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Witold Lutoslawski: Orchestral Works Vol. 4 - Symphony no 1; Partita; Chain 2; Preludia taneczne / Michael Collins, clarinet; Tasmin Little, violin

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

Conductors: Gardner, Edward
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The fifth and final volume of this Lutoslawski set is the perfect cap to a series that has been called "as polished as it is...continue...

Karol Symanowski: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 "Symphonie Concertante"; Concerto Overture / Louis Lortie, piano; BBC SO

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2013-01-29

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Concert Overture, for orchestra in E major, Op. 12, M12; Symphony no 4, Op. 60 "Symphonie concertante"; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19, M24
Performers: Lortie, Louis
Conductors: Gardner, Edward
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Szymanowski inscribed the original score with part of the poem Witez Wlast by his friend Tadeusz Micinski: 'I will not play you sad songs, O...continue...
Recording information: Watford Colosseum....continue...

Lutoslawski: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 / Symphony No. 2; Grave; Cello Concerto; Mala Suite / Edward Gardner, BBC Symphony Orchestra; Paul Watkins, cello

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Little Suite, for chamber orchestra (later arr. for full orchestra); Concerto for Cello; Metamorphoses; Symphony no 2
Performers: Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]
Conductors: Gardner, Edward
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

This is the fourth volume in Chandos' series devoted to the music of the Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski. Described by Gramophone as a 'veritable dream...continue...
Recording information: Watford Colosseum (12/05/2011-12/06/2011)....continue...

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...

Josef Suk: Prague; Summer's Tale / BBC SO, Belohlavek

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Josef Suk: Pohádka Léta (A Summer Tale), Tone Poem For large Orchestra, A, Op. 29; Praga, Op. 26
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Two symphonic poems by Suk are performed here by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Jiri Belohlavek, who also brought us the highly acclaimed recording of...continue...
Recording information: Watford Colosseum (01/03/2012-01/04/2012)....continue...

Herbert Howells: Hymnus Paradisi / Joan Rodgers, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Alan Opie, Richard Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Herbert Howells: Hymnus Paradisi for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra; A Kent Yeoman's Wooing Song, for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Rodgers, Joan
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

This re-release of Herbert Howells' Hymnus Paradisi and A Kent Yeoman's Wooing Song forms part of the new Hickox Legacy series commemorating the life and...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (11/02/1998-11/04/1998); All Saints' Church, Tooting, London (11/07/1998)....continue...

Lutoslawski: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 / Louis Lortie, Gardner/BBC SO

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2012-01-31

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Symphonic Variations, for orchestra; Concerto for Piano "For Krystian Zimerman"; Variations on a theme of Paganini for 2 Pianos; Symphony no 4
Performers: Lortie, Louis
Conductors: Gardner, Edward
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

This is the third volume in the Chandos series devoted to the music of the Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski. It brings together his first surviving...continue...
Recording information: Walthamstow Assembly Hall (06/29/2011-06/30/2011)....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...

Lutowslawski: Vocal Works / Lucy Crowe, soprano; Gardner, BBC SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-09-27

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Silesian Triptych, for soprano & orchestra (collabration with Bryston); Lacrimosa (fragment of a requiem), for soprano, chorus & orchestra (or organ); Paroles tissées; Slee...
Performers: Crowe, Lucy; Purves, Christopher; Spence, Toby
Conductors: Gardner, Edward
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The BBC Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Edward Gardner, presents Muzyka Polska Volume II, the second disc in their Polish Music series. Dedicated to...continue...
Recording information: Studio 1, BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, England (03/29/2011-03/31/2011)....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...

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...

Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar, etc / Hickox, Padmore, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-11-06

Works: George Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar, for chorus & ensemble; Woodland Suite, for strings & winds; O Praise God in His Holiness; Praise; Be Strong & of Good Courage (Confortare)
Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

This is the world premiere recording of 'Woodland Suite' and the first recording of the 'Three Songs of Praise' in the version with orchestral accompaniment....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...

Karlowicz: Returning Waves, etc / Noseda, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-11-22

Works: Mieczyslaw Karlowicz: Returning Waves (Powracajace fale), symphonic poem for orchestra, Op. 9; Sorrowful Tale (Smutna opowiesc), symphonic poem for orchestra, Op. 13; Episode at a Masquerade, Op. 14
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The first of Karlowiczs six symphonic poems, Returning Waves, established the melancholy tone characteristic of much of his mature work. It consists of an introduction...continue...

Liszt: Symphonic Poems Vol 1 / Noseda, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-09-20

Works: Franz Liszt: Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne, symphonic poem for orchestra ("Bergsymphonie;" 4 versions), S. 95 (; Tasso - Lamento e trionfo, S 96; Les préludes, S 97; Orpheus, S 98
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Volume 1 of Liszt's complete symphonic poems augurs well for the releases. Gianandrea Noseda and the BBC Philharmonic remind you at every...continue...

Barber: Vanessa / Slatkin, Graham, Brewer, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2004-11-23

Works: Samuel Barber: Vanessa, Op. 32
Performers: Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Brewer, Christine; Burden, William; Charlesworth, Stephen; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Graham, Susan; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"Christine Brewer...[gave] a performance of extraordinary emotional and vocal span. What a cast of formidable American singers this was. There was Susan Graham, with an...continue...

Bach - Conductor's Transcriptions / Slatkin, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2004-07-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727; Orchestral Suite no...
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"...Slatkin proves that he's the ideal interpreter of this repertory. The softer, more reflective pieces flow serenely and sweetly, while the dramatic toccatas and fantasias...continue...

Bernstein: Kaddish, Chichester Psalms, Missa Brevis /Slatkin

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-03-23

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Symphony no 3 ("Kaddish"), for soprano, speakers, choruses & orchestra; Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis, for alto, chorus & percussion (or 7 violins & percussion)
Performers: Baker, Simon; Benjafield, Richard; Brannick, Chris; Murray, Ann
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Oratory School Schola

This disc contains the premiere recordings of the extended Missa Brevis and Symphony No. 3 'Kaddish' with a new text, written and narrated by Bernstein's...continue...

Bernstein: Kaddish, Chichester Psalms, Missa Brevis /Slatkin

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2004-03-23

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Symphony no 3 ("Kaddish"), for soprano, speakers, choruses & orchestra; Chichester Psalms; Missa Brevis, for alto, chorus & percussion (or 7 violins & percussion)
Performers: Baker, Simon; Benjafield, Richard; Brannick, Chris; Carter, Roger; Castle, Andrew; Loosley, Clare; Murray, Ann; Richardson, Lindsay
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Oratory School Schola

"Here, all on a single generous disc, we get the best of Leonard Bernstein's choral works, beautifully performed by English forces under a renowned American...continue...

Britten: Prince of Pagodas Suite; McPhee / Slatkin, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2003-11-11

Works: Colin McPhee: Balinese Ceremonial Music, for 2 pianos; Tabuh-tabuhan, for 2 pianos & orchestra; Benjamin Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas, ballet, Op. 57
Performers: Alley, John [Piano]; Britten, Benjamin; Burley, Elizabeth; Davis, Michael [Violin]; McPhee, Colin
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Britten: Prince of Pagodas Suite; McPhee / Slatkin, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Colin McPhee: Balinese Ceremonial Music, for 2 pianos; Tabuh-tabuhan, for 2 pianos & orchestra; Benjamin Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas, ballet, Op. 57
Performers: Alley, John [Piano]; Britten, Benjamin; Burley, Elizabeth; Davis, Michael [Violin]; McPhee, Colin
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

'The Prince of the Pagodas' is one of Britten's most approachable scores, full of tunes, rhythm and glittering orchestration. This disc includes a rare 1941...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...

Turnage: Works / Glennie, Erskine, Lindberg, Slatkin, BBC

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-11-26

Works: Mark-Anthony Turnage: Another Set To, for trombone & orchestra; Silent Cities (revised version), variants surrounding a tune by John Scofield, for orchestra; Four-Horned Fandango, for 4 horns & orche...
Performers: Antcliff, Andrew; Brown, Timothy; Erskine, Peter; Glennie, Evelyn; Larkin, Christopher [Horn]; Lindberg, Christian; Murray, Michael
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"This is stunning - and strongly recommended both to enthusiasts and new-music-phobics. It emerges in extraordinarily compelling lyricism - angular, but with the gritty, sensuous...continue...

Bernstein: Symphony no 1 & 2 / Slatkin, BBC SO, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-25

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Symphony no 1 "Jeremiah"; Symphony no 2 "Age of Anxiety"; Divertimento for Orchestra
Performers: DeYoung, Michelle; Tocco, James [Piano]
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Veale, Britten: Violin Concertos / Mordkovitch, Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-06-26

Works: Benjamin Britten: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 15; John Veale: Concerto for Violin
Performers: Mordkovitch], Lydia
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"We've long needed a good modern recording of Britten's Violin Concerto and here it is at last...Her emotional commitment is evident in every bar, no...continue...

Howells: Piano Concertos no 1 & 2, etc / Shelley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-01-23

Works: Herbert Howells: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 4; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C major, Op. 39; Penguinski, ballet
Performers: Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"His [Howells's] musical style touches on Bax, Ravel, even Rachmaninoff, is often modal...often dips into atonality. The melodies are long and meandering, English in flavor,...continue...

Kodaly: Symphony in C, etc / Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-06-27

Works: Zoltán Kodály: Theatre Overture (Szinházi nyitány), for orchestra (originally for "Háry János"); Concerto for orchestra; Dances of Marosszék; Symphony in C major
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Here is yet another winner from the BBC Philharmonic, this time under the orchestra's principal conductor, Yan Pascal Tortelier, son of the late Paul Tortelier....continue...

Howells: Hymnus Paradidi, etc / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-09-21

Works: Herbert Howells: Hymnus Paradisi for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra; A Kent Yeoman's Wooing Song, for soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Rodgers, Joan; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"I remember wishing for a great version of 'Hymnus' in top-notch sound, and I'm thrilled to report that this extrordinary release is that in spades...Chandos...continue...

Gerhard: Symphony no 2, Concerto for Orchestra / Bamert

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-03-23

Works: Roberto Gerhard: Concerto for orchestra; Symphony no 2 ("Metamorphoses")
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"A multitude of imaginative touches offers more than sufficient inducement for the open-eared listener to return to this rather oblique music. As in the earlier...continue...

Chausson: Symphony in Bb, etc / Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-02-16

Works: Ernest Chausson: Symphony in B flat major, Op. 20; Viviane, symphonic poem for orchestra, Op. 5; Soir de fête, symphonic poem for orchestra, Op. 32; La tempête, incidental music for solo vo...
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"...Yan Pascal Tortelier's performance with the BBC Symphony [of Viviane is] hands down the most stunningly effective account of this thriller ever committed to discs....continue...

Gerhard: Symphony no 1, Violin Concerto / Bamert, Charlier

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-03-17

Works: Roberto Gerhard: Concerto for Violin & orchestra; Symphony no 1
Performers: Charlier, Olivier
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

The centenary last year of the British - exiled Catalan composer Roberto Gerhard's birth sparked a renewed interest in his work. This second volume in...continue...

Gerhard: Symphony no 3, Concerto for Piano / Bamert, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-10-21

Works: Roberto Gerhard: Symphony no 3 ("Collages"); Concerto for piano & strings; Epithalamion for orchestra
Performers: Tozer, Geoffrey [Piano/Composer]
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"...[Roberto Gerhard] is increasingly being recognized as an outstanding and unique figure in twentieth-century music, combining a strong Catalan tradition, a consummate mastery of serial...continue...