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Monteverdi: Fire and Ashes / Hollingworth, I Fagiolini1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-03-04 Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigali guerrieri, et amorosi... Libro ottavo; Ardo, avvampo, mi struggo, madrigal for 8 voices and 2 violins (from Book 8), SV 152; Rimanti in pace a la dolente e bella Fillid...Conductors: Hollingworth, Robert Ensemble: I Fagiolini I Fagiolini has established itself as one of the world’s leading interpreters of the literature of the Italian madrigal. Volume two continues to juxtapose the...continue...
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Scott: Concerto for Cello, Symphony no 1 / Watkins, Brabbins1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-03-04 Works: Cyril Scott: Concerto for Cello; Symphony no 1 in G majorPerformers: Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor] Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra The Chandos survey of music by Cyril Scott comes to a close with two world premiere recordings of the Cello Concerto and First Symphony. Cyril...continue...
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Marsh: Symphonies / Bamert, London Mozart Players1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-03-04 Works: John Marsh: Symphony no 6 in D; Conversation Symphony, for 2 orchestras in E flat major (Symphony no 10); Symphony no 2 in B flat; Symphony no 7 in E flat "La Chasse"; Symphony no 8Conductors: Bamert, Matthias Ensemble: London Mozart Players The popular Contemporaries of Mozart series with Matthias Bamert and the London Mozart Players is one of Chandos’ longest-running projects with over 20 recordings in...continue...
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Gypsy Strings / Summerhayes, Chakalov, et al1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-03-04 Works: Grigoras Dinicu: The LarkPerformers: Summerhayes, Adam Gypsy Strings was conceived to display the impressive talents of London Concertante’s leader Adam Summerhayes and Bulgarian fiddle-player Emil Chakalov. In stunning new arrangements of...continue...
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Nielsen: Music for Wind Instruments / Athena Ensemble1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-03-04 Works: Carl Nielsen: Quintet for Winds, Op. 43; Serenata in vano for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Cello and Double Bass, FS 68; Fantasistykker (Fantasy Pieces) (2), for oboe & piano, FS 8 (Op. 2); Canto serioso...Performers: Best, Roger; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Butterworth, John; McNicol, Richard; Theodore, David; Watkins, David Conductors: Ensemble: Athena Ensemble This re-issue gathers together Nielsen’s complete output for wind instruments in chamber form. They are all fine pieces which should be better known. Much of...continue...
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Biber: Mensa sonora, Violin Sonata / The Purcell Quartet1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-02-06 Works: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Mensa Sonora seu Musica Instrumentalis, suites (6) for violin, 2 violas & continuo, C. 69-74; Sonata for solo violin in A major, C. 147 (B IV 22)Performers: Rogers, Jane Conductors: Ensemble: Purcell Quartet Having recorded Biber's 'Harmonia artificiosa-ariosa', 'Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes', and the 'Fidicinium sacro-profanum' sonatas to deserved plaudits, The Purcell Quartet here adds Mensa...continue...
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Mahler: Symphony no 10 (Version by Cooke) / Noseda1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-02-05 Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/majorConductors: Noseda, Gianandrea Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Mahler's deeply personal Tenth Symphony deals with death, redemption, and salvation and is seen by many as a farewell to life. Left as a single...continue...
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Foulds: A World Requiem / Botstein, Charbonnet, et al2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2008-02-05 Works: John Foulds: A World Requiem, Op. 60Performers: Charbonnet, Jeanne-Michèle; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Hicks, Malcolm; Skelton, Stuart; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine Conductors: Botstein, Leon Ensemble: Trinity Boys Choir "Though the work is a virtuoso piece of writing with no living performance tradition behind it, the soloists, choruses, and orchestra handle the work with...continue...
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Dvorak: Rusalka / Hickox, Barker, Owens, Martin, et al3 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-02-05 Works: Antonin Dvorák: RusalkaPerformers: 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...
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Faure: Cello Sonatas, etc / Poltéra, Stott, Mitchell1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-02-05 Works: Gabriel Fauré: Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 109; Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 117; Nocturne for piano no 13 in B minor, Op. 119; Trio for Piano and String...Performers: Mitchell, Priya; Poltéra, Christian; Stott, Kathryn "(This) Chandos release takes Faure and runs with him... these performances are... linear and yet full of mystery and drama. Every move the composer makes...continue...
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Handel: Acis & Galatea Scenes / Sutherland, Boult, et al1 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...
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Handel: Semele / Curnyn, Joshua, Summers, et al3 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-01-08 Works: George Frederick Handel: SemelePerformers: 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...
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Debussy: Complete Works for Piano Vol 2 / Bayouzet1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-01-08 Works: Claude Debussy: Ballade (slave), for piano (or piano, 4 hands), L. 70; Valse romantique, for piano, L. 71; Tarentelle styrienne; Images oubliées; Estampes (3) for Piano; Pour le piano, suite f...Performers: Bavouzet, Jean-Efflam Jean-Efflam Bavouzet here presents his second volume of Debussy's Complete Works for Piano, which reveals a more reflective, private period in Debussy's compositional career. Opening...continue...
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Elgar: Symphony no 3, etc / Hickox, et al1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2008-01-08 Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 3 (incomplete; completed by Anthony Payne); Queen Alexandra Memorial Ode; Pomp and Circumstance March no 6, for orchestra (completed by Anthony Payne)Conductors: Hickox, Richard Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales Following the success of Symphony No. 1, which was Gramophone's Editor's Choice, and Symphony No 2 which was Classic FM magazine's Disc of the Month,...continue...
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Kapp: Orchestral Works / Järvi, et al1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-01-08 Works: Artur Kapp: Don Carlos, dramatic overture (after Friedrich Schiller); Eugen Kapp: Kalevipoeg, suite from the ballet; Villem Kapp: Symphony no 2 in C minorConductors: Järvi, Neeme Although not established names in the Western musical world, the three composers of the Kapp family were instrumental in launching and nurturing classical music in...continue...
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Rachmaninov: Francesca da Rimini / Noseda, et al1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-12-04 Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Francesca da RiminiPerformers: Akimov, Evgeny; Bezzubenkov, Gennady; Didyk, Misha; Murzaev, Sergey; Vasilieva, Svetla Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Rachmaninoff's one-act opera uses a libretto by Modest Tchaikovsky, based on a story told by Dante in his divine Comedy. An underlying theme is that...continue...
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Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar, etc / Hickox, Padmore, et al1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-11-06 Works: George Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar, for chorus & ensemble; Woodland Suite, for strings & winds; O Praise God in His Holiness; Praise; Be Strong & of Good Courage (Confortare)Performers: Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals] Conductors: Hickox, Richard Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra This is the world premiere recording of 'Woodland Suite' and the first recording of the 'Three Songs of Praise' in the version with orchestral accompaniment....continue...
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The Film Music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold Vol 2 / Gamba1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-11-06 Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: The Sea Hawk, film scoreConductors: Gamba, Rumon Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Released in July 1940, 'The Sea Hawk' was Korngold's last swash-buckler, and is arguably the finest film ever made in the genre. One of the...continue...
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Opera in English - Janacek: Katya Kabanova / Rizzi, et al2 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-11-06 Works: Leos Janácek: Káta Kabanová, opera, JW 1/8Performers: 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...
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Grandes Pièces Symphoniques / Ian Tracey1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2007-11-06 Works: Charles Tournemire: L' Orgue Mystique, 51 suites for organ, Opp. 55-57; Joseph Bonnet: Pieces (12) for Organ, Op. 7; Pieces (12) for organ, Op.5; Camille Saint-Saëns: Improvisations (7) for orga...Performers: Tracey, Ian Franck's rarely recorded Grand Piece Ssymphonique is recorded here for the first time on a British organ. Ian Tracey is well established as one of...continue...
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Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works / Bruffy, et al1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2007-11-06 Works: Joseph Rheinberger: Easter Hymn (Osterhymne) for 8 part double choir, Op. 134; Sacred Choruses (3), Op. 133; Mass for 8 voices in E flat major, Op. 109 "Cantus Missae"; Sacred songs (3), Op. 69Conductors: Bruffy, Charles Ensemble: Phoenix Bach Choir Following two previously successful collaborations, which produced comments such as "this is one of the finest a cappella choral recordings I've ever heard" (International Record...continue...
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Schnittke: Cello Concertos & Sonatas / Polyansky, et al2 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-11-06 Works: Alfred Schnittke: Concerto for cello & orchestra no 1; Sonata for cello & piano no 1; Sonata for cello & piano no 2; Concerto for cello & orchestra no 2; Concerto Grosso no 2, for violin, cello & orc...Performers: Grindenko, Tatjana; Ivashkin, Alexander; Schnittke, Irina Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Orchestra "Alfred Schnittke's works for cello -- particularly the concertos and sonatas -- are among his most significant and mature compositions. The majority of the pieces...continue...
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Bantock: Omar Khayyám / Handley, Wyn-Rogers, et al3 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-23 Works: Granville Bantock: Omar Khayyam, for soloists, chorus & orchestraPerformers: 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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Smetana: Orchestral Works Vol 1 / Noseda, et al1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-23 Works: Bedrich Smetana: Festival Overture in D major, for orchestra ("Revolutionary"), JB 1; Richard III, symphonic poem, JB 1; Hakon Jarl, symphonic poem, JB 1; Der Fischer (Rybár), for harmonium, har...Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Although 'Ma vlast' has always overshadowed his other orchestral music, Smetana developed a symphonic style which made a fundamental contribution to the identity of Czech...continue...
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Rubbra: Missa cantuariensis, etc / Hickox, et al1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-23 Works: Edmund Rubbra: Missa cantuariensis, Op. 59; Dormi Jesu, Op. 3; That Virgin's Child Most Meek, Op. 114 no 2; Missa in Honorem Sancti Dominici for chorus a cappella, Op. 66Performers: Watson, Ian Conductors: Hickox, Richard Ensemble: Westminster Singers Originally released by RCA on LP in 1975, this recording is reissued here, on CD for the first time. The Mass was commissioned while Rubbra...continue...
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Schoenberg, Szymanowski: String Quartets1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-23 Works: Karol Szymanowski: Quartet for Strings no 1 in C major, Op. 37, M41; Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 56, M64; Leos Janácek: Quartet for Strings no 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"; Quartet for Strings no 2 ("L...Both the Janacek and the Szymanowski are powerful, quite draining works but totally engaging to listen to, and wonderfully performed by the Schoenberg Quartet. The...continue...
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Tansman: Symphonies Vol 2 / Caetani, Melbourne SO1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-23 Works: Alexandre Tansman: Symphony no 7 ("Lyrique"); Musique pour orchestre ("Symphony no 8"); Symphony no 9Conductors: Caetani, Oleg Ensemble: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra This is the second disc in a complete survey of Tansman's symphonies and includes the world premiere recordings of Symphonies Nos. 7 and 9. Sadly...continue...
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Inga Nielsen - Voices, Live & Studio Recordings2 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...
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Liszt: Christmas Tree, Ballades / Rhondda Gillespie1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-09 Works: Franz Liszt: Weihnachtsbaum for Piano, S 186; Ballade; Ballade for Piano no 2 in B minor, S 171Performers: Gillespie, Rhondda
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Christmas Carols from York Minster / Francis Jackson
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