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...
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CHA 5111
6 CD / Chandos Records /
2012-07-31
Works: Frank Bridge: Enter Spring, rhapsody for orchestra, H. 174; Isabella, symphonic poem for orchestra, H. 78; Poems after Richard Jefferies, for orchestra, H. 118; Mid of the Night, symphonic poem for ...
Performers:
Connolly, Sarah; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Langridge, Philip; Shelley, Howard; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors:
Hickox, Richard
Ensemble:
; BBC National Orchestra of Wales
The complete orchestral works by Frank Bridge are here released in an attractive six-disc box for the first time, as part of the new Hickox...continue...
Recording information: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, England....continue...
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CHA 10729
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...
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CHA 24142
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...
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CHA 0788
1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records /
2012-02-28
Works: Luciano Berio: Schubert-Berio; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1; Gustav Mahler: Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit
Performers:
Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors:
Gardner, Edward
Ensemble:
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Berio had an abiding fascination with reconciling the past and the present, which can be seen in his orchestral realizations of works by Mahler and...continue...
Recording information: Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway (08/16/2011-08/19/2011)....continue...
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CHA 5101
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...
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CHA 10596
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2010-03-30
Works: Herbert Howells: Sequence for St Michael; By the Waters of Babylon, for baritone, violin, cello & organ; Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Gloucester Service; Psalm 142 ("I cried unto the Lord with my vo...
Performers:
David Adams [Violin/Viola]; John, Gareth [Vocals]; Kraemer, Dominic; Last, Thomas [Vocals]; Mullock, Thomas [Vocals]; Neary, Alice; Ravalde, Tim; Strong, Pablo; Whelan, Paul; Williams, Francis [Tenor...
This recording heralds the beginning of an exclusive recording contract between Chandos and the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge. All performances will be conducted...continue...
Recording information: St John's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (2009-01-09&2009-01-10&2009-)....continue...
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CHA 10587
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...
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CHA 10568
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-10-27
Works: Benjamin Britten: The Beggar's Opera, ballad opera
Performers:
Barnard, Thomas; Batho, Katy; Bickley, Susan; Evans, Bryn; Fox, Sarah; Gardiner, Robert Anthony; Gibson, Siobhain; Hopwood, Paul; Jenkin, Kathryn; Jones, Leah-Marian; Lord, Bernadette; Maxwell, Donal...
Conductors:
Curnyn, Christian
The popularity of Britten's three chamber operas proper (The Rape of Lucretia, Albert Herring and The Turn of the Screw) has tended to somewhat overshadow...continue...
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CHA 10548
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 MagazineChristian Curnyn elegantly captures the unique charms of Eccles's music. ... as Venus, Lucy Crowe's melting lyricism, delicately underpinned by plucked and bowed...continue...
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CHA 0759
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...
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CHA 3157
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...
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CHA 0752
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...
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CHA 5051
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2007-10-09
Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols; On Christmas Night, ballet; The First Nowell, opera (completed by Douglas)
Performers:
Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]; Fox, Sarah; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors:
Hickox, Richard
Ensemble:
City of London Sinfonia; Joyful Company of Singers
"There's no better way to get into the Christmas spirit than with this enchanting RVW disc, which contains some delightful rarities. OK, so there are...continue...
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CHA 10385
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...
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CHA 0742
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2007-04-24
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La bohème; La Rondine; Manon Lescaut; Edgar, opera; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La Fanciulla del West; Suor Angel...
Performers:
Barker, Cheryl; Clarke, Paul Charles; Dazeley, William; Eaglen, Jane; Haymon, Cynthia; Hayward, Robert; Kale, Stuart [Tenor Vocal]; Le Brocq, Mark; Lee, Colin; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; O'Neill,...
Conductors:
Orchestr, Philharmonia Pit; Abel, Yves; Parry, David; Hancock, Gareth
This set includes brand new recordings - with premiere recordings of Manon Lescaut and La Rondine in English. Here is an excellent compilation as an...continue...
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CHA 3140
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2007-03-27
Works: Leos Janácek: The Makropulos Case (Vec Makropulos), opera, JW 1/10; Spoken Word: Interview with Sir Charles Mackerras
Performers:
Barker, Cheryl; Brubaker, Robert; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Danby, Graeme; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Graham-Hall, John; Tudor-Thomas, Susanna; Walker, Thomas; Wegner, John; Wilkinson, Kathleen...
Conductors:
Mackerras, Charles, Sir
"Sir Charles Mackerras conducts with the energy of a man possessed, confirming his status as the world's pre-eminent Janácek interpreter and producing a blistering performance...continue...
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CHA 3138
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2007-01-16
Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Madrigals, Book 4; Madrigals, Book 7; Madrigals, Book 5; Madrigals, Book 8; Piagn' e sospira, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 4), SV 93
Performers:
Campbell, Richard; Crookes, Anna; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Halls, Matthew; Hogan, Louise; Lane, Carys-Anne; Martin, Catherine; Mulroy, Nicholas; Pierron, Catherine; Quinteiro, Eligio; Smit...
"As anyone who has experienced a concert by Robert Hollingsworth and I Fagiolini, the group he founded 20 years ago, would expect, their first Monteverdi...continue...
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CHA 0730
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2007-01-16
Works: Richard Rodney Bennett: Partita for orchestra; Reflections on a 16th Century Tune, for string orchestra; Songs Before Sleep, for solo voice & piano; Reflections on a Scottish Folk Song, for cello & s...
Performers:
Lemalu, Jonathan; Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]
Conductors:
Hickox, Richard
Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra
"It's hard to imagine a more beguiling start to this series or a more appealing introduction to Richard Rodney Bennett than this CD. It begins...continue...
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CHA 10389
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...
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CHA 0522
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2006-03-21
Works: Hubert Parry: The Soul's Ransom, sinfonia sacra for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Choric Song from Tennyson's "The Lotus Eaters" for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Blest Pair of Sirens for chorus & or...
Performers:
Cook, Brian Rayner; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Dawson, Anne; Elms, Roderick; Jones, Della; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors:
Bamert, Matthias; Hickox, Richard
Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Choir; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra
Chandos has been a major player in the long overdue rehabilitation of Parry's music. Here his most important large-scale choral works are available as a...continue...
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CHA 24131
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2006-01-24
Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Love for three oranges
Performers:
Alexander, Richard; Arthur, Jud; Baumann, Arend; Carby, Catherine; DuFore, Tim; Ferguson, William; Fyfe, Warwick; Macfarlane, Graeme; MacMaster, John; Martin, Bruce; McGregor, Ali; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu...
Conductors:
Hickox, Richard
Ensemble:
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
"...[this] Australian performance itself is in every way competitive with current rivals... Hickox and his Australians have a ball throughout, and the recording somehow captures...continue...
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CHA 10347
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2005-09-20
Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Das neugeborne, Kindelein, for SATB voices, 3 violins, violone, bassoon & continuo, BuxWV 13; Quaemadmodum desiderat cervus, BuxWV 92; Nichts soll uns Scheiden, for SAB voices, 2 ...
Performers:
Byrt, Rachel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, Charles; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hunt, William; Ichise, Reiko; Kirkby, Emma; Rogers, Jane; Salaman, Clare
Conductors:
Ensemble:
Purcell Quartet
This is the second disc of sacred cantatas by Buxtehude on the Chaconne label, featuring artists famous in this repertoire. The disc contains some of...continue...
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CHA 0723
2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records /
2005-07-26
Works: Richard Rodney Bennett: The Mines of Sulphur, opera
Performers:
Anderson, Brian; Byrne, Dorothy; Clayton, Beth; Irmiter, Kristopher; Jovanovich, Brandon; Maddalena, James; Simpson, Michael Todd; Worra, Caroline
Conductors:
Robertson, Stewart
Ensemble:
Glimmerglass Opera Orchestra
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett's Gothic opera, 'The Mines of Sulphur', is reminiscent of suspense thrillers from Poe to Hitchcock. The opera's gritty but eminently accessible...continue...
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CHA 5036
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...
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CHA 0719
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...
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CHA 24122
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2005-05-24
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers:
Brewer, Christine; Catling, Ashley; Evans, Rebecca; Hunka, Pavlo; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Margison, Richard; Purves, Christopher; Wedd, Peter
Conductors:
Parry, David
"Christine Brewer is so much in command, and in such splendid voice, that there is no doubt that it is Vanessa's story." - Gramophone "The...continue...
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CHA 3123
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2005-05-24
Works: Lennox Berkeley: Ruth, opera in 3 scenes, Op. 50
Performers:
Kenny, Yvonne; Rigby, Jean; Rutter, Claire; Tucker, Mark; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors:
Hickox, Richard
Ensemble:
Joyful Company of Singers
Unlike Berkeley's 'A Dinner Engagement', Ruth is a serious opera, based on the Old Testament story of the marriage of Boaz of Bethlehem to the...continue...
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CHA 10301
1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records /
2005-04-26
Works: William Walton: Christopher Columbus, music for radio for speakers, soloists, chorus, guitar & orchestra (also chora; Hamlet and Ophelia, poem for orchestra (from film score "Hamlet"; arr. by M.Mathi...
Performers:
Carragher, Caroline; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Randle, Thomas [Tenor Vocals]; Rigby, Jean; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors:
Hickox, Richard
Ensemble:
BBC National Chorus of Wales
This SACD contains the premiere recording of the full score to 'Christopher Columbus - A Musical Journey'. It was originally a radio play by Louis...continue...
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CHA 5034
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...
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CHA 0715
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...
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CHA 5032
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2004-11-09
Works: Eric Coates: The Dam Busters, march for the film score; William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; A Wartime Sketchbook, for orchestra (arranged by C.Palmer from film scores); Coronation March "Cr...
Performers:
Addinall, Patrick; Austin, Michael [Organ]; Bott, Paula; Collins, Anne; Crabtree, Libby; Elms, Roderick; Scott, John; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors:
; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gamba, Rumon; Willcocks, David; Newsome, Roy; Brand, Geoffrey; Evans, Alex; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Stobart, James; Hickox, Richard; Bamert, Matthias; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble:
; Besses O' Th' Barn Band; Black Dyke Band; Cranwell Royal Air Force College Band; Regimental Band of the Coldstream Guards
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CHA 24117
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2004-10-19
Works: Frank Bridge: Suite for string orchestra, H 93; The Hag, song for baritone & orchestra, H 14; Songs (2) of Robert Bridges, for baritone & orchestra, H. 65; Threads (2 Intermezzi), incidental music fo...
Performers:
Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors:
Hickox, Richard
Ensemble:
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox's series of Frank Bridge's orchestral works is the first comprehensive survey of works by this quintessentially English composer. It has brought many new...continue...
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CHA 10246
3 CD / Chandos Records /
2004-09-21
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers:
Bonner, Yvette; Danby, Graeme; Dazeley, William; Evans, Rebecca; Graham-Hall, John; Joyce, Victoria; Kale, Stuart [Tenor Vocal]; Kenny, Yvonne; McCafferty, Frances; Montague, Diana; Purves, Christoph...
Conductors:
Parry, David
"...the most intelligent and certainly the most involving traversal of the opera on record for many years... being able to follow every nuance of the...continue...
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CHA 3113
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2004-07-27
Works: Lennox Berkeley: A Dinner Engagement, opera in 1 act, Op. 45
Performers:
Collins, Anne; Fischer, Blake; Kenny, Yvonne; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Rigby, Jean; Rutter, Claire; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors:
Hickox, Richard
Ensemble:
City of London Sinfonia
"The opera is a total delight, and so is the recording. Excellent diction and characterization are heard from all, with many a subtle sly inflection...continue...
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CHA 10219
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2004-05-25
Works: Jonathan Dove: Flight, opera
Performers:
Coxon, Richard; Magee, Garry; Mason, Anne; McFadden, Claron; Page, Steven [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Plazas, Mary; Robson, Christopher [Counter Tenor Vocals]; Taylor, Ann; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Barito...
Conductors:
Parry, David
"When Dove took flight at Glyndebourne it was in high style, with not one but two aircraft landing, a storm outside to match the emotional...continue...
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CHA 10197
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2004-03-23
Works: Michael Berkeley: Baa Baa Black Sheep--A Jungle Tale, opera
Performers:
Bailey, Vivienne; Bayley, Clive; Briggs, Stephen; Budd, Bruce; Cookson, Brian; Dazeley, William; Holland, Mark; Hulse, Eileen; Ives, Anne-Marie; McCann, Paul; Mills, Keith [Tenor Vocal]; Mosley, Geor...
Conductors:
Daniel, Paul
Ensemble:
Opera North Chorus
"The recorded performance is excellent, less sung than acted, less performed than lived. Malcolm Lorimer sounds truly terrified by the savage, vicious Aunty of Fiona...continue...
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CHA 10186
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2003-11-25
Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Poisoned Kiss, opera
Performers:
Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Graham-Hall, John; McGilloway, Emer; Pearson, Gail; Richardson, Mark [Engineer]; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Suart, Richard; Watson, Jan...
Conductors:
Hickox, Richard
Ensemble:
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Gramophone Classical Music GuideWritten in the late 1920s when he was at the height of his powers, The Poisoned Kiss is Vaughan Williams's forgotten opera:...continue...
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CHA 10120
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2003-09-23
Works: John Ireland: Vexilla Regis, for soprano, alto, tenor, bass, chorus, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones & organ; Greater love hath no man; These Things Shall Be, for baritone, chorus & orchestra; A London Overt...
Performers:
Bott, Paula; Elms, Roderick; Oxley, James; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors:
Hickox, Richard
Ensemble:
London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra
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CHA 10110
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
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CHA 3099
2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records /
2003-04-22
Works: Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Ballad of Heroes, for high voice, chorus & orchestra, Op. 14
Performers:
Elms, Roderick; Harper, Heather; Hill, Martyn; Langridge, Philip; Shirley-Quirk, John
Conductors:
Hickox, Richard
Ensemble:
London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
GramophoneDrawing on a disciplined and dedicated response from his London Symphony forces, Hickox masterminds a stirring display (ideally balanced by the Couzens production team) that...continue...
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CHA 5007
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2003-03-25
Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers:
Bardon, Patricia; Garrett, Nicholas; Gavin, Julian; Harrison, Sally; Hegarty, Mary; Kilpatrick, Charles; Le Brocq, Mark; Magee, Garry; McCaldin, Clare; Parfitt, Paul; Plazas, Mary; Stafford-Allen, To...
Conductors:
Parry, David
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CHA 3091
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
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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...
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CHA 0691
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2003-02-25
Works: Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39
Performers:
Bonner, Yvette; Bottone, Rebecca; Bullock, Susan; Burgess, Sally; Collins, Anne; Evans, Rebecca; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Monk, Gregory; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Richardson, Stephen [Bass...
Conductors:
Hickox, Richard
Ensemble:
City of London Sinfonia
This is the first digital recording of Albert Herring. The recording was made following a series of live performances and the theatrical excitement that marked...continue...
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CHA 10036
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2002-11-26
Works: Alphons Diepenbrock: De Vogels, incidental music; Marsyas, suite from the incidental music; Hymne for violin and orchestra; Elektra, suite from the incidental music for orchestra; Hymnen (2) an die N...
Performers:
Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Holl, Robert; Homberger, Christoph; Verhey, Emmy
Conductors:
Vonk, Hans
Ensemble:
Hague Residentie Orchestra
"Diepenbrock is very fortunate to have something this good argue his case. If you have realized how foolish it would be to limit your library...continue...
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CHA 10029
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...
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CHA 0023
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2002-06-25
Works: Tobias Picker: Thérèse Raquin, opera
Performers:
Bernstein, Richard J.; Fulgoni, Sarah; Gietz, Gordon; Kazaras, Peter; Soviero, Diana; Woods, Sheryl
Conductors:
Jenkins, Graeme
Ensemble:
Dallas Opera Company
This is the world premiere recording of Tobias Picker's opera "Therese Raquin." It is set in Paris in the late 1800s and tells the story...continue...
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CHA 9659
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2002-02-26
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers:
Boe, Alfred; Eaglen, Jane; Gritton, Susan; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]; Plowright, Rosalind; Rose, Peter de; Yurisich, Gregory
Conductors:
Parry, David
"'Aida' works very well in Edmund Tracey's careful English translation. It's important to know what they're saying, and in this performance, the great duets especially...continue...
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CHA 3074
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2001-11-20
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers:
Barker, Cheryl; Bayley, Clive; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bleiker, D'Arcy; Brett, Frances; Clarke, Paul Charles; Kale, Stuart [Tenor Vocal]; Rigby, Jean; Taylor, Ann; Wood, Roland; Yuris...
Conductors:
Abel, Yves
Ensemble:
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
An accomplished cast of world-renowned singers performs one of the world's best-loved operas. Paul Charles Clarke, who takes the role of Pinkerton in this recording,...continue...
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CHA 3070
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...
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CHA 0017
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