordings

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: Athalia, HWV 52; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, K 505; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di L...
Performers: Andersen, Stig Fogh; Christiansen, Christian [Bass Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gurtler, Friedrich; Hannibal, Lars; Henning-Jensen, Gert; Nielsen, Arne; Nielsen, Inga; Noli, Alberto; Pappano, Antonio [C...
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher; Kuhn, Gustav; Albrecht, Gerd; Pappano, Antonio; Kohn, Eugene; Schoenwandt, Michael; Gardelli, Lamberto; Metzmacher, Ingo; Wallberg, Heinz; Firman, David

This two CD set spans a period of more than fifty years, from Inga Nielsen's first ever recording, made at the age of six accompanied...continue...

Flaming Rose - Handel: Nine German Arias, etc / Baird, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-08-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: German Arias (9); Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in F major, Op. 2/4, HWV 389; Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken (German Aria no 3), hymn for soprano & continuo, HWV 204;...
Performers: Baird, Julianne

The profound and evocative German arias of Handel are performed here in a fascinating new recording formed by the chamber ensemble Tempesta di Mare and...continue...

Great Operatic Arias Vol 18 / Jennifer Larmore

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-05-22

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Richard Wa...
Performers: Cooper, Jonathan; Larmore, Jennifer; Lee, Colin; Patterson, Susan; Wyn, Fflur
Conductors: Parry, David

"Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore makes a strong case for opera in English in this recital, and her performance of the arias and ensembles is fully persuasive....continue...

Handel: Messiah / Hickox, Terfel, Langridge, Rodgers, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-12-05

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Langridge, Philip; Robson, Christopher [Counter Tenor Vocals]; Rodgers, Joan; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

Starring bass Bryn Terfel, this recording is acknowledged as ranking among the best period instrument versions of this work available and has received first-rate reviews....continue...
Personnel: Jane Butler, Lucinda Houghton, Ruth Dean, Janet Coxwell, Fiona Clarke, Carol Hall (soprano); Della Jones (mezzo soprano); Gerard O'Beirne, Philip Slane, Paul Badley, Philip Daggett, Philip ...continue...

Handel: Partenope / Christian Curnyn, Early Opera Company

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-06-21

Works: George Frederick Handel: Partenope
Performers: Foster-Williams, Andrew; Joshua, Rosemary; Streit, Kurt; Wallace, Stephen; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Curnyn, Christian
Ensemble: Early Opera Company

"...Christian Curnyn has as infallible a sense of tempo and musico-dramatic shape - in individual numbers, in whole scenes and acts - as the composer...continue...

Opera In English - Great Arias & Ensembles Vol 3

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-04-26

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Idomeneo; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Aida, opera; Gaetano Do...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Banks, Barry; Bardon, Patricia; Clarke, Paul Charles; Eaglen, Jane; Evans, Rebecca; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Gavin, Julian; Gedda, Nicolai; Gritto...
Conductors: Parry, David; Menuhin, Yehudi; Daniel, Paul; Rattle, Simon, Sir

Bear Essentials - Classics for Funerals

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-02-22

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 "Funeral March"; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh'!, BWV 478; Conc...
Performers: Austin, Michael [Organ]; Comberti, Micaela; Crabtree, Libby; Kenyon, Philip; Kirkby, Emma; Lortie, Louis; Rodgers, Joan; Scott, Jonathan; Standage, Simon; Torchinsky, Yuri [Violin]
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Hickox, Richard; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Standage, Simon; Järvi, Neeme; Parrott, Andrew; Guest, George; Christophers, Harry; Handley, Vernon; Hurst, Geor...
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Collegium Musicum 90; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Chorus; R...

Bear Essentials - Handel Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-05-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Der Messias; Tolomeo, HWV 25; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Largo; Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.2, no 8 in G major, HWV 441; Tra le fiamme,...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Yates, Sophie
Conductors: Standage, Simon; Hickox, Richard; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Bamert, Matthias; ; Turovsky, Yuli
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Collegium Musicum 90; I Musici de Montréal; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Sellers Engineering Band

Bear Essentials - Dining Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for strings & continuo in D major, Op. 12/3, RV 124; Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Australia, Soloists of; Barnert, Matthias; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Cantilena [Instrumental Ensemble]; City of Birmingham ...
Conductors: Shelley, Howard; ; Manze, Andrew; Thomas, Ronald [Violin]; Standage, Simon; Preston, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; Garforth, David; Shepherd, Adrian; Leppard, Raymond; Weller, Walter; Turovsky, Yuli; Bam...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Ambache Chamber Ensemble; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Cantilena; Collegium Musicum 90; Concerto Copenhagen; English Chamber Ensemble; English Cha...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias - Bruce Ford 2

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-09-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; La Clemenza de Tito; Gioachino Rossini: Armida; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Petite Messe solennelle; Otello; Ze...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Nilon, Paul; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]; Stafford-Allen, Toby
Conductors: Parry, David

Bruce Ford, one of the world's leading Bel Canto tenors, presents his second disc in Chandos' Great Operatic Arias series. His first disc received fine...continue...

Opera in English - Yvonne Kenny 2 - R. Strauss, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-08-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Strauss: Arabella; Capriccio, Op 85; Franz L...
Performers: Edwards, Catherine; Evans, Rebecca; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Tim; Kenny, Yvonne; Quinteiro, Eligio; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Woodhouse, Nigel
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias / Elizabeth Futral

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-06-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Semele; Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix; Gioachino Rossini: Zelmira; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seragli...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Cohen, David; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Montague, Diana; Robinson, Dean; Wakeford, Lucy; Wedd, Peter
Conductors: White, Steven

"...there is much to enjoy here, especially in the French items where Futral's whitish tone sounds idiomatic, her high notes even tending towards the slight...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 10 / Montague

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-04-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La Clemenza de Tito; Così fan tutte, K 588; Vado, ma dove?, K 583; Chi sa qual sia, K 582; Christoph Willibal...
Performers: Beer, Susanne; Boylan, Orla; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Montague, Diana; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Young, Alistair
Conductors: Weller, Walter; Parry, David

Montague has been a regular contributor to the Opera in English series; this is her second solo album on the label. - "Above all it...continue...

Bear Essentials - Wedding Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-03-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Cantata no 147, ...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Austin, Michael [Organ]; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bott, Paula; Elms, Roderick; Hicks, Malcolm; Isserlis, Steven; Jackson, Francis; Kee, Piet; Kennedy, Nig...
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias; Thomas, Ronald [Violin]; Newsome, Roy; ; Shepherd, Adrian; Hickox, Richard; Standage, Simon; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Spicer, Paul; Williams, Glyn; Williams, J. Glyn; Robinson, Chris...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ens.; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Besses o' th' Barn Band; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Cantilena (Instrumental Ensemble); Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Mu...

Personnel: Nigel Kennedy (violin); Steven Isserlis (cello); Phillip McCann (cornet); Peter Pettinger (piano); Michael Austin , Roderick Elms, Malcolm Hicks, Francis Jackson, Simon Lindley (organ)....continue...

Opera in English - J. Baker sings Scenes from Julius Caesar

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-10-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Booth-Jones, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Davies, Noel; James, David; Jones, Della; Masterson, Valerie; Tomlinson, John; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

"This is an intense, compelling, moving hero who sings with style, beauty, and musicianship of a high order. If you prefer highlights to complete sets,...continue...

Handel: Harpsichord Works Vol 3 / Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-09-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.1, no 6 in F sharp minor, HWV 431; Suite no 7 (as used in the film "Got Rot Tunbridge Wells"); Suite for Harpsichord in F minor, HWV ...
Performers: Yates, Sophie

"Yates's playing is beyond reproach: each suite is elegantly poised and intelligently delivered, every strand in fugal textures is clearly delineated, and ornamentation is dazzling....continue...

Handel and the Oratorio / Standage, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-06-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Joseph and his brethren, HWV 59; Semele; Jephtha; Susanna, HWV 66; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Solomon
Conductors: Standage, Simon
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"Handel 'pops' as selected by his 18th-century publisher, Walsh. Seven complete overtures, five glorious arias, 'the song parts' (vocal lines) given variously to oboe, bassoon...continue...

Opera in English - Baroque Celebration

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-03-26

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Don Quixote, Z 578; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Rinaldo
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Masterson, Valerie; Tomlinson, John; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Parry, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; English National Opera Orchestra

Handel: Harpsichord Works Vol 2 / Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Suite for Harpsichord in A major, HWV 426; Suite for Harpsichord in F major, HWV 427; Suite for Harpsichord in D minor, HWV 428; Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.1, n...
Performers: Yates, Sophie

Sophie Yates presents a sparkling account of Handel's harpsichord music. This CD completes the set of Sophie Yates's superb renditions of Handel's harpsichord music and...continue...

Opera in English - Great Arias from Favorite Operas Vol 2

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Ernani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Ruggero Leoncavallo: ...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bostock, Angela; Eaglen, Jane; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Hampson, Thomas; Haymon, Cynthia; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Masterson, Valerie; O'Neill, Dennis ...
Conductors: Parry, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Elder, Mark; Bellini, Gabriele

This collection not only brings together the highlights from the more recent Opera in English recordings from Chandos, but also includes a 40-page booklet that...continue...

Handel: Water Music / Gibson, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-08-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349
Performers: Aldwinckle, Robert
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

"...the Scottish group is impressive... not only in the polish and sense of style but by the sheer vigour, and conveyed enjoyment... fine lyrical playing..."...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 7 / Della Jones

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-03-27

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Tancredi; La Cenerentola; Guglielmo Tell; Il barbiere di Siviglia; George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito; Gaetano Donizetti: La F...
Performers: Bailey, Simon; Jones, Della; Magee, Garry; Mason, Anne; Plazas, Mary; Richards, Paul; Shore, Andrew; Wedd, Peter
Conductors: Parry, David; Bellini, Gabriele

"...Della Jones is a Welsh mezzo in her mid-fifties, which makes the youthful energy and tonal steadiness heard on this disc all the more amazing......continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 6 / Tomlinson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-01-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 38...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Shore, Andrew; Tomlinson, John; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Parry, David; Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: ; Leeds Parish Church Chorus

"John Tomlinson is one of the finest singing actors on the opera scene today. He is unsurpassed in Wagner, but here he dispays his versatility...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 5 / Kenny, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-08-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner, aria for soprano & orchestra. K. 383; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; King A...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]
Conductors: Parry, David

"...the Australian soprano is in fine voice throughout, with the clearest English diction since her fellow-antipodean Joan Hammond, a smooth legato and ringing top notes...Barry...continue...

Handel at the Opera / Simon Standage, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-04-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Arminio, HWV 36; Largo; Berenice, Regina d'Egitto, HWV 38; Rinaldo; Rodelinda; Ariodante
Conductors: Standage, Simon
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Handel's music is never more winsome than when it's written for special occasions, not least operas. Several of the items in this...continue...

The Chaconne Collection / Pastyme with good companye

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-01-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: ; George Frideric Handel: ; Henry Purcell: ; Antonio Vivaldi: ; Heinrich Ignaz Biber: ; Tomaso Albinoni: ; Johann Sebastian Bach: ; Various: Work(s)
Performers: Kee, Piet; Kirkby, Emma; Robson, Anthony; Thomas, David; Yates, Sophie
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Christophers, Harry;
Ensemble: ; Purcell Quartet; The Sixteen

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Handel: Harpsichord Works Vol 1 / Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-10-19

Works: George Frederick Handel: Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.2, no 1 in B flat major, HWV 434; Chaconne and Variations (21) for Harpsichord in G major, HWV 435; Suite for keyboard (Suite de piec...
Performers: Yates, Sophie

"Sophie Yates, playing a sweet-toned Ruckers copy, responds well to the music's bravura demands. Her ornamentation and additional passage work in many of the variations...continue...

Opera in English - Handel: Julius Caesar / Mackerras, et al

4 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Booth-Jones, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Davies, Noel; James, David; Jones, Della; Masterson, Valerie; Tomlinson, John; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

"Seemingly stuffy 'opera seria' format was no hindrance to Handel in creating works rich in human drama and musical invention...A highly intelligent, singable English translation...continue...

Handel: Tra le fiamme, etc / Bott, Purcell Quartet, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-06-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in G major, Op. 5/4, HWV 399; Tra le fiamme, HWV 170; Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in B flat major, Op. 5/7, HWV 402; Notte placi...
Performers: Amherst, Timothy; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Jonathan Manson [Cello/Viola da gamba]; Kershaw, Caroline; Mackintosh, Catherine; Weiss, Catherine; Wooley, Robe...

"There is some stunning singing to be heard on this attractively mixed disc of Handel vocal and instrumental works, and some nifty playing too...I think...continue...

Handel: Concerti grossi Op 6 Vol 2 / Standage, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-06-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op.6/7, HWV 325; Concerto Grosso in F major, Op.6/9, HWV 327
Conductors: Standage, Simon
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"The playing of Collegium Musicum 90 under Simon Standage's leadership is as crisp and musical as ever...Standage uses Handel's optional added wind parts, [enjoying] a...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 1 / Ford, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-02-17

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys; Georges Bizet: La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Plazas, Mary
Conductors: Parry, David
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

There has always been an inexplicable gap in recorded music where opera in English is concerned. There is an obvious demand for the genre. American-born...continue...

Handel: Concerti grossi Op 6 Vol 1 / Standage, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-06-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso in E minor, Op.6/3, HWV 321; Concerto Grosso in D major, Op.6/5, HWV 323
Conductors: Standage, Simon
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"...The performances are brimful of vitality...the clean articulation and light, predominantly detached style give the music buoyancy and help to bring out Handel's often mischievous...continue...

"La Sophie" - Popular Harpsichord Music / Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-09-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971; Jacques Duphly: La Pothoüin, Rondeau, modérément (4e Livre); François Couperin: Pièces de clavecin, Book 2;...
Performers: Yates, Sophie

"...Music of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, with its sparse markings, invites freedom over phrasing, dynamics, articulation and even tempo that Yates approaches with...continue...

A Christmas Fantasy / Huddersfield Choral Society, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-11-01

Works: Christmas Traditional: We Wish You a Merry Christmas (English); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); The Twelve Days of Christmas; Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Leroy Anderson: A Christmas...
Performers: Anthony Cooke; Black Dyke Mills Band; Keith Rhodes; Society, Huddersfield Choral
Conductors: Newsome, Roy; Rhodes, Keith

All of the World's Most Beautiful Melodies! / McCann, et al

5 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-10-17

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55; Rusalka; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Faust; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Edward Cockram Purcell: Passing By; Giacomo Puccini: Madama ...
Performers: Hicks, Malcolm; Lindley, Simon; McCann, Phillip; Newsome, Roy; Robertson, Ian
Conductors: Parkes, Major Peter; Langford, Gordon; Blackledge, Douglas; Newsome, Roy
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Black Dyke Band; Sellers Engineering Band

Handel: Apollo e Dafne, etc / Argenta, George, Standage

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-09-19

Works: George Frederick Handel: Apollo e Dafne (La Terra è Liberata), dramatic cantata for soprano, bass & orchestra, HWV 122; Crudel Tiranno Amor, cantata, HWV 97
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; George, Michael
Conductors: Standage, Simon
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"Nancy Argenta sings coolly as Dafne as she wards off the sun-god's advances, but the drama really belongs to Apollo. Michael George, a genuine bass,...continue...

Stokowski Encores / Matthias Bamert, BBC Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-04-18

Works: George Frederick Handel: Chandos Anthem no 6 in E minor, "As Pants the Hart", HWV 251b; Giovanni Gabrieli: Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; Johann Mattheson: Sui...
Performers: Addinall, Patrick
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Handel: Chandos Anthems no 1-11 / Christophers, The Sixteen

4 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-01-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Chandos Anthem no 1 in D major, "O Be Joyful in the Lord" (Jubilate) (Cannons), HWV 246; Chandos Anthem no 2 in D minor, "In the Lord Put I My Trust", HWV 247; Chandos Anthem...
Performers: Darke, Valerie; Dawson, Lynne; George, Michael; Kwella, Patrizia; McKenna, Sophia; Miller, Julie; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Thorp, William; Woodcock, David
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen; The Sixteen Orchestra

The World's Most Beautiful Melodies Vol 5 / Phillip McCann

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1994-09-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Welsh Traditional: Suo Gân (Lullaby), song; Claude Debussy: Beau soir; Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Frederick D...
Performers: Lindley, Simon; McCann, Phillip
Conductors: Parkes, Major Peter
Ensemble: Huddersfield Choral Society; Sellers Engineering Band

Handel: Chandos Anthems Vol 1 / Christophers, The Sixteen

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1994-03-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Chandos Anthem no 1 in D major, "O Be Joyful in the Lord" (Jubilate) (Cannons), HWV 246; Chandos Anthem no 2 in D minor, "In the Lord Put I My Trust", HWV 247; Chandos Anthem...
Performers: Darke, Valerie; Dawson, Lynne; George, Michael; Miller, Julie; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen; The Sixteen Orchestra

The World's Most Beautiful Melodies Vol 4 / Phillip McCann

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1993-04-01

Works: César Franck: Mass for 3 Voices, Organ, Harp, Cello and Double Bass in A, M 61/Op. 12; Felix Mendelssohn: Hear my prayer; Traditional: Believe me if all those endearing young charms; Song of t...
Performers: Lindley, Simon; McCann, Phillip
Conductors: Newsome, Roy
Ensemble: Leeds Parish Church Boys' Choir; Sellers Engineering Band

The Voice of Wales / Tredegar & Rhos Orpheus Male Choirs

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-09-01

Works: Henry Brinley Richards: God Bless the Prince of Wales; Welsh Traditional: David of the White Rock (Dafydd y Garreg Wen), folk song; Codiad yr Hedydd (The Rising of the Lark), song; Ar Hyd y Nos (All ...