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Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance; Death of Tintagiles / Rosa Mannion, soprano; Thomas Randle, tenor; Matthew Brook, baritone

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Cotswold Romance, cantata (arr. by Jacobson from synopsis of Hugh the Drover, opera); The Death of Tintagiles, incidental music
Performers: Mannion, Rosa; Randle, Thomas [Tenor Vocals]; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

Though quite popular and well-explored, the catalogue of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams still boasts a few rarely-heard gems. Richard Hickox interprets these near-forgotten beauties...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (10/03/1997-10/04/1997)....continue...

Debussy: Orchestral Works - La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux; Images; Primtemps, Berceuse héroique et al.

2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2012-05-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Images for Orchestra; Jeux; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; La mer; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86; Mar...
Performers: Bryan, Katherine [Flute]; MacKintosh, Katherine
Conductors: Denève, Stéphane
Ensemble: ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Recognized internationally as a conductor of the highest calibre, Stéphane Denève took up the post of Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in...continue...
Recording information: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow (2011-10-10_2011-10-12&2012-)....continue...

Arthur Benjamin and Leighton Lucas: Film Music / Rumon Gamba

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-03-27

Works: Arthur Benjamin: The Conquest of Everest; Storm Clouds, cantata from The Man Who Knew Too Much, film score; An Ideal Husband; Leighton Lucas: Yangtse Incident; Portrait of Clare; The Dam Busters; Sta...
Performers: Court, Robert; Roe-Williams, Catherine; Sara, Abigail
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Arthur Benjamin composed the Storm Clouds Cantata in 1934 for Hitchcock's first version of The Man Who Knew Too Much. In the 1956 color remake...continue...
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff (10/03/2011-10/05/2011).

Arthur Benjamin (1893-1960) is by far the better known of the two composers represented on this CD, a beautifully rec...continue...

Rachmaninoff: The Bells; Spring; Three Russian Songs / Svetla Vassileva, soprano; Misha Didyk, tenor

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-11-15

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: The Spring, cantata for baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 20; Russian Songs (3) for chorus & orchestra, Op. 41; The Bells, choral symphony for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus & o...
Performers: Didyk, Misha; Tanovitski, Alexei; Vasilieva, Svetla
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

This is the 7th and final volume in Chandos' Rachmaninoff series, performed by the BBC Philharmonic led by Noseda. The disc was recorded live at...continue...
Recording information: Royal Albert Hall, London (07/31/2011)....continue...

Bernard Herrmann: Moby Dick; Sinfonietta / Richard Edgar-Wilson, tenor; David Wilson-Johnson, baritone

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

Works: Bernard Herrmann: Moby Dick, cantata for male chorus, soloists & orchestra; Sinfonietta for string orchestra
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael
Ensemble: Danish National Symphony Choir

Herrmann, born in NY, 1911 to Russian immigrants is best known today as a composer of film music. He worked with Hitchcock on North by...continue...

Britten: Phaedra; A Charm of Lullabies; Lachrymae / Sarah Connolly

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-05-31

Works: Benjamin Britten: Phaedra, Op. 93; A Charm of Lullabies, song cycle for mezzo-soprano & piano, Op. 41; Lachrymae, reflections on a song of Dowland, for viola & string orchestra, Op. 48a; Two Portrait...
Performers: Burley, Elizabeth; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Monks, Susan; Rysanov, Maxim
Conductors: Gardner, Edward
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The repertoire on this CD is written across a period of more than 45 years, beginning the year Britten entered the Royal College of Music...continue...
Recording information: Maida Vale Stodio No. 1, London, England (09/23/2010-09/25/2010)....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...

Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantatas & Chamber Music

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-04-27

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Bella dama di nome Santa 'Tu sei quella'; Bella dama di nome Santa; Ardo, è ver, per te d'amore, chamber cantata for soprano, flute & continuo (incomplete); Sinfonie di con...
Performers: Fox, Karina; Miller, Eve; Ngai, Emlyn; Roberts, Gwyn [Recorder]; Rottsolk, Clara [Soprano]; Stone, Richard [Arranger/Conductor]

Tempesta di Mare, the Chamber Players from the Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, have chosen cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti which best show the range of invention for...continue...
Recording information: St Peter's Church in the Great Valley, Malvern, Pennsyl (11/19/2001-11/21/2009)....continue...

Susan Gritton Sings Britten, Finzi, Delius

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-04-27

Works: Gerald Finzi: Dies Natalis, cantata for soprano (or tenor) & string orchestra, Op. 8; Benjamin Britten: Les Illuminations; Chansons Françaises (4), for voice & orchestra; Frederick Delius: A Lat...
Performers: Gritton, Susan
Conductors: Gardner, Edward

"Gritton's performance [of Les illuminations) is lustrous and joyous, a precociously talented young man's music brilliantly presented." -The Guardian ****

"...there is much to admire...continue...
Recording information: Studio 1, Maida Vale Studios, Delaware Road, London (11/20/2009-11/22/2009)....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...

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...

Prokofiev: October Cantata, etc / Järvi, Philharmonia Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-08-25

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, for 2 choruses, accordions & orchestra,; Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

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...

Prokofiev: On Guard for Peace, Queen of Spades Suite / Järvi, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-05-26

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), film score, Op. 70; On Guard of Peace, oratorio for narrator, mezzo-soprano, chorus, boys' chorus & orchestra, Op. 124
Performers: Tchistjakova, Irina
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

Works:
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphonic Suite adapted from The Queen of Spades (Rediscovered music from an unrealised film score. Arranged and elaborated by Michael Berkeley)
On Gu...continue...

Orff: Carmina Burana / Hickox, Claycomb, Banks, Maltman, London SO, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2008-10-28

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Performers: Banks, Barry; Claycomb, Laura; Maltman, Christopher
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Tiffin School Boys Chorus

This performance of Orff's popular dramatic cantata 'Carmina burana' was recorded live at the Barbican Centre in November 2007, Richard Hickox conducting the London Symphony...continue...

Bach: Early Cantatas Vol 2 - Weimar 2 / Kirkby, Chance, Daniels, Harvey, Purcell Quartet, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-09-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 172, "Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten" BWV 172; Cantata no 182, "Himmelskönig, sei willkommen," BWV 182; Cantata no 21, "Ich hatte viel Beküm...
Performers: Bainbridge, Philip; Beckett, Rachel; Blackadder, David; Byrt, Rachel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, Charles; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hayward, Tim; Hoffnung, Benedict; Kirkby, Emma; Moonen, Nicolette; Robso...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

This two-disc set selling for the price of one CD presents three cantatas dating from 1714, when Bach was serving at the court of Weimar....continue...

Classics - Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Alexander Nevsky, etc / Neeme Järvi, Scottish NO, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-08-26

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20; Le pas d'acier (The Steel Step), suite for orchestra, Op. 41 bis; Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

The colourful cinematic cantata 'Alexander Nevsky' takes centre stage here. The original recording with the then Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi received rave...continue...

Grainger: Transcriptions for Wind Orchestra / Rundell, Hovorun, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Percy Grainger: Angelus ad Virginem, transcription for winds (after anonymous 13th cent. hymn); Guillaume de Machaut: Sanz cuer/Amis, dolens/Dame, par vous; Josquin Desprez: La Bernardina, song for 3...
Performers: Hovorun, Ivan
Conductors: Rundell, Clark
Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra

The eccentric Percy Grainger was well-known for his musical arrangements which ranged from works by other composers to arrangements of his own original and folk...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...

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...

Bantock: Omar Khayyám / Handley, Wyn-Rogers, et al

3 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-23

Works: Granville Bantock: Omar Khayyam, for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Menna, Sian; Price, Edward; Robinson, Olivia; Spence, Toby; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Bantock succeeded Sir Edward Elgar at Birmingham University in 1908. During his time there he developed an interest in large-scale choral composition, producing among other...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...

Bach: Weimar Cantatas Vol 2 / Kirkby, Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-07-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 12 "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen", BWV 12 (BC A68); Cantata no 18, "Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fällt" BWV 18; Cantata no 61, "Nun komm, der Heid...
Performers: Beckett, Rachel; Bengton, Katarina; Blackadder, David; Byrt, Rachel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, Charles; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hunt, William; Kirkby, Emma; Latham, Catherine; Robson, Anthony; Watts, A...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"The performances themselves, while fully sympathetic to the text, the music and the mood, are essentially light, clear, even ultimately life-affirming. Part of this is...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...

Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae / Marlow, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-05-22

Works: William Byrd: Haec dies, motet for 5 voices (SSATB); Cantiones sacrae, Book 2; Laetentur coeli; Salve regina - William Byrd (1543-1623); Liber secundus sacrarum cantionum; Liber primus sacrarum canti...

In his motets Byrd showed himself the equal of his French and Italian contemporaries as a contrapuntist. He was an innovator in form and technique...continue...

Haydn: The Complete Mass Edition / Hickox, et al

8 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-02-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major ("Theresienmesse"), H. 22/12; Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B flat major...
Performers: Anderson, Lorna; Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watson, Ian; Watson, Janice; Winter, Louise
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Musicum 90 Choir

The combination of ideal, sympathetic soloists and the combined Collegium Musicum 90 choral and orchestral forces led the way to an enormously successful series, which...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...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias / Brewer, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-09-20

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Arthur Sullivan: The Golden Legend, ...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Brewer, Christine; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Parry, David

"[Christine Brewer is] a rare creature: a genuine dramatic soprano, producing a generous column of brightly colored yet solid tone up to (at least) a...continue...

Hadley, Sainton / Bamert, Archer, Richardson, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-05-24

Works: Philip Sainton: The Island, tone poem for orchestra; Nadir, tone poem for orchestra; The Dream of the Marionette, ballet; Patrick Hadley: The Trees So High, symphonic ballad for baritone, chorus & or...
Performers: Archer, Neill; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Richardson, Stephen [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

"...the music conveys a wistful, often disturbing intensity unusual for an English work of the period... this is headily evocative stuff, and Anglophiles everywhere will...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

Bach: Early Cantatas Vol 1 / Kirkby, Chance, Harvey, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-03-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; Cantata no 131, "Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir" BWV 131; Cantata no 106, "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit," ("Actus Tragicus"), BW...
Performers: Beckett, Rachel; Campbell, Richard; Chance, Michael; Daniels, Charles; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Kirkby, Emma; Robson, Anthony; Rogers, Jane; Salaman, Clare; Scott, Marion; Watts, Andrew [Bassoon]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"...a gracious and gratifying expose of the f minor and A major settings of the Ordinary, sensitively performed in alert and honest chamber-scaled performances..." -...continue...

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

Beethoven: Mass in C Major / Hickox, Collegium Musicum 90

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C major, Op. 86; Elegiac song (Elegischer Gesang) ("Sanft wie du lebtest") for 4 voices & string quartet, Op. 118; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, cantata for chorus & o...
Performers: Evans, Rebecca; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"Hickox has already shown his affinity for Haydn's masses, so it is no surprise that this Beethoven mass, written in a Haydnesque style for Prince...continue...

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 - 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...

Prokofiev: Egyptian Nights, etc / Valeri Polyansky, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-04-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Hail to Stalin, cantata for chorus & orchestra, Op. 85; Autumnal Sketch, Op. 8; Hamlet, incidental music, Op. 77; Flourish, Mighty Homeland, cantata for chorus & orchestra, Op. 114;...
Performers: Baturkin, Andrei; Sharova, Tatiana
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri
Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Cappella; Russian State Symphony Orchestra

This disc comprises some of Prokofiev's lesser-known orchestral works, as well as two striking choral works. - "...splendidly played by the Russian State Symphony Orchestra...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...

Scheibe: Sinfonias / Andrew Manze, Concerto Copenhagen

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-03-25

Works: Johann Adolph Scheibe: Mourning cantata for King Frederik V; Sinfonia à 4 in B flat major (i); Morning Canata for Queen Louise; Sinfonia à 16 in D major; Sinfonia à 4 in B flat major (...
Conductors: Manze, Andrew
Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen

Buxtehude: Sacred Cantatas / Kirkby, LeBlanc, Harvey, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-03-25

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Ich habe Lust abzuscheiden, for SSB voices, 2 violins, violone & continuo, BuxWV 47 (revision of Bux; Salve, Jesu, Patris gnate unigenite, for SS voices, 2 violins & continuo, Bux...
Performers: Harvey, Peter Harvey; Kirkby, Emma; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Salaman, Clare; Wooley, Robert
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"The Purcell Quartet's essential string sound has always been sweet, airy and lucid, and it is interesting to hear how that has been transferred here...continue...

Richard Hickox - CBE - A Celebration

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-11-26

Works: Herbert Howells: Pageantry, suite for brass band; Hymnus Paradisi for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra; Percy Grainger: Country Gardens; Scotch Strathspey and Reel, folk song for male chorus (or ma...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Harper, Heather; Little, Tasmin; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Rodgers, Joan; Tear, Robert; Terfel, Bryn; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Musicum 90; London Symphony Chorus; London Symp...

Tippett: A Child of Our Time / Hickox, London SO & Chorus

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-10-01

Works: Michael Tippett: A Child of Our Time, oratorio
Performers: Evans, Damon; Haymon, Cynthia; White, Willard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus

The Essential Stravinsky / Järvi, Suisse Romande Orchestra

5 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-08-27

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in E flat major, Op. 1; Concerto for Violin in D major; Symphony of Psalms; Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra; Symphony in Three Mov...
Performers: Amoretti, Ruben; Angelz, Lo; Berman, Boris; Brodard, Michel; Grundheber, Franz; Jeandheur, Stephen; Lang, Frieder; Malsam, Raynal; Mordkovitch], Lydia; Pilloud, Pierre; Rosen, Rudolf; Ruttimann, Ursu...
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

Neeme Jarvi's Stravinsky recordings form one of the most comprehensive surveys of the composer's music in the digital era. This collection includes some of Stravinsky's...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

Menotti: Violin Concerto, Death of Orpheus, etc / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-02-26

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Concerto for Violin in A minor; Muero porque no muero, cantata; Llama de Amor Viva, for baritone, chorus & orchestra; For the Death of Orpheus, for tenor, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]; MacDougall, Jamie; Roberts, Stephen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Spoleto Festival Orchestra

"The chorus and orchestra from the festival that Menotti has run for over 40 years respond wholeheartedly under the direction of Richard Hickox... The Violin...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 6, etc / Lochak, Polyansky, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-01-22

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 54; The Execution of Stepan Razin, cantata, for bass, chorus & orchestra, Op. 119
Performers: Lochak, Anatoly
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri
Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Orchestra

"If you like Shostakovich's Symphony 13, you're in for a treat - the 26-minute 'Execution of Stepan Razin' is cut from the same parent stern...continue...

Haydn: Missa Cellensis, Missa sunt bona mixta malis / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-06-26

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Cantata Mass"), H. 22/5; Missa Sunt Bona Mixta Malis, for chorus & organ in D minor, H. 22/2
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

"...[The "Missa Cellensis"] is pervaded by the brilliant C major sonority of trumpets and timpani, served up with the young Haydn's typical confidence and verve....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...

Rachmaninov: Symphony no 3, Spring Cantata, etc / Polyansky

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-06-27

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: The Spring, cantata for baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 20; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 44; Panteley the Healer; Don Juan, for chorus & piano, TN ii/62; O Mother of God vigila...
Performers: Martyrosyan, Tigram
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri
Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Cappella; Russian State Symphony Orchestra

This is the third release in Valeri Polyansky's excellent series of Rachmaninov's music. The Third Symphony was one of Rachmaninov's last works, and is rhythmically...continue...