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The Unknown Purcell: Sonatas by Daniel Purcell / Hazel Brooks, violin; David Pollock, harpsichord

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2013-01-29

Works: Daniel Purcell: Toccata for harpsichord in A minor; Chaconne for violin (or recorder) & harpsichord in A minor; Solo (Sonata) for recorder (or violin) & continuo in D major; Solo no 2 for flute (or r...
Performers: Brooks, Hazel; Pollock, David [Harpsichord]

Nearly all of Daniel Purcell's surviving solo harpsichord music consists of arrangements, the only clear exception being the short Toccata, a brief essay in the...continue...
Recording information: Church of St Michael and All Angels, Summertown, Oxford (08/01/2011-08/04/2011)....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...

Bach: Goldberg Variations / Devine

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, for keyboard (Clavier-Übung IV), BWV 988 (BC L9)
Performers: Devine, Steven

With some of the most ambitious compositions ever written for harpsichord, the 'Goldberg' variations by Bach are widely considered among the most commanding and inspired...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (06/01/2010-06/03/2010)....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...

Balbastre Pièces de Clavecin / Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-02-22

Works: Claude-Béninge Balbastre: Pièces de Clavecin, Book 1
Performers: Yates, Sophie

Claude-Bénigne Balbastre, the French composer, organist, and harpsichordist, was one of the most famous musicians of his time. His suite of pieces from 1759 is...continue...
Recording information: St George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol (11/29/2005-11/30/2005)....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...

J.C. Bach: Six Sonatas Op 5 / Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-09-29

Works: Johann Christian Bach: Six Sonatas, Op. 5
Performers: Yates, Sophie

Besides the many operas and works for the concert hall, Johann Christian Bach also composed keyboard music of a predominantly light character. Much of it...continue...

Sweelinck: Keyboard Works Vol 2 / Robert Woolley

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-03-31

Works: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Toccata Noni Toni, for keyboard, SwWV297; Est-ce Mars, variations for keyboard, SwWV 321; Pavana Lachrymae for keyboard (after Dowland's "Flow My Teares"), SwWV 328; More P...
Performers: Wooley, Robert

'Gramophone' wrote of the first volume in this series, "Those who have encountered the supreme artistry of this composer at his best will relish the...continue...
Recording information: Glynde Church, East Sussex (10/20/2006-10/21/2006)....continue...

The Contest of Apollo & Pan

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-02-24

Works: Dario Castello: Sonata for 3 instruments & continuo no 10 (Sonata Concertate II/10); Sonate concertate in stil moderno Book 2; Sonata for 2 instruments & continuo no 7 (Sonata Concertate II/7); Sonat...
Performers: Devine, Steven; Erhardt, Tassilo; Holman, Sally; Sansom, Ben
Conductors:
Ensemble: Apollo & Pan

The dynamic young chamber group Apollo & Pan was formed in 1993 by Tassilo Erhardt, Sally Holman and Steven Devine and features the combination of...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...

Classics - Walton: Henry V / Marriner, Plummer, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-09-11

Works: William Walton: Henry V, a Musical Scenario after Shakespeare, for narrators & orchestra (arr. by C. Palmer); Giles Farnaby: Rosa Solis for keyboard; Anonymous, English: Watkin's Ale, song; Joseph Ca...
Performers: Nicklin, Celia; Watson, Ian
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Westminster Cathedral Choir

Stellar performance of this comprehensive representation of Walton's great film score, including noted Shakespearean actor Christopher Plummer who imparts presence and authority as speaker Available...continue...

Flaming Heart - Monteverdi: Madrigals, etc / I Fagiolini

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...

Couperin: Les Nations Vol 2 / The Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-11-21

Works: François Couperin: L'art de toucher le clavecin; L'impériale, for 2 violins & continuo (Les Nations); Treizième concert, for 2 instruments in G major (Les Goûts réunis); La P...
Performers: Wooley, Robert

Francois Couperin was the finest composer at the court of Louis XIV, the Sun King. In view of the fact that Versailles was the most...continue...

Leclair: Violin Sonatas; et al / Standage

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-03-21

Works: Jean-Marie Leclair: Sonata for violin & continuo in A major, Op. 9/1; Sonata for violin & continuo in D major, Op. 9/3; Sonata for violin & continuo in A minor, Op. 9/5; Sonata for violin & continuo ...
Performers: Parle, Nicholas; Standage, Simon

Jean-Marie Leclair was recognized in his own century as the finest violinist and composer for the violin that France had produced. Apart from one opera,...continue...

Couperin: Pièces de clavecin / Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-06-21

Works: Armand-Louis Couperin: La Victoire, for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin); Pièces de Clavecin, 28 pieces for harpsichord; La de Croissy, courante for harpsichord (Pièces de clavecin); L...
Performers: Yates, Sophie

"Sophie Yates plays with a touching sensibility which id further in evidence in 'Les Tendres Sentiments', 'La de Boisgelou' and the nostalgic 'La Cheron'. Lighter...continue...

Rameau: Pièces de clavecin, Vol 2 / Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-09-21

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Nouvelles suites de pièces de clavecin; Pièces de clavecin en concerts, transcriptions (5) for solo harpsichord; La Dauphine, for harpsichord in G minor
Performers: Yates, Sophie

"Rameau's later harpsichord works are more interesting and more expressive, and I'm glad to have Yates's performance of them... [she] seems to stress the music's...continue...

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

Pasquini: Sonate per Clavicembalo / Roberto Loreggian

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-03-23

Works: Bernardo Pasquini: Toccata for keyboard in G minor (from Sonate per gravicembalo); Partite diverse (14) di follia for harpsichord in D major; Toccata con lo scherzo del cucco, for keyboard; Alemanda ...
Performers: Ferrarini, Francesco; Loreggian, Roberto

This period-instrument premiere enables the listener to hear for the first time these works as they were originally intended. "Loreggian's performances are of a high...continue...

Romantic Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-01-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite no 3 in G minor, BWV 808; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Enigma Variations; Stanley Myers: The ...
Performers: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Byfield, Jack; Cantilena [Instrumental Ensemble]; Edlina, Luba; Fingerhut, Margaret; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafa...
Conductors: Shepherd, Adrian; Shelley, Howard; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Hickox, Richard; Shostakovich, Maxim; Handley, Vernon; Byfield, Jack; Horenstein, Jascha; Järvi, Neeme; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tortel...
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Cantilena (Instrumental Ensemble); Cathedral Strings; I Musici de Montreal; London Mozart Players; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharm...

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings....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 - Yvonne Kenny 2 - R. Strauss, et al

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

A. Gabrieli - The Madrigal in Venice / Hollingworth, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-06-24

Works: Andrea Gabrieli: Del gran tuonante la sorella e moglie, madrigal for 10 voices; Sassi, palae, sabion del Adrian lio, madrigal for 5 voices; Felici d'Adria et dilettose rive, madrigal for 8 voices; I'...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Devine, Steven; Mulroy, Nicholas; Pierron, Catherine; Quinteiro, Eligio
Conductors: Hollingworth, Robert
Ensemble: English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble

"This imaginatively constructed disc, punctuated by instrumental items, presents as a main course a selection of Andrea's setting of Italian texts which reveals an unexpected...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 10 / Montague

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-04-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La Clemenza de Tito; Così fan tutte, K 588; Vado, ma dove?, K 583; Chi sa qual sia, K 582; Christoph Willibal...
Performers: Beer, Susanne; Boylan, Orla; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Montague, Diana; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Young, Alistair
Conductors: Weller, Walter; Parry, David

Montague has been a regular contributor to the Opera in English series; this is her second solo album on the label. - "Above all it...continue...

Opera in English - J. Baker sings Scenes from Julius Caesar

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-10-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Booth-Jones, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Davies, Noel; James, David; Jones, Della; Masterson, Valerie; Tomlinson, John; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

"This is an intense, compelling, moving hero who sings with style, beauty, and musicianship of a high order. If you prefer highlights to complete sets,...continue...

Vivaldi: L'Estro Armonico / Hogwood, Guglielmo, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-09-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 4 violins, strings & continuo in D major ("L'estro armonico" no 1), Op. 3/1, RV 549; Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in G minor ("L'estro armonico" no ...
Performers: Bosna, Piero; Casazza, Enrico; Guglielmo, Federico; Hogwood, Christopher; Lazari, Carlo; Zanchetta, Stefano
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher; Guglielmo, Federico
Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco

"There are praiseworthy things about this release - the variety of continuo instruments, strict use of historic instruments or copies, and the impressive precision and...continue...

Handel: Harpsichord Works Vol 3 / Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-09-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.1, no 6 in F sharp minor, HWV 431; Suite no 7 (as used in the film "Got Rot Tunbridge Wells"); Suite for Harpsichord in F minor, HWV ...
Performers: Yates, Sophie

"Yates's playing is beyond reproach: each suite is elegantly poised and intelligently delivered, every strand in fugal textures is clearly delineated, and ornamentation is dazzling....continue...

Capriccio Stravagante Vol 2 / Purcell Quartet, Wooley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-11-20

Works: Alessandro Stradella: Sinfonia 17; Giovanni Battista Vitali: Passagallo Primo, for 2 violins, viol (or spinet), Op. 7; Passagallo secondo, for 2 violins, bass violin & organ, Op. 7; Capriccio sopra d...
Performers: Lindberg, Jakob; Rogers, Jane; Wooley, Robert
Conductors:
Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts

"More extraordinarily dramatic secular music from 16th-century Italy. Energy and exuberance bring its skeletal notation vividly to life in captivating colours - solo keyboards, conventional...continue...

Handel: Harpsichord Works Vol 2 / Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Suite for Harpsichord in A major, HWV 426; Suite for Harpsichord in F major, HWV 427; Suite for Harpsichord in D minor, HWV 428; Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.1, n...
Performers: Yates, Sophie

Sophie Yates presents a sparkling account of Handel's harpsichord music. This CD completes the set of Sophie Yates's superb renditions of Handel's harpsichord music and...continue...

Galuppi: Il mondo alla roversa / Fasolis, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-25

Works: Baldassare Galuppi: Il Mondo alla roversa, opera
Performers: Bettini, Fulvio; Diego Fasolis [Conductor/Organ]; Dominguez, Rosa; Livermore, Davide; Pennicchi, Marinella; Serafini, Lia; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: I Barocchisti

It's quite a wonder that this consummate comic opera was first staged in 1750 -- the year of Bach's death. With it's sparkling orchestral writing...continue...

Handel: Water Music / Gibson, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-08-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349
Performers: Aldwinckle, Robert
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

"...the Scottish group is impressive... not only in the polish and sense of style but by the sheer vigour, and conveyed enjoyment... fine lyrical playing..."...continue...

Early Music - Marcello: Sonatas for Harpsichord / Loreggian

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-06-26

Works: Benedetto Marcello: Harpsichord Sonata in D major, SF. 717a (Op. 3/1); Harpsichord Sonata in G major, SF. 731 (Op. 3/2); Harpsichord Sonata in C major, SF. 704 (Op. 3/3); Harpsichord Sonata in G mino...
Performers: Loreggian, Roberto

"...[These] are fine works, confirming Marcello as the Domenico Scarlatti of Venice with their variety of expression, their boldness of language, and indeed their predominant...continue...

Reincken: Hortus Musicus Vol 1, etc / Robert Woolley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-03-27

Works: Johann Adam Reincken: Hortus Musicus, suite for 2 violins, viola da gamba & continuo no 1 in A minor; Ballet for keyboard in E minor; Hortus Musicus, suite for 2 violins, viola da gamba & continuo no...
Performers: Wooley, Robert
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"...Reincken's musical legacy is very small, so this disc from the Purcell Quartet is all the more welcome...Listening to the suites of 'Hortus Musicus', I...continue...

Carnevale Veneziano - The Comic Faces of Giovanni Croce

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-03-27

Works: Giovanni Pacolini: Passamezzo di zorzi, for 4 lutes; Saltarello de Zorzi; Padoana de Zorzi; Passemezo della Duchessa; Padoana della Duchessa; Saltarello della Duchessa; Giovanni Croce: Mascarata da L...
Performers: David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Pierron, Catherine; Sayce, Lynda
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Fagiolini

"...I Fagiolini has produced a little gem here with these two examples from the Venetian composer Giovanni Croce...The 'Mascarate piacevoli'...is a rather dotty collection of...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...

Capriccio Stravagante Vol 1 / Purcell Quartet, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-01-23

Works: Carlo Farina: Capriccio stravagante a 4, for 2 violins, viola & continuo (Book 2); Michelangelo Rossi: Toccata a 3; Toccata No 8; Biagio Marini: Capriccio in modo di Lira, for chamber instruments & c...
Performers: Lindberg, Jakob; Mackintosh, Catherine; Rogers, Jane; Wooley, Robert
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

"Seldom can performance be so indebted to scholarly investigation as here, and scholarship so rewarded, in turn, by inspired performance...The playing is infectiously uninhibited and...continue...

Dutilleux: Complete Orchestral Works / Tortelier, BBC

4 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-11-28

Works: Henri Dutilleux: Symphony no 1, for orchestra; Symphony no 2; L'arbre des songes, concerto for violin & orchestra; Sonnets de Jean Cassou (3), for voice & piano or orchestra; Timbres, espace, mouveme...
Performers: Addinall, Patrick; Argiros, Marios; Burrowes, Edward; Cervenka, Edward; Charlier, Olivier; Chasey, Robert; Chatwin, David; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Dintinger, Paul; Dixon, Peter; Fisher, J...
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"For all his splashy harmonic sensuality and colorful timbral ingenuity, Dutilleux is still fundamentally a classicist. His music really belongs in a straight line following...continue...

Rameau: Pièces de clavecin / Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-10-24

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, for harpsichord; Pièces de clavecin
Performers: Yates, Sophie

Harpsichordist Sophie Yates is regarded as one of the young artists to watch; her previous discs from Chandos have received critical acclaim, and this new...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 5 / Kenny, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-08-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner, aria for soprano & orchestra. K. 383; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; King A...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]
Conductors: Parry, David

"...the Australian soprano is in fine voice throughout, with the clearest English diction since her fellow-antipodean Joan Hammond, a smooth legato and ringing top notes...Barry...continue...

Bach: Trio Sonatas / Purcell Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-07-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata for Organ no 1 in E flat major, BWV 525; Trio Sonata for Organ no 2 in C minor, BWV 526; Trio Sonata for Organ no 3 in D minor, BWV 527; Trio Sonata for Organ no 4 ...
Performers: Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Mackintosh, Catherine; Weiss, Catherine; Wooley, Robert
Conductors:
Ensemble: Purcell Quartet

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
'Too good to be left only to organists' is how Richard Boothby cheekily describes Bach's six delightful 'organ trios', in which the...continue...

The Chaconne Collection / Pastyme with good companye

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-01-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: ; George Frideric Handel: ; Henry Purcell: ; Antonio Vivaldi: ; Heinrich Ignaz Biber: ; Tomaso Albinoni: ; Johann Sebastian Bach: ; Various: Work(s)
Performers: Kee, Piet; Kirkby, Emma; Robson, Anthony; Thomas, David; Yates, Sophie
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Christophers, Harry;
Ensemble: ; Purcell Quartet; The Sixteen

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Weckmann: Sacred Concerti and Harpsichord Music

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-11-30

Works: Matthias Weckmann: Wie liegt die Stadt so wüste, cantata; Toccata for keyboard in A minor; Suite for keyboard in B minor; Zion spricht, der Herr hat mich verlassen; Toccata for Keyboard no 5 in ...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Debretzeni, Kati; Gritton, Susan; Podger, Julian; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Wooley, Robert

"Weckmann wrote these Sacred Concertos for voices and instruments to mourn the devastation of the plague which broke out in Hamburg in 1663. They are...continue...

Handel: Harpsichord Works Vol 1 / Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-10-19

Works: George Frederick Handel: Suite for keyboard (Suite de piece), Vol.2, no 1 in B flat major, HWV 434; Chaconne and Variations (21) for Harpsichord in G major, HWV 435; Suite for keyboard (Suite de piec...
Performers: Yates, Sophie

"Sophie Yates, playing a sweet-toned Ruckers copy, responds well to the music's bravura demands. Her ornamentation and additional passage work in many of the variations...continue...

Opera in English - Handel: Julius Caesar / Mackerras, et al

4 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Booth-Jones, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Davies, Noel; James, David; Jones, Della; Masterson, Valerie; Tomlinson, John; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: English National Opera Orchestra

"Seemingly stuffy 'opera seria' format was no hindrance to Handel in creating works rich in human drama and musical invention...A highly intelligent, singable English translation...continue...

Handel: Tra le fiamme, etc / Bott, Purcell Quartet, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-06-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in G major, Op. 5/4, HWV 399; Tra le fiamme, HWV 170; Trio sonata for 2 violins & continuo in B flat major, Op. 5/7, HWV 402; Notte placi...
Performers: Amherst, Timothy; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Jonathan Manson [Cello/Viola da gamba]; Kershaw, Caroline; Mackintosh, Catherine; Weiss, Catherine; Wooley, Robe...

"There is some stunning singing to be heard on this attractively mixed disc of Handel vocal and instrumental works, and some nifty playing too...I think...continue...

Górecki, Pärt, Schnittke / Turovsky, I Musici de Montréal

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-01-20

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Concerto Grosso no 1, for 2 violins, harpsichord, prepared piano & 21 strings; Arvo Pärt: Tabula rasa, concerto for 2 violins (or violin & viola), prepared piano & string orche...
Performers: Perrin, Catherine; Turovsky, Eleonora; Turovsky, Natalya
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Musici de Montréal

The works featured on this disc demonstrate three highly distinctive approaches towards the same goal: that of intense communication with the listener through "simple" musical...continue...

Dutilleux: Tout un monde lointain, etc / Tortelier, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-11-18

Works: Henri Dutilleux: Métaboles, for orchestra; Tout un monde lointain. . ., concerto for cello & orchestra; Mystère de l'instant, for string orchestra, cimbalom & percussion
Performers: Cervenka, Edward; Pergamenschikow, Boris
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"...there is one particularly strong reason to get this third volume in Yan-Pascal Tortelier's perusal of Dutilleux's orchestral music: the version offered here of Mystere...continue...

Quantz: Flute Sonatas / Brown, Johnstone, Caudle

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-09-16

Works: Johann Joachim Quantz: Sonata for flute & continuo, No 275 in B flat major; Sonata for flute & harpsichord obbligato in E flat major; Sonata for flute & continuo, No 14 in G minor; Sonata for flute &...
Performers: Brown, Rachel; Caudle, Mark; Johnstone, James

This is a most welcome disc...Rachel Brown's performances here are first rate. Playing a flute modeled after those built by Quantz, she produces a lovely...continue...

The Caged Byrd / I Fagiolini, Concordia, Sophie Yates

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-09-16

Works: William Byrd: Liber primus sacrarum cantionum; Crowned with flow'rs and lilies, consort song for voice & viols; Pavan & Galliard ("Sir William Petre"), for keyboard in G minor no 2, MB 3; O quam glor...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Brook, Roderick; Crookes, Anna; Lane, Carys-Anne; Roberts, Richard Wyn; Smith, Nicholas Hurndall; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wilson,...
Conductors: Hollingworth, Robert;
Ensemble: Concordia Orchestra; I Fagiolini

"...What a pleasure to run into [I Fagiolini] again in Byrd, the mother's milk of English choral singers...the disc is a pleasure. This is a...continue...

Biber: Sacro-profanum / The Purcell Quartet, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-07-15

Works: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Fidicinium sacroprofanum; Nisi Dominus, vesper-psalm for solo voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in D minor (Vesperae Longio; Battalia for Violin, Strings and Basso ...
Performers: Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Byrt, Rachel; Cresswell, Pamela; Hunt, William; Isserlis, Annette; Mackintosh, Catherine; McDonald, Anna; McGillivray, Katherine; Wooley, Robert