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Hubert Parry: Works for Orchestra & Chorus - Te Deum; Magnificat; England; Jerusalem / Amanda Roocroft, soprano; Neeme Jarvi

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Hubert Parry: Te Deum, for chorus & orchestra; England, for chorus & orchestra; The Birds of Aristophanes, suite for orchestra; Jerusalem; The Glories of Our Blood and State, for chorus & orchestra; ...
Performers: Roocroft, Amanda
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

With a foreword by Parry enthusiast HRH The Prince of Wales, this release features orchestral and choral works spanning the length of Parry's composing life,...continue...
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff (05/17/2012-05/19/2012)....continue...

Xavier Montsalvatge: Orchestral Works / Ruby Hughes, soprano; Clara Mouriz, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Xavier Montsalvatge: Partita, for orchestra; Canciones negras (5); Calidoscopi, for 2 pianos; Simfonia de Rèquiem, for soprano & orchestra
Performers: Hughes, Ruby; Mouriz, Clara
Conductors: Mena, Juanjo
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Montsalvatge was one on the most influential musical figures in Catalan music during the late the 20th century. He explored virtually every musical form, but...continue...
Recording information: MediaCity UK, Salford (12/08/2011-12/09/2011)....continue...

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...

Neeme Jarvi - Highlights from a remarkable 30-year recording career

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 72/B 147; Johan Halvorsen: La Mélancolie, for string orchestra (after Ole Bull's "Lament"); Entry March of ...
Performers: Berman, Boris; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kaptain, Laurence; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Madozzi, Melina; Mishura, Irina; Murphy, Suzanne
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

This year, we celebrate the thirty-year conducting career of Neeme Järvi with Chandos Records, as well as the conductor's own seventy-fifth birthday.

We mark the occasion

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George Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims / Yvonne Kenny, Robert Tear, Stephen Roberts, Richard Hickox

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: George Dyson: At the Tabard Inn, overture for orchestra; Canterbury Pilgrims, for soloists, chorus & orchestra; In Honour of the City
Performers: Kenny, Yvonne; Roberts, Stephen; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Chorus

This re-release of The Canterbury Pilgrims forms part of the new Hickox Legacy commemorative series on Chandos Records, leading up to (and continuing beyond) the...continue...
Recording information: Blackheath Concert Halls, England (09/30/1996-10/05/1996).

Yvonne Kenny, Robert Tear, Stephen Roberts, Hickox/London Symphony Chorus and London Symphony Orchestra
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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...

Richard Hickox conducts Sir John Tavener / Patricia Rozario, John Mark Ainsley, Andrew Murgatroyd

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-06-26

Works: John Tavener: We Shall See Him as He Is; Eis thanaton, ritual for soprano, bass & orchestra; Theophany, for orchestra, bandit drum & tape
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Birchall, Jeremy; Feaviour, Margaret; Murgatroyd, Andrew; Richardson, Stephen [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Rozario, Patricia [Soprano Vocals]; Senter, John
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; City of London Sinfonia

Richly endowed with musical qualities, Richard Hickox was a great champion of neglected music in general, and of British music in particular. His sudden death...continue...

Life and Breath - Choral works by Rene Clausen / Kansas City Chorale

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2012-06-26

Works: Rene Clausen: All That Hath Life and Breath, Praise Ye the Lord, for chorus; O magnum mysterium, for chorus; The Tyger, for chorus; The Lamb, for chorus; Mass for double chorus; Magnificat; Prayer, f...
Performers: Gladden, Matthew; Lang, Lindsay; Lloyd, Rebecca; Tannehill, Sarah; Williamson, Pamela
Conductors: Bruffy, Charles
Ensemble: ; Kansas City Chorale

Although he writes in all genres, René Clausen is today one of America's most popular choral composers, and for more than twenty years he has...continue...
Recording information: Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Kansas City, Missouri, USA (01/15/2011-01/17/2011)....continue...

Mozart: Coronation Mass; Missa brevis K192; Exsultate, jubilate / Susan Gritton, soprano

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-03-27

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass no 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major ("Coronation"), K. 317; Church Sonata for Organ and Strings no 1 in E flat major, K 67 (41h); Church Sonata for O...
Performers: Aldridge, Kate; Bourne, Frances; Challenger, John [Organ]; Faultless, Margaret; Furness, Sam; Gritton, Susan; Humphreys, George; Jones, Simon; Skidmore, Andrew
Conductors: Nethsingha, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Choir of St John's College Cambridge

On this disc, the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge performs Mozart's 'Coronation Mass' alongside four distinguished soloists and the period instrument ensemble St John's...continue...
Recording information: St John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (07/19/2011-07/21/2011)....continue...

Manuel de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain / Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Raquel Lojendio

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-02-28

Works: Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7); Nights in the gardens of Spain; Homenajes, suite for orchestra
Performers: Bavouzet, Jean-Efflam; Lojendio, Raquel
Conductors: Mena, Juanjo
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

The works for stage and concert hall by Manuel de Falla starts off Chandos' new Spanish series with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and Juanjo Mena....continue...
Recording information: MediaCity UK, Salford (2011-06-18_2011-06-09&2011-)....continue...

Chamber Vespers - Miniature Masterpieces Of The Italian Baroque / Faye Newton, soprano

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-09-27

Works: Orazio Tarditi: Domine ad adjuvandum me; Nisi Dominus (Psalm 4), for 2 voices & continuo; Adriano Banchieri: Dixit Dominus (Psalm 109); Magnificat primi toni; Giovanni Paolo Cima: Sonatas (6) "Concer...
Performers: Devine, Steven; Glenton, Gawain; Newton, Faye; Sweeney, Richard; Wilkinson, Clare
Conductors:
Ensemble: Gonzaga Band

Vespers, the evening portion of the Divine Office of the Roman-Catholic Church, has provided both occasion and inspiration for some of the most sumptuous music...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London (08/04/2010-08/06/2010)....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...

Vienna Premiere, Vol. 1-3 / Works by the Strauss Family & their contemporaries, Marily Hill Smith, soprano

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-07-26

Works: Carl Millöcker: Die Sieben Schwaben-Marsch, for orchestra; Jonathan-Marsch, for orchestra; Klopf' an!, polka-française; Johann Strauss II: Concurrenzen (Rivalry), waltz for orchestra, Op....
Performers: Smith, Marilyn Hill [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Rothstein, Jack [Violin]
Ensemble: Johann Strauss Orchestra

Schmitt: La Tragedie de Salome; Le Palais Hante / Tortelier

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2011-06-28

Works: Florent Schmitt: Le Tragédie de Salomé, ballet, Op. 50; Le Palais Hanté, Op. 49; Psaume 47, Op. 38
Performers: Bullock, Susan
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: San Paulo Symphony Orchestra

A well known critic and composer during his lifetime, following his death, Florence Schmitt's compositions fell into neglect. Through the talents of the São Paulo...continue...
Recording information: Sala Sao Paulo, Júlio Prestes Cultural Center, Sao Paul (07/05/2010-07/09/2010)....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...

Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces; Hymn of the Nations / Noseda

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-03-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Inno delle nazioni, for voice, chorus & orchestra; Libera me - Dies irae (from the Requirm Mass); Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra; La forza del Destino
Performers: Frittoli, Barbara; Meli, Francesco
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea

This is a recording of rarely heard choral works by Verdi, performed by all-Italian forces: the Orchestra and Chorus of Teatre Regio in Turin, with...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Regio, Turin, Italy (07/15/2010-07/17/2010)....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...

Richard Strauss: Intermezzo / Söderström

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-01-25

Works: Richard Strauss: Intermezzo, Op. 72
Performers: Bakker, Marco; Gale, Elisabeth; Soderstrom, Elisabeth
Conductors: Pritchard, John

Elisabeth Söderström (1927 - 2009) stars in this live BBC broadcast of Richard Strauss's comic and pioneering opera Intermezzo, recorded at Glyndebourne in 1974. Glyndebourne's...continue...
Recording information: Glyndebourne (07/13/1974)....continue...

Film & TV Music of Christopher Gunning

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-11-16

Works: Christopher Gunning: Poirot Variants, for alto saxophone & orchestra; La Môme; Under Suspicion; Cold Lazarus; Rosemary and Thyme; Rebecca; Pollyanna; Firelight; When the Whales Came; Poirot; Lig...
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bradshaw, Julia; Compton, Matthew; Gamba, Rumon; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Robertson, Martin; Tibbels, Nicole; Torchinsky, Yuri [Violin]
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon

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Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester (2009-07-14&2010-01-04&2010-)....continue...

Buxtehude: Membra Jesu nostri / Emma Kirkby, Michael Chance, Charles Daniels

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-11-16

Works: Richard Strauss: Concerto for Horn no 1 in E flat major, Op. 11 (TrV 117); Duet-Concertino for clarinet, bassoon, harp & strings, o.Op. 147 (TrV 293, AV 147); Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; An...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Chance, Michael; Clevenger, Dale; Combs, Larry; Daniels, Charles; Golan, Joseph; Guastefeste, Joseph; Harvey, Peter; Kirkby, Emma; Klein, Alex; Magad, Samuel; Mc...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Purcell Quartet

This new release from Chaconne the Chandos' early music label focuses on Buxtehude's seven cantatas, collectively know as Membra Jesu nostri. The work takes the...continue...

E.J. Morean: Complete Solo Songs

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-05-25

Works: E.J. Moeran: Spring goeth all in white, for voice & piano; When June is come, for voice & piano; Mantle of Blue, for voice & piano; Twilight, for voice & piano; Ludlow Town, songs (4) for voice & pia...
Performers: McGreevy, Geraldine; Talbot, John; Thompson, Adrian [Tenor Vocal]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

Moeran was part of the group of English composers who sought inspiration in the melodic beauty of traditional folksong in the first two decades of...continue...
Recording information: Menuhin Hall, Yehudi Menuhin School, Stoke d'Abernon, C (01/20/2009/01/22/2009); Menuhin Hall, Yehudi Menuhin School, Stoke d'Abernon, C (04/14/2009/04/16/2009); Menuhin Hall, Y...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...

Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 21

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-02-23

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Iolanta; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe; John Adams: Doctor Atomic; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; The Mastersingers of Nuremberg; Wolfgang Amade...
Performers: Brain-Gabbott, Emma; Crowe, Lucy; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gibbons, Anne-Marie; Hancock, Gareth; Jenkin, Kathryn; Long, Matthew [Vocals]; Miles-Johnson, Deborah
Conductors: Gardner, Edward

Leading baritone and dramatic interpreter of his generation, Gerald Finley is an artist who sets alight the stage and delights the ear, whatever role he...continue...
Recording information: Blackheath Halls, London, England (04/13/2009-04/16/2009)....continue...

Luigi Dallapiccola: Orchestral Works 2

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-01-26

Works: Luigi Dallapiccola: Partita for soprano & orchestra; Dialogue for cello & orchestra; Liriche di Antonio Machado (4), for voice & piano; Three Questions with Two Answers for orchestra
Performers: Keith, Gillian; Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea

Dallapicolla was in many ways the quintessential Italian; in love with lyricism, the romantic languages of classical antiquity, Dante, Monteverdi and Verdi and yet there...continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester....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...

Cheryl Barker sings Great Operatic Arias

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-09-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Jake Heggie: The End of the Affair; Ric...
Performers: Barker, Cheryl; Dazeley, William; Keith, Gillian
Conductors: Parry, David

Following her superb performances as Emilia in 'The Macropulos Case' and in the title role of 'Katya Kabanova' and 'Madam Butterfly' for the Opera in...continue...

The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams [Collectors Edition]

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-06-30

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Scott of the Antarctic, film score; Coastal Command, suite from the film score for orchestra (arranged by Mathieson); The People's Land, film score (based on traditional melod...
Performers: Gamba, Merryn; Gray, Emily; Hindmarsh, Martin; Scott, Jonathan
Conductors: Gamba, Rumon
Ensemble: ; Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus

Chandos is pleased to offer this collector's edition of the 'Film Music of Vaughan Williams', packaged and sold at three discs for the price of...continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester, England....continue...

Eccles: The Judgement of Paris, Mad Songs / Curnyn, Williams, Hulett, Bickley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-04-28

Works: John Eccles: The Judgment of Paris or the Prize Music, masque; Mad Songs (3)
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Booth, Claire; Crowe, Lucy; Hulett, Benjamin; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Curnyn, Christian
Ensemble: Early Opera Company

BBC Music Magazine
Christian Curnyn elegantly captures the unique charms of Eccles's music. ... as Venus, Lucy Crowe's melting lyricism, delicately underpinned by plucked and bowed...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...

Bernstein: Mass / Jarvi, Scarlata, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2009-02-24

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Alleluia
Performers: Achammer, Barbara; Bassman, Damien; Bauer, Andreas; Dlouhy, Theresa; Drexel, Georg; Fieldes, Mat; Frolich, Bernd; Gassner, Suzanne; Gellev, Vesselin; Gheorghiu, Alexander; Gruber, Heidemaria; Haumer,...
Conductors: Järvi, Kristjan
Ensemble: Absolute Ensemble

One of Bernstein's most controversial compositions, 'Mass' was written at the request of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis for the opening of the John F. Kennedy Center...continue...

Marx: Orchestral Songs & Choral Works / Belohlávek, Brewer, Roberts, Titus, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-01-27

Works: Joseph Marx: Herbstchor an Pan, for soloists, children's choir & orchestra; Barcarole for voice & piano; Zigeuner, for voice & piano (orchestra); Der bescheidene Schäfer, for voice & piano; Seli...
Performers: Brewer, Christine; Kirk, Vernon; Monks, Susan; Roberts, Elizabeth; Titus, Graham
Conductors: Belohlávek, Jirí

The Austrian composer Joseph Marx was for much of his career a musical authority of world renown. His songs were amongst his greatest musical achievements...continue...

Opera in English - R. Strauss: Salome / Mackerras, Bullock, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-11-25

Works: Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Salome, Op. 54
Performers: Begley, Roger; Broadbent, Graeme; Bullock, Susan; Burgess, Sally; Davies, Rebecca de Pont; Druiett, Michael; Elliott, Alasdair; Evans, Wynford; Ewing, Alan; Graham-Hall, John; Judson, Colin; Parry, R...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"For any who are reluctant to go near 'Salome' in English I would recommend reconsidering. Quite apart from the fact that this recording captures one...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...

Howells: A Spotless Rose; Paulus: Splendid Jewel, etc / Bruffy, Phoenix Chorale

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2008-09-30

Works: Stephen Paulus: Splendid Jewel; Benjamin Britten: Hymn to the Virgin; Cecilia McDowall: Three Latin Motets, for chorus; Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Javier Busto: Marian Pieces (2),...
Performers: Branch, Sonia; Comeaux, Robert; Ewer, Cassandra; Herbert, Jacob W.; Lloyd, Rebecca; Markham, Caroline; Platt, Carol; Rinsema, Joel M.; Rugen, Kira Z.; Topping, David
Conductors: Bruffy, Charles
Ensemble: Phoenix Chorale

BBC Music Magazine
Jean Belmont Ford's cycle Electa is a real discovery, performed with a naturalness and ease that carries one unerringly through very unfamiliar musical...continue...

Opera in English - Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles / Cohen, Keenlyside, Banks, Evans, Miles, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-09-30

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera
Performers: Banks, Barry; Evans, Rebecca; Keenlyside, Simon; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Cohen, Brad
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Bizet's exotic opera 'The Pearl Fishers' is not as well known as 'Carmen' but contains a wealth of attractive music, including the popular duet 'Au...continue...

Christmas Concertos & Cantatas - Telemann: In dulci jubilo, etc / Standage, Gritton, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-09-30

Works: Francesco Manfredini: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 3; Alessandro Scarlatti: Oh di Betlemme altera povertà, chamber cantata for soprano & strings ("Cantata pastorale per la nati; Antonio Vivaldi: Co...
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Standage, Simon; Trevor, Caroline
Conductors: Standage, Simon;
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90; Collegium Musicum 90 Choir

"Here's a reissue of one of the most successful and accessible items in the early music catalog of the British label Chandos. Originally issued in...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...

Wagner: The Mastersingers of Nuremberg / Goodall, Bailey, Mangin, Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra, et al

4 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-07-29

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers: Bailey, Norman; Bowman, David; Brecknock, John; Curphey, Margaret; Dean, Stafford; Dempsey, Gregory; Gray, David Morton; Hammond-Stroud, Derek; Mangin, Noel; Morgan, Gerwyn; Moyle, Julian; Pardi, Din...
Conductors: Goodall, Reginald
Ensemble: Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra

This is the first time that the legendary centenary production of Wagner's 'The Mastersingers of Nuremberg' conducted by Reginald Goodall has been available on disc....continue...

Britten: Owen Wingrave Op 85 / Hickox, Coleman-Wright, Gilchrist, Watson, Fox, Leggate, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-06-24

Works: Benjamin Britten: Owen Wingrave, opera, Op. 85
Performers: Coleman-Wright, Peter; Connell, Elizabeth; Fox, Sarah; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Tiffin School Boys Chorus

Owen Wingrave was commissioned by BBC Television in 1966 and has been described as something of a Cinderella amongst Britten's operas despite an imaginative and...continue...

Schubert: Mass in E flat D 950 / Richard Hickox, Gritton, Stephen, Padmore, Gilchrist, Rose, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Franz Schubert: Mass in E flat major, D 950
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Rose, Matthew; Stephen, Pamela Helen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90

Schubert's final mass and most ambitious setting was composed during the summer of 1828, only months before his death. Much more than his previous efforts...continue...

Mozart: Così Fan Tutte, K 588 / Mackerras, Watson, Montague, Maltman, Spence, Garrett, Et Al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Cohen, John; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Maltman, Christopher; Montague, Diana; Schneider, Ronald; Spence, Toby; Watkin, David; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

'Cosi fan tutte' is Mozart's third opera to a Da Ponte libretto. It is in 'opera buffa' style and has only six characters, two couples...continue...

Sir Thomas Allen - Vol 2 / Parry, Allen, Philarmonia Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Don Carlos; Macbeth; La tr...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Gritton, Susan; Jones, Gwynn Hughes; Rutter, Claire; Tebb, Philip
Conductors: Parry, David

"Although he's in the twilight of his career Sir Thomas Allen shows no signs of slowing down, as this new CD of arias and duets...continue...

Dvorak: Rusalka / Hickox, Barker, Owens, Martin, et al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-02-05

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka
Performers: Barker, Cheryl; Crane, Sarah; Fiebig, Taryn; Martin, Bruce; Matthews, Dominica; Owens, Anne-Marie; Pendry, Sian; Ryan, Barry; Spina, Rosario La; Whitehouse, Elizabeth
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus

Chandos recorded the performances live and here releases the opera on a 3-CD set. Inspired by Hans Christian Anderson's fairy-tale The Little Mermaid, Rusalka tells...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...

Opera in English - Janacek: Katya Kabanova / Rizzi, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-11-06

Works: Leos Janácek: Káta Kabanová, opera, JW 1/8
Performers: Barker, Cheryl; Brubaker, Robert; Hampton, Claire; Henschel, Jane; Hoare, Peter [; Holtam, Philip Lloyd; Howell, Gwynne; Meinir, Sian; Simmonds, Victoria; Webb, Owen; Wedd, Peter; Wilkinson, Kathleen
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Chorus

Janacek once wrote that Katya Kabanova, his sixth opera, was "one of my most tender works," and his score contrasts extreme beauty with fateful oppression...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...

A Festival of Christmas / Walters, Royal Liverpool PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); The infant King (Basque); I Saw A Maiden (Basque); The Boar's Head Carol; Deck the Halls (Welsh); Edmund Walters: Where Was Jesus Born?; Th...
Performers: Stroud, Cynthia
Conductors: Walters, Edmund
Ensemble: Liverpool Philharmonic Choir; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; St. Ambrose RC Junior School Choir