Chandos Archive
* WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI: Symphony No. 3; Chain 3; Concerto for Orchestra – BBC Sym. Orch./ Edward Gardner – Chandos
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In sound and performance, perhaps the definitive recording of these magnificent works.
Northern Lights = Choral Works by OLA GJEILO – Phoenix Chorale/ Harrington String Quartet/ Emmanuel Lopez, cello/ Ola Gjeilo, piano/ Alison Chaney, sop./ Ted Belledin, tenor sax/ Charles Bruffy – Chandos
Exquisite sounds from a new source, captured perfectly by the engineers at Chandos.
KORNGOLD: Piano Quintet in E Major; Sextet – Jennifer Stumm, viola/ Bartholomew La Follette, cello/ Kathryn Stott, p./ Doric String Q. – Chandos
Korngold was a child prodigy and fine operatic composer who became internationally famous for his Hollywood film scores.
* WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI = Orchestral Works II – Louis Lortie, p./ BBC Sym. Orch./ Edward Gardner – Chandos
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The third volume of Muzyka Polska’s Lutoslawski series has probably the most listener appeal.
CASELLA: Symphony No. 2; Scarlattiana – Roscoe, p./ BBC Phil./ Noseda – Chandos CASELLA: Notte di maggio; Cello Con.; Scarlattiana – Soloists/ Orch. Sinfonia de Roma/ La Vecchia – Naxos
Thanks to Chandos and Naxos, Alfredo Casella has re-entered the lists of major 20th-century conservative composers.
YORK BOWEN: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2 – BBC Philharmonic/Sir Andrew Davis – Chandos
Two early symphonies by the ‘English Rachmaninoff’ reveal his melodic and orchestral sophistication in magnificent performances, recorded in luminous sound.
BARTÓK: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Viola Concerto – James Ehnes, violin/ BBC Philharmonic Orch./ Gianandrea Noseda – Chandos
Ehnes focuses on the lyrical and intellectual aspects of the music.
BACEWICZ: Violin Concertos 2, 4, and 5 – Joanna Kurkowicz, v./ Polish Radio Symphony Orch./ Lukasz Borowicz – Chandos
Good to have these three concertos; all of Bacewicz’s seven such are good.
NINO ROTA: Symphonies No. 1 & 2 – Filarmonia ‘900 del Teatro Regio di Torino/ Marzio Conti – Chandos NINO ROTA: Symphony No. 3 etc. – Filarmonia/Gianandrea Nosedt – Chandos
Three symphonies from the composer best known for his film scores.
LISZT: Annees de Pelerinage: Trios Annees; Venezia e Napoli, S. 162 – Louis Lortie, piano – Chandos (2 CDs)
Louis Lortie negotiates the cycle of Liszt’s Years of Pilgrimage with finesse and grand style, a monumental aggregate of the Lisztian–and Romantic–rhetoric of the keyboard.
WALTON String Quartets = String Quartet (1919-22); String Quartet in A minor – Doric String Quartet – Chandos
The premiere recording of the original version of Walton’s early string quartet is given a stimulating performance in this well-recorded CD.
EARL WILD: The Piano Music of Earl Wild – Xiayin Wang, Piano – Chandos
Not since Oscar Peterson performed “George Gershwin’s Song-Book” (from 1934) have there been so many intoxicating flourishes in those famous dozen.
D’INDY: Istar, 0p.42, Choral varie, 0p. 55, Symphony No. 3, Op. 70, Diptyche mediterraneen – Iceland Symphony Orchestra /Sigurour Flosason, saxophone/Rumon Gamba, conductor – Chandos
The third in a fascinating collection of music by this French eccentric begs hearing more!
Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St. John’s – Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge/ Andrew Nethsingha, conductor/ Helen Scarbrough, English horn/ Graham Walker, cello/ Timothy Ravalde, organ – Chando
Surround sound is really the only way to hear this choir, especially when the program is as attractive as this.
KENNETH LEIGHTON: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3. Symphony No. 1; Piano Concerto No. 3 ‘Concerto estivo’ – Howard Shelly, piano/ BBC National Orchestra of Wales/Martyn Brabbins – Chandos
World premiere recordings of two compelling orchestral works by the British Twentieth century composer Kenneth Leighton.
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