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Percy Grainger: Works for Large Chorus and Orchestra / Melbourne SO & Chorus. Andrew Davis

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2013-04-30

Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Sydney Chamber Choir

This exceptional disc follows Chandos' Grainger Edition and brings their long-running survey of Grainger works to an end. These works, in versions for large choral...continue...

Sir Eugene Goossens: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 / Andrew Davis

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

This disc marks the beginning of the partnership between the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and its new Chief Conductor, Sir Andrew Davis. In the pieces performed...continue...

Berlioz: Overtures / Andrew Davis, Bergen PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2013-02-26

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Béatrice et Bénédict, Overture, H. 138; Les francs-juges, Op. 3, Overture; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture c...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

The Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Andrew Davis here perform seven dazzling orchestral overtures by Hector Berlioz, a composer who excelled in blending literary and...continue...
Recording information: Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway (06/11/2012-06/14/2012)....continue...

Elgar: The Starlight Express / Sir Andrew Davis, Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Elin Thomas, soprano; Roderick Williams, baritone

2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Edward Elgar: Starlight Express, Op. 78; The Starlight Express, suite for 2 voices & orchestra (arranged by Andrew Davis); Clive Carey: Songs (3) from "The Starlight Express", for voice & orchestra
Performers: Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

This fairytale melodrama was adapted from a book by Algernon Blackwood, A Prisoner in Fairyland, for a West End theatre production staged during World War...continue...
Recording information: Studio 80a, BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Place, Lon (05/28/2012-05/30/2012); Usher Hall, Edinburgh (05/28/2012-05/30/2012); Studio 80a, BBC Broadcasting House, Portland Plac...continue...

Frederick Delius: Piano Concerto; Paris Nocturne / Howard Shelley, piano; Andrew Davis

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Concerto for Piano in C minor, RT vii/4; Idylle de printemps, for orchestra, RT vi/5; Paris
Performers: Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Of the works performed here by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra under the prominent Delius interpreter Sir Andrew Davis, the first three - Paris, the...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, RSNO Centre, Glasgow (12/20/2011-12/22/2011)....continue...

Elgar: Cello Concerto; Elegy for Strings, et al. / Paul Watkins, cello

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-04-24

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Introduction and Allegro, for string quartet & string orchestra in G major, Op. 47; Elegy for Strings, Op. 58; Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39
Performers: Bell, Daniel [Violin]; Bingham, Stephen; Burnard, Steven; Dixon, Peter; Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic

Paul Watkins is the cello soloist in a recording that showcases some of Elgar's most popular works. He is accompanied by the BBC Philharmonic and...continue...
Recording information: MediaCity UK, Salford (10/04/2011-10/09/2011)....continue...

Delius: Double Concerto; Violin Concerto; Cello Concerto / Tasmin Little, violin; Paul Watkins, cello

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2011-10-25

Works: Frederick Delius: Concerto for Violin and Cello; Concerto for Violin RT vii/6; Concerto for Cello, RT vii/7
Performers: Little, Tasmin; Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The Violin, Double, & Cello Concertos by Delius involving solos string instruments are here brought together on the same disc for the 1st time. Tasmin...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (10/13/2010-10/14/2010)....continue...

York Bowen: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 / A. Davis

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-05-31

Works: York Bowen: Symphony no 1 in G major, Op. 4; Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 31
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic

York Bowen (1884-1961) 'The English Rachmaninoff' has a distinguished reputation as a composer and pianist. "The most remarkable of the young British composers," said Saint-Saëns....continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester (10/10/2010-10/11/2010)....continue...

Delius: Appalachia; The Song of the High Hills

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2011-04-26

Works: Frederick Delius: Appalachia - American Rhapsody; A Song of the High Hills, for wordless chorus & orchestra, RT ii/6
Performers: Bowen, Christopher; Robinson, Olivia
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

This recording presents two rarely heard but striking works by Frederick Delius (1862-1934). Both works are prime examples of Delius's highly individual and ground-breaking use...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (10/15/2010-10/16/2010)....continue...

Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - The Planets

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2011-02-22

Works: Gustav Holst: Beni Mora, oriental suite for orchestra, Op. 29/1, H. 107; Japanese Suite, for orchestra, Op. 33, H. 126; The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Davis, Andrew

"Chandos' Holst series highlights a composer whose inventiveness and originality was not limited to one ouevre. Volume 1 of the series, conducted by the late...continue...
Recording information: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (06/24/2010-06/25/2010)....continue...

Tasmin Little plays works by Elgar

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

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61; Work(s); The Crown of India, Op. 66; Polonia, Op. 76
Performers: Little, Tasmin
Conductors: Davis, Andrew

The long - awaited and much anticipated recording of Tasmin Little's Elgar Violin Concerto will be released this November, 100 years after the work's first...continue...
Recording information: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow (05/24/2010-05/26/2010)....continue...

Crown Of India - Sir Edward Elgar

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-11-17

Works: Edward Elgar: The Crown of India, imperial masque in 2 tableaux for alto, bass, chorus & orchestra, Op. 66; Imperial March, Op. 32; Coronation March, for orchestra, Op. 65; The British Empire March, ...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew

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...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, England (06/19/2009-06/20/2009)....continue...